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BMC Vet Res
December 2024
Department of Zoology, Faculty of Science, Benha University, Benha, 13518, Egypt.
Introduction: Heavy metal pollution threatens the biodiversity and ecological equilibrium of the Nile River. This study investigates the impact of heavy metal pollution on aquatic animals such as Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) in the Damietta branch of the River Nile and El-Rayah El-Tawfeeky canal in Benha City in Egypt.
Methods: Fish and water samples were collected from the Damietta branch and El-Rayah El-Tawfeeky during the fall of 2022.
BMC Psychol
December 2024
Mental Health Education and Counseling Center, Nanchang Hangkong University, 696, Fenghe South Avenue, Nanchang, 330063, China.
Purpose: This study aims to examine how college students' information literacy affects their online learning engagement and what factors contribute to this relationship.
Method: The research adopted the method of cluster sampling to deliver a questionnaire survey to a sample of 1421 students' representative of four colleges. Information Literacy Scale, Online Learning Engagement Scale, Information Literacy Self-Efficacy Scale, and Psychological Resilience Scale were utilized in this study.
BioData Min
December 2024
School of Computing, Queen's University, 557 Goodwin Hall, 21-25 Union St, Kingston, K7L 2N8, Ontario, Canada.
Background: Epistasis, the phenomenon where the effect of one gene (or variant) is masked or modified by one or more other genes, significantly contributes to the phenotypic variance of complex traits. Traditionally, epistasis has been modeled using the Cartesian epistatic model, a multiplicative approach based on standard statistical regression. However, a recent study investigating epistasis in obesity-related traits has identified potential limitations of the Cartesian epistatic model, revealing that it likely only detects a fraction of the genetic interactions occurring in natural systems.
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December 2024
Chair of Autonomous Systems and Mechatronics, Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, Germany.
Wearable robots are often powered by elastic actuators, which can mimic the intrinsic compliance observed in human joints, contributing to safe and seamless interaction. However, due to their increased complexity, when compared to direct drives, elastic actuators are susceptible to faults, which pose significant challenges, potentially compromising user experience and safety during interaction. In this article, we developed a fault-tolerant control strategy for torque assistance in a knee exoskeleton and investigated user experience during a walking task while emulating faults.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBMC Pulm Med
December 2024
School of Nursing, Jinan University, Guangzhou, China.
Objectives: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide, particularly among the elderly, resulting in high rates of intensive care unit (ICU) admissions. Malnutrition is common in elderly patients and has been associated with poor prognosis in patients with COPD. However, its impact in the ICU setting remains incompletely defined.
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