Psychometric properties of AMAS and math anxiety prevalence among Chinese and Russian schoolchildren: a comparative study.

The purpose of this study was to compare the prevalence of math anxiety in Russian and Chinese schoolchildren across genders and ages. The Abbreviated Math Anxiety Scale (AMAS) was used as a measurement tool for assessing math anxiety. The factor structure of the AMAS and item invariance between Russian and Chinese schoolchildren were also examined.

Corrigendum: Bibliometric analysis of research on digestive system tumors and depression.

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Resilience promotes self-esteem in children and adolescents with hearing impairment: the mediating role of positive coping strategy.

Background: The level of self-esteem in adolescents appears to be contingent upon their satisfaction across various domains of life, exerting a notable influence on their mental wellbeing. The purposes of this study were to further validate the influence of resilience and positive coping strategy on their self-esteem and to explore the mediating effect of positive coping strategy in the relationship between resilience and self-esteem.

Methods: A total of 657 children and adolescents with a hearing impairment from 14 deaf/special schools in Hubei province completed measures of self-esteem, resilience, and positive coping.

The Impact of Nursing Heads Leadership on Research Innovation Behavior of Junior Nurses with Master's Degree: The Mediation of Perceived Barriers and the Moderation of Motivation.

Background: Nursing leadership is recognized as essential to fostering innovation in hospitals, while the precise relationship between them has yet to be established.

Aim: The objective of this study is to examine the association among leadership in nursing research, research motivation, perceived barriers, and innovation behavior of junior nurses who hold a master's degree or above in the hospital.

Methods: A cross-sectional survey was conducted and electronic questionnaires were distributed online.

China as data coloniser? rethinking cultural production, cultural mediation, and consumer agency on Kenyan and Chinese e-commerce platforms.

Has China become a neo-colonizer, exporting its cultural and economic power to the world based on its agenda of building soft power? Existing scholarship on neocolonialism and data colonialism largely focuses on how China's infrastructural expansion and increasingly platformised cultural sectors can achieve its ambitious platformised cultural sectors overseas. Yet, how China's cultural power is manifested, negotiated, or resisted in people's daily lives in a South-South setting remains under-researched and under-theorised. This article uses everyday fashion in Kenya as a case study to investigate China's cultural and economic power expansion in the Global South.

Platform capitalisms and platform cultures.

This article argues for a pluralization of the "platform capitalism" framework, suggesting we should think instead in terms of "platform capitalisms." This pluralization opens the way to a better account of how platforms work in different geocultural contexts, with our focus being on China, India and Japan. The article first outlines several roles the state has taken on in mediating platform capitalisms.

Association between metallic implants and stroke in US adults from NHANES 2015-2023 a cross-sectional study.

Objective: Metal implants play a vital role in orthopedic treatment and are widely used in fracture repair, joint replacement and spinal surgery. Although these implants often contain key elements such as chromium (Cr), their potential health effects, particularly their association with stroke risk, have not been fully elucidated. This study aimed to evaluate the association between metallic implants and stroke.

The study on cuproptosis in Alzheimer's disease based on the cuproptosis key gene .

Background: Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a neurodegenerative disorder characterized by memory and cognitive impairments. Previous studies have shown neuronal death in the brains of AD patients, but the role of cuproptosis and its associated genes in AD neurons remains unclear.

Methods: Intersection analysis was conducted using the AD transcriptome dataset GSE63060, neuron dataset GSE147528, and reported cuproptosis-related genes to identify the cuproptosis key gene highly expressed in AD.

Mapping the current trends and hotspots of extracellular vesicles in Alzheimer's disease: a bibliometric analysis.

Background: Extracellular vesicles (EVs) have garnered significant attention in Alzheimer's disease (AD) research over the past decade, largely due to their potential in diagnostics and therapeutics. Although the investigation of EVs in AD is a relatively recent endeavor, a comprehensive bibliometric analysis of this rapidly growing field has yet to be conducted.

Methods: This study aims to elucidate and synthesize the relationship between EVs and AD, offering critical insights to guide future research and expand therapeutic possibilities.

Attenuated afferent inhibition correlated with impaired gait performance in Parkinson's disease patients with freezing of gait.

Background: The neural mechanisms underlying freezing of gait (FOG) in Parkinson's disease (PD) have not been completely comprehended. Sensory-motor integration dysfunction was proposed as one of the contributing factors. Here, we investigated short-latency afferent inhibition (SAI) and long-latency afferent inhibition (LAI), and analyzed their association with gait performance in FOG PD patients, to further validate the role of sensorimotor integration in the occurrence of FOG in PD.

Sensitivity and Specificity of Three Measures of Intrinsic Capacity in Older People Aged 80 and Over in Nursing Homes.

Purpose: Intrinsic capacity (IC), a crucial indicator for the United Nations Decade of Healthy Ageing 2021-2030, is defined by WHO as the foundation of functional ability, representing the composite of all physical and mental capacities of an individual. IC spans five function domains: Locomotor, psychological, cognitive, vitality, and sensory (including vision and hearing). Accurate IC assessment is vital for effective interventions, yet comparative analyses of these tools are scarce.

EIF4A3 Enhances the Proliferation and Cell Cycle Progression of Keloid Fibroblasts by Inducing the hsa_circ_0002198 Expression.

Background: Recent evidence suggests a crucial biological role for Circular RNAs (circRNAs) in keloid diseases, yet the underlying mechanisms remain unclear. This study explored the biological effects and molecular mechanisms of hsa_circ_0002198 in keloid formation.

Methods: Real-time quantitative PCR (qRT-PCR) was employed to assess the expression of circ_0002198 in keloid tissues, normal skin tissues, keloid fibroblasts (KFs), and normal skin fibroblasts (NFs) from nine patients.

Heat and Drought Events Alter Biogenic Capacity to Balance CO Budget in South-Western Europe.

Heat and drought events are increasing in frequency and intensity, posing significant risks to natural and agricultural ecosystems with uncertain effects on the net ecosystem CO exchange (NEE). The current Vegetation Photosynthesis and Respiration Model (VPRM) was adjusted to include soil moisture impacts on the gross ecosystem exchange (GEE) and respiration ( ) fluxes to assess the temporal variability of NEE over south-western Europe for 2001-2022. Warming temperatures lengthen growing seasons, causing an increase in GEE, which is mostly compensated by a similar increment in .

A Close Look at Dissolved Silica Dynamics in Disko Bay, West Greenland.

Discharge of calved ice, runoff and mixing driven by subglacial discharge plumes likely have consequences for marine biogeochemistry in Disko Bay, which hosts the largest glacier in the northern hemisphere, Sermeq Kujalleq. Glacier retreat and increasing runoff may impact the marine silica cycle because glaciers deliver elevated concentrations of dissolved silica (dSi) compared to other macronutrients. However, the annual flux of dSi delivered to the ocean from the Greenland Ice Sheet is poorly constrained because of difficulties distinguishing the overlapping influence of different dSi sources.

Prediction of PD-L1 tumor positive score in lung squamous cell carcinoma with H&E staining images and deep learning.

Background: Detecting programmed death ligand 1 (PD-L1) expression based on immunohistochemical (IHC) staining is an important guide for the treatment of lung cancer with immune checkpoint inhibitors. However, this method has problems such as high staining costs, tumor heterogeneity, and subjective differences among pathologists. Therefore, the application of deep learning models to segment and quantitatively predict PD-L1 expression in digital sections of Hematoxylin and eosin (H&E) stained lung squamous cell carcinoma is of great significance.

The long-term impact of childhood peer relationships on disability in later life: Causal mediation evidence from older Chinese adults.

Despite the recognized importance of social connections in Chinese culture, research on how childhood peer relationship deficits impact health later in life has been limited. This study aimed to investigate the association between childhood peer relationship deficits and the odds of disability among older Chinese adults and to explore the potential mediating roles of social isolation, loneliness, and cognitive function. Using the longitudinal sample of respondents aged 60 years and older in the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study 2013-2018 ( = 7133), the link between peer relationship deficits in childhood and disability in late life was assessed using marginal structural models, and the potential mediating effects of social isolation, loneliness, and cognitive function were examined by the inverse odds ratio weighting technique.

Equity structure and corporate innovation performance: Evidence from Chinese high-tech companies.

In the era of globalization and technological innovation, enhancing business innovation performance is pivotal for driving economic growth and maintaining competitive edge. Among the various aspects of corporate governance, equity structure stands out for its influence on firms' innovative activities. This study explores the impact of equity structure on the innovation performance of high-tech listed companies, as well as the mediating role of R&D investment and the moderating effect of market competition.

Plasma-based transcriptomic non-coding signature for predicting relapse in pediatric acute lymphoblastic leukemia.

Pediatric Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (ALL) is the most common malignant tumor of the hematological system in children, and its relapse after treatment has consistently been a significant factor hindering prognosis. This study aimed to develop a blood-based non-invasive method for predicting relapse in children with ALL. Two cohorts of pediatric ALL patients were analyzed.

The relationship between thigh circumference and sarcopenia in Chinese community-dwelling elderly aged ≥60 years.

Background: There has been a growing body of research demonstrating that thigh circumference is closely associated with the development of various chronic disease. However, limited evidence has been obtained regarding the relationship between thigh circumference and sarcopenia.

Objective: The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between thigh circumference and sarcopenia, and explore the potential role of thigh circumference for sarcopenia screening among community-dwelling older adults.

How does Prognostics and Health Management (PHM) develop in the engineering domain: A bibliometric analysis with critical review.

In recent years, Prognostics and Health Management (PHM) have been considered in broad industrial areas to improve the effectiveness of maintenance activities. In chemical engineering domains, PHM is regarded to have big potential for reliability and safety management of complex systems. In this study, a bibliometric analysis has been conducted to explore the evolution of PHM by retrieving 2351 publications from the Web of Science Core Collection (Retrieve date: 12/05/2023).

An optimized public opinion communication system in social media networks based on K-means cluster analysis.

This study proposes a public opinion monitoring model that combines the K-means clustering algorithm with Particle Swarm Optimization (PSO) to enhance the accuracy and effectiveness of public opinion monitoring on social media. The model's performance across various dissemination indicators is studied in detail. Through experiments conducted on social media datasets, the study comprehensively evaluates the model from four dimensions: dissemination speed, scope, depth, and sentiment dissemination effectiveness.

Associations of aldehyde exposure with serum uric acid and hyperuricemia among U.S. adults from NHANES 2013-2014.

Background: Aldehyde is a kind of important environmental pollutant, which has been demonstrated to be associated with increased risks of various chronic diseases with the economic and social development. However, the effects of aldehydes on serum uric acid (SUA) and hyperuricemia remained inexplicit, and the potential mediating pathways for this relationship needed to be addressed.

Methods: This study investigated the associations of individual and mixed aldehydes with SUA and hyperuricemia among 1588 U S.

Effects of cross-border railway on agricultural value chain linkages: Evidence from the China-Europe Railway Express.

As an important part of "the Belt and Road" initiative, the CR Express provides a new land route for economic and trade exchanges between economies along the route. Based on the data of Eora26 multi-region and multi-industry input-output database, this paper measures the agricultural value chain linkages between China and foreign countries from the perspective of motion dimension, and uses the difference-in-differences model to explore the agricultural value chain linkages between China and countries along the railway line. The results show that: the operation of CR Express has a significant effect on enhancing bilateral agricultural value chain linkages.

Development and validation of a nomogram for predicting sleep disturbance in pregnant and postpartum women: A pilot study.

Background: Sleep disturbances are common in pregnant and postpartum women, impacting their health. Predictive tools for timely intervention are scarce.

Objective: To develop and validate a nomogram predicting sleep disturbance risk in this demographic.

Optimization and assessment of a hybrid geothermal heat pump and wind turbine system in Izmir, Turkey: A 4E analysis approach.

This study explores the optimization and performance of a hybrid energy system combining a geothermal heat pump (GHP) with a wind turbine in Izmir, Turkey. Utilizing a 4E (Energy, Exergy, Economic, and Exergoenvironmental) analysis approach, the system aims to enhance winter heating efficiency. Geothermal heat pumps leverage the Earth's consistent temperatures for heating and cooling, offering a sustainable alternative to traditional energy sources.