Exploring Litter Decomposition, Nutrient Retention, and Sensitivity to Nitrogen Deposition Among Ancient and Recently Evolved Tree Species by Chaozhi Peng, Tong Chen, Wei He, Li Mei, Zeyao Zhao, Jie Fan

“…Our research aimed to examine the decomposition rates and nutrient loss rates of leaf litter and fine roots from ancient and recently evolved species and their response to N deposition. …”
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Mapping the global burden of early-onset Parkinson’s disease: socioeconomic and regional inequalities from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021 by Xinyu Li, Jingpei Zhou, Wanqing Peng, Renhui Zhao, Quan Sun, Zhijuan Liu, Yanning Liu, Ziyuan Li, Ziting Huang, Yihui Zhang, Shuqiao Zhang, Xubo Hong, Zhenhu Chen, Jun Lyu, Jun Lyu, Nanbu Wang

“…Countries with higher SDI levels, particularly China, Bolivia, and Peru, bore the greatest burden. Socioeconomic patterns suggested high-middle SDI regions experienced the highest rates of incidence and prevalence, whereas middle-SDI regions showed the highest rates of disability and mortality. …”
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Global, regional, and national burden of high body-mass index-related cancers and associated preventable life expectancy loss from 1990 to 2021 by Ling Huang, Dongdong Wang, Pinyi Li, Xinger Liang

“…This study aims to analyze, from 1990 to 2021, the burden and temporal trends of cancer attributable to BMI as well as their impact on life expectancy, with major patterns highlighted by sex, socio-demographic index (SDI), and geographical region.MethodsUtilizing data from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021, which incorporates 328,938 data sources, we conducted a comprehensive analysis of cancer attributable to high BMI, specifically investigating mortality rates and disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) from 1990 to 2021. …”
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Mutational History of a Human Cell Lineage from Somatic to Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells. by Foad J Rouhani, Serena Nik-Zainal, Arthur Wuster, Yilong Li, Nathalie Conte, Hiroko Koike-Yusa, Natsuhiko Kumasaka, Ludovic Vallier, Kosuke Yusa, Allan Bradley

“…Furthermore it provides a foundation for interpretation of elevated mutation rates and patterns in cancer.…”
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The Breeding Season and Movement Ecology of Male White‐Tailed Deer in Southwest Wisconsin by Matthew A. Hunsaker, Marie L. J. Gilbertson, Daniel J. Storm, Wendy C. Turner

“…Based on generalized linear mixed models, 2‐year‐old males exhibited higher hourly movement rates than other ages, and the opening weekend of the firearm hunting season had no significant effect on movement rates. …”
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Deterioration of Thermal Barrier Coated Turbine Blades by Erosion by Rohan Swar, Awatef Hamed, Dongyun Shin, Nathanial Woggon, Robert Miller

“…In the experimental investigation, tests were performed to determine the erosion rates and particle restitution characteristics under different impact conditions. …”
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Assessing the salinization mechanisms of coastal brackish springs by Sanz, Esteban, Carrera, Jesús, Ayora, Carlos, Barón, Alfredo, González, Concha

“…The phenomenon is puzzling because these springs may discharge high flow rates with significant salinities at elevations of several meters above sea level. …”
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Viral Pathogenic Spectrum and Epidemiological Characteristics of Febrile Rash Illness in China From 2009 to 2021 by Zhen Zhu, Naiying Mao, Xujing Chi, Pengbo Yu, Fangcai Li, Jianxing Wang, Binzhi Ren, Yingying Liu, Min Mu, Runan Zhu, Bing Zhao, Zhenguo Gao, Kongxin Hu, Aili Cui, Yan Zhang

“…Of 14,168 patients with FRI, 9,443 tested positive for a virus, thus yielding a viral positivity rate of 66.65%. Among the seven viruses detected, EV (61.04%), MV (23.32%), RuV (7.74%), and VZV (5.26%) had high detection rates and exhibited different age-specific positivity rates and seasonal prevalence patterns. …”
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Mortality atlas of the main causes of death for the elderly population (≥75 years) in Switzerland during 2010–2020 by Taru Singhal, Kaja Widmer, Anton Beloconi, Suzanne Dhaini, Matthias Schwenkglenks, Cordula Blohm, Rolf Weitkunat, Sabina De Geest, Penelope Vounatsou

“…RESULTS: Language regions are associated with mortality rates for many causes of death. In particular, the French-and Italian-speaking regions are associated with a lower burden of mortality due to cardiovascular diseases and diabetes compared to German-speaking Switzerland, but this is offset by increased rates of certain cancers. …”
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Fish food security: analyzing the economic and environmental variables by Alaa Ahmed Kotb, Emad S. Aljohani, Yosef Alamri, Abdullah I. Aldakhil, Fuad Alagsam, Mansour Abdulaziz Alobaid, Mahdi Alsultan

“…The study employs descriptive statistical analysis to identify trends, patterns, and outliers in the data, using measures such as means, standard deviations, and growth rates. …”
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Phylogenetic Groups and Antimicrobial Resistance among Uropathogenic Escherichia coli Isolates from Hospitalized Patients in Tehran by Mana Talebi Farahani, Mohammad Karim Rahimi, Mehdi Goudarzi

“…Results: Studied isolates showed the highest susceptibility rates to MEM (95.7%), followed by TZP (90%). In contrast, resistance rates were found for AMP (100%), SXT (74%), and CIP (51.5%). …”
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Secular trends of bloodstream infections in hemodialysis patients: insights from a longitudinal Swiss study by Nasreen Hassoun-Kheir, Niccolò Buetti, David Jaques, Valérie Olivier, Marie-Noelle Chraiti, Monique Perez, Marlieke EA de Kraker, Holly Jackson, Jacques Schrenzel, Patrick Saudan, Stephan Harbarth

“…Outcomes included incidence rates of hemodialysis-associated BSIs, trends in causative pathogens, sources, and resistant organisms. …”
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Global trends in polycystic ovarian syndrome over 30 years: an age-period-cohort study of 204 countries and territories (1990–2021) by Lanxiang Lin, Wenhui Li, Baozhu Xu, Yuefeng Li, Jin Li, Xiangjun Kong, Xin Du

“…High SDI regions recorded the highest incidence rates, with a rate of 90.13 per 100,000 (95% CI: 66.94 to 122.36). …”
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Cause of death statistics in 2022 in the Republic of Korea by Jung-Hyun Oh, Juhee Seo, Hyun Jung Park

“…Purpose This study aimed to describe mortality trends in the Republic of Korea in 2022 by analyzing total deaths, crude and age-standardized mortality rates, as well as age- and sex-specific patterns and changes in cause-specific mortality. …”
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The effects of school closures on influenza outbreaks and pandemics: systematic review of simulation studies. by Charlotte Jackson, Punam Mangtani, Jeremy Hawker, Babatunde Olowokure, Emilia Vynnycky

“…We summarised the predicted effects of school closure on the peak and cumulative attack rates and the duration of the epidemic. We investigated how these predictions depended on the basic reproduction number, the timing and duration of closure and the assumed effects of school closures on contact patterns.…”
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Analysis of treatment efficacy, tolerability, and survival of patients receiving antifibrotic therapy for progressive nonidiopathic pulmonary fibrosis by Nesrin Ocal, Aykut Cilli, Nesrin Mogulkoc, Funda Coskun, Ahmet Ursavas, Ismail Hanta, Berna Akinci Ozyurek, Kerem Ensarioglu, Alper Ezircan, Esra Yuksel, Beste Arikan, Fatih Uzer, Tugce Sahin Ozdemirel, Salim Misirci, Pelin Pinar Deniz, Ilknur Basyigit, Ozlem Ozdemir Kumbasar

“…The 6th month and overall progression-free survival (PFS) rates were 83.3% and 51.8%. The 6th month and overall clinical event-free survival (CEFS) rates were 89.6% and 53.6%. …”
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A Comprehensive Approach to Synthetic Distribution Grid Generation: Erdős–Rényi to Barabási-Albert by Mohammad Shahraeini

“…A comparison of the Erdős and Barabási-Albert models shows variations in maximum degree values, branching rates, and mixing patterns. The original Barabási-Albert model tends to have nodes with higher degrees and increased branching rates, which can be adjusted by the richness index. …”
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Quantifying Aspect‐Dependent Snowpack Response to High‐Elevation Wildfire in the Southern Rocky Mountains by Wyatt Reis, Daniel McGrath, Kelly Elder, Stephanie Kampf, David Rey

“…During the ablation period, burned south melt rates were 71% faster than unburned south melt rates, whereas burned north melt rates were 94% faster than unburned north aspects. …”
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Considerations for homology-based DNA repair in mosquitoes: Impact of sequence heterology and donor template source. by Joshua Xin De Ang, Katherine Nevard, Rebekah Ireland, Deepak-Kumar Purusothaman, Sebald A N Verkuijl, Lewis Shackleford, Estela Gonzalez, Michelle A E Anderson, Luke Alphey

“…For Aedes aegypti, the most important arboviral vector, integration rates achieved in Cas9-based knock-ins so far have been rather low, highlighting the need to understand gene conversion patterns and other factors that influence homology-directed repair (HDR) events in this species. …”
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Dataset of obesity in relation to female-specific cancers in middle eastern countries, 1990 to 2016 by Mojtaba Daneshvar

“…The current data paper presented a dataset that includes obesity prevalence and incidence rates of breast, ovarian, cervical, and uterine cancers among women in Middle Eastern countries. …”
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