Leptospirosis Prevalence in Patients with Initial Diagnosis of Dengue by A. Dircio Montes Sergio, E. González Figueroa, Verdalet Guzmán María Saadia, Soler Huerta Elizabeth, Rivas Sánchez Beatriz, M. Altuzar Aguilar Víctor, J. Navarrete Espinosa

“…Backgrounds were researched and blood samples were drawn to determine dengue (NS1, RT-PCR) and leptospirosis (IFI). Simple frequencies, central tendency and dispersion measures, and prevalence and trust intervals at 95% (IC95%) were obtained. …”
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Dynamic 19F-MRI of pulmonary ventilation in lung transplant recipients with and without chronic lung allograft dysfunction by Mary A. Neal, PhD, Saskia Bos, MD, PhD, Charlotte W. Holland, MRCP, Kieren G. Hollingsworth, Gerard Meachery, FRCP, Arun Nair, MD, FRCP, James L. Lordan, FRCP, Andrew J. Fisher, FRCP, PhD, Peter E. Thelwall, PhD

“…CLAD patients exhibited significant difference in RLCI between central and peripheral lung regions (p = 0.0016) and a wider interquartile range of RLCI for wash-in compared with stable patients (no CLAD 4.1, BOS 10.5, p = 0.036). …”
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How can urban expansion and ecological preservation be balanced? A simulation of the spatial dynamics of production-living-ecological spaces in the Huaihe River Eco-Economic Belt by Tonghui Yu, Shanshan Jia, Yu Zhang, Xufeng Cui

“…The findings reveal: (1) a distinct geographical differentiation of the PLES within the Huaihe River Eco-Economic Belt, with production and living spaces dispersed across urban areas and ecological space predominantly situated in the central and western regions; (2) an expansion of living space while production and ecological spaces are contracting, indicating significant urbanization, with the transition of living space primarily occurring through the conversion of agricultural land; (3) a relatively stable structural composition of the PLES projected by 2030, with production space still prevailing. …”
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Endangered Pinto/Northern Abalone (Haliotis kamtschatkana) are Panmictic Across Their 3700 km Range Along the Pacific Coast of North America by J. L. Dimond, J. V. Bouma, F. Lafarga‐De la Cruz, K. J. Supernault, T. White, D. A. Witting

“…However, slight population differentiation was noted in the Salish Sea and Inside Passage regions, with evidence for higher barriers to dispersal relative to outer coastal areas. This north‐central region may also represent the species' ancestral range based on relatively low population‐specific FST values; the northern and southern extremes of the range likely represent range expansions. …”
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Design and Investigation of a Passive-Type Microfluidics Micromixer Integrated with an Archimedes Screw for Enhanced Mixing Performance by Muhammad Waqas, Arvydas Palevicius, Vytautas Jurenas, Kestutis Pilkauskas, Giedrius Janusas

“…First, the geometrical parameters such as screw length (<i>l</i>), screw pitch (<i>p</i>) and gap (<i>s</i>) are optimized using the Design of Expert (DoE) approach and the Central Composite Design (CCD) method. The experimental designs generated by DoE are then numerically simulated aiming to determine Mixing Index (<i>MI</i>) and Performance Index (<i>PI</i>). …”
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Optimizing demand response and load balancing in smart EV charging networks using AI integrated blockchain framework by Arvind R. Singh, R. Seshu Kumar, K. Reddy Madhavi, Faisal Alsaif, Mohit Bajaj, Ievgen Zaitsev

“…Abstract The integration of Electric Vehicles (EVs) into power grids introduces several critical challenges, such as limited scalability, inefficiencies in real-time demand management, and significant data privacy and security vulnerabilities within centralized architectures. Furthermore, the increasing demand for decentralized systems necessitates robust solutions to handle the growing volume of EVs while ensuring grid stability and optimizing energy utilization. …”
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How does the medicines retail sector ensure continued access to medicines during public health emergencies? Lessons from the COVID-19 pandemic in Uganda by Eleanor Hutchinson, Sunday Mundua, Jessica Myers, Sian E. Clarke, Kristian Schultz Hansen, Chrispus Mayora, Freddie Ssengooba, Freddy Eric Kitutu

“…This paper analyses the role of the MRS in the response to COVID-19 in Uganda, the extent to which it was incorporated into national planning and in the continuity of essential services.Methods We conducted a cross-sectional study using sequential mixed methods in two purposively sampled rural districts in central Uganda. Qualitative research comprised 27 focus group discussions with drug shop vendors (DSVs), pharmacists, clinic staff and community members across two districts (n = 250); key informant interviews at national (n = 6) and district (n = 11) levels. …”
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Impact of water transfer on socioeconomic drought in China: A new approach based on production and consumption by Junlin Qu, Changhai Qin, Jiaxuan Chang, Yong Zhao, Hao Wang, Fan He

“…By importing products and services, the affluent east (Beijing, Tianjin, Shandong, Jiangsu, Guangdong, Zhejiang) indirectly draw a large amount of water from the backward central and western regions (Xinjiang, Heilongjiang, Inner Mongolia, Guangxi). …”
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Preoperative Intravitreal Conbercept Facilitates Vitrectomy in Proliferative Diabetic Retinopathy: Is Attention Required for the Fellow Eye? by Wei Xu, Weijing Cheng, Yao Yao, Jian Guo, Guoxing Xu

“…The main outcome measures were best-corrected visual acuity (BCVA), intraocular pressure (IOP), central retinal thickness (CRT), and incidence of tractional retinal detachment (TRD). …”
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Las Políticas de Seguridad Interna en Chile (1973-2000). Continuidades y readecuaciones en perspectiva históricaLas Políticas de Seguridad Interna en Chile (1973-2000). Continuidad... by Francisca Eunice Beroíza Valenzuela

“…Las políticas de seguridad interior se dieron en un contexto histórico en que intervinieron diversos actores, como Carabineros y el Ejército de Chile, los cuales interactuaron dialécticamente con los gobiernos y desempeñaron un papel central de acuerdo con su lógica institucional, acciones que estuvieron influenciadas y acentuadas por la ideología y prácticas represivas desarrolladas durante la dictadura contra el denominado enemigo interno. …”
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Hegemonia e distinção em manifestações de humoristas brasileiros sobre liberdade de expressão by Nara Lya Cabral Scabin

“…A pesquisa evidenciou que a demarcação de posicionamentos em defesa da liberdade de expressão desempenha papel central na forma como humoristas representam o campo humorístico em suas falas; além disso, à tentativa de fixar um sentido último, supostamente verdadeiro e incontestável, sobre o que significa fazer comédia, parece corresponder um habitus legitimado entre humoristas brasileiros cujos enunciados vinculam-se ao que denominamos articulação discursiva hegemônica no campo do humor…”
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Low & Anaplastic Grade Glioma Umbrella Study of MOlecular Guided TherapieS (LUMOS-2): study protocol for a phase 2, prospective, multicentre, open-label, multiarm, biomarker-direct... by Marshall Pitz, Eng-Siew Koh, Elizabeth H Barnes, Lucille Sebastian, Mandy L Ballinger, David M Thomas, Christopher O'Callaghan, John Simes, Hui K Gan, Sonia Yip, Hao-Wen Sim, Desma Spyridopoulos, Richard De Abreu Lourenco, Cynthia Hawkins, Kristen McParland, Benjamin Kong, Subotheni Thavaneswaran, Patrick J Wheeler

“…Two additional therapeutic arms are currently in development.Ethics and dissemination Central ethics approval was obtained from the Sydney Local Health District Ethics Review Committee, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital Zone, Sydney, Australia (Approval: 2022/ETH02230). …”
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Abnormal alterations in structure-function coupling at the modular level in patients with postherpetic neuralgia by Zihan Li, Jian Jiang, Xiaofeng Jiang, Yangyang Xie, Jing Lu, Lili Gu, Shunda Hong

“…These aberrant alterations may have led to over-transmission of pain information or central sensitization of pain.…”
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Tests of a New Solar Flare Model Against D and E Region Ionosphere Data by David E. Siskind, McArthur Jones Jr., Jeffrey W. Reep, Doug P. Drob, Srimoyee Samaddar, Scott M. Bailey, Shun‐Rong Zhang

“…This suite includes models of the solar spectrum, the ionosphere and of HF radiowave propagation. A central component of this system is the development of photoelectron ionization enhancement factors with higher energy resolution in the soft X‐ray spectral region that can be used to supplement existing ionization schemes currently implemented in upper atmospheric general circulation models. …”
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The cancer-associated fibroblasts interact with malignant T cells in mycosis fungoides and promote the disease progression by Yige Zhao, Yong Li, Yong Li, Panpan Wang, Mengyan Zhu, Jiaqi Wang, Bo Xie, Chenyu Tang, Yangyang Ma, Shiwen Wang, Sha Jin, Jinhui Xu, Zhao Li, Xiaoyan Zhang, Liuyu Li, Xiuzu Song, Ping Wang

“…We compared skin lesions in different stages within the same patient to overcome inter-individual variability.ResultsThe malignant clones displayed dual phenotypes characterized with tissue-resident memory T cells (TRMs) and central memory T cells (TCMs). We supposed that the tumor cells transformed from TRM-dominant phenotype to TCM-dominant phenotype during MF progressed from early-stage to advanced-stage. …”
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The Impact of Farmland Transfer on Urban–Rural Integration: Causal Inference Based on Double Machine Learning by Yuchen Lu, Jiakun Zhuang, Jun Chen, Chenlu Yang, Mei Kong

“…The impact of land transfer policies varies across geographic regions, with the central region exhibiting the most significant effect, followed by the north-eastern region, the western region, and the eastern region, which shows the least effect. …”
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Soil-Rock Slope Stability Analysis under Top Loading considering the Nonuniformity of Rocks by Huang Xian-Wen, Zhi-Shu Yao, Wang Bing-Hui, Zhou Ai-Zhao, Peng-Ming Jiang

“…Soil-rock slopes are widely distributed in central or western China. With the development of transportation, many subgrades are being built on mountainsides and therefore, slope stability has to be estimated under high loadings. …”
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Actualización de patrones sedimentológicos en cuencas andinas by Iván Campos-Herrera, Marcos Sanz-Ramos, Alejandro López-Alvarado, Martí Sánchez-Juny

“…Los resultados muestran cambios en el comportamiento sedimentológico, con un aumento del caudal sólido en las cuencas centrales durante el periodo de deshielo. Por otra parte, debido al desarrollo de embalses, se observa una disminución del caudal sólido en las cuencas donde se presentan este tipo de obras. …”
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Influence of ecologically relevant urea fertilizer concentrations on nematodes: A microcosm experiment by Rowena B. Caro-Benavides, Ma. Reina Suzette B. Madamba, Nanette Hope N. Sumaya, Ruben F. Amparado, Jr, Joey Genevieve T. Martinez

“…Area of study: The soil samples were obtained from a relatively “less disturbed” field in Bukidnon, Central Mindanao and were taken for experimentation in a greenhouse at Premier Research Institute of Science and Mathematics (PRISM), Mindanao State University - Iligan Institute of Technology (MSU-IIT), Iligan City, Philippines. …”
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Level measurement, regional variations, and the dynamic evolution of active aging in China—analysis based on CHARLS tracking data by Jiru Guo, Xiaoli Zhang, Xiaoli Zhang, Longyin Chen, Hong Yang

“…While the eastern region exhibits uneven development, the central and western regions have generally had more balanced growth.DiscussionTo improve the level of active aging among older adult individuals in China, policymakers should continuously optimize policies and pay more attention to the economic status and social participation of the older adult. …”
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