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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Physiological and Gene Expression Responses of Crassostrea ariakensis to Salinity Stress by Miaomiao YANG, Sudong XIA, Zhihong LIU, Xiujun SUN, Liqing ZHOU, Peizhen MA, Zhuanzhuan LI, Biao WU

“…The respiration, ammonia excretion, ingestion, and clearance rates of the oysters were measured using the static water method. …”
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Phytochemical evaluation of selected Phalaenopsis cultivars by Dilki Thathsarani, Thilakshi Tikirikumari, Asha Ishani Sri Priyadarshan, Harshini Herath, Priyanganie Senanayake

“…Hybridization plays a pivotal role in breeding Phalaenopsis, enabling the development of novel cultivars with desirable traits such as diverse floral pigmentation patterns, enhanced longevity and improved growth rate. …”
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Consolidation analysis of soft ground with air-boosted vacuum preloading considering attenuation of vacuum and boost pressure by Weiliang Gao, Lu Han, Yanming Zhao, Jinxin Sun, Lulu Liu

“…Crucially, computational findings emphasize that neglecting pressure attenuation mechanisms leads to non-conservative estimates of consolidation progression rates. Enhancement of consolidation rate was observed with higher vacuum loading coefficients and increased Poisson ratios. …”
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ANCA-related vasculitis incidence and features before and during the COVID-19 pandemic in Los Angeles, Biobio Province, Chile: an observational retrospective analysis by Daniel Enos, Daniel Enos, Daniel Enos, Mariel Hernández, Mariel Hernández, Gonzalo P. Méndez, Lysis Cáceres, Ignacia Bravo, Josefina Jobet, Simón Castro, Lorena Cornejo, Catalina Vega, Andrés Salazar

“…Mortality and renal replacement therapy needs were also compared.ResultsThe annual incidence rate was higher in the pandemic group compared to the pre-pandemic group, with 9.6 cases per year vs. 3.1 cases per year [incidence rate ratio (IRR)=3.11, 95% CI 1.86 to 5.20]. …”
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Detection of CTX-M-type ESBLs from Escherichia coli Clinical Isolates from a Tertiary Hospital, Malaysia by MKK et al.

“…The CTX-M type ESBL producing E. coli against antibiotics belonging to different families showed the highest resistance rates to Ampicillin (100%), Cefotaxime (97%), Cefuroxime (95%), and Ciprofoxacin (86%). …”
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Multiorgan tuberculosis by Đokić Milomir, Bojić Ivanko, Mikić Dragan, Mladenović Ljubiša, Begović Vesna, Kuprešanin Srđan, Mirović Veljko, Dimitrijević Jovan

“…Multiple extrapulmonary sites were reported rarely except for one anatomical site, which was reported frequently. Extrapulmonary rates increase with age, so there are marked differences in age in specific rate patterns among the sites. …”
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Vibration in a Multistage Centrifugal Pump under Varied Conditions by Ling Bai, Ling Zhou, Xiaoping Jiang, Qinglong Pang, Daoxing Ye

“…In this frame, it becomes really important to fully understand the vibration patterns of these kinds of complex machines. In this study, a vibration test bench was established to examine the vibration and stability of a cantilever multistage centrifugal pump under different flow rates. …”
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Relevancy Prediction of the Emerging Pathogens with Porcine Diarrhea by Logistic Regression Model by Benqiang Li, Jie Tao, Xin Li, Jinghua Cheng, Ying Shi, Pan Tang, Huili Liu

“…In this study, 3256 porcine fecal samples were collected from 17 pig herds in Shanghai, China, from 2015 to 2023 to identify novel pathogenic infection patterns. The results confirmed that porcine astrovirus (PAstV), porcine sapelovirus (PSV), and porcine epidemic diarrhea virus (PEDV) were the top three agents with positive rates of 28.47%, 20.71%, and 20.23%, respectively. …”
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Age-period-cohort analysis of global, regional, and national cervical cancer prevalence trends in women of childbearing age (15–49 years), 1990–2021 by Zeng-Tao Wang, Chuang-Wei Dang, Rui-Ling You, Shuo Li, Ting-Ting Jiang, Feng-Bo Zhu, Cai-Long Gu

“…Methods The analysis used data from the 2021 Global Burden of Disease (GBD) Study, which provided age-standardized rates of incidence, mortality, disability-adjusted life years, and prevalence across 204 countries. …”
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Prevalence and antimicrobial resistance of Streptococcus suis isolated from local pig breeds in Jiangxi Province, China by Mei-Fang Tan, Chen-Long Liu, Quan-Yong Zhou, Jia-Zhen Wei, Jia-Wei Hong, Ming-Chun Wan, Feng-Lin Zhang, Hua-Yuan Ji

“…Antimicrobial susceptibility testing revealed that >98% of isolates were susceptible to carbapenems (meropenem and imipenem), followed by doxycycline (71.6%), ceftiofur (65.9%), spectinomycin (64.4%), and amoxicillin (55.8%). High resistance rates were observed for tilmicosin (96.6%), sulfadiazine (92.8%), colistin (89.9%), apramycin (88.9%), chlortetracycline (87.5%), tiamulin (83.2%), and kanamycin (79.8%). 100% of isolates exhibited multidrug resistance, with significant variations in resistance patterns among breeds. …”
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Inferring methane emissions from African livestock by fusing drone, tower, and satellite data by A. van Hove, K. Aalstad, V. Lind, C. Arndt, V. Odongo, R. Ceriani, R. Ceriani, F. Fava, J. Hulth, N. Pirk

“…To address this issue, we developed an observing system that estimates methane emission rates by assimilating drone and flux tower observations into an atmospheric dispersion model. …”
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Effects of PBAT biodegradable mulch on lettuce (Lactuca sativa L.) physiology and soil microbial community: Based on a long-term degradation trial by Weichang Gao, Zugui Tu, Xie Yin, Shuang Ming, Kai Cai

“…The relative abundances of the bacterial genus Chujaibacter and Pseudolabrys increased with high PBAT application rates. Beneficial fungi such as Amphinema and Trichoderma showed an increasing trend, while pathogenic fungi exhibited the opposite pattern. …”
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Prevalence and spectrum of PIK3 mutations in breast cancer and their correlation with clinicopathological features: A cross-sectional observational study from South India by HS Darling, Rahul Sud, Deep Kumar Raman

“…Conclusion: PIK3CA mutations are prevalent in Indian patients with breast cancer, with rates slightly higher than global estimates. High nodal burden and advanced-stage tumors showed greater mutation rates, which may have therapeutic implications.…”
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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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Experimental investigation into vertical extension behavior of coal-measure tight sandstone reservoirs by Shao Mingren, Li Bin, Wang Peng, Wang Kunjian, Yang Qi, Sun Zening, An Qi

“…This study conducted physical simulation experiments on sand-coal interbedded combinations using a large-scale true triaxial hydraulic fracturing system, investigating the effects of in-situ stress, injection rate, interfacial cementation strength, rock stacking patterns, and fracturing fluid viscosity on vertical fracture morphology. …”
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Spatio-temporal distribution of Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever and its relationship with climate factors in Pakistan: A decade-long experience from tertiary care laboratory networ... by Muhammad Abbas Abid, Joveria Farooqi, Najia Ghanchi, Rabiya Owais, Ayesha Sadiqa, Humaira Shafaq, Erum Khan

“…Positive cases are concentrated within 3 cities where human and animal migration rates are high. Outbreak situations occur when multiple factors coincide. …”
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