Longitudinal trajectories of disability index and associated factors in Chinese older adults by Huaxin Si, Yemin Yuan, Zhenyu Shi, Yanshang Wang, Ping He

“…This study aimed to identify patterns of disability index trajectories and associated factors influencing these trajectories in older adults. …”
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A Comparative Analysis of Genetic Diversity and Structure in Jaguars (Panthera onca), Pumas (Puma concolor), and Ocelots (Leopardus pardalis) in Fragmented Landscapes of a Critical... by Claudia Wultsch, Lisette P Waits, Marcella J Kelly

“…Although levels of genetic diversity and gene flow were still fairly high, we detected evidence of fine-scale genetic subdivision, indicating that levels of genetic connectivity for wild felids in Belize are likely to decrease if habitat loss and fragmentation continue at the current rate. Our study demonstrates the value of understanding fine-scale patterns of gene flow in multiple co-occurring felid species of conservation concern, which is vital for wildlife movement corridor planning and prioritizing future conservation and management efforts within human-impacted landscapes.…”
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Scene Semantic Recognition Based on Modified Fuzzy C-Mean and Maximum Entropy Using Object-to-Object Relations by Ahmad Jalal, Abrar Ahmed, Adnan Ahmed Rafique, Kibum Kim

“…During experimental evaluation, our proposed system illustrated a remarkable mean accuracy rate of 90.07% over the MSRC dataset and 89.26% over the Caltech 101 for object recognition, and 93.53% over the Pascal-VOC12 dataset for scene recognition, respectively. …”
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A multimodal approach for ADHD with coexisting ASD detection for children by Jungpil Shin, Sota Konnai, Md. Maniruzzaman, Yoichi Tomioka, Yong Seok Hwang, Akiko Megumi, Akira Yasumura

“…This study proposes a novel approach that increase the detection rate and provides new insights for further research.…”
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Conventional synthetic disease-modifying antirheumatic drug use by race/ethnicity and factors associated with initiating biologics in Malaysian patients with rheumatoid arthritis by Suad Mohammed, Lydia Say Lee Pok, Ying Chew Tee, Fariz Yahya

“…Disease activity score 28–erythrocyte sedimentation rate improved at 3 months post-csDMARD treatment for all races (P < 0.001). …”
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Microstructure evolution and high-temperature tensile properties of Ti-22Al-25Nb alloy joint by electron beam welding by Shiqing WANG, Yi ZHANG, Guodong WEN, Qiang ZHANG, Junlei QI, Wang GAO, Wei QIANG

“…Under the action of the welding thermal cycle, the cooling rate of the weld zone and near heat affected zone is very fast, which is mainly composed of B2 phase. …”
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Spatial occurrence-intensity modeling of dengue incidence in southernmost provinces of Thailand. by Apiradee Lim, Lumpoo Ammatawiyanon, Haris Khurram, Phattrawan Tongkumchum, Don McNeil

“…The overall average occurrence rate was 28.3% while the average intensity was 419 per 100,000 population. …”
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Sports data analysis of track and field athletes based on IID-OPK and NonIID-OPK algorithms by Xiaofeng Chen

“…The experimental results showed that the K-means model (NonIID-OPK) optimized based on the NonIID assumption had the best performance, with an accuracy of 96.9 %, SSE value of 68.1, F1 value of 97.2 %, recall rate of 96.8 %, execution time of 44.3 s, iteration times of 0.84, accuracy of 92.7 %, and contour coefficient of 0.64. …”
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Changes in Heart Rhythm and Breathing in Acute Systemic Injury Due to Cold by D. Yu. Konnov, T. Yu. Konnova, S. A. Lukyanov, K. G. Shapovalov

“…Objective: to reveal the patterns of a change in heart rhythm and breathing in patients with acute systemic injury due to cold in hypothermic and early posthypothermic periods.Subjects and methods. …”
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CIDNP study of photoinduced electron transfer in His-Glu-Tyr-Gly peptide and its conjugate His-Gln(BP)-Tyr-Gly by Natalya N. Fishman, Kevin Herr, Olga B. Morozova, Ivan V. Zhukov, Maksim P. Geniman, Martin Brodrecht, Till Wissel, Gerd Buntkowsky, Alexandra V. Yurkovskaya

“…Peptide 1 with 3,3’,4,4’-tetracarboxy benzophenone as a photosensitizer initially forms two types of radical with radical center at either His or Tyr residue, the consequent intra- and intermolecular ET electron transfer from Tyr residue to the His radical takes place with rate constants ke(intra)=(1.5±0.5)×105 s− 1 and ke(inter)=(1.3±0.4)×107 M− 1s− 1 at pH 8.8. …”
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Effects of extreme air pollution and El Niño Southern Oscillation on insufficient sleep: a cross-sectional study by Haris Majeed, Daniyal Zuberi

“…Adjusted associations were reported as rate ratio (RR). Results From 2017 to 2024, the United States annual insufficient sleep is 34% [range min to max: 23–49%]. …”
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Efficient and Accurate Zero-Day Electricity Theft Detection from Smart Meter Sensor Data Using Prototype and Ensemble Learning by Alyaman H. Massarani, Mahmoud M. Badr, Mohamed Baza, Hani Alshahrani, Ali Alshehri

“…Experimental results using the Irish CER Smart Metering Project (SMP) dataset show that the proposed sensor-based detection framework achieves superior performance, with an accuracy of 88.45% and a false alarm rate of just 13.85%, while reducing training time by over 75%. …”
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Optimizing HVAC energy efficiency in low-energy buildings: a comparative analysis of reinforcement learning control strategies under Tehran climate conditions by Mohammad Anvar Adibhesami, Amir Hassanzadeh

“…Model B consisted of a deep convolutional network architecture with 256 neurons in each hidden layer, employing rectified linear units as activation functions and the Adam optimizer at a learning rate of 0.001. The results demonstrated that the RL-managed systems resulted in a statistically significant reduction in energy-use intensity of 25 percent (p < 0.001), decreasing from 250 to 200 kWh/m² annually in comparison to the baseline scenario. …”
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Study of the population genetic structure of Opisthorchis-like eggs in northern Thailand using mitochondrial genes. by Picha Suwannahitatorn, Mathirut Mungthin, Ittisak Subrungruang, Lakhanawan Charoensuk, Nithikoon Aksorn, Saiwasan Buathong

“…The results showed that the prevalence of O. viverrini and Haplorchis taichui was 10.5% and 38.2%, respectively, and the co-infection rate was 37.2%. To determine the genetic structure of O. viverrini and H. taichui using cox1 and nad1 genes, genetic analysis was performed using 30 randomly chosen fecal samples for Opisthorchis-like eggs. …”
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Impact of surgical parathyroidectomy on chronic kidney disease-mineral and bone disorder (CKD-MBD) - A systematic review and meta-analysis. by Mugurel Apetrii, David Goldsmith, Ionut Nistor, Dimitrie Siriopol, Luminita Voroneanu, Dragos Scripcariu, Marc Vervloet, Adrian Covic

“…Eligible studies evaluated patients reduced glomerular filtration rate (GFR), below 60 mL/min/1.73 m2 (CKD 3-5 stages) with hyperparathyroidism who underwent sPTX. …”
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Prolonged application of high fluid shear to chondrocytes recapitulates gene expression profiles associated with osteoarthritis. by Fei Zhu, Pu Wang, Norman H Lee, Mary B Goldring, Konstantinos Konstantopoulos

“…Confirmation of the expression patterns of select genes was obtained by qRT-PCR. Using significance analysis of microarrays with a 5% false discovery rate, 71 and 60 non-redundant transcripts were identified to be ≥2-fold up-regulated and ≤0.6-fold down-regulated, respectively, in sheared chondrocytes. …”
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Optical Coherent Tomography-Angiography in the Research of Myopia Complicated by Choroidal Neovascularization by E. A. Drozdova, O. V. Zhiliaeva

“…Significant differences in the flat phenotype were revealed: neuroepithelial detachment (87.50 %) was more common, the Select Area and Flow Area of the neovascular complex was significantly greater both before treatment and at the end of the observation period, the mCNV course of continued growth after injection of anti-VEGF did not occur, recurrence rate is much higher. The area and perimeter of the foveal avascular zone (FAZ) in the eyes with mCNV increased significantly by the end of the observation. …”
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Trajectory, drivers, and reduction of greenhouse gas emissions from urban water system in China during 1980–2030 by Shiyu Pei, Zonghan Li, Yi Liu, Chunyan Wang, Hao Wu, Shuming Liu, Yujun Huang

“…Results show that over the 40 years, GHG emissions from China’s UWS increased approximately 14-fold, surpassing the overall rate of population growth by 143.9%. From the early 1990s till now, residential water use emerged as the dominant source of UWS-related emissions, accounting for approximately 77.6% of total emissions. …”
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ASSESSMENT OF ERYTHROCYTE PERIPHERAL BLOOD AND ACTIVITY OF HEMOST ASIS IN PATIENTS WITH CER VICAL CANCER by N. I. Stuklov, T. V. Sushinskaya

“…A statistically significant decrease in the concentration of hemoglobin and increased erythrocyte sedimentation rate is determined in the second stage of the disease. …”
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Spatiotemporal distribution and detection of spatial clusters of tuberculosis in Hubei Province, China using FleXScan (2017–2023) by Lina Wang, Yaru Li, Ji Chen, Danfei Zhang, Zhengbin Zhang, Xiang Li

“…Results Between 2017 and 2023, the incidence rate of Hubei Province decreased from 68.28 to 54.54 per 100,000 population. …”
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