Radiographic Evaluation of the Lower First Permanent Molars of Children from Southeastern Brazil by Luciana Arruda Mendes de Paula, Francielle Silvestre Verner, Maria Augusta Visconti, Rafael Binato Junqueira

“…Objective: To evaluate the health condition of the lower first permanent molars of children aged 6 to 12 years from the Southeast states in Brazil (Espírito Santo, Minas Gerais, Rio de Janeiro, and São Paulo). …”
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Association Between Resting Heart Rate and the Risk of Incident Hypertension Among Older Chinese Adults: A Prospective Cohort Study by Shiyu Lou, Zihan Yu, Yizhu Song, Dechen Liu

“…However, most relevant studies have been conducted in developed countries such as the United States and Brazil, with no evidence for the older Chinese population. …”
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Intensified Drought Threatens Future Food Security in Major Food-Producing Countries by Zihao Liu, Aifeng Lv, Taohui Li

“…The findings reveal that maize and soybean yield in China, the United States, and Brazil are among the most sensitive and severely affected by drought. …”
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Depressive symptomatology in Brazil: perspectives of statistical and psychometrics analyses of the PHQ-9 at four time-points (2020–2023) in the COVID-19 pandemic by Andre Faro, Daiane Nunes, Derek Falk

“…The sample consisted of 10,069 adults from all 27 states in Brazil. The data were obtained through four collections across different years of the COVID-19 pandemic (2020, 2021, 2022, and 2023), using independent samples. …”
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Climate change-driven shifts in the global distribution of tomato and potato crops and their associated bacterial pathogens by Muhammad Hubab, Niloufar Lorestani, Rogayah Akram Mheisin Al-Awabdeh, Farzin Shabani

“…This study used four species distribution models (SDMs) to predict current and future habitat suitability for both tomato and potato crops, as well as their associated pathogens, under two shared socioeconomic pathways (SSP4.5 and SSP8.5) and four global circulation models (GCMs).ResultsThe models projected significant poleward shifts in suitable habitats for tomatoes and potatoes, with notable expansions in higher-latitude regions such as Canada, northern Europe, and Russia, and contractions in current major production zones such as the United States (US), Brazil, parts of Africa, and China. For Clavibacter michiganensis, the overlap with tomatoes was substantial, whereas the overlap between potatoes and Ralstonia solanacearum was comparatively smaller.DiscussionOur hypothesis was partially supported by the results. …”
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Mortality Prediction in COVID-19 Using Time Series and Machine Learning Techniques by Tanzina Akter, Md. Farhad Hossain, Mohammad Safi Ullah, Rabeya Akter

“…This study compares time series and machine learning methods, including support vector machines (SVMs) and neural networks (NNs), to forecast the mortality rate in seven countries: the United States, India, Brazil, Russia, France, China, and Bangladesh. …”
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Global trends and research frontiers on machine learning in sustainable animal production in times of climate change: Bibliometric analysis aimed at insights and orientations for t... by Robson Mateus Freitas Silveira, Concepta Mcmanus, Iran José Oliveira da Siva

“…., supervised machine learning models used as main tools in animal production; (iv) residual feed intake applied to measure sustainable feed efficiency in animal farming in the past and nowadays; and (v) The United States, China, Brazil and Australia are the main countries publishing studies on sustainability in animal production, but only China has been gaining prominence in publications in this field, in recent years, and it will turn this country into an emerging leader in future publications on this topic. …”
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