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Diabetes is prevalent globally, expected to increase in the next few years. This includes people with different types of diabetes including type 1 diabetes and type 2 diabetes. There are several causes for the increase: ...

Timely prediction of Intensive Care Unit (ICU) admission at hospital arrival is critical for clinical decision-making, resource allocation, and patient management, particularly during large-scale health crises such as th...

Moving towards a sustainable future, optimising energy systems and resources involves increasingly sophisticated decision-making processes that require balancing technical efficiency with societal, economic and environme...

Background. Respiratory infections remain a major global health burden with significant economic impact. The di-versity of viral pathogens and variability in diagnostic approaches complicate etiological verification in l...

The determination of trends and prediction of stock prices is one of the main tasks of the MACD (Moving Average Convergence Divergence) and the RVI (Relative Volatility Index) indicators of the technical analysis. The re...

Background. Pediatric abdominal pain accounts for more than 1 million emergency department (ED) visits annually, and appendicitis is the most common surgical emergency. Guidelines recommend ultrasound as the initial imag...

Objectives: To evaluate motivations to perform an elective single embryo transfer (e-SET). Methods: Cross-sectional surveys to reproductive medicine specialists and to infertile patients undergoing assisted reproductive ...

There is an increasing heavy disease burden of major depressive disorder (MDD) globally. Both high diagnostic heterogeneity and complicated pathological mechanisms of MDD pose significant challenges. There is much eviden...

Foothold selection for hexapod robots in complex terrain presents a significant challenge, demanding both high computational efficiency and robust adaptability. To address this issue, this paper introduces a foothold sel...

Reliable prognostics in predictive maintenance requires not only accurate remaining useful life (RUL) estimation but also robustness under distribution shift and support for decision-making under uncertainty. However, mo...

Abstract Large language models (LLMs) demonstrate strong reasoning and planning capabilities in static textual contexts, yet they struggle significantly with dynamic decision-making tasks involving spatial elements, such...

Phase change materials (PCM) are receiving ever-growing attention as a promising construction material for improving building energy performance through thermal storage and peak load shifting. The analysis of PCM perform...

Introduction: The integration of artificial intelligence (AI) in clinical decision-making has the potential to enhance patient understanding and confidence in treatment choices. This study evaluates the impact of an AI-b...

Abstract Background Ursodeoxycholic acid is used in human medicine for litholytic management of choleliths, but the efficacy of medical management in dogs with cholelithiasis is unknown. Objectives To describe the clinic...

Context and background Community Land Protection in Kenya gained traction with the enactment of the Community Land Act in 2016. The stakeholders, comprising state and non-state actors, have since made significant progr...

Abstract Background Patients with AIDS Suffering from sepsis secondary to pulmonary infections admitted to intensive care units (ICUs) carry a high burden of morbidity and mortality. Therefore, rapid identification and t...

We examine the role of emotional intelligence (EI) and self-awareness as critical drivers of effective leadership in healthcare institutions. Our focus is on the specific nature of healthcare management environments, whe...

Abstract Background Recruitment and retention remain persistent challenges in Alzheimer’s disease (AD) clinical trials, particularly as studies increasingly focus on earlier disease stages and require longer participat...

We empirically examine the impact of firm-level regulatory intensity, an external force or context, on corporate strategic change (i.e. changes in a firm's financing, investing and operating decisions to boost its compet...

The global aviation industry plays a critical role in economic development and international connectivity. However, it also contributes significantly to environmental challenges, particularly through fuel consumption and...

Abstract BackgroundMedlinePlus, developed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) in the United States, is one of the most widely used, authoritative, consumer-grade health information resources on the web....

Historically, Indigenous women have been the target of violence at an alarming rate compared to the non-Indigenous population. This work explores how Indigenous women have used the United Nations Declaration on the Right...

More than 76 million people worldwide have alcohol problems, and another 15 million have drug problems. Motivational interviewing (MI) is a psychological treatment that aims to help people cut down or stop using drugs an...

Abstract Despite the availability of effective vaccines, HPV vaccination uptake among adolescent girls in India remains low. Most existing studies focus primarily on parental awareness or hesitancy, with limited attentio...