Mapping the global burden of early-onset Parkinson’s disease: socioeconomic and regional inequalities from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021 by Xinyu Li, Jingpei Zhou, Wanqing Peng, Renhui Zhao, Quan Sun, Zhijuan Liu, Yanning Liu, Ziyuan Li, Ziting Huang, Yihui Zhang, Shuqiao Zhang, Xubo Hong, Zhenhu Chen, Jun Lyu, Jun Lyu, Nanbu Wang

“…Countries with higher SDI levels, particularly China, Bolivia, and Peru, bore the greatest burden. Socioeconomic patterns suggested high-middle SDI regions experienced the highest rates of incidence and prevalence, whereas middle-SDI regions showed the highest rates of disability and mortality. …”
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Study on the age and growth characteristics of Sepia esculenta in the East coast of China based on beak microstructure by Bilin Liu, Bilin Liu, Bilin Liu, Bilin Liu, Yuzhe Ou, Minhua Zhou, Hu Zhang, Yueyue Xiao, Kaiwei Zu, Chaowen Zhu, Haisheng Hu

“…The ML-age relationship fitted a linear growth model, while BW-age relationships followed an exponential model for females and a power function model for males. Growth rate analysis showed varied growth trajectories with age, with the highest absolute growth rate (AGR) of ML observed at 120–150 days for females (1.23 mm/d) and at 60–90 days for males (1.93 mm/d). …”
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Enhanced-Dueling Deep Q-Network for Trustworthy Physical Security of Electric Power Substations by Nawaraj Kumar Mahato, Junfeng Yang, Jiaxuan Yang, Gangjun Gong, Jianhong Hao, Jing Sun, Jinlu Liu

“…Empirical evaluation using synthetic data derived from historical incident patterns demonstrates the significant advantages of EDDQN over other standard DQN variations, yielding an average reward of 7.5, a threat prevention success rate of 91.1%, and a notably low false alarm rate of 0.5%. …”
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Clinical Characteristics and Survival Analysis of Patients with Supraclavicular Fossa Lymphadenopathy by Yi-Jou Kao, Wan-Lun Hsu, Yong-Chen Chen, Wu-Chia Lo, Ping-Chia Cheng, Li-Jen Liao

“…The malignant nodes were larger and had a greater short-to-long axis ratio, irregular margins, and abnormal vascular patterns (<i>p</i> < 0.01). The 5-year survival rate for patients with malignant SCLNs was 40%. …”
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Wear characteristics of armature surface and its thermal effects under different electromagnetic launch conditions by Luyao Liu, Hongshun Liu, Pengfei Lu, Haoxi Cong, Ali Mohammed Ali Abdo, Li Zhang, Qingquan Li

“…The optimal initial roughness range is 0.55–1.05 μm, with a wear rate of 0.21–0.25% and wear roughness of 7.91–8.31 μm. …”
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Fertility intention and its correlates with reproductive-aged married women in Ethiopia: an adapted theory of planned behavior (TPB) by Fitsum Tariku Fantaye, Solomon Abrha Damtew, Kelemua Menegesha Sene

“…The population continues to grow at a rate of 2.7 and fertility rates remain at 4.6. Fertility is one of the three key aspects in shaping population dynamics, as women’s fertility intention for children play a significant role in determining actual fertility rates. …”
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High Seroprevalence of Toxocara Infection among Mentally Retarded Patients in Hormozgan Province, Southern Iran by Mostafa Omidian, Mariye Diyaleh, Ali Pouryousef, Habibollah Turki, Fattaneh Mikaeili, Bahador Sarkari

“…The elevated seroprevalence rate of toxocariasis in the current study indicates that these subjects constitute a high-risk group for Toxocara infection, which may be attributed to their behavioral patterns.…”
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Paleomagnetism in Lake Pannon: Problems, Pitfalls, and Progress in Using Iron Sulfides for Magnetostratigraphy by Nick A. Kelder, Karin Sant, Mark J. Dekkers, Imre Magyar, Gijs A. vanDijk, Ymke Z. Lathouwers, Orsolya Sztanó, Wout Krijgsman

“…Alternating field demagnetization cannot resolve the individual components: it yields polarities corresponding to the dominant component resulting in erratic polarity patterns. Interpretation of LT and HT components allows a reasonably robust magnetostratigraphic correlation to the geomagnetic polarity time scale with the base of PAET‐30 at ~8.4 Ma and its top at ~6.8 Ma (average sedimentation rate of ~30 cm/kyr). …”
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Spatio-temporal variability analysis for climatic factors in urban districts with statistical trend line data estimates for sustainable development by Saloni Mangal, Renu Dhupper, Maya Kumari, Vipan Kumar Verma, Deepak Kumar

“…The results showed substantial rising maximum and minimum temperatures in all urban districts and relative humidity was found to have an increasing significant trend at the rate of 0.18–0.20%/year during the winter season. …”
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Dimensional stabilization of 55%SiCp/Al composites by CUI Yan, LI Pengwei, LI Shuo, CAO Leigang, YANG Yue, LIU Yuan

“…The results show that compared with the 14 μm particle-reinforced samples， the 76 μm particle-reinforced samples and the gradation of 14 μm and 76 μm particle-reinforced samples show better dimensional stability， the size change rate （dV/V） of the control samples can be stabilized at about 1×10-3. …”
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Morbidity, mortality, and risk factors associated with Theileria parva seropositivity in a longitudinal calf study, Narok, Kenya by Wyckliff Ngetich, George Karuoya Gitau, Tequiero Abuom Okumu, Gabriel Oluga Aboge, Daniel Muasya

“…The cumulative incidence rate was 37 cases per 100 calf-years with higher incidence rate in agro-pastoral system. …”
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Photosynthetic performance index (PIabs) and malondialdehyde (MDA) content determine rice biomass under combined salt stress and prohexadione-calcium treatment by Guanqiang Zuo, Wanqi Mei, Naijie Feng, Dianfeng Zheng

“…In this study, we applied random forest machine learning with variable importance measures to quantify the relative importance of key physiological traits - including photosynthetic rate (Pn), photosynthetic performance index (PIabs), electron transport rate (ETR), maximum photosystem II efficiency (Fv/Fm), superoxide dismutase (SOD) activity, and malondialdehyde (MDA) content- in rice subjected to NaCl (0.3%) and Prohexadione-Calcium (PCa) co-treatment. …”
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How key features of early development shape deep convective systems by Sophie Abramian, Caroline Muller, Camille Risi, Thomas Fiolleau, Rémy Roca

“…We find that a system’s growth rate during the first 2 h of development predicts its final size with a Pearson correlation coefficient of 0.65. …”
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A machine learning model for early detection of sexually transmitted infections by Juma Shija, Judith Leo, Elizabeth Mkoba

“…Based on evaluation metrics, the AdaBoost model was identified as the best-performing model, achieving an accuracy of 97.45%, an F1 score of 97.7%, and the Receiver Operating Characteristics Area Under the Curve (ROC-AUC) with a higher true positive rate and a lower false positive rate. The study recommends integrating a machine learning model into healthcare systems to detect STIs early, improve medical care, reduce disease progression, and remove stigmatisation barriers. …”
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Impact of COVID-19 control measures on influenza positivity among patients with acute respiratory infections, 2018–2023: an interrupted time series analysis by Wei Chen, Huabin Wang, Xianlin Ten, Miao Fu, Meili Lin, Xiaoping Xu, Yongjun Ma

“…Before the pandemic, influenza primarily showed a winter peak pattern, whereas during the pandemic, the positivity rate declined significantly with no distinct peak. …”
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Visual Subfield Progression in Glaucoma Subtypes by Wei-Wen Su, Shian-Sen Hsieh, Shih-Tsung Cheng, Cheng-Wen Su, Wei-Chi Wu, Henry Shen-Lih Chen

“…An average follow-up of 6.94 ± 2.69 years that showed the rate of change of visual field threshold sensitivity was correlated with the peak posttreatment intraocular pressure (IOP) and the long-term IOP fluctuations in all GHT zones except in the inferior arcuate area. …”
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Neoadjuvant chemoimmunotherapy versus neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy in patients with borderline resectable esophageal squamous cell carcinoma by Jun-Peng Lin, Feng-Nian Zhuang, Wei-Jie Chen, Zhou Lin, Yu-Jie Chen, Xiao-Feng Chen, Hui Lin, Hao He, Peiyuan Wang, Hang Zhou, Wen-Wei Wei, Peng-Qiang Gao, Shuo-Yan Liu, Feng Wang

“…After PSM, the R0 resection rate (85.7% vs. 90.5%, P = 0.341) and pCR rate (19.0% vs. 26.2%, P = 0.269) were comparable between two groups, while the MPR rate in the NACI group was significantly lower than in the NCRT group (32.1% vs. 56.0%, P = 0.002). …”
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Investigation of Thermal Behaviour of Mesocarp Fibre and Bituminous Coal with their Blends by Olutosin Olufisayo Ilori, James Tayo Bamigboye, Oluwasegun Michael Adebanjo, Akpoizokumor Jeremiah Tobi, Ayo James Kayode, Pelumi Ebenezer Akinlotan, Michael Odumu Ebegonye, Opeoluwa Damilola Sola-Adeoye

“…Although, the blending of MF with CF was found to have significant effects on the thermal behaviour of both feedstocks, due to a better pattern in the feedstocks’ behaviour at 5 oC/min heating rate, it can be deduced that this rate helps to have a better insight into the thermal behaviour of the feedstocks studied. …”
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Molecular markers as predictors of response to perioperative chemotherapy in locally advanced gastric cancer by K. A. Oganyan, A. A. Musaelyan, S. V. Lapin, T. V. Kupenskaya, A. A. Sveсhkova, M. A. Belyaev, A. A. Zakharenko, S. V. Orlov

“…The endpoints were progression-free survival and objective response rate.Results. Microsatellite instability was detected in 4.8 % (9/185) of GC cases. …”
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Epidemiological characteristics of acute viral and mycoplasma respiratory infections in Yongzhou, China: a retrospective descriptive study by Ying Jiang, Ying Jiang, Junyan Lu, Junyan Lu, Zhengrong Tan, Zhengrong Tan, Hanmei Wan, Hanmei Wan, Min Tang, Min Tang, Jiani Li, Jiani Li, Tao Zhou, Tao Zhou, Wenlong Tang, Wenlong Tang

“…Significant seasonal variations were observed, with winter showing the highest pathogen detection rates (49.04%, p &lt; 0.001), and seasonal patterns changed notably during the COVID-19 pandemic. …”
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