Driving Forces and Future Scenario Simulation of Urban Agglomeration Expansion in China: A Case Study of the Pearl River Delta Urban Agglomeration by Zeduo Zou, Xiuyan Zhao, Shuyuan Liu, Chunshan Zhou

“…The results indicate the following: (1) During 1990–2020, urban expansion in the Pearl River Delta urban agglomeration exhibited a “stepwise growth” pattern, with an annual expansion rate of 3.7%. Regional land use remained dominated by forest (accounting for over 50%), while construction land surged from 6.5% to 21.8% of total land cover. …”
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Dietary intake and five types of mental disorders: a bidirectional Mendelian randomization study by Yichun Zhang, Mingzhu Zhang, Qihua Guan, Pengcheng Liu, Wangxin Zhang, Song Yang, Hualei Dong, Haifeng Hou

“…Outcomes were reported as odds ratios (OR) and regression coefficients (β), which were adjusted by False Discovery Rate (FDR) corrections. Results Forward MR analyses revealed that genetically predicted high-fat and high-protein intakes were related to an increased risk of anxiety [fat: OR = 3.103, 95% confidence interval (CI): 1.015 to 9.486, P IVW = 0.047, FDR = 0.209; protein: OR = 3.364, 95% CI: 1.071 to 10.567, P IVW = 0.038, FDR = 0.189]. …”
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SUSCEPTIBLE VACCINATED INFECTED RECOVERED MODEL WITH THE EXCLUSIVE BREASTFEEDING AND ITS APPLICATION TO PNEUMONIA DATA IN INDONESIA by Purnami Widyaningsih, Ghufron Musta'in, Dewi Retno Sari Saputro

“…The free target can also be achieved by increasing the exclusive breastfeeding rate to 73.9% and the Hib vaccination rate to 0.22.…”
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Warming From Land Use and Land Cover Change Associated With Economic Growth in the Permafrost Regions of the Northern Hemisphere by Xiaoqing Peng, Xuanjia Li, Rong Wang, Oliver W. Frauenfeld, Hengxing Luo, Panpan Wang, Chen Yang, Gubu Qiumo

“…Here, we analyze air and soil temperatures with gross domestic product per capita as associated with the biogeophysical and biogeochemical effects of LULCC using the CMIP6 experiments and a temperature‐growth rate equation. Air temperature increased by 0.04 K due to biogeophysical processes and 0.23 K from biogeochemical processes, with corresponding soil temperature rises of 0.05 and 0.20 K, respectively. …”
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The Characteristics of Energetic Electron Precipitation Based on Low Altitude FY‐3E Satellite Measurements by Yu‐Xuan Li, Chao Yue, Jianjun Liu, Zejun Hu, Qiugang Zong, Xuzhi Zhou, Shan Wang, Yixin Sun, Ying Liu, Hong Zou, Yongfu Wang, Yuguang Ye

“…This may be due to electromagnetic ion cyclotron (EMIC) waves and current sheet scattering. The occurrence rate when the precipitation ratio exceeds 0.5 is higher under conditions of elevated SME index, increased solar wind dynamic pressure, and southward interplanetary magnetic field.…”
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Efficacy of human heparin-binding EGF-like growth factor in healing experimental chemical burns by L. M. Dronko, T. M. Lutsenko, O. I. Golembiovska, T. Yu. Trokhymchuk, M. A. Arkhypova, V. A. Dibrova, Yu. V. Dibrova, S. L. Rybalko, S. A. Myakushko, A. A. Siromolot, O. Yu. Galkin

“…The preparations (100 μl, 1.5 mg of rhHB-EGF) were applied to burn wounds daily for 5 days. Wound area, healing rate and histological patterns of skin samples were estimated. …”
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A Case of Severe Septicemia With Chromobacterium violaceum in Bangladesh by Tuhin Sadique, Asif Reza Khan, Dilruba Ahmed, Fazlul Kabir, Anup Chowdhury, Nazrul Islam, Farhana Halim, Nasrin Akter, Shoeb Bin Islam

“…Infections with C. violaceum have rarely been reported in humans, with an exceptionally high mortality rate, particularly when linked to septicemia. We report the case of a 45‐year‐old female farmer from Bangladesh who developed severe septicemia following an insect bite and subsequent self‐drainage of an abscess. …”
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Analysis of Effects of Rough Strip Energy Dissipator on Hydraulic Property of Bend Flow by Honghong Zhang, Zhenwei Mu, Fan Fan, Fanqi Li

“…The energy dissipation rate of the R-SED decreased with an increase in discharge flow rate and ranged between 30% and 50%. …”
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Visible Light Communication Using Receivers of Camera Image Sensor and Solar Cell by Yang Liu, Hung-Yu Chen, Kevin Liang, Chin-Wei Hsu, Chi-Wai Chow, Chien-Hung Yeh

“…The rolling shutter effect of the image sensor can be used to increase the data rate. In this paper, we propose and demonstrate how to demodulate the obtained rolling shutter pattern using a second-order polynomial (SOP) extinction ratio (ER) enhancement scheme, together with iterative and modified quick adaptive thresholding schemes. …”
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Nodal Status Assessment in Breast Cancer: Strategies of Clinical Grounds and Quality of Life Implications by Paolo Orsaria, Dimitrios Varvaras, Gianluca Vanni, Giampiero Pagnani, Jacopo Scaggiante, Federico Frusone, Alessandra Vittoria Granai, Giuseppe Petrella, Oreste Claudio Buonomo

“…The exclusion of node involvement using noninvasive methods could reduce the rate of axillary surgery, thereby preventing from suffering complications. …”
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PREVALENCE OF CONGENITAL CLEFT LIP AND PALATE IN UKRAINE by V.V. Filonenko, O.А. Kaniura, B.I. Palamar, N.V. Bidenko

“…The triggers of this pattern are declining birth rate, high death rate, reduction in the possibility of using quality medical care, non-return of refugees, reduction of the participation of new recruits in the demographic process, negative economic performance of the temporarily occupied territories. …”
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Tear Lipid Layer Thickness in Children after Short-Term Overnight Orthokeratology Contact Lens Wear by Li Zeng, Zhi Chen, Dan Fu, Jiaqi Zhou, Xingtao Zhou

“…LLT was significantly correlated with rate of partial blinks at every follow-up (all p<0.05). …”
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Study on Flow Model and Flow Equation of Shale Gas Based on Microflow Mechanism by Huaxun Liu, Shusheng Gao, Feifei Fang, Chunyan Jiao, Liyou Ye, Jie Zhang, Weiguo An

“…The result shows that the flow rate of shale gas is composed of seepage flow rate and diffusion flow rate. …”
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Guideline Utilization in Oncology: Addressing Barriers and Facilitators in Latin America and the Caribbean by Yanin Chavarri-Guerra, Luis Corrales, James D. Morgante, Henry Gomez, Alba Kihn-Alarcón, Rodrigo Munhoz, Els Dams

“…Descriptive statistics were used to analyze the data.RESULTSOf the 1,265 invited physicians, 140 responded (11% response rate). Most respondents reported frequent use of guidelines, with 47.9% using them often and 40.7% always. …”
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Identification of Yellow Pigmentation Genes in Brassica rapa ssp. pekinensis Using Br300 Microarray by Hee-Jeong Jung, Ranjith Kumar Manoharan, Jong-In Park, Mi-Young Chung, Jeongyeo Lee, Yong-Pyo Lim, Yoonkang Hur, Ill-Sup Nou

“…These results indicate that the yellow leaves accumulate high levels of both lutein and β-carotene due to stimulation of synthesis and that the degradation rate is inhibited. A large number of responsible genes as novel genes were specifically expressed in yellow inner leaves, suggesting the possible involvement in pigment synthesis. …”
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Non-invasive dual-brain stimulation facilitates social cooperation through enhancing interpersonal neural synchronization by Lifen Zheng, Chunming Lu

“…Moreover, compared to sham dual-brain tDCS, the active dual-brain tDCS significantly increased the rate of cooperative strategic behaviors as well as the dyadic economic gains. …”
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miR-276 and miR-182013-5p modulate insect metamorphosis and reproduction via dually regulating juvenile hormone acid methyltransferase by Jiasheng Song, Wanwan Li, Lulu Gao, Qiang Yan, Xinyan Zhang, Mingzhi Liu, Shutang Zhou

“…We found that Jhamt, a rate-limiting enzyme in JH biosynthesis, mirrors JH titer patterns in the migratory locust. …”
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Vegetation structure and soil organic carbon storage across northern forest-tundra ecotones in continuous permafrost by H. Travers-Smith, N.C. Coops, T.C. Lantz, M. Hamp, D. Ignace, M.A. Wulder, J. van der Sluijs

“…Between treeline types, we observed differences in C:N ratios and organic matter depth related to the rate of soil carbon turnover and SOC storage. Overall, SOC showed small positive relationships with tree stem density and average canopy height. …”
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Detecting Black-Box Model Probing Attacks Through Probability Scores by Yongzhi Wang, Ahsan Habib, Likhitha Reddy Kesara, Brahmarshi Jasti, Renjie Hu, Tejasv Singh

“…Compared with existing defense methods, our classifiers can reduce the Attack Success Rate (ASR) of the OARS-enhanced attacks from 93% to 1.78%. …”
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Expression of toxic shock syndrome toxin-1 gene of Staphylococcus aureus in milk: Proof of concept by Milijana Babić, Marija Pajić, Aleksandra Nikolić, Vlado Teodorović, Milorad Mirilović, Lazar Milojević, Branko Velebit

“…The results of experiments showed the dependence of the growth rate and consequent up-regulation of TSST-1 encoding gene on storage time-temperature and type of milk. …”
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