Search Results - "PLoS ONE"

<h4>Background</h4>Stigma involves discrediting a person or group based on a perceived attribute, behaviour or reputation associated with them. Sex workers (SW) and men who have sex with men (MSM) are key populations who are often at increased risk for the acquisition and transmission of...

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<h4>Introduction</h4>Waterpipe tobacco smoking is harmful to health however its prevalence estimates remain uncertain. We aimed to systematically review the medical literature on waterpipe tobacco prevalence and trends.<h4>Methods</h4>We searched Medline, Embase and ISI Web o...

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<h4>Objective</h4>Identify every paediatric surgical article published in 1998 and every paediatric surgical article published in 2013, and determine which study designs were used and whether they were appropriate for robustly assessing interventions in surgical conditions.<h4>Meth...

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Staff education is considered key to quality of early childhood education and care (ECEC) programs. However, findings about associations between staff education and children's outcomes have been inconsistent. We conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis of associations between ECEC staff...

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In this study, we introduce a novel Field-Agnostic Riemannian-Kernel Alignment (FARKA) method to advance the classification of motion imagination in Brain-Computer Interface (BCI) systems. BCI systems enable direct control of external devices through brain activity, bypassing peripheral nerves and m...

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<h4>Background</h4>Refugees experience high rates of food insecurity (FI) and its associated health outcomes, such as depression and hypertension. Prior research has identified barriers in accessing food among U.S. refugees. What remains unknown is when accessing food becomes a problem f...

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Nearly all differentiated mammalian cells possess primary cilia on their surface. Ciliary dysfunction causes ciliopathy in humans. Centrosomal protein 290 (CEP290), a ciliary protein implicated in ciliopathies, localizes to the ciliary base and the centrosome in ciliated cells. CEP290-related ciliop...

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Prior research identifies trust as critical to increase vaccine acceptance and uptake. However, few intervention studies have sought to develop or test strategies for bolstering vaccine-related trust. To address this gap, this exploratory study identifies features of COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy inter...

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<h4>Objective</h4>Hand osteoarthritis poses a significant health challenge globally due to its increasing prevalence and the substantial burden on individuals and the society. In current clinical practice, treatment options for hand osteoarthritis encompass a range of approaches, includi...

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<h4>Background</h4>It has been suggested that video-assisted (VATS) lobectomy is safer than open lobectomy in patients with compromised lung function, but data regarding this are limited. We assessed acute outcomes of VATS compared to open lobectomy in these high-risk patients using a sy...

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<h4>Background</h4>Occupational fatigue, characterized by both physical and mental exhaustion, is a pressing concern in various professions, particularly among nurses. Studies have consistently linked occupational fatigue to decreased productivity, heightened error rates, and compromised...

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This cross-sectional study explored the relationship between pain intensity, injury incidence, and sociodemographic factors in 120 high school athletes (mean age 16.78±0.91) participating in various sports. The aims of this study are to examine the correlation between factors and Verbal Rating Scale...

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[This corrects the article DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0311811.].