Forecast of myocardial infarction incidence, events and prevalence in England to 2035 using a microsimulation model with endogenous disease outcomes. by Peter Scarborough, Asha Kaur, Linda J Cobiac

“…Age-standardised event rates show a similar pattern, with a non-significant upturn by 2035, larger for men than women. …”
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The effects of school closures on influenza outbreaks and pandemics: systematic review of simulation studies. by Charlotte Jackson, Punam Mangtani, Jeremy Hawker, Babatunde Olowokure, Emilia Vynnycky

“…We summarised the predicted effects of school closure on the peak and cumulative attack rates and the duration of the epidemic. We investigated how these predictions depended on the basic reproduction number, the timing and duration of closure and the assumed effects of school closures on contact patterns.…”
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Phylogenetic Groups and Antimicrobial Resistance among Uropathogenic Escherichia coli Isolates from Hospitalized Patients in Tehran by Mana Talebi Farahani, Mohammad Karim Rahimi, Mehdi Goudarzi

“…Results: Studied isolates showed the highest susceptibility rates to MEM (95.7%), followed by TZP (90%). In contrast, resistance rates were found for AMP (100%), SXT (74%), and CIP (51.5%). …”
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Feasibility and adherence to ecological momentary assessment among community-dwelling adults with suicide risk by Hyein Kim, Seongae Kwon, Sunyoung Park, Chaehyeon Kang, Heejung Kim

“…Higher depression and anxiety scores were associated with lower Actiwatch adherence, whereas a higher perceived stress score was associated with lower EMA response rates. The peak of suicidal impulse patterns in event button activations usually occurred between 9 to 10 pm, while activations were lowest in the early morning hours, particularly between 4 and 6 am. …”
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National trends in emergency conditions through the Omicron COVID‐19 wave in commercial and Medicare Advantage enrollees by Maria A. Stevens, Edward R. Melnick, Samuel T. Savitz, Molly Moore Jeffery, Bidisha Nath, Alexander T. Janke

“…Cardiac arrest/severe arrhythmia visit rates increased 4.0% (95% CI, 0.2%–8.0%) during Waves 2−3; myocardial infarction rates increased 4.9% (95% CI, 2.1%–7.8%) during Waves 2−3. …”
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Deterioration of Thermal Barrier Coated Turbine Blades by Erosion by Rohan Swar, Awatef Hamed, Dongyun Shin, Nathanial Woggon, Robert Miller

“…In the experimental investigation, tests were performed to determine the erosion rates and particle restitution characteristics under different impact conditions. …”
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A Comprehensive Approach to Synthetic Distribution Grid Generation: Erdős–Rényi to Barabási-Albert by Mohammad Shahraeini

“…A comparison of the Erdős and Barabási-Albert models shows variations in maximum degree values, branching rates, and mixing patterns. The original Barabási-Albert model tends to have nodes with higher degrees and increased branching rates, which can be adjusted by the richness index. …”
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Childhood socioeconomic background and elevated mortality among the young adult second generation in Sweden: a population-based cohort study by Lisa Harber-Aschan, Matthew Wallace, Ben Wilson, Eleonora Mussino, Siddartha Aradhya

“…Following adjustment, the size of the hazard rate is smaller, but remains higher than the majority population (aHR=1.16 (95% CIs=1.11 to 1.21)). …”
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Fish food security: analyzing the economic and environmental variables by Alaa Ahmed Kotb, Emad S. Aljohani, Yosef Alamri, Abdullah I. Aldakhil, Fuad Alagsam, Mansour Abdulaziz Alobaid, Mahdi Alsultan

“…The study employs descriptive statistical analysis to identify trends, patterns, and outliers in the data, using measures such as means, standard deviations, and growth rates. …”
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Comparison of 30-Day Readmission Between Early and Late Catheter Directed Thrombolysis for Acute Pulmonary Embolism in the United States by Kwabena Sefah Nketiah Sarpong, Sun-Joo Jang, Mary Quien, Karthik Muralidharan, Abhinav Aggarwal, Ilhwan Yeo, Kavitha Gopalratnam

“…Results: The 30-day readmission rates were higher for patients who underwent CDT on Day 2 or afterwards compared to Day 1 and Day 0 (7.1% vs. 5.7% vs. 5.2%). …”
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Global trends in polycystic ovarian syndrome over 30 years: an age-period-cohort study of 204 countries and territories (1990–2021) by Lanxiang Lin, Wenhui Li, Baozhu Xu, Yuefeng Li, Jin Li, Xiangjun Kong, Xin Du

“…High SDI regions recorded the highest incidence rates, with a rate of 90.13 per 100,000 (95% CI: 66.94 to 122.36). …”
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Cause of death statistics in 2022 in the Republic of Korea by Jung-Hyun Oh, Juhee Seo, Hyun Jung Park

“…Purpose This study aimed to describe mortality trends in the Republic of Korea in 2022 by analyzing total deaths, crude and age-standardized mortality rates, as well as age- and sex-specific patterns and changes in cause-specific mortality. …”
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Epidemiological Investigation of Bovine Ephemeral Fever Outbreaks in Israel by Israel Yeruham, Michael Van Ham, Yehuda Stram, Orly Friedgut, Hagai Yadin, Kosta Y. Mumcuoglu, Yehuda Braverman

“…The highest herd incidence, morbidity, and case fatality rates were noted in dairy cattle herds in the Jordan Valley, with morbidity of 20%, 38.6%, and 22.2%, and case fatality rate among affected animals of 2%, 8.6%, and 5.4% in 1990, 1999, and 2004, respectively. …”
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Trends in burden and mortality of congenital birth defects in G20 countries (1990–2021) and predictions for 2022–2040 by Xiangwen Li, Pengfei Qu, Pu Yan, Yule Kou, Jian Song, Di Wu, Jiayi Wang, Siyu Pan, Yufei Liu, Xinrui Li, Rongqiang Zhang

“…This study sought to examine the temporal trends in the disease burden and mortality rates of CBDs across G20 countries from 1990 to 2021, identify potential risk factors contributing to these trends, and project the disease burden and mortality rates for the period 2022–2040. …”
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Secular trends of bloodstream infections in hemodialysis patients: insights from a longitudinal Swiss study by Nasreen Hassoun-Kheir, Niccolò Buetti, David Jaques, Valérie Olivier, Marie-Noelle Chraiti, Monique Perez, Marlieke EA de Kraker, Holly Jackson, Jacques Schrenzel, Patrick Saudan, Stephan Harbarth

“…Outcomes included incidence rates of hemodialysis-associated BSIs, trends in causative pathogens, sources, and resistant organisms. …”
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Ehrlichia canis and Hepatozoon spp. in captive tigers in Thailand by C. Mongkolphan, A. Saechin, T. Chamsai, P. Sedwisai, R. Boonyarittichaikij, S. Tangsudjai

“…This study aimed to investigate the infection rate, co-infection patterns, and associated risk factors of tick-borne pathogens (Ehrlichia, Hepatozoon, and Babesia) in captive tigers in Thailand. …”
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DriftShield: Autonomous Fraud Detection via Actor-Critic Reinforcement Learning With Dynamic Feature Reweighting by Jialei Cao, Wenxia Zheng, Yao Ge, Jiyuan Wang

“…Experimental evaluation demonstrates that DriftShield achieves 18% higher fraud detection rates while maintaining lower false positive rates compared to static models. …”
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Modest Rise in Caesarean Section from 2000-2010: The Dutch Experience. by Yanjun Zhao, Jun Zhang, Chantal Hukkelhoven, Pien Offerhaus, Joost Zwart, Ank de Jonge, Caroline Geerts

“…Our objective was to analyse the trends of CD rates in various subgroups of women between 2000 and 2010, and identify the practice pattern that is attributable to the relative stability of the Dutch CD rate.…”
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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

“…Bayesian and Nordpred APC models were applied to forecast age-standardized incidence rates (ASIR) and prevalence rates (ASPR) for the next 25 years (2022–2046). …”
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