Sex disparities in alcohol-associated liver disease and subtype differences in alcohol-attributable cancers in the United States by Pojsakorn Danpanichkul, Yanfang Pang, Tanuj Mahendru, Primrose Tothanarungroj, Luis Antonio Díaz, Juan Pablo Arab, Pimtawan Jatupornpakdee, Mark D. Muthiah, Kwanjit Duangsonk, Won-Mook Choi, Daniel Q. Huang, Donghee Kim, Mazen Noureddin, Karn Wijarnpreecha, Suthat Liangpunsakul, Amit G. Singal, Ju Dong Yang

“…The age-standardized incidence and death rate of ALD rose disproportionately among females compared to males. …”
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Impact of Revised Vaccination Recommendations for Mature Infants on Premature Infants’ Vaccination Compliance in Germany by Felicitas Kühne, Christof von Eiff, Julia Schiffner-Rohe, Lina Döring, Kathrin Gerchow, Karolin Seidel, Maren Laurenz

“…Results After the change in STIKO recommendations in 2020, the full HEXA vaccination rate for premature infants decreased significantly to 57.8% (2018, 71.0%), while it increased to 81.3% (2018, 73.8%) for mature infants. …”
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Antibacterial therapy for Lyme disease in children by S.O. Nykytyuk, S.S. Levenets, T.V. Hariyan, I.P. Mironets, A.S. Sverstiuk

“…The incidence rate in Ternopil region significantly exceeds the national average — 28.7 versus 13.25 per 100,000 population. …”
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RETRACTED ARTICLE: Interleukin-27 ameliorates coxsackievirus-B3-induced viral myocarditis by inhibiting Th17 cells by Hengshan Zhu, Chuang Lou, Ping Liu

“…However, the expression pattern and functional role of IL-27 in viral myocarditis (VMC) has not been investigated. …”
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Sexually transmitted infections among patients attending the General Practice Clinic, Wesley Guild Hospital, Ilesa, Nigeria by S.S. Olakolu, E.A. Abioye Kuteyi, O.O. Oyegbade

“…The median age at coitarche was 21 years while the median age at marriage was 25 years. The prevalence rates of current, past and lifetime STI were 18.8%, 22.4% and 32% respectively. …”
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A Novel Deployment Scheme Based on Three-Dimensional Coverage Model for Wireless Sensor Networks by Fu Xiao, Yang Yang, Ruchuan Wang, Lijuan Sun

“…Experimental results show that, compared with traditional random method, sensor nodes number is reduced effectively while coverage rate of monitor area is ensured using our coverage pattern and deterministic deployment scheme.…”
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Accounting for temporal and spatial autocorrelation to examine the effects of climate change on vegetation greenness trend in China by Lingwei Chen, Likai Zhu, Cuiyutong Yang, Zizhen Dong, Rui Huang, Jijun Meng, Min Liu

“…The common practice to detect and explain greenness pattern from remote sensing time series is mostly based on pixel-by-pixel analysis, which often fails to account for spatial autocorrelation and may lead to spurious patterns. …”
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Driving Forces and Future Scenario Simulation of Urban Agglomeration Expansion in China: A Case Study of the Pearl River Delta Urban Agglomeration by Zeduo Zou, Xiuyan Zhao, Shuyuan Liu, Chunshan Zhou

“…The results indicate the following: (1) During 1990–2020, urban expansion in the Pearl River Delta urban agglomeration exhibited a “stepwise growth” pattern, with an annual expansion rate of 3.7%. Regional land use remained dominated by forest (accounting for over 50%), while construction land surged from 6.5% to 21.8% of total land cover. …”
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Dietary intake and five types of mental disorders: a bidirectional Mendelian randomization study by Yichun Zhang, Mingzhu Zhang, Qihua Guan, Pengcheng Liu, Wangxin Zhang, Song Yang, Hualei Dong, Haifeng Hou

“…Outcomes were reported as odds ratios (OR) and regression coefficients (β), which were adjusted by False Discovery Rate (FDR) corrections. Results Forward MR analyses revealed that genetically predicted high-fat and high-protein intakes were related to an increased risk of anxiety [fat: OR = 3.103, 95% confidence interval (CI): 1.015 to 9.486, P IVW = 0.047, FDR = 0.209; protein: OR = 3.364, 95% CI: 1.071 to 10.567, P IVW = 0.038, FDR = 0.189]. …”
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Increasing population growth by asymmetric segregation of a limiting resource during cell division by Nurit Avraham, Ilya Soifer, Miri Carmi, Naama Barkai

“…Abstract We report that when budding yeast are transferred to low‐metal environment, they adopt a proliferation pattern in which division is restricted to the subpopulation of mother cells which were born in rich conditions, before the shift. …”
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Bifurcation analysis of multistability and hysteresis in a model of HIV infection by I. V. Mironov, M. Yu. Khristichenk, Yu. M. Nechepurenko, D. S. Grebennikov, G. A. Bocharov

“…The macrophage activation rate constant is considered as a bifurcation parameter. …”
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Nosological aspects of hepatomegaly and splenomegaly at pediatric age by M. M. Kotovich, F. K. Manerov, E. V. Luchsheva

“…Frequency of hepatomegaly and/or splenomegaly of unspecified etiology was analyzed with correlation to outpatient clinic admission rate and results of routine inspections. Results. …”
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TUBERCULOSIS IN CHILDREN IN THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION AT THE PRESENT STAGE by A. V. Mordyk, E. A. Tsygankova, L. V. Puzyryova, A. A. Turitsa

“…The literature review presents data on peculiarities of tuberculosis epidemiology, incidence rate and clinical pattern in children in the Russian Federation. …”
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Alfvén Wave Propagation in the Io Plasma Torus by P. C. Hinton, F. Bagenal, B. Bonfond

“…Abstract Io, the most volcanically active body in the solar system, fuels a plasma torus around Jupiter with dissociation products of SO2 at a rate of ~1,000 kg/s. We use a combination of in situ Voyager 1 data and Cassini Ultraviolet Imaging Spectrograph observations to constrain a diffusive equilibrium model of the Io plasma torus. …”
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Transient Analysis of a k-out-of-n:G System with N-Policy, Repairmen’s Multiple Vacations, and Redundant Dependency by Wenqing Wu, Yinghui Tang

“…Under such assumptions, the availability, the rate of occurrence of failures, and the reliability of the system are derived in transient regime by applying the quasi-birth-and-death process. …”
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Title not available by Paulo Breno Noronha Liberalesso, Eliana Garzon, Elza M.T. Yacubian, Américo C. Sakamoto

“…Conclusions Higher mortality rate was associated with advanced age and periodic lateralized epileptiform discharges. …”
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Helical Slot Antenna for the Microwave Ablation by Moonhee Lee, Taeho Son

“…By adding a helical slot, the specific absorption rate (SAR) pattern is more concentrated near the slot as compared with the conventional slot. …”
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Substance use among Indian Physicians: A narrative review by Yesh Chandra Singh, Roshan Bhad, Arun Kandaswamy

“…Aim: We conducted a narrative review to assess the rate and pattern of substance use among Indian physicians. …”
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Longitudinal trajectories of disability index and associated factors in Chinese older adults by Huaxin Si, Yemin Yuan, Zhenyu Shi, Yanshang Wang, Ping He

“…This study aimed to identify patterns of disability index trajectories and associated factors influencing these trajectories in older adults. …”
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Physiological and Gene Expression Responses of Crassostrea ariakensis to Salinity Stress by Miaomiao YANG, Sudong XIA, Zhihong LIU, Xiujun SUN, Liqing ZHOU, Peizhen MA, Zhuanzhuan LI, Biao WU

“…The respiration, ammonia excretion, ingestion, and clearance rates of the oysters were measured using the static water method. …”
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