What Kind of Information and Communication Technologies Do Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Prefer? An Ecuadorian Cross-Sectional Study by Iván Chérrez-Ojeda, Emanuel Vanegas, Erick Calero, Karin Plaza, Jose A. Cano, Juan Carlos Calderon, Jorge Valdano, Jorge Oswaldo Gutierrez, Jose Guevara

“…The purpose of this study is to assess the frequency of use of information and communication technologies and patterns of preference among Ecuadorian patients with diabetes. …”
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Characterization of steel corrosion in alkali-activated mortars using advanced techniques by Nina Gartner, Miha Hren, Tadeja Kosec, Andraž Legat

“…The ER sensors enabled evaluation of general corrosion rates over time, while CMEA provided insight into corrosion initiation and its spatiotemporal distribution. …”
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Typical linguistic errors committed by tertiary students in legal written outputs by Ai Nhan Nguyen, Tuan Van Vu

“…Results showed notable improvements in both morphological and lexical accuracy, evidenced by a reduction in error rates and greater consistency in participants’ performance. …”
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Carbon abatement strategies for a capital-constrained manufacturer considering cap-and-trade regulation by Panpan Kong, Pengpeng Yuan, Pengpeng Yuan

“…The study explores the optimal carbon reduction levels and patterns for manufacturers, as well as the optimal pricing strategies for supply chain members. …”
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Non-Invasive Micro-Test Technology in Plant Physiology Under Abiotic Stress: From Mechanism to Application by Tianpeng Zhang, Peipei Yin, Xinghong Yang, Yunqi Liu, Ruirui Xu

“…This technology possesses the remarkable capability to monitor the flow rates and three-dimensional movement directions of ions or molecules as they traverse the boundaries of living organisms without sample destruction. …”
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Analysis of Impact on Operating Characteristics of New Power System in Low-Temperature Weather by Zhipeng Liu, Yicong Wang, Yanling Lv

“…To capture the dynamic topological changes caused by elevated line fault rates, graph-theoretic analysis and connected component identification techniques are applied. …”
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Wavy Wind-Water Flow Impacts on Offshore Wind Turbine Foundations by Rehil Thomas, Odeh Dababneh, Mustapha Gourma

“…The analysis of flow streamlines around the mono-pile foundation showed a smooth and well-defined pattern, whereas the flow around the tripod foundation exhibited more complex, interleaved, and turbulent streamlines. …”
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Regional, demographic, and temporal trends in myeloid leukemia mortality in the United States (1999-2022): a comprehensive analysis using CDC WONDER by Jenna Lehn, Hannah Fleming, Taylor Billion, Mohsin Mirza

“…This study investigates ML mortality patterns in the U.S. from 1999 to 2022, focusing on geographic and demographic disparities using age-adjusted mortality rates (AAMR) and average annual percent change (AAPC). …”
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Temporal Trends in Colorectal Cancer Incidence and Case Numbers among Individuals Aged 45-49 in the US During 2001-2019 by Chunmei Li MD, Tianle Chen BS, Huimin Chen MD, Bo Zhang MD, Bing Sun MD, Pengyang Zhou MD, Qiken Li MD, Weiping Chen MD

“…Their age-adjusted incidence rates (AAIR) were calculated using the SEER*Stat software. …”
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“Ticking Bomb”: The Impact of Climate Change on the Incidence of Lyme Disease by Igor Dumic, Edson Severnini

“…Those impacts can be described approximately by an inverted U-shaped relationship, consistent with patterns of tick survival and host-seeking behavior. …”
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Perceptual (dis)similarities between colors and emotions: An empirical investigation with the image-based visual corpus analysis approach by Jinmeng Dou, Wenting Xue

“…The results reveal that (i) significant differences exist among the six colors in their effectiveness at capturing affective (dis)similarities among various emotional concepts, as well as in their association strength with the affective domain, and (ii) the valence and arousal ratings of emotion words are significantly correlated to the strength of their associations with five of the six color terms, with the exception of blue. …”
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Cardiotoxicity in Pediatric Cancer Survivorship: Retrospective Cohort Study by Masab Mansoor, Andrew Ibrahim

“… Abstract BackgroundImproved survival rates in pediatric cancer have shifted focus to long-term effects of treatment, with cardiovascular complications emerging as a leading cause of morbidity and mortality. …”
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Mapping women's work in India: An application of small area estimation. by Swati Srivastava, Kaushalendra Kumar, Lotus McDougal, Ashish Kumar Upadhyay, Katherine Hay, Abhishek Singh

“…<h4>Background</h4>Understanding variations in women's work participation at lower administrative levels, such as districts, is a missing link in identifying trends, patterns and variation that can offer insights into this long-term stagnation. …”
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Projection of the Relationship between Climate Change Groundwater Resources Based on the MODFLOW Model by Fatemeh Boomeh, Mohammad Hosein Mokhtari, Ali Talebi, Massoud Goodarzi

“…In this scenario, groundwater levels are expected to drop by about 30 cm per year in the long term, largely due to changes in precipitation patterns and aquifer recharge rates.…”
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Mathematical modeling and estimation of physicochemical characteristics of pneumonia treatment drugs through a novel approach K-Banhatti topological descriptors by Abdul Rauf Khan, Ifra Naeem, Fairouz Tchier, Fikadu Tesgera Tolasa, Shahid Hussain

“…Employing molecular descriptors and regression models to investigate chemical patterns is a cost-effective and theoretical methodology.…”
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The Territorial Distribution of Incidence with Urogenital Chlamydia, Gonorrhea, and their Associated Complications in the Russian Federation by A. A. Abramov

“…To study the territorial patterns of incidence of urogenital chlamydia, gonorrhea, and their associated complications in the Russian Federation in 2011 to 2019. …”
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Child mortality in rural Malawi: HIV closes the survival gap between the socio-economic strata. by Andreas Jahn, Sian Floyd, Nuala McGrath, Amelia C Crampin, Lackson Kachiwanda, Venance Mwinuka, Basia Zaba, Paul E M Fine, Judith R Glynn

“…<h4>Background</h4>As HIV-related deaths increase in a population the usual association between low socioeconomic status and child mortality may change, particularly as death rates from other causes decline.<h4>Methods/principal findings</h4>As part of a demographic surveillance system in northern Malawi in 2002-6, covering a population of 32,000, information was collected on socio-economic status of the households. …”
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Exploring Connections Between Living Situations and Antipsychotic Prescribing Practices for People With Intellectual Disabilities by Eion Plenn, Calista Long, Samantha Acri, Cheryl Richardson

“…The investigation examined participants' living situations and assessed antipsychotic prescription rates, antipsychotic class, the presence of a corresponding mental health diagnoses, and polypharmacy. …”
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Short Pharmacogenomic Investigation of COMT rs4680 in Analgesic Needs of Pediatric Patients with Congenital Abnormalities: A Cross-Sectional Study by Kohar Hari Santoso, Anna Surgean Veterini, Retti Kartika Bakti, Khildan Miftahul Firdaus, Bambang Pujo Semedi, Lucky Andriyanto

“…Pain scores were measured using the Wong-Baker Faces Scale and Numeric Rating Scale. Results: Three genotype–phenotype combinations of the COMT rs4680 gene were identified: GG (high activity), AG (intermediate activity), and AA (low activity). …”
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Solid-state analog of gravitational redshift: Transport signatures of massless Dirac fermions in tilted Dirac cone heterostructures by Marziyeh Karmand, Mohsen Amini, Morteza Soltani, Ebrahim Ghanbari-Adivi, Seyed Akbar Jafari

“…We derive analytical approximations for the position-depdendent wave numbers Δk_{z}(z) that explain the redshift patterns and corroborate it with numerical simulations. …”
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