Symbiotic radio (SR) has recently emerged as a promising paradigm for enabling spectrum- and energy-efficient massive connectivity in low-power Internet-of-Things (IoT) networks. By allowing passive backscatter devices (BDs) to coexist with active pr...
This paper investigates a financial market where asset prices follow a multi-dimensional Brownian motion process and a multi-dimensional Poisson process characterized by diverse credit and deposit rates where the credit rate is higher than the deposi...
25 March 2024
Research on mental health and psychosocial support (MHPSS) interventions within refugee and migrant communities has increasingly focused on evaluating implementation, including identifying strategies to promote retention in services. This study exami...
Stock repurchases have become a preferred method of distributing cash to stockholders. However, given the high level of information asymmetry and weak corporate governance as well as poor investor protection in Vietnam, many Vietnamese firms use stoc...
14 February 2025
Racial disparities have been found in outpatient substance use disorder (SUD) treatment completion rates. Improvements in access to treatment have sought to decrease these disparities and increase treatment engagement and success. To understand outco...
19 April 2018
Background The Nutrition for Sport Knowledge Questionnaire (NSKQ) is an 89-item, valid and reliable measure of sports nutrition knowledge (SNK). It takes 25 min to complete and has been subject to low completion and response rates. The aim of this st...
9 October 2020
Background: Many trials in actinic keratoses (AK) use complete clearance rate (100% reduction in number of lesions) as the primary endpoint. We explore limitations (predominantly baseline factors) associated with this outcome. Objective: This analysi...
Completing colon capsule endoscopy (CCE) investigations rely on successful transit and acceptable bowel preparation quality. We investigated the effect of adding castor oil to the CCE bowel preparation regimen on the completion rate using a meta-anal...
Background: To prospectively analyze feasibility and pathological complete response (pCR) rates of neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy combined with regional hyperthermia (RHT) in patients with locally advanced (LARC) or recurrent (LRRC) rectal cancer. Met...
1 June 2016
Background: Worldwide, the suicide rate is decreasing. To examine changes in the rates of completed suicide in the Mexican population from 2003 to 2012, we analyzed these changes according to: (i) the method of suicide; (ii) age group and (iii) gende...
In this paper, we study the complete consistency of the G-M estimator in a nonparametric regression model based on extended negatively dependent errors, and we obtain the convergence rates of the complete consistency by using the inequalities for ext...
31 December 2025
Background: High-intensity functional training (HIFT) varies daily workout programming, and trainees are often tasked with completing “as many repetitions as possible” (AMRAP) within a set time. Successful performance depends on fatigue management sk...
Background and Objectives: Isoniazid monotherapy has been the most widely used treatment for latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI). Although effective, it has been associated with poor adherence and a higher incidence of adverse events. The shorter du...
Background/Objectives: Accurately identifying residual disease in the breast following neoadjuvant systemic therapy (NST) is a critical aspect of treatment planning. While surgery remains the standard treatment, its omission may be considered in exce...
The personality traits of top judo referees are crucial for fair decision-making in elite competitions, shaping the experience for athletes, coaches, and spectators. This study examines potential differences in personality traits among 63 referees fr...
Relevant skills and physiological traits vary between high-intensity functional training (HIFT) workouts, but it is unknown how altering each programming detail affects their importance. To examine the effect of workout duration on relationships to H...
Colon capsule endoscopy (CCE) is a promising modality for colonic investigations, but completion rates (CR) and adequate cleansing rates (ACR) must be improved to meet established standards for optical colonoscopy. Improvements should be made with pa...
In this paper, several characterizations for exponential distribution are derived from a new relative hazard rate measure. This measure is closely related to the concept of remaining lifetime at a random time. It considers the random times specified...
Nitrogen (N) response studies in rice (Oryza sativa L.) are conducted to provide grower recommendations with economically optimum N rates (EONRs). This study was conducted to determine if experimental design alters the predicted EONR for rice. The ef...
6 August 2024
Study Design: Prospective pre-post study. Objective: Maxillofacial trauma presenting to the emergency department (ED) are often accompanied with complex concomitant injuries, thereby making thorough diagnosis and treatment plan quite an exacting task...
In the present study, 96 teams’ performances across 48 matches in the group stage of the FIFA Club World Cup 2025 were analyzed. Teams scoring first won 62.5% of matches (p < 0.05), while goals were evenly distributed between halves (p >...
Upstream oil production using dual string completion, i.e., two tubing inside a well casing, is common due to its cost advantage. High pressure gas is employed to lift the oil to the surface when there is insufficient reservoir energy to overcome the...
In international trade, it is common practice for multinational companies to use financial market instruments, such as financial derivatives and foreign currency debt, to hedge exchange rate risks. Making accurate predictions and decisions on the dir...
Over recent years, massive open online courses (MOOCs) have gained increasing popularity in the field of online education. Students with different needs and learning specificities are able to attend a wide range of specialized online courses offered...
Due to the profitability and selfishness of crowdfunding system users, under fixed budget conditions, there are problems, such as low task completion rate due to insufficient participants and low data quality. However, the existing incentive mechanis...
(1) Background: The combination of venetoclax and hypomethylating agents (HMAs) is a standard first-line regimen for acute myeloid leukemia (AML) patients unfit for intensive chemotherapy. Since venetoclax-HMAs are usually administered until progress...
The implementation experiences of a new asynchronous online inter-university creativity course-titled “Creativity, responsibility, and entrepreneurship” will be presented through the lens of the course designer. Aside from introducing the...
Introduction: Renal cell carcinomas (RCC) have been treated with immunotherapy for decades; the use of immune checkpoint inhibitors represents the most recent advance. In this review, we compare these new RCC immunotherapies, with a focus on achievin...
Background: Pazopanib was approved for advanced soft tissue sarcoma as a second- or third-line therapy based on the clinical trial “Pazopanib for metastatic soft-tissue sarcoma” (PALETTE). We hypothesized that the real-world experiences may be signif...
10 December 2014
Background: Recently, slow release tablets have been developed to prolong energy release throughout the day. The efficacy of the delivery of slow-release caffeine alone is fairly well documented; however, an assessment of safety and tolerability of p...
Purpose: The aim was to compare the short-term outcomes of aflibercept 8 mg and brolucizumab for the treatment of polypoidal choroidal vasculopathy (PCV). Methods: This study included 48 eyes of 48 patients with PCV. Drug selection was based on the t...
Massive Online Open Courses (MOOCs) are open educational activities that allow for distance learning and professional updating, although the academic community has questioned their effectiveness due to their low completion rates. This research analyz...
Although COVID-19 vaccination plans acknowledge a need for equity, disparities in two-dose vaccine initiation have been observed in the United States. We aim to assess if disparity patterns are emerging in COVID-19 vaccination completion. We gathered...
Background/Objectives: Dietary assessment tools are essential for quantifying food and nutrient intake, characterising dietary patterns, and informing nutrition research. Food Frequency Questionnaires (FFQs) and Food Records (FRs) are widely implemen...
Background: B3 lesions of the breast, for which vacuum-assisted biopsy (VABB) represents the standard tissue sampling approach, have different risks of upgrade to malignancy at surgery and/or follow-up. This study aimed to investigate if complete or...
Purpose: The purpose of this retrospective study is to identify potential predictors of academic success or failure in Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) programmes in the field of biomedicine. Based on these, the policies and structure of academic programme...
Appendiceal orifice inflammation (AOI) is commonly considered a skip lesion in ulcerative colitis (UC). However, the clinical significance of AOI in UC patients remains controversial. This study aimed to evaluate the clinical feature and long-term ou...
Background: Capsule endoscopy (CE) has become a widespread modality for non-invasive evaluation of the gastrointestinal (GI) tract, with several CE models having been developed throughout the years. The aim of this systematic review and meta-analysis...
In this paper, we revealed the genetic structure and migration history of the Powassan virus (POWV) reconstructed based on 25 complete genomes available in NCBI and ViPR databases (accessed in June 2021). The usage of this data set allowed us to perf...
Congenital complete heart block (CCHB) is associated with high intrauterine and post-natal mortality. Prenatal detection and management, as well as appropriate delivery planning, may improve the outcomes in CCHB. We describe a rare case of CCHB that...
There is a growing body of literature that recognizes the importance of applying gamification in educational settings. This research developed an application to gamify students’ homework to address the concern of the students’ inability to complete t...
Capsule endoscopy of the gastrointestinal tract is an innovative technology that serves to replace conventional endoscopy. Wireless capsule endoscopy, which is mainly used for small bowel examination, has recently been used to examine the entire gast...
Amending soil with biochar is a promising approach to persistently improve soil health and promote crop growth. The efficacy of soil biochar amendment, however, is soil specific, biochar dependent, and influenced by the biochar application programs....
The explosive increase in educational data and information systems has led to new teaching practices, challenges, and learning processes. To effectively manage and analyze this information, it is crucial to adopt innovative methodologies and techniqu...
Background: Heart rate variability (HRV) is an established, non-invasive parameter for the assessment of cardiac autonomic nervous activity and the health status in general cardiology. However, there are few studies on HRV in adults with congenital h...
Although web survey has been a popular method of data collection in the academic community, it presents meagre response rates, which primarily affect the validity of the results as well as the reliability of the outcomes. Surveys worldwide that study...
Existing BIM (Building Information Modeling) validation mechanisms, namely geometric clash detection and attribute completeness checking of individual objects (MVD, IDS), do not cover a significant category of informational incompleteness: situations...
To address the nonlinear nature of exchange rates where drivers vary by time horizon, this paper proposes a CEEMDAN-PE-CatBoost-SHAP framework. Analyzing USD/CNY data (2012–2024), we decomposed rates into high, medium, and low frequencies to br...
The multi-dimensional Elo rating system was designed to be a method of extending the more popular Elo system to model a wider variety of phenomena based on pairwise comparisons. This is useful in comparing the behaviours of machine learning models th...
The period 2018–2026 offers the first opportunity to observe a complete, closed mortgage interest rate cycle in the Czech Republic: rates fell to a historic trough of 1.98% (March 2021), rose to 5.37% (September 2023) and stabilized around 4.5%...
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