Association of socioeconomic deprivation with asthma care, outcomes, and deaths in Wales: A 5-year national linked primary and secondary care cohort study. by Mohammad A Alsallakh, Sarah E Rodgers, Ronan A Lyons, Aziz Sheikh, Gwyneth A Davies

“…<h4>Conclusions</h4>In this study, we observed that the most deprived asthma patients in Wales had different prescribing patterns, more A&E attendances, more emergency hospital admissions, and substantially higher risk of death. …”
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Study on Dust Distribution Law in Open-Pit Coal Mines Based on Depth Variation by Dongmei Tian, Xiyao Wu, Jian Yao, Weiyu Qu, Jimao Shi, Kaishuo Yang, Jiayun Wang

“…When the depth surpasses the threshold of 150 m, the wind speed attenuation rate at the pit bottom exhibits a marked change, and the dust dispersion distance decreases by 62% compared to shallow mining conditions. …”
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BlockDroid: detection of Android malware from images using lightweight convolutional neural network models with ensemble learning and blockchain for mobile devices by Emre Şafak, İbrahim Alper Doğru, Necaattin Barışçı, İsmail Atacak

“…By converting Android DEX files into image data, BlockDroid leverages the superior image analysis capabilities of CNN models to discern patterns indicative of malware. The CICMalDroid 2020 dataset, comprising 13,077 applications, was utilized to create a balanced dataset of 3,590 images, with an equal number of benign and malware instances. …”
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Long-Term Analysis and Multi-Scenarios Simulation of Ecosystem Service Values in Typical Karst River Basins by Shishu Lian, Anjun Lan, Zemeng Fan, Bingcheng Feng, Kuisong Xiao

“…The Getis-Ord Gi*statistic, a spatial analysis tool, was introduced to identify and interpret the spatial patterns of ESVs in the study area. The research indicates that: (1) from 2000 to 2020, the spatial pattern of ecosystem has significantly improved, and with a notable ESV increase in the Nanpan and Beipan River Basins, especially the fastest growth from 2005 to 2010. …”
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Reproductive health services utilization and associated factors among university youth students in Ethiopia: A mixed-methods study by Tsiyon Birhanu Wube, Solomon Gebremichael Asgedom, Dawit Gebregziabher Abrha, Lielt Gebreselassie Gebrekirstos

“…Results: The study found that the prevalence of adequate reproductive health service utilization rate was 42.5 % (95 % CI: 38.81 % - 46.20 %), which is comparable to similar studies conducted in other low- and middle-income countries. …”
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Surveillance of SARS-CoV-2 variants in Henan, China from 2023 to 2024 by Yun Song, Bicong Wu, Hongxia Ma, Yafei Li, Su Yan, Jingjing Pan, Haifeng Wang, Ying Ye, Xueyong Huang, Wanshen Guo

“…The XBB variant exhibited a significantly lower rate of severe cases, with most infections being mild (P &lt; 0.05). …”
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Behavioural insights in the underuse of cardiac resynchronisation therapy in heart failure: a pilot survey on incentive perceptions among referring cardiologists by Joan Costa-i-Font, Georgiana Miler-Raicu, Elena Arbelo, Ruben Casado-Arroyo, Aya Sami, Eric Wei Seong Tee, Joseph Hazel, Laurent Roten, Tobias Reichlin, Haran Burri, Khaled Albouaini, Nikola Kozhuharov

“…A survey was conducted with 51 physicians from six European countries, including electrophysiologists, heart failure specialists, and general cardiologists, recruited through cardiology networks and personal contacts. Participants rated their perceptions of five incentive strategies using a Likert scale (1–5). …”
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Network control theory uncovers aberrant connectome controllability in trigeminal neuralgia by Tiantian Chu, Juan Peng, Feng Gao, Fei Xiong, Ye Tu

“…No regional differences survived False Discovery Rate correction. Notably, controllability metrics correlated significantly with age in TN patients across multiple networks, whereas HCs showed no age-related correlations. …”
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Effect of the deflector plate on hydraulic performance and optimization of impact sprinkler nozzle by LI Haoyu, LI Tao, DI Yahe

“…Radial water distribution patterns were categorized as ‘near single-peak’ ‘far single-peak’, and ‘gentle’. …”
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Interaction of bacterial extracellular microvesicles with eukaryotic cells. by D. S. Shlykova, V. M. Pisarev, A. M. Gaponov, A. V. Tutelyan

“…The heterogeneity of the biogenesis mechanisms causes differences in the BMV and their characteristics including virulence rate. BMVs host cells entering is mediated by several mechanisms and helps to activate innate and adaptive immune reactions. …”
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Availability and use of child safety seats among children aged 0-3 years by CHEN Bo，WANG Xihui，QIU Fengqian，YU Yan，GAO Shuna，HE Lihua，LI Weiyi，JI Yunfang，CHEN Weihua

“…Demographic information, family travel patterns, the use of child safety seat and related health beliefs were collected using questionnaire surveys. …”
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A small volume radon progeny aerosol control device and its performance by DENG Tianyu, SHAN Jian, CAI Xiangming, LI Haoxuan, LI Hongliang, ZENG Xuwei

“…Radon progeny aerosol with stable radon progeny state parameters was achieved by adjusting the radon concentration, aerosol concentration and air exchange rate, and the performance of this device was verified by experiments.ResultsExperimental results show that the stable regulation range of equilibrium equivalent concentration (EEC) is 3.3×102~9.4×103 Bq∙m-3, stable regulation range of equilibrium factor: 0.12~0.58, stable regulation range of unbound fraction: 1.4%~62.7%. …”
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Averting obesity and type 2 diabetes in India through sugar-sweetened beverage taxation: an economic-epidemiologic modeling study. by Sanjay Basu, Sukumar Vellakkal, Sukumar Vellakkal, Sutapa Agrawal, David Stuckler, Barry Popkin, Shah Ebrahim

“…<h4>Conclusion</h4>Sustained SSB taxation at a high tax rate could mitigate rising obesity and type 2 diabetes in India among both urban and rural subpopulations.…”
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Characteristics of the labor market in Croatia and contemporary external migration by Monika Komušanac

“…The total unemployment rate in Croatia has experienced a significant decline since 2013, and current unemployment is the lowest in the youngest working age, and the highest in the age over 40. …”
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Growth traits and nitrogen assimilation-associated physiological parameters of wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) under low and high N conditions by Fei-fei ZHANG, Si GAO, Yuan-yuan ZHAO, Xiao-lei ZHAO, Xiao-man LIU, Kai XIAO

“…Moreover, the high UpE and UtE cultivars also displayed higher photosynthetic rate under deficient-N than the medium and low NUE cultivars. …”
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Efficacy of Pharmacological Treatments in Managing Generalized Anxiety Disorder among Adults in Saudi Arabia: A Cross-sectional Analysis by Abdulsalam Mohammed Aleid, Abdulaziz Matar Alharthi, Rana Abdulmohsen Alotaibi, Ahmed Mohammed Alasmari, Sharifah Ahmed Alzabdawi, Imtinan Jafar Asaeed, Sarah Mousa Alshuqayfi, Shuruq Mohammed Alzahuf, Aliyah Matar Alharthi, Mostafa Habeeb Alhodibi

“…The most commonly used pharmacological strategy was classified as “Others,” with a high satisfaction rate reported by users. Adverse effects were infrequent, affecting only a minority of patients frequently. …”
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Effects of Different Beddings on Heifer Behaviors and Location Distributions in Lying and Elimination by Bin Wu, Liyu Zhang, Guowen Li, Chongchong Zhao, Weiguang Hao, Peishi Yan, Xingming Yang, Shengjuan Wei

“…Heifers in SD and FSD beddings presented lower scores in surface cleanliness rating (<i>p</i> < 0.01). Heifer activities, including eating, drinking, elimination, and lying, showed clear circadian patterns in four groups. …”
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Deep learning approach with ConvNeXt-SE-attn model for in vitro oral squamous cell carcinoma and chemotherapy analysis by Abhay Nath, Om Roy, Priyanka Silveri, Sanskruti Patel

“…Globocan predicts that, OSCC will result in 389,846 new cases and 188,438 deaths globally during 2022 while maintaining an extremely poor 5-year survival rate at about 50%. Our method applies residual connections with Squeeze-and-Excitation blocks along with hybrid attention systems and enhanced activation functions and optimization algorithms to boost gradient movement throughout feature extraction. …”
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Gender differences in the relationship between big five personality traits and aggression among physical education students by Yugang Guo

“…A cross-sectional study was conducted using a convenience sampling method to recruit physical education undergraduates aged 18–24. an online questionnaire was distributed via WeChat groups, yielding 410 valid responses (94% effective response rate) from students in Henan, China (245 males, 165 females). …”
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Shoreline time series analysis through the Isoradiometric method: Bridging landscape evolution and coastal management by F. Caldareri, N. Parrino, L. Balsamo, G. Dardanelli, S. Todaro, A. Sulli, A. Maltese

“…The systematic application of the Isoradiometric Method successfully characterized both natural variability patterns and anthropic impacts, providing quantitative baselines for interpreting Quaternary coastal processes while offering practical insights for shoreline monitoring and coastal management strategies. …”
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