Surgery on the aortic arch and feasibility of electroencephalography (SAFE) monitoring in neonates: protocol for a prospective observational cohort study by Timothy J Jones, Nigel E Drury, Barnaby R Scholefield, M Brandon Westover, Jin Jing, Stefano Seri, Laura Quinn, Christina L Easter, William M McDevitt

“…Introduction While survival rates following neonatal surgery for congenital heart disease (CHD) have improved over the years, neurodevelopmental delays are still highly prevalent in these patients. …”
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Human papillomavirus vaccine administration opportunities at well visits in adolescents by Kunal Saxena, Lei Ai, Amanda Martino, Aneesha Fathima Syed Mohamed, Dong Wang, Yi Zheng, Kristin Oliver

“…This study aimed to describe patterns in HPV vaccine administration during adolescent well visits and quantify potential HPV vaccination opportunities at age 9. …”
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Potential profile analysis of financial toxicity and its related factors among lung cancer patients by Xu Zhang, Liwei Zhang, Ziyi Geng, Meimei Shang, Aijun Wang, Xing Zheng, Chao Li, Tingting Zhang, Hailing Yang, Yuanyuan Chen

“…Latent profile analysis identified four distinct FT patterns: mild (19.5%), moderate resource-deficient (7.8%), moderate balanced (35.6%), and severe (37.1%). …”
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A multi-center retrospective analysis of ultrasound-guided fine needle aspiration biopsy for detecting additional positive axillary node metastasis in early breast cancer by Youjia Li, Mengru Dong, Shengyu Liao, Yu Jiang, Yingjie Niu, Yiqin Huang, Wei Fu, Debo Chen, Zhipeng Hong

“…Additionally, 40.9% were found to have additional positive ALNs in patients who underwent ALND following positive SLNB, with rates significantly higher in those with positive FNAB (60.3% vs. 35.4%, P < 0.001). …”
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Modelling the impact of non-pharmaceutical interventions on workplace transmission of SARS-CoV-2 in the home-delivery sector. by Carl A Whitfield, Martie van Tongeren, Yang Han, Hua Wei, Sarah Daniels, Martyn Regan, David W Denning, Arpana Verma, Lorenzo Pellis, Ian Hall, with the University of Manchester COVID-19 Modelling Group

“…<h4>Results</h4>The baseline model (without any interventions) showed different workplace infection rates for staff in different job roles. Based on our assumptions of contact patterns in the parcel delivery work setting we found that when a delivery driver was the index case, on average they infect only 0.14 other employees, while for warehouse and office workers this went up to 0.65 and 2.24 respectively. …”
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Taking a look at your speech: identifying diagnostic status and negative symptoms of psychosis using convolutional neural networks by Gleb Melshin, Anthony DiMaggio, Nadia Zeramdini, Michael MacKinley, Lena Palaniyappan, Alban Voppel

“…Modified ResNet-18 convolutional neural networks (CNNs) performed three classification tasks; (1) schizophrenia-spectrum vs healthy controls, within 179 clinically-rated patients, (2) individuals with more severe vs less severe negative symptom burden, and (3) clinically obvious vs subtle blunted affect. …”
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Annual trends in childhood fracture and injury in Beijing from 2010 to 2019 by Liu Zhiwei, Zhang Tao, Ye Xin, Lv Yanwei, Zhao Bin, Yang Zheng, Tian Zhaoxing

“…Conclusion Beijing children experienced progressively rising fracture and injury rates during the study decade, with notable increases in older age groups. …”
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Population increases of mountain forest birds are linked to forest regeneration after reduction of sulphur dioxide concentration in ambient air by Jiří Reif, Anna Gamero, Karolina Mikslová, Iva Hůnová

“…Since we did not prove a direct effect of SO _2 on bird annual population growth rates, we suggest that SO _2 influences bird populations indirectly via ecosystem processes.…”
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Host associations and genetic diversity of bat flies (Diptera: Nycteribiidae and Streblidae) in bats from Thailand by Dimas Novianto, Siwaporn Tuangpermsub, Thongchai Ngamprasertwong, Morakot Kaewthamasorn

“…DNA barcoding targeted to the mitochondrial Cox1 and nuclear 28S rRNA genes was utilized. Infestation patterns were analyzed in relation to host sex, sampling site, and physiological status. …”
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Men with psoriatic arthritis, rheumatoid arthritis and axial spondylarthritis have more children and at an earlier age than matched controls: results from a nationwide cohort by Gunnstein Bakland, Marianne Wallenius, Bjørg-Tilde Svanes Fevang, Anne Kjersti Daltveit, Solveig Hauge, Kjell Åsmund Salvesen, Gudrun David Sigmo, Hanne Brit Hetland, Maria Boge Lauvsnes

“…These findings are novel, suggesting a notable difference in fertility patterns between those with and without IJDs.…”
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Predicting determinants of unimproved water supply in Ethiopia using machine learning analysis of EDHS-2019 data by Jember Azanaw, Mihret Melese, Eshetu Abera Worede

“…The results highlight the necessity of focused interventions in areas with high rates of poverty and insufficient infrastructure. …”
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The ratio of serum glucose to potassium is associated with poor prognosis in patients with severe acute myocardial infarction by Wen Pan, Teng-fei Ji, Jing Yang, Bing-tao Hu, Lei Lu, Jia-hong Xue

“…The primary outcomes assessed were all-cause mortality at 1 year and at 180 days. To compare survival rates across the four groups, Kaplan–Meier analysis was utilized. …”
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Social determinants of health and age-related differences in all-cause mortality: evidence from National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey by Siyuan Tan, Fanqi Li, Jiabao Zhou, Qiuzhen Lin, Qiming Liu

“…Kaplan–Meier curve analysis showed lower survival rates in the middle and high SDoH groups compared to the low SDoH group. …”
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Molecular and epidemiological characterization of carbapenem-resistant hypervirulent Klebsiella pneumoniae in Huaian, China (2022–2024): a retrospective study by Jianchun Lian, Qianhui Li, Cheng Peng, Tao Lin, Hong Du, Chaogui Tang, Xiaoyun Zhang

“…The CR-hvKP strains showed significantly higher resistance to the tested antibiotics, except for ceftazidime/avibactam and colistin. Resistance rates of CR-hvKP to the three tested antibiotics (minocycline, cotrimoxazole, and amikacin) were higher than those of CRnon-hvKP. …”
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Applicability of LARSEN &amp; SKAUGE relative permeability hysteresis model in high-temperature and high-pressure CO2-water alternating injection experiments by WANG Shuoshi, JI Qiang, GUO Ping, LIU Huang, WEN Lianhui, XU Ruifeng, WANG Zhouhua, ZHANG Ruixu

“…Current numerical simulation studies on CO₂-water alternating processes often fail to adequately consider the relative permeability hysteresis effect, leading to discrepancies between simulated and actual results for key parameters such as CO2 storage capacity and oil recovery rates. Therefore, based on the Larsen &amp; Skauge three-phase relative permeability hysteresis model, multi-cycle CO₂-water alternating injection experiments were designed and conducted under high-temperature and high-pressure conditions using oil-bearing cores. …”
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Estimating the proportion of clinically suspected cholera cases that are true Vibrio cholerae infections: A systematic review and meta-analysis. by Kirsten E Wiens, Hanmeng Xu, Kaiyue Zou, John Mwaba, Justin Lessler, Espoir Bwenge Malembaka, Maya N Demby, Godfrey Bwire, Firdausi Qadri, Elizabeth C Lee, Andrew S Azman

“…Given the substantial variability in positivity between settings, extrapolations from suspected to confirmed cases, which is necessary to estimate cholera incidence rates without exhaustive testing, should be based on local data.…”
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Marangoni Convection of Self-Rewetting Fluid Layers with a Deformable Interface in a Square Enclosure and Driven by Imposed Nonuniform Heat Energy Fluxes by Bashir Elbousefi, William Schupbach, Kannan N. Premnath

“…This characteristic leads to distinctive patterns of thermocapillary convection and associated interfacial dynamics, setting self-rewetting fluids apart from normal fluids (NFs). …”
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Developing Species-Age Cohorts from Forest Inventory and Analysis Data to Parameterize a Forest Landscape Model by Richard H. Odom, W. Mark Ford

“…Our results suggest that despite abundant precipitation and relatively low evapotranspiration rates for the region, low soil water holding capacity and fertility may be limiting factors for the spread of mesophytic species on excessively drained soils in the region. …”
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CLINICO-BIOLOGICAL PROFILE AND MANAGEMENT OF CHRONIC LYMPHOCYTIC LEUKEMIA by Vasile Musteata, Vasile Cepraga, Larisa Musteata

“…The prognosis emerged to be relatively favorable, with the overall survival rates sustained at 100% within 3 and 5 years.…”
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National Trends in Medication Prescriptions for Male Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms and Erectile Dysfunction: Findings from the Norwegian Prescription Database by Patrick Juliebø-Jones, Ingunn Roth, Christian Arvei Moen, Peder Gjengstø, Christian Beisland

“…Our aim was to analyse national trends in prescribing patterns for ED and LUTS medications among men in Norway. …”
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