Memory deformation and safety characteristics of hydrated coal rock assemblages under cyclic loading by Tingting Cai, Jin Xia, Yulong Jiang, Zengchao Feng, Jia Liu

“…With the increase in water saturation rate, the peak strength of the coal-rock assemblage gradually decreased, showing a noticeable deterioration effect. …”
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Global burden of chronic kidney disease and its attributable risk factors (1990-2021): an analysis based on the global burden of disease study by Min-Jia Li, Hong-Yong Liu, Yun-Qiang Zhang, Sheng-Rong Li, Jian-Hong Zhang, Rong Li

“…Prevalence peaked at ages 65–69 in males and 70–74 in females, with female rates surpassing male rates from the early thirties onward. …”
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The global burden of climate-sensitive diseases in Brazil: the national and subnational estimates and analysis, 1990–2017 by Tatiane C. Moraes de Sousa, Christovam Barcellos, Mauricio L. Barreto

“…The lowest DALYs rates for dengue were observed in the south region, which also experiences the lowest temperatures. …”
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Epidemiology and molecular characterisation of multidrug-resistant Escherichia coli isolated from chicken meat. by Hamida Khanom, Chandan Nath, Philip P Mshelbwala, Md Ridoan Pasha, Ricardo Soares Magalhaes, John I Alawneh, Mohammad Mahmudul Hassan

“…AMR profiling revealed high resistance rates to sulfamethoxazole-trimethoprim (88.84%), tetracycline (86.78%), and ampicillin (82.23%). …”
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Effect of daily thinning on biweekly increment of growth and yield of maize (Zea mays L.) in mountainous agroecosystem by Muhammad Arshad, Rab Nawaz, Sajjad Ahmad, Muhammad Atif Irshad, Ali Irfan, Mir Muhammad Nasir Qayyum, Khalid S. Almaary, Muhammad Afzaal, Zulkfil Ahmed, Mohammed Bourhia

“…Increase in growth variables, dry matter distribution, absolute growth rate (AGR), yield and SYI was the greatest where maize was established with 1% daily thinning. …”
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Challenges in germination of Neltuma caldenia in semi-arid regions: optimization of germination protocols, influence of saline stress and seed quality by Daniela Dalzotto, Sandra Sharry, Lucrecia Piñuel, Patricia Boeri

“… • Temperature significantly influences germination capacity, with optimal rates achieved at 30–35°C, aligning with the precipitation patterns of the region…”
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Genomic Epidemiology of SARS-CoV-2 in Ukraine from May 2022 to March 2024 Reveals Omicron Variant Dynamics by Anna Iaruchyk, Jason Farlow, Artem Skrypnyk, Serhii Matchyshyn, Alina Kovalchuk, Iryna Demchyshyna, Mykhailo Rosada, Aron Kassahun Aregay, Jarno Habicht

“…During the study period, the national Case Fatality Rate (CFR) fluctuated between 0.46% and 1.74%, indicating a consistent yet modest rate when compared to the global average. …”
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Low dietary calcium intake leads to a higher colorectal cancer burden in countries with low social development: findings from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021 by Junhong Wu, Ziyi Zhang, Jiong Chen, Shiya Yu, Donglin Liu, Junhui Jiang, Tingting Liu, Hu Zhao, Hu Zhao, Yu Wang, Yu Wang

“…Joinpoint regression analysis was conducted to assess temporal patterns in disease burden. Estimated annual percentage changes (EAPCs) were calculated to quantify the rate of change in relevant indicators. …”
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Tectonic geomorphological evidence of late Quaternary segmented activity along the northern margin fault of Lajishan by ZHANG Lijun, YUAN Daoyang, LI Hongqiang, SU Qi, SU Ruihuan, CHEN Yanwen, WEN Yameng

“…Statistical analysis of Ksn demonstrates clear segmentation characteristics, indicating that the eastern section of northern Lajishan and the Jishishan section exhibit the highest uplift rate and strongest tectonic activity. HI spatial distribution patterns along the North Lajishan fault show multiple high-value zones within piedmont basins. …”
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Controlled-release fertilizer affects leaf nitrogen allocation and photosynthesis to improve nitrogen use efficiency and yield in the sunflower field by Wenhao Ren, Xianyue Li, Xianyue Li, Xianyue Li, Tingxi Liu, Tingxi Liu, Ning Chen, Maoxin Xin, Qian Qi, Bin Liu

“…IntroductionNitrogen (N) can significantly affect the photosynthetic rate (Pn) of plants. Under traditional nitrogen fertilization (TNF) or inappropriate nitrogen application, leaf N is often redistributed to support the seed protein accumulation rather than the photosynthesis in the later stages of crop growth. …”
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Resin‐coated urea effectively simulates the chronic dynamics of natural nitrogen deposition by Yi Zhao, Yuguang Ke, Honghui Wu, Chong Xu, Xiwen Li, Yann Hautier, Elizabeth T. Borer, Qiang Yu

“…We then compared the N release rate of the coated fertilizer to rate of natural N deposition to assess its effectiveness in replicating the temporal pattern of N deposition. …”
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The scale of the Russian shadow economy in modern realities by A. V. Savtsova, O. N. Patsenko, S. M. Grishanov

“…The study analyzed the dynamics of the number of people employed in the informal sector and the unemployment rate, as well as the volume of questionable transactions in the banking sector, which revealed some patterns. …”
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Re-establishment of elephant in the Hluhluwe and Umfolozi Game Reserves, Natal, South Africa by A. Wills

“…The article discusses the potential problems identified during the planning, and how the monitoring of the programme was conducted in terms of observing movement patterns, feeding behaviour and mortality rate. Thus far the programme, which released 26 animals in Hluhluwe and 30 in Umfolozi and maintains that 18 and 20 are now living in the respective areas, is considered a success. …”
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Frequency characteristic of the acoustic emission signal in concrete under compressive loading by K. POGAN

“…Among the AE intensity measurements (i.e. counts rate, root mean square, etc.) also the frequency analysis of the AE signal seems to be the useful method. …”
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Climate Change and Its Impacts on the Planting Regionalization of Potato in Gansu Province, China by Yulan Lu, Junying Han, Guang Li, Zhengang Yan, Lixia Dong, Zhigang Nie, Qiang Liu

“…The average temperature in July showed a decreasing spatial pattern from northeast to southwest, while its tendency rate showed a decreasing trend from west to east and from north to south. …”
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An optimal weighting-based hybrid classifier for Children's congenital heart diseases signal processing by Morteza Ebrahimpour, Mehdi Khashei

“…In addition, these improvements are not limited to the classification rate. The obtained results indicate that the proposed classifier can, on average, enhance performance by 6.46 %, 10.35 %, 8.37 %, and 6.22 % in precision, sensitivity, F1-score, and specificity, respectively. …”
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Temporal Trends in Acute Kidney Injury in Hospitalizations From 2009-2018 in Alberta: A Retrospective Population-Based Cohort Study by Anita Dahiya, Natasha Wiebe, Tyrone G. Harrison, Matthew T. James, Neesh Pannu

“…Furthermore, there was an overall increase in rates of AKI in patients aged younger than 60 and a decrease in the most elderly of patients in both the crude and adjusted data, suggesting potential changes in practice patterns and patient characteristics. …”
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On the acoustic reality of “toneless” morphemes in Thai: Preliminary investigations from sequence-internal final particles by Ratanon Jiamsundutsadee

“…Interestingly, cases such as Tone 2 and L% FPs do not pattern with the general trend in terms of rates of change; regardless, difference in pitch still functions as a cue to their distinction. …”
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Personal identification based on acoustic characteristics of outer ear using cepstral analysis, Bayesian classifier, and artificial neural networks by Alexey Sulavko, Alexander Samotuga, Irina Kuprik

“…The Bayesian classifier has been found to show a lower percentage of identification errors with an equal error rate (EER) = 0.0053. The best result for neural networks was EER = 0.0266. …”
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Improving fishing ground estimation with weak supervision and meta-learning. by Kazuki Takasan, Masaaki Iiyama

“…This study modeled the fisher's decision-making process based on sea surface temperature patterns as a pattern recognition task. We used a deep learning-based keypoint detector to estimate fishing ground locations from these patterns. …”
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