Fellowship training in microvascular surgery and post-fellowship practice patterns: a cross sectional survey of microvascular surgeons from facial plastic and reconstructive surger... by Douglas M. Bennion, Peter T. Dziegielewski, Brian J. Boyce, Yadro Ducic, Raja Sawhney

“…Results Among survey respondents (n = 21, 22% response rate), two-thirds completed 20–100 microvascular cases during fellowship using mainly radial forearm, fibula, anterior lateral thigh, latissimus and rectus free tissue transfers. …”
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The Impacts of Marine Heatwaves on Economic Fisheries in Adjacent Sea Regions Around Japan Under Global Warming by Dan Liu, Xinjun Chen, Bilin Liu

“…Matching analysis between the annual change rates of catches and MHW indices confirmed the detrimental effects of strong MHWs on marine fisheries.…”
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Prevalence, Antimicrobial Susceptibility Pattern, and Associated Factors of Urinary Tract Infections among Adult Diabetic Patients at Metu Karl Heinz Referral Hospital, Southwest E... by Tesfaye Gutema, Fitsum Weldegebreal, Dadi Marami, Zelalem Teklemariam

“…The escalating antimicrobial resistance rate among bacteria over the past years is another concern in the treatment of urinary tract infections. …”
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Evaluating antibiotic use patterns and compliance in Shanxi province hospitals: a 7-year retrospective study of national clinical improvement system data (2015–2021) by Rui Zhang, Song Wang, Shuyun Wang, Jian Ren, Zhihong Ren, Yang Tang, Donghong Yin, Shucheng Yang, Ruigang Hou, Jinju Duan

“…The proportion of patients undergoing clean surgical procedures with prophylactic antibiotic prescriptions decreased from 45.08% to 40.0% between 2019 and 2021, with a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of −5.80 (p=0.103). The intensity of antibiotic treatment among inpatients was from 42.00 to 39.70 daily defined dose between 2017 and 2021, with a CAGR of −1.40 (p=0.015). …”
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Real-World Clinical Characteristics, Treatment Patterns, and Clinical Outcomes in US Patients with Stage I–III Resected NSCLC Without Known EGFR Mutations: The RESECT Study by Jhanelle E. Gray, Rachel J. Salomonsen, Ignacio Diaz Perez, Alice Wang, Ling Cai, Graham Wetherill, Yang Xiao, Claire Fielden, Nefeli Georgoulia

“…Five-year overall survival rates were 73.4%, 61.9%, and 50.5% in stage I, II, and III patients; 5-year real-world relapse-free survival rates were 35.4%, 23.1%, and 14.0%. …”
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MissPred: A Robust Two-Stage Radar Echo Extrapolation Algorithm for Incomplete Sequences by Ziqi Zhao, Chunxu Duan, Lin Song, Qilin Zhang, Wenda Zhu, Yi Liu

“…Our dataset covers missing rates ranging from 10% to 50%. The experimental results show that the model outperforms the baseline model with the prior interpolation of missing data in the missing mode with stable robustness.…”
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Temporal Variation and Spatial Heterogeneity in Boarding/Alighting Patterns at Urban Railway Stations: Implications for Estimating Optimal Construction Scale—A Case Study in Seoul,... by WooKeol Cho, Kyoungtae Kim, Inmook Lee, Soyoung (Iris) You

“…Initially, the factors influencing the peak-hour concentration rates in railway stations were identified using a linear regression model. …”
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Urban Violent Crime Dynamics in Kuala Lumpur and Putrajaya: Utilizing Spatial Temporal Techniques by Mohd Sofian Redzuan, Tarmiji Masron, Adibah Yusuf, Syahrul Nizam Junaini, Yoshinari Kimura, Mohamad Hardyman Barawi, Mohamad Suhaidi Salleh, Ruslan Rainis, Azizul Ahmad

“…Additionally, socio-economic factors, including population density, economic conditions, and the COVID-19 pandemic, significantly impacted crime patterns, leading to changes in crime rates and hotspot locations. …”
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Bacteriological evaluation, antibiogram, and phenotypic detection of MBL-producing gram-negative bacteria isolated from outdoor patients with otorrhea attending Ayub medical Comple... by Najeeb B., Shakeela Q., Qureshi S.A.

“…The current study aimed to study the patients to assess the occurrence rate, susceptibility pattern, and prevalence rate of metallo beta-lactamase (MBL) producing gram-negative bacteria to prevent the prevalent strains and direct the physicians to appropriate antibiotic therapy. …”
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Configuration and Dynamic Analysis of Complex Docking Test Platform by ZHANG Yuan, FAN Chang-zhen

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Large language models' knowledge of children's memory and suggestibility: Evaluating model predictions of prior experimental results by Pekka Santtila, Yongjie Sun, Kristjan Kask, Liisa Järvilehto, Jiaxing Xiu

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Investigation of three alternative histopathological scoring methods at the invasive tumour front in colorectal cancer by Walaiphorn Woraharn, Ashley McCulloch, Christopher Bigley, Phimmada Hatthakarnkul, Kathryn Pennel, Peter Alexander, Hester vanWyk, Antonia Roseweir, Jennifer Hay, Noori Maka, James Park, Nigel B Jamieson, Joanne Edwards, Campbell SD Roxburgh

“…High scores with the Karamitopoulou and Taskin methods correlated significantly with adverse prognostic factors, particularly advanced T stage (p < 0.001), N stage (p < 0.001), and the presence of peritoneal involvement (p < 0.001). The survival rate of the TGP method demonstrated that patients with an infiltrative growth pattern had significantly worse CRC survival compared to those with pushing and intermediate growth patterns (p < 0.001) and the TGP method retained its independence as a prognostic factor in multivariable Cox regression analysis only for colon cancer‐specific survival (p < 0.001). …”
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Distinct patterns of osteoradionecrosis after photon-based radiotherapy and carbon ion radiotherapy for unresectable adenoid cystic carcinoma of the head and neck: case series from... by Eivind Storaas, Marta D. Switlyk, Sigrun Dahl, Cecilie D. Amdal, Åse Bratland, Thuy-Tien M. Huynh, Hanne A. Eide, Barbara Vischioni, Ester Orlandi, Einar Dale

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Speciation of Clinically Significant Coagulase Negative Staphylococci Isolates from Clinical Samples and their Susceptibility Pattern: A Cross-sectional Study from Western Uttar Pr... by Priya, Ismat Rehana, Anita Pandey, Rajesh Kumar Shah, Jitendra Kumar Chaudhary

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Pattern of disease and predictors of mortality among critically ill geriatric patients admitted to intensive care unit at a teaching hospital in Ethiopia: a retrospective cohort st... by Amanuel Sisay Endeshaw, Sitotaw Tesfa Zegeye, Meseret Hulualem Nega, Simachew Amogne Debas, Mulat Mossie Derseh

“…The incidence rate of mortality was 6.3 deaths per 100 person-days observation. …”
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Drug utilization pattern and cost analysis of antidiabetic drugs among type 2 diabetic patients at a teaching hospital in South India: A prospective observational study by Sekar Kavitha, Anandabaskar Nishanthi, Vivekraj Navabalan, Shanthi Manickam, Anuranjani Dhamodharan, Girija Subramanian

“…Conclusion: This study highlights areas for improvement, including the use of multiple medications, a relatively high rate of injectable prescriptions, and opportunities to enhance generic prescribing among diabetic patients in a teaching hospital in India. …”
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Driving Pattern Analysis, Gear Shift Classification, and Fuel Efficiency in Light-Duty Vehicles: A Machine Learning Approach Using GPS and OBD II PID Signals by Juan José Molina-Campoverde, Juan Zurita-Jara, Paúl Molina-Campoverde

“…After a thorough evaluation, the KNN (Fine KNN) model proved to be the most effective, achieving an accuracy of 99.7%, an error rate of 0.3%, a precision of 99.8%, a recall of 99.7%, and an F1-score of 99.8%, outperforming other models in terms of accuracy, robustness, and balance between metrics. …”
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Optimizing Lucerne Productivity and Resource Efficiency in China’s Yellow River Irrigated Region: Synergistic Effects of Ridge-Film Mulching and Controlled-Release Nitrogen Fertili... by Minhua Yin, Yuanbo Jiang, Yi Ling, Yanlin Ma, Guangping Qi, Yanxia Kang, Yayu Wang, Qiang Lu, Yujie Shang, Xiangrong Fan, Gangqiang Han, Boda Li, Jiapeng Zhu, Jinxi Chen, Haiyan Li

“…Plant height and stem diameter exhibited a quadratic response to elevated nitrogen (N) application rates under identical planting patterns, peaking at intermediate N levels before declining with further increases. (2) Ridge planting with both ordinary plastic film and biodegradable film combined with an appropriate N rate improved lucerne yield and quality. …”
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Feeding Preferences, Growth Patterns and Reproductive Characteristics of Fall Armyworm (<i>Spodoptera frugiperda</i>) Indicate the Potential of <i>Ficus</i> Tree as New Host Plant by Changqi Chen, Yan Wang, Yana Zhou, Zhu Liu, Zongbo Li, Yuan Zhang

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Prevalence, antimicrobial resistance patterns, and associated factors of Staphylococcus aureus among different clinical specimens in Wad Medani, Sudan: a four-year, laboratory-base... by Yousif B. Hamadalneel, Marwa F. Alamin, Hifa O. Ahmed, Safa F. Eltoum, Elmuntasir Elamin

“…The overall S. aureus isolation rate was 39.1% (697/1784). The strains were primarily isolated from female patients (79.5%, 554/697), 38.9% of whom (271/697) were aged 30–44 years. …”
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