Acute alcohol intoxication among adolescents in Italy, the Netherlands and Belgium: a cross-national hospital chart comparison study by Stijn Verhulst, Nico van der Lely, Andrea Orsi, Giancarlo Icardi, Guido Van Hal, Hanna van Roozendaal, Louise Pigeaud, Allegra Ferrari, Loes de Veld, Inge Glazemakers, Jozef De Dooy

“…Comprehensive data on adolescent drinking patterns is crucial for developing effective prevention strategies. …”
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Temperature drives the variations in cropland exposure to compound drought and heatwave events under future climate in Northeast China by Chuanwei Zhang, Jiangbo Gao, Lulu Liu, Yanjun Shen, Shaohong Wu

“…Notably, adherence to the SSP126 pathway can reduce both the increase rate of CDHW magnitude and cropland exposure compared to other SSPs. …”
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CFD, energy, and exergy analysis and sustainability indicators of tilapia fish strips drying using an evacuated tubes indirect solar dryer by Amena Ali Alsakran, Omar Shahat Younis, András Székács, Omar Saeed, Mohamed Hamdy Eid, Ali Majrashi, Atef Fathy Ahmed, Aml Abubakr Tantawy, Abdallah Elshawadfy Elwakeel

“…The optimal air flow rate of 0.03 m3/s provided a uniform drying temperature of 74.82 °C, at solar noon. …”
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Electrospinning of Chitosan–Halloysite Nanotube Biohybrid Mats for Clobetasol Propionate Delivery by Natallia V. Dubashynskaya, Valentina A. Petrova, Igor V. Kudryavtsev, Andrey S. Trulioff, Artem A. Rubinstein, Alexey S. Golovkin, Alexander I. Mishanin, Anton A. Murav’ev, Iosif V. Gofman, Daria N. Poshina, Yury A. Skorik

“…The optimized composition of the electrospinning solution was determined: 2.4% solution of CS in 46% acetic acid with addition of PEO (10% of CS mass) and HNTs (5% of CS mass); CP was introduced as an ethanol solution at the rate of 2 mg CP per 1 g of the obtained nonwoven material. …”
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Maternal mortality in modern world by E. I. Baranovskaya

“…The search was finished on October 13, 2021 after retrieving 137 results.Results. The rate of MM and cause pattern has been changing during COVID-19 pandemic. …”
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Transcriptomic and Metabolomic Joint Analysis Revealing Different Metabolic Pathways and Genes Dynamically Regulating Bitter Gourd (<i>Momordica charantia</i> L.) Fruit Growth and... by Boyin Qiu, Dazhong Li, Qianrong Zhang, Hui Lin, Yongping Li, Qingfang Wen, Haisheng Zhu

“…The results revealed that the growth rate of fruit’s fresh weight, length, diameter, and flesh thickness during the first seven days was slow, and that it then rapidly increased after the seventh day, and finally slowed once more after 17 days, indicating that the overall process followed a “slow–fast–slow” pattern. …”
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Optimisation tools for meeting nutrient requirements of Indian children and adults at optimal cost by Fathima Ayoob, Jawahar R. Manivannan, Ashikh Ahmed, Afsal K. Murikkanchery, Abhishek Kumar, Santu Ghosh, Patrick Webb, Anura V. Kurpad, Tinku Thomas

“…Based on food prices from June 2022, the FOP tool generated optimised diets for 1–3-year-old Bihari children priced at INR 26·8 (USD 0·32 converted as of January 2024 rate)/child/day. By applying a milk subsidy, this cost could drop to INR 23·7 (USD 0·28). …”
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A country-wide survey into the composition and transformation of short-chain organic acids in anaerobic sludge digesters at wastewater treatment plants in Denmark by Zijun Li, Morten Kam Dahl Dueholm, Chenjing Jiang, Bihe Zhu, Lei Liu, Per Halkjær Nielsen, Liping Hao

“…Abstract Short chain organic acids (SCOAs) containing 1–6 carbons are important intermediates in anaerobic digestion (AD) of sewage sludge, and transformation of SCOAs is often the rate-limiting step. Comprehensive information about SCOAs in full-scale anaerobic digesters is thus crucial to better monitor and regulate the AD process. …”
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Distributions of non‐native and native plants are not determined by the same environmental factors by Bart Steen, Antoine Adde, Martin A. Schlaepfer, Antoine Guisan, Luigi Maiorano

“…Abstract Global environmental change will cause shifts in species communities, with non‐native species likely replacing native ones at an unprecedented rate. This will have consequences for biodiversity and ecosystem services, in addition to the ecological and economic damage caused by those non‐native species that are invasive. …”
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Long COVID-six months of prospective follow-up of changes in symptom profiles of non-hospitalised children and young people after SARS-CoV-2 testing: A national matched cohort stud... by Terence Stephenson, Snehal M Pinto Pereira, Manjula D Nugawela, Kelsey McOwat, Ruth Simmons, Trudie Chalder, Tamsin Ford, Isobel Heyman, Olivia V Swann, Lana Fox-Smith, Natalia K Rojas, Emma Dalrymple, Shamez N Ladhani, Roz Shafran, CLoCk Consortium

“…Prevalence of shortness of breath and tiredness also declined, but at a lower rate. Among test-negatives, the same common symptoms and trends were observed at lower prevalence's. …”
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The epidemiology, management, and the associated burden of migraine in Australian primary care: a retrospective analysis of electronic health record data by Nicole Limberg, Jason C. Ray, Benjamin Harvey, Giles Stratton, Angus Cuskelly, Charmaine S. Tam, David Witcombe

“…The overall incidence rate (IR) was estimated as 3.48 per 1,000 person-years (95% CI 3.38 to 3.58) after adjusting for the interaction of age and sex. …”
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The association between influenza infection and acute myocardial infarction: A comprehensive systematic review and meta-analysis by Xia Zhou, Li Feng

“…Data were extracted and analyzed using random-effects models to calculate pooled odds ratios (ORs), incidence rate ratios (IRRs), and 95 % confidence intervals (CIs). …”
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Microscopic investigation of incipient basalt breakdown in soils: implications for selecting products for enhanced rock weathering by Tarrah M. Burke, Balz S. Kamber, David Rowlings

“…The presence of interconnected glass and fracture networks apparently aids the rate of incipient weathering, increases microporosity and promotes particle disaggregation. …”
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Retrospective cohort study of morphological features of recurrent schwannomas and neurofibromas by D. A. Murzaeva, Yu. M. Zabrodskaya, A. A. Dolgushin, L. N. Dobrogorskaya, A. Y. Orlov

“…There were no differences between the groups in baseline characteristics (the type of tumour (schwannoma, neurofibroma), distribution by sex, age, localization, clinical symptoms). The relapse rate among patients with neurofibromas was 8 in 3 patients vs. 6 in 5 patients with schwannomas. …”
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Technostress Among Older Workers: A Central European Perspective by Rašticová M, Šácha J, Lakomý M, Mishra PK

“…A Quota sampling method in combination with Computer Assisted Web Interviewing (CAWI) was used to collect data. The overall response rate was 42% (varied by country) in total data collected. …”
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Presence of Malassezia Species in Patients Admitted to the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit and Antifungal Sensitivity of Malassezia furfur by Mehmet OKUL, Özmert Muhammet Ali ÖZDEMİR, Hacer ERGİN, Çağrı ERGİN

“…Thus, we aimed to evaluate the rate of skin colonization by Malassezia species, factors associated with its colonization, and antifungal sensitivities of M. furfur strains in our hospital’s NICU. …”
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CABAD: A video dataset for benchmarking child aggression recognition by Shehzad Ali, Md Tanvir Islam, Ik Hyun Lee, Mohammad Hijji, Khan Muhammad

“…Compared to CNN-based models, CABA_Net achieves up to 20.9% higher accuracy while maintaining a competitive frame rate. Against Transformer-based architectures, it offers a 5.8–9.9% gain in accuracy, 14–16.9% lower energy requirements, up to 14.8% less memory usage, and 21%–23% reduction in implementation cost. …”
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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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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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