Thymidine kinase 1 expression in ovarian serous adenocarcinoma is superior to Ki-67: A new prognostic biomarker by Jianjun Wang, Qi Liu, Xiaodie Zhou, Yan He, Qing Guo, Qunli Shi, Staffan Eriksson, Ji Zhou, Ellen He, Sven Skog

“…Cancer is a disease with abnormally proliferating cells and therefore proliferation rate is an important index for assessing tumour growth. …”
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Antidepressant use in the Canary Islands (Spain): a retrospective study of provincial, island and municipal trends and associated factors by Alexis Oliva, Vanessa Moreno, Mariana Sapino, Sandra Dévora, Susana Abdala-Kuri

“…This provided total overall dispensation of AD and its rate of change for each island, as well as differences in dispensation at the island and municipal level.ResultsOver the study period, prescription rates increased steadily at all population levels, although the level of dispensing and the rate of variation varied between island and municipalities but no between provinces. …”
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Substituting photoautotrophic with heterotrophic Chlorella species for water quality regulation and microbial community modification in Litopenaeus vannamei pond culture by Chu-er Song, Zhen Meng, Bangyin Zhang, Lin Yang, Xiaoxuan Sun, Zheng Zhang, Xiaojin Song

“…The shrimp in the CP pond exhibited a weight gain rate and specific growth rate of approximately 157.32 ± 0.43 % and 3.11 ± 0.01 %, respectively, while those in the CV pond demonstrated rates around 159.53 ± 0.36 % and 3.15 ± 0.01 %, with no statistically significant differences observed between the two groups. …”
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Dynamics of Irregular Freshwater Lenses Evolution in Thin Aquifers of Reclaimed Circular Islands by Chenchen Gao, Tianyuan Zheng, Qinpeng Chang, Xilai Zheng, Xiaoran Song, Jian Luo

“…Furthermore, increased recharge rates notably accelerate freshwater formation and increase the proportion of freshwater volume. …”
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Clinical and Epidemiological Characterization of Patients Diagnosed with Cerebrovascular Disease at the Dr. Gustavo Aldereguía Lima University General Hospital in Cienfuegos by Roberto Castellanos Hernández, Amanda Avello Rodríguez, Tomás Castillo Juiz

“…The most frequent type of stroke was atherothrombotic (292, 37.8 %). A case fatality rate of 19.7 % was reported. A significant association was found between hemorrhagic stroke and higher case fatality. …”
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Analysis of the intellectual structure of knowledge regarding drought vulnerability assessment by Zeinab Asadpourian, Yaser Mohammadi

“…Findings: Results indicated that the growth rate of publications in DVA is approximately 16.5%, with notable increases in both the quality and citation rates of articles over the years. …”
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Decision tree for severity assessment of neurodegenerative diseases using possibility approach and gait dynamics by Preeti Khera, Ashok Kumar, Rajat Kapila

“…Experimental results were established using 11,084 gait pattern recordings from NDD patients and HC. The proposed framework achieved a high coefficient of determination (R2 ≈ 0.90) and low error rates with stratified 10-fold cross-validation. …”
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Leveraging U-Net and ASPP for effective fault detection in photovoltaic modules by Khalfalla Awedat, Masoud Alajmi, Mustafa Elfituri

“…Additionally, the U-Net-ASPP_Cent and U-Net-ASPP_Diag configurations provided IoU gains of 1.18% and 1.96%, respectively, while also reducing false positive rates. These results highlight the effectiveness of incorporating region-specific dilation strategies, enhancing the model’s ability to detect diverse and challenging fault patterns in complex thermal imagery. …”
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Lifestyle factors associated with being overweight and obesity in children and adolescents: a cross-sectional study in Zhejiang, China by Xiaoting Pan, Chaoyi Jiang, Wenqing Wang, Jianfeng Lin

“…Additionally, the rates among adolescents and children in urban areas were greater than those in rural areas (25.8% vs. 20.5%, p = 0.003). …”
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Synergistic effect of ammonium and potassium on carrot growth, physio-biochemical mechanisms, and water use efficiency under varying irrigation regimes by Ayman M. S. Elshamly, Ahmed D. S. Abaza, Abd El-Zaher M. A. Mustafa, Humaira Rizwana, Javed Iqbal, Shabir Ahmad, Rashid Iqbal, Nazim S. Gruda

“…Carrot plants were treated with two rates of soil ammonium nitrate (200 and 250 kg N ha− 1), foliar potassium humate (200 and 400 g 100 L− 1), and four combinations of these treatments. …”
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Carbapenem-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa T3SS virulence genes and correlation between virulence and drug resistance and molecular epidemiology studies by Jianhua Tang, Jianhua Tang, Jiekun Pu, Linbo Zhao, Xuli Zhan, Qianqian Pang, Xiangyan Meng, Rui Feng, Haojun Fan

“…The highest detection rate of T3SS virulence genes was for exoT (100%), followed by exoS, exoY (88.9%), and exoU (11.1%). …”
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Trends in Colistin Resistance and Multidrug-Resistant Phenotypes Among Gram-Negative Bacilli: A Retrospective Analysis by Madalina Alexandra Vlad, Maria Dan, Andreea Nicoleta Catana, Sebastian Dumitriu, Cristina Gabriela Tuchilus

“…Resistance in <i>Pseudomonas</i> spp. remained below 1%, while <i>Acinetobacter</i> spp. showed a resistance rate of 5.43%. Several distinct resistance phenotypes were identified among <i>Klebsiella</i> spp., <i>Pseudomonas</i> spp., and <i>Acinetobacter</i> spp. strains, reflecting both endemic and sporadic circulation patterns. …”
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Translation of the UK Pediatric Influenza Vaccination Programme in Primary Schools to 13 European Countries Using a Dynamic Transmission Model by Laetitia Gerlier, Judith Hackett, Richard Lawson, Sofia Dos Santos Mendes, Martin Eichner

“…# Objectives To simulate the impact of a pediatric influenza vaccination programme using quadrivalent live attenuated influenza vaccine (QLAIV) in Europe by applying coverage rates achieved in the United Kingdom during the 2014–2015 season and to compare the model outcomes to the UK results…”
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Respiratory bacterial and viral pathogen spectrum among influenza-positive and influenza-negative patients by Jing Shi, Shi Han, Yating Zhang, Xiaohua Lu, Yunxia Gan, Narenqimuge Tong, Lu Ma, Hang Zhuan, Ying Dai, Yaqi Ji, Guoming Li, Dan Chen, Lu Yang

“…Influenza-positive patients had higher rates of S. pneumoniae and H. influenzae infections, while influenza-negative patients had higher rates of Human parainfluenza viruses and Human rhinoviruses. …”
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Global, regional and national burden of asthma from 1990 to 2021: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021 by Liwen Zhang, Jilei Lin, Jing Zhang, ShuHua Yuan, Mingyu Tang, Yong Yin, Hejun Jiang, Guijun Yang, Jiande Chen, Jiajun Yuan

“…The results of the joinpoint analysis indicated a global age-standardised incidence rate increase between 2005 and 2010 for both males and females. …”
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Three‒Dimensional Numerical Simulation of the Breaching Process of Landslide Dams with Heterogeneous Structures by HU Xianrui, PENG Ming, FU Xiaoli, YANG Ge, ZHU Yan, SHI Zhenming, ZHANG Gongding

“…The middle layer (V2) governed vertical incision rates: fine-grained layers accelerated downward erosion, whereas coarse layers formed headcuts that restricted further deepening. …”
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Treatment response in relation to subthreshold bipolarity in patients with major depressive disorder receiving antidepressant monotherapy: a post hoc data analysis (KOMDD study) by Park Y, Lee B

“…The Beck Depression Inventory (BDI), Hamilton Depression Rating Scale (HAMD), Hamilton Anxiety Scale, and Beck Scale for Suicide Ideation were applied at baseline, 1 week, 3 weeks, 2 months, 3 months, and 6 months. …”
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Electrical Capacitance Probe Characterization in Vertical Annular Two-Phase Flow by Grazia Monni, Mario De Salve, Bruno Panella, Carlo Randaccio

“…The ECP is used to investigate a vertical air/water flow, characterized by void fraction higher than 95%, with mass flow rates ranging from 0.094 to 0.15 kg/s for air and from 0.002 to 0.021 kg/s for water, corresponding to an annular flow pattern. …”
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Construction and Validation of an Oxidative Phosphorylation Signature in High-Grade Glioma and Potential Inhibitors Screening by Hanwen Lu, Wenpeng Zhao, Bingchang Zhang, Yuanyuan Xie, Jiawei He, Huiying Yang, Zhanxiang Wang

“…Glioma is a devastating type of brain tumor with high morbidity and mortality rates. Despite current treatment options, the prognosis for glioma patients remains poor. …”
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Effective temperature in approximate quantum many-body states by Yu-Qin Chen, Shi-Xin Zhang

“…Our findings reveal a consistent exponential pattern in the energy eigenbasis decomposition contributions of approximate states across different ansatzes, optimization objectives, and quantum systems, characterized by remarkably small decay rates, i.e., high effective temperatures. …”
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