Higher incidence of osteosynthesis of proximal humerus fractures in Germany—an epidemiological study comparing osteosynthesis of the proximal humerus and shoulder arthroplasty in G... by Johanna E. Müller, Dr. med, Angela Jussel, MD, Emily Procter, PhD, Ulrich H. Brunner, Dr. med

“…Background: Proximal humerus fractures (PHF) are one of the most common fractures in elderly patients, but consensus about optimal management is lacking. …”
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Prevalence and risk factors of gross neurologic deficits in children after severe malaria: a systematic review protocol by Allen Eva Okullo, Chandy C. John, Richard Idro, Andrea L. Conroy, Alison Annet Kinengyere, Kevin Ouma Ojiambo, Caroline Otike, Simple Ouma, Moses Ocan, Ekwaro A. Obuku, Michael Boele van Hensbroek

“…Although CM patients are the most likely group to develop GND, it is not clear if other forms of severe malaria (non-CM) may also contribute to malaria-related GND. …”
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Knowledge and stigma of people living with HIV treated in a medication dispensing unit: a cross-sectional study by Ruthieli Santos Neves, Julia Monte Lacerda, Renata Braga Cordeiro, Vitor Santos de Sá Galina, Dyego Carlos Souza Anacleto de Araújo, Kérilin Stancine Santos Rocha

“…Results Among 104 participants, 79.3% answered most HIV-K-Q items correctly, indicating high knowledge levels. …”
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Impact of anthropogenic activities and rock nature on the suitability of groundwater for domestic and irrigation uses in the Far North Region of Cameroon by Germaine Mai Ndardaiwa, Jean Samuel Eheth, Daouda Dawaï, Benoît Bargui Koubala, Song Liang, Moussa Djaouda

“…Two major water facies (the Mixed Bicarbonate-Calicum-Magnesium, Bicarbonate-Sodium–Potassium) were revealed by the Piper diagram. Most samples were suitable for irrigation based on standard indices, despite contamination risks. …”
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A Recent Supermassive Black Hole Binary in the Galactic Center Unveiled by the Hypervelocity Stars by Chunyang Cao, F. K. Liu, Shuo Li, Xian Chen, Ke Wang

“…Dozens of B-type HVSs moving faster than the Galactic escape speed have been discovered in the Galactic halo and are produced most likely by the SMBH Sgr A*. However, the velocity distribution and in particular the deficit of the HVSs above 700 km s ^−1 is seriously inconsistent with the expectations of the present models. …”
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Temporal Coupling of Brain Signals and Fine Motor Output Using Affordable EEG by Adam Gyula Nemes, Adam Gyulai, Adam Szarvas, Erno Nemeth, Kristof Tajti, Viktor Toth, Gyorgy Eigner

“…This multimodal approach enhances dataset quality by enabling millisecond-precise alignment between stimulus presentation, cortical activation patterns, and resultant motor behavior—a critical feature lacking in most publicly available motor-related EEG datasets. …”
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Perceived acceptability, barriers and enablers in implementing mobile phone messaging-based message-framing intervention for improved maternal and newborn care in Jimma Zone, Ethio... by Gebeyehu Bulcha, Zewdie Birhanu, Demisew Amenu, Hordofa Gutema

“…Mobile phone-based messaging was perceived as highly relevant and useful by most participants. However, many had limited prior experience using mobile messaging for health information. …”
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Carbon Sequestration Potential of Paddy Soil in China under the Carbon Peaking and Carbon Neutrality Goals by Longlong Bai, Yaqi Sheng, Lili Xu, Xiang Gao, Yongxin Zhang, Jinsong Deng

“…In the next two decades, the SOC density of paddy fields in most regions of China will change, and the increased areas will be significantly greater than the decreased areas, with a maximum growth rate of 9.2% and a maximum decrease rate of 8.0%. …”
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A Hybrid Transfer Learning Framework for Brain Tumor Diagnosis by Sadia Islam Tonni, Md. Alif Sheakh, Mst. Sazia Tahosin, Md. Zahid Hasan, Taslima Ferdaus Shuva, Touhid Bhuiyan, Muhammad Ali Abdullah Almoyad, Nabil Anan Orka, Md. Tanvir Rahman, Risala Tasin Khan, M. Shamim Kaiser, Mohammad Ali Moni

“…Brain tumors are among the most severe health challenges, necessitating early and precise diagnosis for effective treatment planning. …”
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Pest categorisation of Matsucoccus matsumurae by EFSA Panel on Plant Health (PLH), Claude Bragard, Paula Baptista, Elisavet Chatzivassiliou, Francesco Di Serio, Paolo Gonthier, Josep Anton Jaques Miret, Annemarie Fejer Justesen, Christer Sven Magnusson, Panagiotis Milonas, Juan A. Navas‐Cortes, Stephen Parnell, Roel Potting, Philippe Lucien Reignault, Emilio Stefani, Hans‐Hermann Thulke, Wopke Van der Werf, Antonio Vicent Civera, Jonathan Yuen, Lucia Zappalà, Jean‐Claude Grégoire, Chris Malumphy, Alex Gobbi, Virag Kertesz, Andrea Maiorano, Oresteia Sfyra, Fabio Stergulc, Alan MacLeod

“…Symptoms include the yellowing/browning of host needles, early needle drop, desiccation of shoots and bark necrosis. The most serious infestations occur in hosts that are 8–25 years old and there can be some host mortality. …”
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SCUBA implements a storage format-agnostic API for single-cell data access in R [version 2; peer review: 2 approved, 1 approved with reservations] by Krysta L. Engel, Jairav Desai, Austin E. Gillen, William M. Showers, Craig T. Jordan, Clayton Smith

“…Conversion between object formats is the most common solution, but this is difficult and error-prone due to the rapid pace of development of the analysis suites and their underlying data structures. …”
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Multi-material additive manufacturing of conductor-insulator compounds for battery cell cap fabrication by Thomas Bareth, Daniel Eder, Maja Lehmann, Georg Schlick, Christian Seidel

“…Various strategies for optimizing the material transition zone were explored, with the most effective approach incorporating a stepped interface design combined with overlapping laser vectors to compensate for thermal shrinkage. …”
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Establishment of an international Consortium for Research in Eating Disorders (CoRe-ED): Analysis of early-stage participant involvement and expectations by Gemma Sharp, Simon Stafrace, Hao Hu, Peter Wigley

“…Results The CoRe-ED registrants came from 20 countries across five continents, with Australia being the most common country. The following roles were represented; researchers, health professionals, working in a not-for-profit/advocacy role, lived experience of an eating disorder either personally and/or as a carer/supporter, and working in industry, with researchers being the highest frequency group. …”
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The relationship between the current knowledge’s satisfaction of disaster preparedness and the practice of family emergency planning by Elsi D. Hapsari, Salma Nur Azizah, Diki Nanang Surahman, Sutono Sutono, Satoko Watanabe, Jihan Siti Lathifa Luthfiyah

“…Data were analysed with a chi-square test and Cramer’s V test Results: Most of respondents reported of having quite satisfied (43.32%) with their current knowledge of disaster preparedness.  …”
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Possibilities of using the pSOFA rating scale for the diagnosis of sepsis in newborns by O. K. Kirilochev, A. S. Eiberman, L. G. Bochkova

“…Of the leading foci of infection in patients, the following were most often recorded: pneumonia (77,7%), necrotizing enterocolitis (66,1%) and meningoencephalitis (22,2%). …”
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FISNET: A Learnable Fusion-Based Iris Segmentation Network Improving Robustness Across NIR and VIS Modalities by Geetanjali Sharma, Gaurav Jaswal, Aditya Nigam, Raghavendra Ramachandra

“…Iris is one of the most distinctive biometric traits used for reliable identity verification in applications such as border control, secure access systems, and national ID programs. …”
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O mecanismo da função de produção: a análise dos sistemas produtivos do ponto-de-vista de uma rede de processos e operações by José Antônio Valle Antunes Jr

“…<br>Different papers have been presented and many discussions have been realized concerning about the Toyota Production System, from a macroeconomics point of view as well from an Industrial Engineering point of view. The problem is, that most of the time what is shown is a narrow understanding of the Toyota System, which is seen as a simple synonymy of Just-in-Time or Just-in-Time/ Total Quality Control. …”
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IgA Vasculitis – An In-Depth Literature Review by Julia Dulęba, Krzysztof Sajewicz, Aleksandra Mazur, Oskar Tudaj, Monika Kaźmierczak, Joanna Koszałko, Filip Kin, Paulina Strzałkowska, Julia Kalisiak, Wiktoria Kalas

“… Introduction and Objective: Immunoglobulin A vasculitis (IgAV), previously Henoch-Schönlein purpura, is a systemic leukocytoclastic vasculitis of small vessels, characterised by the deposition of immunoglobulin A complexes in their walls. It represents the most prevalent form of vasculitis in children and may progress to IgA nephropathy, the leading cause of primary glomerulonephritis. …”
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Are environmental and sociodemographic factors associated with physical activity of pediatric oncologic patients and their parents? A cross-sectional study by Jean Augusto Coelho Guimarães, Sofia Wolker Manta, Ana Elisa Messetti Christofoletti, Vanessa Fabiana da Costa Sannomiya, Priscila Missaki Nakamura

“…Results: 40 patients partic-ipated in this study (62.5% male), most diagnosed with leukemia (40%) and 40 parents (43.08 ± 7.67 years old; 73% female), 63% white ethnicity and 50% socioeconomic level C1/C2/ D-E. …”
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New-onset urethral stricture after transurethral holmium laser enucleation of the prostate and analysis on its influencing factors by WANG Jie, WANG Jie, YE Chenxi, YE Chenxi, HU Qiang, HU Qiang

“…The incidence of new urethral stricture after operation was 5.8% （42/723）， with membranous part of the urethra （61.9%） the most common site， followed by the external urethral orifice （21.4%） and the bladder neck （7.1%）. …”
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