Resilience of the transit-oriented built environment against COVID-19 transmission: Evidence from major urban communities in Wuhan city by Yangguang Xiao, Hsi-Chuan Wang, Kojiro Sho

“…Utilising a combination of spatial and aspatial statistical techniques, we assess how population density, bus stop density, park density and proximity to medical facilities and parks influence infection rates. The findings reveal that whereas high population density in urban core areas correlates with lower infection rates, medical accessibility and bus stop density are significant determinants of transmission in peripheral regions. …”
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Simulation and prediction of rural population changes using agent-based modeling. by Shanshan Huang, Yao Huang, Shitai Bao, Jianfang Wang, Siying Chen

“…To mitigate future rural population aging, enhancing birth rates and fostering rural industrial development is essential to curb migration. …”
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Impact of mask use on facial emotion recognition in individuals with subclinical social anxiety: an eye-tracking study by Jackie Wai Yi Wo, Weiyan Liao, Janet Hui-wen Hsiao

“…Instead, higher social anxiety was associated with higher accuracy rates for angry and fearful faces and lower false alarm rates for sad faces. …”
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Unravelling the Evolution of Neurodegenerative Disease Mortality: Insights from 50 Years of Belgian Data by Janna Dinneweth, Sylvie Gadeyne

“…PD-related deaths doubled from 1997 to 2020, with a shift from higher female proportions before 2004 to increased male rates from 2004 to 2020. Spatial analysis shows a notable rise in PD mortality rates in the Walloon region by 2000, yet a contrasting pattern was found in 2019. …”
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Determination of alpha-napthyl acetate esterase activity of native and frozen-thawed bull sperm acrosome by Ülkü Nur Canbolat, İlhami Çelik, Rukiye Erdoğan

“…In the the present study, the positivity rates and localization pattern of alphanaphthyl acetate esterase in the spermatozoa of both native and frozen-thawed bull semen samples were determined by light microscopy.…”
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Bacterial Profiles and Antibiotic Resistance in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Patients with Exacerbation and Type 2 Respiratory Failure at Adam Malik General Hospital by Lia Mutia Annisa, Fajrinur Syarani, Andika Pradana, Erna Mutiara

“…The antibiotic resistance patterns indicated that meropenem and amikacin had the highest resistance rates (100%). …”
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Leveraging Social Media Data to Understand the Impact of COVID-19 on Residents' Dietary Behaviors: Observational Study by Chuqin Li, Alexis Jordan, Yaorong Ge, Albert Park

“…We then used the state obesity rates from the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) to assess the correlation between state obesity rates and dietary images on Twitter. …”
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Impact of Education on Inappropriate Antibiotic Prescription for Respiratory Tract Infection Based on Physicians’ Justifications: A Web-Based Survey in Japan by Ryohei Kudoh, Kosaku Komiya, Norihito Kaku, Yuichiro Shindo, Tatsuya Hayashi, Kei Kasahara, Tomohiro Oishi, Naruhiko Ishiwada, Makoto Ito, Hiroshi Yotsuyanagi, Naoki Hasegawa, Kazuhiro Tateda, Muneki Hotomi, Katsunori Yanagihara

“…<b>Results</b>: The educational intervention positively affected prescribing trends among physicians who prescribed antibiotics for “fever” in mild acute rhinosinusitis (prescription rates from 100% to 25.9%), “pus in the laryngopharynx” in mild acute pharyngitis (prescription rates from 100% to 29.6%), and “purulent sputum” in acute bronchitis without chronic lung disease (prescription rates from 100% to 29.9%) before viewing the film. …”
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Clinical and survival differences between second primary and first primary nasopharyngeal carcinoma in a retrospective study by Xin Huang, Ying Kong, Tianyu Wu, Zhen Meng, Min Kang

“…Therapeutically, 2nd NPC patients showed significantly lower rates of curative-intent treatment (75.6% vs. 91.3%, p = 0.010), lower rates of good treatment tolerance (86.7% vs. 96.1%, p = 0.068), reduced chemotherapy utilization (73.3% vs. 89.3%, p = 0.014), and less frequent cisplatin use during concurrent chemotherapy (66.7% vs. 84.4%, p = 0.034). …”
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Preoperative chemoradiation in carcinoma esophagus: Experience from a tertiary cancer center in India by Harjot Kaur Bajwa, Rohith Singareddy, Mahendra M Reddy, Krishnam A Raju, Subramanyeshwar T Rao, Senthil J Rajappa

“…Aims: Primary objective was to evaluate the rates of pCR. Secondary objective was to determine recurrence rate and patterns of recurrence. …”
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Worldwide impact of disease attributable to low physical activity for diabetes and kidney diseases by Ping Ding, Lingyan Qi, Jinglei Wang, Min Tang, Yujie Weng

“…Age-standardized death rate (ASDR) and age standardized disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) were estimated. …”
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Characteristics of inhalant allergen spectrum in patients with allergic rhinitis in Baotou City by FENG Yali, WANG Xiaoyue, SU Riguge, ZHENG Yi, JIN Xiuyi, CHEN Bo, WANG Hongtian, GUO Yaqing

“…</i> The single sensitization rate of 18 categories of allergens was 32.8% and the multiple sensitization rate was 67.2%. …”
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Sex distribution in tuberculosis disease in children, adolescents, and adults in a low-incidence country: a retrospective population-based cohort study by Daniela Neudecker, Ekkehardt Altpeter, Nicole Ritz, Nora Fritschi

“… AIM: Globally, tuberculosis incidence shows notable sex disparity, with higher rates observed in males. While this pattern is well documented in adults from high-incidence countries, the influence of sex on tuberculosis incidence in children and adolescents, particularly in low-incidence settings, remains unclear. …”
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High Prevalence of Multidrug-Resistant and Extended-Spectrum β-Lactamase-Producing Enterobacteriaceae: A Cross-Sectional Study at Arsho Advanced Medical Laboratory, Addis Ababa, Et... by Adane Bitew, Estifanos Tsige

“…Nitrofurantoin with a resistance rate of 14.3% and piperacillin/tazobactam combination with a resistance rate of 17.3% were better active against this group of Gram-negative bacteria. …”
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Flow Heterogeneity Controls Dissolution Dynamics in Topologically Complex Rocks by Z. Kanavas, J. Jimenez‐Martinez, F. Miele, J. Nimmo, V. L. Morales

“…Flow unevenness determines the location and rate of dissolution. We propose two models describing expected dissolution patterns and effective reaction rates based on dimensionless metrics for flow, transport, and reaction. …”
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Comparison of oscillatory activity in substantia nigra pars reticulata between Parkinson’s disease and dystonia by Lin Shi, Yichen Xu, Shiying Fan, Zixiao Yin, Guofan Qin, Jianguo Zhang, Anchao Yang

“…Spectral power, neuronal firing rate, beta burst dynamics, and correlation analysis of the SNr signal were analyzed. …”
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Quantum Perceptron: A Novel Approach to Predicting Unemployment Levels in North Sumatra Province by Solikhun, Dimas Trianda

“…This research applies the quantum perceptron method to provide an alternative solution in predicting the unemployment rate. The data used in this analysis comes from the North Sumatra Central Statistics Agency and includes published unemployment rates (TPT) for individuals aged 15 years and over from 2017 to 2023. …”
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Childhood Mortality in Saudi Arabia: Analysis of 50 Years (1973–2022) by Ashwaq AlEed

“… Background: Infant mortality rate (IMR) refers to the likelihood that a newborn will not survive to their first birthday; it is expressed per 1000 live births. …”
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Arctic Climate Variability and Trends from Satellite Observations by Xuanji Wang, Jeffrey Key, Yinghui Liu, Charles Fowler, James Maslanik, Mark Tschudi

“…The annual mean surface temperature has increased at a rate of 0.34°C per decade. The decadal rates of cloud fraction trends are −3.4%, 2.3%, and 0.5% in winter, spring, and summer, respectively. …”
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Generalized Rowlins–Shellhardt equation and its application for optimization of well operation modes by Vladimir A. Tolpaev, Kurban S. Akhmedov

“…To improve the accuracy and reliability of calculations of forecast flow rates, it is necessary to take into account changes in the filtration and capacitance properties of the formation in bottom-hole zones caused by the values of reservoir pressure and depression changing over time. …”
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