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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Contributions of District Health Information Software 2 (DHIS2) to maternal and child health service performance in Ethiopia: an interrupted time series mixed-methods study by Taddese Alemu Zerfu, Moges Asressie, Amare Abera Tareke, Zenebu Begna, Tigist Habtamu, Netsanet Werkneh, Tariku Nigatu, Meskerem Jisso, Addisalem Genta

“…Specifically, DHIS2 led to increased monthly mean performance of key indicators such as antenatal care visits, skilled birth attendance, and immunization rates. Notable improvements in service delivery were observed, with significant increases in institutional delivery rates over time. …”
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Global, regional, and national burdens of traumatic brain injury, spinal cord injury, and skull fracture and their attributable risk factors from 1990 to 2021: a systematic analysi... by Yikang Wang

“…Data were presented as both numerical counts and age-standardized rates (ASRs) per 100,000 population, with corresponding uncertainty intervals. …”
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Molecular epidemiology of <i>Pseudomonas aeruginosa</i> in intensive care units by Demet Timur, Mustafa Ömür Parkan, Esma Gündüz Kaya

“…Results: the resistance rates of the strains for amikacin, gentamicin, ciprofloxacin, levofloxacin, ceftazidime, cefepime, imipenem, meropenem, colistin were 2.7%,18.7%, 38.7%, 22.7%, 16%, 5.3%, 64%, 60%, and 2.7% respectively. …”
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A dynamic early warning model based on LSTM-AM for property-based elderly care resource shortages in urban-rural integrated counties in China by Qingheng Sun

“…Results show that, taking Xuchang City, Henan Province as an example, by integrating multi-source time-series data such as county-level population aging rates, property-based elderly care service coverage rates, community facility maintenance data, and resident demand feedback, the model’s prediction error (MAE ≤ 0. 12, RMSE ≤ 0. 18) was reduced by 35% compared to traditional methods, and the warning accuracy (F1-score = 0. 89) was significantly superior to traditional models. …”
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The thermal stress response of Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus when exposed to rapid temperature changes by Hunter O. Covey, Randall Wilson, Yaizeth Gurrola-Mares, Joseph R. McMillan, Corey L. Brelsfoard

“…Respiration rates as a measure of thermal stress varied with rearing conditions and exposure temperatures, with notable declines observed as exposure temperatures increased. …”
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Acoustic exposure reveals variation in curtailment effectiveness at reducing bat fatality at wind turbines by Trevor Peterson, Adam Rusk, Caroline Byrne, Seta Aghababian, Sydney Edwards

“…Curtailment strategies with higher cut‐in speeds reduced the percentage of acoustic exposure by a consistent margin across biweekly intervals, but differences in the rate of acoustic exposure among strategies were far greater during late summer and early fall, when bat activity levels were highest. …”
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Sensitization to inhaled and food allergen sources in patients with allergic diseases in Eastern China by Zhibang Hu, Zhibang Hu, Chunhui Wang, Jianrong Xue, Shiyu Yang, Yongzheng Bao, Yunhui Wu, Xiaoju Hou, Yishake Kaiseer, Jing Ma

“…The highest sIgE-positive rate for inhaled allergen sources was observed in the 11–15 years group, and the positive rates of sIgE for food allergen sources decreased with advancing age. …”
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Spatiotemporal dynamics and influencing factors of soil heterotrophic respiration in northeast China. by Dan Liu, Cheng Long Yu, Rui Feng, Shi Ping Yin

“…And it had a significant increasing trend at the rate of 5.75 × 108 kg/year. (2) From the spatial differentiation and spatial clustering pattern, Rh was dominated by a northeast-southwest direction, its spatial distribution center was close to the northeast geographical center, and it had no obvious contraction or expansion trend on the whole. (3) In the northern and northeastern regions of the study area, vegetation cover directly influences local soil respiration rates. …”
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An Experimental Investigation on the Energy Signature Associated With Multiphase Flow in Porous Media Displacement Regimes by Shuangmei Zou, Dong Chen, Nong Kang, Congjiao Xie, Ryan T. Armstrong, Jianchao Cai

“…The findings highlight the importance of wettability and flow rates in determining the efficiency of fluid‐fluid displacement in porous media. …”
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Missing The Forest For The Trees: A Lack Of Upper Extremity Physical Performance Testing In Sports Physical Therapy by Matthew L Gauthier, Casey A Unverzagt, Luciana De Michelis Mendonça, Amee L Seitz

“…# Background Despite shoulder and elbow injuries being common in athletics, return to sport and reinjury rates are less than ideal. These outcomes may be driven by the absence of evidence-informed testing to determine an athlete's readiness for sport…”
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Occurrence and Genetic Variation of <i>Monolepta hieroglyphica</i> (Motschulsky, 1858) (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae), a Newly Emerging Pest, Among Hosts in Northeast China by Wei Sun, Xiuhua Zhang, Jiachun Zhou, Yuebo Gao

“…High gene flow rates were observed, likely contributing to decreased genetic variation. …”
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Smart deep learning model for enhanced IoT intrusion detection by Faisal S. Alsubaei

“…This superb performance of the OSNN model can be explained by the careful optimization of hyperparameters like strong activation functions (ReLU, GeLU, LeakyReLU), learning rates, dropout rates, and regularization techniques that enable it to learn intricate intrusion patterns efficiently using various datasets. …”
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Analysis of complications of laparoscopic management of abdominal diseases related to extended indications by Kazimierz Rembiasz, Andrzej Bobrzyński, Andrzej Budzyński, Marcin Strzałka, Anna Gwóźdź, Marcin Migaczewski, Anna Zub

“…Overall conversion rate was 2.91%; in the 1st period it was 3.97%, in the 2nd 1.81%, and in the 3rd 3.28%.Complication-driven conversion rates were 0.60%, 0.27%, and 0.26%, respectively. …”
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Physiological and Gene Expression Responses of Crassostrea ariakensis to Salinity Stress by Miaomiao YANG, Sudong XIA, Zhihong LIU, Xiujun SUN, Liqing ZHOU, Peizhen MA, Zhuanzhuan LI, Biao WU

“…The respiration, ammonia excretion, ingestion, and clearance rates of the oysters were measured using the static water method. …”
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Automated geospatial workflow for spatiotemporal assessment of urban expansion influence on deforestation in Northeast Florida by Md Zakaria Salim, Md Hashibur Rahman, Abdulla Al Kafy, Hamad Ahmed Altuwaijri, Md Abdul Fattah, Namit Choudhari

“…At the county level, Duval County experienced the highest urban growth rate at 32.50 %, while Madison County had the highest deforestation rate at 24.74 %. …”
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Study on Pressure Oscillation Characteristic of Steam Low-velocity Jet under Seawater Condition by Study on Pressure Oscillation Characteristic of Steam Low-velocity Jet under Seawater Condition

“…The experiments focus on comparing pressure oscillations in seawater and freshwater under varying steam mass flow rates (20, 40, 60 kg/(m²·s)) and water temperatures (30-90 ℃), with the goal of assessing system safety and performance. …”
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Memory deformation and safety characteristics of hydrated coal rock assemblages under cyclic loading by Tingting Cai, Jin Xia, Yulong Jiang, Zengchao Feng, Jia Liu

“…With the increase in water saturation rate, the peak strength of the coal-rock assemblage gradually decreased, showing a noticeable deterioration effect. …”
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Global burden of chronic kidney disease and its attributable risk factors (1990-2021): an analysis based on the global burden of disease study by Min-Jia Li, Hong-Yong Liu, Yun-Qiang Zhang, Sheng-Rong Li, Jian-Hong Zhang, Rong Li

“…Prevalence peaked at ages 65–69 in males and 70–74 in females, with female rates surpassing male rates from the early thirties onward. …”
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