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Background. Injuries are a leading cause of death and disability worldwide, and disproportionately affect young persons (aged 15 - 49 years) residing in low- and middle-income countries. Panel reviews of trauma deaths ar...

User populations in modern recommendation systems consist of diverse communities with distinct and often non-overlapping preferences. However, most existing models, such as traditional Variational Autoencoders (VAEs), op...

Technological-based early warning systems (EWS) in rural Indonesia have shown limited long-term adoption because centralised, top-down mechanisms fail to incorporate the contextual triggers trusted by local communities, ...

Ultrasound-guided percutaneous lung needle biopsy (US-PLNB) is a pivotal diagnostic technique for subpleural pulmonary lesions, offering significant advantages such as real-time imaging, absence of ionizing radiation, an...

BackgroundThe development of care-sensitive quality indicators represents an essential component of care management. Currently, there exists no objective, scientific, and sensitive assessment framework for evaluating sep...

Abstract Background Leishmaniasis is a vector-borne parasitic disease caused by Leishmania protozoa. The disease manifests in several clinical presentations including cutaneous, mucocutaneous, and visceral leishmaniasis....

Huayu Chen,1 Xiaowen Yang,2 Jifang Peng,3 Xianrong Xu,4 Yaping Li,1 Zirong Tong,5 Chunhong Gao5 1Department of Neurosurgery, First Affiliated Hospital with Nanjing Medical University Junior Nurse, Nanjing, Jiangsu, 21002...

This study examines the issue of selecting an optimal electoral system for the first post-war elections to the Verkhovna Rada. It argues that the design of the electoral system will have a significant impact on both the ...

Aviation around the world has integrated into a global system. As the integration process continues, more aspects and levels of it need to be lead towards the sustainable development of the whole system via advancing str...

Health security is a vital pillar of German national security. While the COVID-19 pandemic was a stress test, high expenditure failing to yield superior health outcomes reveals structural inefficiency in the German healt...

Abstract Background Surgical tourism is an emerging economic sector, with the most growth potential demonstrated in China's health industry before the COVID-19 pandemic. Surgical tourism accounts for a large part of medi...

Drought is a common phenomenon that affects more people within the context of Africa than any other disaster. Likewise, drought is an extreme and common occurrence within the lowland areas of Chipinge district in Zimbabw...

Small-scale agricultural production systems are characterized by high diversity and complex interactions that challenge their long-term ecological sustainability. This study presents an early-stage methodological prototy...

Autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs) operating in harsh, communication-limited underwater environments require robust fault diagnosis systems to ensure mission success and safety. Existing model-based approaches suffer ...

The growth of variable renewable energy sources has increased the occurrence of curtailment in power systems, particularly in regions affected by transmission constraints and limited operational flexibility. Reliable for...

Abstract The development of Artificial Intelligence (AI) is rapidly advancing, and AI tools are being integrated into many aspects of daily life, including medical care and public health. The full extent to which AI rela...

Abstract Introduction Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) poses a significant health risk to older adults, particularly those with chronic comorbidities, in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries. Despite its high bu...

Lucie Bartova,1 Mara Lisa Beuster,2 Bruno Bonetti,3 Giuseppe Maina,4,5 Pedro Morgado,6 Johan Nyberg7 1Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Clinical Division of General Psychiatry, and Comprehensive Center for Clin...

Abstract The global challenge of effectively cultivating clinical thinking in medical students persists, often hindered by traditional textbooks that present knowledge in a linear sequence disconnected from the non-linea...

Artificial intelligence (AI) is transforming how consumers in credence-based markets search for, interpret, and trust product information. In the wine sector, where authenticity and quality depend on symbolic and experie...

This Campbell systematic review examines the effects of input subsidies on agricultural productivity, beneficiary incomes and welfare, consumer welfare and wider economic growth. The review summarizes evidence from 15 ex...

Abstract BackgroundHealth and health care systems are progressively challenged by more frequent natural and human-caused hazards. A hazard becomes a disaster when vulnerability and exposure interact in comple...

The provision of accurate and explainable captions and answers to visual questions about remote sensing images is essential in areas such as disaster management, land-use supervision, and military analysis, where system ...