Deterioration of Thermal Barrier Coated Turbine Blades by Erosion by Rohan Swar, Awatef Hamed, Dongyun Shin, Nathanial Woggon, Robert Miller

“…The experimental results show that the erosion rates increase with increased impingement angle, impact velocity, and temperature. …”
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Global, regional, and national burden of interstitial lung diseases and pulmonary sarcoidosis from 2000 to 2021: a systematic analysis of incidence, mortality, and disability-adjus... by Mi Zhou, Yazhe Zhou, Xin Yang, Kaizhuo Zhou, Xin Zhu

“…Temporal trends were evaluated using Joinpoint regression analysis, and the relationship between disease burden and the sociodemographic index (SDI) was explored by stratifying the data into five SDI categories. Age-standardized rates were calculated to adjust for differences in population structure, and data visualization was performed using R software.ResultsBetween 2000 and 2021, the global burden of ILDs and pulmonary sarcoidosis increased, as reflected by rising age-standardized incidence rates (ASIR), mortality rates (ASMR), and disability-adjusted life years rates (ASDR). …”
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Incidence and prevalence of dysthymia among young adults in China, 1990–2021, with forecasts to 2046: an age-period-cohort analysis of the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021 by Jingxian Wu, Yaping Deng, Kunlu Tong, Zhifang Sun

“…Throughout the study period, dysthymia prevalence rates consistently exceeded incidence rates, with females exhibiting higher rates than males. …”
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Epidemiological and Clinical Characteristics of Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infection in Children in Hangzhou (2022–2023) by Qin-Rui Lai, Xiao-Li Chu, Ying-Ying Chen, Wei Li, Ya-Jun Guo, Shi-Qiang Shang

“…From February 2022 to January 2023, the HRSV positivity rate was 7.06%. In 2023, it increased to 9.26%. The highest positivity rates were in infants aged 0–6 months and children aged 6 months to 1 year. …”
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Mortality atlas of the main causes of death for the elderly population (≥75 years) in Switzerland during 2010–2020 by Taru Singhal, Kaja Widmer, Anton Beloconi, Suzanne Dhaini, Matthias Schwenkglenks, Cordula Blohm, Rolf Weitkunat, Sabina De Geest, Penelope Vounatsou

“…RESULTS: Language regions are associated with mortality rates for many causes of death. In particular, the French-and Italian-speaking regions are associated with a lower burden of mortality due to cardiovascular diseases and diabetes compared to German-speaking Switzerland, but this is offset by increased rates of certain cancers. …”
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Modelling Temperature-dependent Schistosomiasis Dynamics for Single and Co-infections with S. mansoni and S. haematobium. by Zadoki Tabo, Lutz Breuer, Christian Albrecht

“…These temperature-related variations differently impact mortality rates of intermediate snails and snail-to-human transmissibility rates for schistosome species, holding significant health implications. …”
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Physician referrals of patients with neck and low back pain for physical therapy in outpatient clinics: a cross-sectional study by Amira Daher, Gali Dar

“…We measured the prevalence rates of physicians’ referral patterns for neck and low back pain according to age and sex, as well as therapeutic interventions prescribed by physical therapists. …”
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Inflammatory Bowel Disease in Australasian Children and Adolescents by A. S. Day, D. A. Lemberg, R. B. Gearry

“…Many reports indicate increasing rates of inflammatory bowel disease, with data also showing changing patterns of this chronic disease in children and adolescents. …”
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Burden of malignant neoplasm of bone and articular cartilage from 1990 to 2021 and its predictions to 2030 in China compared with world by Cheng Chen, Xu Zheng, Yi Zhang, ZhenDong Li, Bing Li, YunFeng Yang, WeiBin Zhang

“…During this period, the world experienced relatively stable incidence and mortality rates. The incidence and mortality rates of MNBAC increase with age. …”
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Considerations for homology-based DNA repair in mosquitoes: Impact of sequence heterology and donor template source. by Joshua Xin De Ang, Katherine Nevard, Rebekah Ireland, Deepak-Kumar Purusothaman, Sebald A N Verkuijl, Lewis Shackleford, Estela Gonzalez, Michelle A E Anderson, Luke Alphey

“…For Aedes aegypti, the most important arboviral vector, integration rates achieved in Cas9-based knock-ins so far have been rather low, highlighting the need to understand gene conversion patterns and other factors that influence homology-directed repair (HDR) events in this species. …”
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Quantifying Aspect‐Dependent Snowpack Response to High‐Elevation Wildfire in the Southern Rocky Mountains by Wyatt Reis, Daniel McGrath, Kelly Elder, Stephanie Kampf, David Rey

“…During the ablation period, burned south melt rates were 71% faster than unburned south melt rates, whereas burned north melt rates were 94% faster than unburned north aspects. …”
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Soil nitrate drives fine root decomposition under nitrogen addition in a subtropical forest by Guantao Chen, Yuqin Chen, Xingzhu Yao

“…However, the specific relationship between soil chemical characteristics and the nutrient release patterns of fine root decomposition under increasing N deposition is not fully understood. …”
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Mapping the global burden of early-onset Parkinson’s disease: socioeconomic and regional inequalities from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021 by Xinyu Li, Jingpei Zhou, Wanqing Peng, Renhui Zhao, Quan Sun, Zhijuan Liu, Yanning Liu, Ziyuan Li, Ziting Huang, Yihui Zhang, Shuqiao Zhang, Xubo Hong, Zhenhu Chen, Jun Lyu, Jun Lyu, Nanbu Wang

“…Countries with higher SDI levels, particularly China, Bolivia, and Peru, bore the greatest burden. Socioeconomic patterns suggested high-middle SDI regions experienced the highest rates of incidence and prevalence, whereas middle-SDI regions showed the highest rates of disability and mortality. …”
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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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Association between weather variables and fascial space infections of the head and neck: a retrospective chart review by Teresa E Fowler, Ryan F Bloomquist, Jeffrey N James

“…The purpose of this study is to understand whether head and neck infection rates correlate with weather patterns in a humid subtropical climate, adding to the current literature derived largely from temperate environments. …”
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Breastfeeding Supports and Services in Rural Hawaii: Perspectives of Community Healthcare Workers by Jeanie L. Flood

“…In the state of Hawaii, breastfeeding initiation rates are higher than the national average but fall below target rates for duration. …”
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Body size and substrate type modulate movement by the western Pacific crown-of-thorns starfish, Acanthaster solaris. by Morgan S Pratchett, Zara-Louise Cowan, Lauren E Nadler, Ciemon F Caballes, Andrew S Hoey, Vanessa Messmer, Cameron S Fletcher, David A Westcott, Scott D Ling

“…The mean (±SE) rate of movement for smaller (<150 mm total diameter) A. solaris was 23.99 ± 1.02 cm/ min and 33.41 ± 1.49 cm/ min for individuals >350 mm total diameter. …”
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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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Global, regional, and national burden of high body-mass index-related cancers and associated preventable life expectancy loss from 1990 to 2021 by Ling Huang, Dongdong Wang, Pinyi Li, Xinger Liang

“…This study aims to analyze, from 1990 to 2021, the burden and temporal trends of cancer attributable to BMI as well as their impact on life expectancy, with major patterns highlighted by sex, socio-demographic index (SDI), and geographical region.MethodsUtilizing data from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021, which incorporates 328,938 data sources, we conducted a comprehensive analysis of cancer attributable to high BMI, specifically investigating mortality rates and disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) from 1990 to 2021. …”
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High nutrient loads amplify carbon cycling across California and New York coastal wetlands but with ambiguous effects on marsh integrity and sustainability. by Elizabeth Burke Watson, Farzana I Rahman, Andrea Woolfolk, Robert Meyer, Nicole Maher, Cathleen Wigand, Andrew B Gray

“…While high nutrient exposure marshes had high rates of decomposition and soil respiration rates, high nutrient exposure was also associated with increased belowground production, and reduced levels of sulfides, which should lead to greater marsh sustainability. …”
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