Cognitive considerations for adults with sickle cell disease completing the brief pain inventory by Julia A. O'Brien, Jermon A. Drake, Donald J. Bearden, Kim E. Ono, Soumitri Sil, Lindsey L. Cohen, Alana Karras, Enrico M. Novelli, Charles R. Jonassaint

“…The Brief Pain Inventory was developed to address limitations of previous pain-rating metrics and is available in a short form (BPI-SF). …”
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The epidemiology, etiology, and future prophylactic options for cancers in Mainland China by Hongsen Chen, Hongsen Chen, Hongsen Chen, Jie Xu, Wenbin Liu, Wenbin Liu, Wenbin Liu, Xi Chen, Xi Chen, Xi Chen, Ping Li, Ping Li, Ping Li, Guangwen Cao, Guangwen Cao, Guangwen Cao

“…Age-standardized incidence rates (ASIR) and mortality rates (ASMR) of PLC, gastric cancer, and esophageal cancer showed downward trends, while their crude rates kept increasing. …”
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Unveiling two millennia of ecosystem changes in the Azores through elementome trajectory analysis by J. de la Casa, S. Nogué, M. De Cáceres, S. Pla-Rabés, J. Sardans, M. Benavente, S. Giralt, A. Hernandez, P.M. Raposeiro, J. Peñuelas

“…Additionally, we analyzed and compared trajectory shapes across the lakes to identify patterns and differences.Our results indicate that the elementome trajectories primarily reflected changes in erosion rates, in-lake biological activity, and catchment dynamics, characterized by distinct patterns of climate variability, wildfires, and agropastoral activities. …”
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Comparative analysis of antimicrobial resistance of Salmonella enterica serovar typhimurium and its monophasic variant in food and clinical patients in He’nan Province from 2015 to... by WU Lingling, QIU Zhengyong, LI Yongli, LIAO Xingguang, HAN Zhiwei, ZHANG Xiuli

“…The resistance rate of S. typhimurium to cefazolin was significantly higher than that of monophasic S. typhimurium （P<0.05）. …”
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An Epidemiological and Multidrug Resistance Study for E. coli Isolated from Urinary Tract Infection (Three Years of Study) by Mahde S. Assafi, Fawwaz F. Ali, Reem Fouad Polis, Nisreen Jawad Sabaly, Sozan Muhsin Qarani

“…The uropathogenic E. coli rate was higher, statistically not significant, in females (21.4%) than males (18.5%) (P=0.4946). …”
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Cross-sectional and longitudinal trajectory analyses of sleep duration and frailty among middle-aged and older Chinese adults by Wei Zheng, Yan Sun, Xianling Liu, Miao Lu, Di Xu

“…Conversely, the initial level of frailty significantly negatively predicted the initial level of sleep duration (β = − 0.36, P < 0.001), and the rate of change in frailty negatively predicted the rate of change in sleep duration (β = − 0.71, P < 0.001). …”
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A Dual-Strategy Framework for Cyber Threat Detection in Imbalanced, High-Dimensional Data Across Heterogeneous Networks by T. Saranya, S. Indra Priyadharshini

“…The proposed IDS is evaluated using metrics that specifically evaluate anomaly detection capabilities, such as Accuracy, Precision, DR (Detection Rate), Specificity, MR (Miss Rate), FAR (False Alarm Rate), F1-Score, Cohen&#x2019;s Kappa, MCC, ROC-AUC. …”
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Gut Microbiome Alterations, Mental Health, and Alcohol Consumption: Investigating the Gut–Brain Axis in Firefighters by Ji Youn Yoo, Anujit Sarkar, Hyo-Sook Song, Sunghwan Bang, Gyusik Shim, Cary Springer, Morgan E. O’Brien, Yoonhwa Shin, Songhyun Ju, Sunhee Han, Sung Soo Kim, Usha Menon, Tae Gyu Choi, Maureen E. Groer

“…There were associations between alcohol consumption patterns and aspects of the gut microbiome. This study highlights the mental health challenges faced by firefighters, including elevated rates of PTSD, depression, and alcohol consumption, with specific microbial imbalances linked to PTSD and alcohol use, emphasizing the role of the gut–brain axis.…”
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Epidemiological, etiological, and serological characteristics of hand, foot, and mouth disease in Guizhou Province, Southwest China, from 2008 to 2023. by Fajin Li, Dan Wang, Fei Su, Suye Zhao, Jun Guo, Fumin Zhang, Xueqin Ran, Jiafu Wang, Shijun Li

“…Guizhou Province has reported higher rates of severe and fatal cases of HFMD. However, comprehensive studies on its epidemiology, etiology, and serological characteristics have remained limited in recent years.…”
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Efficacy of insecticides against wheat thrips Haplothrips tritici Kurd. in winter wheat crops by Iu. Klechkovskyi, V. Klychko, G. Khorohorina

“…To control the number of thrips, the effectiveness of the insecticide Engio 247 SC, CS at four application rates (0.05, 0.1, 0.15 and 0.2 l/ha) and Karate Zeon 050 CS, SC; Inazuma, VG; Match 050 ES, CE; Mospilan, VP; Talstar, 10% CE was studied. …”
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Global status and attributable risk factors of breast, cervical, ovarian, and uterine cancers from 1990 to 2021 by Tianye Li, Haoxiang Zhang, Mengyi Lian, Qionghua He, Mingwei Lv, Lingyun Zhai, Jianwei Zhou, Kongming Wu, Ming Yi

“…Results From 1990 to 2021, the global burden of female-specific cancers increased at varying rates. In 2021, breast cancer accounted for 2.08 million incident cases, 0.66 million deaths, and 20.25 million DALYs globally. …”
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Pre-COVID era pediatric disease incidence in Kazakhstan: regional panel data analysis of multiple disease groups (2010–2019) by Nurlan Smagulov, Olzhas Zhamantayev, Aidar Aitkulov, Nurbek Yerdessov, Karina Nukeshtayeva, Zhanerke Bolatova, Zhyldyz Kurzhunbaeva

“…Asthma incidence increased by 140% over the decade, with higher rates in regions with greater income inequality (0.26% increase per 1% rise in low-income households, p = 0.032). …”
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A test of ecophysiological theories on tropical forest functional traits along a VPD gradient by Huanyuan Zhang-Zheng, Yadvinder Malhi, Kasia Ziemińska, Agne Gvozdevaite, Theresa Peprah, Mickey Boakye, Stephen Adu-Bredu, Jesús Aguirre-Gutiérrez, Sam Moore, David Sandoval, Minxue Tang, Iain Colin Prentice, Imma Oliveras Menor

“…These patterns were associated with greater deciduousness, increased respiration rates and enhanced water transport at drier sites. …”
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Emotional Determinants of Snack Consumption by Polish Consumers by Jerzyk Ewa, Kaczmarek Mirosława, Mruk-Tomczak Dobrosława, Gluza Natalia

“…As snacks become an increasingly prevalent segment of the food industry, their consumption has been linked to rising rates of overweight, obesity, and diet-related diseases. …”
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Effect of the APOE Polymorphism and Age Trajectories of Physiological Variables on Mortality: Application of Genetic Stochastic Process Model of Aging by Konstantin G. Arbeev, Svetlana V. Ukraintseva, Alexander M. Kulminski, Igor Akushevich, Liubov S. Arbeeva, Irina V. Culminskaya, Deqing Wu, Anatoliy I. Yashin

“…Such differences may contribute to patterns of allele- and sex-specific mortality rates.…”
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Consensus guidelines for the management of intracranial ependymoma for low- and middle-income countries by Ahsan Ali Khan, Muhammad Usman Khalid, Mohammad Hamza Bajwa, Izza Tahir, Shahier Paracha, Muhammad Shakir, Bilal Mazhar Qureshi, Naureen Mushtaq, Ahmed Gilani, Pakistan Brain Tumour Consortium: (Authors list at the end of the supplement), Syed Ather Enam.

“…Acknowledging the distinctepidemiological patterns of ependymomas, notably theirhigher incidence in paediatric patients, and variablesurvival rates, these guidelines emphasize tailoredmanagement approaches for different age groups. …”
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Reinforcement Learning-Based Generative Security Framework for Host Intrusion Detection by Yongsik Kim, Su-Youn Hong, Sungjin Park, Huy Kang Kim

“…The proposed framework demonstrated a high accuracy rate of 96.5% average when faced with different attacks. …”
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Qualitative changes in clinical records after implementation of pharmacist-led antimicrobial stewardship program: a text mining analysis by Keisuke Sawada, Shuji Kono, Ryo Inose, Yuichi Muraki

“…New strong co-occurrence relationships emerged in the post-ASP period for several laboratory parameters (c-reactive protein, 0.646; estimated glomerular filtration rate, 0.594; and white blood cell count, 0.582). …”
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Surveillance and Treatment of Non-Muscle-Invasive Bladder Cancer in the USA by Daniel A. Barocas, Denise R. Globe, Danielle C. Colayco, Ahunna Onyenwenyi, Amanda S. Bruno, Thomas J. Bramley, Rachel J. Spear

“…Seventy percent of newly diagnosed bladder cancers are classified as non-muscle-invasive bladder cancer (NMIBC) and are often associated with high rates of recurrence that require lifelong surveillance. …”
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Real-time epidemiological surveillance data: tracking the occurrences of avian influenza outbreaks around the world by Francesco Branda, Ranjan K. Mohapatra, Lawrence Sena Tuglo, Massimo Ciccozzi, Fabio Scarpa

“…Data description The dataset includes comprehensive and up-to-date information on epidemiological patterns, including geographic spread, incidence rates, and demographic factors. …”
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