Impact of plant-based diets and associations with health, lifestyle and healthcare utilisation: a population-based survey study by Natalia Echiburu, Maria Antonieta Also-Fontanet, Antoni Sisó-Almirall, Luis González-de Paz

“…Design: We estimated vegetarian and vegan individuals’ national and regional prevalence and analysed their socio-demographic characteristics and weekly dietary intake patterns. Individuals with a plant-based dietary pattern were matched to a control group (1:4) with similar socio-demographic characteristics. …”
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Radiologic Predictors of Disease Recurrence in Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma: A Retrospective Evaluation of MRI and ¹⁸F-FDG-PET/CT Parameters by Banu Karaalioğlu, Tansel Çakır, Ömer Yazıcı, Mustafa S. Tekin, Ebru Karcı

“…<b>Background/Objectives:</b> NPC is a radiosensitive malignancy with high recurrence rates despite therapeutic advances. This study aimed to identify radiologic and metabolic predictors of recurrence in newly diagnosed NPC by integrating MRI and ¹⁸F-FDG PET/CT parameters. …”
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Dynamics of Irregular Freshwater Lenses Evolution in Thin Aquifers of Reclaimed Circular Islands by Chenchen Gao, Tianyuan Zheng, Qinpeng Chang, Xilai Zheng, Xiaoran Song, Jian Luo

“…Furthermore, increased recharge rates notably accelerate freshwater formation and increase the proportion of freshwater volume. …”
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Clinical and Epidemiological Characterization of Patients Diagnosed with Cerebrovascular Disease at the Dr. Gustavo Aldereguía Lima University General Hospital in Cienfuegos by Roberto Castellanos Hernández, Amanda Avello Rodríguez, Tomás Castillo Juiz

“…The most frequent type of stroke was atherothrombotic (292, 37.8 %). A case fatality rate of 19.7 % was reported. A significant association was found between hemorrhagic stroke and higher case fatality. …”
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Analysis of the intellectual structure of knowledge regarding drought vulnerability assessment by Zeinab Asadpourian, Yaser Mohammadi

“…Findings: Results indicated that the growth rate of publications in DVA is approximately 16.5%, with notable increases in both the quality and citation rates of articles over the years. …”
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Decision tree for severity assessment of neurodegenerative diseases using possibility approach and gait dynamics by Preeti Khera, Ashok Kumar, Rajat Kapila

“…Experimental results were established using 11,084 gait pattern recordings from NDD patients and HC. The proposed framework achieved a high coefficient of determination (R2 ≈ 0.90) and low error rates with stratified 10-fold cross-validation. …”
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Treatment response in relation to subthreshold bipolarity in patients with major depressive disorder receiving antidepressant monotherapy: a post hoc data analysis (KOMDD study) by Park Y, Lee B

“…The Beck Depression Inventory (BDI), Hamilton Depression Rating Scale (HAMD), Hamilton Anxiety Scale, and Beck Scale for Suicide Ideation were applied at baseline, 1 week, 3 weeks, 2 months, 3 months, and 6 months. …”
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An Investigation of the Characteristics of the Mei–Yu Raindrop Size Distribution and the Limitations of Numerical Microphysical Parameterization by Zhaoping Kang, Zhimin Zhou, Yinglian Guo, Yuting Sun, Lin Liu

“…At low <i>RR</i>, decreased small-drop and increased large-drop concentrations cause corresponding leftward and rightward RSD shifts with decreasing altitude—a pattern well captured by simulations. However, at elevated rainfall rates, the simulated concentration of large raindrops shows no significant increase, resulting in negligible rightward shifting of RSD in the model outputs. …”
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EFFECT OF NEURODEGENERATIVE CHANGES IN THE BRAIN ON THE FORMATION OF THE DISEASE CLINICAL PICTURE IN PATIENTS WITH MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS by L. N. Prakhova, Ye. P. Magonov, A. G. Ilves, A. A. Bogdan, G. V. Kataeva, Ye. S. Malakhova, Zh. I. Savintseva, I. D. Stolyarov, T. N. Trofimova

“…Neurodegenerative changes of brain structures evolve with different rates, have different intensity and determine the set of symptoms of neurological impairment and severity of disability, which indicates the presence of certain patterns of the process of atrophy in the brain, forming the clinical picture of the disease.…”
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Joint analysis of Borexino and SNO solar neutrino data and reconstruction of the survival probability by Francesco Vissani

“…Solar neutrino oscillations are supported by KamLAND’s antineutrino measurements, but certain solar neutrino data – the observed shape of the 8B flux and the difference between day and night counting rates measured in Super-K – do not fit well with the ensuing oscillation pattern. …”
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New models for MPNST: establishment and comprehensive characterization of two tumor cell lines by Sara Ortega-Bertran, Edgar Creus-Bachiller, Miriam Magallón-Lorenz, Meritxell Carrió, Bernat Gel, Alberto Villanueva, Juan Carlos Lopez-Gutierrez, Anna Estival, Eduard Serra, Juana Fernández-Rodríguez, Conxi Lázaro

“…Methods The cell lines were isolated and extensively characterized genetically (tumor suppressor gene mutation status, DNA content), phenotypically (cell morphology, marker expression), and functionally (proliferation rate, colony formation capacity, migration rate, tumorigenic ability). …”
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Cancelable Multi-Branch Deep Learning Framework for Privacy-Preserving ECG Biometric Authentication by Mohamed Hammad, Ali Abdullah S. AlQahtani, Mohammed ELAffendi, Abdelhamied A. Ateya, Nebojsa Bacanin

“…We evaluate the framework on two publicly available ECG datasets (PTB and ECG-ID) achieving high authentication performance with accuracies of 96.25% and 96.43%, respectively, and Equal Error Rates (EER) of 3.55% and 3.6%. The system meets critical privacy-preserving criteria, including irreversibility, unlinkability, diversity, and revocability. …”
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Evolutionary trajectory estimation via replication simulation of coronavirus spike gene based on random mutation and similarity-based selection by Min Chan Kim, Hye Ji Jung, Seong Sik Jang, Van Thi Lo, Hye Kwon Kim

“…Simulations tracking the evolution of SARS-CoV-2 Wuhan-Hu-1 toward the Omicron variant (BA.1) displayed plateau-like similarity trajectories, where increased substitution rates resulted in a more rapid attainment of the plateau stage. …”
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A neuronal imaging dataset for deep learning in the reconstruction of single-neuron axons by Liya Li, Liya Li, Ying Hu, Ying Hu, Xiaojun Wang, Pei Sun, Tingwei Quan

“…Our results demonstrate significantly improved axon detection rates across both state-of-the-art and traditional methodologies. …”
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Deep Learning Approach for Classifying DDoS Attack Traffic in SDN Environments by Mohd Nadeem, Shweta Dwivedi, Rizwan Akhtar, Shameem Ahmad Ansari, Saumya Singh, Eram Fatima Siddiqui, Rajeev Kumar

“…A neural network classifier analyzes this data to identify complex patterns and behaviors associated with DDoS attacks. …”
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First Molecular Characterization and Antibiogram of Bacteria Isolated From Dairy Farm Wastewater in Bangladesh by Md. Shamsul Islam, Md. Arif-Uz-Zaman Polash, Md. Hakimul Haque

“…Moreover, several antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) including penA, blaTEM, blaCTX−M, tetA, tetB, tetC, and ermB were detected across the bacterial species, with high prevalence rates in P. aeruginosa and A. junii, suggesting the potential for horizontal gene transfer and further spread of resistance. …”
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Association of Paternal Diabetes With Hemorrhagic Stroke in Bangladeshi Women: The MAGPIE Study by Md. Abdullah Yusuf, Redoy Ranjan, Dipannita Adhikary, Adneen Moureen, Maliha Hakim

“…Although males had significantly higher rates of hypertension (p < 0.001), diabetes (p = 0.008), chronic constipation (p = 0.03), and systolic blood pressure (p < 0.001), females were found to have significantly higher body mass index (23.1 ± 3.1 vs. 21.4 ± 2.9; p < 0.001) and paternal diabetes (9.6% vs. 4.8%; p = 0.004) compared to male. …”
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Graph Neural Network With Hessian-Based Locally Linear Embedding for Cancer Metastasis Analysis in Lymph Nodes Using DeepLab Segmentation by Senthil Jayapal, R. Annamalai

“…In clinical settings, where whole-slide images of histological lymph nodes are involved, it is crucial to identify and detect breast cancer metastases. Patient survival rates increase significantly with early detection. …”
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Comparative analysis of aggressiveness in giant cell tumor of bone between upper and lower extremities: A systematic review and meta-analysis by Rhyan Darma Saputra, Dita Anggara Kusuma, Fathih Kaldani, Khoirul Fahmi

“…Emerging evidence suggests unique behavioral patterns of GCTB in extremities. This study seeks to rigorously compare the aggressiveness of GCTB in the upper versus lower extremities, centering on recurrence rates. …”
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Treatment outcomes of bedaquiline-based longer oral antitubercular regimens in Indian children above five years of age by Ira Shah, Dhruv N. Gandhi, Ramsha Ansari, Himanshu Warse, Sachi Kalawadia, Tsering Yangchen, Daksha Shah, Varsha Puri, Sanjay Mattoo, Minnie Bodhanwala

“…Conclusion: BDQ-based regimens are effective in treating pediatric DR-TB, with high treatment completion rates. However, the duration of treatment is 18 months or longer in most patients based on clinico-radiological resolution. …”
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