Assessing patient-level risk factors for evidence-based early diagnosis of maternal sepsis by Philip Emeka Anyanwu, Paul Expert, Kate Honeyford, Oluwasomidoyin Bello, Mobolaji Modinat Salawu, Ikeola Adeoye, Ayo Stephen Adebowale, Amen-Patrick Nwosu, Summia Zaher, Peter Ghazal, Adeniyi Francis Fagbamigbe, Magbagbeola David Dairo, Ceire Costelloe

“…Patients with sepsis had the lowest rate of live birth (29.7%) compared to those with (41.8%) and without (82.1%) an infection. …”
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Exploring the relationship between vitamin B12, methylmalonic acid levels and all-cause mortality in heart failure populations: insights from the NHANES database by Wei Yu, Yao Wang, Yao Wang, Yao Wang, Yulu Zhou, Danyu Wu, Danyu Wu, Danyu Wu

“…Moreover, the correlation between MMA and mortality risk was more prominent in HF populations with poorer health status, such as advanced age, current smokers, hypertension, diabetes, overweight, or low estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR).ConclusionOur study indicated that a higher MMA level is associated with an increased all-cause mortality risk in HF populations, particularly in those aged 65 and above, current smokers, those with hypertension, diabetes, overweight, insufficient physical activity, or lower eGFR (<60 mL/min/1.73 m2).…”
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CHANGES IN REGIONAL PRECIPITATION DISTRIBUTION IN RESPONSE TO GLOBAL WARMING by A. A. Tashilova

“…In the dynamics of seasonal average temperatures, including in the high-altitude zone, a general pattern was observed - the highest rate of temperature growth in the summer season with the maximum contribution of the explained variance Despite the same positive trend of both the mean annual temperature and precipitation in the south of the EPR, the correlation coef-cients of the pairs of the series "temperature - precipitation sum", "temperature - maximum precipitation", "temperature - NR20" are statistically insignificant at the 5 % level . …”
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Spatiotemporal Variation Characteristics of Green Water Resource Consumption and Utilization Efficiency in Jiangxi Province by WU Zhi-ling, TU An-guo, NIE Xiao-fei, MO Ming-hao

“…[Results] From 2001 to 2020, total green water consumption in Jiangxi Province ranged from 796 to 965 mm, with an average of 887.75 mm, showing a significant downward trend at a rate of 5.26 mm/a. Productive green water consumption ranged from 519.12 to 692.53 mm, averaging 614.95 mm, and also showed a clear decreasing trend at 1.73 mm/a. …”
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Teknik Identifikasi Fitur Berdasarkan Kalimat Pernyataan Kebutuhan dalam Konteks Pengembangan Software Product Line by M Syauqi Haris, Tri Astoto Kurniawan

“…In this research, 4 (four) dependency parser rules are proposed, which is one of the pipelines in NLP. The success rate of the method in this study is between 65% to 88% for the 5 groups of sentences that were tested. …”
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Promotion of Random Flap Neovascularisation in Rats with Diabetes Using Botulinum Toxin Type A Through the HIF-1α/VEGF Pathway by Yan HJ, Lin FM, Li JJ, Qin H, Wang YH, You CH

“…After 7 days, flap survival rate, haematoxylin–eosin (H&E) staining, and the mRNA expression of HIF-1α and VEGF were evaluated.Results: Flap survival area significantly increased in Group B compared to Group A (P < 0.05), and in Group D compared to Group C (P < 0.05). …”
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The changes of functional, structural and hemodynamic parameters of the optic disc in patients with primary open-angle glaucoma and diabetes mellitus in long-term follow-up by A. Zh. Fursova, Ju. A. Gamza, O. G. Gusarevich, A. S. Derbeneva, M. A. Vasil’eva

“…The study of the changes of visual, functional, structural and hemodynamic parameters of the optic nerve showed a faster rate of progression of glaucomatous optic neuropathy if accompanied with DM.…”
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Analysis of cumulative precipitation forecast accuracy and its impact on rice irrigation scheduling in China by Xuhua Hu, Xuhua Hu, Chiara Corbari, En Lin, Yang Xu, Shahbaz Khan, Yuanlai Cui, Yufeng Luo

“…Precipitation amount correct rate (PAC), defined as the ratio of correctly predicted precipitation amount to observed amount, was higher for cumulative forecasts than that for the daily forecasts. …”
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Age-related and sex-specific trends in sleep quality in children and adolescents by Hugi Hilmisson, Solveig Dora Magnusdottir, Robert Joseph Thomas

“…In late adolescence, SQI decline continues, but at a slower rate in girls who, at this age, girls have higher SQI than boys (63.1 ± 18.3 and 60.5 ± 18.2); p < 0:001. …”
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Cervical Cancer Screening Using Liquid-based Cytology and its Histopathological Correlation by C Sunitha, Aditi Sangwan, Shivani Sangwan, Pranjali Dhume, Sinam T Meetei, Arpitha Pemmaraju

“…The overall concordance rate was 76.47%. Conclusion: It was found that the Pap smear was very useful in diagnosing the premalignant conditions of the cervix.…”
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Evolution Characteristics of China's Big Food Concept Economic Statistics Data Under the Perspective of Food Security by Dafang WU, Quanyan WANG, Shuaishuai JIA

“…During the same period, the growth rate of animal husbandry meat production and fishery aquatic product production has also been significantly higher than that of grain production. …”
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Influence of the extent of cervical lymph node dissection and lymph nodes metastases on prognosis in a cohort of dogs with oral malignant melanoma treated by surgical resection and... by Davide Giacobino, Matteo Olimpo, Erica Ilaria Ferraris, Greta Martinelli, Lorella Maniscalco, Mariateresa Camerino, Federica Riccardo, Federica Cavallo, Lidia Tarone, Marzia Cino, Alfredo Dentini, Selina Iussich, Elena Lardone, Luca Manassero, Raffaella De Maria, Paolo Buracco, Emanuela Morello

“…The overall LN metastatic rate was 31%; metastasis was found mostly in the mandibular lymph center (83%). …”
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Prolyl 4-hydroxylase subunit alpha-2 acts as a TRIM21 ubiquitination substrate to promote papillary thyroid cancer progression via the glycolytic pathway by Fengping Wu, Qian Liu, Jinkang Zhang, Dongkun Xu, Xue Jiang, Kun Zhang, YaZheng Chen, Xuliang Xia, Zhiqiang Jiang, Yuhong Shi, Wenling Tu

“…This study explored the expression pattern, functional role, and underlying molecular mechanism of P4HA2 in PTC. …”
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Diagnostic work-up of anemia and associated health outcomes in people with heart failure by Guobin Su, Ruowei Xiao, Dongze Ji, Kaiyu He, Anna Hallert, Gianluigi Savarese, Lars H. Lund, Yang Xu, Juan Jesus Carrero

“…Time-varying Cox regression explored associations between developing anemia and rate of major adverse cardiovascular events (MACE), HF hospitalization, cancer, and death. …”
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Analysis of Age-related Changes of Characteristics and High Frequency Symptoms in Pre-elderly and Elderly Inpatients by YUE Xiao, WANG Mei

“…Conclusion The incidence of symptoms in pre-elderly and elderly inpatients shows an overall increasing trend with age, and the rate of age-related changes varies for different symptoms. …”
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Comparison of impact of various application methods for the blood plasm, enriched by the thrombocytes, on healing of the burn and scalped wounds in experiment by G. V. Terehov, O. A. Hyndych, І. M. Savytska, M. V. Kostylev, E. V. Symulyk, M. V. Chukhraiev

“…To the investigation Group II animals the electrophoresis in accordance to own procedure through napkin, soaked in the blood plasm, enriched by thrombocytes, was performed with the same rate. The blood plasm, enriched by thrombocytes, was prepared from the whole venous blood of human Group A(0), using centrifugation for achievement of targeted quantity of thrombocytes 850 000 in 1 ml. …”
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Miotonia congênita: relato de sete pacientes Congenital myotonia: report of seven patients by Helga C. A. Azevedo, Lúcia I. Z. Mendonça, Paulo N. B. Salum, Mary S. Carvalho, Sueli K. Nagahashi-Marie, Alzira A. Siqueira-Carvalho, Maria A. Cerqueira, Umbertina C. Reed, José A. Levy

“…<br>Myotonia is the phenomenon of decrease of muscular relaxation rate, after either a contraction or a mechanical or electrical stimulus. …”
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Assessment of the Impacts of Different Carbon Sources and Sinks on Atmospheric CO₂ Concentrations Based on GEOS-Chem by Ge Qu, Jia Zhou, Yusheng Shi, Yongliang Yang, Mengqian Su, Wen Wu, Zhitao Zhou

“…The global average CO₂ concentration increased by 1.8 ppm year⁻¹ from 2006 to 2010, with China’s eastern region experiencing the highest growth rate of 3.0 ppm year⁻¹. Fossil fuel combustion is identified as the largest CO₂ emission source, followed by biomass burning, while oceans and land serve as significant CO₂ sinks. …”
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Anticancer properties of copolymer nanoparticles loaded with Foeniculum vulgare derivatives in Hs578T and SUM159 cancer cell lines by Shima Bourang, Sodabeh Jahanbakhsh Godehkahriz, Mehran Noruzpour, Rasool Asghari Zakaria, Sergio Granados-Principal

“…Moreover, the drug release pattern illustrated a higher release rate from synthesized nanoparticles under acidic conditions (pH = 5). …”
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Association of cancer and outcomes of patients hospitalized for COVID-19 between 2020 and 2023 [version 2; peer review: 1 approved, 2 approved with reservations, 1 not approved] by Robert F Terry, Rugiatu Z Kamara, Robert J Samuels, Donald S Grant, Sulaiman Lakoh, Mustapha Kabba, Innocent Nuwagira, Yusuf Sheku Tejan, Sia Morenike Tengbe, Ibrahim Franklyn Kamara, Shermarke Hassan, Abdulai Tejan Jalloh, Divya Nair, Laura Merson

“…Conclusions This study's findings underscore the heightened vulnerability of hospitalized COVID-19 patients with cancer, revealing a higher mortality rate, longer hospital stays, and an unstructured pattern of care that reflects the complexity of managing severely ill patients during a public health crisis like the COVID-19 pandemic.…”
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