Global, regional, and national burden of interstitial lung diseases and pulmonary sarcoidosis from 2000 to 2021: a systematic analysis of incidence, mortality, and disability-adjus... by Mi Zhou, Yazhe Zhou, Xin Yang, Kaizhuo Zhou, Xin Zhu

“…Temporal trends were evaluated using Joinpoint regression analysis, and the relationship between disease burden and the sociodemographic index (SDI) was explored by stratifying the data into five SDI categories. Age-standardized rates were calculated to adjust for differences in population structure, and data visualization was performed using R software.ResultsBetween 2000 and 2021, the global burden of ILDs and pulmonary sarcoidosis increased, as reflected by rising age-standardized incidence rates (ASIR), mortality rates (ASMR), and disability-adjusted life years rates (ASDR). …”
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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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Comparison of 30-Day Readmission Between Early and Late Catheter Directed Thrombolysis for Acute Pulmonary Embolism in the United States by Kwabena Sefah Nketiah Sarpong, Sun-Joo Jang, Mary Quien, Karthik Muralidharan, Abhinav Aggarwal, Ilhwan Yeo, Kavitha Gopalratnam

“…Results: The 30-day readmission rates were higher for patients who underwent CDT on Day 2 or afterwards compared to Day 1 and Day 0 (7.1% vs. 5.7% vs. 5.2%). …”
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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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Trends in burden and mortality of congenital birth defects in G20 countries (1990–2021) and predictions for 2022–2040 by Xiangwen Li, Pengfei Qu, Pu Yan, Yule Kou, Jian Song, Di Wu, Jiayi Wang, Siyu Pan, Yufei Liu, Xinrui Li, Rongqiang Zhang

“…This study sought to examine the temporal trends in the disease burden and mortality rates of CBDs across G20 countries from 1990 to 2021, identify potential risk factors contributing to these trends, and project the disease burden and mortality rates for the period 2022–2040. …”
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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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Epidemiological Investigation of Bovine Ephemeral Fever Outbreaks in Israel by Israel Yeruham, Michael Van Ham, Yehuda Stram, Orly Friedgut, Hagai Yadin, Kosta Y. Mumcuoglu, Yehuda Braverman

“…The highest herd incidence, morbidity, and case fatality rates were noted in dairy cattle herds in the Jordan Valley, with morbidity of 20%, 38.6%, and 22.2%, and case fatality rate among affected animals of 2%, 8.6%, and 5.4% in 1990, 1999, and 2004, respectively. …”
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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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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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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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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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Inflammatory Bowel Disease in Australasian Children and Adolescents by A. S. Day, D. A. Lemberg, R. B. Gearry

“…Many reports indicate increasing rates of inflammatory bowel disease, with data also showing changing patterns of this chronic disease in children and adolescents. …”
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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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Using a Multilingual AI Care Agent to Reduce Disparities in Colorectal Cancer Screening for Higher Fecal Immunochemical Test Adoption Among Spanish-Speaking Patients: Retrospective... by Meenesh Bhimani, R Hal Baker, Markel Sanz Ausin, Gerald Meixiong, Rae Lasko, Mariska Raglow-Defranco, Alex Miller, Subhabrata Mukherjee, Saad Godil, Anderson Cook, Jonathan D Agnew, Ashish Atreja

“…The 2.6-fold higher FIT test opt-in rate among Spanish-speaking patients represents a notable departure from historical patterns of health care disparities. …”
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