Survival Patterns and Prognostic Factors in Lip Cancer Patients: A 15-Year Single-Center Experience from Northeastern Brazil by Guilherme Carlos Beiruth Freire, Luiz Eduardo Rodrigues Juliasse, Salomão Israel Monteiro Lourenço Queiroz, Ruthinéia Diógenes Alves Uchôa Lins, Carlos Fernando Mourão, Bruno César de Vasconcelos Gurgel

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Patterns of E-Cigarette Use Among Cardiac Inpatients at a Tertiary-Care Hospital: A Cross-Sectional Survey by Javad Heshmati, BSc, MSc, PhD, Emma Lynn Bates, BA, MPH, Spencer Shahen, BSc, MSc, Kathryn L. Walker, MScPT, Andrew Pipe, CM, MD, Kerri-Anne Mullen, BSc, MSc, PhD, Hassan Mir, BSc, MD, MPH, MHI, FRCPC

“…Conclusions: This evaluation found a low overall rate of e-cigarette use among cardiac inpatients. …”
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Combining Groovy Popular Music Drum Beats with Catchy Keyboard or Guitar Patterns: The Urge to Move and Catchiness in Polyphonic Context by Toni A. Bechtold, Ben Curry, Maria A. G. Witek

“…This study investigates two relationships in polyphonic popular music: the relationship between the urge to move to music and perceived catchiness, and the relationship between the perception of a combination of musical patterns and its individual parts. In a listening experiment, 127 participants rated drum beats, keys/guitar patterns, and their combinations on urge to move and catchiness. …”
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Spatiotemporal pattern evolution and quantitative prediction of electrical carbon emissions from a demand-side perspective in urban areas by Ying Tian, Hui Cao, Dapeng Yan, Jinmei Chen, Yayan Hua

“…Abstract Amid global climate change, analyzing spatiotemporal patterns and predicting urban demand-side electrical carbon emissions is vital for regional low-carbon transitions. …”
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Reframing Sustainable Informal Learning Environments: Integrating Multi-Domain Environmental Elements, Spatial Usage Patterns, and Student Experience by Jiachen Yin, Wenyi Fan, Lei Peng

“…Importantly, the results show that frequently used spaces receive lower physical quality ratings, group collaboration areas outperform individual study zones, and spontaneously formed spaces—informally appropriated, unplanned areas such as corridors or leftover corners—score lowest. …”
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Executive function at baseline and follow-up in opioid maintenance patients and its relation to psychiatric comorbidity and substance use patterns by John Hanson Högberg, Björn Philips, Jonas Nielsen, Stina Richter Simsek, Kristina Berglund

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Epidemiological Transitions in Venezuela: Spatial Differences in the Causes of Death, 2000-2010 by Jenny García Arias

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Spatiotemporal Patterns and Driving Factors of Cropland Abandonment in Metropolitan Suburbs: A Case Study of Chengdu Directly Administered Zone, Tianfu New Area, Sichuan Province,... by Mingyong Zuo, Guoxiang Liu, Chuangli Jing, Rui Zhang, Xiaowen Wang, Wenfei Mao, Li Shen, Keren Dai, Xiaodan Wu

“…The results demonstrate an average annual abandonment rate of approximately 8%, exhibiting minor fluctuations but significant spatial clustering characteristics, with abandonment hotspots concentrated in peri-urban areas that gradually expanded toward urban cores over time, while exurban regions showed lower abandonment rates. …”
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Analyzing Medication Adherence Patterns Among Type 2 Diabetes Patients in Thi-Qar, Iraq: A Cross-Sectional Study by Adel Gassab Mohammed, Nassar Taha Yaseen, Dheyaa K. AlWaeli

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Prevalence and patterns of subnormal visual acuity and refractive errors among preschool children in Sucheng district: a cross-sectional study by Lei Shen, Yuqing Cui, Nana Zhao, Fan Yang, Qian Zhou, Xue Wang, Shuyan Qin

“…The overall prevalence of subnormal visual acuity was 12.4%, with a significantly higher rate observed in male participants (13.1%) than in female participants (11.5%, P<0.001). …”
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Outcomes and vaccination patterns against COVID-19 in a cohort of sickle cell disease patients in the state of Rio de Janeiro by Claudia de Alvarenga Maximo, Jorge Francisco da Cunha Pinto, Fabiana Canedo Pinto, Patrícia Brasil

“…Sociodemographic data, emergency department visits, hospitalizations, mortality rates, and COVID-19 vaccination status were collected. …”
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Prevailing Antibiotic Resistance Patterns in Hospitalized Patients with Urinary Tract Infections in a Vietnamese Teaching Hospital (2014 &ndash; 2021) by Le HHL, Thuc LC, Ta TB, Tran TV, Hung DV, Kien HT, Le MN, Luong VH, Nguyen VTH, Pham HQ, Le HV, Viet NH, Hoang LH, Nguyen TT, Latsavong M, Le TD, Trong Tuan D, An NV

“…There was no resistance to tigecycline and teicoplanin, indicating their potential efficacy against multidrug resistance (MDR) bacteria causing UTIs. MDR rates were higher in Gram-negative bacteria (64.8% versus 43.5%), with Klebsiella pneumoniae having the highest rate (78.7%).Conclusion: This study underscores the urgent need for ongoing surveillance of AMR patterns in Vietnam and emphasizes the significance of efficient infection prevention methods, prudent use of antibiotics, and targeted interventions to combat antimicrobial resistance.Keywords: urinary tract infections, UTIs, antimicrobial resistance, multidrug resistance, MDR, Vietnam…”
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Trends, Clinical Profiles, and Demographics of Psychiatry Referrals: A Retrospective Record-based Study with Insights into Age-related Trends by Yogender Kumar Malik, Adwitiya Ray, Anwesha Chatterjee, Sujata Sethi

“…Despite its pivotal role, CLP referral rates in most parts of the world remain low, with few institutions offering specialized CLP services. …”
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CO2 flooding effects and breakthrough times in low-permeability reservoirs with injection–production well patterns containing hydraulic fractures by Nanlin Zhang, Bin Cao, Fushen Liu, Liangliang Jiang, Zhifeng Luo, Pingli Liu, Yusong Chen

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Resistance Patterns of <i>Neisseria gonorrhoeae</i> in PLHIV: A Cross-Sectional Study from the Republic of Cyprus, 2015–2023 by Michaela Takos, George Siakallis, Annalisa Quattrocchi, Maria Alexandrou, Panagiota Papadamou, Loukia Panagiotou, Danny Alon-Ellenbogen

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Socioeconomic Factors Influencing Crop Diversification Among Smallholder Farmers in Bergville, South Africa by Busisiwe Vilakazi, Alfred O. Odindo, Mutondwa M. Phophi, Paramu L. Mafongoya

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Machine learning-based mapping of Acidobacteriota and Planctomycetota using 16 S rRNA gene metabarcoding data across soils in Russia by E. A. Ivanova, A. R. Suleymanov, D. A. Nikitin, M. V. Semenov, E. V. Abakumov

“…Studying its biogeographical structure and distribution is essential for understanding the rates and mechanisms of microbially mediated soil ecosystem services. …”
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Pattern of traumatic brain injury in multiply injured patients at a Nigerian tertiary hospital: a 5-year retrospective study by Adejare Adedire, Taopheeq Bamidele Rabiu, Akinwale John Faniyi, Adebukola Ganiyu Oyeniyi, Olajide Olufemi Ojewuyi, Ayodeji Oluwaseun Ogungbemi

“…Abstract Introduction Head injuries represent a significant global health concern, particularly among multiply injured patients, often leading to high morbidity and mortality rates. The UNIOSUN Teaching Hospital in Osogbo serves a diverse patient population, many of whom suffer from traumatic injuries. …”
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Spatial patterns and clustering of dengue incidence in Mexico: Analysis of Moran's index across 2,471 municipalities from 2022 to 2024. by Oliver Mendoza-Cano, Rogelio Danis-Lozano, Xóchitl Trujillo, Miguel Huerta, Mónica Ríos-Silva, Agustin Lugo-Radillo, Jaime Alberto Bricio-Barrios, Verónica Benites-Godínez, Herguin Benjamin Cuevas-Arellano, Juan Manuel Uribe-Ramos, Ramón Solano-Barajas, Yolitzy Cárdenas, Jesús Venegas-Ramírez, Eder Fernando Ríos-Bracamontes, Luis A García-Solórzano, Arlette A Camacho-delaCruz, Efrén Murillo-Zamora

“…Weekly case counts, obtained through the normative epidemiological surveillance system for vector-borne diseases, were used to calculate incidence rates per 100,000 population. Geographic Information Systems were employed to analyze spatial patterns, while Local Moran's I statistic and a k-nearest neighbors spatial weights matrix identified spatial clusters. …”
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Major Traumatic Injury and Exposure to Mitochondrial-Derived Damage-Associated Molecular Patterns Promotes Neutrophil Survival Accompanied by Stabilisation of the Anti-Apoptotic Pr... by Thomas Nicholson, Michael Macleod, Antonio Belli, Janet M. Lord, Jon Hazeldine

“…Culturing HCs neutrophils with mtDAMPs or mtDNA significantly delayed apoptosis rates, promoted stabilisation of Mcl-1, and reduced caspase-3 activation. …”
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