Epidemiology of extended-spectrum β-lactamase producing Escherichia coli from hospital settings in Yemen by Samar Nasher, Sameer Alsharapy, Anwar Al-Madhagi, Fathiah Zakham

“…The highest significant rates were among the elderly, patients with previous hospitalization, patients who have stayed in hospital more than 22 days, patients who have taken third generation cephalosporins as treatment and diabetic patients. …”
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Sustainable Food Security in Romania and Neighboring Countries—Trends, Challenges, and Solutions by Teodor Ioan Trasca, Ioana Mihaela Balan, Gina Fintineru, Jeni Veronica Tiu, Nicoleta Mateoc-Sirb, Ciprian Ioan Rujescu

“…Despite a higher GDP per capita than its neighbors, food insecurity rates remain concerning, pointing to underlying socio-economic inequalities. …”
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Social media use, risk behavior engagement, and mental health among middle adolescents in the Caribbean by Deogwoon Kim, Riley Magane, Maxwell Poitier, Julia Kuang, Ava Wang, Richard Adderley, Lynette Deveaux

“…Girls reported higher rates of social media usage, active and passive engagement on social media, cyberbullying experiences, and mental health issues, while boys were more likely to engage in sexting and offline risk behaviors. …”
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MSDCA: A Multi-Scale Dual-Branch Network with Enhanced Cross-Attention for Hyperspectral Image Classification by Ning Jiang, Shengling Geng, Yuhui Zheng, Le Sun

“…First, a multiscale 3D spatial–spectral feature extraction module (3D-SSF) employs parallel 3D convolutional branches with diverse kernel sizes and dilation rates, enabling hierarchical modeling of spatial–spectral representations from large-scale patches and effectively capturing both fine-grained textures and global context. …”
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Non-selective waterbird hunting in a Natura 2000 site results in killing of protected species: A case study from western Poland by Dominik Marchowski, Robert Jurszo, Paweł Stańczak, Michał Jasiński, Sebastian Guentzel

“…For nearly all species, harvest rates exceeded the sustainable thresholds defined by BirdLife International. …”
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Spatial Downscaling of TRMM Precipitation Data Using an Optimal Subset Regression Model with NDVI and Terrain Factors in the Yarlung Zangbo River Basin, China by Jinping Liu, Wanchang Zhang, Ning Nie

“…Moreover, the spatial patterns of both precipitation rates of change and their corresponding p value statistics were consistent between the downscaled results and the original TRMM 3B43 during the 2001–2014 period, which verifies that the downscaling method performed well in the Yarlung Zangbo River Basin. …”
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Mental Health in Croatian Competing Adolescent Athletes: Insights from the SMHAT-1 Questionnaire by Katarina Sore, Frane Franic, Luka Androja, Ivana Batarelo Kokic, Darko Marcinko, Stipe Drmic, Valentin Zdravko Markser, Tomislav Franic

“…Female athletes reported higher rates of anxiety (22.7% vs. 3.8%, <i>p</i> < 0.001), depression (25.4% vs. 5.3%, <i>p</i> < 0.001), alcohol use (27.0% vs. 7.7%, <i>p</i> < 0.001), ADHD (18.8% vs. 2.4%, <i>p</i> < 0.001), and post-traumatic stress disorder (8.2% vs. 1.2%, <i>p</i> < 0.001) compared to males. …”
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Surveillance of healthcare acquired infections in hospital and community: a retrospective study in Local Healthcare Organization of Rovigo by Francesca Ronzani, Marino Scarin, Marco Brusaferro, Antonia Intenti, Raffaela Marchetto, Michela Boldrin, Silvia Pierotti, Adriano Marcolongo

“…</p><p><strong>Results:</strong> data show a significant difference in the level of antibiotic resistance between the two Hospitals. High rates of extended-spectrum β-lactamase (ESBL)-producing organisms are detected and carbapenems are the only reliable agents for the treatment of many infections in the Hospital of Trecenta and TNH.…”
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Identifying risk factors and evaluating therapeutic interventions for anastomotic recurrence in postoperative esophageal squamous cell carcinoma by Tiantian Cui, Huajian Chen, Min Fan, Wei Huang, Xiaodong Liu

“…Significantly, adjuvant radiotherapy markedly reduced the incidence of LNR, thereby attenuating overall recurrence rates. Conclusions Postoperative recurrence significantly compromises survival in ESCC, underscoring the critical need for precise risk stratification and proactive management. …”
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Antimicrobial Resistance and Associated Risk Factors for Clostridium difficile in Patients Attending Tertiary Care Settings by Murad A. Mubaraki, Mubbashir Hussain, Faaiz Ul Hassan, Shahzad Munir, Fozia Fozia, Ijaz Ahmad, Fatima Bibi, Samia Sultan, Ziaullah Zialluh

“…The highest resistance rates were found against penicillin (83.3%) followed by amoxicillin (70%), nalidixic acid (61%), and metronidazole (38%), and the lowest resistance was found against vancomycin (6.4%) and imipenem (3.7%). …”
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Evaluation of a BCC-CPSv3-S2Sv2 Model for the Monthly Prediction of Summer Extreme Precipitation in the Yellow River Basin by Zhe Li, Zhongyuan Xia, Jiaying Ke

“…The performance of monthly prediction of extreme precipitation from the BCC-CPSv3-S2Sv2 model over the Yellow River Basin (YRB) using historical hindcast data from 2008 to 2022 was evaluated in this study, mainly from three aspects: overall performance in predicting daily precipitation rates, systematic biases, and monthly prediction of extreme precipitation metrics. …”
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A novel approach in diagnosing knee osteoarthritis for content based image retrieval in big data analytics and medical images by Pinar Gundogan Bozdag, Hurşit Burak Mutlu, Mucahit Karaduman, Muhammed Yildirim, M. Attique Khan, Shrooq Alsenan, Jamel Baili, Yunyoung Nam

“…Current deep learning architectures published in the literature struggle to achieve comparable success rates in distinguishing between closely related but distinct disease groups. …”
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Acclimation of Ecophysiological and Agronomic Traits to Increasing Growth Temperature in Three Cowpea Genotypes Grown in Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka by Imanthi Wijayaraja, Malika Piyarathne, Thilakshi Alahakoon, Udeni Devasinghe, Lasantha Weerasinghe, Dushan Kumarathunge, Dharmasiri Dissanayake, Chaminda Egodawatta, Nalaka Geekiyanage

“…Three genotypes, Dhawala, Waruni, and MI-35, were tested in this study, and their rates of leaf photosynthesis and respiration at the 50% flowering stage and final yield parameters were measured at their respective average growth temperatures in both seasons. …”
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A framework for continual learning in real-time traffic forecasting utilizing spatial–temporal graph convolutional recurrent networks by Mariam Labib Francies, Abeer Twakol Khalil, Hanan M. Amer, Mohamed Maher Ata

“…This approach improves the efficiency of the Continual Learning (CL) process by enabling the model to adapt to new traffic patterns more effectively over time. Extensive experiments conducted on the PeMSD3, PeMSD4, PeMSD7, and PeMSD8 datasets reveal the superiority of the proposed models, STGCN-EWC, STGCN-MAS, and STGCN-SI models achieve significant reductions in error rates compared to baseline methodologies. …”
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Effectiveness of intradialytic muscle stretching exercise onmuscle cramps among patients undergoing maintenance hemodialysis in Oman - A randomized controlled trial by Iman Al Rahbi, Eilean Rathinasamy Lazarus, Omar AlZaabi, Huda Al-Noumani

“…This low-risk, cost-effective method has the potential to improve patient care, reduce symptoms, hospitalization rates, and enhance physical and mental performance. …”
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Geochemical modeling of CO2 emissions from volcanic soil microseepage: implications for greenhouse gas budget by Xianzhe Duan, Haoran Sun, Nan Li, Jiale Dou

“…Our results provide important insights as follows: (1) Low porosity in subsurface strata inhibits CO2 penetration, while well-developed underground cracks and channels enhance release rates. (2) Favorable gas pathways enable CO2 to penetrate dense layers, and migrate upward, with migration patterns influenced by gas source pressure, temperature, and soil permeability. …”
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Navigating Energy Efficiency and Mould Risk in Australian Low-Rise Homes: A Comparative Analysis of Nine External Wall Systems in Southeast Australia by Liqun Guan, Mark Dewsbury, Louise Wallis, Hartwig Kuenzel

“…More than 8000 hygrothermal and bio-hygrothermal simulations were completed to evaluate seasonal moisture patterns and calculate mould growth potential for nine typical external wall systems. …”
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Estimation of Relative Sea Level Change in Locations Without Tide Gauges Using Artificial Neural Networks by Heeryun Kim, Young Il Park, Wansik Ko, Taehyun Yoon, Jeong-Hwan Kim

“…Unlike conventional forecasting approaches focused on future time series prediction, the proposed model is designed to learn spatial distribution patterns and temporal rates of sea level change from a fusion of satellite altimetry and tide gauge data. …”
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Types of the left ventricle geometry and changes in functional parameters of the heart in patients with atrial fibrillation by V. V. Syvolap, A. O. Bohun

“…The prevalence of AF increased according to the geometric patterns of the left ventricular remodeling with the highest rates in the groups of eccentric and concentric hypertrophy, which were also associated with worse indicators of systolic, diastolic, and valve functions. …”
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Design Guidelines for Material Extrusion of Metals (MEX/M) by Karim Asami, Mehar Prakash Reddy Medapati, Titus Rakow, Tim Röver, Claus Emmelmann

“…Geometric accuracy was quantitatively assessed through a 3D scan by comparing the manufactured parts to their original CAD models, allowing the identification of deformation patterns and shrinkage rates. Finally, the practical utility of the developed guidelines was demonstrated by successfully manufacturing an impeller designed according to the established geometric constraints. …”
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