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Outcomes of hospitalized children in rural Malawi: investigating the association between inpatient mortality and referral

<ns5:p>Background The under-five mortality rate counted 71 deaths per 1000 live births for children under five in Sub Saharan Africa in 2022, far above the SDG under five-mortality goal of 25 deaths per live 1000 birth. Referral issues are major challenges to child health and the...

Variability in the Application and Principles of Prehabilitation and Enhanced Recovery (VAPPER Survey) Among Colorectal Surgery Units: A National Multicentre Survey

Background: Prehabilitation has become an essential component of perioperative care in colorectal surgery, aiming to improve postoperative outcomes through multimodal interventions. However, its real-world implementation remains heterogeneous. This study aimed to evaluate the deg...

Protective Role of Donor KIR B Haplotype in Cytomegalovirus Reactivation Following T-Cell-Depleted Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation

Background: Cytomegalovirus (CMV) reactivation is a major complication after hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT). Natural killer (NK) cells help control CMV through killer-cell immunoglobulin-like receptors (KIRs) and their HLA ligands, but donor-derived CMV-specific T...

Changing Etiological Patterns of Pediatric Meningitis: A Three-Year Experience from a Tertiary Pediatric Emergency Hospital in Romania

Background and Objectives: Pediatric meningitis remains a major diagnostic and therapeutic emergency because clinical presentation may be nonspecific and early etiological distinction directly influences treatment, infection control, and epidemiological surveillance. Although bac...

Compounding impacts of prolonged drought and onset of the Russian-Ukrainian war on food security and cleaner cooking fuel use in Nairobi, Kenya in 2022

In 2022, the Russian-Ukrainian war onset increased global fuel and food prices. Additionally, a multi-season drought in Kenya reached peak severity in 2022. We aimed to quantify the impacts of these climatic and energy-related shocks on energy/food security in an informal settlem...

Antecedents of genetically modified food acceptance and rejection. Findings from correlational and configurational analysis

This study explores willingness to try (WTR) genetically modified food (GMF) through perceived benefits (BEN), risk (RISK), value (PVAL), knowledge (KNOWL), food neophobia (NPHOB), subjective norms (SNORM), gender, and age. Structural equation modeling shows that BEN, PVAL, and S...

Who Can Reach What? Travel-Time-Based Accessibility and Urban Inequality in Los Ángeles, Chile

Abstract. Urban accessibility is a key factor in understanding spatial inequality, as it conditions residents’ ability to reach essential services and urban opportunities. This study analyses accessibility in the intermediate city of Los Ángeles, Chile, characterized by a central...

Cost-Effectiveness of Endovascular vs Open Surgery for Chronic Limb-Threatening Ischemia

Importance: Choosing between endovascular and open (bypass) surgical revascularization for chronic limb-threatening ischemia has major implications for clinical practice. Objective: To evaluate the cost-effectiveness of endovascular vs bypass surgical revascularization. Design, S...

E8 Phi-Resonant Chroniton Field Modulation for Temporal Metric Stabilization — E8 Intelligence Research

By applying phi-recursive modulation to the 132Hz E8 root vector lattice, we discover that temporal metric fluctuations can be stabilized through coherent chroniton field coupling. The 240 E8 roots, when phase-locked at golden ratio intervals, create a self-correcting temporal sc...

The Impact of Rain classroom-based flipped classroom (RC-BFC) on surgical nursing education enhancement

Clinical nursing education is essential for facilitating students’ successful transition into professional practice. The Rain Classroom-based Flipped Classroom (RC-BFC) model represents an innovative teaching strategy that emphasizes active, student-centered learning through the...

Mitigating Concentration Polarization in Dry‐Processed Ultra‐Thick Cathodes Using a Low‐Viscosity Electrolyte With Soft Li + Solvation

ABSTRACT Dry‐processed high‐loading cathodes are essential for realizing high‐energy‐density lithium‐metal batteries because they increase areal capacity while minimizing inactive components. However, the dense and tortuous structure of dry‐processed ultra‐thick cathodes severely...

Determinants of High Screen Time Use and Physical Inactivity Among High School Students in Texas: A 2001-2023 Cross-Sectional Study

Purpose To examine demographic, socioeconomic, and health related correlates of the combined behavioral pattern of high screen time and physical inactivity among Texas high school students. Design Cross-sectional study using Youth Risk Behavior Survey data. Setting Texas high sch...

Assessing the Influence of Entrepreneurial Orientation on the Performance of Small and Medium Scale Enterprises in North-Central Nigeria.

Abstract This study examined the influence of entrepreneurial orientation on the performance of small and medium-scale enterprises (SMEs) in North-Central Nigeria, with specific emphasis on the effects of innovativeness on productivity and risk-taking on profitability. The study...

Research on the dynamic evolution of competitive and water-film-mediated wear mechanisms of the carbon strips in the pantograph-catenary system at low temperature

Abstract To investigate the evolution of wear mechanisms in carbon strips at low temperature, this study conducted comparative friction tests on copper-impregnated carbon strips at room temperature (25 °C) and low temperature (-20 °C). To replicate operating conditions, the exper...

Evaluation of oxidative stress level: total antioxidant capacity, malondialdehyde and superoxide dismutase activity in children with pneumonia compared to healthy children

Viral pneumonia is a leading cause of death in young children worldwide. Oxidant/antioxidant imbalance has been reported in various infectious diseases. This study aimed to evaluate oxidative stress and antioxidant defense markers — specifically malondialdehyde (MDA), total antio...

Anti-Holomorphic Involutions and Langlands Duality on the Moduli Space of Principal G2-Bundles

Let X be a compact Riemann surface of genus g≥2 equipped with an anti-holomorphic involution τ, and let M(G2) denote the moduli space of stable principal G2-bundles over X. We study the fixed-point loci M(G2)σ of the involutions σ=θ∗∘τ∗ on M(G2), where θ is a Cartan involution of...

Evaluating the Group Responses After Disasters and Emergencies (GRADE) psychosocial training package pilot: A feasibility randomised controlled trial with trauma-exposed managers in the civil service

OBJECTIVE: This study assessed the feasibility of delivering and evaluating the Group Responses After Disasters and Emergencies (GRADE) training intervention among managers in trauma-exposed roles. METHOD: A pre-registered two-arm randomised controlled feasibility trial was condu...

Lightweight All‐Solid‐State Pouch Cells Freed from High Stack Pressure

Since 2011, ionic conductivity of some sulfide- and halide-based solid-state electrolytes (SSEs) have already reached a level comparable to that of liquid electrolytes. Numerous companies worldwide have proposed diverse technical pathways for commercializing electric vehicles wit...

Municipal Solid Waste Generation and Composition Analysis in Duwakot-2, Changunarayan Municipality, Bhaktapur, Nepal

The management of municipal solid waste (MSW) is emerging as an environment challenge in Nepal because of the rapid urbanization, population growth and transformation of consumption pattern. This study delineated the concept, composition, and present management of MSW in Duwakot-...

SGOED: An Atemporal Matrix Formalism for Stability-Gated Crystallization and Aggregation (Phase 1-2)

This record contains the main SGOED manuscript in publication-ready format, together with its two technical appendices. SGOED (Structural Gradient Ontology & Equilibrium Dynamics) is a toy-level mathematical formalism exploring how stable structures emerge from matrix chaos witho...