Substance use among Indian Physicians: A narrative review by Yesh Chandra Singh, Roshan Bhad, Arun Kandaswamy

“…Aim: We conducted a narrative review to assess the rate and pattern of substance use among Indian physicians. …”
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Analysing LULC transformations using remote sensing data: insights from a multilayer perceptron neural network approach by Khadim Hussain, Kaleem Mehmood, Sun Yujun, Tariq Badshah, Shoaib Ahmad Anees, Fahad Shahzad, Nooruddin, Jamshid Ali, Muhammad Bilal

“…The MLP-NN model demonstrated impressive performance, with a skill measure of 0.8724 and an accuracy rate of 89.08%. The accuracy of the LULC estimates for 2022 was verified by comparing them with observed data, ensuring the model’s reliability. …”
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The impact of urbanization on regional carbon sequestration in arid areas: A case study of Altay Region, Xinjiang, China by Jiaquan Wan, Tao Bai, Yongbin Ye, Peipei Shen, Fangqin Wang, Peixing Chen

“…The influencing factors of carbon sequestration, ranked from greatest to least impact, are: the proportion of the primary industry in GDP, urbanization rate, CO2 emissions, cropland area, energy intensity, per capita GDP, and temperature. …”
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Preschoolers in severely food insecure Guatemalan Mayan households consume a monotonous grain-based diet by Michele Monroy-Valle, Maira Ruano Estrada, María del Carmen Caamaño, Karla Cordón-Arrivillaga, Ginny Lane, Hassan Vatanparast

“…Beyond dietary monotony and poor nutritional quality, additional factors likely contribute to the high stunting rate, requiring further investigation.…”
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Global trends in dengue research in veterinary medicine (2019–2024): A bibliometric analysis of scientific output, collaborations, and thematic shifts by Fran Espinoza-Carhuancho, Cesar Mauricio-Vilchez, Lucia Quispe-Tasayco, Frank Mayta-Tovalino

“…The observed decline in publication rate underscores the need to reinvigorate research efforts. …”
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Rising Threats and Evolving Trends: Five Years of Urinary Tract Infection Prevalence in a Portuguese Hospital by Francisco José Barbas Rodrigues, Patrícia Coelho, Sónia Mateus, Miguel Castelo-Branco

“…<b>Results:</b> The positivity rate increased from 18.7% in 2018 to 22.7% in 2022, with a peak in 2019. …”
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Knowledge, attitudes, and practices of liver cancer screening among high-risk populations in China by Ge-hui Feng, Min Liu, Yun-shan Chen, Yi-fei Wang, Ke-hao Zhao, Mao-ting Huang, Wen-ting Yi, Ling Zhao, Ying Zeng

“…Early detection through screening is crucial for improving survival rates in high-risk populations for liver cancer, however screening remains underutilized in clinical practice and inadequately addressed in China. …”
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Time series analysis of urethral obstruction in male cats in a veterinary teaching hospital in São paulo, Brazil by Reiner Silveira de Moraes, Luíz Guilherme Dércore Benevenuto, Suellen Rodrigues Maia, Maria Gabriela Picelli de Azevedo, Fernanda Barthelson Carvalho de Moura, Diego Ribeiro, Alessandra Melchert, Henry David Mogollón García, Rogério Giuffrida, Adriano Sakai Okamoto, Priscylla Tatiana Chalfun Guimarães Okamoto

“…ARIMA closely followed historical data but was ineffective for future forecasting, showing a flat projection from 2021 to 2024 (rate: 0.64) despite past fluctuations. The Holt-Winters model projected a rise in UO cases, from 0.70 (95% CI: 0.43–0.97) in 2021 to 1.09 (95% CI: 0.38–1.79) in 2024, but its wide confidence intervals indicated potential overestimation. …”
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Leishmania donovani Induced Cutaneous Leishmaniasis: An Insight into Atypical Clinical Variants in Sri Lanka by Yamuna Siriwardana, Bhagya Deepachandi, Chalukya Gunasekara, Wipula Warnasooriya, Nadira D. Karunaweera

“…Clinical, geographical, and treatment response patterns of ACL were different from those of CCL. ACL was mainly found among males (68.0%), in 21-40 year age group (51.6%), and reported delayed treatment seeking (23.5% vs 16.3% in CCL), more nonclassical onset (lesions other than acne form <1cm sized papules), (12.1 vs 2.7%, P<0.05.), more head and neck lesions (41.5%. vs 27.2%), more large lesions (>4cm), (18.6 vs 9.9%), and poor laboratory positivity rates (65.6% vs 88.2%) when compared to CCL. …”
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A Multinational, Multicenter Study Mapping Models of Kidney Supportive Care Practice by Seren Marsh, Amanda Varghese, Charlotte M. Snead, Barnaby D. Hole, Daniel V. O’Hara, Neeru Agarwal, Elizabeth Stallworthy, Fergus J. Caskey, Brendan J. Smyth, Kathryn Ducharlet

“…There were no significant differences between countries in terms of location of care provision, frequency of review, referral patterns or discharge rates; however, there was variation described within countries. …”
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Ultrasound Stimulations Induce Prolonged Depolarization and Fast Action Potentials in Leech Neurons by Francesca Dedola, Francesco Paolo Ulloa Severino, Nicolo Meneghetti, Theo Lemaire, Andrea Cafarelli, Leonardo Ricotti, Arianna Menciassi, Annarita Cutrone, Alberto Mazzoni, Silvestro Micera

“…Moreover, we found that APs induced by US differ in smaller amplitude and faster repolarization from those induced by electrical stimulation in the same cell but display the same repolarization rate. <italic>Conclusions:</italic> These results shed light on the mechanism by which spikes are induced by US and pave the way for designing more efficient US stimulation patterns.…”
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Candidate circRNAs related to skeletal muscle development in Dazu black goats by Chengli Liu, Pu Yang, Xiao Wang, Baiju Xiang, Guangxin E, Yongfu Huang

“…Furthermore, the expression pattern of 10 DEcircRNAs with RT-qPCR was verified, which showed 80% concordance rate with that of RNA_seq datasets. …”
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Dual-omics analysis reveals B vitamin regulation and metabolism in Areca Catechu inflorescence by Wenxiu Jiang, Xiaoxia Liu, Weiying Li, Jing Yang, Panjing Li, Minggeng Xie, Guangzhen Zhou

“…Notably, we characterized a key rate-limiting enzyme in the thiamine biosynthesis pathway, the thiazole synthase (AcTHI1), that plays a crucial role in regulating thiamine biosynthesis. …”
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Monitoring long-term cardiac activity with contactless radio frequency signals by Bin-Bin Zhang, Dongheng Zhang, Yadong Li, Zhi Lu, Jinbo Chen, Haoyu Wang, Fang Zhou, Yu Pu, Yang Hu, Li-Kun Ma, Qibin Sun, Yan Chen

“…Here we present a radio frequency (RF)-based (60 to 64 GHz) sensing system that monitors long-term heart rate variability (HRV) with clinical-grade accuracy. …”
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Precise irrigation of dryland cotton under canal irrigation system constraints based on the CERES-CROPGRO-Cotton model by Lei Wang, Liang He, Weihong Sun, Chen Gao, Zhenxiang Han, Meiwei Lin

“…Meteorological data from 1980 to 2024, 13 sets of soil data, and field experiments conducted in 2023 and 2024 were used to calibrate the DSSAT model (with a calibration rate of 0.856). Additionally, water channel quota time constraints were established to determine the optimal irrigation timing. …”
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Functional Identification and Transcriptional Activity Analysis of <i>Dryopteris fragrans HMGR</i> Gene by Meng Sun, Qian Ma, Xueqi Wang, Jialiang Guo, Jiaxuan Wang, Dongrui Zhang, Kirill Tkachenko, Wenzhong Wang, Ying Chang

“…Schott synthesizes volatile sesquiterpenes through the mevalonate pathway (MVA), in which 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-CoA reductase (HMGR) serves as the key rate-limiting enzyme. Although HMGR plays a crucial role in terpenoid biosynthesis, its functional characteristics in <i>D. fragrans</i> and its involvement in stress responses remain unclear. …”
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Loss of <i>Myostatin</i> Shapes the Transcriptomic and Epigenetic Landscapes Across Multiple Muscle Types in Cattle by Chao Hai, Xuefei Liu, Chunling Bai, Guanghua Su, Lei Yang, Guangpeng Li

“…The results showed that the <i>MSTN</i> gene-edited (MT) cattle skeletal muscle exhibited significantly larger myofiber cross-sectional areas (<i>p</i> = 0.049), accompanied by reduced shear force (<i>p</i> = 0.044), cooking loss rate (<i>p</i> = 0.0029), and pH (<i>p</i> = 0.014). …”
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A Lower Energy Balance is Associated With Higher Severity and Odd of Depression Based on the Beck Depression Inventory‐13 (BDI‐13) in a Retiring Age Population: A Population‐Based... by Mohammad Reza Shadmand Foumani Moghadam, Mostafa Shahraki Jazinaki, Zohre Hosseini, Fatemeh Rajabi, Sharif Etemdi, Melika Hadizadeh, Parnian Pezeshki, Mohammad Amushahi, Reza Rezvani

“…Energy balance was calculated by subtracting energy intake from Total Energy Expenditure (TEE) and Basal Metabolic Rate (BMR) which was calculated using Bio‐Electrical Impedance Analysis and Mifflin and St‐Jeor formula. …”
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Multivariate Evaluation of Flash Drought Across the United States by Jason A. Otkin, Yafang Zhong, Trent W. Ford, Martha C. Anderson, Christopher Hain, Andrew Hoell, Mark Svoboda, Hailan Wang

“…The FDII method uses the rate of intensification (FD‐INT) and subsequent drought severity (DRO‐SEV) to determine when a flash drought occurred and the strength of the event. …”
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Psychological, social factors, and smoking behavior mediated the effects of cannabis use on personality disorders: A Mendelian randomization study by Yao Ni, Juanmei Li, Zitian Tang, Youqian Zhang, Yanyan Feng

“…BackgroundRapid changes in attitudes, legality, and patterns of cannabis use (CU) underscore the importance of understanding its impact on mental health. …”
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