Legacy Pipes Unearthed: Decrypting the Enigma of Pressure Dynamics and Burst Events in Limburg, The Netherlands by Mohamad Zeidan, Bram Hillebrand, Mirjam Blokker

“…The results indicate a consistent pattern of higher real positive percentages compared to random detection rates across the years tested. …”
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From School to School: Examining the Contours of Within-Field Switching in the Special Education Teacher Labor Market by Andrew Pendola, Frank Perrone

“…Results show that SETs switch schools at much higher rates, associated with experience, salary, and student demographics, yet generally transfer shorter distances than their peers. …”
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Publication bias in the social sciences since 1959: Application of a regression discontinuity framework. by Julia Jerke, Antonia Velicu, Fabian Winter, Heiko Rauhut

“…We conclude that these changes are influenced by increasing computational possibilities as well as changes in the acceptance rates of scientific top journals.…”
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Experimental Reconstruction of a Nineteenth Century Lower Limb Prosthetic Peg Leg – The Box Leg by Charlotte Waller-Cotterhill

“…However, that all societies (past and present) follow a single technological trajectory just at different rates of progress would be an inaccurate assumption (Pfaffenberger, 1992). …”
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Decoding Phthorimaea operculella (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae) in the new age of change by Silvia I. RONDON

“…Scenarios of climate variation have increased the possibility of changes in pests' biological and ecological patterns by increasing or reducing overwintering length, changes in population growth rates, number of generations, crop-pest relationship, and therefore affecting their expansion. …”
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Full spectrum of novelties in time-dependent urn models by Alessandro Bellina, Giordano De Marzo, Vittorio Loreto

“…Systems driven by innovation, a pivotal force in human society, present various intriguing statistical regularities, from the Heaps' law to logarithmic scaling or somewhat different patterns for the innovation rates. The urn model with triggering (UMT) has been instrumental in modeling these innovation dynamics. …”
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Criminal Law Challenged by Crossing into Virtual Reality by Mahdi Karimi

“…This information includes behavioral patterns, interests, preferences, biometric and physiological data such as heart rate, body energy consumption, etc., which are comprehensively collected to create a complete and accurate user profile, potentially resulting in severe violations of users' mental privacy. …”
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Estimating medium-term (40 years) carbon uptake in living biomass from Life Terra’s afforestation and reforestation actions: challenges and recommendations by Jorge Palmero-Barrachina, Petr Blazek, Santiago Sabaté, Santiago Sabaté, Teresa Sauras-Yera, Samuel Allasia-Grau, Daniel Nadal-Sala, Daniel Nadal-Sala, Sven Kallen, Tiago de Santana, Emil Cienciala, Emil Cienciala

“…By year 40, individual tree biomass estimates ranged from 0.08 to 0.20 t/tree across regions and species types (conifers and broadleaves), with survival rates varying between 22.0 and 49.7%. This translated to stand-level biomass estimates of 54.7–232.6 t/ha at age 40 years. …”
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Targeted screening and single-cell analysis of genetic variants in melanoma using Mendelian randomization by Shi Li, Kaijiong Zhang, Guiji Zhang, Min Shi, Xing Yin, Bo Wang

“…Methods We combined SNP data from GTEx V8 eQTL and FinnGen databases for Mendelian randomization analysis, and performed single-cell analysis on melanoma samples. Results Melanoma rates were higher in men than women and increased with age. …”
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Security Paper Design with Frequency-Selective Structure for X-Band Electromagnetic Detection System by Sang-Hwa Lee, Min-Sik Kim, Jong-Kyu Kim, Jong-In Lim, Ic-Pyo Hong

“…When a functional paper embedded with a frequency-selective pattern that selectively reflects a specific frequency is being leaked out of a security zone, the electromagnetic detection system receives and detects the intensity of the electromagnetic wave reflected from the security paper passing through an antenna gate, which transmits/receives RF signals. …”
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From access to reserve: antimicrobial resistance among etiological agents of central line-associated bloodstream infections in the view of WHO’s AWaRe antimicrobial spectrum by Anand, Gargee, Lahariya, Rijhul, Priyadarshi, Ketan, Sarfraz, Asim

“…Furthermore, a fluctuation in CLABSI rates was also observed, with a significant reduction in infection rates in 2024 after the implementation of enhanced infection control practices. …”
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Parsimonious and explainable machine learning for predicting mortality in patients post hip fracture surgery by Fouad Trad, Bassel Isber, Ryan Yammine, Khaled Hatoum, Dana Obeid, Mohammad Chahine, Rachid Haidar, Ghada El-Hajj Fuleihan, Ali Chehab

“…Abstract Hip fractures among the elderly population continue to present significant risks and high mortality rates despite advancements in surgical procedures. …”
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Epidemiological and Socioeconomic Disparities in the 1742–1743 Epidemic: A Comparative Analysis of Urban Centers and Indigenous Populations Along the Royal Road by Jorge Hugo Villafañe

“…This study assessed excess mortality and socio-economic consequences across different population groups and settlement types. Results: Mortality rates increased dramatically—up to twelve times the pre-epidemic average in Cordova (Córdoba) and by 45% in Santa Fe—disproportionately affecting Indigenous and enslaved populations. …”
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Unraveling the Mechanistic Links Between Species Diversity and Infection Risk From Zoonotic Pathogens With Direct Transmission Among Reservoir Hosts: Rodent‐Orthohantavirus Systems... by Andreas Eleftheriou, Angela D. Luis

“…Although host regulation likely functions via density‐dependent transmission, and can thus change contact rates among hosts, consequences to other mechanisms have been neglected. …”
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Comprehensive multi-omics analysis of histone acetylation modulators identifies ASH1L as a novel aggressive marker for osteosarcoma by Chenlie Ni, Qiwen Sun, Haibo Yin

“…Abstract Background Osteosarcoma, a highly malignant bone tumor prevalent in children and adolescents, continues to have poor long-term survival rates, particularly in metastatic cases. While histone acetylation dysregulation has been implicated in cancer progression, the role of histone acetylation modification-related proteins (HAMRPs) in osteosarcoma immune infiltration and prognosis remains unclear. …”
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Economic growth and urban metamorphosis: A quarter century of transformations within the metropolitan area of Bucharest by Cristian Tosa, Andrei Mitrea, Hitomi Sato, Tomio Miwa, Takayuki Morikawa

“…Lately, these patterns have become manifest in Bucharest as well. …”
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A Data-Driven Analysis of Engineering Contract Risk Characterization Based on Judicial Cases of Disputes by Yongcheng Zhang, Ziyi Wu, Chaohua Xiong, Jianwei Wang, Maxwell Fordjour Antwi-Afari

“…The research identifies contractual risk characteristics across dimensions such as regional distribution, dispute terminology, legal citation patterns, and appellate role transitions. The key findings include the following: (1) Primary risks involve payment disputes, quality assurance failures, contractual validity issues, and schedule compliance challenges. (2) Litigation patterns reveal complex interdependencies between contracting parties and stakeholders, posing significant risk management challenges. (3) High second-instance modification rates stem from procedural irregularities, new evidence, improper legal application, and factual errors in initial trials. …”
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Environmental Factors Driving the Seasonal Dynamics of <i>Ixodes ricinus</i> and <i>Dermacentor reticulatus</i> in Eastern Poland by Aneta Woźniak, Zbigniew Zając, Joanna Kulisz

“…This study investigated their seasonal activity in Eastern Poland, a region with one of the highest incidence rates of tick-borne diseases nationwide. Additionally, we examined tick habitat preferences and the impact of abiotic factors on their activity patterns. …”
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Primary Mediastinal Germ Cell Tumors: A Real-World Analysis of Clinical Characteristics, Treatment, and Survival Outcomes From Two Tertiary Cancer Centers in India by Bharath Gangadhar, Chitrakshi Nagpal, Aparna Sharma, Bivas Biswas, Somnath Roy, Aditya Bhagwat, Deepam Pushpam, Sameer Bakhshi, Sunil Kumar, Kunhi Parambath Haresh, Atul Batra

“…First-line chemotherapy comprised bleomycin, etoposide, and cisplatin (BEP; 60.5%) and etoposide, ifosfamide, and cisplatin (VIP; 27.8%). Response rates included complete response (25.3%) and partial response (54.4%). …”
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Race, gender and stroke subtypes mortality in São Paulo, Brazil Raça, gênero e mortalidade por subtipos da doença cerebrovascular em São Paulo, Brasil by Paulo A. Lotufo, Alessandra C. Goulart, Isabela M. Bensenor

“…For women, the rates were lower compared to men and the same pattern was observed among Black (125.4), Mixed (88.5) and White (64.1) women. …”
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