Analysis of off-label drug use and its influencing factors in pediatric patients undergoing otolaryngology, head, and neck surgery by Zichao Ji, Xin Wang, Jiawei Wang

“…This study aimed to investigate the prevalence and patterns of off-label drug use among outpatients under 18 years of age in the Otolaryngology, Head, and Neck Surgery department, and to analyze the factors influencing such usage.MethodsA retrospective collection of data was conducted based on outpatient prescriptions for patients under 18 years of age who were visited from November 2023 to October 2024. …”
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Staging of Flood Season for Danjiangkou Reservoir Considering Characteristics of Plum Rain and West China Autumn Rainfall by WANG Xiao-ya, GUO Sheng-lian, WANG Jun, SHI Yi-jun, DONG Fu-qiang, YANG Hai-cong

“…Since its operation, Danjiangkou Reservoir has maintained an annual full storage rate of only 11%. How to improve this rate while ensuring flood safety remains an urgent issue. …”
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The study of functional asymmetry in students and schoolchildren practicing martial arts by Vyacheslav V. Romanenko, Olha O. Podrihalo, Leonid V. Podrigalo, Sergii S. Iermakov, Zhanna V. Sotnikova-Meleshkina, Oksana V. Bobrova

“…For the right hand, this pattern was confirmed only for the final stage of the test (t = -2.35). …”
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Factors associated with the serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D levels in adults by Sue-Hsien Chen, Shu-Ching Chen, Yo-Ping Lai, Pin-Hsuan Chen, Kun-Yun Yeh

“…A self-reported depression rating score; health beliefs; and health-related quality of life (HRQoL) factors were assessed with questionnaires. …”
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Sexual behaviors and associated factors among first-year undergraduates at overseas Chinese-oriented universities in China by Zulin Chen, Zulin Chen, Yikun Zheng, Lihan Lin, Lihan Lin, Yongjun Chen, Yunting Zheng, Hongmiao Chen, Hongmiao Chen

“…It also explores sexual behavior patterns and prevention strategies in a multicultural context.MethodsA cluster sampling method was employed to conduct a questionnaire survey among the 2024 cohort of freshmen at Huaqiao University (n = 4,892) in October 2024. …”
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Differences in geochemical characteristics of produced water from coalbed methane wells and their indications for drainage：A case study of the Santang Syncline in Western Guizhou by Xiaozhi ZHOU, Shuaiqi WANG, Shiliang ZHU, Shaolei WANG, Gang XIANG, Xuehua CHEN, Jihang DONG, Xin QIU

“…Combined with the monitoring of the water quality and hydrochemical characteristics of the produced water from CBM wells, the overflow release process after fracturing is divided into four stages: trial flowback, constant-rate flowback, slow increase of the flowback rate, and rapid decrease of the flowback rate. …”
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Numerical simulation study on oxygen transport in the natural circulation process of liquid lead–bismuth eutectic by Xiangdong Wang, Wentao Guo, Shengfei Wang, Haicai Lv, Fang Liu, Zhangpeng Guo

“…Based on this, the simulated values were fitted to obtain the Sh number relationship (oxygen transport relationship) for different flow patterns in the expansion tank under natural circulation conditions. …”
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Disentangling the roles of natural variability and climate change in Canada’s 2023 fire season by Clair Barnes, Piyush Jain, Theodore R Keeping, Nathan Gillett, Jonathan Boucher, Philippe Gachon, Dorothy Heinrich, Megan Kirchmeier-Young, Yan Boulanger

“…Blocking circulation patterns are likewise associated with increased DSR, with the strongest responses in May and September. …”
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Protein abundance of AKT and ERK pathway components governs cell type‐specific regulation of proliferation by Lorenz Adlung, Sandip Kar, Marie‐Christine Wagner, Bin She, Sajib Chakraborty, Jie Bao, Susen Lattermann, Melanie Boerries, Hauke Busch, Patrick Wuchter, Anthony D Ho, Jens Timmer, Marcel Schilling, Thomas Höfer, Ursula Klingmüller

“…First, cell type‐specific protein abundance patterns cause differential signal flow along the AKT and ERK pathways. …”
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Fencing injuries in French elite fencers: a retrospective analysis from 2016 to 2023 by Hugo Gondouin, Nicolas Zabotto, Edem Allado, Edem Allado, Oriane Hily, Oriane Hily, Margaux Temperelli, Sébastien Le Garrec, Bruno Chenuel, Bruno Chenuel, Mathias Poussel, Mathias Poussel

“…This study aimed to assess injuries in elite French fencers to more precisely characterize the injury patterns in this Olympic sport.DesignThe study included all elite fencers from the French National Institute for Sport, Expertise and Performance from June 2016 to May 2023. …”
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Elevated Soluble Galectin-3 as a Marker of Chemotherapy Efficacy in Breast Cancer Patients: A Prospective Study by Arooj Shafiq, January Moore, Aliya Suleman, Sabeen Faiz, Omar Farooq, Adnan Arshad, Mohammad Tehseen, Ammarah Zafar, Syed Haider Ali, Nasir Ud Din, Asif Loya, Neelam Siddiqui, Fatima K. Rehman

“…Galectin-3 (Gal-3) is a glycan-binding lectin with a debated role in cancer progression due to its various functions and patterns of expression. The current study investigates the relationship between breast cancer prognosis and secreted Gal-3. …”
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Synergistic Effects of Supplemental Lighting and Foliar Phosphorus Application on Flowering in Passion Fruit (<i>Passiflora edulis</i>) by Dongyu Sun, Caizhu Hu, Yinyan Yang, Huanhuan Wang, Tongbo Yan, Chubin Wu, Zhiqun Hu, Xingyu Lu, Biyan Zhou

“…Passion fruit (<i>Passiflora edulis</i>), a commercially vital tropical crop, faces flowering instability due to photoperiod-sensitive flowering patterns, particularly under the cloudy, rainy climates of subtropical regions. …”
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Sentinel-1-Based Analysis of the 2024 Tuanzhouyuan Dike Breach Disaster in Dongting Lake and Regional Risk Assessment by Shengping Yang, Hua Gao, Yue Li, Yaqi Guo, Linmiao Fan, Mingsheng Liao

“…Deformation monitoring identified certain dike sections with annual deformation exceeding 60 mm, with the breach section showing abnormal pre-event deformation characteristics, including reverse displacement patterns, indicating substantial safety risks. Hydrological analysis shows the water level during the 2024 flood season rose at an average daily rate of 0.50 m, 1.8 times higher than normal years, leading to seepage failure of the dike foundation. …”
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Moderate wildfire severity favors seed removal by granivores in a Mexican pine forest by Cadena-Zamudio DA, Cadena-Iñiguez J, Aguirre-Medina JF, Cadena-Zamudio JD, Arispe-Vázquez JL, Barrera-Guzmán LA, Ayvar-Serna S, Díaz-Nájera JF

“…Our results showed a higher seed removal by vertebrates (birds and rodents) in the wildfire moderate severity treatment and in the time elapsed since wildfire occurrence; however, excluding vertebrates decreased the seed removal rate after the fire. Therefore, moderate-severity sites are an important factor in the communities of granivores that influence seed removal patterns in the temperate forest of Veracruz, Mexico. …”
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Effect of Environment and Genetic Recombination on Subspecies and Economic Trait Differentiation in the F2 and F3 Generations from indica-japonica Hybridization by He-tong WANG, Feng JIN, Yi-jun JIANG, Qing-shan LIN, Hai XU, Ling CHENG, Ying-jun XIA, Chun-xiang LIU, Wen-fu CHEN, Zheng-jin XU

“…In this study, subspecies and economic trait differentiation patterns were analyzed using morphological and molecular (InDel and Intron Length Polymorphism) data in F2 and F3 populations derived from indica-japonica hybridization. …”
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Neoadjuvant chemoimmunotherapy versus neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy in patients with borderline resectable esophageal squamous cell carcinoma by Jun-Peng Lin, Feng-Nian Zhuang, Wei-Jie Chen, Zhou Lin, Yu-Jie Chen, Xiao-Feng Chen, Hui Lin, Hao He, Peiyuan Wang, Hang Zhou, Wen-Wei Wei, Peng-Qiang Gao, Shuo-Yan Liu, Feng Wang

“…After PSM, the R0 resection rate (85.7% vs. 90.5%, P = 0.341) and pCR rate (19.0% vs. 26.2%, P = 0.269) were comparable between two groups, while the MPR rate in the NACI group was significantly lower than in the NCRT group (32.1% vs. 56.0%, P = 0.002). …”
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Individualized Estimation of Baseline Retinal Nerve Fiber Layer Thickness Using Conditional Variational Autoencoder by Ou Tan, PhD, Keke Liu, MD, Aiyin Chen, MD, Dongseok Choi, PhD, Jonathan C.H. Chan, MD, Bonnie N.K. Choy, MD, Kendrick C. Shih, MD, Jasper K.W. Wong, MD, Alex L.K. Ng, MD, Janice J.C. Cheung, MD, Michael Y. Ni, MD, Jimmy S.M. Lai, MD, Gabriel M. Leung, MD, Ian Y.H. Wong, MD, David Huang, MD, PhD

“…Circumpapillary NFLT profiles and vascular patterns were measured by a spectral-domain OCT. Generative DL models were trained using the FAMILY data to reconstruct the individualized baseline NFLT, a customized normal reference based on each eye’s own vascular pattern, axial length (AL), spherical equivalent (SE) refractive error, disc size, and demographic information. …”
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A Novel 3D Paradigm for Target Expansion of Augmented Reality SSVEP by Beining Cao, Charlie Li-Ting Tsai, Nan Zhou, Thomas Do, Chin-Teng Lin

“…The 12-class 3D paradigm achieved an accuracy of 76.5% and an information transfer rate (ITR) of 70.42 bits/min using 1-second EEG segments. …”
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Effects of sodium alginate coating and cold plasma treatment on biochemical changes, microbial load, and microstructure of 'Granny Smith' apples during storage by Sifundo Mathe, Ngoako F. Monyela, Zinash A. Belay, Valmary M. van Breda, Oluwafemi J. Caleb

“…Hence, this study explored the impact of plasma-activated sodium alginate (SA) edible coating (CCP) on 'Granny Smith' apples, focusing on respiration rate (RRCO2), physical and biochemical quality attributes, natural microbial load, and fruit surface morphology. …”
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DiffuseGaitNet: Improving Parkinson&#x2019;s Disease Gait Severity Assessment With a Diffusion Model Framework by Arshak Rezvani, Nasrin Ravansalar, Mohammad Ali Akhaee, Andrew J. Greenshaw, Russell Greiner, Maryam S. Mirian, Muhammad Yousefnezhad, Martin J. McKeown

“…These synthetic samples contain novel movement patterns not present in the observed data; systems trained on this information have better prediction performance. …”
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