Effect of nonpharmaceutical interventions on the epidemic trends of scarlet fever in China: a population-based surveillance and modelling study by Xiaojuan Zhang, Yuanhai You, Jie Liu, Lu Sun, Haijian Zhou, Xingxing Zhang, Bike Zhang

“…Dynamic changes in distribution pattern were explored through spatial autocorrelation analysis. …”
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Laboratory based antimicrobial resistance surveillance for Pseudomonas aeruginosa blood isolates from South Africa by Ashika Singh-Moodley, Adriano Duse, Preneshni Naicker, Ranmini Kularatne, Trusha Nana, Ruth Lekalakala, Nontombi Mbelle, Halima Dawood, Khine Swe Swe Han, Praksha Ramjathan, Prathna Bhola, Andrew Whitelaw, Olga Perovic

“…Pseudomonas aeruginosa is an opportunistic healthcare-associated pathogen with high rates of morbidity and mortality and an extensive range of resistance mechanisms. …”
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Hemotropic pathogens in aborted fetuses of domestic ruminants: transplacental transmission and implications for reproductive loss by Daria Jurković Žilić, Šimun Naletilić, Željko Mihaljević, Ema Gagović, Silvio Špičić, Irena Reil, Sanja Duvnjak, Maja Zdelar Tuk, Adnan Hodžić, Relja Beck

“…The highest infection rates were observed in cattle (17.27%) and sheep (15.85%), while goats showed significantly lower prevalence (5.3%). …”
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Spatial distribution and predictors of early childbearing among Ethiopian women: evidence from the 2016 Ethiopian Demographic and Health Survey by Amare Teshome Tefera, Fanuel Gashaw, Martha Solomon, Nebiyu Bekele, Shegaye Shumet, Tigist Mulugeta, Araya Mesfin Nigatu, Solomon Gedlu Nigatu

“…Abstract Background Age at first birth is a crucial factor in understanding fertility patterns within a population. Ethiopia reports high rates of maternal and child mortality alongside elevated fertility levels. …”
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Optimizing Effects of Organic Farming and Moderately Low Nitrogen Levels on Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Pools by Guanghua Wang, Yu Yang, Yuqi Chen, Shilong Yu, Xiaomin Huang, Min Jiang, Zujian Zhang, Lifen Huang

“…Therefore, a field trial was conducted to elucidate the impacts of different cultivation patterns and nitrogen application rates on soil carbon and nitrogen pools, especially on how these factors affect the components of soil organic carbon. …”
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Role of TRP channels and HSPs in thermal stress response in the aphid parasitoid Aphelinus asychis (Hymenoptera: Aphelinidae) by Xiang LIU, Zhi-wei KANG, Xing-lin YU, Fan LI, Tong-xian LIU, Qiang LI

“…Moreover, Aasyhsp40 and Aasyhsp90 showed higher expression levels in females, while Aasyshsp and Aasyhsp70-3 presented opposite expression patterns. At temperature above 35°C, expression of AasyPyrexia in females was significant higher than that in males, whereas AasyPainless and AasyTRPA5 presented higher expression in males at 40 and 41°C, respectively. …”
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Bacterial Epidemiology and Antimicrobial Resistance in Children in Shandong Province, China, 2017–2022: A Multicentre Retrospective Study by Yang S, Wang M, Wang S

“…In the composition of strain specimens, most of the strains came from the respiratory tract (59.8%), followed by pus (11.4%). The resistance rate of Staphylococcus spp. to penicillins remains high at 90%, while the resistance rate to linezolid is low but shows an upward trend. …”
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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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Impact of PM2.5 Exposure on Reproductive Health and Sperm Functions in Mice from a High-Pollution Industrial Environment by Fu-Jen Cheng, Chung-Shin Yuan, Xin Chen, Yu-Sheng Lin, Ping-Hsun Wu, Ping-Chi Hsu

“…Results Exposure to WS-PM2.5 and WI-PM2.5 reduced rates of normal sperm morphology, with each also presenting unique toxic effects. …”
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Machine learning-based source apportionment and source-oriented probabilistic ecological risk assessment of heavy metals in urban green spaces by Jun Li, Jia-Yi Lu, Xin-Ying Tuo, Chao Wang, Jun-Zhuo Liu, Zhan-Dong Gao, Cun-Hao Yu, Fei Zang

“…Elevated concentrations, particularly of Zn, Cd, Pb, and Hg, displayed distinct spatial patterns linked to industrial activities and urban development. …”
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Global, regional and national burden of asthma from 1990 to 2021: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021 by Liwen Zhang, Jilei Lin, Jing Zhang, ShuHua Yuan, Mingyu Tang, Yong Yin, Hejun Jiang, Guijun Yang, Jiande Chen, Jiajun Yuan

“…The age and sex-specific patterns indicated a higher asthma burden among females. …”
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Regional trends in perceptions of American Shoulder and Elbow Surgeons towards barriers to access for patients with Medicaid: limited perioperative service access, low patient enga... by Patrick Saunders, MD, Abhay Mathur, MD, Jordan Frausto, BA, Carlos D. Ramirez, BS, Adam Z. Khan, MD, Brad Bushnell, MD, Hafiz F. Kassam, MD

“…Results: A total of 257 (18.5% response rate) ASES members completed the survey. The mean year in practice for respondents was 14. …”
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Predominance of gram-negative multidrug-resistant pathogens causing lower respiratory tract infections among gene X-pert negative presumptive tuberculosis patients in Dar Es Salaam... by Irene Rabiel, Mtebe Majigo, Loveness Urio, Lilian Nkinda, Peter Richard Torokaa, Elieshiupendo M. Niccodem, Mabula Kasubi, Doreen Kamori, Joel Manyahi, Agricola Joachim

“…MTB was detected only in high‑quality sputum samples. The high resistance rate to commonly prescribed antibiotics for LRTIs called for further large-scale studies to guide and/or refine treatment guidelines and optimize patient care.…”
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Comparison of neoadjuvant chemoimmunotherapy with planned surgery and concurrent chemoradiation followed by immunotherapy for potentially resectable stage III non-small-cell lung c... by Yana Qi, Xiaoyang Zhai, Qinhao Xu, Yuqin Jin, Yingfan Guo, Miaoqing Zhao, Hui Zhu, Hongbo Guo

“…Median overall survival (OS) was NR in either group, with 3-year OS rates of 87.5% in the neoCT/IO group and 75.0% in the cCRT + IO group (p = 0.22). …”
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Epidemiological and clinical analysis, and outcomes of tuberculosis co-infection among people living with HIV in Türkiye (2014-2024) ClinSurv HIV cohort: A large case series. by Ali Mert, Okan Derin, Esra Zerdali, Abdurrahman Kaya, Özlem Gül, Deniz Borcak, Ahmet Furkan Kurt, Meliha Meriç Koç, Bircan Kayaaslan, Ayşe Batırel, Alper Gündüz, İnci Yılmaz Nakir, Gülşen Yörük, Dilek Yıldız Sevgi, Hayat Kumbasar Karaosmanoğlu, Bilgül Mete, Melike Nur Özçelik, Nagehan D Sarı, Yasemin Akkoyunlu, Fehmi Tabak

“…In patients who underwent chest CT scans (n=200), radiological patterns revealed post primary TB in 46%, primary TB in 36%, and miliary TB in 18%. …”
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GPS tracking methods for spatiotemporal air pollution exposure assessment: comparison and challenges in study implementation by Kalliopi Kyriakou, Benjamin Flückiger, Danielle Vienneau, Nicole Probst-Hensch, Ayoung Jeong, Medea Imboden, Aletta Karsies, Oliver Schmitz, Derek Karssenberg, Roel Vermeulen, Gerard Hoek, Kees de Hoogh

“…Results In Switzerland, participants were recruited from the COVCO-Basel cohort (33% recruitment rate; 489 of 1,475). In the Netherlands, -random recruitment was unsuccessful (1.4% rate; 41 of 3,000). …”
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Conversational AI agent for precision oncology: AI-HOPE-WNT integrates clinical and genomic data to investigate WNT pathway dysregulation in colorectal cancer by Ei-Wen Yang, Brigette Waldrup, Enrique Velazquez-Villarreal, Enrique Velazquez-Villarreal

“…Exploratory queries further assessed treatment response, co-mutation patterns, and population-specific trends.ResultsIn recapitulation analyses, AI-HOPE-WNT reproduced key trends from prior work, including improved survival in WNT-altered EOCRC and higher RNF43 mutation rates in Hispanic/Latino (H/L) populations compared to non-Hispanic White (NHW) people. …”
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Estimating the burden of disease attributable to non-assisted suicide in Switzerland from 2009 to 2021: a secondary data analysis by Annora Mack, Sarah Rajkumar, Jacob Kofler, Kaspar Wyss

“…The stark sex disparity in suicide rates further underscores the need for sex-sensitive approaches. …”
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Recursive Class Connectivity Classification (R3C) Applied to Binary Image Segmentation for Improved Infant Fingerprint Enhancement by Joao Leonardo Harres Dall Agnol, Luiz Fernando Puttow Southier, Jefferson Tales Oliva, Marcelo Teixeira, Rodrigo Minetto, Marcelo Filipak, Dalcimar Casanova, Erick Oliveira Rodrigues

“…Consequently, identification rates for children remain significantly lower than those achieved with adult fingerprints. …”
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Heterogeneity of Candida bloodstream isolates in an academic medical center and affiliated hospitals by Nancy E. Scott, Elizabeth Wash, Christopher Zajac, Serin E. Erayil, Susan E. Kline, Anna Selmecki

“…Phenotypic data, including patterns of antifungal drug resistance, are limited. …”
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