The Heavy‐Tailed Inverse Power Lindley Type‐I Model: Reliability Inference and Actuarial Applications by Amal S. Hassan, Diaa S. Metwally, Mohammed Elgarhy, Rokaya Elmorsy Mohamed

“…Bayesian estimators for the parameters and reliability functions (survival and hazard rate) are derived using gamma priors and both symmetric and asymmetric loss functions. …”
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Selecting a Suitable Flat in a High-Rise Apartment by Evaluation of Heat, Light, and Ventilation by Aniket Bansal, Rohan Dinesh Horabyle, B. R. K. Holla, Arya Rajiv Lotliker

“…An in-depth discussion of the air change rate of the building, daylighting performance in relation to different floors, and the difference between the indoor and outdoor temperatures of the building has been performed in this study. …”
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Thrombotic Microangiopathy: A Devastating Complication After Lung Transplantation by Wouter Rosseels, MD, Laurent Godinas, PhD, Papay Jallah, MD, Robin Vos, PhD, Lieven Dupont, PhD, Dirk Kuypers, PhD, Thomas Vanhoutte, MD, Kathleen J. Claes, PhD

“…In the TMA group a higher rate of HLA donor-specific antibodies (11% versus 1%; P = 0.05), a lower median time to onset of chronic lung allograft dysfunction (37 versus 91 mo; P = 0.0017), a higher rate of cytomegalovirus infection (45% versus 19%; P = 0.02), and a higher prevalence of end-stage renal disease (24% versus 6%; P = 0.03) and overall death (97% versus 44%; P < 0.0001) was found. …”
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Radiology nurses’ awareness of MRI-induced vertigo in patients and their perspectives on post-examination care in Saudi Arabia: a cross-sectional study by Nasser Shubayr, Hamad Dailah

“…Nurses’ perspectives on post-examination care were highly favorable, with an agreement rate of 74.2%, and strong support for patient-centered practices such as symptom inquiry (86.6%) and patient assistance (75.4%). …”
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The global burden of aortic aneurysm attributable to hypertension from 1990 to 2021: Current trends and projections for 2050. by Guanghui Yu, Pei Chen, Changhao Sun, Peng Liu

“…<h4>Methods</h4>This study extracted data on mortality, disability-adjusted life years (DALYs), age-standardized mortality rate (ASMR), and age-standardized DALY rate (ASDR) associated with AA attributable to hypertension from the 2021 GBD study. …”
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Household transmission investigation for Corona Virus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) in a rural and urban population of north India. by Kapil Yadav, Subhashini K J, Suneeta Meena, Rakesh Kumar, Ravneet Kaur, Mohan Bairwa, Shashi Kant, Puneet Misra, Sanjay K Rai, Mohammad Ahmad, Anisur Rahman

“…We estimated household secondary infection rate (SIR) and other epidemiological indicators-median incubation period and serial interval. …”
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The Prevalence of Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis in Mainland China: An Updated Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. by Qionghong Duan, Zi Chen, Cong Chen, Zhengbin Zhang, Zhouqin Lu, Yalong Yang, Lin Zhang

“…The result of this meta-analysis demonstrated that among new cases, the rate of resistance to any drug was 20.1% (18.0%-22.3%; n/N = 7203/34314) and among retreatment cases, the rate was 49.8% (46.0%-53.6%; n/N = 4155/8291). …”
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An ecological network approach for detecting and validating influential organisms for rice growth by Masayuki Ushio, Hiroki Saito, Motoaki Tojo, Atsushi J Nagano

“…The responses of rice, namely, the growth rate and gene expression patterns, were measured before and after the manipulation. …”
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Intravenous iron reactions: Insights from an allergy and immunology perspective by Jordon Jaggers, MD, Cosby Stone, Jr., MD, MPH, Matthew Krantz, MD, Elizabeth Phillips, MD

“…Objective: We aimed to identify clinical patterns and tolerability predictors in patients with reactions to intravenous iron. …”
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The spatial heterogeneity of malaria transmission: An entomological investigation in a highly endemic setting of Burkina Faso by Eleonora Perugini, Cristiana Poggi, Martina Micocci, Verena Pichler, Luca Nelli, Alessandra della Torre, Wamdaogo M. Guelbeogo, Marco Pombi

“…Anopheles mosquitoes were analysed for species identification, human blood index (HBI), sporozoite rate (SR), and infected human blood meal rate (IHBM). …”
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Estimated epizoochory seed dispersal distances by grazing yak across seasons in an alpine meadow by Shulin Wang, Shulin Wang, Shulin Wang, Fujiang Hou

“…., walking time) and secondary (e.g., foraging rate) behavioral patterns differed significantly across seasons (P&lt; 0.05), the epizoochory dispersal distances of plant seeds also had clear seasonal dynamics, manifesting as spring &gt; summer &gt; autumn &gt; winter, and that the length of seed adhesive structures correlated positively with the retention rate as well as retention time on yak fur. …”
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Comparative genomics of Botryosphaeria dothidea and B. kuwatsukai, causal agents of apple ring rot, reveals both species expansion of pathogenicity-related genes and variations in... by Bo Wang, Xiaofei Liang, Mark L. Gleason, Rong Zhang, Guangyu Sun

“…Here, we sequenced the genomes of 8. dothidea strain PG45 (44.3 Mb with 5.12 % repeat rate) and 8. kuwatsukai epitype strain PG2 (48.0 Mb with 13.02 % repeat rate), and conducted a comparative analysis of these two genomes, as well as other sequenced fungal genomes, in order to understand speciation and distinctive patterns of evolution of pathogenicity-related genes. …”
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Neoadjuvant chemoimmunotherapy versus neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy in patients with borderline resectable esophageal squamous cell carcinoma by Jun-Peng Lin, Feng-Nian Zhuang, Wei-Jie Chen, Zhou Lin, Yu-Jie Chen, Xiao-Feng Chen, Hui Lin, Hao He, Peiyuan Wang, Hang Zhou, Wen-Wei Wei, Peng-Qiang Gao, Shuo-Yan Liu, Feng Wang

“…After PSM, the R0 resection rate (85.7% vs. 90.5%, P = 0.341) and pCR rate (19.0% vs. 26.2%, P = 0.269) were comparable between two groups, while the MPR rate in the NACI group was significantly lower than in the NCRT group (32.1% vs. 56.0%, P = 0.002). …”
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Filling characteristics of grout diffusion zone in fractured rock mass and its influence mechanism on rock mass strength by Ermeng ZHANG, Lang LIU, Yanchun XU, Yu FEI, Jishi GENG, Yabing LIN

“…Under the boundary conditions of CNS, the increase in shear strain leads to stress concentration growth and an increased rate of new micro-crack formation in the grouting body, aligning with the stress distribution characteristics of the internal micro-cracks. …”
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Fifty Years of Climate Change Studies: A Scientometric Assessment by Sulaimon Oyeniyi Adebayo, Hardeep Singh, Supreet Kaur, Himanshi Sharma, Jai Sharma, Karman Singh Sethi

“…The results highlight an average annual growth rate of 14.3%, with over 69% of the total publications produced in the last decade (2012-2021). …”
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Evaluating Electricity Demand Elasticity From a Social Perspective: Implications for Sustainable Development and Urban Resilience by Yaser A. Nanehkaran, Shixi Tang, Amir Bairami Akhi Jahani, Amir Niromandfam, Tolga Pusatli

“…Given Iran&#x2019;s recent socioeconomic challenges marked by a high inflation rate and inadequate investment in power plants, data from the Iranian power system is employed to validate the efficacy of the proposed model in the numerical analysis. …”
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Slugs hide in the dark: Artificial light at night alters fitness and activity of dominant herbivores with consequences for ecosystem functioning by Vincent Grognuz, Flavienne Landolt, Julia Curty, Eva Knop

“…In one of the two illuminated slug species, we found that ALAN reduced its activity at night, juvenile growth, and survival rate. At the community level, feeding activity of slugs was reduced in artificially illuminated sites, and this was related to reduced herbivory. …”
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Wavelength-time-division multiplexed fiber-optic sensor array for wide-field photoacoustic microscopy by Wei Li, Xiaoxuan Zhong, Jie Huang, Xue Bai, Yizhi Liang, Linghao Cheng, Long Jin, Hao-Cheng Tang, Yinyan Lai, Bai-Ou Guan

“…Using a 4-element sensor array, we achieved an expanded FOV of 5 × 8 mm² while maintaining high temporal resolution (160 kHz A-line rate, 0.25 Hz frame rate) and microscopic spatial resolution (10.7 μm). …”
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Indirect and suboptimal control of gene expression is widespread in bacteria by Morgan N Price, Adam M Deutschbauer, Jeffrey M Skerker, Kelly M Wetmore, Troy Ruths, Jordan S Mar, Jennifer V Kuehl, Wenjun Shao, Adam P Arkin

“…Two common types of indirect control are constitutive expression and regulation by growth rate; these occur for genes with diverse functions and often seem to be suboptimal. …”
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Molecular markers as predictors of response to perioperative chemotherapy in locally advanced gastric cancer by K. A. Oganyan, A. A. Musaelyan, S. V. Lapin, T. V. Kupenskaya, A. A. Sveсhkova, M. A. Belyaev, A. A. Zakharenko, S. V. Orlov

“…The endpoints were progression-free survival and objective response rate.Results. Microsatellite instability was detected in 4.8 % (9/185) of GC cases. …”
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