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Abstract Background Reduced sleep quality is common in adolescents, and youth from marginalized backgrounds are at heightened risk for cybervictimization, a known contributor to sleep problems. Emotional support has been...

Abstract Background Diarrhoeal diseases remain a major global health concern, particularly in low- and middle-income countries, contributing significantly to morbidity and mortality among children under five. This study ...

This paper explores how learners integrate generative artificial intelligence (genAI) as part of their wider education. It used a constructivist grounded theory analysis of 35 former first-year writing students' experien...

Abstract Ventricular shunt catheters are the standard of care for managing hydrocephalus, yet 40% of implanted catheters fail within two years of implantation, mainly due to proximal catheter obstruction. Prior literatur...

With the aim of consolidating its position vis-à-vis the local ruling elite, on the occasion of the first centenary of the May Revolution the Italian community presented the Argentine Republic with a monument to Christo...

Abstract Background Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) is an efficacious therapy for treatment-resistant depression (TRD) and is thought to drive neuroplastic changes in affective networks. However, up t...

Abstract Background Chemotherapy-naïve patients with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC) treated with abiraterone (ABI) have a higher cardiovascular (CV) event-related hospitalization risk than those...

Abstract Background Over 334,000 deaths in 2021 in the USA were attributed to non-optimal body mass index ([BMI] greater than 20 to 21 kg/m2), with elevated mortality among American Indian and Alaska Native (AIAN), Blac...

Mitragyna speciosa (commonly known as kratom) is a tropical tree native to Southeast Asia, ethnobotanically used for pain relief and fatigue management. Kratom has gained popularity in Western countries for its dose-depe...

Background and purpose: Dose accumulation in reirradiation can contribute to both treatment outcomes and safe cumulative doses. We demonstrated consensus strategies on dose accumulation for three clinical reirradiation s...

Abstract Introduction Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) remains a global public health concern. Anti-nucleocapsid (anti-N) serology is a key tool for identifying prior infection and supporting ...

Abstract Purpose Intraoperative radiotherapy (IORT) is designed to deliver a precise dose of ionizing radiation to a tumor or tumor bed after surgical resection. The IORT procedure can deliver targeted radiation to the t...

Abstract Enhanced weathering in agriculture is a potential gigatonne-scale carbon dioxide removal (CDR) pathway, but its potential remains difficult to constrain. We used a formal expert elicitation process to estimate C...

Abstract Malaria in pregnancy remains a significant public health challenge in sub-Saharan Africa, with adverse health outcomes for mothers and foetuses. This study assessed knowledge, attitudes, practices and factors as...

Abstract While housing price prediction is well-studied, the prediction of large-scale housing conditions remains underexplored due to data limitations. This paper addresses this gap by developing a machine-learning mode...

IntroductionEarly detection of Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is critical for timely intervention, particularly during the mild cognitive impairment (MCI) stage. This study aimed to develop and evaluate a multidomain speech ...

Abstract Background Lung cancer stigma (i.e., perceived and internalized negative appraisal and devaluation associated with lung cancer) is a clinically significant psychosocial concern among individuals diagnosed with l...

Abstract Introduction Evoked compound action potentials (ECAPs) are neurophysiological biomarkers of neural activation during spinal cord stimulation (SCS). Clear distinction between ECAPs and nonphysiological signals is...

Introduction Early open fracture management aims to minimise the risk of complications. For the most severe open fracture wounds, multiple irrigation and debridement surgeries are required to overcome severe wound contam...

Abstract Particulate matter (PM) poses a significant public health concern, particularly in industrialized communities. While modern sophisticated air monitors like those deployed by the United States Environmental Prote...

Abstract Background Triage at major incidents has traditionally relied on assessing physiology, and in the UK, this role has usually been performed by healthcare responders. However, recent major incidents have shown tha...