Historical rainstorm in Hong Kong on 7–8 September 2023: Diagnosis, forecasting and nowcasting by Hiu Ching Tam, Yu‐Heng He, Pak Wai Chan, Shiwei Yu, Huisi Mo, Hui Su, Ling‐Feng Hsiao, Yangzhao Gong

“…The hourly rainfall recorded at the Hong Kong Observatory Headquarters once reached 158.1 mm, the highest since record began in 1884. …”
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Cell-free DNA predicts all-cause mortality of sepsis-induced acute kidney injury by Feixiang Xu, Xiao Tan, Jianli Wang, Su Lu, Hailin Ding, Mingming Xue, Yumei Chen, Sheng Wang, Jie Teng, Yiqin Shi, Zhenju Song

“…Univariate Cox proportional hazard model showed that cfDNA was significantly associated with all-cause mortality (HR [hazard ratio] 2.505, 95% CI [95% confidence interval] 1.184–5.298, p = 0.016). Also, serum cfDNA was a significant risk factor for all-cause mortality after adjusting for covariates (HR 2.191, 95% CI 1.017–4.721, p = 0.045). …”
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The dynamics of cytokine d nitric oxide secretion in mice injected with Tityus serrulatus scorpion venom by Vera L. Petricevich, Carlos F. Peña

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تطبیقات الأجهزة الذکیة لادارة المکتبات ومصادر المعلومات الشخصیة :دراسة مسحیة لامکاناتها الفنیة والوظیفیة... by د. أحمد حسین بکر المصرى

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Preexisting Cardiovascular Risk Factors and Coronary Artery Atherosclerosis in Patients with and without Cancer by Junyi Guo, Peng Fang, Wei Shi, Pengcheng Luo, Shengqi Huo, Dan Yan, Moran Wang, Dewei Peng, Lintong Men, Sheng Li, Jiagao Lv, Li Lin

“…Patients with cancer versus cancer-free controls were older (OR = 1.052, 95% CI: 1.021–1.084, p<0.001), more commonly male (OR = 0.048, 95% CI: 1.004–2.676, p=0.048), and more severely exposed to smoking (OR = 1.020, 95% CI: 1.007–1.033, p=0.003). …”
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Learning exactly linearizable deep dynamics models by Ryuta Moriyasu, Masayuki Kusunoki, Kenji Kashima

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Airborne lidar intensity correction for mapping snow cover extent and effective grain size in mountainous terrain by Chelsea Ackroyd, Christopher P. Donahue, Brian Menounos, S. McKenzie Skiles

“…As a proof of concept for snow retrievals, we apply the workflow to an airborne 1064 nm lidar flight over a snow-covered mountain basin in the Colorado Rockies. …”
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Network controllability of structured networks: a survey on graph-theoretical approaches by Nam-Jin Park, Hyo-Sung Ahn

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Thyroid function abnormalities in individuals with sickle cell disease: a meta-analysis by Sagad O. O. Mohamed, Hussein Ahmed, Mohammed A. H. Mohammednoor, Khalefa B. K. Alzubeir, Safaa Fadlelmoula, Osman O. A. Abdallah, Izzut Awad Ahmed

“…Serum thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH) levels were significantly higher in SCD patients compared to controls (SMD = 1.184; 95% CI, 0.269–2.099; p = 0.011). While non-significant, there was a trend towards lower levels of triiodothyronine (T3), thyroxin (T4), free T3, and free T4 in the SCD group (T3: SMD = -1.746; 95% CI, -3.561–0.070; p = 0.059; T4: SMD = -1.365; 95% CI, -3.030–0.300; p = 0.108; free T3: SMD = -0.384; 95% CI, -1.128–0.356; p = 0.311; free T4: SMD = -1.205; 95% CI, -2.522–0.111; p = 0.073). …”
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Evaluation of operational parameters for clinical evaluation of skin hydration by corneometry method by Laura Moretti Aiello, Mariane Massufero Vergílio, Silas Arandas Monteiro e Silva, Gislaine Ricci Leonardi

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Similarities and differences between exosystem-model-based disturbance observer and model error compensator by Kana Shikada, Noboru Sebe

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Bias-free policy evaluation in the discrete-time adaptive linear quadratic optimal control in the presence of stochastic disturbances by Vina Putri Virgiani, Natsuki Ishigaki, Shiro Masuda

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Enhancing self-management in chronic pain: Reflections on a qualitative study by John Patrick C. Toledo

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Transportation, Social Inequality and Spatial Capital: Comparative Analysis between Buenos Aires and Santiago de Chile by Ricardo Apaolaza, Jorge Blanco, Natalia Lerena, Ernesto López-Morales, Michael Lukas, Maite Rivera

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Factors influencing repeat blood donor lapsing in Guangzhou: based on the zero-inflated poisson regression model by KE Rongrong, XIE Guiyun, ZHENG Xiaoxiao, XU Yingying, HONG Xiaochun, LI Shijie, DENG Yongshi, SHEN Jinyu, CHEN Jinyan, OUYANG Jian

“…[Results] The zero-inflated part of ZIP showed that the risk of lapsing of male blood donors was 2.24 times that of female blood donors (OR 95% CI:1.864-2.696, P<0.001); the risk of lapsing of the 35-44 age group and over 45 age group was respectively 40% (OR 95% CI:0.455-0.790, P<0.001) and 61%(OR 95% CI:0.268-0.578, P<0.001) lower than that of the under 25 age group; the risk of lapsing for those who have donated blood twice and ≥3 times was respectively 50% (OR 95% CI:0.405-0.609, P<0.001) and 81% (OR 95% CI:0.154-0.225, P<0.001) lower than that of first-time donors; the risk of lapsing of those with junior high or high school education was 1.2 times that of those with a college degree or higher (OR 95% CI:1.033-1.384, P<0.05); the risk of lapsing for the divorced group was 2.02 times that of the married group (OR 95% CI:1.445-2.820, P<0.001); the risk of lapsing for those with an income (Yuan) of 10 000 to 50 000, 50 000 to 100 000 and more than 100 000 was respectively 0.67 (OR 95% CI:0.552-0.818, P<0.001), 0.72 (OR 95% CI:0.591-0.884, P=0.002) and 0.67 (OR 95% CI:0.535-0.834, P<0.001) times that of those with an income (Yuan) of less than 10 000. …”
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Maternal and neonatal outcomes of Group B Streptococcus colonization: a retrospective study by Guixiu Jin, Lanhua Liu, Xiaolong Wang, Junling Fei, Zhenling Zhu, Ziyan Jiang, Min Liu

“…Fetal distress (OR, 1.940; 95% CI, 1.355 to 2.778, P < 0.001), neonatal sepsis (OR, 5.063; 95% CI, 2.536–10.109, P < 0.001), low Apgar scores (OR, 2.097; 95% CI, 1.184–3.715, P = 0.011), neonatal pneumonia (OR, 1.638; 95% CI, 1.039 to 2.582, P = 0.034) and neonatal hyperbilirubinemia (OR, 1.438; 95% CI, 1.080 to 1.915, P = 0.013) were significantly related to maternal GBS colonization. …”
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Heart failure subphenotypes based on mean arterial pressure trajectory identify patients at increased risk of acute kidney injury by Xiya Wang, Wenqing Ji, Shuxing Wei, Zhong Dai, Xinzhen Gao, Xue Mei, Shubin Guo

“…The results from the doubly robust analysis revealed that Class 4 exhibited a significantly increased AKI risk than Class 3 (HR 1.284, 95% CI 1.085–1.521, p = 0.003; HR 1.271, 95% CI 1.074–1.505, p = 0.005). …”
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Self-reported health complaints and healthcare-seeking behaviour among adult people in rural Bangladesh: results from a cross-sectional study by Ashraful Kabir, Baki Billah, Md Nazmul Karim

“…These factors are crucial for understanding health challenges and designing effective healthcare services in rural areas.Design A cross-sectional survey was conducted from May to October 2021.Setting Four randomly selected administrative districts/regions of Bangladesh.Participants A total of 1645 rural participants aged 18 years and older.Outcome measures The study assessed the prevalence of self-reported health complaints and healthcare-seeking behaviours.Results Among the participants, 66% (1084 out of 1645) reported experiencing health complaints, with 80% seeking care and 20% either not seeking care or opting for self-care. …”
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