Academic Articles & Research Papers

Veterinary Epidemiology

The author describes the specifics of veterinary epidemiology, in particular its domain and objectives. The large diversity of data sources are partly limited by the lack of standardized nomenclature and registries in many animal species. E...

Combined Letrozole and Growth Hormone Therapy in Late-Pubertal Males with Advanced Bone Age and Open Knee Physes

Background/Objectives: The therapeutic window for growth hormone (GH) therapy in late-pubertal males with advanced bone age (BA ≥ 15 years) is generally considered closed. Yet, open knee physes may indicate residual growth potential. This s...

Determinants of smoking prevention behavior of senior high school students: A short report

Introduction With Indonesia ranking top in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations for the number of smokers aged 13–15 years, this study aims to analyze the factors associated with smoking prevention behavior among students of senior hi...

Efficacy of integrative medicine using Yinhua-based herbal granules on herpangina: A Bayesian network meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials

Background: Different Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) in the format of granules, such as Kanggan Granules (KangGs), Kouyanqing Granules (KouGs), Lianhua Qingwen Granules (LQGs), Qingkailing Granules (QGs) and Xiao'er Qingjie Granules (XQ...

Life Stage-Specific Burdens and Impacts of Gastrointestinal Nematodes in Beef Cattle in the United States: A Review of Diagnostics, Impacts on Productivity, and Immune Response

Gastrointestinal nematodes (GINs) remain a significant challenge to productivity and sustainability in beef cattle systems in the United States, contributing to subclinical reductions in growth, reproductive performance, and overall herd he...

Nurse-coordinated home-based cardiac rehabilitation for patients with heart failure: A scoping review

Objectives: This study aimed to review and summarize the studies of nurse-coordinated home-based cardiac rehabilitation for patients with heart failure. Methods: The review was performed using Arksey and O’Malley’s scoping review framework....

Enhancing vocational training in corrections: A type 1 hybrid randomized controlled trial protocol for evaluating virtual reality job interview training among returning citizens preparing for community re-entry

The Michigan Department of Corrections operates the Vocational Villages, which are skilled trades training programs set within prisons that include an immersive educational community using virtual reality, robotics, and other technologies t...

Comparative Analysis of Deep Natural Networks and Large Language Models for Aspect-Based Sentiment Analysis

Sentiment analysis is essential for comprehending public opinion, particularly when considering e-commerce and the expansion of online businesses. Early approaches treated sentiment analysis as a document or sentence-level classification pr...

Innovations in repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation: a review of clinical evidence and patient-reported outcomes for ExoTMS

IntroductionTranscranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) is a non-invasive neuromodulation technique with demonstrated efficacy in the treatment of multiple psychiatric and neurological disorders. ExoTMS represents an evolution in TMS system des...

Error-mitigated fermionic classical shadows on noisy quantum devices

Abstract Efficiently estimating fermionic Hamiltonian expectation values is vital for simulating various physical systems. Classical shadow (CS) algorithms offer a solution by reducing the number of quantum state copies needed, but noise in...

Hybrid simulation method of quantum characteristics for advanced Si MOSFETs under extreme conditions by incorporating simplified master equation with TCAD

Silicon (Si)-based quantum-dot (QD) device by advanced CMOS process is one of important technologies for quantum computing application and currently, it needs a fast and accurate quantum characteristics simulation for designing and optimizi...

Safety and reliability driven task allocation in distributed systems

Distributed computer systems are increasingly being employed for critical applications, such as aircraft control, industrial process control, and banking systems. Maximizing performance has been the conventional objective in the allocation ...

Accountants, Cybersecurity Isn't Just for “Techies”: Incorporating Cybersecurity into the Accounting Curriculum

ABSTRACT In today's business world, it is essential that accountants be concerned about cybersecurity in their organizations and in the work they perform. Despite increasing importance as well as regulatory and professional emphasis, most a...

Hacking the Human: The Prevalence Paradox in Cybersecurity

OBJECTIVE: This work assesses the efficacy of the "prevalence effect" as a form of cyberattack in human-automation teaming, using an email task. BACKGROUND: Under the prevalence effect, rare signals are more difficult to detect, even when t...

Emergence of Fintech and cybersecurity in a global financial centre

Purpose This paper aims to explore how the regulator of a global financial centre (GFC) under an international trend of adopting emerging technologies for financial services (Fintech) articulates such opportunities and risks strategically. ...

Bayesian Nonparametric Federated Learning of Neural Networks

In federated learning problems, data is scattered across different servers and exchanging or pooling it is often impractical or prohibited. We develop a Bayesian nonparametric framework for federated learning with neural networks. Each data...

Two Acceleration-Layer Configuration Amendment Schemes of Redundant Robot Arms Based on Zhang Neurodynamics Equivalency

Two innovative acceleration-layer configuration amendment (CA) schemes are proposed to achieve the CA of constrained redundant robot arms. Specifically, by applying the Zhang neurodynamics equivalency (ZNE) method, an acceleration-layer CA ...

CD44-Receptors-Mediated Multiprong Targeting Strategy Against Breast Cancer and Tumor-Associated Macrophages: Design, Optimization, Characterization, and Cytologic Evaluation

Zahid Hussain,1,2 Lama Abdulrahim Abdul Moti,1 Jayalakshmi Jagal,2 Hnin Ei Thu,3 Shahzeb Khan,4 Mohsin Kazi5 1Department of Pharmaceutics and Pharmaceutical Technology, College of Pharmacy, University of Sharjah, Sharjah, 27272, United Arab...

Extended in vivo activity of VRC01 HIV-1 prophylaxis entails initial protective efficacy and subsequent breakthrough infections.

The relationship between preoperative anxiety, self-efficacy, and positive coping style in lung cancer patients undergoing video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery: a cross-sectional study.