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Influence of pre-processing criteria on analysis of accelerometry-based physical activity
Background Accelerometers are widely adopted for physical activity (PA) measurement. Accelerometry data require pre-processing before entering formal statistical analyses. Many pre-processing criteria...
Correction: Can big data reduce urban environmental pollution? Evidence from China’s digital technology experimental zone
Spatial analysis of socioeconomic data and its relationship with illicit crops in Nariño-Colombia
The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) aim to eradicate poverty and promote sustainable development; however, socioeconomic disparities persist globally, particularly in Colombia. With a Gini index...
Understanding displacement of onboard contingents in Navy amphibious ships
The Naval Ship Code (NSC) was enacted in 2009 to standardize regulations for NATO member naval forces, and a study commissioned by the Spanish Navy General Staff (EMA) aimed to identify the factors th...
The forces behind social unrest: Evidence from the Covid-19 pandemic
The unprecedented consequences of the Covid-19 pandemic have raised concerns about the erosion of social cohesion and intensified social unrest, but evidence for such a link and the underlying channel...
Correction: The final plague outbreak in Scotland 1644–1649: Historical, archaeological, and genetic evidence
Living alone predicts non-home discharge post elective hip arthroplasty: A matched-pair cohort study
The impact of home support and interaction with family members on recovery and perioperative outcomes remains unclear. We determined whether living alone was predictive of discharge disposition follow...
What are the hidden shortcomings of balance training research in older adults that prevent its transfer into practice? Scoping review
Background Although a lot of attention is paid to the flaws of balance training research in older adults, the low methodological quality and incomplete reporting of studies still limit the knowledge t...
Substance use and disordered eating risk among college students with obsessive-compulsive conditions
Purpose College students are at higher risk for problematic substance use and disordered eating. Few studies have examined the comorbid risks associated with OCD despite the increased prevalence of OC...
“MoSpec”: A customized and integrated system for model development, verification and validation
Background and objective The growing availability of patient data from several clinical settings, fueled by advanced analysis systems and new diagnostics, presents a unique opportunity. These data can...
Effects of ketamine and propofol on muscarinic plateau potentials in rat neocortical pyramidal cells
Propofol and ketamine are widely used general anaesthetics, but have different effects on consciousness: propofol gives a deeply unconscious state, with little or no dream reports, whereas vivid dream...
Conversational repairs on Reddit: Widely initiated but often uncompleted
Conversational repair has been proposed as a universal system for maintaining mutual understanding during social interactions. The repair system has been studied extensively in offline synchronous int...
Association between the triglyceride-glucose index and its combined obesity indicators and the risk of hypertension in middle-aged and older Chinese adults: A nationwide cross-sectional study
Objective This study aimed to explore the association between the triglyceride-Glucose Index (TyG) and its combination with obesity indicators in relation to the risk of hypertension among middle-aged...
Techno-structural and 3-D geometric morphometric analysis applied for investigating the variability of Holocene unifacial tools in tropical Central Brazil
During the transition from the Pleistocene to the Holocene and in the early Holocene period, hunter-gatherer communities across tropical South America deployed a range of technological strategies to a...
Rifampicin and isoniazid resistance not promote fluoroquinolone resistance in Mycobacterium smegmatis
Background The emergence of drug-resistant Tuberculosis (TB) has made treatment challenging. Although fluoroquinolones (FQs) are used as key drugs in the treatment of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis...
Association between composite dietary antioxidant indices and anemia: NHANES 2003–2018
Background There is increasing acknowledgment of the potential role that diet rich in antioxidants may play in the prevention of anemia. As a significant indicator of antioxidant-rich diet, the relati...
Trade deregulation and fiscal revenue in selected Pacific Island countries
This paper examines the revenue implications of trade deregulation in a panel of Pacific Island countries from 2010 to 2021. First, we undertake a cross-country analysis of tax revenue, trade, and tax...
Racial/ethnic differences in mental health treatment received among people with comorbid cardiometabolic and depressive symptomology: National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 2017 to March 2020 Pre-Pandemic
Background Individuals with chronic physical conditions and comorbid mental illness have increased probability of adverse health outcomes. As minority populations have limited access to both medical c...
Effects of the non-native Arapaima gigas on native fish species in Amazonian oxbow lakes (Bolivia)
The introduction of non-native fish species into new environments has raised global concerns due to potential ecological impacts on recipient ecosystems. A previous study focusing on the introduced fi...
Assessment of the methodological quality of studies on core outcome sets for respiratory diseases: A systematic review and meta-research study
Background With increasing attention to core outcome sets (COS), the number of studies on COS for respiratory diseases (COS-RD) is on the rise. However, the methodological quality is still unclear. Th...
Correction: Yinzhihuang injection induces apoptosis and suppresses tumor growth in acute myeloid leukemia cells
Misbehavior or misalignment? Examining the drift towards bureaucratic box-ticking in Competency-Based Medical Education
Within competency-based medical education (CBME) residency programs, Entrustable Professional Activity (EPA) assessments endeavor to both bolster learning and inform promotion decisions. Recent implem...
Energy management strategy for methanol hybrid commercial vehicles based on improved dung beetle algorithm optimization
In order to solve the problem of poor adaptability and robustness of the rule-based energy management strategy (EMS) in hybrid commercial vehicles, leading to suboptimal vehicle economy, this paper pr...
Correction: Validation of the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ) emotional subscale in assessing depression and anxiety across development
A generalised catalytic model to assess changes in risk for multiple reinfections with SARS-CoV-2
Background Monitoring trends in multiple infections with SARS-CoV-2, following several pandemic waves, provides insight into the biological characteristics of new variants, but also necessitates metho...