Mortality trends in Kazakhstan: insights from a million of deaths from 2014 to 2022 by Temirgali Aimyshev, Gulnur Zhakhina, Sauran Yerdessov, Ruslan Akhmedullin, Dinara Galiyeva, Kuanysh Yergaliyev, Antonio Sarria-Santamera, Yuliya Semenova, Abduzhappar Gaipov

“…COVID-19 significantly disrupted mortality patterns in 2020–2021. Mortality rates were consistently higher in males across most age groups, with a sharp increase after age 55, while “other disorders of the brain” emerged as a leading cause of premature mortality. …”
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Examining changes in social care referrals during the 2021 Winter Storm Uri in the Unite Texas network by Zackery White, Amanda Terry, Gillian Feldmeth, Alyssa Altstaedter, Halima Ahmadi-Montecalvo

“…Following the storm, case rates returned to pre-storm levels, with increased case resolution and reduced time to case closure. …”
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Fertility differences across immigrant generations in the United Kingdom by Jiseon Baek, Hill Kulu, Sarah Christison, Francesca Fiori

“…OBJECTIVE: This study examines the first-, second-, and third-birth rates of three migrant generation groups in the United Kingdom – 1.5G, 2G, and 2.5G. …”
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Comparing Machine Learning-Based Crime Hotspots Versus Police Districts: What’s the Best Approach for Crime Forecasting? by Eugenio Cesario, Paolo Lindia, Andrea Vinci

“…Then, crime forecasting models are extracted for each area, to monitor and predict how crime rates evolve over time within each partition. However, traditional spatial partitioning approaches, which divide cities into predefined police districts based on geographic and operational considerations, often fail to account for variations in crime patterns. …”
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"What happens when you get corona?": Children's questions and parental responses about the COVID-19 pandemic. by Graciela Trujillo Hernández, David Menendez, Seung Heon Yoo, Rebecca E Klapper, Maria H Schapfel, Kailee A Sowers, Victoria E Welch, Karl S Rosengren

“…Meanwhile, parents during the second peak of infection and death rates were more focused on responding to their children's questions with information about the virus. …”
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Eyes in the wild: Thelazia callipaeda in wild carnivores of Croatia by Ema Gagović, Šimun Naletilić, Daria Jurković Žilić, Željko Mihaljević, Adnan Hodžić, Relja Beck

“…The infections were geographically restricted to continental regions, with the highest prevalence recorded in eastern counties. Seasonal patterns were evident in red foxes, where infection rates and reproductive activity peaked in autumn and winter. …”
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Comparative transcriptome analysis reveals various host responses to sacbrood virus infection in Apis cerana and Apis mellifera by Zih-Ting Chang, Yu-Feng Huang, Tzu-Han Chen, Li-Hung Chen, Chung-Yu Ko, Yu-Shin Nai, Yue-Wen Chen

“…Notably, following dsRNA treatment, the core genes Dpp, Yellow-f, RPA2, and Pyruva in A. cerana/AcSBV-AC group exhibited an inverse regulation trend, indicating that inhibiting AcSBV-AC can reverse the host core genes expression patterns and potentially enhance larval survival rates. …”
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A Study on Triaxial Unloading Test of Columnar-Jointed-Rock-Mass-Like Material with AW Velocity Analysis by Jianrong Xu, Hao Li, Qingxiang Meng, Weiya Xu, Mingjie He, Jiahui Yang

“…With the increase of the unloading and its rate, the volume expansion becomes more serious and the failure mode becomes more complicated. …”
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Evolving Frameworks for the Foundation and Practice of Electronic Fetal Monitoring by Mark I. Evans, David W. Britt, Shara M. Evans, Lawrence D. Devoe, Yang Pan

“…Part of EFM's poor performance with respect to these outcomes arises from a fundamental misunderstanding of the differences between screening and diagnostic tests, subjective classifications of fetal heart rate (FHR) patterns that lead to large inter-observer variability in its interpretation, failure to appreciate early stages of fetal compromise, and poor statistical modeling for its use as a screening test. …”
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SLOW DEFORMATION WAVES IN THE SEISMIC REGIME AND GEOPHYSICAL FIELDS AT THE NORTHERN MARGIN OF THE AMUR PLATE by S. V. Trofimenko, V. G. Bykov, N. N. Grib

“…In the Baikal and Amur regions (107–140°E), the fronts of deformation waves migrate at a rate of 5–20 km per year [Sherman, 2007, 2013]. Considering the order of magnitude, this rate is comparable to the rates of crust deformation migration from the Japan-Kuril-Kamchatka zone (10–100 km per year). …”
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Mutual Investments Funds in Shares in Brazil : Incentives, Management and Convergence by Paulo Rogério Faustino Matos, Christiano Modesto Penna, Ana Balbina Gomes Silva

“…This article analy zes patterns of convergence in series of return of investment funds in shares in Brazil, from the use of the methodology of Phillips and Sul (2007). …”
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Epidemiological, etiological, and serological characteristics of hand, foot, and mouth disease in Guizhou Province, Southwest China, from 2008 to 2023. by Fajin Li, Dan Wang, Fei Su, Suye Zhao, Jun Guo, Fumin Zhang, Xueqin Ran, Jiafu Wang, Shijun Li

“…Guizhou Province has reported higher rates of severe and fatal cases of HFMD. However, comprehensive studies on its epidemiology, etiology, and serological characteristics have remained limited in recent years.…”
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Efficacy of insecticides against wheat thrips Haplothrips tritici Kurd. in winter wheat crops by Iu. Klechkovskyi, V. Klychko, G. Khorohorina

“…To control the number of thrips, the effectiveness of the insecticide Engio 247 SC, CS at four application rates (0.05, 0.1, 0.15 and 0.2 l/ha) and Karate Zeon 050 CS, SC; Inazuma, VG; Match 050 ES, CE; Mospilan, VP; Talstar, 10% CE was studied. …”
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EFFECT OF THE EXTENT OF MEDIASTINAL LYMPHODISSECTION ON THE RESULTS OF COMBINED MODALITY TREATMENT FOR STAGE IIIA (N2 ) NON-SMALL CELL LUNG CANCER by E. O. Mantsyrev, A. V. Vazhenin, O. A. Gladkov, A. A. Lukin, M. N. Mironchenko, Ya. A. Gnatyuk, S. N. Timofeev

“…The median disease progression-free survival was 31 months and 14.5 months and the overall 5-year survival rates were 43,4 % and 16 %, respectively (p<0,05). …”
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Global burden and trends of self-harm from 1990 to 2021, with predictions to 2050 by Li Xie, Liangchen Tang, Yixin Liu, Zhenchao Dong, Xiaojun Zhang

“…Globally, the burden of self-harm was higher for males than for females. DALYs rates were highest among adolescents and young adults (20-29 years), whereas mortality rates showed a predominantly age-progressive pattern with the highest burden observed in middle-aged and older populations, albeit with a modest decline in the oldest age groups. …”
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Gene expression in uterine leiomyoma from tumors likely to be growing (from black women over 35) and tumors likely to be non-growing (from white women over 35). by Barbara J Davis, John I Risinger, Gadisetti V R Chandramouli, Pierre R Bushel, Donna Day Baird, Shyamal D Peddada

“…Growth rates for leiomyoma were on average much higher from older black women than for older white women, and we now report gene expression pattern differences in tumors from these two groups of study participants. …”
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Economic Clues to Crime: Insights from Mongolia by Dagvasuren Ganbold, Enkhbayar Jamsranjav, Young-Rae Kim, Erdenechuluun Jargalsaikhan

“…The empirical findings reveal that detection rates exert a statistically significant deterrent effect on robbery in the short term, while incarceration rates are effective in reducing theft. …”
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Outcome of Transjugular Intrahepatic Portosystemic Shunt in Budd-Chiari Syndrome: Long-Term Outcomes of 118 Patients; A Single-center Experience by Mohamed Shaker, Mohammad Sakr, Hany Dabbous, Sara M. Abdelhakam, Ahmed Samir, Hend Ebada, Amir M. Farid, Mohamed El-Gharib, Ahmed Eldorry

“…Long-term outcome (1–5 years) was determined and included stent patency rate, time, and pattern of management of stent occlusion and survival rates at 1, 3, and 5 years. …”
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Global burden of breast cancer and application of patient-reported outcomes in clinical trials: a systematic analysis based on the global burden of disease study 2021 and WHO inter... by Jiaxin Hao, Jiaxin Hao, Yijia Gong, Yijia Gong, Xiaowen Zhang, Xiaowen Zhang, Xiaowen Zhang, Minghong Du, Minghong Du, Minghong Du, Huan Wang, Huan Wang, Huan Wang, Guolin Guo, Mengqing Zhou, Tian Tian, Hongguo Rong, Hongguo Rong, Hongguo Rong

“…This study analyzes geographic patterns, temporal trends and age patterns of female breast cancer disease burden globally and explored the association between age standardised rates for disability adjusted life years (ASDR) of female breast cancer and sociodemographic index (SDI). …”
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Colorectal Cancer: A Total Provincial Experience with Survival Analysis by B.H. Weinerman, K.B. Orr

“…However, a continuing relapse rate was seen in all patients with any type of infiltrating disease (B1 and B2 There appeared to be continuing relapse patterns in all those groups to at least 96 months. …”
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