Digital Health Literacy and Attitudes Toward eHealth Technologies Among Patients With Cardiovascular Disease and Their Implications for Secondary Prevention: Survey Study by Greta Ullrich, Alexander Bäuerle, Hannah Vogt, Amir Abbas Mahabadi, Katrin Paldán, Daniel Messiha, Lisa Maria Jahre, Christos Rammos, Tienush Rassaf, Julia Lortz

“…Remarkably, internet use rates remained high, even among older participants. …”
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Analysis of the International, Regional, and National Endocarditis-Related Disease Burdens (1990–2021), and Changes to Projections for the Next 15 Years: A Population-Based Study by Qiyuan Bai, Hao Chen, Hongxu Liu, Xuhua Li, Yang Chen, Dan Guo, Bing Song, Cuntao Yu

“…Clustering analysis results indicated a significant increase in the estimated annual percentage change (EAPC) of mortality and DALY rates for endocarditis in East Asia. A significant correlation exists between EAPC and the ASRs of disease burden. …”
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Tobacco smoking and smokeless tobacco use among people living with HIV in Zambia: Findings from a 2023 National NCD/HIV Survey. by Cosmas Zyambo, Paul Somwe, Chomba Mandyata, Mwiche Musukuma, Phoebe Bwembya, Henry Phiri, Malizgani P Chavula, Hikabasa Halwindi, Joseph Zulu, Wilbroad Mutale

“…Tobacco smoking, SLT use, behavioral patterns, and clinical characteristics were assessed. …”
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Emergence and clinical challenges of ST11-K64 carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae: molecular insights and implications for antimicrobial resistance and virulence in Southwes... by Linlin LI, Jiahui Liang, Huan Zhang, Jing Guo, Shan LI, Meng Li

“…Additionally, resistance-associated genes such as bla KPC−2 (P < 0.001) and virulence-associated genes including rmpA (P < 0.001), iucA (P < 0.001), rmpA2 (P < 0.001), and iutA (P = 0.001) were detected at significantly higher rates in ST11-K64 strains compared to non-ST11-K64 strains. …”
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Diet quality, food security and traditional food intake of pregnant and breastfeeding women, and children 6 months to 5 years, living in eight remote Australian Aboriginal and Torr... by Emma Tonkin, Mark D. Chatfield, Julie Brimblecombe, Sue Kleve, Ellie Chan, Caroline Deen, Clare Brown, Emma Stubbs, Sue Booth, Kani Thompson, Jenna Pauli, Dympna Leonard, Amanda Lee, Bronwyn Fredericks, Megan Ferguson

“…Long-duration breastfeeding was described (36% of > 2–4 years breastfed). High rates of household food insecurity were reported (76%), although rates were lower in Cape York (p < 0.001). …”
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Current status and trends in thalassemia burden across South, East and Southeast Asia, 1990–2021 a systematic analysis for the global burden of disease study 2021 by Shuning Zhang, Zhangjie Chen, Meihuan Chen, Hailong Huang

“…Results Southeast Asia exhibited notably high age-standardized mortality rate (ASMR), age-standardized prevalence rate (ASPR), and age-standardized DALYs rate among the four studied Asian regions in 2021. …”
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Modeling soil respiration in summer maize cropland based on hyperspectral imagery and machine learning by Fanchao Zeng, Fanchao Zeng, Jinwei Sun, Huihui Zhang, Lizhen Yang, Xiaoxue Zhao, Jing Zhao, Xiaodong Bo, Yuxin Cao, Fuqi Yao, Fenghui Yuan, Fenghui Yuan

“…The XGBoost model can also effectively capture the impact of drought treatments on SR.DiscussionThe XGBoost model’s tree-based structure allows it to effectively capture complex interactions and nonlinear patterns within variables, while its high sensitivity to changes in SR rates under drought conditions makes it more reliable for modeling SR across different growth stages compared to the linear-based MLR model. …”
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The burden of carbon monoxide poisoning in China from 1990 to 2021 and forecasts to 2050 by Yanwu Yu, Jinzhou Yu, Ding Yuan, Fang Yang, Hongyi Yan, Pin Jiang, Mengnan Guo, Zhigao Xu, Gaiqin Yan, Yan Zhang, Yanxia Gao

“…The incidence, prevalence, mortality, and Disability Adjusted Life Years (DALYs) and their corresponding Age-Standardized Rates (ASRs) were examined to assess the burden of COP in China from 1990 to 2021. …”
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Gender disparities in health and wellbeing of older population in India by Arokiasamy Perianayagam

“…Older women reported higher rates of chronic conditions, functional limitations, and women-specific health issues. …”
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Wind Power Forecasting Based on Multi-Graph Neural Networks Considering External Disturbances by Xiaoyin Xu, Zhumei Luo, Menglong Feng

“…Meanwhile, real-time performance analysis confirms the model’s operational viability as it maintains excellent prediction accuracy (RMSE < 15) even at high data arrival rates (100 samples/second) while ensuring processing latency below critical thresholds (10 ms) under typical system loads.…”
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Evolutionary biology and life histories by C. R. Brown, D. L. Thomson

“…Central to an understanding of both disciplines is life history and its component demographic rates, such as survival, fecundity, and age of first breeding, and biologists from both fields have a vested interest in good analytical machinery for the estimation and analysis of these demographic rates. …”
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Paclitaxel resistance development is associated with biphasic changes in reactive oxygen species, mitochondrial membrane potential and autophagy with elevated energy production cap... by Satabdi Datta, Diptiman Choudhury, Amlan Das, Dipanwita Das Mukherjee, Nabanita Das, Sib Sankar Roy, Gopal Chakrabarti

“…Increase in extracellular acidification rates and oxygen consumption rates was found to be directly correlated with acquisition of resistance. …”
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Factors associated with unfavourable treatment outcomes among patients with Multidrug-resistant Tuberculosis receiving outpatients care by Maria Jose Vadakunnel, Vijayalakshmi Jawaharlal Nehru, Usharani Brammacharry, Venkateswari Ramachandra, Suganthi Palavesam, Anbazhagi Muthukumar, Balasundaram Revathi Mani, Gunavathy Pradhabane, S. R. Sriramkumar, Kanagavel Venkatchalam, Muthuraj Muthaiah

“…Patients with heteroresistant patterns had 2.72 times higher odds of unsuccessful treatment outcomes compared to those with inferred and true-resistant patterns. …”
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Where do new words like boobage, flamage, ownage come from? Tracking the history of ‑age words from 1100 to 2000 in the OED3 by Chris A. Smith

“…They also appear to be less likely to be lexicalized given this transparency. This low rate of lexicalization is a sign of high productivity and may also explain the high rates of obsolescence of historical ‑age words in the OED3.…”
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Risk Factors for COVID-19 Adverse Outcomes in ICU Settings of Various Types Repurposed Hospitals by A. A. Avramov, E. V. Ivanov, A. V. Melekhov, R. S. Menzulin, A. I. Nikiforchin

“…Clinical outcomes were also different, with the lowest mortality rate in the federal center and the highest in the municipal hospital. …”
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Training Rarámuri Criollo Cattle to Virtual Fencing in a Chaparral Rangeland by Sara E. Campa Madrid, Andres R. Perea, Micah Funk, Maximiliano J. Spetter, Mehmet Bakir, Jeremy Walker, Rick E. Estell, Brandon Smythe, Sergio Soto-Navarro, Sheri A. Spiegal, Brandon T. Bestelmeyer, Santiago A. Utsumi

“…The study found that Rarámuri Criollo cows can effectively adapt to virtual fencing technology, achieving over 99% containment rate while displaying typical diurnal patterns for grazing, resting, or traveling behavior. …”
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Advance, steadfast, retreat? Growth and establishment of white spruce seedlings at treelines in Alaska by Andreas Burger, Mario Trouillier, Martin Wilmking

“…In contrast, high seedling densities and growth rates at the cold treeline and cold forest indicate favorable conditions for seedling establishment and densification. …”
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Use of anti-retroviral therapy in tuberculosis patients on second-line anti-TB regimens: a systematic review. by Matthew Arentz, Patricia Pavlinac, Michael E Kimerling, David J Horne, Dennis Falzon, Holger J Schünemann, Sarah Royce, Keertan Dheda, Judd L Walson, ART study group

“…Second line TB drugs when combined with ART may increase drug interactions and lead to higher rates of toxicity and greater noncompliance. This systematic review sought to determine the benefit of ART in the setting of second line drug therapy for drug resistant TB.…”
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Ornamental Plant Growth in Different Culture Conditions and Fluoride and Chloride Removals with Constructed Wetlands by José Luis Marín-Muñiz, María E. Hernández, Sergio Zamora Castro

“…In polyculture systems, 42.2 ± 8.8% of fluoride was removed, a result that was not significantly different (<i>p</i> > 0.05) from the removal rates observed in monocultures of <i>C. hybrid</i> (42.5 ± 7.5%), <i>H. coronarium</i> (36.8 ± 7.0%), or <i>A. purpurata</i> (30.7 ± 7.9%). …”
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Health care utilization in general practice after HPV vaccination-A Danish nationwide register-based cohort study. by Lene Wulff Krogsgaard, Lene Wulff Krogsgaard, Claus Høstrup Vestergaard, Oleguer Plana-Ripoll, Tina Hovgaard Lützen, Mogens Vestergaard, Morten Fenger-Grøn, Bodil Hammer Bech, Dorte Rytter

“…Outcomes were: daytime consultation rates and frequent GP attendance (> 7 annual GP consultations). …”
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