Shedding light on pharmacoepidemiology of eye diseases: a cohort study in Western Iran by Zeinab Mousavi, Masood Bagheri, Farid Najafi, Mahsa Yavari, Omid Bahiraee, Mehdi Moradinazar

“…The overall eye disease prevalence in males was 26.33% and 34.02% in females, thus pointing to the greater incidence in women who exhibit higher rates for most of the ophthalmopathies, excluding uveitis. …”
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Hepatitis B virus seroepidemiology data for Africa: Modelling intervention strategies based on a systematic review and meta-analysis. by Anna L McNaughton, José Lourenço, Phillip Armand Bester, Jolynne Mokaya, Sheila F Lumley, Uri Obolski, Donall Forde, Tongai G Maponga, Kenneth R Katumba, Dominique Goedhals, Sunetra Gupta, Janet Seeley, Robert Newton, Ponsiano Ocama, Philippa C Matthews

“…Region-specific differences were present, with estimated CHB prevalence in Northern Africa typically 30% to 40% lower (p = 0.007) than in Southern Africa for statistically similar exposure rates, demonstrating the need for intervention strategies to be tailored to individual settings. …”
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An integrative review of new nurse practitioners’ experiences in rural healthcare practice by Candace Stidolph, Jennifer Kawi, Catherine Dingley, Ann Marie Hart, Jarod Giger, Rebecca Benfield, Andrew Thomas Reyes

“…NPs are more likely than their physician colleagues to spend careers in rural and underserved settings practicing in isolation from other providers, with higher rates of turnover. An indistinct understanding of rural NPs' early career experiences highlights the need for a critical synthesis of the literature and key future recommendations. …”
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Developing self-efficacy and ‘communities of practice’ between community and institutional partners to prevent suicide and increase mental health in under-resourced communities: ex... by Lisa Wexler, Lauren White, Joel Ginn, Tara Schmidt, Suzanne Rataj, Caroline C. Wells, Katie Schultz, Eleni A. Kapoulea, Diane McEachern, Patrick Habecker, Holly Laws

“…Abstract Background Suicide is a serious and growing health inequity for Alaska Native (AN) youth (ages 15–24), who experience suicide rates significantly higher than the general U.S. youth population. …”
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Modeling the relationships among technological properties of sheep individual animal factors, milk composition, and minerals using generalized additive mixed models by Giorgia Stocco, Claudio Cipolat-Gotet, Andrea Summer, Francesco Tiezzi, Simone Blotta, Alessio Negro, Bianca Castiglioni, Stefano Biffani

“…Longer RCT increased the water retained in the curd and reduced the recovery of TS and the individual recovery rates of the main milk components in both breeds. …”
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Distinct Roles of HHLA2 and PD-L1 in the Immune Cell and Prognosis of Hepatocellular Carcinoma by Wang CH, Chen SL, Yang X, Wu T, Liu LL, Yun JP

“…Hematoxylin and eosin (H&E) staining was utilized to quantify TILs (percentage/area), while IHC was used to measure the densities of CD3+, CD4+, and CD8+ TILs (cells/mm²).Results: HHLA2 and PD-L1 exhibited similar positivity rates. HHLA2 positivity was associated with older age, lower alpha-fetoprotein (AFP) levels, well-differentiated tumors, and improved overall survival (OS). …”
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Long‐Term Trends in Incidence and Risk Factors for Hemorrhagic Stroke Subtypes Over 24 Years: The South London Stroke Register by Xianqi Li, Lu Liu, Ajay Bhalla, Matthew D. L. O'Connell, Charles D. A. Wolfe, Yanzhong Wang

“…Methods We used 1995 to 2018 data from the South London Stroke Register. The annual incidence rates of HS, ICH, and SAH were standardized to the 2011 England and Wales population and stratified by age, sex, and race or ethnicity. …”
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Multicenter Study Examining Temporal Trends in Traumatic Intracranial Hemorrhage Over Six Years Using Joinpoint Regression by Timbre Backen, Kristin Salottolo, David Acuna, Carlos H. Palacio, Gina Berg, Andrea Tsoris, Robert Madayag, Kaysie Banton, David Bar-Or

“…The aging US population has altered the epidemiology of traumatic injury, but there are few studies examining changing patterns of traumatic intracranial hemorrhage (tICH). …”
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Post-marketing safety surveillance of pneumococcal vaccines: a real-world pharmacovigilance study using the U.S. vaccine adverse event reporting system (VAERS) database by Xinkuo Zheng, Meishen Liu, Aili Ding, Shihong Zhang, Ling Wu, Fanli Kong, Weijia Sun, Yuchen Peng, Yalin Xi

“…Females showed higher AE reporting rates (54.29%) compared to males (36.88%), with the majority of cases (38.20%) occurring in individuals aged < 18 years. …”
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Effect of planting geometry and chemical fertilizers on growth characteristics, essential oil yield and composition of Inula racemosa under cold desert conditions of western Himala... by Sakshi Vishvamitera, Sidharth Baghla, Varun Parmar, Romika Thakur, Sanatsujat Singh, Sachin Vashisath, Dinesh Kumar, Satbeer Singh, Ramesh Chauhan

“…A field experiment was carried out in the cold desert region of the western Himalayas comprising three planting geometries 30 × 30 cm (G1), 30 × 45 cm (G2) and 45 × 45 cm (G3) and four fertilizer doses (NPK) at the rates of 0 (F1), 90:60:30 kg ha−1 (F2), 120:75:40 kg ha−1 (F3), and 150:90:50 kg ha−1 (F4) from 2021 and 2022. …”
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Palliative Radiotherapy Near the End of Life: An Analysis of Factors Influencing the Administration of Radiotherapy in Advanced Tumor Disease by Nguyen-Son Le, Asli Zeybek, Klaus Hackner, Cornelia Gallauner, Josef Singer, Felix Schragel, Petra Georg, Sandra Gottsauner-Wolf, Martin Pecherstorfer, Gudrun Kreye

“…Furthermore, RT near the EOL was more likely administered at multiple sites (OR, 2.08 [95% CI, 1.00 to 4.29]) and with ≤5 fractions (OR, 2.37 [95% CI, 1.23 to 4.57]), while being associated with lower response rates (OR, 0.43 [95% CI, 0.21 to 0.86]) and increased therapy discontinuation (OR, 4.40 [95% CI, 1.45 to 13.37]).CONCLUSIONThese findings highlight varying RT patterns influenced by specific factors, demonstrating the complexity of EOL treatment decisions in advanced cancer care. …”
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Biomechanical stability and stress distribution before talus prosthesis design: effects of ligament removal and cartilage overlay thickness using finite element analysis by Gang Zeng, Yujun Sun, Min Liang, Wenzhou Liu, Yanbo Chen, Jionglin Wu, Jiayuan Zheng, Taolue Zhou, Huiying Zhao, Weidong Song, Yue Ding

“…Recent advancements, including patient-specific implants and improved biomaterials, show promise in enhancing long-term outcomes and reducing complication rates. Aim This study investigates the mechanical stability and stress distribution changes in a talus prosthesis after the sequential removal of surrounding ligaments and the application of varying thicknesses of cartilage overlays. …”
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Changes in influenza-associated excess mortality in China between 2012–2019 and 2020–2021: a population-based statistical modelling study by Xiaowei Deng, Jiangmei Liu, Minghan Wang, Nana Chen, Feiran Hao, Juan Yang, Maigeng Zhou, Hongjie Yu

“…Distinct pattern was observed for the AC and P&I outcomes. …”
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Fine Structures of Radio Bursts from Flare Star AD Leo with FAST Observations by Jiale Zhang, Hui Tian, Philippe Zarka, Corentin K. Louis, Hongpeng Lu, Dongyang Gao, Xiaohui Sun, Sijie Yu, Bin Chen, Xin Cheng, Ke Wang

“…Sub-bursts on the first day display stripe-like shapes with nearly uniform frequency drift rates, which are possibly stellar analogs to Jovian S-bursts. …”
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Criminal Law Challenged by Crossing into Virtual Reality by Mahdi Karimi

“…This information includes behavioral patterns, interests, preferences, biometric and physiological data such as heart rate, body energy consumption, etc., which are comprehensively collected to create a complete and accurate user profile, potentially resulting in severe violations of users' mental privacy. …”
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Heterologous expression of the ThIPK2 gene enhances drought resistance of common wheat by Shu-juan ZHANG, Yu-lian LI, Guo-qi SONG, Jie GAO, Rong-zhi ZHANG, Wei LI, Ming-li CHEN, Gen-ying LI

“…Compared to the wild type (WT) plants, the transgenic plants showed higher seed germination rates, better developed root systems, a higher relative water content (RWC) and total soluble sugar content, and less cell membrane damage under drought stress conditions. …”
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Assessing the implementation of ESG criteria in the frontrunners insurance companies in the Spanish market by Albert Marti, Ramon Bastida-Vialcanet, Frederic Marimon

“…Originality/value: This study contributes to the academic literature and managerial practice by offering a robust framework, model, and methodology for ESG assessment, as well as identifying patterns in ESG adoption. Additionally, the article explores how the combination of outstanding PSI principles achievements influences the ESG rating performance of insurance companies. …”
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A personalized reinforcement learning recommendation algorithm using bi-clustering techniques. by Muhammad Waqar, Mubbashir Ayub

“…Moreover, we introduced a novel strategy to predict item ratings within the RL framework. The validity of the proposed algorithm is evaluated on three datasets of movies domain, namely, ML100K, ML-latest-small and FilmTrust. …”
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Excessive or reduced rest-day sleep compensation linked to depression in Chinese adults by Yanliqing Song, Long Wang, Yue Liu

“…These findings highlight the importance of maintaining stable sleep patterns during special periods and provide scientific evidence for the development of targeted public health interventions.…”
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The Nature of Attachment Relationships and Grief Responses in Older Adults: An Attachment Path Model of Grief. by Yan Kho, Robert T Kane, Lynn Priddis, Josephine Hudson

“…<h4>Design</h4>Men (N = 21) and women (N = 68) aged 60 years and above who had lost a partner within the last 12 to 72 months were invited to participate. Participants rated their levels of yearning thoughts about the deceased, emotions and non-acceptance on the Texas Revised Inventory of Grief (TRIG-Present), and their type and level of general romantic attachment on the Experiences In Close Relationship questionnaire (ECR).…”
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