Daily meal frequency and its associated factors among children aged 6–23 months in Ethiopia: a Bayesian hierarchical Poisson model by Dejen Kahsay Asgedom, Ausman Ahmed Mohammed, Etsay Woldu Anbesu

“…Compared with children between the ages of 6–8 months, those between 9 and 11 months (AIRR = 1.55 95% CrI: 1.374, 1.754), 12–17 months (AIRR = 1.72, 95% CrI: 1.543, 1.911), and 18–23 months (AIRR = 95% CrI: 1.90, 1.692, 2.125) had 55, 72 and 90% higher rates of DMF, respectively. In the Afar region (IRR = 0.77, 95% CI: 0.615, 0.982), Somalia (AIRR = 0.83, 95% CrI: 0.682, 1.01), Benishangul (AIRR = 0.8, 95% CrI: 0.639, 0.994), Southern nation nationality and people’s region (SNNPR) (AIRR = 0.73, 95% CrI: 0.596, 0.894), and (AIRR = 0.73, 95% CrI: 0.572, 0.925) decrease the daily meal frequency by 33, 17, 20, 27 and 27%, respectively, compared with that of children from Tigray.Conclusion and recommendationThe rate of DMF was low in Ethiopia and exhibited a significant clustering pattern across the country. …”
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Re-Engagement in Physical Activity Slows the Decline in Older Adults’ Well-Being – A Longitudinal Study by Hon Lon Tam PhD, Kai Chow Choi PhD, Ying Lau PhD, Leona Yuen Ling Leung DN, Alex Siu Wing Chan PhD, Lilin Zhou BSc, Eliza Mi Ling Wong PhD, Jonathan Ka Ming Ho DN

“…As older adults age, well-being deteriorates, and disengagement of physical activity accelerates the rate of decline. Re-engagement in physical activity can slow the rate of decline in well-being. …”
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“Morphogenetic Action” Principle for 3D Shape Formation by the Growth of Thin Sheets by Dillon J. Cislo, Anastasios Pavlopoulos, Boris I. Shraiman

“…Specifically, we demonstrate that growth pattern selection can be formulated as an optimization problem and solved for the trajectories that minimize spatiotemporal variation in areal growth rates and deformation anisotropy. …”
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Readmissions after hospitalization for heart failure, acute myocardial infarction, or pneumonia among young and middle-aged adults: a retrospective observational cohort study. by Isuru Ranasinghe, Yongfei Wang, Kumar Dharmarajan, Angela F Hsieh, Susannah M Bernheim, Harlan M Krumholz

“…However, whether young and middle-aged adults share a similar risk pattern is uncertain. We compared the rate, timing, and readmission diagnoses following hospitalization for heart failure (HF), acute myocardial infarction (AMI), and pneumonia among patients aged 18-64 years with patients aged ≥ 65 years.…”
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Spatiotemporal distribution and influencing factors of enteric fever in China: a cluster analysis based on data from 2001 to 2020 by Shumei Huang, Yao Tian, Meiying Yan, Chen-Long Lv, Li-Qun Fang, Biao Kan

“…In the Zhejiang, incidence was negatively correlated with GDP per capita and popularization rate of safe drinking water in rural areas. Temperature and relative humidity had delayed effects on incidence in Zhejiang, showing linear or parabolic patterns. …”
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Prevalence, antibiogram, and risk factors of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) asymptomatic carriage in Africa: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Ahmed Azzam, Heba Khaled, Heba Mohamed Fayed, Youssef Mansour, Mariam Eldalil, Eslam Elshennawy, Haitham Salem, Hoda A. Elkatan

“…Eligible studies reported on MRSA colonization rates, associated risk factors, or antibiotic resistance patterns within African populations. …”
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Fertility intention and its correlates with reproductive-aged married women in Ethiopia: an adapted theory of planned behavior (TPB) by Fitsum Tariku Fantaye, Solomon Abrha Damtew, Kelemua Menegesha Sene

“…The population continues to grow at a rate of 2.7 and fertility rates remain at 4.6. Fertility is one of the three key aspects in shaping population dynamics, as women’s fertility intention for children play a significant role in determining actual fertility rates. …”
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Decomposition Dynamics of Leaf Litter Mixtures Enriched with NPS Fertilizer and Resultant Effects on Common Bean Productivity in Nutrient Depleted Soil by Fanuel Laekemariam, Ermias Elka

“…The experiments (litterbag and crop response) were laid out in a randomized complete block design with three replications. The decomposition pattern was monitored at a two week interval (15, 30, 45, and 56 days after application) and assessed for daily decomposition rate (k), weight loss, and time required to decompose half of the residue (t50). …”
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Epidemiological characteristics of Japanese encephalitis in Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region from 2012 to 2023 by Jiagui CHEN, Qiuyun DENG, Jinfa DU, Rencong YANG, Shiyi CHEN, Liang LIANG, Ming GAN, Lili DENG

“…Among the cases, 107 were male (average annual incidence rate 0.036/100 000) and 61 were female (average annual incidence rate 0.022/100 000). …”
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Landscape, demographic, and dispersal parameters influence the spread and establishment of an aquatic biological invasion by Kelly J. MacDonald, Shawn J. Leroux, Craig F. Purchase

“…Next, we use statistical models to assess the influence of a suite of abiotic (conductivity, pH, turbidity, calcium), biotic (Atlantic salmon occurrence), and landscape (watershed relief, watershed area, distance to original introduction) variables on brown trout establishment (i.e., presence–absence) patterns. We find that observed coastal spread in Newfoundland is slow (~4.4 km/year), and that it lies on the lower end of the range of predictions made by the reaction–diffusion model parameterized based on the estimates of growth rate and movement from the literature (predicted spread range 1.4 to 92 km/year). …”
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Effect of Skin-to-Skin Care on the Day of Birth on Skin Colonization in Preterm Infants: A Pre- and Post-Implementation Study by Poorva Deshpande, Nosheen Akhtar, Maura Mansur, Allison McGeer, Vibhuti Shah

“…The primary outcome was the rate of skin colonization with bacterial pathogens. …”
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Control of Groundwater‐Lake Interaction Zone Structure on Spatial Variability of Lacustrine Groundwater Discharge in Oxbow Lake by Xiaoliang Sun, Yao Du, Jiawen Xu, Hao Tian, Yamin Deng, Yiqun Gan, Yanxin Wang

“…Conversely, the direct connection between the deepwater zone of the lake and the water‐rich confined aquifer has resulted in a higher LGD rate in the lake interior. Present study not only offers a novel approach for quantifying the spatial patterns of LGD but also provides valuable insights for LGD studies conducted in lakes globally.…”
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Characterization methods and experimental study of mining-induced rock mass damage and fracture using carbon fiber similar materials by Weibing ZHU, Bozhi ZHAO, Shan NING, Jiahao XIANG

“…The study found that as the carbon fiber content increased, the evolution patterns of the electrical resistance change rate and the damage coefficient of the similar material tended to coincide. …”
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The global, regional and national burden of peptic ulcer disease attributable to smoking from 1990 to 2021: A population-based study by Shuai Wang, Tao Zhang, Dongming Li, Xueyuan Cao

“…Methods: Utilizing data from the Global Burden of Diseases, Injuries, and Risk Factors Study (GBD) 2021 database, we assessed deaths, disability-adjusted life years (DALYs), age-standardized mortality rate (ASMR), and age-standardized DALY rate (ASDR). …”
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Global, regional, and national burden of four major neurological diseases in women from 1990 to 2021 by Xiaofang Guo, Xinghua Liu, Jian Lin, Zitian Huang, Sixing Lin, Mengfan Zhang, Zihan Xu, Xingdong Lin

“…We estimated trends by age and socio-demographic index (SDI), globally, regionally, and nationally, using Estimated annual percentage changes (EAPC), Spearman correlation analysis and projected future trends with the Bayesian age-period-cohort (BAPC) model.ResultsIn 2021, an estimated 6191564.2, 572999.9, 1536118.7, and 39191.7 new cases of female AD and other dementias, Parkinson’s disease, multiple sclerosis, and idiopathic epilepsy were reported globally, with a significant increase in age-standardized incidence rate (ASIR) from 1990 to 2021. Contrary, the age-standardized DALY rate (ASDR) decreased in idiopathic epilepsy and multiple sclerosis. …”
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Modeling the service life of temporary airfield operational surfaces under multi-pass aircraft trafficking by R.P. Kinser, T.W. Rushing, A.R. Cisko, Mark E. Barkey, P.G. Allison, J.B. Jordon

“…The proposed framework is then used to predict the rate of subgrade deformation for additional lay patterns, which successfully ranked the performance of each relative to full-scale trafficking experiments. …”
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9‐Year Trend in the Management of Acute Heart Failure in Japan: A Report From the National Consortium of Acute Heart Failure Registries by Yasuyuki Shiraishi, Shun Kohsaka, Naoki Sato, Teruo Takano, Takeshi Kitai, Tsutomu Yoshikawa, Yuya Matsue

“…These changes were not associated with in‐hospital mortality (4.7–7.5%) or 30‐day heart failure readmission rate (4.8–5.4%), as well as 1‐year mortality and heart failure readmission rate (20.1–23.3% and 23.6–26.2%, respectively). …”
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Mortality due to snakebite and other venomous animals in the Indian state of Bihar: Findings from a representative mortality study. by Rakhi Dandona, G Anil Kumar, Archana Kharyal, Sibin George, Md Akbar, Lalit Dandona

“…The adjusted mortality rate for scorpion sting was 0.9 (95% CI 0.8-0.9).…”
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Epidemic Trends and Spatial Distribution Characteristics of Hepatitis B in China: Surveillance Study by Xiaoxue Li, Jie Liang, Lanqing Ma, Shijie Shen, Xueying Han, Tao Sun, Heng Guo

“…The age effect showed that the incidence rate of hepatitis B reached its peak at the age of 22 years, with an average incidence rate of 176.173/100,000. …”
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Global and regional disease burden of HIV/AIDS from 1990 to 2021 and projections to 2030 by Youwang Lu, Huiqin Li, Rongjing Dong, Mi Zhang, Xingqi Dong, Cuixian Yang, Xicheng Wang, Junchuan Ye

“…Estimated annual percent changes (EAPCs) were calculated to assess temporal trends in the age-standardized incidence rate (ASIR), age-standardized disability-adjusted life-year rate (ASDR) and age-standardized mortality rate (ASMR) of HIV/AIDS patients. …”
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