DYNAMICS OF INCIDENCE WITH MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION IN THE POPULATION OF KUZBASS AND THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION FOR THE PERIOD 2011-2019 by Андрей Георгиевич Петров, Николай Владимирович Абрамов, Сергей Анатольевич Макаров, Сергей Николаевич Филимонов, Виктор Андреевич Семенихин, Наталья Степановна Черных

“…In 2014, the incidence rate decreased to 129.3 cases per 100 thousand population. …”
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Physical model test on the sealing mechanism and reinforcement effect of flowing water grouting for water-sand mixture inrush in the Cuihongshan iron-polymetallic mine by Baofu WU, Wanghua SUI, Guilei HAN, Longfei LIANG, Xinhai YAO, Jiaxin FENG, Xingshuo XU

“…The Z1 and Z2 stages presente a slow-fast-slow grouting rate pattern, whereas Z3 exhibited slow, uniform diffusion and filling, confirming the necessity of secondary borehole grouting. …”
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Water source of artificial plants in the northeastern margin of Tengger Desert based on hydrogen and oxygen stable isotopes by Zhenyu Zhao, Zhenyu Zhao, Guodong Tang, Guodong Tang, Jinrong Li, Jinrong Li, Meng Wu, Lei Zhang

“…The main water source of C. scoparium and C. mongolicum was soil moisture. The utilization rate of 0-40 cm soil layer was 27% (C.scoparium) and 33% (C.mongolicum), and the utilization rate of 40-80 cm soil layer was 32% (C.scoparium) and 25% (C.mongolicum). …”
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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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Visual Subfield Progression in Glaucoma Subtypes by Wei-Wen Su, Shian-Sen Hsieh, Shih-Tsung Cheng, Cheng-Wen Su, Wei-Chi Wu, Henry Shen-Lih Chen

“…An average follow-up of 6.94 ± 2.69 years that showed the rate of change of visual field threshold sensitivity was correlated with the peak posttreatment intraocular pressure (IOP) and the long-term IOP fluctuations in all GHT zones except in the inferior arcuate area. …”
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Global Trajectories of Colorectal Cancer Burden From 1990 to 2021 and Projection to 2040 by Xiaolu Chen, Xuesi Dong, Yadi Zheng, Chenran Wang, Zilin Luo, Jiaxin Xie, Zeming Guo, Xiaoyue Shi, Xinyue Zhu, Yongjie Xu, Wei Cao, Fei Wang, Ni Li

“…Most countries showed slowly increasing incidence rates (49.0%, n = 100) and stable age‐standardized mortality rates (51.0%, n = 104). …”
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Low dietary calcium intake leads to a higher colorectal cancer burden in countries with low social development: findings from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021 by Junhong Wu, Ziyi Zhang, Jiong Chen, Shiya Yu, Donglin Liu, Junhui Jiang, Tingting Liu, Hu Zhao, Hu Zhao, Yu Wang, Yu Wang

“…Joinpoint regression analysis was conducted to assess temporal patterns in disease burden. Estimated annual percentage changes (EAPCs) were calculated to quantify the rate of change in relevant indicators. …”
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Genomic Epidemiology of SARS-CoV-2 in Ukraine from May 2022 to March 2024 Reveals Omicron Variant Dynamics by Anna Iaruchyk, Jason Farlow, Artem Skrypnyk, Serhii Matchyshyn, Alina Kovalchuk, Iryna Demchyshyna, Mykhailo Rosada, Aron Kassahun Aregay, Jarno Habicht

“…During the study period, the national Case Fatality Rate (CFR) fluctuated between 0.46% and 1.74%, indicating a consistent yet modest rate when compared to the global average. …”
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Electrochemical growth of polyaniline films controlled with light by Ashleigh K. Wilson, Chantel Johnson, Jaycie Jenkins, Asia Jones, Natalia Noginova

“…The analysis of light-induced patterns in films exposed to laser light at different intensities and wavelengths reveals that the growth rate increases the light intensity at small intensities and then saturates with the further increase in laser light intensity. …”
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Effect of breast milk olfactory experience on physiological indicators in very low birth weight infants: a randomized clinical trial by Ling Yu, Yibo Tao, Pin Jia, Liling Li, Tianchan Lv, Li Wang, Qinqin Song, Xia Huan, Chan Liu, Yalan Dou, Yan Xuan, Xiao-jing Hu

“…A narrower range of fluctuation was observed across all physiological indicators in the intervention group, indicating a more stable pattern compared to the control group. Although no significant difference was found in heart rate variability (50.35 ± 9.61 vs. 48.03 ± 10.2, t=-1.320, P = 0.187), a significant difference was noted in the average heart rate between the two groups (155.65 ± 6.80 vs. 153.58 ± 4.22, t=-2.141, P = 0.032). …”
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Burden of malignant neoplasm of bone and articular cartilage from 1990 to 2021 and its predictions to 2030 in China compared with world by Cheng Chen, Xu Zheng, Yi Zhang, ZhenDong Li, Bing Li, YunFeng Yang, WeiBin Zhang

“…During this period, the world experienced relatively stable incidence and mortality rates. The incidence and mortality rates of MNBAC increase with age. …”
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Mathematical Models to Compare the Pharmacokinetics of Methadone, Buprenorphine, Tramadol, and Tapentadol by Prathvi Shenoy, Joslin D’Souza, Mahadev Rao, Shreesha Chokkadi, Naveen Salins

“…This data is significant for understanding the drug’s clearance rate and its potential duration of action. By comparing the distribution patterns and elimination rates of methadone, buprenorphine, tramadol, and tapentadol, the study provides insights into the differences between these drugs in terms of their pharmacokinetic properties. …”
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Risk factors and prevention of falls in children under 3 years: a systematic review by Tetiana Yermakova

“…Investigating the mechanisms of falls and their possible outcomes is a promising and crucial area for reducing childhood injury rates. The aim of this systematic review is to identify key patterns and factors associated with falls in young children, as well as to propose preventive strategies to minimize the risk of injuries. …”
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Regional changes in the prevalence of Parkinson’s disease over a ten-year period in the state of Texas by Sean G. Young, Kathryn Elwell, Christopher R. Watts

“…Males had a higher prevalence rate in both years, though both sexes doubled their prevalence over the ten-year period. …”
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Road ecology of a Chihuahuan Desert snake community: size-based mortality sets the stage for evolutionary change in a widespread pitviper by Daniel F. Hughes

“…Snakes are significant predators in many ecosystems, but high rates of road mortality threaten to diminish their ecological contributions. …”
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Firearms-related injury and sex: a comparative National Trauma Database (NTDB) Study by Shahin Mohseni, Babak Sarani, Maximilian Peter Forssten, James A Zebley, Catherine Zwemer, Susan Kartiko, Joy Dowden Hughes

“…Background Existing study findings on firearms-related injury patterns are largely skewed towards males, who comprise the majority of this injury population. …”
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Radiocleavable rare-earth nanoactivators targeting over-expressed folate receptors induce mitochondrial dysfunction and remodel immune suppressive microenvironment in pancreatic ca... by Tanvi Gupta, Shang-Rung Wu, Li-Chan Chang, Forn-Chia Lin, Yan-Shen Shan, Chen-Sheng Yeh, Wen-Pin Su

“…Abstract Pancreatic cancer is a fatal cancer with poor prognosis and survival rate, often diagnosed usually in the advanced stage of disease. …”
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Machine learning and microfluidic integration for oocyte quality prediction by Hassan Saffari, Davood Fathi, Peyman Palay, Hamid Gourabi, Rouhollah Fathi

“…Additionally, oocyte diameter and the critical flow rate (Q)—defined as the minimum flow rate necessary for an oocyte to pass through the channel—were included as predictive variables. …”
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Impact of Sodium Ion Stress on the Mechanism of Lead Ion Migration in Electrochemical Treatment of Lead-Contaminated Soil by Yinyin Zhang, Jiangtao Han, Libin Zang

“…This study specifically validates the migration patterns of lead ions under sodium ion stress in soil and concludes that a high concentration of sodium ions, when coexisting with lead ions, diminishes the migration rate of lead ions, consequently reducing the removal efficiency of lead ions. 1. …”
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Combining Autoregressive Models and Phonological Knowledge Bases for Improved Accuracy in Korean Grapheme-to-Phoneme Conversion by Sung-Ki Choi, Hyuk-Chul Kwon, Minho Kim

“…Experimental results show that a BiLSTM-LSTM AR model based on ELECTRA embeddings achieves a phoneme error rate (PER) of 0.2%, word error rate (WER) of 0.68%, and a sentence accuracy of 95.16%, outperforming both a traditional rule-based approach (24.51% sentence accuracy) and non-autoregressive variants implemented on the same dataset (achieving 81.32%–85.72% sentence accuracy). …”
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