Sickness absence rates in NHS England staff during the COVID-19 pandemic: Insights from multivariate regression and time series modelling. by Ewan McTaggart, Itamar Megiddo, John Bowers, Adam Kleczkowski

“…Understanding the impact of the pandemic on sickness absence rates among NHS England staff is crucial to developing effective workforce management strategies and ensuring the continued delivery of healthcare. …”
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Urban malaria in Accra, Ghana: transmission risk and influence of irrigated vegetable farms by Abdul Rahim Mohammed Sabtiu, Isaac Kwame Sraku, Christopher Mfum Owusu-Asenso, Yaw Akuamoah-Boateng, Richard Tettey Doe, Emmanuel Nana Boadu, Judith Dzifa Azumah, Nana Aba Setorwu Eyeson, Anisa Abdulai, Godfred Amoateng, Simon Kwaku Attah, Fred Aboagye-Antwi, Yaw Asare Afrane

“…Tuba, an urban irrigated site, had the highest sporozoite infectivity (6.41%, 10/156), with higher indoor (6.82%, 6/88) than outdoor (5.88%, 4/68) rate. This study showed that irrigated urban Agriculture drives urban malaria transmission in Accra, with high human bloodmeal indices and sporozoite infectivity, especially indoors. …”
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Trends in Positive Urine Culture Rates and Antimicrobial Resistance in Non-Hospitalized Children from Western Romania: A Retrospective Observational Study by Constantin Catalin Marc, Maria Daniela Mot, Monica Licker, Delia Muntean, Daniela Teodora Marti, Ana Alexandra Ardelean, Alina Ciceu, Sergiu Adrian Sprintar, Daniela Adriana Oatis, Alin Gabriel Mihu, Tudor Rares Olariu

“…Near-complete susceptibility was observed for fosfomycin (99.71%) and nitrofurantoin (96.01%), while high susceptibility rates were also observed for ciprofloxacin (85.43%) and amoxicillin–clavulanic acid (75.05%). …”
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Steadying the Ship: Can Export Proceeds Repatriation Policy Stabilize Indonesian Exchange Rates Amid Short-Term Capital Flow Fluctuations? by Sondang Marsinta Uli Panggabean, Mahjus Ekananda, Beta Yulianita Gitaharie, Leslie Djuranovik

“…Furthermore, we identify a reversal pattern in the impacts of both repatriated export proceeds and short-term foreign capital flows after 3–5 days, suggesting a potential need to evaluate policies aimed at dampening short-term capital flow impacts on exchange rate volatility. …”
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Normal Expiratory Flow Rate and Lung Volumes in Patients with Combined Emphysema and Interstitial Lung Disease: A Case Series and Literature Review by Karen L Heathcote, Donald W Cockcroft, Derek A Fladeland, Mark E Fenton

“…Pulmonary function tests in patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis characteristically show a restrictive pattern including small lung volumes and increased expiratory flow rates resulting from a reduction in pulmonary compliance due to diffuse fibrosis. …”
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Heart rate and EEG gamma band connectivity in the ventral attention network during emotional movie stimulation in women with high emotion dysregulation by Francesca Fusina, Marco Marino, Alessandro Angrilli

“…Both the High Dysregulation (HD) and Low Dysregulation (LD) groups watched 18 validated video-clips divided in 6 different emotional categories (Erotic, Scenery, Neutral, Sadness, Compassion and Fear) while EEG from 64 electrodes and heart rate (HR) were recorded. Focusing on alpha and gamma EEG rhythms, the connectivity within the VAN network and between VAN and other five relevant networks (DAN, DMN, LN, SMN, VN) was computed and then correlated with the heart rate.ResultsResults showed a different pattern of HR-Network-connectivity correlation in the two groups. …”
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Joint Optical Performance Monitoring and Modulation Format/Bit-Rate Identification by CNN-Based Multi-Task Learning by Xiaojie Fan, Yulai Xie, Fang Ren, Yiying Zhang, Xiaoshan Huang, Wei Chen, Tianwen Zhangsun, Jianping Wang

“…A novel technique is proposed for joint multi-impairment optical performance monitoring (OPM) with bit-rate and modulation format identification (BR-MFI) in next-generation heterogeneous optic communication networks by convolution neural network (CNN)-based deep multi-task learning (MTL) on asynchronous delay-tap sampling phase portraits. …”
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Utilization Patterns and Optimization Suggestions for Wildlife Passages in Xinjiang Nature Reserves by Mengdi Fu, Jun Wang, Shuang Li, Le Qin, Junsheng Li, Shichao Jin

“…This study surveyed and monitored wildlife passages across eight nature reserves in Xinjiang, evaluating their construction status, utilization patterns, and key factors influencing utilization rates, as well as providing optimization recommendations. …”
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Clinical and laboratory characteristics of the patterns of chronic kidney disease in patients with type 2 diabetes by Vadim V. Klimontov, Anton I. Korbut, Olga N. Fazullina, Ilya V. Vinogradov, Vyacheslav V. Romanov

“…Patients with urinary albumin/creatinine ratio (UACR) <3 mg/mmol and estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) >60 ml/min/1.73 m2 were classified as no-CKD group (n=89). …”
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Patterns of Patient Recruitment in Clinical Studies on the Example of International Multicenter Clinical Studies (IMCTs) by S. S. Milovanov

Subjects: “…recruitment rate…”
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Features of daily dynamics of blood pressure in patients with high and very high cardiovascular risk by SCORE scale and concomitant phenomenon of heart rate turbulence by А. І. Vytryhovsky

“…The presence of the phenomenon of heart rate turbulence in patients with existing cardiovascular disease does not lead to the emergence of some features or changing patterns in daily blood pressure…”
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Robot assisted sentinel lymph node biopsy using indocyanine green combined with carbon nanoparticles staining improved detection rates in breast cancer by Qinbo Wang, Qingyu Yang, Zuxiao Chen, Zongyan Li, Xiaoyan Fu, Yunxiang Luo, Yonghai Guo, Haiyan Li

“…Notably, CNSI staining was negative in two cases within the ICG + CNSI group, while one patient exhibited a false-negative staining pattern. Five instances of effusion and one case involving bleeding were reported; no significant differences emerged concerning postoperative complications, including breast drainage or hospital stay length, significant differences arose within numerical pain rating scale scores when comparing robot-assisted SLN biopsy positive versus negative groups (p = 0.021 < 0.05). …”
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Mathematical analysis of scrub typhus seasonal infection with re-scaled transmission rate considering Northeast India reported data from 2010 to 2022 by Biplab Dhar, Mohammad Sajid

“…We propose a Host-Vector model, a first of its kind, with a significant modification in the disease infection transmission rate. Our work aims to investigate a mathematical model by Atangana-Baleanu fractal-fractional operator that has seasonal pattern incorporating 2010–2022 data. …”
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Emptying villages, overflowing glasses: Out-migration and drinking patterns in Rural China by Yaxin LAN, Lei JIN

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Investigating employment patterns and determinants in the European Union through panel data insights by Vasilescu Maria Denisa, Stănilă Larisa, Crivoi Silvana, Belu Maria Berta

“…Our results indicated that social protection expenses, income, and gender inequalities negatively influence the employment rate. In contrast, educational, trade openness, and research and development expenditures increase employment in the EU. …”
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On a microdemographic framework for decomposing contemporary fertility dynamics by Stephen J. Shaw

“…Abstract The Total Fertility Rate (TFR) obscures key components of fertility dynamics, leading to a calculated 49% information loss and a substantive 0·385 reduction in Adjusted R² compared to its decomposed components: the Total Maternal Rate (TMR) and Children per Mother (CPM), formalized in this study, where TFR = TMR × CPM. …”
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Antibiotic Resistance Rate among Bacterial Pathogens Isolated from Bronchoalveolar Lavage Fluid at a Tertiary Care Center in Western Uttar Pradesh, India by Sachin K Sharma1*, Saheli Bhadra1, Tarana Sarwat1, Dalip K Kakru1

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How cluster B-related personality traits in mothers shape their ratings of their adolescents’ personality: a multisource approach using the Trait-Reputation-Identity model by R. Franssens, M. C. Gouwy, J. Vergauwe, B. De Clercq

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Retrospective Analysis of Numerical Pain Rating Scale (NPRS) Scores in Diabetic Neuropathy Patients Receiving Gabapentin and Non-Gabapentin Therapies at an Indonesian Tertiary Hosp... by Rifky Alif Novianto, Hanik Badriyah Hidayati, Hermina Novida, Klára Bodová

“…This study aimed to evaluate and compare Numerical Pain Rating Scale (NPRS) profiles in DNP patients receiving gabapentin and non-gabapentin therapies at Dr. …”
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Identification of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Using Parent-teacher Administered ADHD Rating Scale-IV among Pre-school Children of Belagavi City by Deepa C. Metgud, Vinanti Sanjay Makasare

“…Results: We estimated 16.4% ADHD prevalence in pre-school children of Belagavi city rated by both teacher and parent and included both male and female participants. …”
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