Global, regional, and national burden of maternal hypertensive disorder: 1990–2021 analysis and future projections by Qing Hu, Hua Liao, Haiyan Yu

“…Results From 1990 to 2021, the global age-standardized incidence, prevalence, mortality, and Disability-Adjusted Life Years rates of Maternal hypertensive disorder decreased to 227.96,44.42,0.48, and 31.29 per 100,000, respectively. …”
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Midwives\' Experiences of Implementing Iran\'s Pronatalist Population Policy: A Qualitative Study by Shahnaz Kohan, Fatemeh Mokhtari, Marzieh Ghasemi Goujani, Kiana Saberi, Zahra Izadi Pour

“…Background and purpose: In response to declining total fertility rates, concerns about population replacement, and the spread of low-fertility patterns, a pronatalist population policy was approved in Iran under the “Youthful Population and Protection of the Family” law in 2021. …”
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Does the Black-White mental health paradox persist across U.S. geographical regions? by Christy L. Erving, Lacee A. Satcher, Shania Montúfar, Courtney S. Thomas Tobin

“…Purpose: The “Black-White mental health paradox” refers to the epidemiological pattern whereby Black Americans experience similar, and often lower, rates of psychiatric disorders relative to their White counterparts despite their greater exposure to stressors and societal-level racism. …”
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Breastfeeding and Intersectionality in the Deep South: Race, Class, Gender and Community Context in Coastal Mississippi by John P. Bartkowski, Katherine Klee, Xiaohe Xu, Jacinda B. Roach, Shakeizia (Kezi) Jones

“…Mississippi makes an excellent site for such an examination, given its history of racial discrimination, entrenched poverty, and strikingly low rates of breastfeeding, particularly for African American women. …”
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Informational Approaches in Modelling Social and Economic Relations: Study on Migration and Access to Services in the European Union by Florentina-Loredana Dragomir-Constantin, Camelia Madalina Beldiman, Monica Laura Zlati

“…The research is based on the correlations between gross value added (GVA), gross fixed capital formation (GFCF), greenhouse gas emissions (GHGE), health expenditure (SHA11), and migration rates (MIGR). The applied methodology includes attribute distribution analysis, identification of hidden patterns through clustering algorithms (K-Means and Expectation-Maximisation) and training of classifiers using regression decision trees with linear leaf models (M5P) corresponding to interdependent data processing and integration modules, exploratory analysis module, machine learning and decision-making modules, oriented to support public policies through explainable scenarios and predictive-evaluative structures. …”
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EEG-Based Attention Classification for Enhanced Learning Experience by Madiha Khalid Syed, Hong Wang, Awais Ahmad Siddiqi, Shahnawaz Qureshi, Mohamed Amin Gouda

“…This adaptive approach ensures a more effective learning experience by maintaining optimal cognitive engagement, resulting in improved learning rates, reduced stress, and increased overall learning efficiency. …”
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Insights of the asynchronous strain evolution of lean coal in uniaxial compression creep by Tingting Cai, Jia Liu, Zengchao Feng, Kai Wang, Yongxing Shen, Yulong Jiang, Bichuan Zhang

“…Under high-stress conditions, although both the axial and radial strains both show pronounced time-dependent creep characteristics, behaving transient and steady creep, the asynchronous strain coefficient and the creep rates of the axial and radial creep differ greatly under identical stress levels. …”
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Risk factors and public health interventions associated with adolescent pregnancy prevention among females aged 10–19 years in Kenya: a scoping review protocol by Abdu Mohiddin, Kimbley Asaso Omwodo, Danielle Denwood, Augustine Gitonga

“…Despite ongoing interventions, in developing countries such as Kenya, adolescent pregnancy rates continue to be high. There is a need for more synthesised evidence on regional-specific risk factors to support tailored prevention strategies.Objective This scoping review aims to explore what is known about the risk factors and intervention strategies focused on adolescent pregnancy prevention in Kenya.Methods and analysis Using the Arksey and O’Malley framework combined with a three-step search strategy as recommended by the Joanna Briggs Institute, relevant articles will be identified from the PubMed, Scopus, Web of Science, CINAHL and PsycINFO databases. …”
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Association between physicians' interaction with pharmaceutical companies and their clinical practices: A systematic review and meta-analysis. by Hneine Brax, Racha Fadlallah, Lina Al-Khaled, Lara A Kahale, Hala Nas, Fadi El-Jardali, Elie A Akl

“…Out of the 19 studies, 15 found a consistent association between interactions promoting a medication, and inappropriately increased prescribing rates, lower prescribing quality, and/or increased prescribing costs. …”
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Chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) Indicate Mammalian Abundance Across Broad Spatial Scales by Paul K. Kazaba, Lars Kulik, Ghislain B. Beukou Choumbou, Christelle B. Douhin Tiémoko, Funmilayo L. Oni, Serge A. Kamgang, Stefanie Heinicke, Inza Koné, Samedi Jean Pierre Mucyo, Tenekwetche Sop, Christophe Boesch, Colleen Stephens, Anthony Agbor, Samuel Angedakin, Emma Bailey, Mattia Bessone, Charlotte Coupland, Tobias Deschner, Paula Dieguez, Anne‐Céline Granjon, Briana Harder, Josephine Head, Thurston Cleveland Hicks, Sorrel Jones, Parag Kadam, Ammie K. Kalan, Kevin E. Langergraber, Juan Lapuente, Kevin C. Lee, Laura K. Lynn, Nuria Maldonado, Maureen S. McCarthy, Amelia C. Meier, Lucy Jayne Ormsby, Alex Piel, Martha M. Robbins, Lilah Sciaky, Volker Sommer, Fiona A. Stewart, Jane Widness, Roman M. Wittig, Erin G. Wessling, Mimi Arandjelovic, Hjalmar Kühl, Yntze van derHoek

“…We then fitted Bayesian Regression Models to assess potential relationships between ape detection rates (as proxy for ape abundance) and these metrics. …”
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Antimicrobial resistance and beta-lactamase gene distribution among clinical isolates: a two-year cohort study by Yasser Alraey, Mohammed Mushabub Assiry, Irfan Ahmad, Abdulaziz Alqahtani, Nada Basheer, Mohammed A. M. AlAsiri, Saleh A. M. Alshehri, Saeed M. S. Alhamhhum, Sultan Mohammed Alhefdi, Mohd Shahid Khan, Mohd Saleem, Abdulah A. S. Bawazeer

“…The tests on antimicrobial resistance demonstrated that Imipenem (95%), along with Tigecycline (97%), were effective, but Norfloxacin (97.1%) and Cotrimoxazole (46%) had notable resistance patterns. The results showed an ESBL detection rate of 312 among Escherichia coli isolates, but MBL counts reached 83, and AmpC beta-lactamase production amounted to 142. blaCTX-M emerged as the leading ESBL gene type (38.1%) among a total of 142 collected E. coli strains, which also demonstrated blaOXA-48 (25.3%) and blaNDM (22.7%) as their prevalent MBL genes. …”
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Emergence of antibiotic resistance in bloodstream infections associated with catheters in hemodialysis patients: a prospective observational study by Mohammad Bhat, Danish Muqbool, Rayees Yousuf, Manzoor Parry, Amir Farooq, Muzamil Wani, Imran Khan, Imtiyaz Wani, Muzafar Wani

“…Background: Catheter-related bloodstream infections (CRBSIs) are a significant cause of hospitalization and mortality among hemodialysis patients. Incidence rates and resistance patterns vary widely. Recent studies show a rise in CRBSIs caused by multidrug-resistant organisms (MDROs). …”
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Global, regional, and national burden of nonrheumatic calcific aortic valve disease based on GBD study 2021 by Baiqiang Wang, Zeyuan Mei, Hong Yang, Wei Gao, Lianyue Ma, Guipeng An

“…While both the ASPR and age-standardized incidence rate (ASIR) steadily increased, the age-standardized mortality rate (ASMR) and age-standardized DALYs rate (ASDR) declined. …”
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Grain Dehydration and Grain-Filling Characteristics of Different Maize Varieties in Heilongjiang by Deguang Yang, Yaxin Lin, Jingdu Li, Hao Zheng, Yumeng Zhang, Yanci Zhou, Xiaonan Guo, Yufei Wang, Jiahao Zhang, Jingwen Zhang, Shuang Yang

“…The results demonstrated the following: (1) The filling rate of all varieties followed a single-peak curve, peaking at 20–25 days after pollination (DAP); BN308 and CH6 exhibited the highest peak filling rates (1.77 g/(100 kernels·d) and 1.67 g/(100 kernels·d), respectively). (2) Dehydration displayed a clear biphasic pattern. …”
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Surveillance and evaluation of vector control in Fuyang District, Hangzhou for the 19th Asian Games by XU Jie, PAN Wenjin, TANG Renyu, DU Liqun

“…The positive detection rates of adult flies and cockroach traces showed no significant pattern, with the highest rate of 7.00% and 8.33%, respectively. …”
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Water source of artificial plants in the northeastern margin of Tengger Desert based on hydrogen and oxygen stable isotopes by Zhenyu Zhao, Zhenyu Zhao, Guodong Tang, Guodong Tang, Jinrong Li, Jinrong Li, Meng Wu, Lei Zhang

“…The main water source of C. scoparium and C. mongolicum was soil moisture. The utilization rate of 0-40 cm soil layer was 27% (C.scoparium) and 33% (C.mongolicum), and the utilization rate of 40-80 cm soil layer was 32% (C.scoparium) and 25% (C.mongolicum). …”
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GPS tracking methods for spatiotemporal air pollution exposure assessment: comparison and challenges in study implementation by Kalliopi Kyriakou, Benjamin Flückiger, Danielle Vienneau, Nicole Probst-Hensch, Ayoung Jeong, Medea Imboden, Aletta Karsies, Oliver Schmitz, Derek Karssenberg, Roel Vermeulen, Gerard Hoek, Kees de Hoogh

“…Results In Switzerland, participants were recruited from the COVCO-Basel cohort (33% recruitment rate; 489 of 1,475). In the Netherlands, -random recruitment was unsuccessful (1.4% rate; 41 of 3,000). …”
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Improving cancer detection through computer-aided diagnosis: A comprehensive analysis of nonlinear and texture features in breast thermograms. by Hamed Khodadadi, Shima Nazem

“…Breast cancer is a significant health issue for women, characterized by its high rates of mortality and sickness. However, its early detection is crucial for improving patient outcomes. …”
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Deep Learning Based Breast Cancer Detection Using Decision Fusion by Doğu Manalı, Hasan Demirel, Alaa Eleyan

“…Breast cancer, which has the highest mortality and morbidity rates among diseases affecting women, poses a significant threat to their lives and health. …”
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Numerical Determination Of Cooling Performance On Heat Sink Using Impingement Jet by Rami Abdulraheem Abdulrezzaq Al-anı, Altuğ Karabey

“…In this method, significant heat transfer rates are achieved. The present study examined the cooling performance of the fin pairs, which are aligned in a consecutively enlarging-contracting pattern and have a rectangular geometry, on a heat sink. …”
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