Comorbidity health pathways in heart failure patients: A sequences-of-regressions analysis using cross-sectional data from 10,575 patients in the Swedish Heart Failure Registry. by Claire A Lawson, Ivonne Solis-Trapala, Ulf Dahlstrom, Mamas Mamas, Tiny Jaarsma, Umesh T Kadam, Anna Stromberg

“…The following hypotheses were tested: (i) comorbidities are associated with more severe symptoms and functional limitations and subsequently worse patient-rated health in HF, and (ii) these patterns of association differ among selected comorbidities.…”
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Evaluation of the implementation of the EWARS Mobile epidemiological surveillance tool in Sudanese refugee camps in Eastern Chad: a retrospective and population-based surveillance... by Stephane Tewo, Balde Thierno, Freddy M. Banza, Idriss M. Mahamat, N'dri K. Eric-Didier, Djinguebey N. Raoul, John Otokoye Otshudiema, Castilla Echenique Jorge, Moussa Brahimi, Djoumbarina Maina, Evers Egmond, Marcel Woung, Kazuki Shimizu, Boris I. Pavlin, Jacques L. Tamuzi, Jacques L. Tamuzi, Patrick D. M. C. Katoto, Patrick D. M. C. Katoto, Patrick D. M. C. Katoto, Charles S. Wiysonge, Charles S. Wiysonge, Blanche-Philomene Melanga Anya

“…Case reporting, alert recording, and weekly reporting were completed successfully at all levels (camps, district, zone, and province) (≥80% completion rate). In contrast, the timeliness of alert reporting, weekly reporting, and probable outbreaks did not perform well across levels (≥80% timeliness rate). …”
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Epidemiological characteristics and influencing factors of the cluster outbreaks of influenza-like illness in Yangpu District， Shanghai， 2012‒2022 by XIE Qianru, JIANG Chenyan, TAO Fangfang, QIAO Peng

“…ObjectiveTo analyze the epidemiological characteristics and influencing factors of clustered influenza-like illness (ILI) outbreaks in Yangpu District, Shanghai from 2012 to 2022, and to provide a scientific basis for formulating specific prevention and control measures of influenza in this district.MethodsData on clustered ILI outbreaks from 2012 to 2022 were collected, and the epidemiological pattern of the cluster outbreaks of influenza and its influencing factors of prevalence and duration were explored using statistical methods such as descriptive epidemiology, χ² test and logistic regression analysis.ResultsA total of 60 clustered ILI outbreaks were reported in Yangpu District, Shanghai from 2012 to 2022, with a cumulative number of 543 cases and an annual average incidence rate of 16.96%. …”
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Non-uniform temperature fields and debonding of a long-span CFST arch bridge under coupled environmental actions by Qian Zhou, Jiao Wan, Jingzhou Xin, Jiu-qun Mao, Jianting Zhou

“…Experimental and theoretical analyses yielded several significant findings: (1) During the hydration exothermic phase, the temperature field at concrete center exhibited a tri-linear distribution pattern (characterized by rapid initial rise, subsequent decline, and final stabilization), with the ascending rate significantly exceeding the descending rate; temperatures exceeded 50°C between 25 and 73 h post-placement. (2) The external steel tube temperature demonstrated sinusoidal diurnal variations during and post-hydration, closely correlating with ambient temperature fluctuations; after hydration, concrete temperatures also followed sinusoidal diurnal distributions, with amplitudes increasing proportionally to radial distance from the center. (3) A pronounced radial temperature gradient from center to surface manifested during hydration, reaching a maximum differential of 40°C; the temperature gradients substantially decreased to 7°C after hydration. (4) Longitudinal stress differentials between the interface steel tube and concrete measured 42.5 MPa (sun-exposed side) and 74.2 MPa (shadowed side), while radial stress differentials were −1.37 MPa and −0.34 MPa, respectively. (5) The temperature field model demonstrated a tri-linear distribution pattern with an effective influence depth of D/8 to D/4 (where D represents steel tube diameter); the temperature constant exhibited significant temporal dependency on environmental conditions and hydration heat evolution. (6) Although longitudinal relative slip occurred at the steel-concrete interface during placement, no void was detected.…”
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Marine Soundscape Monitoring Enabled by Artificial Intelligence-Aided Integrated Distributed Sensing and Communications by Juan M. Marin, Wahyu Hendra Gunawan, Alaaeddine Rjeb, Islam Ashry, Baoshi Sun, Talha Ariff, Chun Hong Kang, Tien Khee Ng, Shinkyu Park, Carlos M. Duarte, Boon S. Ooi

“…OFDM achieved a signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) of 10.71 dB for DAS, compared to 8.76 dB for on-off keying (OOK), and enabled a data rate of 7.59 Gbps with a bit error rate (BER) of 2.93 × 10−3 over 1 km of SMF. …”
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Effect of attentional bias modification on pre-competition anxiety in athletes by Jing Zhao, Yuhan Yang, Heng Zhang, Yu Nie, Qiulin Wang

“…Attentional bias correction training (ABMT) aims to modify these attention patterns with the aim of alleviating anxiety symptoms. …”
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Using confidence, decision time, and confidence entropy to predict accuracy for online and real eyewitnesses by Adele Quigley-McBride, Rachel Leigh Greenspan

“…Confidence was measured in three ways: human-coded verbal statements, AI-classified verbal statements, and numeric ratings. We compared the correspondence between these confidence metrics, how multiple reflector variables relate to accuracy, and whether these patterns differ across two datasets. …”
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Verbal fluency tasks and attention problems in children with ADHD: evidence from fNIRS by Zouji Bian, Xiquan Ma, Yanhan Wang, Xiaodan Yu

“…Associations with the Swanson, Nolan, and Pelham Rating Scale (SNAP-IV) and Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition (DSM-V) scores were examined.ResultsChildren with ADHD showed significantly lower DLPFC activation and widespread negative patterns compared to neurotypically developed peers (p < 0.05). …”
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Professional success as a criterion for assessing efficiency of football clubs’ intellectual capital management /Professional success as a criterion for assessing efficiency of foo... by H.V. Mysaka, I.A. Derun

“…In response to the latest realities and patterns of economic relations, intellectual capital confidently received the status of the fourth factor of production. …”
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Perceptions of canned wine drinkers in outdoor leisure settings: a vignette study with swiss residents by Nicolas Depetris Chauvin, Antoine Pinède, Heber Rodrigues

“…Our findings reveal that, overall, canned wine drinkers are judged negatively, particularly in the beach resort scenario, where traits like “health consciousness” and “environmental friendliness” are rated lower. Demographic factors, including age, gender, and education, as well as cultural background, significantly influence these judgements. …”
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Word skipping as an indicator of individual reading style during literary reading by Myrthe Faber, Marloes Mak, Roel Willems

“…Word skipping was significantly positively associated with print exposure but not with self-rated attention and story-world absorption, suggesting that more experienced readers are more likely to skip words, and do so in a comparable fashion. …”
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Rethinking the Bebras Challenge in Virtual Reality: Implementation and Usability Study of a Computational Thinking Game by Jelena Nakić, Ivana Rogulj, Lada Maleš

“…The overall usability rating was classified as “good”, suggesting that ThinkLand holds promise as a platform for supporting computational thinking education. …”
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Renal hyperfiltration as risk factor of major adverse cardiovascular events in patients with acute myocardial infarction by Jin Sug Kim, Weon Kim, Hyo-jin Lee, Kyung Hwan Jeong, Su Jin Jeong, Myung Ho Jeong, Jin-Yong Hwang, Seung Ho Hur, Hyeon Seok Hwang

“…A total of 9561 AMI patients with estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) ≥ 60 mL/min/1.73 m2 were enrolled from a large nationwide cohort. …”
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Wastewater treatment study using multi-soil-layering system by LUO An-cheng, ZHANG Chun-di, DU Ye-hong, SHEN Qin-qin

“…It is composed of soil mixture block layers arranged in a brick-like pattern and water-permeable layer. It has many advantages compared with other land treatment systems, such as preventing clogging, increasing hydraulic loading rate, enhancing the purification ability of soil, et al. …”
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Evaluation of charging frequency for electric vehicles considering drivers’ charging behaviours and high output chargers by Tetsu Yamada, Atsushi Akisawa

“…With the recent global introduction of high-output chargers, such as those rated 350 kW, evaluating their impact on EV charging demand has become increasingly important. …”
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The prevalence and genetic characteristics of human bocavirus in patients with acute respiratory infection in China during 2012–2021 by Haoran Jiang, Baicheng Xia, Xujing Chi, Liwei Sun, Hongmei Xu, Wenhui Wang, Min Mu, Pengbo Yu, Xingyu Xiang, Feng Zhang, Hui Zhang, Caixiao Jiang, Linqing Zhao, Zhenguo Gao, Kongxin Hu, Yan Zhang, Aili Cui

“…The age group with the highest detection rate shifted from infants under 2 years in 2012–2019 to children aged 2–4 years in 2020–2021. …”
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Geochemical and hydrocarbon generation evolution characteristics of marine-continental transitional facies shale: a case study of the Lower Permian Shanxi Formation in the Daning-J... by Yangyang ZHANG, Yong LI, Xueying ZHANG, Liyuan LUO, Qingbo HE, Shuxin LI, Xiangjun LIU, Xiang LI, Xingtao LI, Qiang YANG, Shijia CHEN, Jungang LU, Nan ZHANG, Zhe LIU, Ruiyang YU, Haichuan MA

“…For C1-5, the two peaks of activation energy were 56 kcal/mol (28.45%) and 61 kcal/mol (19.18%), with a frequency factor of 2.2×1011 S-1. (4) The variation trend between cumulative gas production rate and Ro for the marine-continental transitional facies shale in the Shanxi Formation followed the pattern of a logistic function described by y=1/(1+e-x). …”
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Endoscopic Submucosal Dissection for Early Colorectal Neoplasms: Clinical Experience in a Tertiary Medical Center in Taiwan by Mei-Yu Tseng, Jung-Chun Lin, Tien-Yu Huang, Yu-Lueng Shih, Heng-Cheng Chu, Wei-Kuo Chang, Tsai-Yuan Hsieh, Peng-Jen Chen

“…The en bloc resection rate was 90.2% and the R0 resection rate was 89.1%. …”
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Insights on the effect of mega-carcass abundance on the population dynamics of a facultative scavenger predator and its prey by Sidous, Mellina, Cubaynes, Sarah, Gimenez, Olivier, Drouet-Hoguet, Nolwenn, Dray, Stéphane, Bollache, Loïc, Madhlamoto, Daphine, Ngwenya, Nobesuthu Adelaide, Fritz, Hervé, Valeix, Marion

“…Models that allow hyaena and their prey populations’ growth rate to vary depending on these four periods contributed significantly to explain variations in their density, which is consistent with an effect of management measures on the population dynamics of hyaena and its prey.  …”
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The association between reported artificial light and reported physical activity at night: the mediating roles of environmental restorativeness and perceived safety by Hansen Li, Qian Liu, Ying Yang, Liming Liu, Guodong Zhang, Xing Zhang, Mingyue Yin, Yang Cao, Matthew H. E. M. Browning

“…In contrast, subjective artificial light at night, when rated within a certain range (≥4), was positively associated with perceived safety, environmental restorativeness, and nighttime physical activity. …”
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