Rising Threats and Evolving Trends: Five Years of Urinary Tract Infection Prevalence in a Portuguese Hospital by Francisco José Barbas Rodrigues, Patrícia Coelho, Sónia Mateus, Miguel Castelo-Branco

“…<b>Results:</b> The positivity rate increased from 18.7% in 2018 to 22.7% in 2022, with a peak in 2019. …”
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Changes in neurologic status after traumatic brain injury in the Resuscitation Outcomes Consortium Hypertonic Saline trial by Henry E. Wang, Chengcheng Hu, Bruce J. Barnhart, Jan O. Jansen, Kim Moeller, Daniel W. Spaite

“…The trial included adults with TBI, with Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) ≤8, and excluded those with shock (systolic blood pressure [SBP] ≤70 or SBP 71–90 with a heart rate [HR] ≥108). The primary outcome was Glasgow Outcome Scale–Extended (GOS‐E; 1 = dead, 8 = no disability) determined at (a) hospital discharge and (b) 6‐month follow‐up. …”
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Diagnostic challenges of inflammatory submucosal tumor-like lesions: a multicenter propensity score-matching analysis by Mengting Yu, Jiao Li, Yongfeng Yan, Xiaoxiang Wang, Yanhui Mao, Dandan Jiang, Zhengkui Zhou, Yuanyuan Chen, Xiaobin Sun

“…EUS demonstrated low sensitivity (3.39-4.00%) and a high misdiagnosis rate (96.61%) for I-SMTLs, with over 55% misdiagnosed as potentially malignant and 15% remaining inconclusive. …”
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COVID-19 global risk evaluation: rankings, reducing surveillance bias, and infodemic by Michał P. Michalak, Elżbieta Węglińska, Agnieszka Kulawik, Jack Cordes, Michał Lupa, Andrzej Leśniak

“…Conversely, the case fatality rate exhibited only a weak positive correlation with probabilistic metrics, though these correlations were not consistently statistically significant. …”
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Glycolysis/gluconeogenesis specialization in microbes is driven by biochemical constraints of flux sensing by Severin Josef Schink, Dimitris Christodoulou, Avik Mukherjee, Edward Athaide, Viktoria Brunner, Tobias Fuhrer, Gary Andrew Bradshaw, Uwe Sauer, Markus Basan

“…Moreover, decreasing both lag times simultaneously comes at the cost of reduced growth rate or higher futile cycling between metabolic enzymes. …”
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Assessment of the hilsa breeding ground in Meghna River estuary, Bangladesh for sustainable conservation by Md Anisur Rahman, Md Mehedi Hasan Pramanik, Md Monjurul Hasan, Flura, Rumana Yasmin, Yahia Mahmud

“…Additionally, the study monitored the spent rate and maturity stages of hilsa, demonstrating the effectiveness of conservation initiatives. …”
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Multimorbidity of hypertension, diabetes, and dyslipidemia and influencing factors of family function among the elderly of original residential communities of Guangzhou city by Huang Zhijie, Mai Zhihua, Wang Haoxiang, He Yuming, Deng Qiaoyan, Dai Ranran, Zhou Zhiheng

“…Background: With the global population aging at an accelerating rate, the rapid growth of the elderly population in China presents a series of health challenges, particularly in the management of chronic conditions such as hypertension, diabetes, and dyslipidemia. …”
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Dynamic simulations of feeding and respiration of the early Cambrian periderm-bearing cnidarian polyps by Yiheng Zhang, Xing Wang, Jian Han, Juyue Xiao, Yuanyuan Yong, Chiyang Yu, Ning Yue, Jie Sun, Kaiyue He, Wenjing Hao, Tao Zhang, Bin Wang, Deng Wang, Xiaoguang Yang

“…The simulations show that the rate of water inhalation by the polyp subumbrella is positively correlated with the rate of contraction and expansion of the coronal muscles, consistent with the previous feeding and respiration hypothesis. …”
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[Translated article] Fixation of adult femoral neck fractures: Retrospective comparison between cannulated screws and femoral neck system (FNS) by E. Guillén Botaya, Á. Soler García, J.L. Aparicio Martínez, A. Tejeda Gómez, F. Segura Llopis, A. Silvestre Muñoz

“…Results: No significant differences were found in age (p-value 0.32), fracture patterns (p-value 0.77), surgical delay (p-value 0.28), surgical time (p-value 0.226), length of hospital stay (p-value 0.921) and blood loss (p-value 0.086) between the two groups.A significantly higher overall complication rate was observed in the group treated with cannulated screws (p-value 0.004). …”
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Preparation of Porous F-WO3/TiO2 Films with Visible-Light Photocatalytic Activity by Microarc Oxidation by Chung-Wei Yeh, Kee-Rong Wu, Chung-Hsuang Hung, Hao-Cheng Chang, Chuan-Jen Hsu

“…Owing to the high specific surface area from the porous microstructure, the mTiO2 film shows a 61% and 50% rate increase in the photocatalytic dye degradation, as compared with the N,C-codoped TiO2 films under UV and Vis irradiation, respectively.…”
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Epigenetics in Plant Response to Climate Change by Wei Zhou, Min Wang, Lishan Wang, Yinghui Liu, Zaimin Tian, Linan Xie, Yu Wang

“…Given the unprecedented rate of contemporary climate change, epigenetic mechanisms may exert a more immediate and flexible influence than genetic modifications. …”
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A Drone-Based Approach for Radiometric Mapping of Gamma Radiation by Felipe Mamed, Alessandra Vaz, Ary Machado, Joana Batista, Jonathan Oliveira, Paulo Silveira, Paulo Iack, Paulo Barreto, William Henrique, Wallace Vallory

“…After processing the data collected by the drone, a dose profile was reconstructed, allowing for a satisfactory estimation of the location where the Cesium-137 source was positioned based on the radiation peak. Since specific patterns in the graphs, such as a sudden increase in dose rate in a particular direction, can indicate the presence of a source, we consider that this method can be employed as a useful strategy for the remote detection of radiation sources in various environments, offering a satisfactory approximation of the radiological conditions present in the analyzed environment. …”
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Optimizing renewable systems with nonlinear thermal radiation and inclined magnetic field using radiative Maxwell hybrid nanofluid flow over Darcy-Forchheimer surface by Sweeti Yadav, Shashi Prabha Gogate S, Dinesh P.A, Roopa K R

“…The present investigation reveals that when the magnetic field’s inclination varies from pi/4 to pi/3 and there is no thermal radiation, the most substantial heat transfer rate is 12.02% in the case of suction and 18.36% in the case of injection.…”
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SUSCEPTIBLE VACCINATED INFECTED RECOVERED MODEL WITH THE EXCLUSIVE BREASTFEEDING AND ITS APPLICATION TO PNEUMONIA DATA IN INDONESIA by Purnami Widyaningsih, Ghufron Musta'in, Dewi Retno Sari Saputro

“…The free target can also be achieved by increasing the exclusive breastfeeding rate to 73.9% and the Hib vaccination rate to 0.22.…”
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A study on green innovation and entrepreneurship in the dual carbon era and its implications for the energy market by Jingjing Sun, Xin Guan, Zeyu Wang, Jiali Zhang, Yepei Tan, Peng Nie

“…In the realm of complex network analysis, market participants are categorized into conservative, moderate, and innovative groups, and their market behavior patterns are examined. In the data mining and machine learning phases, this study constructed a predictive model with an accuracy rate of 85%, forecasting the impact of future green innovation and entrepreneurship on market demand and energy supply. …”
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Peltophorum pterocarpum flower mediated synthesis of silver nanoparticles and its catalytic degradation of Acid Blue 113 dye by Ramesh Vinayagam, Stuthi A. Shetty, Gokulakrishnan Murugesan, Louella Concepta Goveas, Thivaharan Varadavenkatesan, Raja Selvaraj

“…Catalytic studies showed rapid degradation of Acid Blue 113 dye in the presence of NaBH4, achieving a rate constant of 0.247 min−1 at 30 mg/L. These results demonstrate the environmental remediation potential of biogenically synthesized AgNPs and underscore the benefits of sustainable green synthesis approaches for industrial wastewater treatment.…”
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Features of Investment Activity in Agriculture in the South of Russia and Ways of its Activation by Vladimir Ivanovich Trukhachev, Igor Yurievitch Sklyarov, Yuliya Mikhailovna Sklyarova, Vitaliy Zelimkhanovich Mazloev, Anna Vladimirovna Volkogonova

“…The fall in the rouble exchange rate to foreign currencies made foreign agricultural products and food too expensive on the Russian market and sales fell sharply in Russia. …”
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Acute Pesticide Poisoning in Children: Hospital Review in Selected Hospitals of Tanzania by Elikana Lekei, Aiwerasia V. Ngowi, Leslie London

“…The annual APP incidence rate was 1.61/100,000. Conclusion. APP is common among children in this region of Tanzania. …”
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A robust and adaptive framework for interaction testing in quantitative traits between multiple genetic loci and exposure variables. by Julian Hecker, Dmitry Prokopenko, Matthew Moll, Sanghun Lee, Wonji Kim, Dandi Qiao, Kirsten Voorhies, Woori Kim, Stijn Vansteelandt, Brian D Hobbs, Michael H Cho, Edwin K Silverman, Sharon M Lutz, Dawn L DeMeo, Scott T Weiss, Christoph Lange

“…Using extensive simulation studies, we demonstrate that RITSS controls the type 1 error rate in a wide range of scenarios, and we show how the screening strategy influences statistical power. …”
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Nonlinear variations and drivers of vegetation NPP on the Tibetan Plateau: Interaction of natural and human factors. by Jie Tang, Xinghong Peng, Wenfu Peng

“…Results revealed nonlinear fluctuations in NPP during the study period, ranging from 184.06 to 208.53 gC m-2.a-1, with an average annual growth rate of 1.16 gC m-2.a-1. Significant spatial differences were observed, with higher NPP in the grasslands and forests of the southeast, while lower productivity was found in the alpine deserts of the northwest. …”
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