Characteristics and Outcomes of People With COPD Who Experience Exacerbations While on Inhaled Triple Therapy: Results of the SIRIUS I Cohort Study in the US (2015–2019) by Nordon C, Carstens D, Fagerås M, Müllerová H, Veeranki PS, Alves JA, Germack HD, Barnes TL, McCormack MC

“…Baseline characteristics and treatment patterns, crude incidence rates (IRs) for exacerbations and mortality (per 100 person-years [PYs]; variable follow-up), and HCRU and costs (12-month follow-up) were summarized descriptively.Results: Of 4,920 patients in the TT cohort, mean (SD) age was 62.3 (9.7) years, 60.9% were female, and 68.0% were white; 46.5% of TT cohort patients with a history of smoking were current smokers. …”
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The impact of COVID-19 pandemic on mortality among adults receiving care for chronic health conditions in rural South Africa: findings from Agincourt health and socio-demographic s... by Daniel Ohene-Kwofie, Cyril Chironda, Jean Bashingwa, Tshegofatso Seabi, Audry Dube, Beth Tippett-Barr, Francesc Xavier Gómez-Olivé, Kathleen Kahn, Stephen Tollman, Chodziwadziwa W. Kabudula

“…Mortality rate among persons with HIV, and diabetes or hypertension increased by up to 26% and 70%, respectively during the COVID-19 pandemic period, particularly among women. …”
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The resurgence of Lassa fever in Nigeria: economic impact, challenges, and strategic public health interventions by Stanley Chinedu Eneh, Stanley Chinedu Eneh, Stanley Chinedu Eneh, Chidera Gabriel Obi, Chidera Gabriel Obi, Udokang Ephraim Ikpongifono, Udokang Ephraim Ikpongifono, Zakariya’u Dauda, Zakariya’u Dauda, Samson Adiaetok Udoewah, Samson Adiaetok Udoewah, Collins Chibueze Anokwuru, Collins Chibueze Anokwuru, Francisca Ogochukwu Onukansi, Francisca Ogochukwu Onukansi, Ogechi Vinaprisca Ikhuoria, Ogechi Vinaprisca Ikhuoria, Temitope Olumuyiwa Ojo, Chukwuocha Uchechukwu Madukaku, Ibuchukwu Nkeonyenasoya Orabueze, Ibuchukwu Nkeonyenasoya Orabueze, Amara Frances Chizoba

“…Recent data from the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) indicates 1,171 suspected cases, 290 confirmed cases, and 53 deaths between January 6 to 26, 2025, with a case fatality rate of 18.3%. Lassa fever transmission is highly seasonal, peaking during the dry months when food scarcity drives rodent-human interactions. …”
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Respiratory bacterial and viral pathogen spectrum among influenza-positive and influenza-negative patients by Jing Shi, Shi Han, Yating Zhang, Xiaohua Lu, Yunxia Gan, Narenqimuge Tong, Lu Ma, Hang Zhuan, Ying Dai, Yaqi Ji, Guoming Li, Dan Chen, Lu Yang

“…Influenza-positive patients had higher rates of S. pneumoniae and H. influenzae infections, while influenza-negative patients had higher rates of Human parainfluenza viruses and Human rhinoviruses. …”
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Strain-Specific developmental cardiovascular physiology landmarks of embryonic red jungle fowl and black Sumatran bantam chickens (Gallus gallus) by Dane A. Crossley, II, Kent Thornburg

“…Collectively our data suggest that timing of functional cholinergic tone on heart rate is strain dependent, while beta adrenergic tone on heart rate was functional on similar days of incubation.…”
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Electrical Capacitance Probe Characterization in Vertical Annular Two-Phase Flow by Grazia Monni, Mario De Salve, Bruno Panella, Carlo Randaccio

“…The ECP is used to investigate a vertical air/water flow, characterized by void fraction higher than 95%, with mass flow rates ranging from 0.094 to 0.15 kg/s for air and from 0.002 to 0.021 kg/s for water, corresponding to an annular flow pattern. …”
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Construction and Validation of an Oxidative Phosphorylation Signature in High-Grade Glioma and Potential Inhibitors Screening by Hanwen Lu, Wenpeng Zhao, Bingchang Zhang, Yuanyuan Xie, Jiawei He, Huiying Yang, Zhanxiang Wang

“…Glioma is a devastating type of brain tumor with high morbidity and mortality rates. Despite current treatment options, the prognosis for glioma patients remains poor. …”
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Effective temperature in approximate quantum many-body states by Yu-Qin Chen, Shi-Xin Zhang

“…Our findings reveal a consistent exponential pattern in the energy eigenbasis decomposition contributions of approximate states across different ansatzes, optimization objectives, and quantum systems, characterized by remarkably small decay rates, i.e., high effective temperatures. …”
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Design of a High-Gain, Slotted Ultra-Wideband Antenna with T-shaped slots for Millimeter-Wave Applications by hassan falih

“…Millimeter wave (mmWave) is a crucial frequency range for fifth-generation (5G) mobile communication, characterized by wide bandwidth and higher data rates. Antenna components will be small, wideband, and high-gain for use in 5G systems. …”
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Gastric Cancer Mortality in Ceará in Brazil’s Northeastern, 2000-2022: Spatio- Temporal Study by Lucia Libanez Bessa Campelo Braga, Helio De Almeida Nobre Junior, Jorg Heukelbach, Anderson Fuentes Ferreira, Ana Suzete Lopes, Edson Luiz de Oliveira, Vitor de Sousa Tomé, Taynara Lais Silva, Daniele Calheiros Campelo Maia, Alberto Novaes Ramos Júnior

“…The highest mortality rates were found in the southern parts of the state and around a northern major urban center. …”
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Genomic data suggest parallel dental vestigialization within the xenarthran radiation by Emerling, Christopher A, Gibb, Gillian C, Tilak, Marie-Ka, Hughes, Jonathan J, Kuch, Melanie, Duggan, Ana T, Poinar, Hendrik N, Nachman, Michael W, Delsuc, Frédéric

“…These genomic data provide evidence for multiple pathways and rates of anatomical regression, and underscore the utility of using pseudogenes to reconstruct evolutionary history when fossils are sparse. …”
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Development of prediction models for screening depression and anxiety using smartphone and wearable-based digital phenotyping: protocol for the Smartphone and Wearable Assessment f... by Sujin Kim, Ah Young Kim, Yu-Bin Shin, Seonmin Kim, Min-Sup Shin, Jinhwa Choi, Kyung Lyun Lee, Jisu Lee, Sangwon Byun, Heon-Jeong Lee, Chul-Hyun Cho

“…However, their detection and diagnosis rates remain low owing to the limitations of the current screening methods. …”
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Solar dryers: A review of mechanism, methods and critical analysis of transport models applicable in solar drying of product by Onyinyechi Nnamchi, Cyprian Tom, Godwin Akpan, Murphy Umunna, David Ubong, Mathew Ibeh, Adindu Linus–Chibuezeh, Leonard Akuwueke, Stephen Nnamchi, Augustine Ben, Macmanus Ndukwu

“…Solar drying has been demonstrated to be a sustainable and eco-friendly drying process for drying and preserving agricultural products, offering advantages over traditional methods that include faster drying rates, improved product quality, and reduced energy costs. …”
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Assessing Natural Variation as a Baseline for Biodiversity Monitoring: The Case of an East Mediterranean Canyon by Meir Finkel, Ariel Leib Leonid Friedman, Hagar Leschner, Ben Cohen, Hoshen Inbar, Shai Gelbert, Agam Rozen, Eitan Barak, Ido Livne, Ittai Renan, Gilad Ben-Zvi, Orr Comay

“…Despite substantial species turnover rates between periods in all the taxa, almost no change was found regarding the biogeographical origins of plant and beetle species composition. …”
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Deep learning enhanced road traffic analysis: Scalable vehicle detection and velocity estimation using PlanetScope imagery by Maciej Adamiak, Yulia Grinblat, Julian Psotta, Nir Fulman, Himshikhar Mazumdar, Shiyu Tang, Alexander Zipf

“…Satellite-based approaches provide broad spatial coverage, but face challenges, including high costs, low frame rates, and difficulty detecting small vehicles in medium-resolution imagery. …”
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Antitumor power of oncolytic HSV engineered with IL-12 and IL-15 by Lei Zhang, Yanbin Zhu, Kunpeng Zheng, Xinyu Zhang, Chunxue Fu, Dan Wang, Xinqiang Zhang, Tong Wu, Shuxin Han, Zhenghai Ma

“…Treatment with RG2006 significantly reduced tumor growth and extended survival rates compared to other forms of oHSV-1. Analyses indicated a marked elevation in T cell and NK cell activation in mice receiving RG2006. …”
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<i>SHROOM3</i> Deficiency Aggravates Adriamycin-Induced Nephropathy Accompanied by Focal Adhesion Disassembly and Stress Fiber Disorganization by Li-Nan Xu, Ying-Ying Sun, Yan-Feng Tan, Xin-Yue Zhou, Tian-Chao Xiang, Ye Fang, Fei Li, Qian Shen, Hong Xu, Jia Rao

“…Clinically, the glomerular <i>SHROOM3</i> expression positively correlated with glomerular filtration rates in focal segmental glomerulosclerosis patients. …”
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Satellite-Based Prediction of Water Turbidity Using Surface Reflectance and Field Spectral Data in a Dynamic Tropical Lake by Elsa Pereyra-Laguna, Valeria Ojeda-Castillo, Enrique J. Herrera-López, Jorge del Real-Olvera, Leonel Hernández-Mena, Ramiro Vallejo-Rodríguez, Jesús Díaz

“…In this study, we utilized Landsat satellite imagery in conjunction with near-synchronous in situ reflectance measurements to monitor spatial and seasonal turbidity patterns between 2023 and 2025. The surface reflectance was radiometrically corrected and validated using spectroradiometer data collected across eight sampling sites in the eastern sector of the lake, the area where the highest rates of horizontal change in turbidity occur. …”
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Nutritional status, body indices, and somatotype in Aymara and Quechua children from high Andean areas of Peru by Lidia Sofia Caballero Gutiérrez, Rodolfo Adrian Núñez Postigo, Juber Chávez Dominguez, Vilma Lucrecia Tapia Aguirre, José Oscar Alberto Begazo Miranda

“…Among the findings, most children presented normal nutritional status according to BMI-for-age and height-for-age Z-scores. However, high rates of overweight and obesity were observed in Aymara (39%) and Quechua (28.4%) children, with differences in fat content between ethnic groups at the 5th, 10th, 50th, and 75th percentiles. …”
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Mutation Profiling of Premalignant Colorectal Neoplasia by Jakub Karczmarski, Krzysztof Goryca, Jacek Pachlewski, Michalina Dabrowska, Kazimiera Pysniak, Agnieszka Paziewska, Maria Kulecka, Malgorzata Lenarcik, Andrzej Mroz, Michal Mikula, Jerzy Ostrowski

“…HGD adenomas had significantly higher mutation rates than LGD adenomas, while LGD-H adenomas exhibited mutation frequencies similar to those of LGD adenomas. …”
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