Cross-sectional examination of characteristics of higher-dose buprenorphine prescriptions during the era of illicit fentanyl by Bradley D. Stein, Flora Sheng, Brendan K. Saloner, Adam J. Gordon, Jessica S. Merlin

“…Methods We used IQVIA data to conduct a cross-sectional study of opioid use disorder-indicated buprenorphine prescriptions dispensed at retail pharmacies January 2019 - December 2020; categorized prescriptions as ≤ 16mg, > 16 to 24 mg, and > 24 mg daily dose; and examined overall rates and rates by patient, insurer and county characteristics, and prescriber specialty. …”
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Impact of clay coating on sandstone reservoir quality: A multiphase-field investigation by numerical simulation by Akash KUMAR, Michael SPÄTH, Nishant PRAJAPATI, Benjamin BUSCH, Daniel SCHNEIDER, Christoph HILGERS, Britta NESTLER

“…Such parameters include the growth of exposed pyramidal faces, lateral encasement, coating coverage, and coating pattern, etc. The coating pattern has a remarkable impact on cementation, with the layered coatings corresponding to fast cement growth rates. …”
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Understanding Provider-Level Variation in Clinical PracticeTake-Home Points by Kanupriya Soni, MD, Leigh A. Bukowski, MPH, Billie S. Davis, PhD, Joel M. Levin, BA, Jeremy M. Kahn, MD

“…Background: Clinician practice patterns vary widely in the ICU, particularly in the context of therapies with moderate-quality evidence. …”
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Quaternary surface ruptures of the inherited mature Yangsan Fault: implications for intraplate earthquakes in southeastern Korea by S. Ha, S. Ha, H.-C. Kang, H.-C. Kang, S. Lee, S. Lee, Y. B. Seong, J.-H. Choi, S.-J. Kim, S.-J. Kim, M. Son

“…Structural patterns indicate the reactivation of a pre-existing fault core with top-to-the-west geometry, causing a dextral slip with a minor reverse component. …”
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A two-stage model for enhanced mango leaf disease detection using an innovative handcrafted spatial feature extraction method and knowledge distillation process by Mohammad Manzurul Islam, Mst. Nasrat Jahan Niva, Abdullahi Chowdhury, Saleh Masum, Rifat Ara Shams, Taskeed Jabid, Md. Sawkat Ali, Md. Mostofa Kamal Rasel, Muhammad Firoz Mridha

“…In the first stage, we implement an innovative, block-based feature extraction technique using Local Directional Patterns (LDP) and Local Directional Pattern variance (LDPv) on a comprehensive dataset, MangoLeafBD, consisting of 4000 images, achieving satisfactory results in terms of detection accuracy, sensitivity, specificity, and false negative rate. …”
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Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on psychotropic prescribing: a systematic review by Nikolaos Mastellos, Marie line El Asmar, Kanika I Dharmayat, Antonio J Vallejo-Vaz, Ryan Irwin, Swettha Mahesarajah

“…A noteworthy finding was that the prescribing rate of benzodiazepines was higher in women than men. …”
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Exploring the association between phytopharmaceutical use and antibiotic prescriptions in upper respiratory infections: results from a German cohort study evaluating the impact of... by Anna-Jasmin Wetzel, Gunter Laux, Stefanie Joos, Berthold Musselmann, Jan Valentini

“…Additionally, holding a naturopathy qualification was associated with lower rates of antibiotic prescriptions (OR 0.73, 95% CI 0.69–0.78). …”
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New Insights Into the Reservoir Landslide Deformation Mechanism From InSAR and Numerical Simulation Technology by Guoshi Liu, Bin Wang, Qian Sun, Jun Hu, Lei-Lei Liu, Wanji Zheng, Liye Zou

“…Deformation monitoring and numerical simulation are essential methodologies for elucidating the evolutionary patterns of landslides. Nonetheless, the existing approaches exhibit limitations in revealing the potential deformation mechanism. …”
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Arsenic accumulation and reproductive toxicity in freshwater snail (Pomacea canaliculata) by Xiaoyang Bi, Zhifei Shi, Dongqin Li, Wenhui Zhan, Zhixiong Wang, Huashou Li, Benliang Zhao, Guikui Chen

“…Specifically, a concentration of 500 μg L−1 of arsenite in water significantly increased the oviposition rate by 36.88 %. These findings suggest a behavioral response and changes in reproductive patterns under As exposure. …”
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Economic-mathematical model for predicting financial market dynamics by Artur R. Musin

“…In the study, the market of the pound sterling exchange rate against the US dollar (GBP/USD) for the whole period of 2017 was chosen as the considered financial series, in order to forecast it. …”
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Influence of Land-Use and Landcover on the Nest Distribution and Breeding Success of Grey Crowned Crane (Balearica Regulorum) In Kiyanja- Kaku Wetland Ecosystem. by Tayebwa, Gilbert

“…The overall breeding success rate was 0.84, with 47.4% of nests successfully hatching all chicks. …”
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A Study on the Hydrodynamic Excitation Characteristics of Pump and Pipeline Systems Considering the Weakly Compressible Fluid During the Pump Start-Up Condition by Yonggang Lu, Mengjiao Min, Wei Song, Yun Zhao, Zhengwei Wang

“…In addition, the flow conditions at the pipe tee were analyzed, and the attenuation patterns of pressure waves at different frequencies within the pipe were also investigated. …”
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High incidence of elephant twin births in Tarangire National Park, Tanzania by Charles Foley

“…The population of Tarangire NP has been growing rapidly since 1994 with females and infants increasing at an average rate of 10% per year. Besides perhaps being genetically predisposed this apparent surge of twinning in Tarangire may have been due in part to the reduction of poaching, and the resulting stabilization of elephant movement and aggregation patterns since 1989, and/or to the exceptional vegetation available as a result of several sequential wet seasons associated with the El Nino phenomenon. …”
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Federated learning for privacy-enhanced mental health prediction with multimodal data integration by Parul Dubey, Pushkar Dubey, Pitshou N. Bokoro

“…This study addresses these challenges by utilising a multimodal dataset comprising physiological signals (heart rate variability, sleep patterns) and behavioural data (online activity, social media interactions). …”
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Actual Temperature Evolution of Thick Raft Concrete Foundations and Cracking Risk Analysis by Yuwen Ju, Honggang Lei

“…The accuracy of the FEA was ensured by adopting the concrete heat generation rate obtained from the adiabatic temperature rise test. …”
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Prehistoric shifts in tropical cyclone season in the South China sea: evidence from daily resolution records of giant clam shells by Nanyu Zhao, Hong Yan, Ge Shi, Fan Luo, Tao Han, Chengcheng Liu, John Dodson

“…By analyzing temporal patterns in the proxy data, we derived monthly TC frequency estimates. …”
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Causes and Intervention Strategies to Reduce Childhood Obesity in Ambato by Carlos David Castañeda Guillot, Diego Fernando Vaca Sánchez, María Augusta Reyes Pérez

“…<br /><strong>Objective:</strong> evaluate the implementation of an action program aimed at reducing the rate of childhood obesity in the population under study.…”
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A systematic review of Gram-negative bacterial prevalence and antibiotic resistance in pediatric sepsis: Insights from pediatric intensive care units by Ghada Haidar Ali, Mohammed Abdullah Albariqi, Ahmed Hassan Alhazmi, Abdulrahman Hassan Alasmari, Saeed Mari Nasser

“…Gram-negative bacteria (GNB) have emerged as significant pathogens in pediatric intensive care units (PICUs), contributing to high rates of antimicrobial resistance and complicating treatment outcomes. …”
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Multi-Dimensional AE Signal Features in Eccentrically Loaded Concrete Structures: A Machine Learning Classification for Damage Progression by Shilong Ding, Alipujiang Jierula, Abudusaimaiti Kali, Tong Han, Tae-Min Oh

“…The integrated approach of clustering and random forest modeling demonstrates robust feasibility in identifying AE signal patterns associated with specific damage stages, achieving an 85% recognition rate for damage stage classification. …”
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MAFONN-EP: A Minimal Angular Feature Oriented Neural Network based Emotion Prediction system in image processing by L.B. Krithika, G.G. Lakshmi Priya

“…In recent days, facial emotion recognition techniques are considered important and critical due wide array of application domains use facial emotion as part of their workflow and analytics gathering. Reduced recognition rate, inefficient computation and increased time consumption are the major drawbacks of these techniques. …”
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