Cavy lifespan: survival analysis and lifetables for the pet guinea pig (Cavia porcellus, L.) in Britain by Fernando Mata

“…The study also highlights low neutering rates, likely influenced by concerns over surgical risks. …”
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MINN: A metabolic-informed neural network for integrating omics data into genome-scale metabolic modeling by Gabriele Tazza, Francesco Moro, Dario Ruggeri, Bas Teusink, László Vidács

“…In this study, we present a Metabolic-Informed Neural Network (MINN) that utilizes multi-omics data to predict metabolic fluxes in Escherichia coli, under different growth rates and gene knockouts. We test its performances against pure ML and parsimonious Flux Balance Analysis (pFBA), demonstrating its efficacy in improving prediction performances. …”
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THE IMPACT OF NATURAL GAS CONSUMPTION ON ENERGY SUSTAINABILITY AND THE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT OF THE AGRICULTURAL SECTOR by Maricel CAZACU, Liviu MARCUTA, Alina MARCUTA, Cristiana TINDECHE, Nicolae MINEA

“…The research's methodology is based on statistical analysis of data on natural gas consumption at the European level using a number of pertinent indicators, including the rates of domestic consumption growth and decline, the final consumption of energy generated from natural gas, the non-energy use of natural gas, and the availability of natural gas in European nations. …”
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Small Area Estimation using Multilevel Regression and Poststratification to Estimate Cannabis Use in the State of Montana by Chase Walker, Kristal Jones, Brandn Green, Frances Kim

“…We generated county level estimates by age group for cannabis use over the past year and found that MRP estimates were consistent with prior estimations of cannabis use at the state level and provided the ability to use additional data and validated assumptions to refine and downscale estimations of cannabis use, particularly in counties with low response rates. Conclusion: Multi-modal survey dissemination was cost effective, but future surveys should intend to recruit a larger and more representative sample to minimize selection bias and improve estimation for demographic sub-groups. …”
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Automated Business Decision-Making Using Generative AI in Online A/B Testing: Comparative Analysis With Human Decision-Making by Changhak Sunwoo, Hyunjin Kwon, Jong Min Kim, Ho-Hyun Lim, Yongwoo Kim, Dongwook Hwang, Jingoo Kim

“…Utilizing 1,407 experimental cases from 48 companies on the Hackle online experimentation platform, the study compares decision-making outcomes between experiment designers and Generative AI, analyzing agreement rates and identifying patterns across companies. …”
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Synchronized Survey Scan Approach Allows for Efficient Discrimination of Isomeric and Isobaric Compounds during LC-MS/MS Analyses by Keabetswe Masike, Ntakadzeni Madala

“…Due to increasing scanning rates of recent MS instruments, it is now possible to operate MS instruments both in the static and dynamic modes. …”
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Citizens’ support to nature in Aruba—A study on sustainability and wellbeing by K. Soma, P. Verweij, A. Francis, D. van Wonderen

“…Unfortunately, extinction rates on islands are as high as 95 % of birds, 90 % of reptiles, 69 % of mammals and 68 % of plants. …”
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Risk factors for adverse prognosis and death in American visceral leishmaniasis: a meta-analysis. by Vinícius Silva Belo, Claudio José Struchiner, David Soeiro Barbosa, Bruno Warlley Leandro Nascimento, Marco Aurélio Pereira Horta, Eduardo Sérgio da Silva, Guilherme Loureiro Werneck

“…<h4>Background</h4>In the current context of high fatality rates associated with American visceral leishmaniasis (VL), the appropriate use of prognostic factors to identify patients at higher risk of unfavorable outcomes represents a potential tool for clinical practice. …”
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Seasonal synchronization of influenza in the United States older adult population. by Julia B Wenger, Elena N Naumova

“…On a national level, seasons that had an earlier peak also had higher rates of influenza (r(s) = -0.5). We demonstrated a spatial trend in peak timing of influenza; western states such as Nevada, Utah, and California peaked earlier and New England States such as Rhode Island, Maine, and New Hampshire peaked later.…”
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Pathogen-specific epitopes as epidemiological tools for defining the magnitude of Mycobacterium leprae transmission in areas endemic for leprosy. by Marcia V S B Martins, Marjorie M da S Guimarães, John S Spencer, Mariana A V B Hacker, Luciana S Costa, Fernanda M Carvalho, Annemieke Geluk, Jolien J van der Ploeg-van Schip, Maria A A Pontes, Heitor S Gonçalves, Janvier P de Morais, Tereza J P G Bandeira, Maria C V Pessolani, Patrick J Brennan, Geraldo M B Pereira

“…This subset of M. leprae-specific peptides allowed the differentiation of groups of individuals from sites hyperendemic for leprosy versus those from areas with lower level detection rates. A progressive reduction in the IFN-γ levels in response to the peptides was seen when contacts of multibacillary (MB) patients were compared to other less exposed groups, suggesting a down modulation of IFN-γ production with an increase in bacillary load or exposure to M. leprae. …”
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Study on the fracture behavior and critical slowing down characteristics of saturated sandstone based on acoustic emission and resistivity by Yantao Zheng, Changwu Liu, Kunpeng Lu, Hexing Zhang, Bingxi Jian, Wuzhou Zhang

“…Crack classification based on the RA–AF parameter aligned with macroscopic failure patterns. Water presence accelerated the initiation of tensile cracks, with growth rates of 13.66%, 13.69%, 14.86%, and 17.53%, correlating with porosity and pore water pressure. …”
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Associations between dietary microbe intake and mortality risk in individuals with sleep disorders: Evidence from NHANES. by Xuanchun Huang, Lanshuo Hu, Ruikang Liu, Jun Li, Tiantian Xue

“…<h4>Objective</h4>To investigate the association between dietary microbial intake, sleep patterns, and all-cause and cardiovascular mortality among U.S. adults.…”
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Resource-Oriented Treatment Technologies for Rural Domestic Sewage in China Amidst Population Shrinkage: A Case Study of Heyang County in Guanzhong Region, Shaanxi Province by Mei Huang, Degang Duan, Sicheng Tan, Ling Huang

“…Traditional centralized sewage treatment models face issues in cost-effectiveness, facility utilization rates, and sustainable maintenance, necessitating the exploration of adaptive governance technologies under new demographic conditions. …”
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Temporal and spatial interactions in sympatric ungulates: Insights from Japanese serow and sika deer. by Tomoki Mori, Kensuke Miura, Hiroyuki Takeuchi, Yasuaki Niizuma

“…Nevertheless, during autumn, reduced activity overlap rates, when the relative abundance index (RAI) of sika deer increased, may indicate that Japanese serow have modified their behavior to minimize resource competition. …”
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Comparative Genomics of the Sigatoka Disease Complex on Banana Suggests a Link between Parallel Evolutionary Changes in Pseudocercospora fijiensis and Pseudocercospora eumusae and... by Ti-Cheng Chang, Anthony Salvucci, Pedro W Crous, Ioannis Stergiopoulos

“…Comparative analysis of genome architectures revealed significant differences in genome size, mainly due to different rates of LTR retrotransposon proliferation. Still, gene counts remained relatively equal and in the range of other Dothideomycetes. …”
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ChaMTeC: CHAnnel Mixing and TEmporal Convolution Network for Time-Series Anomaly Detection by Ibrahim Delibasoglu, Deniz Balta, Musa Balta

“…Time-series anomaly detection is a critical task in various domains, including industrial control systems, where the early detection of unusual patterns can prevent system failures and ensure operational reliability. …”
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Numerical investigation of cooling enhancement in double-layer fractal-like microchannel disk heat sinks via layer shifting and tertiary channels by Hosein Akhtari, Ardalan Shafiei Ghazani

“…The thermal and hydrodynamic performance of these enhanced designs is numerically evaluated and compared with single-layer and standard double-layer configurations under heat fluxes of 40, 60, and 80 W/cm² and inlet flow rates from 300 to 600 ml/min. While double layering effectively reduces pressure drop by redistributing the coolant flow, integrating tertiary microchannels leads to an additional ∼1.5 % drop due to reduced velocity and wall shear stress. …”
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CATCH-FORM-ACTer: Compliance-Aware Tactile Control and Hybrid Deformation Regulation-Based Action Transformer for Viscoelastic Object Manipulation by Haobo Kang, Hongjun Ma, Weichang Li

“…Experiments on single arm/bimanual robots in three tasks show better force fields patterns and thus <inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">$10\%-20\%$ </tex-math></inline-formula> higher success rates versus conventional methods, enabling precise, safe interactions for industrial, medical or household scenarios.…”
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Aeroelastic Oscillations of Cantilever Beams Reinforced by Carbon Nanotubes Based on a Modified Third-Order Piston Theory by Mehdi Alimoradzadeh, Francesco Tornabene, Rossana Dimitri

“…Moreover, higher Mach numbers and greater thickness ratios significantly amplify both frequency response and lateral deflections, although damping rates tend to decrease. These findings provide valuable insights into the optimization of CNTR composite structures for advanced aeroelastic applications under supersonic conditions, as useful for many engineering applications.…”
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Timing is everything: international variations in historical sexual partnership concurrency and HIV prevalence. by Martina Morris, Helen Epstein, Maria Wawer

“…Over 50% of both Thai and Ugandan men reported a concurrency within the last three partnerships and over 20% reported a concurrency in the last year, the corresponding rates among US men were nearly 20% for Blacks and Hispanics, and about 10% for other racial/ethnic groups. …”
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