The effects of annual cycle stages and life-history traits on feather abrasion by Yosef Kiat, Quentin Dupriez, Gina Pyo, Oliver J. L. Fox, Rafi Paz, Hans-Jürgen Eilts, Carlos Talabante, Nir Sapir

“…These findings highlight the importance of moult timing for feather abrasion rate and maintaining plumage integrity during the reproduction season. …”
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Investigating the first case of permafrost degraded subsidence in Lahaul & Spiti region of Tethyan Himalayas by Kirti Kumar Mahanta, Ipshita Priyadarsini Pradhan, Nitesh Dhiman, Ankit Singh, Dericks Praise Shukla

“…The analysis of historical temperature and precipitation data from 1950 to 2024 shows a significant rise in temperature at a rate of 0.02 °C/year and a shift in precipitation pattern over the village. …”
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Leveraging Social Media Data to Understand the Impact of COVID-19 on Residents' Dietary Behaviors: Observational Study by Chuqin Li, Alexis Jordan, Yaorong Ge, Albert Park

“…We then used the state obesity rates from the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) to assess the correlation between state obesity rates and dietary images on Twitter. …”
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Variations in the Use of Faecal Immunochemical Testing (FIT) in Primary Care in England: A Population-Based Cohort of 531,735 FITs from 495,121 Patients Between 2019 and 2023 by Morton AJ, Crooks CJ, West J, Nicholson BD, Humes DJ

“…This is the first study on national patterns of FIT testing, showing a rapid but unequal increase across England.There is large variation in the proportion of FIT results exceeding the referral criteria of 10 μgHb/g faeces between English regions that is associated with the rate of testing in each region. 3) What do these results mean?…”
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Cancer incidence and mortality in the Far Eastern Federal District (2013–2022) by V. P. Gordienko

“…The average cancer incidence rate in males was 294.06 ± 5.05 per 100,000 (2020: 296.94 ± 4.66), with a decrease rate of 3.0 %. …”
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Treatment failure of pentavalent antimonial therapy for human visceral leishmaniasis: a meta-analysis by Caitlin M Jones, Susan C Welburn, Joshua D Jones

“…Knowledge of failure rates can inform policy decisions at all levels. …”
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Understanding Biases in Ribosome Profiling Experiments Reveals Signatures of Translation Dynamics in Yeast. by Jeffrey A Hussmann, Stephanie Patchett, Arlen Johnson, Sara Sawyer, William H Press

“…These patterns are evidence that elongation continues to occur in the presence of CHX but with dramatically altered codon-specific elongation rates. …”
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Parasite spatial distribution shapes parasite aggregation on host populations, but not at high parasite density by Chris Wojan, Allison K. Shaw, Meggan E. Craft

“…Our work suggests that fine‐scale spatial patterns of parasites can play a strong role in shaping how hosts are parasitized, particularly when parasite density is low‐to‐moderate and recovery rates are slow.…”
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Commercial probiotics enhance growth and immunity of white shrimp (Litopenaeus vannamei) and resistence to infection by Vibrio parahaemolyticus by Germain Maurus, Joan Tang Xiao Joe, Quốc Hùng Phạm, Shih‐Chao Lin, Ming‐Wei Lu

“…Juvenile shrimp were fed varying doses of AFPB (0.5%, 1%, 2%, and 5%) during their maturation period, and their growth indices, including weight, growth rate, feed conversion ratio, and survival rate, were measured biweekly. …”
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Vulture dominance in a scavenger assemblage in the Neotropical dry forest by Paul Monar-Barragán, Hernán Vargas, Rubén Pineida, Andy Salazar, Emilio Virgos, Fabricio Narváez, Sebastián Kohn, Juan de Dios Morales, Juan Sebastián Restrepo-Cardona

“…Both carcass detection time and consumption rates were influenced by carcass size, particularly in the case of consumption rates, where larger carcasses exhibited higher consumption rates than smaller ones. …”
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Epidemiological insights and healthcare challenges of tuberous sclerosis complex in Shizuoka Prefecture: a retrospective cohort study by Satoshi Kishida, Eiji Nakatani, Takeshi Usui, Shuhei Fujimoto, Seiichiro Yamamoto, Yoshiki Miyachi

“…TSC cases were identified using the International Classification of Diseases, 10th Revision (ICD-10) code Q85.1. Adjusted prevalence rates were calculated, and analyses were performed on patient demographics, healthcare utilization, comorbidities, and treatment patterns. …”
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Prevalence and incidence of idiopathic subglottic stenosis in southern and central Alberta: a retrospective cohort study by Ryan K. Chan, Beau Ahrens, Paul MacEachern, J. Douglas Bosch, Derrick R. Randall

“…The total iSGS prevalence was 9.28/100,000 with a mean annual incidence rate of 0.71/100,000 per year. Significant clustering was observed (Moran’s index 0.125; z-score 2.832; p = 0.0046) and the highest rates of prevalence were observed in southern Alberta and in rural communities heterogeneously dispersed around Calgary FSAs. …”
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Genomic alterations of marine yeast Scheffersomyces spartinae under spontaneous and mutagenic conditions by Yu-Ting Bai, Awkash Sharma, Qian Xiang, Li-Yan Tian, Ke-Jing Li, Bao-Ying Guo, Lei Qi, Dao-Qiong Zheng

“…Heat stress at 37 °C increased the SNVs and InDels rates to 1.4 × 10⁻¹⁰ and 7.5 × 10⁻¹¹ per base pair per cell division. …”
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Global, regional, and national impact of Down syndrome on child and adolescent mortality from 1980 to 2021, with projections to 2050: a cross-sectional study by Erdengqieqieke Ye, Erman Wu, Erman Wu, Rui Han, Rui Han

“…Despite improvements in life expectancy and quality of life due to medical progress, children and adolescents (under the age of 20 years) with Down syndrome still face higher mortality rates. Future research is essential to elucidate the epidemiological patterns and trends in Down syndrome among children and adolescents, enabling the development of effective prevention and intervention strategies to improve survival and health outcomes.MethodsThis study draws on Global Burden of Disease (GBD) 2021 mortality data for children and adolescents with Down syndrome. …”
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Towards developing new private sector maternity care models in South Africa: results from a deliberative stakeholder dialogue by Tanya Doherty, Sue Fawcus, Vishal Brijlal, Geetesh Solanki

“…Caesarean rates are rising globally, four of the five countries with the highest caesarean rates are middle-income countries and private hospital care is a strong predictor of caesarean birth. …”
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Clinical evaluation of negative mNGS reports in sterile body fluids and tissues by Wang Lisha, Qian Jiao, Chen Mengyuan, Qin Jiajia, Tang Tianbin, Wang Yilan, Hu Linjie, Yu Sufei

“…The positive impact rates of clinical application in the plasma, CSF, and others groups were 68.0%, 40.4%, and 25.6%, respectively. …”
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Experimental Study of Oil-Water Displacement Dynamics in Berea Sandstone by Zhanhe Jia, Wenbin Jiang, Mian Lin

“…Experiments conducted at 20 °C and 50 °C across flow rates (0.10–0.35 mL/min) revealed distinct temperature-dependent saturation patterns: non-monotonic N-type behavior (initial increase, decrease, and then increase with flow rate) at 20 °C and V-type behavior (initial decrease followed by increase) at 50 °C, accounting for 76.0–94.3% of observed variations. …”
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Insights into the epidemiological analysis of subarachnoid hemorrhage burden and trends in middle-aged and elderly populations: a global perspective from the Global Burden of Disea... by Guiming Chen, Yuzhou Cai, Meng Ju, Xiye Zheng, Peng Bai

“…We calculated age-standardized incidence rates (ASIR), age-standardized prevalence rates (ASPR), age-standardized mortality rates (ASMR), and age-standardized disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) rates (ASDR). …”
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Child mortality in England after national lockdowns for COVID-19: An analysis of childhood deaths, 2019-2023. by David Odd, Sylvia Stoianova, Tom Williams, Peter Fleming, Karen Luyt

“…Overall, death rate reduced across Period 1 (Incidence rate ratio (IRR) 0.96 (95% CI 0.92-0.99)) and then increased across Period 2 (IRR 1.12 (95% CI 1.08-1.16)), and this pattern was also seen for death by Infection and Underlying Disease. …”
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Microsaccades and Visual-Spatial Working Memory by Joshua T. Gaunt, Bruce Bridgeman

“…Intervening tasks during the memory interval affected memory as well as microsaccade patterns. Average microsaccade rate peaks after appearance of a fixation cross at the start of a trial, and dips at cue onset and offset. …”
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