Exploring different modelling approaches to forecast the community acute respiratory infections burden in children: an Italian epidemiological time series study by Riccardo Boracchini, Benedetta Canova, Pietro Ferrara, Elisa Barbieri, Pietro Giorgio Lovaglio, Antonio Scamarcia, Giovanni Corrao, Daniele Donà, Carlo Giaquinto, Costanza Di Chiara, Anna Cantarutti

“…We analysed monthly incidence rates of ARIs from September 2010 to September 2023, following the typical seasonal pattern of these infections. …”
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Comparative analysis of N-acetyltransferase 2 genotyping results among patients with newly diagnosed pulmonary tuberculosis residing in the Sakha Republic (Yakutia) by N. M. Krasnova, E. N. Efremova, A. A. Egorova, O. I. Filippova, Y. V. Chertovskikh, Z. A. Rudykh, E. A. Alekseeva, T. E. Tatarinova, D. A. Sokorutov, N. S. Val, M. K. Vinokurova, A. F. Karvchenko, A. I. Vengerovskii, D. A. Sychev

“…Correlations were shown between ethnicity and different prevalence rates of rapid, medium, or slow acetylation types among patients with TB.Conclusion. …”
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The impact of event tourism on tourism facilities operating in Azerbaijan by Hikmat Hasanov

“…Some potential impacts include: Hotels, hostels and other accommodation facilities may experience increased demand during major events, leading to increased occupancy rates and potentially higher prices. Restaurants, cafes and bars may see an increase in customers, especially those located near event venues. …”
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Syndromic Testing in the Pandemic Era and Beyond: Rapid Detection for Respiratory Infections in Istanbul by Mustafa Onel, Hayriye Kırkoyun Uysal, Arat Hulikyan, Yasemin Ayse Ucar, Gizem Yapar, Aytaj Allahverdiyeva, Serra Zeynep Akkoyunlu, Eray Yurtseven, Mehmet Demirci, Sevim Mese, Ali Agacfidan

“…In light of our findings showing high rates of SARS-CoV-2 and RV/EV detection, along with diverse patterns of coinfection in clinical samples, such comprehensive testing not only assists in rapid diagnosis but also informs public health strategies by reflecting the evolving landscape of respiratory infections in the pandemic and post-pandemic era.…”
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Clinical characteristics of obsessive-compulsive disorder comorbid with obsessive -compulsive personality disorder: subtype implications by Ayse Dondu, Levent Sevincok

“…The severity of current OC symptoms was assessed using the Yale–Brown Obsessive Compulsive Scale (Y-BOCS), while depressive symptoms were measured with the Hamilton Depression Rating Scale (HDRS). Anxiety symptoms were also evaluated using the Hamilton Anxiety Rating Scale (HARS).ResultsAmong 148 OCD patients, 58.8% met the diagnostic criteria for OCPD. …”
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Helicopter hoist operations in German mid-range mountains retrospective analysis of incidence, medical characteristics, and mission tactics by Sebastian Heinrich, Christoph Wielant, Frank Lerch, Mirko Friedrich, Jörg Braun, Florian Reifferscheid, Hans-Jörg Busch, for the Scientific Working Group of German Air Rescue

“…The contributing air rescue bases' operational tactics and the underlying medical characteristics, such as injury patterns and the provided medical care, are also reported. …”
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Socio-economic inequalities in all-cause mortality during the COVID-19 period in north-western Tanzania, 2018–2021 by Sophia Adam Kagoye, Charles Mangya, Eveline Konje, Jim Todd, Chodziwadziwa Kabudula, Jean Bashingwa, Jacqueline Materu, Coleman Kishamawe, Ties Boerma, Milly Marston, Mark Urassa

“…We observed an increase in differences in crude death rates by age groups, area of residence, and wealth quintiles during the COVID-19 period. …”
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Designing for Engagement in Primary Health Education Through Digital Game-Based Learning: Cross-National Behavioral Evidence from the iLearn4Health Platform by Evgenia Gkintoni, Emmanuella Magriplis, Fedra Vantaraki, Charitini-Maria Skoulidi, Panagiotis Anastassopoulos, Alexandra Cornea, Begoña Inchaurraga, Jaione Santurtun, Ainhoa de la Cruz Mancha, George Giorgakis, Kleri Kouppas, Stella Timotheou, Maria Jose Moreno Juan, Miren Muñagorri, Marta Harasiuk, Alfredo Garmendia Lopez, Efi Skoulidi, Apostolos Vantarakis

“…The study employed multiple statistical approaches—descriptive analysis, correlation analysis, ANOVA, regression modeling, and cluster analysis—to identify design engagement patterns and their predictors, tracking completion rates, progress trajectories, and interaction time as indicators of design effectiveness. …”
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Path to Heritagization in Landscape Architecture: A Review of the Regeneration Design of Beijing Changchunyuan Park by Yufan ZHU

“…This place is a gathering of temples and guild halls and a primary access route to Xuanwu Gate which is the southern gateway to the imperial city. …”
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Smart Grid Intrusion Detection for IEC 60870-5-104 With Feature Optimization, Privacy Protection, and Honeypot-Firewall Integration by Pedamallu Sai Mrudula, Rayappa David Amar Raj, Archana Pallakonda, Yanamala Rama Muni Reddy, K. Krishna Prakasha, V. Anandkumar

“…The experimental results demonstrate the framework’s operational capability and effectiveness for SCADA network security, achieving 99.29% accuracy, 94.8% recall and 4.1% false positive rates.…”
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Maize leaves salt-responsive genes revealed by comparative transcriptome of salt-tolerant and salt-sensitive cultivars during the seedling stage by Mingfang Ji, Sirui Xu, Zhongxian Ma, Chengnan Xiao, Jiangting Xu, Yanfang Zhu, Ronghao Cai, Chen Bo

“…The ST cultivar demonstrated superior seedling survival rates, higher relative water content, and lower electrolyte leakage and malondialdehyde levels in its leaves after both 3-day and 7-day salt treatments, when compared to the SS cultivar. …”
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DiffuseGaitNet: Improving Parkinson’s Disease Gait Severity Assessment With a Diffusion Model Framework by Arshak Rezvani, Nasrin Ravansalar, Mohammad Ali Akhaee, Andrew J. Greenshaw, Russell Greiner, Maryam S. Mirian, Muhammad Yousefnezhad, Martin J. McKeown

“…Assessing the severity of gait impairment in Parkinson’s disease (PD) using the Movement Disorder Society’s Unified Parkinson’s Disease Rating Scale (MDS-UPDRS) is typically performed by clinical experts, but this process is time-consuming, subjective, and costly. …”
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Whole-Genome Sequence-Based Diversity of <i>Mycobacterium tuberculosis</i> Strains Isolated from a Central Western Region of Mexico by Andrea Monserrat Negrete-Paz, Gerardo Vázquez-Marrufo, Adrián Rodríguez-Carlos, Bruno Rivas-Santiago, Ma. Soledad Vázquez-Garcidueñas

“…Tuberculosis remains a significant health issue in Mexico, which has one of the highest incidence rates in the Americas. This study aimed to analyze the circulating sublineages, spoligotypes, drug resistance, and transmission patterns of <i>Mycobacterium tuberculosis</i> in Mexico’s Central Western region using whole-genome sequencing. …”
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SOH Estimation Method for Lithium-Ion Batteries Using Partial Discharge Curves Based on CGKAN by Shengfeng He, Wenhu Qin, Zhonghua Yun, Chao Wu, Chongbin Sun

“…Next, a SOH estimation framework based on the CGKAN model is developed, where 1-Dimensional-Convolutional Neural Networks (1D-CNN) are used to extract deep features from the original data, Bidirectional Gated Recurrent Unit (BiGRU) captures the bidirectional dependencies of the time series, and Kolmogorov–Arnold Networks (KAN) enhances the modeling of complex nonlinear features through its nonlinear mapping capabilities, thereby improving the accuracy of SOH estimation. …”
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AEMS: Adaptive Ensemble GNNs for Multibehavior Stream Recommendation by Ritchie Natuan Caibigan, Punyaphol Horata, Pusadee Seresangtakul

“…The AEMS synergizes long-term preference patterns (derived from historical interactions) with real-time user intents and item attributes (captured through multibehavior signals), integrating them via an adaptive ensemble neural gating mechanism. …”
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Deep learning driven prediction and comparative study of surrounding rock deformation in high speed railway tunnels by Zeping Yang, Zhikai Cheng, Da Wu

“…The methodology incorporates quadratic exponential smoothing for outlier mitigation, followed by sequential feature extraction using convolutional neural networks (CNNs) and bidirectional gated recurrent units (GRUs). Comparative experiments demonstrate the model’s superiority over conventional architectures including RNN, LSTM, GRU, and CNN-GRU. …”
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Forecasting Sales in Live-Streaming Cross-Border E-Commerce in the UK Using the Temporal Fusion Transformer Model by Qi Zhang, Xue Li, Pengbin Gao

“…Our multimodal approach integrates diverse time series data, including historical sales, key opinion leader (KOL) influence, and seasonal patterns. The Temporal Fusion Transformer (TFT) model demonstrated consistently lower Mean Absolute Error (MAE), Root Mean Squared Error (RMSE), and Mean Squared Error (MSE) across all forecasting horizons compared to other machine learning approaches, including Long Short-Term Memory (LSTM), Convolutional Neural Networks (CNN), and Gated Recurrent Unit(GPU)-accelerated architectures. …”
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A clustering-based federated deep learning approach for enhancing diabetes management with privacy-preserving edge artificial intelligence by Xinyi Yang, Juan Li

“…We develop tailored models that enhance prediction accuracy by clustering patients based on carbohydrate (CHO) intake patterns. Utilizing Simple Recurrent Neural Network (SimpleRNN) and Gated Recurrent Unit (GRU) methods, the study evaluates the performance of local patients who contribute to training the cluster and global (non-cluster) models. …”
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Anomaly Detection in Network Traffic via Cross-Domain Federated Graph Representation Learning by Yanli Zhao, Zongduo Liu, Junjie Pang

“…Traditional detection approaches typically rely on statistical features while overlooking the interaction patterns and structural dependencies among traffic flows. …”
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Impact of post-transplant cyclophosphamide with bendamustine on immune reconstitution in young patients undergoing T-cell replete haploidentical bone marrow transplantation: result... by Forrest L. Baker, Forrest L. Baker, Forrest L. Baker, Jessica Stokes, Megan J. Cracchiolo, Dan Davini, Richard J. Simpson, Richard J. Simpson, Richard J. Simpson, Richard J. Simpson, Emmanuel Katsanis, Emmanuel Katsanis, Emmanuel Katsanis, Emmanuel Katsanis

“…Multi-parameter flow cytometry and TCR β sequencing of genomic DNA was performed on isolated PBMCs on PT days +30, +60, +100, +180, and +365.ResultsOverall, the PT-CY/BEN (n=14) regimen was associated with earlier neutrophil and platelet engraftment, reduced transfusion requirements, and comparable clinical outcomes to PT-CY (n=10), including survival and relapse rates. PT-CY/BEN patients exhibited distinct immune reconstitution patterns, characterized by earlier CD4+ T-cell recovery, impaired CD8+ T-cell engraftment, and reduced NK-cell counts. …”
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