Osseointegration potential of boron-coated titanium alloy pedicle screw in rabbit spine model by Hidir Ozer, Mehdi Hekimoğlu, Ibrahim Kulac, Ozgur Can Eren, Yeliz Kasko Arici, Haydar Çelik, Ali Fahir Ozer

“…This study aimed to achieve better osseointegration rates by utilizing the ability of boron compounds to transform stem cells in the vertebra into osteoblasts. …”
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Global, Regional and National Burden of Low Back Pain in Adolescents Aged 10–19 years, 1990–2021: A Systematic Analysis of the Global Burden of Disease Study 20... by Wang S, Zhang S, Li M, Chen S, Chen Y, Song Y, Zhang X

“…The estimated annual percentage change (EAPC) was calculated based on the linear regression patterns of age-standardized rates and calendar years to represent the temporal trends of age-standardized rates. …”
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Environmental monitoring and spatiotemporal trend analysis of avian influenza virus in Xinjiang, 2021-2023 by Zhe Yin, Fuerhati Wushouer, Jia Huang, Yan Dong, Qi Wang, Xiapikatijiang Aihaiti, Xiayidanmu Abudusaimaiti, Yuanyuan Ma, Zihan Chen, Ruiying Qiu, Quanxi Li, Zhenguo Gao

“…Temporally, the positive rate showed an upward trend from 2021 to 2023, with higher positive rates in January and July. …”
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Why organic resources and current fertilizer formulations in Southern Africa cannot sustain maize productivity: Evidence from a long-term experiment in Zimbabwe. by Tongai J Mtangadura, Florence Mtambanengwe, Hatirarami Nezomba, Jairos Rurinda, Paul Mapfumo

“…Crotalaria juncea (high quality), Calliandra calothyrsus (medium quality), cattle manure (variable quality), maize stover and Pinus patula sawdust (both low quality) were incorporated into soil at 4.0 t C ha-1 (high rate) and 1.2 t C ha-1 (low rate) at the start of each cropping season for nine consecutive years. …”
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Vocal activity as a welfare indicator in killer whales in managed care by Javier Almunia, Jonas Philipp Lüke, Fernando Rosa

“…Using a custom detection algorithm and classification criteria, we focused on quantifying the rates of discrete call production throughout the day and across different seasons.ResultsThe results revealed strong diel patterns in vocal activity, with increased rates during the day, particularly around feeding and training sessions, and minimal vocal activity overnight. …”
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Forecasting the Thermal Degradation Depending on the Kinetics of Dracaena Draco Lignocellulosic Fibers Using an Artificial Neural Network by Abdelwaheb Hadou, Ahmed Belaadi, Djamel Ghernaout, Herbert Mukalazi

“…In order to forecast the thermal degradation of Dracaena draco plant fibers (DDFs) using thermogravimetric analysis (TGA) at heating rates ranging from 5 to 30°C/min, this study employed artificial neural networks (ANNs). …”
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Stress generation, relaxation and size control in confined tumor growth. by Huaming Yan, Daniel Ramirez-Guerrero, John Lowengrub, Min Wu

“…Experiments on tumor spheroids have shown that compressive stress from their environment can reversibly decrease tumor expansion rates and final sizes. Stress release experiments show that nonuniform anisotropic elastic stresses can be distributed throughout. …”
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Resilience of the transit-oriented built environment against COVID-19 transmission: Evidence from major urban communities in Wuhan city by Yangguang Xiao, Hsi-Chuan Wang, Kojiro Sho

“…Utilising a combination of spatial and aspatial statistical techniques, we assess how population density, bus stop density, park density and proximity to medical facilities and parks influence infection rates. The findings reveal that whereas high population density in urban core areas correlates with lower infection rates, medical accessibility and bus stop density are significant determinants of transmission in peripheral regions. …”
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Simulation and prediction of rural population changes using agent-based modeling. by Shanshan Huang, Yao Huang, Shitai Bao, Jianfang Wang, Siying Chen

“…To mitigate future rural population aging, enhancing birth rates and fostering rural industrial development is essential to curb migration. …”
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Child mortality in England after national lockdowns for COVID-19: An analysis of childhood deaths, 2019-2023. by David Odd, Sylvia Stoianova, Tom Williams, Peter Fleming, Karen Luyt

“…Overall, death rate reduced across Period 1 (Incidence rate ratio (IRR) 0.96 (95% CI 0.92-0.99)) and then increased across Period 2 (IRR 1.12 (95% CI 1.08-1.16)), and this pattern was also seen for death by Infection and Underlying Disease. …”
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Assessing trends in clonorchiasis incidence via prescription data analysis in South Korea by Taeksang Lee, Jun Hyun Lee, Hanna Jin, Yun Kyung Lee, Hyun Beom Song

“…Methods We estimated the number of annual nationwide clonorchiasis cases by utilizing the National Health Insurance Service drug prescription information dataset for 2002–2023 and disease-specific prescription pattern. We then assessed trends in the overall incidence rates as well as sex-, age-, and region-specific incidence rates of clonorchiasis. …”
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Organ-system-based subclassification of preeclampsia using machine learning predicts pregnancy outcomes by Yanhong Xu, Yizheng Zu, Xiaosi Lu, Yiping Wang, Jiaying Zheng, Xia Xu, Jianying Yan

“…K-Cluster 1 and K-Cluster 5 showed distinct biomarker patterns but similar complication rates (P > 0.05). …”
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Challenging assumptions: a tripartite assessment of medical quality, resource utilization, and equity concerns in pediatric telemedicine by Motti Haimi, Ruslan Sergienko, Tzipi Hornik-Lurie, Dov Albukrek

“…Antibiotic prescribing rates were similarly divergent: mean rates of antibiotic prescriptions after PCP visits were 10.3%, after telephone/video visits were 16.8%, and after Tyto visits were 21.4% (p < 0.001). …”
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Sex distribution in tuberculosis disease in children, adolescents, and adults in a low-incidence country: a retrospective population-based cohort study by Daniela Neudecker, Ekkehardt Altpeter, Nicole Ritz, Nora Fritschi

“… AIM: Globally, tuberculosis incidence shows notable sex disparity, with higher rates observed in males. While this pattern is well documented in adults from high-incidence countries, the influence of sex on tuberculosis incidence in children and adolescents, particularly in low-incidence settings, remains unclear. …”
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COVID-19 Impact on Public Health in Bangladesh: A Comprehensive Analysis of Morbidity, Mortality and Future Scenarios by Mostafa Essam Ahmed Eissa

“… To analyze the temporal trends and patterns of COVID-19 cases and deaths in Bangladesh, to identify potential seasonal variations in COVID-19 morbidity and mortality, to visualize the relationship between new cases, new deaths, and time, to prioritize factors or periods based on case and death frequencies and to apply statistical process control charts to monitor the stability and identify significant variations in daily case and death rates. …”
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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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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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Vulture dominance in a scavenger assemblage in the Neotropical dry forest by Paul Monar-Barragán, Hernán Vargas, Rubén Pineida, Andy Salazar, Emilio Virgos, Fabricio Narváez, Sebastián Kohn, Juan de Dios Morales, Juan Sebastián Restrepo-Cardona

“…Both carcass detection time and consumption rates were influenced by carcass size, particularly in the case of consumption rates, where larger carcasses exhibited higher consumption rates than smaller ones. …”
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Epidemiological insights and healthcare challenges of tuberous sclerosis complex in Shizuoka Prefecture: a retrospective cohort study by Satoshi Kishida, Eiji Nakatani, Takeshi Usui, Shuhei Fujimoto, Seiichiro Yamamoto, Yoshiki Miyachi

“…TSC cases were identified using the International Classification of Diseases, 10th Revision (ICD-10) code Q85.1. Adjusted prevalence rates were calculated, and analyses were performed on patient demographics, healthcare utilization, comorbidities, and treatment patterns. …”
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Prevalence and incidence of idiopathic subglottic stenosis in southern and central Alberta: a retrospective cohort study by Ryan K. Chan, Beau Ahrens, Paul MacEachern, J. Douglas Bosch, Derrick R. Randall

“…The total iSGS prevalence was 9.28/100,000 with a mean annual incidence rate of 0.71/100,000 per year. Significant clustering was observed (Moran’s index 0.125; z-score 2.832; p = 0.0046) and the highest rates of prevalence were observed in southern Alberta and in rural communities heterogeneously dispersed around Calgary FSAs. …”
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