Characterisation of the wildlife reservoir community for human and animal trypanosomiasis in the Luangwa Valley, Zambia. by Neil E Anderson, Joseph Mubanga, Eric M Fevre, Kim Picozzi, Mark C Eisler, Robert Thomas, Susan C Welburn

“…Variation in infection rates was demonstrated at species level rather than at family or sub-family level. …”
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South Africa’s male homicide epidemic: Who is killing men and why do we ignore the victims? by Richard Matzopoulos, Morna Cornell, Brett Bowman, Lorna J. Martin, Rachel Jewkes, Naeema Abrahams

“…Based on routine data collected through forensic and police investigations, we found that male homicide rates were higher than female homicide rates across all ages, and were up to 8.4 times higher among youths and young adults. …”
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Epidemiology and clinical characteristics of human rhinovirus in hospitalized children and adolescents with acute respiratory infections: a longitudinal study in Shenzhen, China (2... by Jiao Liu, Wei Wang, Ke Cao, Zhenmin Ren, Xiaoying Fu, Yunsheng Chen, WenJian Wang, Yuejie Zheng, Yanmin Bao, Xiaojuan Luo, Jiehua Chen

“…Co-infections occurred in 32.00% of HRV cases and were associated with higher rates of pneumonia and severe pneumonia (P < 0.001). …”
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Trends and projections of gallbladder and biliary tract cancer in China: a comprehensive analysis from 1990 to 2030 based on the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021 by Zhouwei Zhan, Bijuan Chen, Wenhao Teng, Rui Huang, Hanchen Zheng, Sijing Zhou, Jingjie Xu, Jiami Yu, Hui Lin, Xiaojie Wang, Zengqing Guo, Xiaoyan Lin

“…From 1990 to 2021, China experienced increasing trends in incidence and prevalence, while age-standardized mortality rates (ASMR) declined. Compared to global trends, China's ASIR rose while global rates declined. …”
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Comparison of Microbiological Profiles of Primary Hip and Knee Peri-Prosthetic Joint Infections Treated at Specialist Centers Around the World by Emin Suha Dedeogullari, Pablo Slullitel, Isabel Horton, Bulent Atilla, Saif Salih, Paul Monk, Ahmet Mazhar Tokgozoglu, Michael Goplen, Bonita Tsang, Martin Buljubasich, Hesham Abdelbary, Simon Garceau, George Grammatopoulos

“…However, most studies are limited to single-center or intra-country multicenter analyses, often including mixed cohorts of primary and revision PJI cases, with limited data regarding global antibiotic resistance patterns. This study compared the microbiological characteristics, polymicrobial culture rates, prevalence of culture-negative infections, and antibiotic resistance patterns in PJI cases across five referral centers from five continents. …”
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Reproductive changes among women in their 40s: A cross‐sectional study by Ingela Lindh, Finn Egil Skjeldestad, Oskari Heikinheimo, Helena Hognert, Øjvind Lidegaard, Christina Bergh, Kristina Gemzell‐Danielsson

“…Aggregated data concerning birth and induced abortion rate were collected and analyzed from national health registers. …”
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Optimizing Sulfur Fertilization for Yield and Aroma Enhancement in Fragrant Rice Under Varying Soil Sulfur Conditions by Sirilak Chaiboontha, Chananath Chanauksorn, Choochad Santasup, Fapailin Chaiwan, Chanakan Prom-u-thai

“…There was a higher grain 2AP content in the low and medium soil S levels compared to very low S, but the pattern varied according to the S application rate. …”
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Parsimonious and explainable machine learning for predicting mortality in patients post hip fracture surgery by Fouad Trad, Bassel Isber, Ryan Yammine, Khaled Hatoum, Dana Obeid, Mohammad Chahine, Rachid Haidar, Ghada El-Hajj Fuleihan, Ali Chehab

“…Abstract Hip fractures among the elderly population continue to present significant risks and high mortality rates despite advancements in surgical procedures. …”
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Demonstration of Scully–Drühl-type quantum erasers on quantum computers by Bo-Hung Chen, Dah-Wei Chiou, Hsiu-Chuan Hsu

“…On the IBM Quantum platform, delay gates can be employed to further defer the random choice, thereby amplifying the retrocausal effect. …”
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GreenNav: Spatiotemporal Prediction of CO₂ Emissions in Paris Road Traffic Using a Hybrid CNN-LSTM Model by Youssef Mekouar, Imad Saleh, Mohammed Karim

“…In a global context where reducing the carbon footprint has become an urgent necessity, this article presents a hybrid CNN-LSTM prediction model to estimate CO₂ emission rates of Paris road traffic using spatio-temporal data. …”
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Assessment of Larsen C Ice Shelf stability: insights from surface and basal fracture by Qian Li, Zemin Wang, Jiachun An, Mingliang Liu, Pei Jiang, Zhuoya Shi

“…The LIS surface fracture (surface crevasses and depressions) distribution was linked to strain rates and maximum buttressing. Basal melting predominantly influences basal fracture formation (basal crevasses), with the penetration rate increasing in the direction of ice flow. …”
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Deep learning based predictive models for real time accident prevention in autonomous vehicle networks by Ahmed Almutairi, Abdullah Faiz Al Asmari, Fayez Alanazi, Tariq Alqubaysi, Ammar Armghan

“…These studies evaluate key metrics such as the accuracy of predictions, the response time, the reduction in accident rate, the efficiency of decision-making, and the resilience to false data. …”
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Advancing sedimentation modeling in large reservoir systems: Insights from multi-scale process coupling and machine learning by Yuning Tan, Huaixiang Liu, Yongjun Lu, Zhili Wang, Wenjie Li

“…Our climate scenario simulations revealed uneven sedimentation patterns and projected declining sedimentation rates over the next 30 years. …”
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A data driven framework for optimizing droplet microfluidics with residual block and Fourier enhanced networks by Alireza Samari, Kamal Jannati, Azadeh Jafari

“…We developed two innovative machine learning models: the Fourier-Enhanced Network (FEN), which utilizes Fourier series to decompose input features into harmonic components; and the Residual Block Network (ResBNet), which incorporates skip connections within residual layers to capture complex nonlinear patterns. ResBNet demonstrated high accuracy in predicting relative droplet radius, Strouhal number, and optimized geometric ratios, while FEN offered computational efficiency and robust performance across a broad range of flow rates. …”
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Using OpenPrescribing.net to evaluate neighbourhood-level prescribing of inhalers for asthma and COPD by Thomas C. Richards, Alison Heppenstall, Rachel A. Oldroyd, Victoria Barr, Roger Beecham

“…We find inequalities in prescribing behaviour, with the most deprived neighbourhoods associated with higher rates of emergency or ’rescue’ inhaler prescribing - a pattern that was interrupted during the March 2020 lockdown. …”
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Quantitative assessment method for firefighting danger based on numerical simulation of forest fire spread in canyon wind fields. by Ao Wang, Chenghu Wang, Guiyun Gao, Ningyu Wu, Haiyan Su

“…Based on the numerical modeling data of forest fire behavior, it was found that the proportion of areas with high and perilous spreading rates in the study area was 16% and 54%, respectively. …”
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Herbivore functions in the hot-seat: Resilience of Acanthurus triostegus to marine heatwaves. by Taylor Souza, Jeroen Brijs, Leon Tran, Larry Crowder, Jacob L Johansen

“…Here we evaluate the consequences of thermal stress on the capacity of a common herbivorous coral reef fish (Acanthurus triostegus) to control finely filamentous matrices of Caulerpa sertularioides and C. verticillata algae in Hawai'i, by characterizing in-vivo changes in metabolic demands, diurnal foraging rates, activity patterns and individual condition in a laboratory setting during winter (24.0±0.1°C), summer (27.5±0.1°C), and at the peak of a representative marine heatwave, (31.0±0.1°C). …”
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Prevalence and antimicrobial resistance of bacterial meningitis in China from 2017 to 2021: a multicenter retrospective study by Chunyan Zhang, Zheng Li, Mengyuan Wang, Shifu Wang

“…A. baumannii showed a high resistance rate to cephalosporins and carbapenems but was sensitive to tigecycline and polymyxins. …”
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Ecological Implications of Germination Temperature on Native and Invasive Rumex Spp. by Michaela Jungová, Martina Kadlecová, Vilém Pavlů, Leona Leišová‐Svobodová, Pavel Svoboda, Zdenka Martinková

“…Contrary to expectations, R. alpinus exhibited the highest germination rate across all temperatures. In the second experiment, germination rates varied significantly, with a positive correlation between germination success and transition from Alpine to Czech localities. …”
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Multimodal versus non-contrast computed tomography for assessment of acute ischaemic stroke: the PRACTISE RCT by Keith W Muir, Salwa El Tawil, Alex McConnachie, Alicia Murray, Ian Ford, Grant Mair, Joanna Wardlaw

“…Multimodal scans did not delay treatment or change outcomes despite lower treatment rates. The high rate of clot-busting treatment may reflect less well-targeted treatment, as reported elsewhere. …”
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