Machine learning-optimized dual-band wearable antenna for real-time remote patient monitoring in biomedical IoT systems by Umar Musa, Amor Smida, Muhammad S. Yahya, Mohamed I. Waly, Jun Jiat Tiang, Nazih Khaddaj Mallat, Surajo Muhammad, Abubakar Salisu

“…Bidirectional and directional radiation patterns are noted in the E-plane, while the H-plane exhibits omnidirectional patterns at the lower and upper bands. …”
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Assessment of the functional state of left heart in patients with chronic heart failure with preserved ejection fraction by D. V. Vdovenko, R. A. Libis

“…All patients had the diastolic dysfunction: 60 patients had abnormal relaxation pattern, and 20 patients had pseudonormal pattern. …”
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Association between weather variables and fascial space infections of the head and neck: a retrospective chart review by Teresa E Fowler, Ryan F Bloomquist, Jeffrey N James

“…The purpose of this study is to understand whether head and neck infection rates correlate with weather patterns in a humid subtropical climate, adding to the current literature derived largely from temperate environments. …”
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Old orogen–young topography: lithological contrasts controlling erosion and relief formation in the Bohemian Massif by J. Robl, F. Dremel, K. Stüwe, S. Hergarten, C. von Hagke, D. Fabel

“…</p> <p>We interpret the measured erosion rates and related topographic patterns as the landscape response to slow and large-scale uplift in concert with strong variations in bedrock erodibility between rocks of the Bohemian Massif and the Neogene Molasse Basin. …”
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Burden and Outcomes of Severe Lower Respiratory Tract Infections with Unknown Etiology: A Retrospective Observational Study on Epidemiological Trends Over an 8-Year Period (2016–20... by Giovanni Scaglione, Marta Canuti, Martina Offer, Valentina Breschi, Antonio Piralla, Fausto Baldanti, Gabriele Del Castillo, Francesco Scovenna, Sabrina Buoro, Federica Morani, Danilo Cereda, Alessandra Bandera, Andrea Gori, Marta Colaneri

“…Results Among 683,741 hospitalizations, 338,211 (49.5%) were of unknown etiology, showing a 12.3% intra-hospital mortality rate (41,627 deaths) and 4.0% intensive care unit admission rate (13,625 admissions). …”
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Global, regional, and national burden of nonrheumatic calcific aortic valve disease based on GBD study 2021 by Baiqiang Wang, Zeyuan Mei, Hong Yang, Wei Gao, Lianyue Ma, Guipeng An

“…While both the ASPR and age-standardized incidence rate (ASIR) steadily increased, the age-standardized mortality rate (ASMR) and age-standardized DALYs rate (ASDR) declined. …”
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Analysis of bearing characteristics of cantilever anti-slip pile based on cohesion model in acid rain corrosion environment by Yanping Jia, Qingyang Ren, Songqiang Xiao, Senlin Gao, Wenhao Xie

“…The reliability of the cohesive force model is validated through comparisons of the load-displacement curves, bending moments, and crack distribution patterns. Building on this foundation, a numerical calculation model for cantilever anti-slip piles subjected to acid rain corrosion, considering various corrosion rates, is developed. …”
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Unveiling the drivers contributing to global wheat yield shocks through quantile regression by Srishti Vishwakarma, Xin Zhang, Vyacheslav Lyubchich

“…Here, we study the spatiotemporal patterns of wheat yield shocks, quantified by the lower quantiles of yield fluctuations, in 86 countries over 30 years. …”
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Fishery, Growth, and Mortality of Threatened Asian Sunfish, Horabagrus brachysoma (Gu¨nther 1864) in Five Rivers of Western Ghats Hotspot, India by Chelapurath Radhakrishnan Renjithkumar, Kuttanelloor Roshni

“…Community-based data monitoring (CBM) systems play a vital role in small-scale inland fisheries, offering valuable insights into the catch patterns of various fish species over extended periods. …”
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Numerical Simulation of Two-Phase Boiling Heat Transfer in a 65 mm Horizontal Tube for Enhanced Heavy Oil Recovery by Genying Gao, Zicheng Wang, Gaoqiao Li, Chizhong Wang, Lei Deng

“…A reduction in mass flow rate increases the gas phase fraction within the tube and causes the occurrence of identical flow patterns at earlier axial positions. …”
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Heterogeneity Analysis of Resident Demands and Public Service Facilities in Megacities of China from the Perspective of Urban Health Examination by Ning Zhang, Shaohua Wang, Haojian Liang, Zhuonan Huang, Xiao Li, Zhenbo Wang

“…By integrating spatial and temporal social sensing big data, including road networks, population, and points of interest (POI) data, and employing spatial analysis methods including coverage rate calculation, supply–demand matching efficiency, spatial heterogeneity, and sp{atial stability analysis, this study reveals the spatial distribution patterns of various facilities within cities, as well as the heterogeneity, balance, and equity of supply–demand matching efficiency between different cities. …”
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An epidemiological overview of the first waves of the COVID-19 pandemic in African Union member nations by Ogbonna C. Nwabuko, Osaro Mgbere

“…We conducted descriptive and inferential analyses of the reported cases, deaths, active cases, recoveries, and epidemiological measures, including morbidity and mortality rates (MMR), case fatality rate, and case ratios. …”
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Capturing Vegetation Gradients Along the West African Margin Using Terrestrial Plant Biomarkers in Marine Sediments by Nicholas A. O’Mara, Peter B. deMenocal, Kevin T. Uno, Jessica E. Tierney, Gisela Winckler, Pratigya J. Polissar

“…We determine the chain length distributions, mass accumulation rates, carbon isotope signatures (δ13C) of n‐alkanes and the mass accumulation rates of PTMEs and assess the extent to which these proxy characteristics reflect vegetation and climate patterns within source areas on adjacent land. …”
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A Novel Carbon Fiber Composite Material for the Simulation of Damage Evolution in Thick Aquifers by Bozhi Zhao, Xing Gao, Weibing Zhu, Jiaxing Ding, Pengjun Gao

“…This study found that as the carbon fiber content increased, the evolution patterns of the electrical resistance change rate and the damage coefficient of the similar material tended to coincide. …”
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Proactive and Reactive Response Inhibition across the Lifespan. by Peter Smittenaar, Robb B Rutledge, Peter Zeidman, Rick A Adams, Harriet Brown, Glyn Lewis, Raymond J Dolan

“…Both forms of control rely on overlapping frontostriatal pathways known to deteriorate in healthy aging, an age-related decline that occurs at an accelerated rate in men compared to women. Here we ask whether these patterns of age-related decline are reflected in similar changes in proactive and reactive inhibitory control across the lifespan. …”
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Role of arrowworm Sagitta elegans (Chaetognatha) in plankton communities of the western Bering Sea by E. P. Dulepova

“…However, the water circulation patterns in the upper layer were important for them and determined their transport and accumulation. …”
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Intelligent anti-jamming communication technology with electromagnetic spectrum feature cognition. by Hui Zhao, Guobin Zhao, Xichun Wang, Zhonghui Zhang, Xianchao Xun

“…Experiments show that the proposed model achieves an accuracy rate of 95.23% in identifying interference signals and an anti-interference accuracy rate of 85.47%, significantly outperforming random forest and deep Q-network models. …”
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Sex‐specific changes in vital signs and common blood tests on the day of influenza diagnosis by Kurt C. Showmaker, Brigitte E. Martin

“…While influenza is primarily a localized respiratory infection, previous studies showed significant changes in pulse rate and temperature on the day of diagnosis. This study expands these findings to further identify diagnostic patterns by analyzing standard blood panels, including complete blood count, metabolic panels, coagulation panels, and C‐reactive protein. …”
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Breast cancer mortality in Romania: trends, regional and rural–urban inequalities, and policy implications by John W. Carew, Silviu Calin Radulescu, Li Zhang, Carmen Ungurean, Cristian Calomfirescu, Florentina Furtunescu, Amr S. Soliman

“…Joinpoint Trend Analysis was employed to further analyze patterns in mortality rates. Results Age-standardized national BC mortality rate in Romania decreased from 39.60/100,000 women in 2000 to 38.35/100,000 women in 2020, however rates increased in several regions of the country. …”
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Outpatient antibiotic stewardship during the COVID-19 era: analysis of prescribing trends and guideline compliance by Minji Sohn, Benjamin Pontefract, Kushal Dahal, Michael Klepser

“…Methods: The primary outcomes were the rate of antibiotic prescribing per 1 000 prescription-related outpatient visits and identifying frequently prescribed antibiotics in adults and children. …”
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