The changes in health service utilisation in Malawi during the COVID-19 pandemic. by Bingling She, Tara D Mangal, Anna Y Adjabeng, Tim Colbourn, Joseph H Collins, Eva Janoušková, Ines Li Lin, Emmanuel Mnjowe, Sakshi Mohan, Margherita Molaro, Andrew N Phillips, Paul Revill, Robert Manning Smith, Pakwanja D Twea, Dominic Nkhoma, Gerald Manthalu, Timothy B Hallett

“…Two datasets were prepared: unadjusted and adjusted; for the latter, unreported monthly data entries for a facility were filled in through systematic rules based on reported mean values of that facility or facility type and considering both reporting rates and comparability with published data. Using statistical descriptive methods, we first described the patterns of service utilisation in pre-pandemic years (2015-2019). …”
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Antidepressant use in the Canary Islands (Spain): a retrospective study of provincial, island and municipal trends and associated factors by Alexis Oliva, Vanessa Moreno, Mariana Sapino, Sandra Dévora, Susana Abdala-Kuri

“…This provided total overall dispensation of AD and its rate of change for each island, as well as differences in dispensation at the island and municipal level.ResultsOver the study period, prescription rates increased steadily at all population levels, although the level of dispensing and the rate of variation varied between island and municipalities but no between provinces. …”
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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

“…In sepsis associated renal failure, the clearance rate of microbial aromatic acid metabolites (p HPAA and p HPLA) is promising potential biomarker to evaluate the efficiency of extracorporeal detoxification methods.…”
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An explorative study on movement detection using wearable sensors in acute care hospital patients by Joris Kirchberger, Dominik Kunz, Guido Perrot, Sven Hirsch, Maren Leifke, Bianca Hölz, Lukas Geissmann, Miro Käch, Samuel Wehrli, Jens Eckstein

“…However, elderly patients often present distinct gait patterns due to walking aids or co-morbidities, and most existing monitoring solutions are trained on data from healthy individuals. …”
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Exploring mobility data for enhancing HIV care engagement in Black/African American and Hispanic/Latinx individuals: a longitudinal observational study protocol by Katherine P Theall, Lisa Hightow-Weidman, Xiaoming Li, Sean Young, Lidia Flores, Seungjun Kim, Maryam Hassani, Cristina De Haro, Mohamed Emish, Zeyad Kelani, Dominic Arjuna Ugarte, Amanda Castel

“…We seek to study the relationship between mobility patterns and HIV care engagement.Ethics and dissemination Ethical approval has been obtained from the Institutional Review Board of the University of California, Irvine (#20205923). …”
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Harnessing an Artificial Intelligence–Based Large Language Model With Personal Health Record Capability for Personalized Information Support in Postsurgery Myocardial Infarction: D... by Ting-ting Yang, Hong-xia Zheng, Sha Cao, Mei-ling Jing, Ju Hu, Yan Zuo, Qing-yong Chen, Jian-jun Zhang

“…Although postsurgical cardiac interventions have improved survival rates, effective management during recovery remains challenging. …”
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Identification of Immune-Related Risk Signatures for the Prognostic Prediction in Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma by Chen Zou, Dahong Huang, Haigang Wei, Siyuan Wu, Jing Song, Zhe Tang, Xia Li, Yilong Ai

“…The two groups (high and low risk) stratified by the immune-related risk scores had significantly different OS and mortality rates. The gene expression patterns and prognostic values of these immune-related signatures were also verified in two independent validation cohorts. …”
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<i>SHROOM3</i> Deficiency Aggravates Adriamycin-Induced Nephropathy Accompanied by Focal Adhesion Disassembly and Stress Fiber Disorganization by Li-Nan Xu, Ying-Ying Sun, Yan-Feng Tan, Xin-Yue Zhou, Tian-Chao Xiang, Ye Fang, Fei Li, Qian Shen, Hong Xu, Jia Rao

“…Clinically, the glomerular <i>SHROOM3</i> expression positively correlated with glomerular filtration rates in focal segmental glomerulosclerosis patients. …”
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Exploring the association between socio-economic and environmental factors and food consumption in Iran: insights from time series data by Pegah Rahbarinejad, Seyyed Reza Sobhani, Negar Sangsefidi, Kiyavash Irankhah, Maryam Mohamadinarab

“…., inflation, sanctions and GDP fluctuations) has altered dietary habits, this study aims to quantify the association of socio-economic and environmental factors with household food consumption patterns. Understanding these dynamics is critical for designing policies that ensure equitable access to healthy diets amid rapid transitions. …”
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Nutritional status, body indices, and somatotype in Aymara and Quechua children from high Andean areas of Peru by Lidia Sofia Caballero Gutiérrez, Rodolfo Adrian Núñez Postigo, Juber Chávez Dominguez, Vilma Lucrecia Tapia Aguirre, José Oscar Alberto Begazo Miranda

“…Infants born at high altitudes, such as in the Puno region, typically exhibit higher birthweights than those born at low altitudes; however, the influence of ethnicity on childhood anthropometric patterns in high-altitude settings remains poorly understood. …”
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Hantavirus in rodents in the United States: Temporal and spatial trends and report of new hosts by Francisca Astorga, Abdelghafar Alkishe, Paanwaris Paansri, Gabriel Mantilla, Luis E. Escobar

“…This study can be considered a baseline to assess hantavirus patterns across host taxa, geographies, and seasons in the United States.…”
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Satellite-Based Prediction of Water Turbidity Using Surface Reflectance and Field Spectral Data in a Dynamic Tropical Lake by Elsa Pereyra-Laguna, Valeria Ojeda-Castillo, Enrique J. Herrera-López, Jorge del Real-Olvera, Leonel Hernández-Mena, Ramiro Vallejo-Rodríguez, Jesús Díaz

“…In this study, we utilized Landsat satellite imagery in conjunction with near-synchronous in situ reflectance measurements to monitor spatial and seasonal turbidity patterns between 2023 and 2025. The surface reflectance was radiometrically corrected and validated using spectroradiometer data collected across eight sampling sites in the eastern sector of the lake, the area where the highest rates of horizontal change in turbidity occur. …”
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Lignin Unlocks Stealth Carbon Sinks in Cold Seeps via Microbial Enzymatic Gatekeeping by Jialing Li, Jingchun Feng, Pandeng Wang, Mengzhuo Zhu, Yongji Huang, Ying Wu, Junning Fan, Junlin Hu, Xiyang Dong, Yingli Zhou, Xuanyu Tao, Si Zhang

“…Although direct methanogenesis was undetected, methylotrophic potential was evidenced through methane cycle gene expression patterns by lignin decomposers. Phylogenetic surveys further demonstrated the global prevalence of lignin decomposers across 12 major cold seep systems. …”
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The association between tumor-stromal collagen features and the clinical outcomes of patients with breast cancer: a systematic review by Samane Heydari, Fatemeh Tajik, Sadegh Safaei, Fereshteh Kamani, Babak Karami, Shima Dorafshan, Zahra Madjd, Roya Ghods

“…Stage III tumors exhibiting elevated collagen uniformity showed higher metastasis rates (p = 0.004), and HER2⁺ tumors with high collagen content correlated with resistance to HER2-targeted therapies (p < 0.05). …”
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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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Machine Learning-Based Intrusion Detection Systems for the Internet of Drones: A Systematic Literature Review by Mostafa Ogab, Sofiane Zaidi, Abdelhabib Bourouis, Carlos T. Calafate

“…Existing Intrusion Detection Systems (IDS) for IoD face several limitations, including high false positive rates, resource constraints of drones, limited adaptability to evolving attack patterns, and a lack of standardized datasets for benchmarking, despite ongoing research efforts. …”
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Global collaboration and innovation in malignant cerebral edema research: a bibliometric perspective by Xinhua Peng, Xinhua Peng, Rongrong Zhu, Ke Zhang, Jianghong Ji, Chuanguo Lv, Feng Feng, Feng Feng

“…AimMalignant cerebral edema (MCE) is a life-threatening complication of acute brain injuries, with mortality rates exceeding 80% in the absence of treatment. …”
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Association between long-term atherogenic index of plasma and carotid atherosclerosis: a prospective cohort study of a health examination population by Hui Li, Jie Chen, Jie Duan, Chongyu Hu, Chaochao Tan, Jianqiao Peng

“…Kaplan-Meier curves and two-sided log-rank tests were used to compare cumulative rates of CAS progression.Results A significant positive association was observed between the AIP and increased CIMT, as well as carotid plaques (CPs). …”
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Kinematic alignment in Japanese patients shows significant improvement 2 years after total knee replacement surgery by Takao Yamamoto, Shigenobu Fukushima, Shuji Toyono, Takahiro Miyaji, Taku Nakajima, Yoshihiro Wanezaki, Takashi Ito

“…Two years after surgery, the rates of independent indoor walking and stair climbing were 89.6% and 58.9%, respectively. …”
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Prediction of future runoff in the Lancang River Basin based on CMIP6 under climate change by Kaidong Lu, Tingting Cui, Yintang Wang, Yong Liu, Xieyao Ma

“…Under four scenarios, future runoff is projected to increase at rates of 3.4 mm/10a, 1.7 mm/10a, 1.8 mm/10a e, and 2.5 mm/10a, respectively. …”
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