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Factors associated with adherence to antiretroviral therapy among HIV-positive adolescents and young adult patients attending HIV care and treatment clinic at Bombo Hospital in Tanga region-Tanzania
Background Adherence to HIV treatment regimens involves the consistent and correct intake of all prescribed medications. The implementation of antiretroviral therapy (ART) program has significantly re...
Correction: Genetic differentiation at extreme latitudes in the socially plastic sweat bee Halictus rubicundus
The involvement of Elf5 in regulating keratinocyte proliferation and differentiation processes in skin
Skin and hair development is regulated by multitude of programs of activation and silencing of gene expression to maintain normal skin and hair follicle (HF) development, homeostasis, and cycling. Her...
Utilization of transitional care management services and 30-day readmission
Transitional care management (TCM) visits have been shown to reduce 30-day readmissions, but it is unclear whether the decrease arises from the TCM visit itself or from clinic-level changes to meet th...
A NOTCH3 pathogenic variant influences osteogenesis and can be targeted by antisense oligonucleotides in induced pluripotent stem cells
Lateral Meningocele Syndrome (LMS), a disorder associated with NOTCH3 pathogenic variants, presents with neurological, craniofacial and skeletal abnormalities. Mouse models of the disease exhibit oste...
Study of distribution and morphological characteristics of the trabecular bone in the uncinate process of the cervical spine using micro-computed tomography
The cervical uncinate process is a unique structure of the cervical spine that undergoes significant changes in its morphological characteristics with age, and these changes may be related to osteopor...
Recovery time and predictors of severe acute malnutrition in children aged 6–59 months via an outpatient therapeutic program in Borena zone: A prospective cohort study
Background Severe acute malnutrition (SAM) is a severe condition causing bilateral pitting edema or signs of wasting in children, with a high mortality risk. An outpatient therapeutic program is recom...
Correction: Mitochondrial DNA barcoding of mosquito species (Diptera: Culicidae) in Thailand
Analysis of the stability of a predator-prey model including the memory effect, double Allee effect and Holling type-I functional response
This study proposes and analyses a revised predator-prey model that accounts for a twofold Allee impact on the rate of prey population expansion. Employing the Caputo fractional-order derivative, we a...
Correction: Music listening evokes story-like visual imagery with both idiosyncratic and shared content
Quantitative expression of estrogen, progesterone and human epidermal growth factor receptor-2 and their correlation with immunohistochemistry in breast cancer at Uganda Cancer Institute
The detection of Estrogen Receptor (ER), Progesterone Receptor (PR), and Human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER-2) is important for the stratification of breast cancer and the selection of ther...
Whole genome sequences of nine Taylorella equigenitalis strains isolated in the Czech Republic between 1982–2021: Molecular dating suggests a common ancestor at the time of Roman Empire
Taylorella equigenitalis is the causative agent of sexually transmitted contagious equine metritis. Infections manifest as cervicitis, vaginitis and endometritis and cause temporary infertility and mi...
Factors affecting behaviors during complementary feeding in infants and children aged 6–24 months
The process that begins around the 6th month of life and continues until the 24th month is called the complementary feeding period. During this period, infants and children start receiving foods that...
Finite element analysis of the plantar support for the medial longitudinal arch with flexible flatfoot
Purpose The present study is to explore the appropriate plantar support force for its effect on improving the collapse of the medial longitudinal arch with flexible flatfoot. Methods A finite elemen...
Relationship between middle school students’ academic stress and physical exercise behavior from the perspective of Self-Determination Theory: The chained mediation of motivation and intention
Academic stress is associated with lower engagement in healthy behaviors, including physical exercise, among middle school students. Based on Self-Determination Theory, this study examines the associa...
The physiological stress response of juvenile nurse sharks (Ginglymostoma cirratum) to catch-and-release recreational angling
Nurse sharks (Ginglymostoma cirratum), especially juveniles, are often encountered by near-shore and shore-based recreational anglers and are suggested to exhibit minimal behavioral and physiological...
Association between early life second-hand smoke exposure on child sleep and psychoactive substance use on adult sleep patterns in an urban informal settlement in Uganda
Background Psychoactive substance use in adults and second-hand smoke (SHS) exposure among children are leading contributors to sleeping problems. Despite this, there is limited data on how these expo...
The association between helicobacter pylori infection and Triglyceride-Glucose (TyG) index in US adults: A retrospective cross-sectional study
Background The Triglyceride-glucose (TyG) index is a marker for insulin resistance and metabolic syndrome, while Helicobacter pylori is linked to gastrointestinal diseases and may affect metabolic ris...
Point prevalence survey of antibiotic use in Mexican secondary care hospitals
Introduction Tackling the inertia of growing threat of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) requires changes in how antibiotics are prescribed and utilized. The monitoring of antimicrobial prescribing in ho...
An end-to-end implicit neural representation architecture for medical volume data
Medical volume data are rapidly increasing, growing from gigabytes to petabytes, which presents significant challenges in organisation, storage, transmission, manipulation, and rendering. To address t...
Cracking susceptibility of full-sibs of a cross of a cracking tolerant and cracking susceptible sweet cherry: Relation to cuticle characteristics, microcracking and calcium
Rain cracking compromises quality and quantity of sweet cherries worldwide. Cracking susceptibility differs among genotypes. The objective was to (1) phenotype the progeny of a cross between a toleran...
Evaluating socioeconomic inequalities in self-rated oral health and its contributing factors in Brazilian older adults
Objectives This study aimed to evaluate socioeconomic inequalities in self-reported oral health among community-dwelling Brazilian older adults and evaluate the oral health factors contributing to the...
Gender disparities in application and admission to the medical residency program in Peru: A cross sectional study from 2016 to 2023
Objective To investigate gender disparities in applications and admissions to the medical residency programs in Peru, focusing on differences in application and admission proportions between male and...