Short physical performance battery: Pilot study of a human motion capture app (MobiSPPB) by Lucas Küppers, Richard Pfannenstiel, Arezoo Bozorgmehr, Stephan Jonas, Birgitta Weltermann, Lara Marie Reimer

“…Two experienced raters rated the SPPB performance, and a smartphone recorded at the same time. …”
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The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Research into Chinese University Students’ Mental Health: A Bibliometric Analysis by Zhexian Zhu, Michela Montesi

“…Background: The COVID-19 pandemic increased anxiety and depression rates, prompting heightened research activity in mental health, particularly among vulnerable populations like university students. …”
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Long-term health consequences and costs of changes in alcohol consumption in England during the COVID-19 pandemic. by Joshua Card-Gowers, Sadie Boniface, Jamie Brown, Loren Kock, Alexander Martin, Lise Retat, Laura Webber

“…Three scenarios were modelled: short, medium, and long-term, where 2020 drinking patterns continue until the end of 2022, 2024, and 2035, respectively. …”
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Infections and mortality in ICU patients undergoing continuous renal replacement therapy: a retrospective cohort study by Danica Quickfall, Ashley La, Jennifer Pisano, Patrick Costello, Samantha Gunning, Jay L. Koyner

“…Conclusion ICU patients receiving CRRT experience high rates of multidrug-resistant infections and associated mortality. …”
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Unraveling the Nexus: how street network morphology influences crime in Detroit by Yuanyuan Mao, Shuqi Huang, Yueqiao Ning, Can Wang, Wenchao Li, Ziheng Huang, Shanhe Jiang, Yanqing Xu

“…Neighborhoods with a higher proportion of community roads, increased street permeability for pedestrians, a higher density of dining establishments, and elevated rental rates were more likely to experience criminal activities. …”
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Malaria epidemics and its drivers in Uganda in 2022 by Maru W. Aregawi, Catherine Maiteki, John C. Rek, Bosco Agaba, Charles Katureebe, Mansour Ranjbar, Chunzhe Zhang, Samson Kiware, Jimmy Opigo

“…Provinces with bimodal rainfall patterns were more prone to epidemics, while unimodal regions had fewer epidemics but higher incidence rates. …”
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Effects of high CO2 treatment on green-ripening and peel senescence in banana and plantain fruits by Mu-bo SONG, Lu-ping TANG, Xue-lian ZHANG, Mei BAI, Xue-qun PANG, Zhao-qi ZHANG

“…In contrast to the differentiated color changing patterns, the patterns of the softening, starch degradation and soluble sugar accumulation in the pulp of 20% CO2 treated bananas and plantains displayed similarly as the patterns in the fruits ripening in regular air, indicating that the pulp ripening was not inhibited by 20% CO2, and the abnormal ripening of bananas in 20% CO2 can be considered as green ripening. …”
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Land surface temperature predicts mortality due to chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: a study based on climate variables and impact machine learning by Alireza Mohammadi, Bardia Mashhoodi, Ali Shamsoddini, Elahe Pishgar, Robert Bergquist

“… Introduction: Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) mortality rates and global warming have been in the focus of scientists and policymakers in the past decade. …”
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How socioeconomic status moderates the stunting-age relationship in low-income and middle-income countries by S V Subramanian, Christian Bommer, Sebastian Vollmer

“…This pattern is more pronounced in the poorest than in the richest quartile, with large differences in stunting prevalence at 20 months (stunting rates: 40.7% (95% CI 39.5 to 41.8) in the full sample, 50.3% (95% CI 48.2 to 52.4) in the poorest quartile and 29.2% (95% CI 26.8 to 31.5) in the richest quartile). …”
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Vocal activity as a welfare indicator in killer whales in managed care by Javier Almunia, Jonas Philipp Lüke, Fernando Rosa

“…Using a custom detection algorithm and classification criteria, we focused on quantifying the rates of discrete call production throughout the day and across different seasons.ResultsThe results revealed strong diel patterns in vocal activity, with increased rates during the day, particularly around feeding and training sessions, and minimal vocal activity overnight. …”
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Norms for 98 Jordanian Arabic Adjectives in Valence, Arousal, and Familiarity by Оля Мусмар, Абдель Рахман Мітіб Алтахіне, Манар Альхассі, Ашраф Аллавама

“…This study establishes normative ratings for 98 adjectives in Jordanian Arabic across three dimensions: valence, arousal, and familiarity. …”
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Forecasting the Thermal Degradation Depending on the Kinetics of Dracaena Draco Lignocellulosic Fibers Using an Artificial Neural Network by Abdelwaheb Hadou, Ahmed Belaadi, Djamel Ghernaout, Herbert Mukalazi

“…The model performed well at lower heating rates (5 and 10°C/min), but because of bias and heteroscedasticity, adjustments are required at higher rates (15–30°C/min). …”
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Stress generation, relaxation and size control in confined tumor growth. by Huaming Yan, Daniel Ramirez-Guerrero, John Lowengrub, Min Wu

“…Experiments on tumor spheroids have shown that compressive stress from their environment can reversibly decrease tumor expansion rates and final sizes. Stress release experiments show that nonuniform anisotropic elastic stresses can be distributed throughout. …”
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Resilience of the transit-oriented built environment against COVID-19 transmission: Evidence from major urban communities in Wuhan city by Yangguang Xiao, Hsi-Chuan Wang, Kojiro Sho

“…Utilising a combination of spatial and aspatial statistical techniques, we assess how population density, bus stop density, park density and proximity to medical facilities and parks influence infection rates. The findings reveal that whereas high population density in urban core areas correlates with lower infection rates, medical accessibility and bus stop density are significant determinants of transmission in peripheral regions. …”
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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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Global assessment of current extinction risks and future challenges for turtles and tortoises by Chuanwu Chen, Jiang Wang, Marcel Holyoak, Liu Lin, Yanping Wang

“…Furthermore, the projected rates of climatic and environmental changes across species’ distributions are significantly higher than the rates of evolution for traits linked to resilience to climate change and altered environments. …”
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Legacy Pipes Unearthed: Decrypting the Enigma of Pressure Dynamics and Burst Events in Limburg, The Netherlands by Mohamad Zeidan, Bram Hillebrand, Mirjam Blokker

“…The results indicate a consistent pattern of higher real positive percentages compared to random detection rates across the years tested. …”
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From School to School: Examining the Contours of Within-Field Switching in the Special Education Teacher Labor Market by Andrew Pendola, Frank Perrone

“…Results show that SETs switch schools at much higher rates, associated with experience, salary, and student demographics, yet generally transfer shorter distances than their peers. …”
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High-Pressure Cylinder Failure under Fire Conditions – Investigation of the Consequences by Vojtech Jankuj, Petr Lepik, Miroslav Mynarz, Stefan Spitzer, Ales Bernatik

“…Hydrogen cylinders failed at pressures significantly lower than their rated destruction pressure due to thermal stress, generating fewer but substantial fragments and a fireball. …”
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Participatory Drawing Methodology for Light in Architecture: Drawing Experienced Space by Ulrika Wänström Lindh

“…Based on a study in which 16 participants’ experiences of different light scenarios were collected through sketches, semantic rating scales, and deep interviews, the participants drew the boundaries of what they experienced as “the room” and spatial directions inside it. …”
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