Simulation and prediction of rural population changes using agent-based modeling. by Shanshan Huang, Yao Huang, Shitai Bao, Jianfang Wang, Siying Chen

“…To mitigate future rural population aging, enhancing birth rates and fostering rural industrial development is essential to curb migration. …”
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Clinical Features of Liver Injury Induced by Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors in Japanese Patients by Koji Imoto, Motoyuki Kohjima, Tomonobu Hioki, Tomoyuki Kurashige, Miho Kurokawa, Shigeki Tashiro, Hideo Suzuki, Akifumi Kuwano, Masatake Tanaka, Seiji Okada, Masaki Kato, Yoshihiro Ogawa

“…Immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) have improved the survival rate of patients carrying various malignant neoplasms. …”
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Mitochondrial methylation is linked to sexually dimorphic growth in Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) by Partha Sarathi Tripathy, Partha Sarathi Tripathy, Prabhugouda Siriyappagouder, Artem Valeryevich Nedoluzhko, Artem Valeryevich Nedoluzhko, Ioannis Konstantinidis, Soumya Shephalika Dash, Bijay Kumar Behera, Janmejay Parhi, Kaja Skjærven, Francesc Piferrer, Jorge Manuel de Oliveira Fernandes, Jorge Manuel de Oliveira Fernandes

“…We found significant differences in mtDNA methylation, with males exhibiting higher growth rates and distinct methylation patterns in genes related to the electron transport chain, such as ND5, ATP6 and CYTB. …”
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The Role of Intestinal Translocation in the Pathogenesis of Pneumonia in Acute Poisoning and the Contribution of Intestinal Lavage to Its Prevention and Resolution by V. A. Matkevich, T. T. Tkeshelashvili, A. G. Vorobyova, N. E. Stolbova, M. M. Potskhveriya, Yu. S. Goldfarb

“…Mortality among the patients with PPD poisoning decreased by 7 times, and with M and CS poisoning, as well as with AlD, there were no deaths, while in the respective comparison groups, the mortality rate for pneumonia was 5.1, 7.4, and 17.4 %, respectively. …”
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Using online public animal price data as a signal for predicting an increase in animal disease outbreak reports: a pilot study on cross-correlation modeling in Thailand by Veerasak Punyapornwithaya, Supitchaya Srisawang, Chalita Jainonthee, Wengui Li, Ronello Abila, Bolortuya Purevsuren

“…For ASF, cross-correlations between farm-gate pig prices and ASF outbreak reports were detected at lag 0, lag 3, lag 4, and lag 5 in the primary dataset; however, no significant correlation was observed in the extended dataset. …”
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Near-Unity Nitrate to Ammonia conversion via reactant enrichment at the solid-liquid interface by Wanru Liao, Jun Wang, Yao Tan, Xin Zi, Changxu Liu, Qiyou Wang, Li Zhu, Cheng-Wei Kao, Ting-Shan Chan, Hongmei Li, Yali Zhang, Kang Liu, Chao Cai, Junwei Fu, Beidou Xi, Emiliano Cortés, Liyuan Chai, Min Liu

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Comparative Analysis of Open and Closed Nasal Fractures in Trauma Settings: Mechanisms, Intent, Surgical Interventions, and Outcomes by Ahmad K. Alnemare

“…Objectives: This study aimed to explore nasal fracture patterns, trauma mechanism and intent, treatment approaches, and mortality rates, offering insights for clinical practice and prevention in trauma settings. …”
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The effect of hyperbaric oxygen and platelet-rich plasma treatments on the adipogenic C2C12 myoblast cell line by Joe Chih-Hao Chiu, Poyu Chen, Kin Fong Lei, Gwo-Jyh Chang, Su-Ching Chen, Rei Higashikawa, Yi-Sheng Chan

“…Cells exposed to both HBO and PRPs had significantly lower proliferation rates than those treated with PRPs alone, suggesting that HBO negatively affects adipogenic C2C12 myoblast proliferation. …”
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Global burden, temporal trends, and health workforce correlations of gallbladder and biliary tract cancer: a comprehensive analysis from 1990 to 2021 with projections to 2046 by Fangyi Dai, Huayou Luo, Yuzhou Cai, Yong Dai

“…Results Globally, incident cases increased from 107,798 to 216,768, while age-standardized incidence rates declined (EAPC: -0.45%, 95% CI: -0.48 to -0.41). …”
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Association of cancer and outcomes of patients hospitalized for COVID-19 between 2020 and 2023 [version 2; peer review: 1 approved, 2 approved with reservations, 1 not approved] by Robert F Terry, Rugiatu Z Kamara, Robert J Samuels, Donald S Grant, Sulaiman Lakoh, Mustapha Kabba, Innocent Nuwagira, Yusuf Sheku Tejan, Sia Morenike Tengbe, Ibrahim Franklyn Kamara, Shermarke Hassan, Abdulai Tejan Jalloh, Divya Nair, Laura Merson

“…Conclusions This study's findings underscore the heightened vulnerability of hospitalized COVID-19 patients with cancer, revealing a higher mortality rate, longer hospital stays, and an unstructured pattern of care that reflects the complexity of managing severely ill patients during a public health crisis like the COVID-19 pandemic.…”
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Habit-learning and decision-making circuits are susceptible to glycemic variability in type 2 diabetes: a longitudinal study by Carolina Moreno, Carolina Moreno, Carolina Moreno, Otília C. d’Almeida, Otília C. d’Almeida, Joana Crisóstomo, Nádia Canário, Leonor Gomes, Leonor Gomes, Leonor Gomes, Miguel Castelo-Branco, Miguel Castelo-Branco

“…Linear regression analysis showed that, for each increase of 1 mmol/L in MAGE value, the SPC of the temporal lobe decreases on average by 1.2% (higher atrophy rate).ConclusionThe relationship between longitudinal GM atrophy and GV has a regionally specific pattern, suggesting localized brain susceptibility to intra-daily glucose fluctuations. …”
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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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Viral characterization of the reassortants between canine influenza H3N2 and human pandemic (2009) H1N1 and avian H9N2 viruses in canine ex vivo tracheal explants by Tonia T. Kam, Christine H. T. Bui, Hin-Wo Yeung, Peter C. H. Wong, Alex W. H. Chin, John M. Nicholls, Malik Peiris, Kenrie P. Y. Hui, Leo L. M. Poon, Michael C. W. Chan

“…Results Co-passaging H3N2-CIV with human/avian influenza A viruses in canine tracheal explants resulted in a high rate of reassortment. Plaque-purified reassortants were all viable and able to propagate in mammalian alveolar epithelial cells. …”
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IMPACT OF THE INFLAMMATORY AND ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE MARKERS INTO THE OVERALL CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY IN SENILE CITIZENS OF A LARGE CITY (THE DATA FROM SAHR TRIAL) by S. A. Shalnova, S. E. Evstifeeva, A. D. Deev, V. A. Metelskaya, A. V. Kapustina, G. A. Muromtseva, Yu. A. Balanova, E. M. Tuaeva, A. E. Imajeva, N. V. Kiseleva, M. A. Shkolnikova

“…For the assessment of current subclinical inflammation we used high-sensititvity C-reactive protein (hsCRP), interleucine 6 (IL-6), fibrinogen (FG), leucocytes, erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR). For CHD screening, we used standard ROse questionnaire and ECG pattern by Minnesota coding. …”
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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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Arrhythmia detection with transfer learning architecture integrating the developed optimization algorithm and regularization method by Fatma Akalın, Pınar Dervişoğlu Çavdaroğlu, Mehmet Fatih Orhan

“…In addition, since the ECG patterns in pediatric patients are different from the ECG patterns in adults, physicians consider it a difficult and complex task. …”
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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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A clinico-epidemiological study, assessing possible predictors of mortality and health-related quality of life for people living with visceral leishmaniasis – human immune virus (V... by Niyamat Ali Siddiqui, Dhruv Kumar Pandey, Ashish Kumar Singh, Sanjay Kumar Sinha, Mohd. Zahid Ansari, Rishikesh Kumar, Biplab Pal, Vidya Nand Rabi Das, Rajatashuvra Adhikary, Saurabh Jain, Krishna Pandey

“…These patients have a poor VL therapeutic success rate, more drug-related toxicity, and relapses resulting in high mortality. …”
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Clinical characteristics and outcomes of COVID-19 in kidney transplant recipients by R. O. Kantariya, Ya. G. Moysyuk, E. I. Prokopenko, A. R. Karapityan, A. A. Ammosov, A. V. Makevnina, A. A. Gaydarova

“…The comparison study of the clinical pattern, laboratory and instrumental test results, treatment features and outcomes was made.Results. …”
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