Prevalence and risk factors of Chlamydia trachomatis genital infection among military personnel of the Armed Forces of Serbia: A cross-sectional study by Jadranin Željko, Ristanović Elizabeta, Atanasievska Sonja, Dedić Gordana, Šipetić-Grujičić Sandra, Bokonjić Dubravko, Grillo Michael, Mladenović Jovan, Bančević Vladimir, Košević Branko, Šuljagić Vesna

“…These finding indicates that screening for CTI should be undertaken in the SAF, to reduce rates of CTI in the SAF and to prevent morbidity due to this infection.…”
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Shedding light on pharmacoepidemiology of eye diseases: a cohort study in Western Iran by Zeinab Mousavi, Masood Bagheri, Farid Najafi, Mahsa Yavari, Omid Bahiraee, Mehdi Moradinazar

“…The present study seeks to specifically evaluate the prescribing patterns of the ophthalmic drugs in Kermanshah province. …”
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Efficacy of Functional Endoscopic Sinus Surgery and Impact of Chronic Lung Disease on its Outcome in Patients of Chronic Rhinosinusitis by Minakshmi Karmakar, V D Prasanna Kumar Vasamsetty, Bonapart Chowdhury

“…The success rate among CLD patients was 66.6% and those who had no co-morbidities was 65.6 %. …”
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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

“…Abstract Time series analysis can be used to understand and forecast patterns in sequential data. This study evaluated three statistical models—ARIMA, Holt-Winters, and linear regression—on the time series of urethral obstruction (UO) cases in male cats treated at the Veterinary Teaching Hospital – São Paulo State University, Botucatu, Brazil. …”
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Hepatitis B virus seroepidemiology data for Africa: Modelling intervention strategies based on a systematic review and meta-analysis. by Anna L McNaughton, José Lourenço, Phillip Armand Bester, Jolynne Mokaya, Sheila F Lumley, Uri Obolski, Donall Forde, Tongai G Maponga, Kenneth R Katumba, Dominique Goedhals, Sunetra Gupta, Janet Seeley, Robert Newton, Ponsiano Ocama, Philippa C Matthews

“…Region-specific differences were present, with estimated CHB prevalence in Northern Africa typically 30% to 40% lower (p = 0.007) than in Southern Africa for statistically similar exposure rates, demonstrating the need for intervention strategies to be tailored to individual settings. …”
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Developing self-efficacy and ‘communities of practice’ between community and institutional partners to prevent suicide and increase mental health in under-resourced communities: ex... by Lisa Wexler, Lauren White, Joel Ginn, Tara Schmidt, Suzanne Rataj, Caroline C. Wells, Katie Schultz, Eleni A. Kapoulea, Diane McEachern, Patrick Habecker, Holly Laws

“…Abstract Background Suicide is a serious and growing health inequity for Alaska Native (AN) youth (ages 15–24), who experience suicide rates significantly higher than the general U.S. youth population. …”
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Hydroformer: Frequency Domain Enhanced Multi‐Attention Transformer for Monthly Lake Level Reconstruction With Low Data Input Requirements by Minglei Hou, Jiahua Wei, Yang Shi, Shengling Hou, Wenqian Zhang, Jiaqi Xu, Yue Wu, He Wang

“…The model exhibited good performance even when training data missing rates were below 50%, particularly in lakes with significant seasonal fluctuations. …”
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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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Comparative Characteristics of a Subsequent Morbidity Wave COVID-19 in Various Regions of the World by A. P. Bavrina, N. V. Saperkin, O. V. Drugova, N. N. Karjakin, O. V. Kovalishena

“…The average incidence rate in the compared countries ranged from 500.98 ± 417.06 per 100,000 in India to 4399.43 ± 2390.77 per 100,000 in the US. …”
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Distinct Roles of HHLA2 and PD-L1 in the Immune Cell and Prognosis of Hepatocellular Carcinoma by Wang CH, Chen SL, Yang X, Wu T, Liu LL, Yun JP

“…This study aims to elucidate the expression patterns of HHLA2 and PD-L1 in HCC, their associations with tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes (TILs), and their impact on clinical outcomes.Methods: Immunohistochemistry (IHC) was employed to evaluate HHLA2 and PD-L1 expression in 547 HCC tissue samples. …”
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Long‐Term Trends in Incidence and Risk Factors for Hemorrhagic Stroke Subtypes Over 24 Years: The South London Stroke Register by Xianqi Li, Lu Liu, Ajay Bhalla, Matthew D. L. O'Connell, Charles D. A. Wolfe, Yanzhong Wang

“…We assessed the 24‐year trends in incidence, prestroke risk factors, medications, and demographic patterns in a multiracial and multiethnic population. …”
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Epidemiological investigation of venomous snakebites in Yunnan Province by Qinfen Gao, Yajun Teng, Chao Xiao, Rui Zeng, Bin Han, Hong Gao, Jianhai Wang, Xiaoyan Li, Canju Yang, Jianneng Dai, Chunxi Li, Qunyan Huang, Zengzheng Li, Wei Zhang

“…Subsequently, the effect of different therapeutic measures on these patients’ hospital stays was analyzed.ResultsA total of 2,112 venomous snakebite cases were recorded, with incidence rates rising annually: 406/46.73 million in 2022, 825/46.73 million in 2023, and 886/46.73 million in 2024. …”
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Multicenter Study Examining Temporal Trends in Traumatic Intracranial Hemorrhage Over Six Years Using Joinpoint Regression by Timbre Backen, Kristin Salottolo, David Acuna, Carlos H. Palacio, Gina Berg, Andrea Tsoris, Robert Madayag, Kaysie Banton, David Bar-Or

“…The aging US population has altered the epidemiology of traumatic injury, but there are few studies examining changing patterns of traumatic intracranial hemorrhage (tICH). …”
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Associations between perceived stress profiles, social connection and work engagement in clinical registered nurses: a mediation analysis and generalized additive models by Yuan Liao, Miaochun Huang, Zhimin Gu, Chun Li, Yan Yu, Qimei Zhang, Xiangyu Lai, Jialin Liu, Kang He, Huiyun Chu, Yao Zhao, Xinyu Wu, Lihua Wu, Yu Li, Sujuan Fang

“…Nursing leaders should promptly identify the stress patterns of nurses, implement appropriate stress management strategies, enhance group cohesion through social networks, and promote the nurses’ mental health and occupational well-being, which in turn can decrease nurse turnover rates and enhance the quality of clinical nursing care. …”
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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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Post-marketing safety surveillance of pneumococcal vaccines: a real-world pharmacovigilance study using the U.S. vaccine adverse event reporting system (VAERS) database by Xinkuo Zheng, Meishen Liu, Aili Ding, Shihong Zhang, Ling Wu, Fanli Kong, Weijia Sun, Yuchen Peng, Yalin Xi

“…Females showed higher AE reporting rates (54.29%) compared to males (36.88%), with the majority of cases (38.20%) occurring in individuals aged &lt; 18 years. …”
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Global, regional, and national burden of nonrheumatic calcific aortic valve disease based on GBD study 2021 by Baiqiang Wang, Zeyuan Mei, Hong Yang, Wei Gao, Lianyue Ma, Guipeng An

“…While both the ASPR and age-standardized incidence rate (ASIR) steadily increased, the age-standardized mortality rate (ASMR) and age-standardized DALYs rate (ASDR) declined. …”
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Biomechanical stability and stress distribution before talus prosthesis design: effects of ligament removal and cartilage overlay thickness using finite element analysis by Gang Zeng, Yujun Sun, Min Liang, Wenzhou Liu, Yanbo Chen, Jionglin Wu, Jiayuan Zheng, Taolue Zhou, Huiying Zhao, Weidong Song, Yue Ding

“…These findings offer valuable preliminary insights into stress distribution patterns following talus prosthesis implantation; however, they represent an initial step, and further experimental and clinical studies are needed to validate and extend these results. …”
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Feasibility Assessment of an Optically Powered Digital Retinal Prosthesis Architecture for Retinal Ganglion Cell Stimulation by William Lemaire, Maher Benhouria, Konin Koua, Wei Tong, Gabriel Martin-Hardy, Melanie Stamp, Kumaravelu Ganesan, Louis-Philippe Gauthier, Marwan Besrour, Arman Ahnood, David John Garrett, Sebastien Roy, Michael R. Ibbotson, Steven Prawer, Rejean Fontaine

“…This confirms the feasibility of generating a response in RGCs with an infrared-powered digital architecture capable of delivering complex sequential stimulation patterns at high repetition rates, albeit with some limitations.…”
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Exploring the profile and risk factors associated with self-harm ideation and behaviors in adolescents with high psychoticism by Xiao-Ming Xu, Ru-Hong Jiang, Yu-Shuang Han, Wo Wang, Ming Ai, Jian-Mei Chen, Jun Cao, Xiao-Rong Chen, Zhen Lv, He-Yan Xu, Da-Qin Ding, Su Hong, Jing-Lan He, Qi Zhang, Lei Shi, Ning Du, Jin-Hui Hu, Li Kuang

“…Actual self-harm rates were 4.7% (lifetime), 1.64% (past year), and 0.37% (past month). …”
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