Capturing Vegetation Gradients Along the West African Margin Using Terrestrial Plant Biomarkers in Marine Sediments by Nicholas A. O’Mara, Peter B. deMenocal, Kevin T. Uno, Jessica E. Tierney, Gisela Winckler, Pratigya J. Polissar

“…We determine the chain length distributions, mass accumulation rates, carbon isotope signatures (δ13C) of n‐alkanes and the mass accumulation rates of PTMEs and assess the extent to which these proxy characteristics reflect vegetation and climate patterns within source areas on adjacent land. …”
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Degradation of Oxolinic Acid in Soil Under Simulated Natural Degradation Processes by So Yun Park, Jae Gyeong Kim, Eun Hea Jho

“…In the photodegradation experiment, the OA degradation rate ranged from 16.6% to 51% across all conditions after 20 d. …”
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Smart deep learning model for enhanced IoT intrusion detection by Faisal S. Alsubaei

“…This superb performance of the OSNN model can be explained by the careful optimization of hyperparameters like strong activation functions (ReLU, GeLU, LeakyReLU), learning rates, dropout rates, and regularization techniques that enable it to learn intricate intrusion patterns efficiently using various datasets. …”
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Diphtheria and its prevention by Ryabenko Yu.N., Ryabenko E.B.

“…The article analyzes statistical data on the incidence of diphtheria in the Russia at the end of the XX and the beginning of XXI century, provides absolute and relative intensive incidence rates in the country level, examines the patterns of the epidemic process, and defines the role of population antitoxic postvaccination immunity in the prevention of this infection. …”
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Molecular epidemiology of <i>Pseudomonas aeruginosa</i> in intensive care units by Demet Timur, Mustafa Ömür Parkan, Esma Gündüz Kaya

“…It was found that antibiotic susceptibility patterns of some clonally related isolates were similar. …”
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Evaluating the Physics of Outcrop‐To‐Outcrop Flow With Hydrothermal Flow Models by I. Kremin, Z. Guo, L. Rüpke

“…We have also investigated how different flow patterns, resulting from changes in these parameters, manifest themselves in seafloor observables such as flow rates, aquifer temperatures, and heat flow. …”
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A dynamic early warning model based on LSTM-AM for property-based elderly care resource shortages in urban-rural integrated counties in China by Qingheng Sun

“…Traditional early warning models struggle to dynamically capture the supply-demand fluctuation patterns of property-based elderly care resources. …”
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The thermal stress response of Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus when exposed to rapid temperature changes by Hunter O. Covey, Randall Wilson, Yaizeth Gurrola-Mares, Joseph R. McMillan, Corey L. Brelsfoard

“…HSP gene expression was generally upregulated in response to thermal stress, with specific patterns differing by species and rearing conditions. …”
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Resistance characteristics of culture-positive tuberculosis from 2015 to 2022 by Zhenzhen Wang, Zhenzhen Wang, Liyang Xu, Liyang Xu, Tengfei Guo, Long Li, Qing Zhang, Jinwei Liu, Xiangyang Zu, Zhanqin Zhao, Yun Xue

“…Resistance in MDR-TB and PDR-TB cases frequently involved combinations of hotspot mutations but was not strictly confined to these sites.ConclusionTuberculosis resistance rates have declined over time, with distinct regional variations in resistance patterns. …”
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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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Effect of COVID-19 lockdowns on maxillofacial fractures in New Zealand: a retrospective study by Chelsea A Allen-Brough, Rahul Jayakar, Dalice Sim, Craig A MacKinnon, Swee T Tan

“…During COVID-19 lockdowns, there was a relative increase in the referral rates of females aged 60 years and over. Both sports and interpersonal violence showed significantly reduced referral rates during lockdowns, while falls, road traffic accidents and other were referred at a similar rate as out of lockdown.…”
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Race, gender and stroke subtypes mortality in São Paulo, Brazil Raça, gênero e mortalidade por subtipos da doença cerebrovascular em São Paulo, Brasil by Paulo A. Lotufo, Alessandra C. Goulart, Isabela M. Bensenor

“…For women, the rates were lower compared to men and the same pattern was observed among Black (125.4), Mixed (88.5) and White (64.1) women. …”
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Primary Mediastinal Germ Cell Tumors: A Real-World Analysis of Clinical Characteristics, Treatment, and Survival Outcomes From Two Tertiary Cancer Centers in India by Bharath Gangadhar, Chitrakshi Nagpal, Aparna Sharma, Bivas Biswas, Somnath Roy, Aditya Bhagwat, Deepam Pushpam, Sameer Bakhshi, Sunil Kumar, Kunhi Parambath Haresh, Atul Batra

“…First-line chemotherapy comprised bleomycin, etoposide, and cisplatin (BEP; 60.5%) and etoposide, ifosfamide, and cisplatin (VIP; 27.8%). Response rates included complete response (25.3%) and partial response (54.4%). …”
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The roles of surface processes in porphyry copper deposit preservation by B. Hadler Boggiani, T. Salles, C. Mallard, N. Atwood

“…To highlight the influence of paleo-reconstructions on exhumation rate estimates, we analyze simulated erosion rates across the Andean region using two distinct paleo-climate models and find significant spatial and temporal differences across the Central Andes. …”
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Contributions of District Health Information Software 2 (DHIS2) to maternal and child health service performance in Ethiopia: an interrupted time series mixed-methods study by Taddese Alemu Zerfu, Moges Asressie, Amare Abera Tareke, Zenebu Begna, Tigist Habtamu, Netsanet Werkneh, Tariku Nigatu, Meskerem Jisso, Addisalem Genta

“…Specifically, DHIS2 led to increased monthly mean performance of key indicators such as antenatal care visits, skilled birth attendance, and immunization rates. Notable improvements in service delivery were observed, with significant increases in institutional delivery rates over time. …”
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Global, regional, and national burdens of traumatic brain injury, spinal cord injury, and skull fracture and their attributable risk factors from 1990 to 2021: a systematic analysi... by Yikang Wang

“…Data were presented as both numerical counts and age-standardized rates (ASRs) per 100,000 population, with corresponding uncertainty intervals. …”
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Multi-heat keypoint incorporation in deep learning model to tropical cyclone centering and intensity classifying from geostationary satellite images by Thanh-Ha Do, Son-The Phan, Duc-Tien Du, Dinh-Quan Dang, Khanh-Hung Mai, Lars R. Hole

“…This paper proposes a new multitask deep learning model with attention gate mechanisms to work with satellite images and construct heatmaps for TC’s centering and classification. …”
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Analysis of the deformation of the elastic coating of the roll by Khurramov Shavkat, Abrorov Akbar, Xalmamatova Lola, Atadjanova Sayyora, Dalakyan Janna

“…It is revealed that the patterns of change in the thickness of the roll coating are largely determined by the deformation patterns of the contacting bodies. …”
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Automatic mouse ultrasound detector (A-MUD): A new tool for processing rodent vocalizations. by Sarah M Zala, Doris Reitschmidt, Anton Noll, Peter Balazs, Dustin J Penn

“…We evaluated A-MUD error rates using manually segmented sound files as a 'gold standard' reference, and compared them to a commercially available program. …”
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Complementing community science with xenomonitoring: Understanding the eco-epidemiology of Dirofilaria immitis infection in dogs and mosquitoes by Tamara Szentivanyi, Laura V. González, Ágnes Klein, Zoltán Soltész, László Z. Garamszegi

“…Similar to community science results, the highest infection rates were observed in the southeastern and eastern regions (MIR: 14.9 and 11.6, respectively), but the two approaches generally provided overall similar geographical patterns. …”
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