Laboratory evidence on the vector competence of European field-captured Culex theileri for circulating West Nile virus lineages 1 and 2 by Albert Burgas-Pau, Jaume Gardela, Carles Aranda, Marta Verdún, Raquel Rivas, Núria Pujol, Jordi Figuerola, Núria Busquets

“…Females were sacrificed at 14- and 21- days post exposure (dpe), and their head, body, and saliva were extracted to assess infection, dissemination, and transmission rates, as well as transmission efficiency. Results A Culex theileri population was experimentally confirmed as a highly competent vector for WNV (both lineages 1 and 2). …”
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Paclitaxel resistance development is associated with biphasic changes in reactive oxygen species, mitochondrial membrane potential and autophagy with elevated energy production cap... by Satabdi Datta, Diptiman Choudhury, Amlan Das, Dipanwita Das Mukherjee, Nabanita Das, Sib Sankar Roy, Gopal Chakrabarti

“…Increase in extracellular acidification rates and oxygen consumption rates was found to be directly correlated with acquisition of resistance. …”
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Association between cumulative uric acid exposure and metabolic dysfunction-associated fatty liver disease by Yunpeng Li, Hong Ji, Fei Tian, Xinyu Ge, Liying Cao, Xiangming Ma

“…Corresponding cumulative incidence rates were 52.20%, 52.49%, 58.29%, and 60.50% respectively. …”
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Exploring heterogeneity of perimenopause with application of multivariable analysis approaches by Zhongyu Huang, Huazhi You, Lijuan Li, Shuang Wang, Zipan Lyu, Xiaoqin Zeng, Changyan Zhu, Minqing Li, Han Yan, Yaojuan He

“…The assessing framework was developed over the initial item pool as integration of 4 scales including Insomnia severity index, Modified Kupperman index, Self-rating anxiety scale, and Self-rating depression scale. …”
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An interpretable machine learning approach for predicting and grading hip osteoarthritis using gait analysis by Qing Yang, Xinyu Ji, Yuyan Zhang, Shaoyi Du, Bing Ji, Wei Zeng

“…Purpose The purpose of this study is to evaluate the efficacy of lower extremity kinematic gait data for detecting and rating the severity of unilateral hip OA using machine learning algorithms. …”
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BERT-based network for intrusion detection system by Yong Yang, Xing Peng

“…After feature extraction is completed, we further perform classification using a classifier based on a bidirectional gated recurrent unit (GRU) network, which is able to efficiently process sequence data and reduce computational complexity while capturing temporal dependencies in the sequences. …”
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Epidemiological investigation of venomous snakebites in Yunnan Province by Qinfen Gao, Yajun Teng, Chao Xiao, Rui Zeng, Bin Han, Hong Gao, Jianhai Wang, Xiaoyan Li, Canju Yang, Jianneng Dai, Chunxi Li, Qunyan Huang, Zengzheng Li, Wei Zhang

“…Subsequently, the effect of different therapeutic measures on these patients’ hospital stays was analyzed.ResultsA total of 2,112 venomous snakebite cases were recorded, with incidence rates rising annually: 406/46.73 million in 2022, 825/46.73 million in 2023, and 886/46.73 million in 2024. …”
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Associations between perceived stress profiles, social connection and work engagement in clinical registered nurses: a mediation analysis and generalized additive models by Yuan Liao, Miaochun Huang, Zhimin Gu, Chun Li, Yan Yu, Qimei Zhang, Xiangyu Lai, Jialin Liu, Kang He, Huiyun Chu, Yao Zhao, Xinyu Wu, Lihua Wu, Yu Li, Sujuan Fang

“…Nursing leaders should promptly identify the stress patterns of nurses, implement appropriate stress management strategies, enhance group cohesion through social networks, and promote the nurses’ mental health and occupational well-being, which in turn can decrease nurse turnover rates and enhance the quality of clinical nursing care. …”
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Advance, steadfast, retreat? Growth and establishment of white spruce seedlings at treelines in Alaska by Andreas Burger, Mario Trouillier, Martin Wilmking

“…In contrast, high seedling densities and growth rates at the cold treeline and cold forest indicate favorable conditions for seedling establishment and densification. …”
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Shedding light on pharmacoepidemiology of eye diseases: a cohort study in Western Iran by Zeinab Mousavi, Masood Bagheri, Farid Najafi, Mahsa Yavari, Omid Bahiraee, Mehdi Moradinazar

“…The overall eye disease prevalence in males was 26.33% and 34.02% in females, thus pointing to the greater incidence in women who exhibit higher rates for most of the ophthalmopathies, excluding uveitis. …”
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Hepatitis B virus seroepidemiology data for Africa: Modelling intervention strategies based on a systematic review and meta-analysis. by Anna L McNaughton, José Lourenço, Phillip Armand Bester, Jolynne Mokaya, Sheila F Lumley, Uri Obolski, Donall Forde, Tongai G Maponga, Kenneth R Katumba, Dominique Goedhals, Sunetra Gupta, Janet Seeley, Robert Newton, Ponsiano Ocama, Philippa C Matthews

“…Region-specific differences were present, with estimated CHB prevalence in Northern Africa typically 30% to 40% lower (p = 0.007) than in Southern Africa for statistically similar exposure rates, demonstrating the need for intervention strategies to be tailored to individual settings. …”
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An integrative review of new nurse practitioners’ experiences in rural healthcare practice by Candace Stidolph, Jennifer Kawi, Catherine Dingley, Ann Marie Hart, Jarod Giger, Rebecca Benfield, Andrew Thomas Reyes

“…NPs are more likely than their physician colleagues to spend careers in rural and underserved settings practicing in isolation from other providers, with higher rates of turnover. An indistinct understanding of rural NPs' early career experiences highlights the need for a critical synthesis of the literature and key future recommendations. …”
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Developing self-efficacy and ‘communities of practice’ between community and institutional partners to prevent suicide and increase mental health in under-resourced communities: ex... by Lisa Wexler, Lauren White, Joel Ginn, Tara Schmidt, Suzanne Rataj, Caroline C. Wells, Katie Schultz, Eleni A. Kapoulea, Diane McEachern, Patrick Habecker, Holly Laws

“…Abstract Background Suicide is a serious and growing health inequity for Alaska Native (AN) youth (ages 15–24), who experience suicide rates significantly higher than the general U.S. youth population. …”
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Modeling the relationships among technological properties of sheep individual animal factors, milk composition, and minerals using generalized additive mixed models by Giorgia Stocco, Claudio Cipolat-Gotet, Andrea Summer, Francesco Tiezzi, Simone Blotta, Alessio Negro, Bianca Castiglioni, Stefano Biffani

“…Longer RCT increased the water retained in the curd and reduced the recovery of TS and the individual recovery rates of the main milk components in both breeds. …”
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Distinct Roles of HHLA2 and PD-L1 in the Immune Cell and Prognosis of Hepatocellular Carcinoma by Wang CH, Chen SL, Yang X, Wu T, Liu LL, Yun JP

“…Hematoxylin and eosin (H&E) staining was utilized to quantify TILs (percentage/area), while IHC was used to measure the densities of CD3+, CD4+, and CD8+ TILs (cells/mm²).Results: HHLA2 and PD-L1 exhibited similar positivity rates. HHLA2 positivity was associated with older age, lower alpha-fetoprotein (AFP) levels, well-differentiated tumors, and improved overall survival (OS). …”
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Long‐Term Trends in Incidence and Risk Factors for Hemorrhagic Stroke Subtypes Over 24 Years: The South London Stroke Register by Xianqi Li, Lu Liu, Ajay Bhalla, Matthew D. L. O'Connell, Charles D. A. Wolfe, Yanzhong Wang

“…Methods We used 1995 to 2018 data from the South London Stroke Register. The annual incidence rates of HS, ICH, and SAH were standardized to the 2011 England and Wales population and stratified by age, sex, and race or ethnicity. …”
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Multicenter Study Examining Temporal Trends in Traumatic Intracranial Hemorrhage Over Six Years Using Joinpoint Regression by Timbre Backen, Kristin Salottolo, David Acuna, Carlos H. Palacio, Gina Berg, Andrea Tsoris, Robert Madayag, Kaysie Banton, David Bar-Or

“…The aging US population has altered the epidemiology of traumatic injury, but there are few studies examining changing patterns of traumatic intracranial hemorrhage (tICH). …”
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Post-marketing safety surveillance of pneumococcal vaccines: a real-world pharmacovigilance study using the U.S. vaccine adverse event reporting system (VAERS) database by Xinkuo Zheng, Meishen Liu, Aili Ding, Shihong Zhang, Ling Wu, Fanli Kong, Weijia Sun, Yuchen Peng, Yalin Xi

“…Females showed higher AE reporting rates (54.29%) compared to males (36.88%), with the majority of cases (38.20%) occurring in individuals aged < 18 years. …”
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Effect of planting geometry and chemical fertilizers on growth characteristics, essential oil yield and composition of Inula racemosa under cold desert conditions of western Himala... by Sakshi Vishvamitera, Sidharth Baghla, Varun Parmar, Romika Thakur, Sanatsujat Singh, Sachin Vashisath, Dinesh Kumar, Satbeer Singh, Ramesh Chauhan

“…A field experiment was carried out in the cold desert region of the western Himalayas comprising three planting geometries 30 × 30 cm (G1), 30 × 45 cm (G2) and 45 × 45 cm (G3) and four fertilizer doses (NPK) at the rates of 0 (F1), 90:60:30 kg ha−1 (F2), 120:75:40 kg ha−1 (F3), and 150:90:50 kg ha−1 (F4) from 2021 and 2022. …”
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Palliative Radiotherapy Near the End of Life: An Analysis of Factors Influencing the Administration of Radiotherapy in Advanced Tumor Disease by Nguyen-Son Le, Asli Zeybek, Klaus Hackner, Cornelia Gallauner, Josef Singer, Felix Schragel, Petra Georg, Sandra Gottsauner-Wolf, Martin Pecherstorfer, Gudrun Kreye

“…Furthermore, RT near the EOL was more likely administered at multiple sites (OR, 2.08 [95% CI, 1.00 to 4.29]) and with ≤5 fractions (OR, 2.37 [95% CI, 1.23 to 4.57]), while being associated with lower response rates (OR, 0.43 [95% CI, 0.21 to 0.86]) and increased therapy discontinuation (OR, 4.40 [95% CI, 1.45 to 13.37]).CONCLUSIONThese findings highlight varying RT patterns influenced by specific factors, demonstrating the complexity of EOL treatment decisions in advanced cancer care. …”
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