Subthreshold depression is associated with altered facial expression and impression formation via subjective ratings and action unit analysis by Eriko Sugimori, Mayu Yamaguchi

“…Automated analysis with OpenFace 2.0 showed higher presence/intensity of AU01 (Inner Brow Raiser), AU05 (Upper Lid Raiser), AU20 (Lip Stretcher), AU25/26/28 (mouth‑opening AUs) in StD faces; five of these AUs correlated with BDI‑II after false‑discovery‑rate correction (q < 0.05). Subthreshold depression was associated with muted positive expressivity and distinct eye‑ and mouth‑movement patterns, but did not bias observers’ first‑impression judgements. …”
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Correlations Between Cooling Rate, Dendritic Spacing and Hardness in a Brass Alloy for a Variety of Cooling Conditions by Rodrigo André Valenzuela Reyes, Gustavo Paiva Roseiro, Guilherme Lisboa de Gouveia, José Eduardo Spinelli

“…The ratios between GS and DS have been analyzed and correlated with hardness variations as a function of the solidification rates. Additionally, SEM-EDS and CALPHAD analyses elucidate the formation of phases and Zn segregation patterns under varying cooling conditions. …”
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Modeling of critical sand-carrying flow rate of gas-liquid-solid three-phase flow in an inclined pipe by Guowei Wang, Yong Zhang, Junwei Sun, Qi Xia, Manlai Zhang, Ruiquan Liao

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Salivary Immunoglobulin A Secretion Rate Is Negatively Associated with Cancer Mortality: The West of Scotland Twenty-07 Study. by Anna C Phillips, Douglas Carroll, Mark T Drayson, Geoff Der

“…SIgA concentration revealed a similar but weaker pattern of association. In the present study, higher secretion rates of sIgA were associated with a decreased risk of death from cancer, specifically non-lung cancer, as well as from respiratory disease. …”
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ARIMA based projection of infant mortality rate by the year 2030: a comparative analysis of India and Madhya Pradesh by Abhinav Bahuguna, Akanksha Uniyal, Vidisha Vallabh

“…Methods This paper forecasts the Infant mortality rate (IMR) of India and MP by the year 2030 through autoregressive integrated moving average (ARIMA) model after obtaining stationarity by differencing the series of IMR once. …”
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High Gastrointestinal Colonization Rate of Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococci among Hospitalized Patients: Potential Source for Resistant Gene by Techilo Habtemariam Mengesha, Musa Mohammed Ali, Mulugeta Mengistu, Demissie Assegu Fenta

“…Therefore; this study was aimed to determine the gastrointestinal colonization rate of VRE, its antimicrobial susceptibility profile, and associated factors among hospitalized patients. …”
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A spatiotemporal analysis of opioid prescriptions in Indiana from 2015 to 2019 by Paula A. Jaimes-Buitron, Nicole Adams, Nan Kong, Carolina Vivas-Valencia

“…These findings enhance the understanding of opioid prescription dynamics and identify patterns in opioid prescribing rates in terms of the proportion of patients receiving opioid prescriptions among urban vs. rural communities in Indiana.…”
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Mortality trends related to cardiogenic shock in heart failure patients aged 25 and older across the United States: A study utilizing the CDC WONDER database from 1999 to 2023 by Abdullah Naveed Muhammad, Sivaram Neppala, Himaja Dutt Chigurupati, Muhammad Omer Rehan, Hamza Naveed, Rabia Iqbal, Bazil Azeem, Ahila Ali, Mushood Ahmed, Prakash Upreti, Mobeen Zaka Haider, Yasar Sattar, Jamal S. Rana, Gregg C. Fonarow

“…Background: Cardiogenic shock (CS) remains crucial in mortality rates for heart failure (HF) patients. However, contemporary data on long-term mortality trends related to CS are limited. …”
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Forecasting Inflation Rate Using Support Vector Regression (SVR) Based Weight Attribute Particle Swarm Optimization (WAPSO) by Erlin Mega Priliani, Anggyi Trisnawan Putra, Much Aziz Muslim

“…Data mining is the process of finding patterns or interesting information in selected data by using a particular technique or method. …”
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Ragweed pollen rain impact on allergy rate and severity in Krasnodar: a three-year non-randomised controlled study by Ya. V. Klimenko, N. O. Milchenko, A. N. Moroz, I. I. Pavlyuchenko, E. A. Alekseenko

“…Anthesis in ragweed moderately correlates with the rate of medical visits.…”
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Influence of lighting on sleep behaviour, circadian rhythm and spontaneous blink rate in stabled riding school horses (Equus caballus). by Linda Greening, Eilis Harkin, Panoraia Kyriazopoulou, Zoe Heppelthwaite, Francesca Aragona, John A Browne, Andrew Hemmings, Jane M Williams, Barbara A Murphy

“…During week 4 of each experimental period, spontaneous blink rate was recorded twice for 30 min, behaviour of horses in their stables was recorded continuously for 72 h, and hair samples for circadian clock gene analysis were collected at 4-h intervals for 52 h. …”
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Quantifying drivers of long-term changes in tropical cyclone intensification rates over the North Atlantic using the EBDS model by Kexin Song, Ruifen Zhan, Yuqing Wang, Jing Xu

“…Tropical cyclone (TC) intensification rate (IR) critically influences TC intensity, yet the key factors governing its long-term variations over the North Atlantic (NA) remain poorly understood. …”
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Occupational exposure to blood and body fluids among primary healthcare workers in Johannesburg health district: High rate of underreporting by Collins C.E. Mbah, Zuberu B. Elabor, Olufemi B. Omole

“…The aim of this study was to determine the rate of BBF exposure, the extent of reporting and the reasons for not reporting among HCWs in PHC facilities in Johannesburg, South Africa. …”
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A repeating earthquake catalog for Northern Chile by Jonas Folesky, Jörn Kummerow, Laurens Jan Hofman

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The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on antibiotic prescription rates in out-of-hours primary care – a register-based study in Denmark by Emil Krogh, Katrine Bjørnshave Bomholt, Mette Amalie Nebsbjerg, Claus Høstrup Vestergaard, Morten Bondo Christensen, Linda Huibers

“…Further research should explore if antibiotic prescription rates have returned to pre-pandemic levels, and if the introduction of video consultations has affected antibiotic prescription patterns in OOH primary care.…”
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Exploring the rising death rates among older US citizens with heart failure and sepsis: Need for health-care policy reform by Abdul Ahad, Eeshal Fatima, Adeena Jamil, Obaid Ur Rehman, Irfan Ullah, Raheel Ahmed, Bernardo Cortese, Michael E. Hall, Mamas A. Mamas

“…For demographic and geographic subgroups, age-adjusted mortality rates (AAMR) per 100,000 older individuals, alongside annual percent change (APC) in AAMR with 95 % confidence intervals (CI), were derived. …”
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Variation in albumin glycation rates in birds suggests resistance to relative hyperglycaemia rather than conformity to the pace of life syndrome hypothesis by Adrián Moreno Borrallo, Sarahi Jaramillo Ortiz, Christine Schaeffer-Reiss, Benoît Quintard, Benjamin Rey, Pierre Bize, Vincent A Viblanc, Thierry Boulinier, Olivier Chastel, Jorge S Gutiérrez, José A Masero, Fabrice Bertile, Francois Criscuolo

“…Glucose levels correlated positively with albumin glycation rates in a non-linear fashion, suggesting resistance to glycation in species with higher glucose levels. …”
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Improved Culture Positivity Rate after Modified Culture Technique of Dialysis Effluent Fluid in Peritoneal Dialysis-related Peritonitis Cases by Shilpi Gupta, Nandita Hazra

“…The purpose of the present study is to compare the culture positivity rate before and after implementation of revised International Society for Peritoneal Dialysis guidelines, 2016 as well as to study the etiology and antimicrobial susceptibility pattern of causative organisms in our center. …”
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Budget Impact Analysis of Treatment Flow Optimization in Epilepsy Patients: Estimating Potential Impacts with Increased Referral Rate to Specialized Care by Masaki Iwasaki, Takashi Saito, Akiko Tsubota, Tatsunori Murata, Yuta Fukuoka, Kazutaka Jin

“…# Objectives We developed a Markov model to simulate a treatment flow of epilepsy patients who refer to specialized care from non-specialized care, and to surgery from specialized care for estimation of patient distributions and expenditures caused by increasing the referral rate for specialized care. # Methods This budget impact analysis of treatment flow optimization in epilepsy patients was performed as a long-term simulation using the Markov model by comparing the current treatment flow and the optimized treatment flow. …”
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Can heart rate variability demonstrate the effects and the levels of mindfulness? A repeated-measures study on experienced and novice mindfulness practitioners by Yanping Wei, Yifei Xu, Wanlin Chen, Jing Zheng, Hang Chen, Shulin Chen

“…Abstract Background Heart rate variability (HRV) is a potential biomarker that might demonstrate the effects of mindfulness, but it might be influenced by practice experiences. …”
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