Comparative analysis of aggressiveness in giant cell tumor of bone between upper and lower extremities: A systematic review and meta-analysis by Rhyan Darma Saputra, Dita Anggara Kusuma, Fathih Kaldani, Khoirul Fahmi

“…Emerging evidence suggests unique behavioral patterns of GCTB in extremities. This study seeks to rigorously compare the aggressiveness of GCTB in the upper versus lower extremities, centering on recurrence rates. …”
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Treatment outcomes of bedaquiline-based longer oral antitubercular regimens in Indian children above five years of age by Ira Shah, Dhruv N. Gandhi, Ramsha Ansari, Himanshu Warse, Sachi Kalawadia, Tsering Yangchen, Daksha Shah, Varsha Puri, Sanjay Mattoo, Minnie Bodhanwala

“…Data on demographics, clinical features, resistance patterns, treatment regimens, outcomes, and adverse effects were analyzed. …”
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Prevalence and Associated Factors of Insomnia in Adult Psychiatric Patients: A Hospital-Based Study by Jhowhar Datta, Mohammad Tariqul Alam, Taiyeb Ibna Zahangir, Sadia Afrin, Ahsan Aziz Sarkar, Md Shariful Haque, A. M. Fariduzzaman, Bijoy Kumar Dutta

“…Background and Objective Insomnia is highly prevalent in psychiatric disorders, yet its patterns and predictors vary across diagnoses and cultural contexts. …”
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Epidemiology of extended-spectrum β-lactamase producing Escherichia coli from hospital settings in Yemen by Samar Nasher, Sameer Alsharapy, Anwar Al-Madhagi, Fathiah Zakham

“…The highest significant rates were among the elderly, patients with previous hospitalization, patients who have stayed in hospital more than 22 days, patients who have taken third generation cephalosporins as treatment and diabetic patients. …”
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Sustainable Food Security in Romania and Neighboring Countries—Trends, Challenges, and Solutions by Teodor Ioan Trasca, Ioana Mihaela Balan, Gina Fintineru, Jeni Veronica Tiu, Nicoleta Mateoc-Sirb, Ciprian Ioan Rujescu

“…Despite a higher GDP per capita than its neighbors, food insecurity rates remain concerning, pointing to underlying socio-economic inequalities. …”
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Social media use, risk behavior engagement, and mental health among middle adolescents in the Caribbean by Deogwoon Kim, Riley Magane, Maxwell Poitier, Julia Kuang, Ava Wang, Richard Adderley, Lynette Deveaux

“…This study explored the magnitude and patterns of social media use, risk behaviors, and mental health among boys and girls and examined associations between these factors. …”
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MSDCA: A Multi-Scale Dual-Branch Network with Enhanced Cross-Attention for Hyperspectral Image Classification by Ning Jiang, Shengling Geng, Yuhui Zheng, Le Sun

“…First, a multiscale 3D spatial–spectral feature extraction module (3D-SSF) employs parallel 3D convolutional branches with diverse kernel sizes and dilation rates, enabling hierarchical modeling of spatial–spectral representations from large-scale patches and effectively capturing both fine-grained textures and global context. …”
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Non-selective waterbird hunting in a Natura 2000 site results in killing of protected species: A case study from western Poland by Dominik Marchowski, Robert Jurszo, Paweł Stańczak, Michał Jasiński, Sebastian Guentzel

“…For nearly all species, harvest rates exceeded the sustainable thresholds defined by BirdLife International. …”
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Spatial Downscaling of TRMM Precipitation Data Using an Optimal Subset Regression Model with NDVI and Terrain Factors in the Yarlung Zangbo River Basin, China by Jinping Liu, Wanchang Zhang, Ning Nie

“…Moreover, the spatial patterns of both precipitation rates of change and their corresponding p value statistics were consistent between the downscaled results and the original TRMM 3B43 during the 2001–2014 period, which verifies that the downscaling method performed well in the Yarlung Zangbo River Basin. …”
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Mental Health in Croatian Competing Adolescent Athletes: Insights from the SMHAT-1 Questionnaire by Katarina Sore, Frane Franic, Luka Androja, Ivana Batarelo Kokic, Darko Marcinko, Stipe Drmic, Valentin Zdravko Markser, Tomislav Franic

“…Understanding gender-specific patterns is crucial for targeted interventions. A cross-sectional study involved 674 Croatian athletes (418 men, 256 women) aged 16–24 years from 43 sports. …”
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Surveillance of healthcare acquired infections in hospital and community: a retrospective study in Local Healthcare Organization of Rovigo by Francesca Ronzani, Marino Scarin, Marco Brusaferro, Antonia Intenti, Raffaela Marchetto, Michela Boldrin, Silvia Pierotti, Adriano Marcolongo

“…This study was conducted to detect antimicrobial susceptibility patterns in order to inform treatment choices and generate hospital-wide baseline data.…”
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New Programming Modes of Spinal Cord Stimulation for Chronic Pain: A Systematic Review of Outcomes with Burst and High-Frequency Technology by Jeffrey J. Bergman, Derrick A. Dupré, Nestor D. Tomycz

“…Recent developments in novel programming modes, such as high-frequency 10 kHz (HF10) and burst, stray from tonic SCS in their electrical stimulation delivery patterns and unique ability to deliver SCS without engendering paresthesias. …”
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Spatiotemporal evolution and multi-scenario simulation of the land-use cover change and habitat quality in arid and semi-arid areas: a case study of the urban agglomeration along t... by Tianle Ma, Wenhao Cheng, Wenxuan Yao

“…Habitat quality (HQ) is recognized as a significant factor in biodiversity maintenance and ecological conservation advancement, and the land-use cover change (LUCC) can directly affect the spatial pattern and evolution of HQ. Land-use datasets spanning 2010, 2015, and 2020 were analyzed through the integrated application of the future land-use simulation (FLUS) model and the integrated valuation of ecosystem services and trade-offs (InVEST) model, supplemented by multiple analytical indicators, resulting in LUCC patterns and HQ variations being investigated within the urban agglomeration along the Yellow River in Ningxia, China. …”
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Identifying risk factors and evaluating therapeutic interventions for anastomotic recurrence in postoperative esophageal squamous cell carcinoma by Tiantian Cui, Huajian Chen, Min Fan, Wei Huang, Xiaodong Liu

“…Abstract Purpose This investigation delineates the differential impact of recurrence patterns—specifically, anastomotic recurrence (AR) and lymph node recurrence (LNR)—on the survival outcomes of patients with esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC). …”
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Antimicrobial Resistance and Associated Risk Factors for Clostridium difficile in Patients Attending Tertiary Care Settings by Murad A. Mubaraki, Mubbashir Hussain, Faaiz Ul Hassan, Shahzad Munir, Fozia Fozia, Ijaz Ahmad, Fatima Bibi, Samia Sultan, Ziaullah Zialluh

“…The highest resistance rates were found against penicillin (83.3%) followed by amoxicillin (70%), nalidixic acid (61%), and metronidazole (38%), and the lowest resistance was found against vancomycin (6.4%) and imipenem (3.7%). …”
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Evaluation of a BCC-CPSv3-S2Sv2 Model for the Monthly Prediction of Summer Extreme Precipitation in the Yellow River Basin by Zhe Li, Zhongyuan Xia, Jiaying Ke

“…The performance of monthly prediction of extreme precipitation from the BCC-CPSv3-S2Sv2 model over the Yellow River Basin (YRB) using historical hindcast data from 2008 to 2022 was evaluated in this study, mainly from three aspects: overall performance in predicting daily precipitation rates, systematic biases, and monthly prediction of extreme precipitation metrics. …”
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A novel approach in diagnosing knee osteoarthritis for content based image retrieval in big data analytics and medical images by Pinar Gundogan Bozdag, Hurşit Burak Mutlu, Mucahit Karaduman, Muhammed Yildirim, M. Attique Khan, Shrooq Alsenan, Jamel Baili, Yunyoung Nam

“…Current deep learning architectures published in the literature struggle to achieve comparable success rates in distinguishing between closely related but distinct disease groups. …”
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Acclimation of Ecophysiological and Agronomic Traits to Increasing Growth Temperature in Three Cowpea Genotypes Grown in Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka by Imanthi Wijayaraja, Malika Piyarathne, Thilakshi Alahakoon, Udeni Devasinghe, Lasantha Weerasinghe, Dushan Kumarathunge, Dharmasiri Dissanayake, Chaminda Egodawatta, Nalaka Geekiyanage

“…More work is proposed to examine the patterns of biomass partitioning and radiation use efficiency in three cowpea genotypes at elevated temperatures.…”
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A framework for continual learning in real-time traffic forecasting utilizing spatial–temporal graph convolutional recurrent networks by Mariam Labib Francies, Abeer Twakol Khalil, Hanan M. Amer, Mohamed Maher Ata

“…This approach improves the efficiency of the Continual Learning (CL) process by enabling the model to adapt to new traffic patterns more effectively over time. Extensive experiments conducted on the PeMSD3, PeMSD4, PeMSD7, and PeMSD8 datasets reveal the superiority of the proposed models, STGCN-EWC, STGCN-MAS, and STGCN-SI models achieve significant reductions in error rates compared to baseline methodologies. …”
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Effectiveness of intradialytic muscle stretching exercise onmuscle cramps among patients undergoing maintenance hemodialysis in Oman - A randomized controlled trial by Iman Al Rahbi, Eilean Rathinasamy Lazarus, Omar AlZaabi, Huda Al-Noumani

“…This low-risk, cost-effective method has the potential to improve patient care, reduce symptoms, hospitalization rates, and enhance physical and mental performance. …”
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