Associations between community well-being and hospitalisation rates: results from a cross-sectional study within six US states by Jeph Herrin, Carley Riley, Erica Spatz, Kenneth P Kell, Elizabeth Y Rula, Harlan Krumholz

“…Results were similar for cardiovascular-related and respiratory-related admissions, but no association remained for cancer-related hospitalisation after adjustment. Patterns were similar for each of the WBI domains and all-cause hospitalisations.Conclusion and relevance Community well-being is inversely associated with local hospitalisation rates. …”
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Use of supervised and unsupervised approaches to make zonal application maps for variable-rate application of crop growth regulators in commercial cotton fields by Maria C. da S. Andrea, Cristiano F. de Oliveira, Fabrícia C. M. Mota, Rafael C. dos Santos, Edilson F. Rodrigues Junior, Lucas M. Bianchi, Rodrigo S. de Oliveira, Caio M. de Gouveia, Victor G. S. Barbosa, Marco A. Bispo E Silva

“…For cotton, zonal maps for crop growth regulator (CGR) applications under variable-rate (VR) strategies are commonly based exclusively on vegetation indices (VIs) variability. …”
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Trends in Positive Urine Culture Rates and Antimicrobial Resistance in Non-Hospitalized Children from Western Romania: A Retrospective Observational Study by Constantin Catalin Marc, Maria Daniela Mot, Monica Licker, Delia Muntean, Daniela Teodora Marti, Ana Alexandra Ardelean, Alina Ciceu, Sergiu Adrian Sprintar, Daniela Adriana Oatis, Alin Gabriel Mihu, Tudor Rares Olariu

“…Near-complete susceptibility was observed for fosfomycin (99.71%) and nitrofurantoin (96.01%), while high susceptibility rates were also observed for ciprofloxacin (85.43%) and amoxicillin–clavulanic acid (75.05%). …”
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Normal Expiratory Flow Rate and Lung Volumes in Patients with Combined Emphysema and Interstitial Lung Disease: A Case Series and Literature Review by Karen L Heathcote, Donald W Cockcroft, Derek A Fladeland, Mark E Fenton

“…Pulmonary function tests in patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis characteristically show a restrictive pattern including small lung volumes and increased expiratory flow rates resulting from a reduction in pulmonary compliance due to diffuse fibrosis. …”
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Heart rate and EEG gamma band connectivity in the ventral attention network during emotional movie stimulation in women with high emotion dysregulation by Francesca Fusina, Marco Marino, Alessandro Angrilli

“…Both the High Dysregulation (HD) and Low Dysregulation (LD) groups watched 18 validated video-clips divided in 6 different emotional categories (Erotic, Scenery, Neutral, Sadness, Compassion and Fear) while EEG from 64 electrodes and heart rate (HR) were recorded. Focusing on alpha and gamma EEG rhythms, the connectivity within the VAN network and between VAN and other five relevant networks (DAN, DMN, LN, SMN, VN) was computed and then correlated with the heart rate.ResultsResults showed a different pattern of HR-Network-connectivity correlation in the two groups. …”
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Steadying the Ship: Can Export Proceeds Repatriation Policy Stabilize Indonesian Exchange Rates Amid Short-Term Capital Flow Fluctuations? by Sondang Marsinta Uli Panggabean, Mahjus Ekananda, Beta Yulianita Gitaharie, Leslie Djuranovik

“…Furthermore, we identify a reversal pattern in the impacts of both repatriated export proceeds and short-term foreign capital flows after 3–5 days, suggesting a potential need to evaluate policies aimed at dampening short-term capital flow impacts on exchange rate volatility. …”
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Mechanical responses of sandstone exposed to triaxial differential cyclic loading with distinct unloading rates of confining stress: A lab scale investigation by Z. Y. Song, W. H. Zhang, Z. Yu, Y. Zhao, M. Zhang, W. G. Dang

“…The confining stress unloading rate can dominate the radial strain rate, while the axial DCL pattern has an unpronounced effect. …”
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Using mathematical models to evaluate germination rate and seedlings length of chickpea seed (Cicer arietinum L.) to osmotic stress at cardinal temperatures. by Sikandar Shah, Sami Ullah, Sajjad Ali, Ajmal Khan, Muhammad Ali, Said Hassan

“…Germination percentage (G%) decreased significantly at (*P ≤ 0.05) from 86.7% at 28°C in -0.2 MPa to 10% in -0.2 MPa at 7°C. The germination rate (GR = 1/t50) against different T percentiles exhibited that linear increase was observed in the GR pattern above and below the To. …”
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Joint Optical Performance Monitoring and Modulation Format/Bit-Rate Identification by CNN-Based Multi-Task Learning by Xiaojie Fan, Yulai Xie, Fang Ren, Yiying Zhang, Xiaoshan Huang, Wei Chen, Tianwen Zhangsun, Jianping Wang

“…A novel technique is proposed for joint multi-impairment optical performance monitoring (OPM) with bit-rate and modulation format identification (BR-MFI) in next-generation heterogeneous optic communication networks by convolution neural network (CNN)-based deep multi-task learning (MTL) on asynchronous delay-tap sampling phase portraits. …”
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Secular trends in heat related illness and excess sun exposure rates across climatic zones in the United States from 2017 to 2022 by Marta Pineda-Moncusí, Rabia Ali Khan, Albert Prats-Uribe, Daniel Prieto-Alhambra, Sara Khalid

“…We examined HRI and excess sun exposure incidence rates (IR) [95% confidence interval (CI) per 100,000 person-years], and their correlation with regional maximum temperatures across 9 US climatic zones 33,603,572 individuals were followed from 2017 to 2022. …”
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Comparative Transcriptomic Analysis Between High- and Low-Growth-Rate Meat-Type Rabbits Reveals Key Pathways Associated with Muscle Development by Chao Yang, Lingxi Zhu, Li Tang, Xiangyu Zhang, Min Lei, Xiaohong Xie, Cuixia Zhang, Dingsheng Yuan, Congyan Li, Ming Zhang

“…To elucidate the primary signaling pathways governing muscle development, we first performed comparative body weight analyses between two rabbit breeds exhibiting divergent growth rates: the fast-growing Checkered Giant (Ju) and slow-growing Sichuan Ma rabbit. …”
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Chronobiological variations of acute aortic dissection in a Northwest Chinese population by Ermek Tangsakar, Rinat Imamu, Aybek Nabi, Dongqing Chang, Yongzhong Guo

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Urban malaria in Accra, Ghana: transmission risk and influence of irrigated vegetable farms by Abdul Rahim Mohammed Sabtiu, Isaac Kwame Sraku, Christopher Mfum Owusu-Asenso, Yaw Akuamoah-Boateng, Richard Tettey Doe, Emmanuel Nana Boadu, Judith Dzifa Azumah, Nana Aba Setorwu Eyeson, Anisa Abdulai, Godfred Amoateng, Simon Kwaku Attah, Fred Aboagye-Antwi, Yaw Asare Afrane

“…Tuba, an urban irrigated site, had the highest sporozoite infectivity (6.41%, 10/156), with higher indoor (6.82%, 6/88) than outdoor (5.88%, 4/68) rate. This study showed that irrigated urban Agriculture drives urban malaria transmission in Accra, with high human bloodmeal indices and sporozoite infectivity, especially indoors. …”
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Hemodialysis Procedure–Associated Autonomic Imbalance and Cardiac Arrhythmias: Insights From Continuous 14‐Day ECG Monitoring by Nichole M. Rogovoy, Stacey J. Howell, Tiffany L. Lee, Christopher Hamilton, Erick A. Perez‐Alday, Muammar M. Kabir, Yanwei Zhang, Esther D. Kim, Jessica Fitzpatrick, Jose M. Monroy‐Trujillo, Michelle M. Estrella, Stephen M. Sozio, Bernard G. Jaar, Rulan S. Parekh, Larisa G. Tereshchenko

“…We hypothesized that the occurrence of paroxysmal arrhythmias is associated with changes in heart rate and heart rate variability in different phases of hemodialysis. …”
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Emptying villages, overflowing glasses: Out-migration and drinking patterns in Rural China by Yaxin LAN, Lei JIN

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Investigating employment patterns and determinants in the European Union through panel data insights by Vasilescu Maria Denisa, Stănilă Larisa, Crivoi Silvana, Belu Maria Berta

“…Our results indicated that social protection expenses, income, and gender inequalities negatively influence the employment rate. In contrast, educational, trade openness, and research and development expenditures increase employment in the EU. …”
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Patterns of inter-populational and inter-individual variation in tolerance of sublethal progressive hypoxia and warming in the European seabass Dicentrarchus labrax by Julie J. H. Nati, Charles Rodde, Charles Rodde, Charles Rodde, Felipe R. Blasco, Felipe R. Blasco, Germain Salou, Alain Vergnet, Hugues de Verdal, Hugues de Verdal, Marc Vandeputte, François Allal, David J. McKenzie

“…Finally, the traits of tolerance were not dependent on individual standard metabolic rate at either temperature.…”
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Altered Movement Coordination during Functional Reach Tasks in Patients with Chronic Low Back Pain and Its Relationship to Numerical Pain Rating Scores by Susanne M. van der Veen, Christopher R. France, James S. Thomas

“…Self-report measures of numerical pain ratings, kinesiophobia, and pain catastrophizing were obtained. …”
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Which Has a Superior Dosimetric Profile in Image-guided High-dose-rate Brachytherapy of Cervix – Tandem Ovoid or Tandem Ring Applicator? by Ramya Rangarajan

“…Objective: This study aims to evaluate and compare the dosimetric performance of tandem ovoid (TO) and tandem ring (TR) applicators in image-guided high-dose-rate intracavitary brachytherapy for cervical cancer. …”
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Features of daily dynamics of blood pressure in patients with high and very high cardiovascular risk by SCORE scale and concomitant phenomenon of heart rate turbulence by А. І. Vytryhovsky

“…The presence of the phenomenon of heart rate turbulence in patients with existing cardiovascular disease does not lead to the emergence of some features or changing patterns in daily blood pressure…”
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