An observational study of haemophilia A patients without inhibitors using the French national claims (SNDS) database by Marc Trossaërt, Aletta Falk, Laurène Gautier, Nana Kragh, Olivia Van Hinloopen, Remi Varin

“…Clinical characteristics, treatment patterns and switches, factor consumption, and rate of events of interest were determined. …”
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An epidemiological overview of the first waves of the COVID-19 pandemic in African Union member nations by Ogbonna C. Nwabuko, Osaro Mgbere

“…We conducted descriptive and inferential analyses of the reported cases, deaths, active cases, recoveries, and epidemiological measures, including morbidity and mortality rates (MMR), case fatality rate, and case ratios. …”
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Prevalence and relationship with health of off-label and contraindicated drug use in the United States: a cross-sectional study by Katharina E. Blankart, Frank R. Lichtenberg

“…Off-label prescriptions had a lower contraindication rate (48.8%) compared to indicated prescriptions (56.2%). …”
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Multidrug-resistant pulmonary tuberculosis in Esmeraldas, Ecuador (2018–2022): prevalence and clinical–epidemiological profile from a retrospective observational study by Jaime Angamarca-Iguago

“…Treatment outcomes were incomplete in 41% of cases; among reported outcomes, cure rate was 22.4%, and the case fatality rate was 10.2%. …”
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The Relationship between Gender Gap in Employment and Hofstede’s Culture Dimensions depending on Country Scores by Hilal Terzi, Fatih Özdemir, Türker Özkan

“…Besides, both women’s and men’s vulnerable employment rates were negatively related to country scores on individualism. …”
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Analysis of Disease Free Survival and Overall Survival of HER2 Positive Subtype Breast Cancer Patients at Prof. Dr. I.G.N.G. Ngoerah Denpasar Hospital by Gde Ary Putra Kamajaya, Ni Gusti Ayu Agung Manik Yuniawaty Wetan, I Gede Budhi Setiawan

“…Results: The 3-year survival rate was 77.7% and the 5-year survival rate was 74.3%, with median survival times of 31 months (95%CI 30.7-32.86) and 49 months (95%CI 47.85-52.089), respectively. …”
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The effects of annual cycle stages and life-history traits on feather abrasion by Yosef Kiat, Quentin Dupriez, Gina Pyo, Oliver J. L. Fox, Rafi Paz, Hans-Jürgen Eilts, Carlos Talabante, Nir Sapir

“…These findings highlight the importance of moult timing for feather abrasion rate and maintaining plumage integrity during the reproduction season. …”
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Investigating the first case of permafrost degraded subsidence in Lahaul & Spiti region of Tethyan Himalayas by Kirti Kumar Mahanta, Ipshita Priyadarsini Pradhan, Nitesh Dhiman, Ankit Singh, Dericks Praise Shukla

“…The analysis of historical temperature and precipitation data from 1950 to 2024 shows a significant rise in temperature at a rate of 0.02 °C/year and a shift in precipitation pattern over the village. …”
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Active layer thermal regime varies across landforms in a subarctic wetland by Gillian Muir, Glen S. Brown, Kapillesh Balasubramaniam, Baoxin Hu

“…A significant increase in active layer thaw depth was evident between 2012 and 2024. Within-season thaw patterns differed among landforms, with tundra heath exhibiting the highest thaw rates and soil temperatures, succeeded by fen and palsa. …”
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Driving Sustainability in Asthma and COPD Management: Preventative Models and Green Prescribing in a Rural Primary Care Practice in England by Meredith Donaldson, Carl Deaney

“…Specifically, it sought to evaluate prescribing patterns, respiratory review completion rates, and the feasibility of transitioning patients from MDIs to lower-carbon alternatives whilst maintaining clinical outcomes. …”
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Characteristics of Surface Soil Moisture Drydown in the Heihe River Basin by Shiyu DONG, Zhongli ZHU, Ziwei XU, Shaomin LIU, Linna CHAI

“…The process of soil drying is referred to as soil moisture drydown.It usually occurs after precipitation， especially for surface soil， and we address this process in three dominant regimes： gravity drainage， energy-limited regime and water-limited regime.The Heihe River Basin originates from the Qilian Mountains， and the landscape zonality here is clear from its upstream， midstream and downstream.By exploring the characteristics of surface soil moisture drydown in this area， researchers were able to understand the patterns and factors associated with soil evaporation under different conditions.The soil drydown events were investigated using data on soil moisture， soil temperature， and air temperature collected between 2016 and 2020 from 10 meteorological observation stations located in the Heihe River Basin.The relationships between soil moisture （SM）， potential evaporation （PE）， the normalized difference vegetation index （NDVI）， soil texture and surface soil drying rates were explored.Using the exponential model for fitting drydown events， the seasonal variation of the drying rate at each site was compared.Results showed that： （1） There were 362 effective drydown episodes between 2016 and 2020， totaling 3584 days.After entering the drydown stage， as the soil gradually became dry， the drying rate also slowed down and became stable after 12 days.The upstream site settled around 0.04 cm3·cm-3·day-1， whereas the middle and downstream sites tended to 0.（2） In upstream， midstream， and downstream， the values of surface soil moisture evaporation efficiency （90%） are lower than 0.25， 0.15， and 0.12， respectively， which can only partially meet atmospheric demand.The evaporation efficiency may be close to 1 if the evapotranspiration of soil profiles below 5 cm is taken into account.（3） Because the surface soil in upstream locations of the Heihe River is relatively wet， the soil drydown process is limited by the atmosphere.The middle and lower reaches of the Heihe River are drier and limited by water.As for the surface soil evaporation rate， the upstream was mainly affected by atmospheric water demand； it increases along with PE.When SM exceeded 0.4 cm3·cm-3， PE and SM had no significant impact on soil drying rate.In the middle and downstream of the Heihe River， the soil evaporation rate increases with SM.In comparison to upstream， the impact of PE on soil evaporation rate is less significant.（4） The type of vegetation and the dry and wet states of the soil both affect how quickly the surface SM dries； the drying rate is very slightly influenced by soil texture.（5） The drydown events fitted by the exponential model have distinct season features.The highest drying rate （τ）， the highest drying range （A）， and the lowest lower limit of soil moisture （θw） were observed in summer.As for desert region， θw is more affected by precipitation and is higher in the summer.For the entire basin， the drying rate of surface soil moisture from high to low was summer， spring， autumn， and the seasonal variability of drying rate increased with the change in surface coverage （meadow， farmland， shrub）.…”
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A new route to prepare nanocomposites based on polyvinyl chloride and MgAl layered double hydroxide intercalated with laurylether phosphate

“…However, the thermal degradation temperature (Tmax2) and thermal degradation rate (Rmax2) of the dehydrochlorinated PVC were slightly affected by the presence of LDH. …”
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Intelligent anti-jamming communication technology with electromagnetic spectrum feature cognition. by Hui Zhao, Guobin Zhao, Xichun Wang, Zhonghui Zhang, Xianchao Xun

“…Experiments show that the proposed model achieves an accuracy rate of 95.23% in identifying interference signals and an anti-interference accuracy rate of 85.47%, significantly outperforming random forest and deep Q-network models. …”
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Origin of the solar-cycle imprint on global sea level change by Shuhei Masuda, John Philip Matthews, Yosuke Alexandre Yamashiki

“…The latter can influence the strength and rate of evolution of the El Niño Southern Oscillation which, in turn, determines the level of net terrestrial water storage through its effect on rainfall patterns. …”
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Emergency department visits in Italy: 2017-2023 trends, decline and recovery by Camilla Mattiuzzi, Giuseppe Lippi, Ciro Paolillo

“…In 2023, the ED visit rate reached 58.5 per 1,000 population, marking a 25.6% reduction compared to 2019, but with a 4.7% increase from 2022. …”
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Microstructures and Crystal Size Distribution (CSD) of Chromites from Gysian Silvana Ophiolite Serpentinites, Urmia, Iran by monir modjarrad

“…The first type is a linear steady-state pattern with a nucleation rate/growth rate (J/G) of about 12 and Gt=1.28; the second type has a non-linear concave downtrend which is the result of annealing or Ostwald ripening at a small size part with J/G=13-15 and Gt=1.33. …”
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HCAP: Hybrid cyber attack prediction model for securing healthcare applications. by Mohanad Faeq Ali, Mohammed Shakir Mohmood, Ban Salman Shukur, Rex Bacarra, Jamil Abedalrahim Jamil Alsayaydeh, Masrullizam Mat Ibrahim, Safarudin Gazali Herawan

“…The extracted features are fed into the lion-optimization technique to fine-tune the hyperparameters of the recurrent neural networks, enhancing the model's ability to efficiently predict cybersecurity threats with a maximum recognition rate in IoMT environments. The recurrent networks, specifically Long Short Term Memory (LSTM), process data from healthcare devices, identifying abnormal patterns that indicate potential cyberattacks over time. …”
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Experimental investigation on the mechanism of the effect of flow velocity on Cyclotella meneghiniana by Jianwei Zhang, Hongdong Ma, Gangfu Song, Yitong Ding, Sitong Guo

“…The findings revealed that under different flow rates, C. meneghiniana exhibited a critical flow rate threshold at 0.4 m s−1, demonstrating an overall trend characterized by ‘when the flow velocity is relatively low, an increase in flow velocity will promote the growth of C. meneghiniana. …”
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Enhanced risk of multiple sentinel lymph node basins in truncal and head and neck melanoma by Harmeet K Bhullar, Lipi Shukla, Ramin Shayan, Frank Bruschino-Raiola

“…Patients with drainage to MLNB also demonstrate a higher rate of positive SeNBx than those with SLNB drainage. …”
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Sex disparities in premature adult mortality in Estonia 1995–2016: a national register-based study by Hajo Zeeb, Kaja Rahu, Mati Rahu

“…Extremely high mortality rate ratios were observed for cancer of the upper aerodigestive tract and for lung cancer. …”
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