A study on the status of myopia and pre-myopia among primary school students in different regions of Shaanxi Province, China by Dong Wei, Dong Wei, Li Yangbing, Liu Chengfei, Liu Chengfei, Zhang Ye, Zhang Ye, Wang Zihao, Wang Zihao, Li Yanying, Li Yanying, He Xiaokang, He Xiaokang, Fu Kunlin, Du Zhaojiang

“…Pre-myopia prevalence displayed an inverse geographic pattern (southern Shaanxi: 40.60% > Guanzhong: 34.19% > northern Shaanxi: 33.73%; χ2 = 185.3, P < 0.001), with male students consistently showing higher pre-myopia detection rates than females (southern Shaanxi: 42.45% vs. 38.73%; Guanzhong 38.28% vs. 30.01%; northern Shaanxi: 37.64% vs. 29.17%; P < 0.05). …”
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Spatiotemporal expansion of dengue in Brazilian Amazon between 2001 and 2021 by Ravena dos Santos Hage, Bianca Conrad Bohm, Caio Perez Casagrande, Suellen Caroline M. Silva, Alessandra Talaska Soares, Jackeline Vieira Lima, Nádia Campos Pereira Bruhn, Fábio Raphael Pascoti Bruhn

“…Subsequently, statistical analyses were conducted to identify incidence and lethality rates. Over the study period, approximately 1,344,950 cases of the disease were reported, resulting in 863 deaths. …”
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Establishment of patient-derived xenograft models in Chinese patients with multiple myeloma: Insights into therapeutic responsiveness and molecular subtyping by Xueju Wang, Di Zhou, Chanjuan Jin, Zhangzhen Shi, Danyi Wen, Lintao Bi

“…Multiple myeloma (MM), a malignant hematologic tumor characterized by the proliferation of monoclonal plasma cells, remains incurable with high relapse rates despite advances in treatment. Patient-derived xenograft (PDX) models have emerged as a promising tool for understanding MM's complex pathophysiology and testing therapeutic responses. …”
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Adverse childhood experiences and fertility intention among college students in China: moderated mediation effects of resilience and attachment by Jin Zhang, Wenxiao Chen, Wenqi Weng, Mei Li, Yunying Zhu, Xiaohua Xiao, Ruotong Zhang, Dongdong Jiang, Sisi Li, Jinghao Ma, Weina Xu, Peige Song, Qian Yang

“…Abstract Background The declining fertility rates and aging are becoming major demographic and public health challenges. …”
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Insights into De Quervain’s Tenosynovitis as an Unintended Consequence of Problematic Smartphone Usage: A Cross-sectional Observational Study by Aswin Sugumaran, Dilip Kumar Naidu, Madhan Raju, Sabari Vaasan Lakshmikanthan, S Karthikeyan, Kevin Dhas, Vamsi Krishna, Praveen Raja

“…Aim: To investigate the association between problematic smartphone usage and the development of DQT and to assess its physical impact using the Visual Analogue Scale (VAS), Patient-rated Wrist/Hand Evaluation (PRWE) and quick Disabilities of the Arm, Shoulder and Hand (DASH) scores. …”
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Clinical Outcome and Molecular Profile in Patients with <i>DDX41</i> Mutation Hot-Spots by Nadia Toumeh, Yazan Jabban, Ahmad Nanaa, Rong He, David Viswanatha, Dragan Jevremovic, James M. Foran, Cecilia Y. Arana Yi, Antoine N. Saliba, Mehrdad Hefazi Torghabeh, William J. Hogan, Mithun V. Shah, Abhishek A. Mangaonkar, Mrinal M. Patnaik, Hassan B. Alkhateeb, Aref Al-Kali

“…Germline and somatic mutations often have different locations and patterns of mutation, with some hotspots displaying diversity based on ethnicity. …”
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Quantifying Objective and Perceived Image Quality Through EEG and Eye-Tracking by Changhyun Lim, Hyun-Jun Jeon, Woojae Jung, Youngshin Kwak, Myong Young Lee, Jung Hyun Ham, Hyun Bin Joo, Oh-Sang Kwon, Dongil Chung

“…Individuals&#x2019; pupil diameter successfully tracked (cluster-based permutation p &#x003C;0.05) both objective and subjective perspectives of image quality. These patterns highlight both the shared characteristics and measurable distinctions between objective image quality and subjective vividness ratings. …”
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Trend analysis and epidemiological forecasting of colorectal Cancer mortality among reproductive-age women in sub-Saharan Africa by Jiefeng Zhao, Daxing Miao, Tao Yang, Jiang Chen, Xiangquan Lai

“…This study aimed to analyze CRC mortality trends, identify key driving factors, and predict future mortality patterns among women of childbearing age in SSA. Methods: We assessed CRC mortality among women of childbearing age across four SSA subregions and 46 countries, calculating age-standardized mortality rates (ASMR) and estimated annual percentage change (EAPC). …”
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Brain Tumor Classification Using an Ensemble of Deep Learning Techniques by S Gopal Krishna Patro, Nikhil Govil, Surabhi Saxena, Brojo Kishore Mishra, Abu Taha Zamani, Achraf Ben Miled, Nikhat Parveen, Hashim Elshafie, Mosab Hamdan

“…Both primary and secondary brain tumors reduce the patient&#x2019;s quality of life, and therefore, any sign of the tumor should be treated immediately for adequate response and survival rates. DL, especially in the diagnosis of brain tumors using MRI and CT scans, has applied its abilities to identify excellent patterns. …”
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Verification of a Probabilistic Model and Optimization in Long-Range Networks by José Luis Romero Vázquez, Abel García-Barrientos, José Alberto Del-Puerto-Flores, Francisco R. Castillo Soria, Roilhi F. Ibarra-Hernández, Ulises Pineda Rico, Ernesto Zambrano-Serrano

“…The proposed model integrates multiple critical factors, including packet arrival rates, transmission power levels, and the distance between transmitting nodes and the gateway. …”
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MultiRepPI: a cross-modal feature fusion-based multiple characterization framework for plant peptide-protein interaction prediction by Yu Zhiguo, Li Zixuan, Li Peng

“…Secondly, bi-directional attention and PepPI gating mechanisms were used to design the cross-modal attention module (CMA), which deeply mines the key interaction patterns between peptides and proteins, and enhances the ability of the model to focus on important binding sites. …”
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Upper respiratory tract manifestations in patients with ANCA-associated vasculitides and their association with the presence and type of ANCA by I. G. Smirnova, N. M. Bulanov, P. I. Novikov, I. A. Osipova, S. V. Moiseev

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Causal inference-based graph neural network method for predicting asphalt pavement performance by CHEN Kai;WANG Xiaohe;SHI Xinli;CAO Jinde

“…The global feature extraction module employs attention mechanisms and gated recurrent units(GRU) to capture long-term temporal dependencies within variables. …”
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Dual pH- and Temperature-Responsive Performance and Cytotoxicity of N-Isopropylacrylamide and Acrylic Acid Functionalized Bimodal Mesoporous Silicas with Core–Shell Structure and F... by Huijie Ge, Xiaoli Wang, Shiyang Bai, Yuhua Bi, Fei Liu, Jihong Sun, Wenliang Fu, Donggang Xu

“…Hemolysis tests confirmed the hemolysis rates below 5%. <b>Conclusions:</b> These demonstrations verified that PAN@M-BMMs should be a promising biomedical application prospect.…”
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Symptom Trajectories and Clinical Subtypes in Post–COVID-19 Condition: Systematic Review and Clustering Analysis by Mingzhi Hu, Tian Song, Zhaoyuan Gong, Qianzi Che, Jing Guo, Lin Chen, Haili Zhang, Huizhen Li, Ning Liang, Guozhen Zhao, Yanping Wang, Nannan Shi, Bin Liu

“…Asia and Europe documented the most comprehensive symptom profiles, with Asia reporting lower early dyspnea rates (29%, 95% CI 18%‐40%) and Europe exhibiting more complex multisystem involvement during long-term follow-up. …”
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The Effects of COVID-19 on Antifungal Prescribing in the UK—Lessons to Learn by Katharine Pates, Zhendan Shang, Rebeka Jabbar, Darius Armstrong-James, Silke Schelenz, Jimstan Periselneris, Rossella Arcucci, Anand Shah

“…This study highlights the significant challenges to optimise antifungal use with prescribing behaviour largely dictated by habit, a lack of adherence to guidelines, and high rates of empirical non-diagnostic-based prescribing. …”
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Cancelable Multi-Branch Deep Learning Framework for Privacy-Preserving ECG Biometric Authentication by Mohamed Hammad, Ali Abdullah S. AlQahtani, Mohammed ELAffendi, Abdelhamied A. Ateya, Nebojsa Bacanin

“…Electrocardiogram (ECG) biometrics are particularly effective because of the unique electrical activity patterns of the heart. However, storing and processing raw ECG data raises privacy and security concerns, requiring advanced methods to safeguard user data. …”
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Worldwide trends and future projections of fungal skin disease burden: a comprehensive analysis from the Global Burden of Diseases study 2021 by Deng Li, Siqi Fan, Haochen Zhao, Jiayi Song, Linfen Guo, Wei Li, Xuewen Xu, Qingfeng Li, Qingfeng Li

“…Males had higher age-standardized rates for incidence, prevalence, and DALYs compared to females. …”
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Changes in ventral prefrontal-subcortical network connectivity during the course of remission from bipolar mania by Jennifer E. Siegel-Ramsay, Elizabeth Lippard, Thomas Blom, Wade Webber, Cal Adler, David E. Fleck, Melissa P. DelBello, Jorge R.C. Almeida, Stephen M. Strakowski

“…Using mixed models, we compared changes in ventral prefrontal-subcortical connectivity between individuals who remitted (n = 16, Young Mania Rating Scale/Hamilton Depression Rating Scale < 10 by week eight) and those who did not (n = 19) during emotional distractor conditions of the continuous performance task (CPT-END), a cognitive attentional task with emotional and neutral distractors; at baseline, one and eight weeks of treatment covarying for age and sex. …”
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Spatiotemporal trends of Type 2 diabetes due to low physical activity from 1990 to 2019 and forecasted prevalence in 2050: A Global Burden of Disease Study 2019 by Shujin Fan, Jin Xu, Jinli Wu, Li Yan, Meng Ren

“…Age-standardized mortality rates (ASMR) and disability-adjusted life years rates (ASDR) increased globally, particularly in low Socio-Demographic Index (SDI) regions. …”
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