Effects of temporal, spatial, and environmental factors on ciliates community in northeastern South China Sea, with notes on co-occurrence patterns of environment, phytoplankton, a... by Weiwei Liu, Zijun Cheng, Shaowei Wen, Gang Li, Zhixin Ke, Daning Li, Yehui Tan

“…Diatom and physical factors accounted for most of the ciliate-phytoplankton-environment co-occurrence relationships, suggesting their significant influences to the community stability of the microbial food web. …”
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Chemical Composition Characteristics and Source Apportionment of PM2.5 in Ceramic Industrial Base during Winter by Xiang Tu, Xiaozhen Fang, Hansun Fang, Changlin Ye, Zugen Liu, Xuehui Jia, Dan He, Jinliang Wang, Hong Huang, Changwei Zou, Chenglong Yu

“…Furthermore, source apportionment using the CMB model indicated that a ceramic industry source was the main contributor to the PM2.5 mass, which accounted for about 27.9%, and this was followed by secondary formation dust sources, and gasoline/diesel vehicle exhaust emissions and motor vehicle non-exhaust emissions. …”
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Psychophysiological components of the activities of operators of nuclear power plants as a factor of accidents in the conditions of the threat of social catastrophe by O.A. Shevchenko, O.V. Sheviakov, V.V. Kornienko, I.A. Burlakova, Y.A. Slavska, N.I. Zhyhaylo, V.V. Vakulik, I.S. Ostapenko, O.A. Gerasimchuk, E.Y. Doroshenko, V.V. Prykhodko, S.A. Chernihivska, O.M. Ivchenko, V.M. Tychonovych, S.B. Dorogan

“…It is proposed to take into account not only technological factors, but also the psychophysiological features of operators in the dynamics of their manifestation when developing measures for the optimal selection and personnel placement. …”
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Trends in <i>Escherichia coli</i> and <i>Klebsiella pneumoniae</i> Urinary Tract Infections and Antibiotic Resistance over a 5-Year Period in Southeastern Gabon by Yann Mouanga-Ndzime, Cyrille Bisseye, Neil-Michel Longo-Pendy, Michelle Bignoumba, Anicet-Clotaire Dikoumba, Richard Onanga

“…The aim of this study was to analyze the temporal patterns of <i>Escherichia coli</i> and <i>Klebsiella pneumoniae</i> UTIs and antibiotic resistance, taking into account various sociodemographic, clinical, and climatic factors within the study population. …”
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Integrated assessment of carbon dioxide removal portfolios: land, energy, and economic trade-offs for climate policy by Solene Chiquier, Angelo Gurgel, Jennifer Morris, Yen-Heng Henry Chen, Sergey Paltsev

“…A diversified CDR portfolio thus exhibits lower negative side-effects, but still poses challenges related to environmental impacts, logistics or accountability. We also investigate a CDR portfolio designed to support more scalable and sustainable climate mitigation strategies, and identify trade-offs between reduced economic benefits and lower environmental impacts. …”
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Temperature-Related Bioclimatic Variables Play a Greater Role in the Spatial Distribution of Bumblebee Species in Northern Pakistan by Muhammad Naeem, Arzoo Rani, Weiyao Lyu, Huaibo Zhao, Maryam Riasat, Saail Abbas, Sabir Hussain, Nawaz Haider Bashir, Qiang Li, Huanhuan Chen

“…Temperature-related variables accounted for more than 80%, 69.4%, and 78.3% of the spatial variation in <i>B. haemorrhoidalis</i>, <i>B. rufofasciatus</i>, and <i>B. subtypicus</i>, respectively. …”
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Petrological controls on the engineering properties of carbonate aggregates through a machine learning approach by Javid Hussain, Tehseen Zafar, Xiaodong Fu, Nafees Ali, Jian Chen, Fabrizio Frontalini, Jabir Hussain, Xiao Lina, George Kontakiotis, Olga Koumoutsakou

“…., r = 0.998, R² = 997, Root mean square error = 0.075, Variance Accounted For = 99.50%, Mean Absolute Percentage Error = 0.385%, Alpha 20 Index = 100, and performance index = 0.975). …”
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The efficacy and safety of half-dose glucocorticoids combined with rituximab versus high-dose glucocorticoids for initial treatment of minimal change disease: a single-center exper... by Xueting Li, Peng Yan, Lu Zhang, Wei Qiao, Zhengbiao Xue, Xiangdong Fang, Ben Ke, Shuying Zhu

“…BackgroundMinimal change disease (MCD) is a podocytopathy more commonly seen in children, but it also accounts for 10%–25% of adult nephrotic syndrome. High-dose oral glucocorticoids were recommended for initial treatment of MCD. …”
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Neutrophil elastase inhibitor (Sivelestat) in the treatment of acute respiratory distress syndrome induced by COVID-19: a multicenter retrospective cohort study by Yuting Li, Jianjun Zhao, Jiahui Wei, Yanhong Zhang, Haitao Zhang, Ying Li, Ting Liao, Yang Hu, Bo Yuan, Xinmei Zhang, Wanyan Liu, Changgang Liu, Qingsong Cui, Shunzi Wu, Hongmei Jiang, Wenge Liu, Weiheng Liu, Hongguang Xu, Gang Li, Yuyan Cai, Liting Chen, Bingwei Chen, Dong Zhang

“…A Cox proportional hazards model that incorporated a robust sandwich-type variance estimator to account for the matched nature of the data was used to estimate hazard ratios (HR). …”
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Risk of residual/recurrent cervical diseases in HPV-positive women post-conization depends on HPV integration status by Wenyu Lin, Yuxuan Huang, Yan Zhang, Lixiang Huang, Hongning Cai, Guanxiang Huang, Ye Li, Qiaoyu Zhang, Huifeng Xue, Binhua Dong, Pengming Sun

“…According to the Kaplan-Meier analysis, age ≥ 45 years (p = 0.016) and HPV integration (p = 0.035) were associated with a higher risk of residual/recurrent CIN at the 1-year follow-up. HPV 52 accounted for the majority of HPV integration genotype (3/10, 30.0%). …”
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Effects of Providing Enrichment to Broilers in an Animal Welfare Environment on Productivity, Litter Moisture, Gas Concentration (CO₂ and NH₃), Animal Welfare... by Chan-Ho Kim, Woo-Do Lee, Ji-Seon Son, Jung-Hwan Jeon, Se-Jin Lim, Su-Mi Kim

“…Analysis of all items was conducted twice, on the 19th and 27th, taking into account the farm’s feed change date and slaughter schedule. …”
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Prevalence of sudden unexpected death of infants and its subcategories in low- or middle-income countries: a systematic review protocol by Liesl Zühlke, David Coetzee, Mark Engel, Natasha R Rhoda, Eunice Turawa, Imen Ayouni, Shanaaz Mathews

“…Where possible, data on prevalence, incidence and subcategories will be pooled using a random effects meta-analysis to account for variability between estimates. The I2 statistic will establish the level of heterogeneity due to variation in estimates rather than chance. …”
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A semantic strength and neural correlates in developmental dyslexia by Sladjana Lukic, Sladjana Lukic, Sladjana Lukic, Fei Jiang, Maria Luisa Mandelli, Maria Luisa Mandelli, Ting Qi, Sarah M. Inkelis, Sarah M. Inkelis, Emily Rosenthal, Emily Rosenthal, Zachary Miller, Zachary Miller, Emma Wellman, Emma Wellman, Silvia A. Bunge, Silvia A. Bunge, Silvia A. Bunge, Maria Luisa Gorno-Tempini, Maria Luisa Gorno-Tempini, Christa Watson Pereira, Christa Watson Pereira

“…This work highlights that inter-individual differences should be taken into account in dyslexia and reveals a cognitive area of strength for some children with dyslexia that could be leveraged for reading interventions.…”
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Computing the time-dependent activity rate using non-declustered and declustered catalogues – a first step towards time-dependent seismic hazard calculations for operational earthq... by D. Montiel-López, S. Molina, S. Molina, J. J. Galiana-Merino, J. J. Galiana-Merino, I. Gómez, I. Gómez, A. Kharazian, J. L. Soler-Llorens, J. A. Huesca-Tortosa, A. Guardiola-Villora, G. Ortuño-Sáez

“…In this work, we propose a methodology that includes the spatially gridded time-dependent <span class="inline-formula"><i>b</i></span> value and activity rate computation using seismic clusters in PSHA calculations. To account for the spatial variability and the relationship of the earthquakes with the seismic sources, we incorporate the distance from the centre of the grid cell to the closest fault and the epicentre's uncertainty into the smoothing kernel as the average distance and the variance, respectively. …”
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Genomic epidemiology and evolution of Bordetella pertussis under the vaccination pressure of acellular vaccines in Beijing, China, 2020–2023 by Zhen Li, Fei Xiao, Yue Hou, Bin Jia, Ji Zhuang, Yang Cao, Jianxin Ma, Jianhong Zhao, Zengquan Xu, Zhe Jia, Fang Liu, Lin Pang, Jie Liu

“…Additionally, all 60 isolated strains (100%) presented the A2047G mutation associated with erythromycin resistance, of which ptxP3 accounted for 91.7%. Macrolide-resistant Bordetella pertussis (MRBP) is widespread in China, and the prevalence of ptxP3-MRBP may be increasing. …”
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Chest wall injury fracture patterns are associated with different mechanisms of injury: a retrospective review study in the United States by Jennifer M. Brewer, Owen P. Karsmarski, Jeremy Fridling, T. Russell Hill, Chasen J. Greig, Sarah E. Posillico, Carol McGuiness, Erin McLaughlin, Stephanie C. Montgomery, Manuel Moutinho, Ronald Gross, Evert A. Eriksson, Andrew R. Doben

“…Given these significant differences, future studies should account for both fracture location and the MOI to better define what populations benefit from surgical versus nonoperative management.…”
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Work–health–personal life conflicts in naive patients with chronic hepatitis B receiving initial treatment in China: a qualitative study by Li Zhang, Ying Chen, Ying Li, Hongmei Wang, Lin Zhu, Xiaoyang Lu, Yingjing Zheng, Donald Patrick, Fengjiao Xu, Mengna Song, Xiao Cheng, Boyan Chen

“…Our findings suggest that multidimensional role conflicts should be taken into account in the intervention design and psychological counselling to improve role balance and well-being among patients with CHB.…”
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Intracranial CT findings in traumatic brain injury: A retrospective, cross-sectional study among Igbo population in Nigeria by Angel-Mary Anakwue, Felicitas Ugochinyere Idigo, Uloma Benedicta Nwogu, Sylvester Osita Ogbu, Anthony Nnamani, Kennedy Joseph, Camillus Chukwuemeka Ugwoke

“…Method: In this retrospective, cross-sectional study, a sample of 287 patients, who were consecutively referred to the CT Unit of the Radiology Department of Federal Medical Centre in Umuahia, Nigeria, between January 2015 and December 2016, on account of trauma to the head was reviewed. Only CT scan without contrast and intracranial findings were considered. …”
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Progress on HIV and other sexually transmitted infections elimination among youth and adults across BRICS-plus countries: Results from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021 by Rizhen Wang, Yinuo Sun, Huan Wang, Xiaoran Yu, JiYan Ma, Zuokun Liu, Jing Li, Zhiyong Zou, Yangmu Huang

“…We aim to assess HIV and other STIs morbidity trends from 1992 to 2021 across BRICS-plus (Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa, Egypt, Ethiopia, Iran, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates), which accounts for nearly half of the world population. Methods: HIV and other STIs morbidity estimates were derived from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021. …”
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Privacy-preserving approach for IoT networks using statistical learning with optimization algorithm on high-dimensional big data environment by Fatma S. Alrayes, Mohammed Maray, Asma Alshuhail, Khaled Mohamad Almustafa, Abdulbasit A. Darem, Ali M. Al-Sharafi, Shoayee Dlaim Alotaibi

“…Additionally, it needs to adequately account for the complex dynamics of the IoT environment. …”
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