Global, regional, and national burden of maternal hypertensive disorder: 1990–2021 analysis and future projections by Qing Hu, Hua Liao, Haiyan Yu

“…Results From 1990 to 2021, the global age-standardized incidence, prevalence, mortality, and Disability-Adjusted Life Years rates of Maternal hypertensive disorder decreased to 227.96,44.42,0.48, and 31.29 per 100,000, respectively. …”
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Midwives\' Experiences of Implementing Iran\'s Pronatalist Population Policy: A Qualitative Study by Shahnaz Kohan, Fatemeh Mokhtari, Marzieh Ghasemi Goujani, Kiana Saberi, Zahra Izadi Pour

“…Background and purpose: In response to declining total fertility rates, concerns about population replacement, and the spread of low-fertility patterns, a pronatalist population policy was approved in Iran under the “Youthful Population and Protection of the Family” law in 2021. …”
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Does the Black-White mental health paradox persist across U.S. geographical regions? by Christy L. Erving, Lacee A. Satcher, Shania Montúfar, Courtney S. Thomas Tobin

“…Purpose: The “Black-White mental health paradox” refers to the epidemiological pattern whereby Black Americans experience similar, and often lower, rates of psychiatric disorders relative to their White counterparts despite their greater exposure to stressors and societal-level racism. …”
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Breastfeeding and Intersectionality in the Deep South: Race, Class, Gender and Community Context in Coastal Mississippi by John P. Bartkowski, Katherine Klee, Xiaohe Xu, Jacinda B. Roach, Shakeizia (Kezi) Jones

“…Mississippi makes an excellent site for such an examination, given its history of racial discrimination, entrenched poverty, and strikingly low rates of breastfeeding, particularly for African American women. …”
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Informational Approaches in Modelling Social and Economic Relations: Study on Migration and Access to Services in the European Union by Florentina-Loredana Dragomir-Constantin, Camelia Madalina Beldiman, Monica Laura Zlati

“…The research is based on the correlations between gross value added (GVA), gross fixed capital formation (GFCF), greenhouse gas emissions (GHGE), health expenditure (SHA11), and migration rates (MIGR). The applied methodology includes attribute distribution analysis, identification of hidden patterns through clustering algorithms (K-Means and Expectation-Maximisation) and training of classifiers using regression decision trees with linear leaf models (M5P) corresponding to interdependent data processing and integration modules, exploratory analysis module, machine learning and decision-making modules, oriented to support public policies through explainable scenarios and predictive-evaluative structures. …”
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EEG-Based Attention Classification for Enhanced Learning Experience by Madiha Khalid Syed, Hong Wang, Awais Ahmad Siddiqi, Shahnawaz Qureshi, Mohamed Amin Gouda

“…This adaptive approach ensures a more effective learning experience by maintaining optimal cognitive engagement, resulting in improved learning rates, reduced stress, and increased overall learning efficiency. …”
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Insights of the asynchronous strain evolution of lean coal in uniaxial compression creep by Tingting Cai, Jia Liu, Zengchao Feng, Kai Wang, Yongxing Shen, Yulong Jiang, Bichuan Zhang

“…Under high-stress conditions, although both the axial and radial strains both show pronounced time-dependent creep characteristics, behaving transient and steady creep, the asynchronous strain coefficient and the creep rates of the axial and radial creep differ greatly under identical stress levels. …”
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Risk factors and public health interventions associated with adolescent pregnancy prevention among females aged 10–19 years in Kenya: a scoping review protocol by Abdu Mohiddin, Kimbley Asaso Omwodo, Danielle Denwood, Augustine Gitonga

“…Despite ongoing interventions, in developing countries such as Kenya, adolescent pregnancy rates continue to be high. There is a need for more synthesised evidence on regional-specific risk factors to support tailored prevention strategies.Objective This scoping review aims to explore what is known about the risk factors and intervention strategies focused on adolescent pregnancy prevention in Kenya.Methods and analysis Using the Arksey and O’Malley framework combined with a three-step search strategy as recommended by the Joanna Briggs Institute, relevant articles will be identified from the PubMed, Scopus, Web of Science, CINAHL and PsycINFO databases. …”
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Association between physicians' interaction with pharmaceutical companies and their clinical practices: A systematic review and meta-analysis. by Hneine Brax, Racha Fadlallah, Lina Al-Khaled, Lara A Kahale, Hala Nas, Fadi El-Jardali, Elie A Akl

“…Out of the 19 studies, 15 found a consistent association between interactions promoting a medication, and inappropriately increased prescribing rates, lower prescribing quality, and/or increased prescribing costs. …”
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Comparative Characteristics of a Subsequent Morbidity Wave COVID-19 in Various Regions of the World by A. P. Bavrina, N. V. Saperkin, O. V. Drugova, N. N. Karjakin, O. V. Kovalishena

“…The average incidence rate in the compared countries ranged from 500.98 ± 417.06 per 100,000 in India to 4399.43 ± 2390.77 per 100,000 in the US. …”
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Multimorbidity incidence following hospitalization for SARS-CoV-1 infection or influenza over two decades: a territory-wide retrospective cohort study by Cuiling Wei, Chor Wing Sing, Eric Yuk Fai Wan, Ching Lung Cheung, Ian Chi Kei Wong, Francisco Tsz Tsun Lai

“…Overall crude multimorbidity incident rates were 1.5 per 100 person-years among SARS patients and 5.6 among influenza patients. …”
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Herbal medicine evaluation for reimbursement-based facial palsy (HERB-FP): a retrospective analysis using Korean health insurance claim data 2020–2024 by Soo-Dam Kim, Man Young Park, Eunbyul Cho, Jiyun Cha, Changsop Yang, Sungha Kim

“…Among patients with symptom severity scores at both baseline and follow-up (n = 2,161), 49.2% showed improvement, 45.6% remained unchanged, and 5.2% worsened. The overall AE rate was low (1.76%), with gastrointestinal issues being most frequent. …”
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Global burden of liver cancer attributable to drug use: trends from 1990 to 2021 and projections to 2040 by Cong Chen, Ying Zhou, Weiwei Gu, Zhuxin Gu, Pengfei Jia, Luyi Si, Suming Zhao, Hui Zhao

“…Women exhibited higher EAPC values for ASDR (2.36) and DALYs (1.87) compared to men, indicating that the relative rate of increase in the disease burden over time is greater for women. …”
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Definitive urine drug testing in emergency medicine: Recreational and psychiatric drug findings by Thomas G. Rosano, S.M.Touhidul Islam, John M. Rumberger, Robert M. Konetchy, Jr., Michelle Wood, Joseph A. Sorce, Karl A. Robstad, Heather Long

“…Immunoassay performance showed high false negative rates for benzodiazepines (40%), amphetamines (38%), barbiturates (33%), opiates (25%), methadone (20%) and cocaine (16%), along with inaccuracy in phencyclidine detection. …”
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Impact of Extracorporeal Detoxification on the Serum Levels of Microbial Aromatic Acid Metabolites in Sepsis by S. E. Khoroshilov, N. V. Beloborodova, A. V. Nikulin, A. Yu. Bedova

“…The severity of organ dysfunctions by SOFA score was 10—22 (mean 16 scores); 10 day mortality rates were 40%. In all the patients, the baseline serum levels of some phenylcarboxylic acids were considerably above normal. …”
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CeRNA network reveals potential diagnostic biomarkers or immunotherapy targets for Hypopharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma by Xi Yang, Chun Feng, Donghui Jiang, Xin Xu, Yingying Zhang, Jin Wang, Xiaoguang He

“…The low-CCNG2-expression and low-CHSY1-expression groups had higher survival rates, whereas the low-NRG1-expression group had a lower survival rate. …”
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Impact of plant-based diets and associations with health, lifestyle and healthcare utilisation: a population-based survey study by Natalia Echiburu, Maria Antonieta Also-Fontanet, Antoni Sisó-Almirall, Luis González-de Paz

“…Design: We estimated vegetarian and vegan individuals’ national and regional prevalence and analysed their socio-demographic characteristics and weekly dietary intake patterns. Individuals with a plant-based dietary pattern were matched to a control group (1:4) with similar socio-demographic characteristics. …”
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Radiologic Predictors of Disease Recurrence in Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma: A Retrospective Evaluation of MRI and ¹⁸F-FDG-PET/CT Parameters by Banu Karaalioğlu, Tansel Çakır, Ömer Yazıcı, Mustafa S. Tekin, Ebru Karcı

“…<b>Background/Objectives:</b> NPC is a radiosensitive malignancy with high recurrence rates despite therapeutic advances. This study aimed to identify radiologic and metabolic predictors of recurrence in newly diagnosed NPC by integrating MRI and ¹⁸F-FDG PET/CT parameters. …”
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Respiratory bacterial and viral pathogen spectrum among influenza-positive and influenza-negative patients by Jing Shi, Shi Han, Yating Zhang, Xiaohua Lu, Yunxia Gan, Narenqimuge Tong, Lu Ma, Hang Zhuan, Ying Dai, Yaqi Ji, Guoming Li, Dan Chen, Lu Yang

“…Influenza-positive patients had higher rates of S. pneumoniae and H. influenzae infections, while influenza-negative patients had higher rates of Human parainfluenza viruses and Human rhinoviruses. …”
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Link-State-Aware Proactive Data Delivery in Integrated Satellite–Terrestrial Networks for Multi-Modal Remote Sensing by Ranshu Peng, Chunjiang Bian, Shi Chen, Min Wu

“…Comprehensive experiments against state-of-the-art baselines (MAPPO, MAAC) demonstrate that multi-modal-MAPPO reduces the average content delivery latency by 53.55% and 29.55%, respectively, while improving push hit rates by 0.1718 and 0.4248. These results establish the framework as a scalable and adaptive solution for real-time intelligent data services in next-generation ISTNs, addressing critical challenges in resource-constrained, dynamic satellite–terrestrial environments.…”
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