South Asian women’s lived experiences of health care after disclosure of family violence: a qualitative meta-synthesis review by Surriya Baloch, Elizabeth McLindon, Mohajer Hameed, Kelsey Hegarty

“…Cultural factors and social obstacles may prevent South Asian women from seeking and using appropriate support services. Additional barriers may include healthcare providers’ reluctance to address FV with South Asian women because of a lack of cultural knowledge and/or appropriate methods to address FV. …”
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Complexed Crystal Structure of Saccharomyces cerevisiae Dihydroorotase with Inhibitor 5-Fluoroorotate Reveals a New Binding Mode by Hong-Hsiang Guan, Yen-Hua Huang, En-Shyh Lin, Chun-Jung Chen, Cheng-Yang Huang

“…However, our complexed structure revealed that ScDHOase bound 5-FOA differently from EcDHOase. 5-FOA ligated the Zn atoms in the active site of ScDHOase. In addition, 5-FOA bound to ScDHOase through the loop-in mode. …”
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Application of two novel anionic peroxidases from Raphanus sativus L. var niger roots in labeling antibodies and developing an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay by Hooman Askari, Ali Nabati, Aliasghar Rahimian, Mahdi Aminian

“…Moreover, the applicability of BRP-A and BRP-B in immunoassays was investigated by comparing the signal generated by these novel peroxidases in ELISA with HRP conjugates. Additionally, the limit of detection (LOD) was calculated for BRP-A, BRP-B, and HRP conjugates. …”
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Dietary pattern and risk of thyroid cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis protocol by Kleyton Santos Medeiros, Jose Brandao-Neto, Yasmin Guerreiro Nagashima, Aline Alves Soares, Camila Xavier Alves, Marcia Marilia Gomes Dantas Lopes

“…The R (V.4.3.1) will be performed for data synthesis, and to measure heterogeneity, we will compute the I2 statistics. Additionally, a quantitative synthesis will be performed if the included studies are sufficiently homogenous.Ethics and dissemination It is not necessary to acquire ethical approval, as this study will be a review of the published data. …”
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Continuing education program and its relationship with the mental health of engineering faculty members by Josué Omar Nava-Manzo, Jesus Alfonso Beltran-Sanchez, Irma Marcela González-Treviño, Angeles Dominguez, Angeles Dominguez

“…This caused professors to invest more hours in attending training, which added to the stressors of the profession and those caused by the global situation and could add to the appearance of mental disorders such as anxiety, depression, stress, or burnout. …”
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Development of a Multifunctional Chitosan-Based Composite Film from Crab Shell (<i>Portunus segnis</i>) and Algae (<i>Ulva lactuca</i>) with Enhanced Antioxidant and Antimicrobial... by Imen Zaghbib, Johar Amin Ahmed Abdullah, Alberto Romero

“…This study investigates the application of <i>Ulva lactuca</i> macroalgae powder (ULP) as an active additive in crab (<i>Portunus segnis</i>) chitosan-based films for natural food packaging. …”
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RETRACTION Andli Marta, I.., Oktarifaldi, O., Hatchi, I.., Wisma, N.., Rosalina, V.., S, W.., Nopembri, S.., Erhan Orhan, B.., Kurnaz, M.., & bin Shahril, M. I.. (2024). Características de las habilidades motoras gruesas de estudiantes de primaria de 7 y 8 años: un estudio transversal (Characteristics of gross motor skills of elementary school students aged 7 and 8 years: a cross-sectional study). Retos, 59, 537–546. https://doi.org/10.47197/retos.v59.107293 by RETOS RETOS

“…With this fraudulent document the galleys were made and the article was definitively published, assigning it the corresponding DOI. Authors in the Word document of the article submitted for review: 8 Authors in the published PDF with modified authors: 10 Differences between the authors between both moments: +3 y -1 (Additions: Bekir Erhan Orhan, Mert Kurnaz, Mohd Izwan bin Shahril. …”
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Evaluation of Physicochemical Properties of Sandy-Textured Soils under Smallholder Agricultural Land Use Practices in Sarawak, East Malaysia by Soo Ying Ho, Mohd Effendi Bin Wasli, Mugunthan Perumal

“…Conversely, soils under pepper land uses were less acidic with higher nutrient contents at the surface layer, especially P. In addition, soils in the pepper land uses were more compact due to human trampling effects from regular farm works at a localized area. …”
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Mitochondrial DNA copy number as a mediator of the relationship between insulin resistance and cognitive function in patients with euthymic bipolar disorder by Tsung Han Tsai, Cheng Ying Wu, Cheng Chen Chang, Ta Tsung Lin, Chin San Liu, Po See Chen

“…Abstract Persistent cognitive challenges in bipolar disorder (BD) may be tied to insulin resistance, which crucially affects both metabolism and brain health. Additionally, mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) copy number has emerged as an indicator of cognitive performance and response to treatment in BD. …”
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Hybrid metaheuristic artificial neural networks for stock price prediction considering efficient market hypothesis by Milad Shahvaroughi Farahani, Hamed Farrokhi-Asl, Saeed Rahimian

“…The GA is employed for selecting the most suitable optimization indicators. In addition to indicator selection, PSO and HS are utilized to fine-tune the Neural Network (NN), minimizing network errors and optimizing weights and the number of hidden layers simultaneously. …”
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The quality of bone and paraspinal muscle in the fragility osteoporotic vertebral compression fracture: a comprehensive comparison between different indicators by Sizheng Zhan, Haoning Ma, Xingguang Duan, Ping Yi

“…Conclusion VBQ score and HU value has good value in predicting of fragility OVCF. In addition to bone mineral density, we should pay more attention to bone quality, including the fatty signal intensity in bone and the FI in paraspinal muscle.…”
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Enhanced bacteriostatic effects of phage vB_C4 and cell wall-targeting antibiotic combinations against drug-resistant Aeromonas veronii by Xin Cao, Yanqiong Tang, ZhenZhang Lu, Xiang Ma, Hong Li, Xue Chi, Juanjuan Li, Zhu Liu

“…Overall, the synergistic use of phage and antibiotics offers a novel attitude for treating pathogenic bacteria and holds significant potential in preventing the emergence of drug-resistant strains.IMPORTANCEThe combined application of phages and antibiotics not only effectively inhibits the emergence of phage-resistant bacteria but also reduces the required effective concentration of antibiotics. Additionally, this combination therapy demonstrates significant therapeutic effects on clinical infections mediated by biofilms. …”
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Economic, social and cultural human rights in the context of preventing the spread of COVID-19 in Ukraine by O. I. Zozulia

“…It has been established that some of the significant restrictions on the implementation of these human rights in connection with the COVID-19 pandemic in Ukraine are unsystematic and have contradictory legal nature, are insufficiently justified and proportionate to anti-epidemic goals, demonstrate the features of discrimination, are insufficiently specified in content and implementation procedure, as well as are not provided with additional guarantees for the realization of these human rights. …”
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Impact of Tibetan plateau warming amplification on the interannual variations in East Asia Summer precipitation by XiaoJing Jia, XinHai Chen, Wei Dong, Hao Ma, JingWen Ge, QiFeng Qian

“…Specifically, positive TA is linked to significant local tropospheric warming, which intensifies and eastward expands the South Asian High, creating a double-gyre meridional circulation over East Asia. Additionally, positive TA induces an eastward-propagating wave, reinforcing a midlatitude anomalous high-pressure belt over East Asia and the western North Pacific regions. …”
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Advanced thyristor-based cycloconverter for efficient three-phase conversion with low THD by Mahbubur Rahman Tahmid, Md. Abdul Malek, Md. Rafiul Islam, Muhammad Abdul Goffar Khan

“…Conventional DC-link-based single-phase to three-phase converters and variable frequency drives require massive and expensive processing units. Additionally, they have a high conduction loss as they involve multiple conversion stages. …”
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Cognitive Planning Improved After Cycling Exercise in Older Adults with Down Syndrome by Shannon D. R. Ringenbach, Nathaniel E. Arnold, Forouzan Rafiei Rezvani, Chih-Chia Chen

“…Background/Objectives: Cognitive functions are a crucial part of daily living, especially for adults with Down syndrome (DS) who have a high likelihood of developing Alzheimer’s disease in adulthood. In addition, adults with DS move slower and are not meeting the standard aerobic activity guidelines each week. …”
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Modeling suction of unsaturated granular soil treated with biochar in plant microbial fuel cell bioelectricity system by K. C. Onyelowe, Ahmed M. Ebid, Rosa Belén Ramos Jiménez, Viroon Kamchoom, M. Vishnupriyan, Krishna Prakash Arunachalam

“…This work further explores the effect of different combinations of biochar content (0 to 15 mass %) on the bioelectricity generation from biochar-improved plant microbial fuel cells (BPMFC). Additionally, different machine learning models such as the “Gradient Boosting (GB)”, “CN2 Rule Induction (CN2)”, “Naive Bayes (NB)”, “Support vector machine (SVM), “Stochastic Gradient Descent (SGD)”, “K-Nearest Neighbors (KNN)”, “Tree Decision (Tree)”, “Random Forest (RF)”, and “Response Surface Methodology” (RSM), have been developed to predict SWCC based on soil suction, electric current, electrical potential, volumetric water content, temperature, and bulk density. …”
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Characterization and application of gelatin from red snapper skin for making wound healing membranes by Sahubawa Latif, Handrini Dewi Anne, Raynitha Murdik Irene, Ari Setiyawan Rio, Sabilil Hikma Afida

“…The p0 sample was superior because it also had one additional group detected: phenol. In the solubility test, p1 dissolved more slowly, taking 9.33±3.21 seconds, whereas p0 dissolved in 4.67±0.58 seconds.…”
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An Adaptive Spatio-Temporal Traffic Flow Prediction Using Self-Attention and Multi-Graph Networks by Basma Alsehaimi, Ohoud Alzamzami, Nahed Alowidi, Manar Ali

“…These approaches often rely on a single model to capture temporal dependencies, which neglects the varying influences of different time periods on traffic flow. Additionally, these models frequently utilize either static or dynamic graphs to represent spatial dependencies, which limits their ability to address complex and overlapping spatial relationships. …”
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Mental health help-seeking knowledge, attitudes and behaviour among male elite rugby players: the role of masculine health-related values by Simon M Rice, John L Oliffe, Yasutaka Ojio, Rei Amemiya

“…Further research is needed to explore additional cultural and organisational factors that may better explain help-seeking behaviour and inform effective intervention strategies.…”
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