Changes in influenza-associated excess mortality in China between 2012–2019 and 2020–2021: a population-based statistical modelling study by Xiaowei Deng, Jiangmei Liu, Minghan Wang, Nana Chen, Feiran Hao, Juan Yang, Maigeng Zhou, Hongjie Yu

“…Distinct pattern was observed for the AC and P&I outcomes. …”
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Gut Microbiota and Lipid Metabolism in Bullfrog Tadpoles: A Comparative Study Across Nutritional Stages by Zhilong Wang, Pengxiang Liu, Jun Xie, Huirong Yang, Guangjun Wang, Kai Zhang, Rui Shu, Zhifei Li, Jingjing Tian, Hongyan Li, Wenping Xie, Wangbao Gong, Yun Xia

“…These insights provide a theoretical foundation for nutritional interventions aimed at enhancing tadpole growth and survival rates.…”
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Child-therapist acoustic synchrony and response trajectories in autism intervention: an AI-based automated analysis using dynamic systems theory and affective computing by Giulio Bertamini, Silvia Perzolli, Arianna Bentenuto, Cesare Furlanello, Mohamed Chetouani, David Cohen, Paola Venuti

“…However, quantitatively studying fine-grained aspects such as the child-clinician synchrony patterns poses challenges, limiting translational research. …”
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Research on the Protection Status and Development Strategies for New Varieties of Lychee and Longan in China by Yingjie WEN, Zhixian TANG, Fachao SHI, Hailun LIU, Yonghua JIANG, Qian YAN

“…Of these, 21 litchi and 5 longan varieties were granted protection, yielding authorization rates of 33.3% and 19.2%. The average duration for examination and authorization was 30.5 months. …”
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Toward AI-Augmented Formal Verification: A Preliminary Investigation of ENGRU and Its Challenges by Chanon Dechsupa, Teerapong Panboonyuen, Wiwat Vatanawood, Praisan Padungweang, Chakchai So-In

“…In this paper, we present ENGRU (Enhanced Gated Recurrent Units), a novel deep learning-based approach for formal verification. …”
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Genomic epidemiology and phylodynamics of Acinetobacter baumannii bloodstream isolates in China by Qixia Luo, Mengru Chang, Ping Lu, Qian Guo, Xiaoqing Jiang, Tingting Xiao, Haoyu Zhang, Yingying Ma, Yan Zhang, Wei Yu, Erjia Zhang, Yunbo Chen, Ping Shen, Jinru Ji, Chaoqun Ying, Zhiying Liu, the BRICS Working Group, Huaiqiu Zhu, Yonghong Xiao

“…Abstract In recent decades, Acinetobacter baumannii has become a major global nosocomial pathogen, with bloodstream infections (BSIs) exhibiting mortality rates exceeding 60% and imposing substantial economic burdens. …”
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Bridging micro and macroevolution: insights from chromosomal dynamics in plants by Carmen Benítez-Benítez, Ashwini V. Mohan, Rogelio Sánchez-Villegas, Inés Gómez-Ramos, Ana Valdés-Florido, Kay Lucek, Marek Slovák, Marek Slovák, Filip Kolář, Filip Kolář, Ilia J. Leitch, Modesto Luceño, Isabel Larridon, Angelino Carta, Angelino Carta, Joan Cuscó-Borràs, Enrique Maguilla, Alegría Montero-Ramírez, Patrick G. Meirmans, Alison Dawn Scott, Santiago Martín-Bravo, Marcial Escudero

“…At the macroevolutionary level, we investigated the association between karyotype diversity and diversification rates using evidence from comparative genomics, chromosomal evolution modelling across phylogenies, and the association with several traits across different angiosperm lineages. …”
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Progressive subcortical involvement as spinocerebellar ataxia type 3 advances by Pubing Yuan, Yonghua Huang, Minghui Dai, Xin Jin, Dingxin Zheng, Die Xiao, Lihua Deng, Peiling Ou, Linfeng Shi, Yifan Chen, Jian Wang, Wei Chen, Yuanchao Zhang, Chen Liu

“…Abstract Background and objectives Spinocerebellar ataxia type 3 (SCA3) is a progressive neurodegenerative disease characterized by heterogeneous motor and nonmotor manifestations. The progressive pattern of subcortical shape abnormalities and their associations with the clinical phenotypes in SCA3 remain unknown. …”
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Precision public health alliances as a model and method for community engagement by Margaret L. McGladrey, Mary Elizabeth Lacy, Kristen McQuerry, Rachel Hogg-Graham, Svetla Slavova, Emily R. Clear, Kory Heier, Caitline Phan, Megan Hall, Ryan Parker, Mindy Keeton, Jennifer Sword, Thomas Ard, Charbel Salem

“…Using precision analytics approaches with population health data helps identify localized patterns of social determinants and comorbidities, supporting the design of tailored interventions. …”
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A platform for multisite immune profiling of premetastatic pancreatic cancer at single-cell resolution by Elishama N. Kanu, Ashley A. Fletcher, Jiayin Bao, Ethan S. Agritelley, Julia Button, Austin M. Eckhoff, Karrie Comatas, Tao Wang, Bin-Jin Hwang, Michael E. Lidsky, Sabino Zani, Dan G. Blazer, Peter J. Allen, Zhicheng Ji, Frank J. Lowery, Sri Krishna, Nicholas D. Klemen, Daniel P. Nussbaum, Erika J. Crosby

“…Abstract Background Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) is characterized by exceedingly high rates of metastatic progression, with the liver representing the most common site of distant spread. …”
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Quality of life and clinical data in hemodialysis patients with different degrees of pruritus by Sebastián Mas Fontao, Paula Manso, Julia Audije-Gil, David Hernán Gascueña, Fabiola Dapena, Nuria Aresté, Emilio Sánchez-Álvarez, Pablo Molina, Raquel Ojeda, Marian Goicoechea, Vicent Esteve Simó, Guillermo Alcalde Bezhold, Mario Prieto-Velasco, María Jesús Lloret, Ana Blanco Santos, Juan Manuel Buades, Carlos Narváez, Rafael Sánchez-Villanueva, Rosa Elena Pérez-Morales, María Dolores Arenas Jiménez, Fundación Renal Española Working Group, Prurito Working Group

“…Each reporting period (morning, midday, evening, and night) revealed distinct patterns in pruritus prevalence and severity (p < 0.05). …”
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Mapping Antimicrobial Resistance in <i>Escherichia coli</i> and <i>Klebsiella pneumoniae</i> from Complicated Urinary Tract Infections in Oman: Phenotypic and Genotypic Insights by Nawal AL Shizawi, Zaaima AL Jabri, Fatima Khan, Hiba Sami, Turkiya AL Siyabi, Zakariya AL Muharrmi, Srinivasa Rao Sirasanagandla, Meher Rizvi

“…In comparison, susceptibility rates of <i>K. pneumoniae</i> were far lower: nitrofurantoin (38%), fosfomycin (89%), aminoglycosides (82%), piperacillin-tazobactam (72%), and carbapenems (83%). …”
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An interpretable XAI deep EEG model for schizophrenia diagnosis using feature selection and attention mechanisms by Ahmad Almadhor, Stephen Ojo, Thomas I. Nathaniel, Shtwai Alsubai, Abdullah Alharthi, Abdullah Al Hejaili, Gabriel Avelino Sampedro

“…The study proposes a novel automated technique for diagnosing Schizophrenia based on electroencephalogram (EEG) sensor data, aiming to enhance interpretability and prediction performance.MethodsThis research utilizes Deep Learning (DL) models, including the Deep Neural Network (DNN), Bi-Directional Long Short-Term Memory-Gated Recurrent Unit (BiLSTM- GRU), and BiLSTM with Attention, for the detection of Schizophrenia based on EEG data. …”
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Multi-Step Natural Gas Load Forecasting Incorporating Data Complexity Analysis with Finite Features by Ning Tian, Bilin Shao, Huibin Zeng, Meng Ren, Wei Zhao, Xue Zhao, Shuqiang Wu

“…Concurrently, variational mode decomposition (VMD) provides frequency-domain decomposition capability, while the gated recurrent unit (GRU) captures long-term dependencies. …”
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Multiscale Water Cycle Mechanisms and Return Flow Utilization in Paddy Fields of Plain Irrigation Districts by Jie Zhang, Yujiang Xiong, Peihua Jiang, Niannian Yuan, Fengli Liu

“…We propose an integrated optimization strategy combining tillering-stage irrigation/drainage control, multiscale hydraulic interception (control gates and pond weirs), and dynamic watershed storage scheduling. …”
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Trade-offs between machine learning and deep learning for mental illness detection on social media by Zhanyi Ding, Zhongyan Wang, Yeyubei Zhang, Yuchen Cao, Yunchong Liu, Xiaorui Shen, Yexin Tian, Jianglai Dai

“…This study evaluates multiple ML models, including logistic regression, random forest, and LightGBM, alongside DL architectures such as ALBERT and Gated Recurrent Units (GRUs), for both binary and multi-class classification of mental health conditions. …”
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Construction of high-density bin genetic map and QTL mapping of fruit aroma in longan (Dimocarpus longan Lour.) by Wenshun Hu, Qing Zhang, Chaojun Deng, Qizhi Xu, Jimou Jiang, Xiuping Chen, Jianguo Li, Jisen Zhang, Shaoquan Zheng

“…These QTLs explained 19.8%–51.0% of the phenotypic variation rates and were distributed across 11 linkage groups, with two QTL-rich regions on LG7 and LG8. …”
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Dynamic immune response to Avian Pathogenic Escherichia coli infection in broiler chickens: Insights into pro-inflammatory and anti-inflammatory cytokine regulation by Xin Ye, Chuan-Yu Hsu, Linan Jia, Xue Zhang, Christopher Magee, Stephanie Whitham, Spencer Leigh, Jeffrey D. Evans, Li Zhang, Kelsy Robinson

“…This study investigates the dynamic immune responses to APEC infection in broiler chickens, with a focus on survival rates, airsac lesion scores, and cytokine gene expression patterns in lung tissue. …”
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Impact of Hepatic Steatosis on the Antiviral Effects of PEG-IFNα-2a in Patients with Chronic Hepatitis B and the Associated Mechanism by Huiqing Liang, Yaoyu Liu, Xiaoqian Jiang, Xiaoting Zheng, Jinmo Tang, Jiaen Yang, Hongli Zhuang, Penghua Lai, Li Peng, Zhenying Guo, Shanshan Cai, Dan Luo, Lingxia Xu, Qianguo Mao, Shaodong Chen

“…After 48 weeks of treatment and 24 weeks of follow-up, the rates of CR, VR, and BR had gradually decreased, whereas the severity of hepatic steatosis had increased. …”
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Resistome and Phylogenomics of <i>Escherichia coli</i> Strains Obtained from Diverse Sources in Jimma, Ethiopia by Mulatu Gashaw, Esayas Kebede Gudina, Guenter Froeschl, Ralph Matar, Solomon Ali, Liegl Gabriele, Amelie Hohensee, Thomas Seeholzer, Arne Kroidl, Andreas Wieser

“…<b>Introduction</b>: In recent years, antimicrobial resistance (AMR) rates have increased significantly in bacterial pathogens, particularly extended beta-lactam resistance. …”
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