Urban heat is a growing concern especially under global climate change and continuous urbanization. However, the understanding of its spatiotemporal propagation behaviours remains limited. In this study, we leverage a data-driven modelling framework that integrates causal inference, network topology analysis and dynamic synchronization to investigate the structure and evolution of temperature-based causal networks across the continental United States. We perform the first systematic comparison...

This study investigates the impact of Electronic Patient Portals (EPPs) on patient satisfaction and trust among Deaf and Hard of Hearing (DHH) patients in China. Utilizing data from a sample of 317 DHH patients, the study employs regression analyses and mediation models to explore relationships among EPPs use, patient-centered communication (PCC), self-care skills, patient satisfaction, and trust in healthcare providers and institutions. The findings reveal that EPPs significantly enhance PCC...

CONCLUSION: This is the largest multicenter study to date using contemporary data of children who received ECMO for a trauma indication. Compared with national nontraumatic ECMO cannulations, our overall cohort, and sub-cohort of children with traumatic injuries, had comparable survival. Children cannulated after FBA, cold-water drowning, and airway injury benefitted the most from ECMO support.

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Maladaptive host metabolic responses to infection are emerging as major determinants of infectious disease pathogenesis. However, the factors regulating these metabolic changes within tissues remain poorly understood. In this study, we used toxoplasmosis, as a prototypical example of a disease regulated by strong type I immune responses, to assess the relative roles of current local parasite burden, local tissue inflammation, and the microbiome in shaping local tissue metabolism during acute and...