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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Impact of twin shield tunnel construction on the deformation of bridge pile groups beneath multiple bridges: a case study by Lan Deng, Jizhixian Liu, Chenze Huang, Shan Yang, Junzhou Huang, Junzhou Huang, Cai Wu

“…The results reveal that: (1) For single-track excavation, the maximum horizontal displacement of the pile group increases to 1.587 mm, while for double-track excavation, it reaches 1.813 mm, with pile settlement increases to a maximum of 5.03 mm; (2) The maximum settlement and horizontal deformation of the bridge piles show a negative correlation with the minimum spacing between piles, with deformation increasing exponentially as the spacing decreases; (3) The excavation process at all stages affects the piers, with initial maximum settlement increasing from 0.787 mm to 3.569 mm, a growth rate of 201.91%, and maximum horizontal displacement reaching 1.576 mm. …”
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The influence of provider payment mechanisms on TB service provider behavior in Indonesia: insights from National Health Insurance data and provider perspectives by Meghan O'Connell, Firdaus Hafidz, Sarah Saragih, Cheryl Cashin, Aditia Nugroho, Laurel Hatt, Yuli Farianti, Ackhmad Afflazier, Imran Pambudi

“…Quantitative analysis examined TB service utilization patterns, assessed referral appropriateness based on case complexity, and claim of TB services. …”
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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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Morphological and Physico-Mechanical Properties of Nano-Graphene-Oxide from Sugarcane Bagasse for Polymer Composite Reinforcement by Harrison Okechukwu Onovo, Ademola Abiona Agbeleye, Theddeus Tochukwu Akano, Solomon Onaolapo Oyegbami, Kenechukwu Joshua Orafunam, Olugbenga Peter Odediran

“…Tensile strength and modulus peaked at 1.5 wt% SBGO, hardness rose from 20.9 to 26.1 VHN, and wear rate dropped by up to 58%. These results confirm that SB-derived GO is an effective, eco-friendly reinforcement that enhances composite strength and durability for high-performance applications. …”
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A Retrospective Study of the Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on the Utilization and Quality of Antibiotic Use in a Tertiary Care Teaching Hospital in Low-Resource Settings by Vedrana Barišić, Tijana Kovačević, Maja Travar, Ana Golić Jelić, Pedja Kovačević, Dragana Milaković, Ranko Škrbić

“…<b>Results:</b> Antibiotic utilization peaked during the COVID-19 period, with the highest rate observed in 2021 (91.5 DDD/100 bed-days), despite a decrease in hospital admissions. …”
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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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Pollination efficiency by bee guilds (Hymenoptera: Apoidea) to annatto flowers, Bixa orellana L.1753 (Bixaceae) by K. S. Arteman, M. A. Uchoa, V. V. Alves-Junior, E. A. B. Almeida, M. R. Maestre

“…Bees recorded from 6h to 9h were responsible for higher efficiency in the pollination rate; represented by the following species: Bombus morio, Centris sponsa, Centris fuscata; Epicharis flava, Epicharis affinis, Epicharis analis, Euglossa sp., Eulaema nigrita, Geotrigona mombuca, Melipona quadrifasciata, Hylaeus sp., and Pseudaugochlora graminea. …”
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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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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

“…Hydraulic performance indicators such as throw range, flow rate, point irrigation intensity, and irrigation uniformity were measured during the experiment. …”
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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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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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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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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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