Sex differences and physical activity associations with electrocardiographic patterns in amateur athletes: a cross-sectional study by Younes Brouki, Youssef El Machrouh, Chaimae Khali, Mohamed Barkaoui, Aziz Eloirdi, Boujemaa Zahi, Aziz Chokri

“…Results: Male athletes showed significantly higher rates of sinus bradycardia (41.4% vs 12.7%) and ST-segment elevation (41.4% vs 0%) than female athletes (p<.0001). …”
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Morbidity Patterns and Determinants of Healthcare-Seeking Behavior Among Older Women in Selected Rural Areas of Bangladesh by Shahinur Akter, Tazrin Azad, Md. Habibur Rahman, Md. Firoz Raihan

“…The rates of seeking healthcare services were higher among older women with primary and secondary education, those living with spouses and children, those residing in extended families with seven or more members, and older women with diabetes and liver diseases. …”
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Incidence and risk factors of resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa infections: a multicenter study in Lebanese tertiary hospitals by Rania Itani, Hani M. J. Khojah, Patricia Shuhaiber, Hamza Raychouni, Carole Dib, Mariam Hassan, Tareq L. Mukattash, Abdalla El-Lakany

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Real-world breast cancer treatment patterns and guideline-concordant treatment completion among Malawian women by Jennifer Morgan, Shekinah Elmore, Takondwa Zuze, Lusayo Simwinga, Richard Nyasosela, Precious Makondi, Agnes Manda BSc, Chifundo Kajombo, Anthony Charles, Lisa A. Carey, Maurice Mulenga, Katherine Reeder-Hayes, Tamiwe Tomoka

“…Here, we describe breast cancer treatment patterns by stage and curative-intent guideline-concordant treatment (GCT) receipt among Malawian women. …”
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Identifying spatiotemporal patterns in opioid vulnerability: investigating the links between disability, prescription opioids and opioid-related mortality by Andrew Deas, Adam Spannaus, Hashan Fernando, Heidi A. Hanson, Anuj J. Kapadia, Jodie Trafton, Vasileios Maroulas

“…This study investigates the national epidemic by analyzing vulnerability profiles of three key factors: opioid-related mortality rates, opioid prescription dispensing rates, and disability rank ordered rates. …”
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Growth Patterns of HIV-Exposed and -Unexposed Infants in African Countries: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis by Perpetua Modjadji, Kabelo Mokgalaboni, Wendy N. Phoswa, Tebogo Maria Mothiba, Sogolo L. Lebelo

“…<b>Conclusions:</b> Stunting was the most prevalent growth deficit among HEU infants compared to their HUU counterparts, with no significant differences observed in the rates of underweight and wasting. To improve postnatal growth outcomes, especially in the evolving landscape of HIV treatment and prevention, efforts should focus on educating and supporting mothers living with HIV.…”
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Schema-Informed Digital Mental Health Intervention for Maladaptive Cognitive-Emotional Patterns: Randomized Controlled Trial by Seohyun Jeong, Hyeonseong Kim, Silvia Kyungjin Lho, Inae Hwang, Seongjun Mun, Soohyun Kim, Hyejin Lim, Hyeonhee Kim, Min-Sup Shin, Woori Moon

“…ConclusionsThe schema-informed digital intervention led to significant (P<.05) short-term improvements in distress and associated psychological patterns, with high completion rates and increased help-seeking behavior among participants. …”
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Epidemiological characteristics of respiratory tract infections during and after the pandemic of COVID-19 from 2021 - 2023 in Shenzhen, southern China by Qiaoruo Jin, Sheng Yu, Jiuxin Qu

“…Results The overall positivity rate for respiratory viruses increased after the COVID-19 epidemic (P < 0.05), whereas no significant difference was detected in the overall positivity rate of most respiratory bacteria. …”
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Cross-User Electromyography Pattern Recognition Based on a Novel Spatial-Temporal Graph Convolutional Network by Mengjuan Xu, Xiang Chen, Yuwen Ruan, Xu Zhang

“…The ablation experiments show that each functional module of the proposed CNN-MSTGCN network has played a more or less positive role in improving the performance of EMG pattern recognition. The user-independent recognition experiments and the transfer learning-based cross-user recognition experiments verify the advantages of the proposed CNN-MSTGCN network in improving recognition rate and reducing user training burden. …”
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Short-term recovery pattern of plasma fibrinogen after cardiac surgery: A prospective observational study. by Gabor Erdoes, Wulf Dietrich, Monika Pia Stucki, Tobias Michael Merz, Anne Angelillo-Scherrer, Michael Nagler, Thierry Carrel, Balthasar Eberle

“…C-FIB recovered spontaneously at a nearly constant rate of approximately 0.08 g/L per hour. In all patients, C-FIB was ≥1.5 g/L at 4 hours and ≥2.0 g/L at 13 hours after CPB weaning. …”
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Treatment Patterns for Patients on Overactive Bladder Therapy: A Retrospective Statistical Analysis Using Canadian Claims Data by Adrian Wagg, Demitri Diles, Todd Berner

“…There are also few formal analyses on the impact of age, gender and choice of initial OAB drug on discontinuation rates. # Objectives To investigate discontinuation rates with antimuscarinics in patients newly starting OAB therapy, with regard to patterns of switching to alternative medication, and the potential impact of age, gender and choice of initial drug…”
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Association of hyperuricemia with dietary patterns and alcohol consumption in the adult population. Results of the ESSE-RF epidemiological study by N. S. Karamnova, O. B. Shvabskaya, A. I. Rytova, Yu. A. Balanova, S. E. Evstifeeva, A. E. Imaeva, A. V. Kapustina, M. B. Kotova, S. A. Maksimov, G. A. Muromtseva, S. A. Shalnova, O. M. Drapkina

“…Representative samples of male and female population aged 25-64 years (17929 people, including 6593 men and 11336 women) from 13 Russian regions were examined. The response rate was ~80%. The dietary pattern was studied by the consumption rate of the main food groups. …”
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Spectral and Spatial Analysis of Plantar Force Distributions Across Foot-Strike Patterns During Treadmill Running by Paul William Macdermid, Stephanie Julie Walker

“…Forefoot strikes exhibited lower peak impact force, average loading rate, and high-frequency power spectral density (PSD) components compared to heel and midfoot strikes, with heel also lower than midfoot. …”
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Growth patterns of saffron cod <i>Eleginus gracilis</i> Tilesius (Gadidae) in the first year of life by A. V. Buslov

“…Monthly increments for the body length of larvae and fry are about 50–60 % in the first four months of life with the highest growth rate. Then the relative growth decreases significantly in fall-winter and does not exceed 1–4 % to the end of the first year of life. …”
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A bibliometric analysis of online education research in India (2014–2024): trends, patterns, and future directions by Sara Alrefaee, Khan Mahlaqa Afzal, Yasser M. H. Ahmed Alrefaee, Saber Haimed

“…Utilizing data from the Scopus database, the analysis covers 831 publications, revealing a significant annual growth rate of 16.71% in research output. The study identifies three distinct phases of research evolution: pre-pandemic stability, pandemic-driven surge, and post-pandemic consolidation. …”
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Patterns and outcome of neonates with congenital anomalies in a neonatal intensive care unit: a retrospective study by Amira M. Sabry, Yasmeen Mansi, Halaallah Zeinelabdeen, Amir Fawzy Kamal

“…The overall mortality rate was 39%, with cardiovascular anomalies responsible for 51.3% of deaths. …”
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Sexual dimorphism, pattern of third molar and mandibular second premolar agenesis in Indian paediatric orthodontic patients by Apurva Mishra, Ramesh K. Pandey

“…The agenesis of third molar in maxilla and mandible between age groups and gender was compared using Chi-squared test. Results: The rate of agenesis of third molars was observed 36.8% in the present study. …”
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Spatial Pattern Analysis of Dating Status as a Risk Factor on Adolescent Sexual Activity in Surabaya, Indonesia by Eny Qurniyawati, Zida Husnina, Jayanti Dian Eka Sari, Asma Azzahra, Izzah Nur Shabrina

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A Mean Weighted Squared Error-based Neural Classifier for Intelligent Pattern Recognition in Smart Grids by Mehdi Khashei, Mehrnaz Ahmadi, Fatemeh Chahkoutahi

“…Supervised learning is widely used in pattern recognition and classification due to its strong ability to enhance data accuracy. …”
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Significance of the cribriform pattern in predicting the prognosis of lung adenocarcinoma patients: A systematic review and meta-analysis. by Jun Peng, Xianquan Zhang, Yan Huang, Changhui Liu, Shuyang Li, Jinfeng Liu

“…The hazard ratio for the relationship between the cribriform pattern and the overall survival rate of patients with lung adenocarcinoma was 2.05 (95% CI: 1.76-2.39). …”
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