Clinico-epidemiological and immunological characteristics of rickettsioses in a Sri Lankan patient cohort 2018–2023 by Nayana Gunathilaka, Nilmini Chandrasena, Hemantha Sudusinghe, Vidusha Nethsara Mudalpath, Deshaka Jayakody, Ranjan Premaratna

“…Understanding epidemiological patterns and clinical manifestations is crucial for developing effective surveillance and prevention strategies. …”
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Bacterial isolates and antibiotic resistance in critically ill sepsis patients at a tertiary hospital in Ethiopia by Girum Tesfaye Kiya, Zeleke Mekonnen, Elsah Tegene Asefa, Esayas Kebede Gudina, Hanan Ahmed, Getenet Beyene, Mekidim Mekonnen, Gemeda Abebe

“…Results Bacterial pathogens were isolated from 33 patients, representing an isolation rate of 22.1% (95% CI: 16.2–29.6%). Gram-negative bacteria (GNB) accounted for the majority of the isolates, 25/33 (75.8%), with Escherichia coli, 6/25 (24%) being the predominant species. …”
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Predicting sleep quality among college students during COVID-19 lockdown using a LASSO-based neural network model by Lufeng Chen, Qingquan Chen, Zhimin Huang, Ling Yao, Jiajing Zhuang, Haibin Lu, Yifu Zeng, Jimin Fan, Ailing Song, Yixiang Zhang

“…Results A mean PSQI total score of 6.03 ± 3.21 and a sleep disorder rate of 29.4% (PSQI > 7) were obtained. Sleep quality, sleep latency, sleep efficiency, diurnal dysfunction, and PSQI score were all higher than the national norm (P < 0.05). …”
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Rapid detection and quantification of Nile Red-stained microplastic particles in sediment samples by Masashi Tsuchiya, Tomo Kitahashi, Yosuke Taira, Hitoshi Saito, Kazumasa Oguri, Ryota Nakajima, Dhugal J. Lindsay, Katsunori Fujikura

“…In this study, we demonstrated the utility of the developed system by comparing its recovery rate and analysis time with those of the conventional methods used for manual processing. …”
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Behaviour of post released translocated greater one-horned rhinoceros (Rhinoceros unicornis) at Manas National Park, Assam, India by Deba Dutta, Amit Sharma, Rita Mahanta, Anindya Swargowari

“…Maximum grazing activity was observed in the monsoon (June–September) and retreating monsoon (October–November) seasons while it was observed that the grazing rate decreased during the dry winter season (December–February). …”
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Investigation of corrosion void formation in a Ni-based alloy under simulated MSW incineration condition by Xinxin Wu, Terrence Wenga, Wenchao Ma

“…Therefore, in this study, corrosion void formation and migration mechanism on a newly designed alloy (Ni–28Cr–13Al–5W-0.06B-0.005C) was investigated and the corrosion rate of the alloy was compared with that of Ni–20Cr alloy under simulated municipal solid waste (MSW) incineration conditions at 600 °C. …”
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Interplay between C-reactive protein responses and antibiotic prescribing in people with suspected infection by Qingze Gu, Kevin Yuan, Jia Wei, Chang Ho Yoon, Anders Skyrud Danielsen, Augustine Luk, David W. Eyre, A. Sarah Walker

“…CRP percentile changes were modestly associated with subsequent antibiotic adjustments; in particular, suboptimal recovery, indicated by an increase in CRP centiles, was associated with a higher rate of antibiotic escalation (16.5% vs. 10.7% in expected recovery) and, conversely, faster than expected recovery in CRP was associated with de-escalation (23.6% vs. 17.2%). …”
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Assessing the Impact of Land Use Changes on Ecosystem Service Values in Coal Mining Regions Using Google Earth Engine Classification by Shi Chen, Jiwei Qin, Shuning Dong, Yixi Liu, Pingping Sun, Dongze Yao, Xiaoyan Song, Congcong Li

“…Land use change dynamics were quantified via a transfer matrix, while changes in the ESV were evaluated using the ecosystem sensitivity index and ecological contribution rate. Our results revealed notable fluctuations: forestland increased from 2013 to 2018 before declining sharply from 2019 to 2021; grassland displayed similar variability; and constructed land experienced a continual expansion. …”
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Tracking Pelagia noctiluca scyphomedusae by combining modeling and stable isotope approaches by Isabella D’Ambra, Isabella D’Ambra, Simona Saviano, Maria Assunta Ambrosio, Vincenzo Botte, Daniele Iudicone, Maria Grazia Mazzocchi, Louise Merquiol, Louise Merquiol, Louise Merquiol, Daniela Cianelli

“…SIs were determined in scyphomedusae and their potential planktonic prey collected at the Long Term Research site MareChiara (LTER-MC) during the outbreaks and during the previous three weeks, to account for the turnover rate of medusae. Numerical simulations were performed using a particle tracking model forced by a Regional Ocean Modeling System (ROMS) developed for the GoN. …”
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Gender differences in eating habits and sports preferences across age groups: a cross-sectional study by Stefania Gorini, Elisabetta Camajani, Edda Cava, Alessandra Feraco, Andrea Armani, Isaac Amoah, Tiziana Filardi, Xinyan Wu, Rocky Strollo, Massimiliano Caprio, Elvira Padua, Mauro Lombardo

“…Results Significant differences in body composition were observed between genders: men had a higher lean mass and basal metabolic rate, whereas women showed a higher fat mass in all age groups. …”
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Adipose-derived mesenchymal stem cell-supported ciprofloxacin therapy effectively protects the kidney parenchyma and functional integrity against acute pyelonephritis damage in rod... by Chih-Chao Yang, Ya Yue, Pei-Lin Shao, Ben-Chung Cheng, Tsuen-Wei Hsu, Yi-Ling Chen, Sheung-Fat Ko, Hon-Kan Yip, Mel S. Lee

“…The in vivo results revealed that the day-5 mortality rate and creatinine levels at days 2 and 5 were significantly greater in group 2 than in groups 1 and 5 ( P = 0.01), whereas the kidney injury score and inflammatory cell infiltration in the kidney were highest in group 2, lowest in group 1, and significantly greater in groups 3 and 4 than in group 5; however, there was no difference between groups 3 and 4 (all P < 0.0001). …”
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Healthy days at home and prognosis of older adults with cancer and non-cancer serious life-limiting illnesses by Oluwaseun J. Adeyemi, Nina Siman, Allison M. Cuthel, Keith S. Goldfeld, Corita R. Grudzen

“…Each unit increase in Gagne index score was associated with a 6.0% decrease in the rate of HDaH (aRR: 0.94; 95% CI: 0.94 to 0.94), a pattern observed in both cancer and non-cancer groups. …”
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Research on automatic identification method for pipeline girth weld defects based on X-ray images and sparse representation by Shaohui JIA, Yaping LI, Weixin GAO, Yunchao PENG, Xinjian ZHANG, Yuxia WANG

“…To ensure a high success rate of image recognition after segmentation, judging whether an X-ray SDR image represents a defect was treated as a pattern recognition process. …”
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Knowledge-map and bibliometric analysis of scientific research on FDA-approved Chimeric Antigen Receptor T cell products (2015–2024) by Moutaz W. Sweileh

“…Bibliometric indicators including average annual growth rate, citation impact, key contributors, authorship pattern, and international collaboration were assessed. …”
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Comparison of Rectal and Gastrointestinal Core Temperatures During Heat Tolerance Testing by Melissa J. Crowe, Michael T. Meehan, Rhondda E. Jones

“…In addition, resting heart rate and systolic blood pressure were significantly lower and body surface area to mass ratio significantly higher in heat-tolerant compared to intolerant trials. …”
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Randomized, Placebo-Controlled Trial on the Renal and Systemic Hemodynamic Effects of Empagliflozin by Steffen Flindt Nielsen, Camilla Lundgreen Duus, Niels Henrik Buus, Jesper Nørgaard Bech, Frank Holden Mose

“…RBF was measured with 82Rubidium-positron emission-tomography/computed-tomography, glomerular filtration rate (GFR) with 99mTechnetium-diethylene-triamine-pentaacetate-clearance. …”
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Practical strategies for film-side sowing technology to enhance root lodging resistance and grain yield in spring maize on the loess plateau by Zhengyu Guo, Tingting Zhang, Kuo Chen, Jianlong Wu, Haoran Han, Wude Yang, Zhongdong Zhang

“…Collectively, the highest seed yield and benefit and the lowest rate of lodging were observed under FSS conditions. …”
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A Novel Support Vector Machine with Globality-Locality Preserving by Cheng-Long Ma, Yu-Bo Yuan

“…The results validate the effectiveness of the proposed model, especially on the Wine and Iris databases; the recognition rate is above 97% and outperforms all the algorithms that were developed from SVM.…”
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STANDARD OF LIVING OF THE RUSSIAN POPULATION: FEATURES OF INTERREGIONAL DIFFERENTIATION DYNAMICS by N. A. Gerasimenko

“…This circumstance allowed usto determine the nature of changes and identify two groups of Federal districts that are moving away from each  other at an increasing rate in terms of the standard of living of the population. …”
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Population dynamics by E. G. Cooch, A. A. Dhondt

“…The interconnections between the various vital rates, their estimation, and incorporation into models, was the general subject of our plenary presentation by Hal Caswell (Caswell & Fujiwara, 2004). …”
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