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https://read.qxmd.com/read/38489346/care-groups-in-an-integrated-nutrition-education-intervention-improved-infant-growth-among-south-sudanese-refugees-in-uganda-s-west-nile-post-emergency-settlements-a-cluster-randomized-trial
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Joel J Komakech, Sam R Emerson, Ki L Cole, Christine N Walters, Hasina Rakotomanana, Margaret K Kabahenda, Deana A Hildebrand, Barbara J Stoecker
OBJECTIVE: This study examined the effects of a peer-led integrated nutrition education intervention with maternal social support using Care Groups on infant growth among South Sudanese refugees in Uganda. METHODS: A community-based cluster-randomized trial (RCT) was conducted among 390 pregnant women (third trimester). Two intervention study arms were Mothers-only(n = 131) and Parents-combined (n = 142) with a Control (n = 117). WHO infant growth standards defined length-for-age z-scores (LAZ) for stunting, weight-for-age z-scores (WAZ) for underweight and weight-for-length z-scores (WLZ) for wasting...
2024: PloS One
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38489345/new-energy-vehicles-technology-innovation-coordination-strategy-based-on-alliance-negotiation-under-dual-credit-policy
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Miaomiao Ma, Weidong Meng, Bo Huang, Yuyu Li
The development of new energy vehicles (NEVs) is one of the effective ways to alleviate carbon emissions, environmental pollution, and energy scarcity in the transportation sector. The Chinese government has innovatively proposed the "dual credit policy," but it is still a hot topic whether it can promote the NEVs' technological innovation. In this study, we construct game models and obtain the technological innovation strategies for NEVs under the dual credit policy, considering that the NEV supply chain contains one manufacturer and N suppliers...
2024: PloS One
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38489344/an-evolutionary-analysis-of-supply-chain-collaborative-information-sharing-based-on-prospect-theory
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Meng Liu, Luyu Zhai, Hongcheng Gan
In order to delve into the dynamic evolution process and influencing factors of information sharing decisions among stakeholders under supply chain collaboration, this study constructs an evolutionary game model with suppliers and retailers as the primary entities. Within this model, a combined approach of game theory and prospect theory is employed, integrating prospect value functions and weight functions to create an information sharing prospect value matrix. A comprehensive analysis is conducted on the strategic choices and benefits of entities considering the psychological perception of information sharing, and critical factors influencing the stability of information sharing evolution results are explored through numerical simulations using Matlab...
2024: PloS One
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38489343/factors-associated-with-suicidal-ideation-among-medical-residents-in-tehran-during-the-covid-19-pandemic-a-multicentric-cross-sectional-survey
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Fahimeh Saeed, Elaheh Ghalehnovi, Mahdieh Saeidi, Neda Ali Beigi, Mohsen Vahedi, Mohammadreza Shalbafan, Leila Kamalzadeh, Ali Nazeri Astaneh, Amir Hossein Jalali Nadoushan, Sheikh Shoib
BACKGROUND: The mental health of medical residents, challenged by their intensive training, is of utmost concern. In light of reported suicides among Iranian medical residents in 2021, this study investigates the factors behind suicidal ideation among medical residents during the COVID-19 pandemic in Tehran. METHODS: This study conducted a cross-sectional online survey among medical residents in various specialties in Tehran, Iran, amidst the COVID-19 pandemic. Suicidal ideation was assessed using the Beck Scale for Suicidal Ideation (BSSI), while depression, anxiety, and stress were measured using the DASS-21...
2024: PloS One
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38489340/impact-of-uncertain-demand-and-channel-power-on-dual-channel-supply-chain-decisions
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Liu-Wei Zhao, Yin Zhao
The paper aims to conduct an analysis of pricing strategies in a dual channel supply chain under external uncertainty, utilizing Interval numbers theory and Game theory as the theoretical basis. The focus is on maximizing the expected profits of manufacturers and retailers. Four models are considered: centralized decision-making, manufacturer's Stackelberg, retailer's Stackelberg strategy, and vertical Nash model, with the decision variable being the product price. By solving the game model, the paper compares the optimal decisions under the four models and conducts sensitivity analysis to reflect the influence of key parameters and analyze their relationships...
2024: PloS One
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38489339/-daddy-comforts-me-young-swedish-children-s-perspectives-on-their-family-relations-before-and-after-their-parents-participation-in-a-parenting-programme
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Anton Dahlberg, Karin Fängström
Despite extensive research assessing parenting support, there is a lack of knowledge about the perspectives of the youngest children. In this study, we explored changes in preschool children's emotional and relational experiences at home before and after their parents participated in a parenting intervention, the Triple P parenting programme. Nine children in total were interviewed, aged 3-6 years, whose parents participated in a group parenting intervention. The interviews were conducted during the first and final group sessions attended by the children's parents...
2024: PloS One
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38489338/an-in-vitro-study-in-separating-tensile-loads-during-maxillo-mandibular-fixation-using-wire-and-or-elastics
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Sudeep Pawa, Surakit Visuttiwattanakorn
Intermaxillary fixation (IMF) or maxillo-mandibular fixation (MMF) is a fundamental process in stabilizing the maxilla and mandible through dental maximum intercuspation (MIP) during the management of trauma, orthognathic surgery, and reconstruction. Despite the availability of several techniques in achieving adequate maxillo-mandibular fixation, concerns have been raised regarding the sufficiency of using only latex elastics to counter displacing forces during reduction and fixation. To address this, an in vitro study was conducted to compare the efficacy of three maxillo-mandibular fixation methods: wire, elastics, and a combination of both...
2024: PloS One
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38489337/the-efficacy-of-pediatric-elbow-radiographic-guidance-in-diagnosis-of-lateral-humeral-condyle-fracture
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Satetha Vasaruchapong, Patarawan Woratanarat, Tanyaporn Patathong, Thira Woratanarat, Supaneewan Jaovisidha, Chanika Angsanunsukh
Although lateral humeral condyle fracture is common, the incidence of missed diagnosis is very high. Delayed and missed diagnosis led to significant morbidities and loss of functions. We designed a pediatric elbow radiographic guidance aiming to improve the accuracy of diagnosis. This study was aimed to evaluate the efficacy of the radiographic guidance for the diagnosis of lateral condyle fracture. A cross-sectional study was conducted after defining the essential parameters as a guidance for assessing the pediatric elbow radiographs...
2024: PloS One
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38489336/betabuddy-an-automated-end-to-end-computer-vision-pipeline-for-analysis-of-calcium-fluorescence-dynamics-in-%C3%AE-cells
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Anne M Alsup, Kelli Fowlds, Michael Cho, Jacob M Luber
Insulin secretion from pancreatic β-cells is integral in maintaining the delicate equilibrium of blood glucose levels. Calcium is known to be a key regulator and triggers the release of insulin. This sub-cellular process can be monitored and tracked through live-cell imaging and subsequent cell segmentation, registration, tracking, and analysis of the calcium level in each cell. Current methods of analysis typically require the manual outlining of β-cells, involve multiple software packages, and necessitate multiple researchers-all of which tend to introduce biases...
2024: PloS One
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38489335/industrial-technology-progress-digital-finance-development-and-corporate-risk-taking-evidence-from-china-s-listed-firms
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Xiya Wu, Yanghui Liu, Biru Xia
Industrial technological progress, as an essential industrial-technological and institutional phenomenon, brings with it the possibility of high profits for firms but also implies new norms and rules of competition, which affect the willingness and propensity of firms to bear the costs of undertaking venture capital projects. This study empirically investigates the causal impact of industrial-technological progress on corporate risk-taking and the mechanism of digital financial growth on the relationship between the two, based on data from China's A-share listed businesses from 2011 to 2020...
2024: PloS One
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38489334/spatiotemporal-mapping-of-rice-acreage-and-productivity-growth-in-bangladesh
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Md Abdullah Al Mamun, Sheikh Arafat Islam Nihad, Mou Rani Sarker, Md Abdur Rouf Sarkar, Md Ismail Hossain, Md Shahjahan Kabir
Technological advancements have long played crucial roles in rice productivity and food security in Bangladesh. Seasonal variation over time and regional differences in rice production, however, pose a threat to agricultural sustainability but remain unexplored. We performed a spatial-temporal mapping of rice cultivation area, production, and yield from 2006-2007 to 2019-2020 using secondary data for disaggregating 64 districts in Bangladesh. Growth and multivariate approaches were employed to analyze time-series data...
2024: PloS One
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38489333/pathological-changes-in-oral-epithelium-and-the-expression-of-sars-cov-2-entry-receptors-ace2-and-furin
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Osnat Grinstein-Koren, Michal Lusthaus, Hilla Tabibian-Keissar, Ilana Kaplan, Amos Buchner, Ron Ilatov, Marilena Vered, Ayelet Zlotogorski-Hurvitz
BACKGROUND: Expression of angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE)-2 and co-factors like furin, play key-roles in entry of SARS-CoV-2 into host cells. Furin is also involved in oral carcinogenesis. We investigated their expression in oral pre-malignant/malignant epithelial pathologies to evaluate whether ACE2 and furin expression might increase susceptibility of patients with these lesions for SARS-CoV-2 infection. METHODS: Study included normal oral mucosa (N = 14), epithelial hyperplasia-mild dysplasia (N = 27), moderate-to-severe dysplasia (N = 24), squamous cell carcinoma (SCC, N = 34) and oral lichen planus (N = 51)...
2024: PloS One
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38489332/analyzing-the-determinants-of-beef-cattle-commercialization-and-its-market-inefficiency-a-case-study-of-pabna-district-bangladesh
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Farjana Eyasmin, Bikash Chandra Ghosh
The world has entered a new era of globalization and industrialization, which pose several challenges to ensuring food security. Beef cattle production is one of the fastest-growing subsectors that has the capacity to meet protein demand. Due to growing demand of meat and protein and a market-oriented production system, small-scale beef cattle production contribute most to marginal farmers as a means of rising income in many developing nations like Bangladesh. Though production and commercialization are not easier for households' due to various factors and a lack of market efficiency...
2024: PloS One
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38489331/venous-blood-gases-and-electrolyte-values-of-captive-red-foot-tortoise-chelonoidis-carbonarius
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Sofia Silva La Rocca de Freitas, Laís Velloso Garcia, Jairo Antonio Melo Dos Santos, Líria Queiroz Luz Hirano
Blood gas analysis reflects the exchange of oxygen and carbon dioxide in the lungs. This test provides important information, since the relationship between these gases has a direct impact on the acid-basic balance in the body. Given the significance of blood gas analysis in Brazilian reptiles, this study set out to establish temperature-corrected and uncorrected reference intervals for venous blood gas measurements in Chelonoidis carbonarius, and to compare values between females and males. In this study, 19 animals were used, 8 males and 11 females...
2024: PloS One
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38489330/temperature-difference-and-systemic-risk-evidence-from-lasso-var-dy-based-on-china-s-pan-financial-market
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Kaiwei Jia, Yunqing Du
Climate change-induced pan-financial market and the contagion of systemic financial risks are becoming important issues in the financial sector. The paper measures the temperature difference in terms of the degree and direction of deviation of the actual temperature relative to the average temperature of the same historical period. Based on the high-dimensional time-series variable LASSO-VAR-DY framework, we construct a pan-financial market volatility correlation network consisting of 112 Chinese listed companies in banking, insurance, securities, real estate, traditional energy, and new energy, use eigenvector centrality to measure the systematic risk of each firm, and then empirically test the effect of temperature difference on systematic risk under pan-financial market scenario...
2024: PloS One
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38489329/a-dynamic-traffic-signal-scheduling-system-based-on-improved-greedy-algorithm
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Guangling Sun, Rui Qi, Yulong Liu, Feng Xu
Urbanization has led to accelerated traffic congestion, posing a significant obstacle to urban development. Traditional traffic signal scheduling methods are often inefficient and cumbersome, resulting in unnecessary waiting times for vehicles and pedestrians, exacerbating the traffic situation. To address this issue, this article proposes a dynamic traffic signal scheduling system based on an improved greedy algorithm. Unlike conventional approaches, we introduce a reward function and a cost model to ensure fair scheduling plans...
2024: PloS One
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38489327/the-effects-of-protein-supplementation-fumagillin-treatment-and-colony-management-on-the-productivity-and-long-term-survival-of-honey-bee-apis-mellifera-colonies
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Michael Peirson, Abdullah Ibrahim, Lynae P Ovinge, Shelley E Hoover, M Marta Guarna, Andony Melathopoulos, Stephen F Pernal
In this study, we intensively measured the longitudinal productivity and survival of 362 commercially managed honey bee colonies in Canada, over a two-year period. A full factorial experimental design was used, whereby two treatments were repeated across apiaries situated in three distinct geographic regions: Northern Alberta, Southern Alberta and Prince Edward Island, each having unique bee management strategies. In the protein supplemented treatment, colonies were continuously provided a commercial protein supplement containing 25% w/w pollen, in addition to any feed normally provided by beekeepers in that region...
2024: PloS One
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38489326/the-allocation-of-carbon-resources-in-marine-capture-fisheries
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Guangliang Li, Weikun Zhang, Hailan Qiu, Chunlan Tan, Juanjuan Niu
Marine fishery carbon emissions play a significant role in agricultural carbon emissions, making resource allocation a crucial topic for the overall marine ecological protection. This paper evaluates the dynamic iteration method as a research approach with the factors of resource allocation consisting of value assessment, optimization objective, difference between value assessment and objective, and optimization calculation. The paper selects the shadow price from the Super-SBM model as the judgment function for the goal value, aiming for the fairness criterion...
2024: PloS One
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38489324/data-retrieval-from-archival-renal-biopsies-using-nonlinear-microscopy
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Lucas C Cahill, Tadayuki Yoshitake, Milan Rosen, Timothy D Weber, James G Fujimoto, Seymour Rosen
Thorough examination of renal biopsies may improve understanding of renal disease. Imaging of renal biopsies with fluorescence nonlinear microscopy (NLM) and optical clearing enables three-dimensional (3D) visualization of pathology without microtome sectioning. Archival renal paraffin blocks from 12 patients were deparaffinized and stained with Hoechst and Eosin for fluorescent nuclear and cytoplasmic/stromal contrast, then optically cleared using benzyl alcohol benzyl benzoate (BABB). NLM images of entire biopsy fragments (thickness range 88-660 μm) were acquired using NLM with fluorescent signals mapped to an H&E color scale...
2024: PloS One
https://read.qxmd.com/read/38489322/statistical-determination-of-service-quality-gaps-in-primary-health-care-in-guayas-ecuador
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Miguel A Bustamante U, Michelle Tello, Mauricio Carvache-Franco, Orly Carvache-Franco, Wilmer Carvache-Franco
The present work determines the gaps between expectations and perceptions about the quality of the service that patients and families receive in primary health care (PHC) in Guayas, Ecuador. A descriptive, cross-sectional and non-experimental study was carried out, primarily prospective with respect to expectations and retrospective with respect to perceptions of service quality. For its development, a random sample of 533 users from the northern and southern urban sectors of the city of Guayaquil was determined, who were asked to answer a questionnaire...
2024: PloS One
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