An approach to using stranding data to monitor cetacean population trends and guide conservation strategies by Rachel L. Lennon, Rosie S. Williams, Kathryn J. Allan, Mariel T.I. ten Doeschate, Nicholas J. Davison, Simon A. Babayan, Andrew C. Brownlow

“…Species were clustered into broad ecological groups - baleen whales, short-beaked common dolphins, deep divers, harbour porpoises and pelagic dolphins - for spatiotemporal analysis of stranding patterns. All groups showed increases in annual stranding rates over the study period, with common dolphins and baleen whales exhibiting exponential increases, suggesting these species may be facing heightened pressures. …”
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Investigating antibiotic use in Gaza Strip hospitals: A retrospective cross-sectional analysis by Hala ZI Alagha, Maha Jebreel Al Telbani

“… Introduction: Rates of antimicrobial resistance in the Gaza Strip are rising while regulations on antibiotics use are weakly implemented. …”
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Integrated Platform for Bio-Image Processing and Identification of Cervical Cancer by Larisa-Dalina LAZĂR, Diogen BABUC, Todor IVAŞCU

“…The integration of artificial intelligence in medical imaging can contribute to early detection and contribute to reduction of mortality rates associated with this disease. A future direction is to explore the applications of Vision Transformers, which have demonstrated excellent performance in capturing complex patterns in image data, to further improve data preprocessing and classification accuracy. …”
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Mortality trends in Kazakhstan: insights from a million of deaths from 2014 to 2022 by Temirgali Aimyshev, Gulnur Zhakhina, Sauran Yerdessov, Ruslan Akhmedullin, Dinara Galiyeva, Kuanysh Yergaliyev, Antonio Sarria-Santamera, Yuliya Semenova, Abduzhappar Gaipov

“…COVID-19 significantly disrupted mortality patterns in 2020–2021. Mortality rates were consistently higher in males across most age groups, with a sharp increase after age 55, while “other disorders of the brain” emerged as a leading cause of premature mortality. …”
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Examining changes in social care referrals during the 2021 Winter Storm Uri in the Unite Texas network by Zackery White, Amanda Terry, Gillian Feldmeth, Alyssa Altstaedter, Halima Ahmadi-Montecalvo

“…Following the storm, case rates returned to pre-storm levels, with increased case resolution and reduced time to case closure. …”
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Prevalence and factors associated with Babesia bigemina infection in Crioula Lageana cattle breed by Mariana da Silva Casa, Julio de Mattos Vettori, Ketriane Mota de Souza, Paulo Ricardo Benetti Todeschini, Luiz Cláudio Miletti, Carla Ivane Ganz Vogel, André Luís Ferreira Lima, Joandes Henrique Fonteque

“…Males showed significantly higher infection rates (79%; 49/62) compared to females (55%; 137/249; OR=3.36, p<0.001). …”
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Fertility differences across immigrant generations in the United Kingdom by Jiseon Baek, Hill Kulu, Sarah Christison, Francesca Fiori

“…OBJECTIVE: This study examines the first-, second-, and third-birth rates of three migrant generation groups in the United Kingdom – 1.5G, 2G, and 2.5G. …”
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Comparing Machine Learning-Based Crime Hotspots Versus Police Districts: What&#x2019;s the Best Approach for Crime Forecasting? by Eugenio Cesario, Paolo Lindia, Andrea Vinci

“…Then, crime forecasting models are extracted for each area, to monitor and predict how crime rates evolve over time within each partition. However, traditional spatial partitioning approaches, which divide cities into predefined police districts based on geographic and operational considerations, often fail to account for variations in crime patterns. …”
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"What happens when you get corona?": Children's questions and parental responses about the COVID-19 pandemic. by Graciela Trujillo Hernández, David Menendez, Seung Heon Yoo, Rebecca E Klapper, Maria H Schapfel, Kailee A Sowers, Victoria E Welch, Karl S Rosengren

“…Meanwhile, parents during the second peak of infection and death rates were more focused on responding to their children's questions with information about the virus. …”
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Macroepidemiological trends of Influenza A virus detection through reverse transcription real-time polymerase chain reaction (RT-rtPCR) in porcine samples in the United States over... by Daniel C. A. Moraes, Guilherme A. Cezar, Edison S. Magalhães, Rafael R. Nicolino, Kinath Rupasinghe, Srijita Chandra, Gustavo S. Silva, Marcelo N. Almeida, Bret Crim, Eric R. Burrough, Phillip C. Gauger, Darin Madson, Joseph Thomas, Michael A. Zeller, Rodger Main, Mary Thurn, Paulo Lages, Cezar A. Corzo, Mattew Sturos, Hemant Naikare, Rob McGaughey, Franco Matias Ferreyra, Jamie Retallick, Jordan Gebhardt, Sara McReynolds, Jon Greseth, Darren Kersey, Travis Clement, Angela Pillatzki, Jane Christopher-Hennings, Beth S. Thompson, Melanie Prarat, Dennis Summers, Craig Bowen, Joseph Boyle, Kenitra Hendrix, James Lyons, Kelli Werling, Andreia G. Arruda, Mark Schwartz, Mark Schwartz, Paul Yeske, Deborah Murray, Brigitte Mason, Peter Schneider, Samuel Copeland, Luc Dufresne, Daniel Boykin, Corrine Fruge, William Hollis, Rebecca C. Robbins, Thomas Petznick, Kurt Kuecker, Lauren Glowzenski, Megan Niederwerder, Daniel C. L. Linhares, Giovani Trevisan

“…IAV detection followed a seasonal pattern, with peaks in spring and fall and lower positivity rates in summer. …”
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Multi-omics analysis of Taiwanofungus gaoligongensis: effects of different cultivation methods on secondary metabolites by Tingwen He, Tingwen He, Tingwen He, Xiaolong Yuan, Liangjun Xiao, Tanggeran Hu, Yi Wang, Xiaolei Zhao, Xiaolei Zhao, Xiaolei Zhao, Lu Li, Lu Li, Chengbo Peng, Chengbo Peng, Chengbo Peng, Hongling Zhang, Hongling Zhang, Hongling Zhang, Yuan Zheng, Yuan Zheng, Yuan Zheng, Yuan Zheng

“…In particular, the expression of TgHMGR was markedly higher in NZJB than in XZJB and DM, correlating with the elevated terpenoids and triterpenoids levels, suggesting that TgHMGR may act as a key rate-limiting enzyme in the terpenoid biosynthesis pathway of T. gaoligongensis. …”
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Species Composition, Phenotypic and Genotypic Resistance Levels in Major Malaria Vectors in Teso North and Teso South Subcounties in Busia County, Western Kenya by Edward K. Githinji, Lucy W. Irungu, Paul N. Ndegwa, Maxwell G. Machani, Richard O. Amito, Brigid J. Kemei, Paul N. Murima, Geoffrey M. Ombui, Antony K. Wanjoya, Charles M. Mbogo, Evan M. Mathenge

“…Indoor resting mosquitoes had 100% mortality rate after 24 h since exposure. Overall SS genotypic frequency in Teso North and Teso South subcounties was 79.4% against 13.7% homozygous LL genotype and 6.9% heterozygous LS genotype. …”
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Estimation of long-term gridded cloud radiative kernel and radiative effects based on cloud fraction by X. Liu, T. He, Q. Wang, X. Xiao, Y. Ma, Y. Wang, S. Luo, L. Du, Z. Wu, Z. Wu

“…The GCF-CRKs exhibit similar signs and patterns and enhanced stability compared to existing kernels. …”
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Exciton-phonon coupling and phonon-assisted exciton relaxation dynamics in In1-xGaxP quantum dots by Beiye C. Li, Kailai Lin, Ping-Jui E. Wu, Aritrajit Gupta, Kaiyue Peng, Siddhartha Sohoni, Justin C. Ondry, Zirui Zhou, Caitlin C. Bellora, Young Jay Ryu, Stella Chariton, David J. Gosztola, Vitali B. Prakapenka, Richard D. Schaller, Dmitri V. Talapin, Eran Rabani, Gregory S. Engel

“…We identify a slower hot exciton cooling rate in In0.62Ga0.38P/ZnS, attributed to the presence of ‘energy-retaining’ valley exciton states with strong exciton-phonon coupling. …”
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Demonstration of Scully–Drühl-type quantum erasers on quantum computers by Bo-Hung Chen, Dah-Wei Chiou, Hsiu-Chuan Hsu

“…On the IBM Quantum platform, delay gates can be employed to further defer the random choice, thereby amplifying the retrocausal effect. …”
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Tobacco and other substance co-use among adolescents and young adults with cancer who use tobacco: prevalence and associations with nicotine dependence and depression by Eun Jeong Oh, Michael A Diefenbach, Elizabeth J Siembida, Brittney Greene, Kara P Wiseman, Melissa Basile, Nehal P Vadhan

“…When AYA cancer survivors who use tobacco had major depression, alcohol co-use was associated with lower rates of nicotine dependence (aOR=0.08, 95% CI=0.01, 0.53).Conclusions There are high rates of substance co-use among AYAs who use tobacco, consistent across cancer history. …”
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The Prevalence of Anatomical Variations of the Median Nerve in the Carpal Tunnel: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. by Brandon Michael Henry, Helena Zwinczewska, Joyeeta Roy, Jens Vikse, Piravin Kumar Ramakrishnan, Jerzy A Walocha, Krzysztof A Tomaszewski

“…Our aim was to determine the prevalence rates of anatomical variations of the MN in the carpal tunnel and the most common course patterns and variations in its thenar motor branch (TMB).…”
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Prognostic Indicators and Comparative Treatment Outcomes in High-Risk Thyroid Cancer with Laryngotracheal Invasion by Eman A. Toraih, Jessan A. Jishu, Mohammad H. Hussein, Aly A. M. Shaalan, Manal S. Fawzy, Emad Kandil

“…Tracheal and laryngeal invasion rates declined from 3.7%–0.7% and 1.5%–0.6%, respectively, from 2000 to 2015. …”
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Monitoring and Assessment of Slope Hazards Susceptibility Around Sarez Lake in the Pamir by Integrating Small Baseline Subset InSAR with an Improved SVM Algorithm by Yang Yu, Changming Zhu, Majid Gulayozov, Junli Li, Bingqian Chen, Qian Shen, Hao Zhou, Wen Xiao, Jafar Niyazov, Aminjon Gulakhmadov

“…The maximum deformation rate along the shoreline increased from 280 mm/yr to 480 mm/yr, with a marked acceleration observed between 2022 and 2023. …”
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Legacy Pipes Unearthed: Decrypting the Enigma of Pressure Dynamics and Burst Events in Limburg, The Netherlands by Mohamad Zeidan, Bram Hillebrand, Mirjam Blokker

“…The results indicate a consistent pattern of higher real positive percentages compared to random detection rates across the years tested. …”
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