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ABSTRACT OBJECTIVE: To analyze the monitoring of an intervention for expanding testing, isolation, quarantine, and telemonitoring of Covid-19 (TQT-Covid-Strategy) in an administrative health region of a municipality in ...

Ziye Liu,1 Meiyu Deng,2 Bu Wang,2 Jianhua Liu,2 Wei Zhang,3,* Jianqing Zhao2,* 1Department of Respiratory Medicine, The First School of Clinical Medicine, Hebei North University, Zhangjiakou, Hebei, Peopl...

The microstructure evolution and performance characteristics of the heat-affected zone (HAZ) in laser welding of 10Ni5CrMoV steel are investigated. By designing novel thermal simulation specimens and utilizing a thermal ...

ABSTRACT Background and Aims Cervical cancer remain a major public health concern, especially among underserved women. Early detection through Pap or HPV testing reduces incidence and mortality, yet screening disparities...

IntroductionHIV testing is central to early diagnosis and HIV prevention, yet uptake among youth remains suboptimal in many low- and middle-income countries. Our study examined HIV testing uptake and its associated facto...

ABSTRACT Background and Aims Although combination antiretroviral therapy has decreased morbidity and mortality in people living with HIV (PLWH), the prevalence of other sexually transmitted and blood‐borne infections (...

BackgroundGestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) is an increasingly important contributor to maternal and neonatal morbidity in Africa, yet the evidence base remains fragmented across settings and research domains. This stu...

Abstract Background Postpartum depression and anxiety are common and burdensome. Physical activity (PA) is a scalable intervention, yet the comparative effectiveness of PA modalities and optimal dosing in the postpartum ...

Abstract Background Hereditary breast and ovarian cancer (HBOC) confers a markedly increased lifetime risk of breast and ovarian cancers. As no effective surveillance method for early detection of ovarian cancer has been...

Introduction and aims: Skeletal Class II malocclusion is heterogeneous, and conventional two-dimensional cephalometry may not fully capture relevant three-dimensional (3D) craniofacial variation. This study aimed to iden...

Abstract Background Non-invasive prenatal testing (NIPT) is a genetic test to screen fetal chromosomal abnormalities in pregnancy. Public reliance on short-video platforms for health information in China is increasing, y...

Abstract Background Mozambique bears a high HIV burden, with low testing uptake among young women. This study analyzes socio-demographic and behavioral factors influencing HIV testing among women aged 15–49, using data...

PurposePreimplantation genetic testing for aneuploidy (PGT-A) is essential for selecting embryos free from chromosomal abnormalities before transfer. However, challenges such as detection failures, mosaicism, and the lim...

Background: Conventional HIV testing approaches continue to fall short of overcoming barriers to HIV testing, especially among key and priority populations at higher risk of acquiring and transmitting HIV. Artificial in...

ABSTRACT Background and Aims Clinical laboratory test results play a fundamental role in clinical decision making, influencing approximately 70% of medical decisions. Numerous studies have shown that errors can occur thr...

Every human being is endowed with emotions that can be well-controlled, as evidenced by the ability to regulate emotions. The gap relates to the understanding of emotional regulation in the context of drug addiction by a...

BackgroundVaping among adolescents has decreased but remains common among young adults, with ongoing concerns about nicotine health risks. Public health campaigns have increased vaping prevention messages, but evidence o...

Regulation (EU) 2022/2554 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 December 2022 on digital operational resilience for the financial sector (Digital Operational Resilience Act, DORA) launched a new model for t...

Pheochromocytomas and paragangliomas are rare neuroendocrine tumors, with an estimated incidence rate of two to eight cases per million people, and one of the highest heritability rates among neoplasms, with a genetic ca...

Abstract Background Non-invasive prenatal testing (NIPT) has emerged as a highly accurate screening modality for fetal aneuploidies. However, its cost-effectiveness in resource-constrained settings remains unclear. This ...

Agricultural innovation represents a critical pathway for achieving land ecological security under intensifying environmental pressures, yet how agricultural innovation drives land ecological security across spatial scal...

Abstract Background Treatment of head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC) remains challenging and the survival rates of affected patients remain poor. A three-dimensional organotypic co-culture (3D-OTC) model where ...

Demographic ageing and the associated increase in the old-age dependency ratio pose significant challenges to the long-term sustainability of pay-as-you-go (PAYG) pension systems across Europe. Slovenia, as a post-transi...

The IKAROS family of zinc finger transcription factors (IKZF1–4) plays a central role in lymphocyte development and immune regulation. Pathogenic IKZF1 variants produce a wide phenotypic spectrum related to whether the...