Epidemiological trends and burden of metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease in the Middle East and North Africa region: a 32-year analysis of health impact by Zahra Sarkoohi, Mohammad-Mahdi Bastan, Mohammad Amin Khajuei Gharaei, Mahsa Iranmanesh, Arya Adinepour, Reyhane Khajezade, Faegheh Bahri, Fatemeh Akhlaghi, Azin Kadkhodamanesh, Hossein Pourghadamyari, Hamid Sharifi, Omid Eslami, Seyed Aria Nejadghaderi

“…Women experienced a higher increase in incidence than men. The highest rates of DALYs were observed among older adults. …”
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Palliative Radiotherapy Near the End of Life: An Analysis of Factors Influencing the Administration of Radiotherapy in Advanced Tumor Disease by Nguyen-Son Le, Asli Zeybek, Klaus Hackner, Cornelia Gallauner, Josef Singer, Felix Schragel, Petra Georg, Sandra Gottsauner-Wolf, Martin Pecherstorfer, Gudrun Kreye

“…Furthermore, RT near the EOL was more likely administered at multiple sites (OR, 2.08 [95% CI, 1.00 to 4.29]) and with ≤5 fractions (OR, 2.37 [95% CI, 1.23 to 4.57]), while being associated with lower response rates (OR, 0.43 [95% CI, 0.21 to 0.86]) and increased therapy discontinuation (OR, 4.40 [95% CI, 1.45 to 13.37]).CONCLUSIONThese findings highlight varying RT patterns influenced by specific factors, demonstrating the complexity of EOL treatment decisions in advanced cancer care. …”
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Global, regional, and national burden of nonrheumatic calcific aortic valve disease based on GBD study 2021 by Baiqiang Wang, Zeyuan Mei, Hong Yang, Wei Gao, Lianyue Ma, Guipeng An

“…While both the ASPR and age-standardized incidence rate (ASIR) steadily increased, the age-standardized mortality rate (ASMR) and age-standardized DALYs rate (ASDR) declined. …”
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Biomechanical stability and stress distribution before talus prosthesis design: effects of ligament removal and cartilage overlay thickness using finite element analysis by Gang Zeng, Yujun Sun, Min Liang, Wenzhou Liu, Yanbo Chen, Jionglin Wu, Jiayuan Zheng, Taolue Zhou, Huiying Zhao, Weidong Song, Yue Ding

“…These findings offer valuable preliminary insights into stress distribution patterns following talus prosthesis implantation; however, they represent an initial step, and further experimental and clinical studies are needed to validate and extend these results. …”
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Changes in influenza-associated excess mortality in China between 2012–2019 and 2020–2021: a population-based statistical modelling study by Xiaowei Deng, Jiangmei Liu, Minghan Wang, Nana Chen, Feiran Hao, Juan Yang, Maigeng Zhou, Hongjie Yu

“…Distinct pattern was observed for the AC and P&I outcomes. …”
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Feasibility Assessment of an Optically Powered Digital Retinal Prosthesis Architecture for Retinal Ganglion Cell Stimulation by William Lemaire, Maher Benhouria, Konin Koua, Wei Tong, Gabriel Martin-Hardy, Melanie Stamp, Kumaravelu Ganesan, Louis-Philippe Gauthier, Marwan Besrour, Arman Ahnood, David John Garrett, Sebastien Roy, Michael R. Ibbotson, Steven Prawer, Rejean Fontaine

“…This confirms the feasibility of generating a response in RGCs with an infrared-powered digital architecture capable of delivering complex sequential stimulation patterns at high repetition rates, albeit with some limitations.…”
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Two-choice discrimination learning in African elephants (Loxodonta africana) by Charles Hyatt

“… A study of two-choice discrimination learning across 22 pattern pairs was conducted with three African elephants (Loxodonta africana) at the Atlanta/Fulton County Zoo with rates of acquisition and retention observed to be similar to those earlier reported for the Asian species (Elephas maximus). …”
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Pentacene-Based Thin Film Transistor with Inkjet-Printed Nanocomposite High-K Dielectrics by Chao-Te Liu, Wen-Hsi Lee, Jui-Feng Su

“…The nanocomposite gate insulating film of a pentacene-based thin film transistor was deposited by inkjet printing. …”
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Associations between on-farm factors and bulk tank SCC on Irish dairy farms by Alice Uí Chearbhaill, Pablo Silva Boloña, Eoin G. Ryan, Catherine I. McAloon, Conor G. McAloon, John Upton

“…Parlour technologies such as automatic cluster removers and automatic washers on the milking machine were associated with significantly reduced log10BTSCC, whereas the presence of backing gates and straight breast rails were associated with increased log10BTSCC. …”
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Relevance of Cellular Homeostasis-Related Gene Expression Signatures in Distinct Molecular Subtypes of Breast Cancer by Sharda P. Singh, Chathurika S. Dhanasekara, Michael W. Melkus, Chhanda Bose, Sonia Y. Khan, Flavia Sardela de Miranda, Maria F. Mahecha, Prrishti J. Gukhool, Sahil S. Tonk, Se-Ran Jun, Sahra Uygun, Rakhshanda Layeequr Rahman

“…This study aimed to identify the gene expression patterns and biomarkers associated with breast cancer risk and progression by integrating transcriptomic and clinical data. …”
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Latent class analysis and influencing factor study of work-related musculoskeletal disorders among operating room nurses in tertiary hospitals by Xiaogui TANG, Li LI, Yue ZHAO, Ningning HU, Feng FU, Boya LI, Mengru YANG, Yinglan LI

“…BackgroundWork-related musculoskeletal disorders (WMSDs), as one of the major occupational health issues worldwide, have shown an increasing positive rate year by year. Due to the unique demands of work, operating room nurses exhibit a higher positive rate of WMSDs compared to other occupational groups, necessitating active attention and intervention. …”
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Treatment of unacceptable bleeding in long-term users of 52-mg levonorgestrel intrauterine device: a prospective observational studyAJOG Global Reports at a Glance by Patty A.H.H. van der Heijden, MD, Karlijn A. Röttgering, Tamara J. Oderkerk, MD, Jeanne P. Dieleman, Arianne C. Lim, PhD, Marlies Y. Bongers, PhD, Peggy M.A.J. Geomini, PhD

“…The secondary outcomes included the number of bleeding days 12 months after the start of medication, bleeding patterns, discontinuation rate of the 52-mg levonorgestrel intrauterine device, side effects, adverse events, and patient satisfaction at 3 and 12 months of follow-up. …”
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Regreening Practices and Effectiveness Evaluation for Rocky Slope Drawdown Zones in Pumped Storage Power Station Reservoirs by YANG Zhi-chao, MA Xiao-xiao, CHANG Shi-ju, TANG Yu-shuang, ZHAO Rui-yi, WAN Dan, ZHANG Qian-zhu

“…[Methods] To address the severely impaired ecological function of the drawdown zone, this study conducted systematic analysis of habitat characteristics, including hydrological patterns, bank characteristics, non-point source pollution, and plant communities. …”
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Multi-omics derivation of a core gene signature for predicting therapeutic response and characterizing immune dysregulation in inflammatory bowel disease by Mingming Wang, Liping Liang, Zibo Tang, Jimin Han, Lele Wu, Le Liu, Le Liu, Ye Chen, Ye Chen

“…Single-cell RNA sequencing revealed cell-type-specific expression patterns: PDK2 demonstrated widespread expression across epithelial cycling cells and stem cells, UGT2A3 showed preferential epithelial localization, and CDC14A exhibited selective enrichment in innate lymphoid cells. …”
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PathCare: Integrating Clinical Pathway Information to Enable Healthcare Prediction at the Neuron Level by Dehao Sui, Lei Gu, Chaohe Zhang, Kaiwei Yang, Xiaocui Li, Liantao Ma, Ling Wang, Wen Tang

“…PathCare employs an auxiliary sub-network that models future visit patterns to capture temporal health progression, coupled with a neuron-level filtering gate that adaptively selects relevant features while filtering out redundant information. …”
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Enhancing Sensitivity across Scales with Highly Sensitive Hall Effect‐Based Auxetic Tactile Sensors by Youngheon Yun, Dongchan Lee, Soyeon Lee, Salvador Pané, Josep Puigmartí‐Luis, Sungwoo Chun, Bumjin Jang

“…HEATS exhibits a remarkable 20‐fold and 10‐fold improvement at tensile rates of 0.9% and 30%, respectively, compared to non‐auxetic sensors. …”
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Mitigating side channel attacks on FPGA through deep learning and dynamic partial reconfiguration by Sesibhushana Rao Bommana, Sreehari Veeramachaneni, Syed Ershad, MB Srinivas

“…Abstract This paper introduces a framework that combines Deep Learning (DL) models and Dynamic Partial Reconfiguration (DPR) in Field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGA) to mitigate Side Channel Attacks (SCA). …”
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Movie-watching evokes ripple-like activity within events and at event boundaries by Marta Silva, Xiongbo Wu, Marc Sabio, Estefanía Conde-Blanco, Pedro Roldán, Antonio Donaire, Mar Carreño, Nikolai Axmacher, Christopher Baldassano, Lluís Fuentemilla

“…Our results revealed a differential dynamical pattern of ripple occurrence during encoding. Enhanced hippocampal ripple recruitment was observed at event boundaries, reflecting hippocampal involvement in event segmentation, whereas higher ripple rates were seen within an event for cortical electrodes with higher ripple occurrence at the temporal cortex, reflecting whether an event was later recalled. …”
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The state and fate of Glaciar Perito Moreno Patagonia by Moritz Koch, Christian Sommer, Norbert Blindow, Katrina Lutz, Pedro Skvarca, Lucas Ruiz, Paola Rizzoli, Jose-Luis Bueso-Bello, Johannes J. Fürst, Matthias H. Braun

“…We detect an acceleration in frontal surface lowering rates, from 0.34 m a−¹ (2000–2019) to 5.5 m a−¹ (2019–2024), accompanied by glacier acceleration and retreat. …”
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Posterior hip dislocation associated with a femoral neck fracture and posterior acetabular wall fracture by Marcus Vinícius Bianchi, Ary da Silva Ungaretti Neto, Cristina Vicioli, Ramesses Akamefula, Márcio Balbinotti Ferrari

“…Due to its rarity, no classification currently includes this specific pattern of injury. We present a successful treatment approach for this injury, which, although rare, can be associated with severe sequelae.…”
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