Association between weather variables and fascial space infections of the head and neck: a retrospective chart review by Teresa E Fowler, Ryan F Bloomquist, Jeffrey N James

“…The purpose of this study is to understand whether head and neck infection rates correlate with weather patterns in a humid subtropical climate, adding to the current literature derived largely from temperate environments. …”
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Epidemiological analysis of athlete injuries in Muay Thai in-ring matches by Hasan Hallaçeli, Serkan Davut, Ali Özbek, Erdoğan Aydın

“…Abstract Background Compared to other sports, combat sports are typically thought to be dangerous and more prone to injury. The injury rates sustained by Muay Thai combat athletes during practice, competition, and tournaments are presented as an overall rate in the literature. …”
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Diversity and determinants of recombination landscapes in flowering plants. by Thomas Brazier, Sylvain Glémin

“…During meiosis, crossover rates are not randomly distributed along the chromosome and their location may have a strong impact on the functioning and evolution of the genome. …”
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Trends in atrial fibrillation and flutter mortality associated with disorders of thyroid gland in the United States from 1999 to 2020 by Shahzaib Ahmed, Shoaib Ahmad, Hamza Ashraf, Eeman Ahmad, Umar Akram, Abbas H. Mallick, Irfan Ullah, Raheel Ahmed, Chadi Alraies, Gregg C. Fonarow

“…Methods Age‐adjusted mortality rates and crude rates per 100,000 population from 1999 to 2020 using the CDC WONDER database. …”
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The effect of COVID-19 vaccination on change in contact and implications for transmission by Carol Y. Liu, Aaron Siegler, Patrick Sullivan, Samuel M. Jenness, Stefan Flasche, Benjamin Lopman, Kristin Nelson

“…Contact rates universally increased across survey rounds among all sociodemographic groups, but unvaccinated individuals had persistently higher contact rates. …”
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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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Soil nitrate drives fine root decomposition under nitrogen addition in a subtropical forest by Guantao Chen, Yuqin Chen, Xingzhu Yao

“…Soil nitrate greatly explained the root decomposition rates among N treatments (R2 = 0.712 for lower-order roots and R2 = 0.520 for higher-order roots). …”
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Recording of Influenza-Like Illness in UK Primary Care 1995-2013: Cohort Study. by Pia Hardelid, Greta Rait, Ruth Gilbert, Irene Petersen

“…We estimated ILI recorded consultation rates per 100,000 person-weeks (pw) by age, gender, deprivation and winter season. …”
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A Retrospective Review of Outcomes of Dental Treatment Performed for Special Needs Patients under General Anaesthesia: 2-Year Follow-Up by Sreekanth Kumar Mallineni, Cynthia Kar Yung Yiu

“…The purpose of the study was to evaluate the follow-up pattern of special needs patients (SNP) treated under general anaesthesia (GA) and the failure rates of different treatment procedures and restorative materials. …”
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The national games experience in Taiwan: a retrospective review of mass-gathering sports events from 2017 to 2021 by Pei-Hsuan Ho, Ju-Chi Ou, Hon-Ping Ma, Chung–Shun Wong, Hua-Chen Lin, Chia-Hung Hsu

“…This study analyzed injury rates and severity among athletes participating in various sports during the National Games in Taiwan. …”
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Forecast of myocardial infarction incidence, events and prevalence in England to 2035 using a microsimulation model with endogenous disease outcomes. by Peter Scarborough, Asha Kaur, Linda J Cobiac

“…Age-standardised event rates show a similar pattern, with a non-significant upturn by 2035, larger for men than women. …”
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The role of spatially controlled cell proliferation in limb bud morphogenesis. by Bernd Boehm, Henrik Westerberg, Gaja Lesnicar-Pucko, Sahdia Raja, Michael Rautschka, James Cotterell, Jim Swoger, James Sharpe

“…By developing a parameter optimization approach (which explores spatial patterns of tissue growth) our computer simulations reveal that the observed distribution of proliferation rates plays no significant role in controlling the distally extending limb shape, and suggests that directional cell activities are likely to be the driving force behind limb bud outgrowth. …”
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Epidemiology of acute respiratory infections in children in Guangzhou: a three-year study. by Wen Kuan Liu, Qian Liu, De Hui Chen, Huan Xi Liang, Xiao Kai Chen, Mei Xin Chen, Shu Yan Qiu, Zi Yeng Yang, Rong Zhou

“…Significant differences were found in age prevalence in 10 of the 17 pathogens (p≤0.009): four basic patterns were observed, A: detection rates increased with age, B: detection rates declined with age, C: the detection rate showed distinct peaks or D: numbers of patients were too low to detect a trend or showed no significant difference among age groups (p>0.05). …”
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Inequalities in Fertility‐Impacting Cancer Incidence Among Young Populations in the United States by Katherine I. Tierney, Jennifer Therrien, Stephanie Ellwood, Lisa Graves

“…Age‐specific demographic rates and negative binomial regression with an exposure for population size were employed to assess inequalities in the incidence rates of fertility‐impacting cancers among U.S. individuals aged 39 and younger. …”
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Analysis of epidemic trend of respiratory pathogens in children after long-term pathogen isolation by Ping Chen, Yahong Li, Shiwei Li, Xin Hua, Yu Liu

“…Analysis of statistical data from China and Gansu Provincial Centers for Disease Control and Prevention revealed that most respiratory pathogens showed an increase in the infection rates post-COVID-19, particularly respiratory syncytial virus, indicating altered prevalence patterns in children due to prolonged exposure to isolated pathogens.…”
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Body size and substrate type modulate movement by the western Pacific crown-of-thorns starfish, Acanthaster solaris. by Morgan S Pratchett, Zara-Louise Cowan, Lauren E Nadler, Ciemon F Caballes, Andrew S Hoey, Vanessa Messmer, Cameron S Fletcher, David A Westcott, Scott D Ling

“…The mean (±SE) rate of movement for smaller (<150 mm total diameter) A. solaris was 23.99 ± 1.02 cm/ min and 33.41 ± 1.49 cm/ min for individuals >350 mm total diameter. …”
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Infectivity and fatality of influenza in pre- and post-COVID-19 pandemic year. by Shuanglin Jing, Hao Wang

“…We develop two influenza transmission models incorporating age structure and multi-strain dynamics, featuring time-varying transmission and mortality rates. Using publicly available U.S. data, we calibrate these models to evaluate age- and strain-specific transmission patterns and mortality rates across different pandemic eras. …”
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“Morphogenetic Action” Principle for 3D Shape Formation by the Growth of Thin Sheets by Dillon J. Cislo, Anastasios Pavlopoulos, Boris I. Shraiman

“…Specifically, we demonstrate that growth pattern selection can be formulated as an optimization problem and solved for the trajectories that minimize spatiotemporal variation in areal growth rates and deformation anisotropy. …”
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Genetic control of organ shape and tissue polarity. by Amelia A Green, J Richard Kennaway, Andrew I Hanna, J Andrew Bangham, Enrico Coen

“…In principle, genes may control shape by modifying local rates and/or orientations of deformation. Distinguishing between these possibilities has been difficult because of interactions between patterns, orientations, and mechanical constraints during growth. …”
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Global burden and trends of oral disorders among adolescent and young adult (10–24 years old) from 1990 to 2021 by Xingzhu Dai, Manqiong Dai, Yuee Liang, Xiaoyu Li, Wanghong Zhao

“…The overall age-standardized prevalence rate (EAPC = − 0.07 [95% CI, − 0.12 to − 0.03]) decreased, while the age-standardized DALY rate (EAPC = 0.06 [0.02 to 0.11]) increased over the same period. …”
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