Effectiveness of the sterile insect technique in controlling Aedes albopictus as part of an integrated control measure: evidence from a first small-scale field trial in Switzerland by Diego Parrondo Monton, Damiana Ravasi, Valentina Campana, Francesco Pace, Arianna Puggioli, Matteo Tanadini, Eleonora Flacio

“…Similar spatial trends were observed for hatch rates and adult females (P < 0.01). These findings highlight both the overall effectiveness of SIT and the influence of mosquito immigration on spatial patterns. …”
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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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The evolution of primate vocal communication: a social route by Alban Lemasson, Camille Coye, Nancy Rebout, Florence Levréro

“…We found no relationship between classical social (group size, interaction rates) and vocal (repertoire size, call rates) complexity metrics. …”
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Eyes in the wild: Thelazia callipaeda in wild carnivores of Croatia by Ema Gagović, Šimun Naletilić, Daria Jurković Žilić, Željko Mihaljević, Adnan Hodžić, Relja Beck

“…The infections were geographically restricted to continental regions, with the highest prevalence recorded in eastern counties. Seasonal patterns were evident in red foxes, where infection rates and reproductive activity peaked in autumn and winter. …”
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Macroevolutionary trends in Ceratosauria body size: insights of phylogenetic comparative methods by Enzo E. Seculi Pereyra, Damian E. Pérez, Ariel H. Méndez

“…Therefore, we aimed to test whether body size evolved in Ceratosauria in accordance with Cope´s rule, evaluate what factors best explain differences in body size within Ceratosauria and examine what patterns of evolution rates, selection strength and constrain explain the diversification body size in Ceratosauria. …”
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Comparative transcriptome analysis reveals various host responses to sacbrood virus infection in Apis cerana and Apis mellifera by Zih-Ting Chang, Yu-Feng Huang, Tzu-Han Chen, Li-Hung Chen, Chung-Yu Ko, Yu-Shin Nai, Yue-Wen Chen

“…Notably, following dsRNA treatment, the core genes Dpp, Yellow-f, RPA2, and Pyruva in A. cerana/AcSBV-AC group exhibited an inverse regulation trend, indicating that inhibiting AcSBV-AC can reverse the host core genes expression patterns and potentially enhance larval survival rates. …”
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The Mirror of Erised: a retrospective population-wide study of Czech all-cause mortality data by COVID-19 vaccination status by Ondrej Vencalek, Tomas Furst, Elizabeth Princova, Jana Furstova

“…Abstract Background In this study, we investigated the association between COVID-19 vaccination status and all-cause mortality (ACM) rate in the population of the Czech Republic between January 2020 and December 2022. …”
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Prognostic significance of right subdiaphragmatic washing cytology in patients with endometrial cancer by Takanori Yokoyama, Shinichi Okame, Mika Okazawa-Sakai, Etsuko Fujimoto, Yumi Hibino, Norihiro Teramoto, Kazuhiro Takehara

“…Patients with both pelvic and right subdiaphragmatic positive cytology had significantly higher peritoneal recurrence rates than those negative at both sites. However, patients with only positive pelvic cytology showed no significant difference in the recurrence rate. …”
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Stabilization of diastolic calcium signal via calcium pump regulation of complex local calcium releases and transient decay in a computational model of cardiac pacemaker cell with... by Alexander V Maltsev, Victor A Maltsev, Michael D Stern

“…Thus, the local interplay of SR Ca pump and release channels regulates LCRs and Ca transient decay to insure fail-safe pacemaker cell operation within a wide range of rates.…”
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Remote sensing-based shoreline change investigation in Klang Coast and Langkawi Island towards sustainable coastal management by Minhaz Farid Ahmed, Bijay Halder, Liew Juneng, Aitazaz Ahsan Farooque, Zaher Mundher Yaseen

“…Langkawi Island’s endpoint rates (EPR) varied between −1.34 and 1.02 m/year, whereas linear regression rate (LRR) was found to be 1.04 m/year for accretion and −0.84 m/year for erosion. …”
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Evaluation of dose delivery accuracy of the lung with the respiratory technique of the Radixact Synchrony real-time tumor tracking system by Evren Ozan Göksel

“…Furthermore, no significant correlation was found between GAWM and respiratory pattern-related variables, including superior-inferior and lateral motion amplitude or respiratory rate per minute. …”
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Multidrug-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa in immunocompromised cancer patients: epidemiology, antimicrobial resistance, and virulence factors by Asmaa Abdulhak, Hamdallah H. Zedan, Hadir A. El-Mahallawy, Ahmed A. Sayed, Hend O. Mohamed, Mai M. Zafer

“…The crude 30-day mortality rate was 26.9%, with higher mortality detected in infections due to XDR strains. …”
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Adoption of Large Language Model AI Tools in Everyday Tasks: Multisite Cross-Sectional Qualitative Study of Chinese Hospital Administrators by Jun Chen, Yu Liu, Peng Liu, Yiming Zhao, Yan Zuo, Hui Duan

“…Targeted training programs, combined with organizational strategies to build trust and improve accessibility, could enhance adoption rates and broaden tool use. Future quantitative investigations should validate the adoption rate and influencing factors.…”
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Prevalence, species identification, and antibiotic resistance of Staphylococci in dogs visiting veterinary clinics in Vietnam. by Nguyen Thi Lan Anh, Nguyen Vu Thuy Hong Loan, Nguyen Thuy Y Vi, Dao Huyen Tran, Luu Thi Thanh Hang, Sandra Steele, Lam Thanh Nguyen

“…Isolates from diseased dogs exhibited higher antibiotic-resistance rates than those from healthy dogs. Several antibiotic-resistance genes were identified, with aacA-aphD being the most prevalent, followed by tetK, gyrA, mecA, msrA, dfrA, and ermA. …”
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Numerical Simulation and Holdup Prediction of Oil-Water Two-Phase in Low Yield Shale Oil Near Horizontal Wells by QIN Honglong, LIU Junfeng, SHI Shoubo, DAI Yuexiang

“…The built-in volume of fluid (VOF) model is employed to simulate oil-water two-phase flow in wells with different inclinations, yielding flow patterns, water holdup data, and holdup imaging under varying well deviations, flow rates, and water-cut conditions. …”
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Research on the Non-Uniform Temperature Field Distribution of Q355B Steel for Grain Storage under Fire Conditions by Min Yu, Zhen Cheng, Rui-Bin Gou, Nian Wang

“…The peak temperature Tmax and the heating rate vr at the fire source points of each test plate increased linearly with the increase of heat input Q at the fire source. …”
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Performance Degradation and Chloride Ion Migration Behavior of Repaired Bonding Interfaces inSeawater-Freeze-Thaw Environment by Mengdie Niu, Xiang He, Yaxin Wang, Yuxuan Shen, Wei Zhang, Guoxin Li

“…The deterioration process of the bonding interface and the penetration rate of chloride ions can be effectively delayed by PVA fiber and CAs. …”
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Linear and Machine Learning modelling for spatiotemporal disease predictions: Force-of-Infection of Chagas disease. by Julia Ledien, Zulma M Cucunubá, Gabriel Parra-Henao, Eliana Rodríguez-Monguí, Andrew P Dobson, Susana B Adamo, María-Gloria Basáñez, Pierre Nouvellet

“…Instead, metrics such as the Force-of-Infection (FoI) provide information about the rate at which susceptible people become infected and permit sharper inference about temporal changes in infection rates. …”
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Trends and projections of ovarian cancer incidence in Hong Kong: A population‐based study by Xiangbo Chen, Jianqiang Du, Xiaoyan Wang, Xiaoming Wu

“…The projected incidence rate and new cases of ovarian cancer are expected to continue growing due to demographic and epidemiologic changes such as fertility patterns and lifestyle factors, with an estimated 981 cases in 2030. …”
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Community-acquired urinary tract infections: Causative agents and their resistance to antimicrobial drugs by Đorđević Zorana, Folić Marko, Janković Slobodan

“…Among women, the isolation rate of E.coli was high in all age groups (around 70%). …”
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