Accuracy analysis of various earthquake catalogs based on ground truth locations：Several M5 earthquakes in the southwest region of China by Jie Yang, Wangwang Gu, Han Zhang, Sidao Ni, Risheng Chu, Minhan Sheng, Baolong Zhang

“…Numerous global institutions routinely release earthquake catalogs, providing the earthquake source parameters such as epicenter locations. Nonetheless, disparities in epicenter locations reported by these catalogs can arise due to the variation in seismic station data, crust-mantle velocity models, and earthquake localization methodologies employed. …”
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Teamwork between registered nurses and unlicensed assistive personnel in acute care settings: A scoping review by Kang Lynn Wong, Wei Ling Chua, Peter Griffiths, Qin Ling Pearlyn Goh, Kye Wern Chelsea Low, Jia Qi Apphia Tan, Sok Ying Liaw

“…The importance of interpersonal relationships between registered nurses and unlicensed assistive personnel was highlighted to aid in the power disparity between them. Conclusions: This review found suboptimal teamwork between registered nurses and unlicensed assistive personnel. …”
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Semaglutide and laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy in an adolescent with congenital adrenal hyperplasia due to 21-hydroxylase: a case report by Alaina P. Vidmar, Linus Kaiser, Matthew J. Martin, Stuart Abel, Aimee G. Kim, Madeleine Weitzner, Cynthia E. Muñoz, Lynda K. Fisher, Mimi S. Kim, Kamran Samakar

“…Case presentation We present the case of an 18-year-old Hispanic male with classic congenital adrenal hyperplasia and class III obesity, who underwent a multimodal obesity treatment plan. …”
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Autoimmune sensorineural hearing loss/Meniere’s disease possibly triggered by neurocysticercosis: a case report by Hamza Arman Lateef, Evan Davies, Alidad Arabshahi

“…Case presentation A 37-year-old Hispanic male patient, native to southern Honduras, presented with dizziness and tinnitus. …”
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Moving from monitoring to real-time interventions for air quality: are low-cost sensor networks ready to support urban digital twins? by Nicole Hannah Cowell, Nicole Hannah Cowell, Lee Chapman, David Topping, Philip James, Daniel Bell, Thomas Bannan, Ettore Murabito, James Evans, Mark Birkin

“…As part of a bigger integrated approach to monitoring cities, such as Urban Observatories, disparate live data streams can now readily be collated and disseminated via a platform to facilitate the use of hyperlocal data for real-time decision making whilst supporting longer term sustainable development goals. …”
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Competency-based training in anaesthesiology: train the trainers first. A descriptive cross-sectional survey by the committee of the European Society of Anaesthesiology and Intensi... by Vojislava Neskovic, Carmen Oliveira, Carmen Oliveira, Aeyal Raz, Lesley Bromley, Gordana Jovanovic

“…Lack of time (369/506; 72.92%) and overload with work (351/506; 69.36%) are reported as the most important obstacles in teaching residents. A disparity in the answers is present between, but within the countries too.ConclusionsThe results of the presented survey reveal that even among experienced anesthesia professionals dedicated to medical education there is still a lack of knowledge on CBMET as well as systemic support for faculty development in European countries. …”
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Prevalence and associated factors of MAFLD in adults with type 2 diabetes. by Yifei He, Feng Xiao, Bin Yi, Jin Lu

“…Among the 1044 T2DM patients with metabolically associated fatty liver disease (MAFLD), 29.5% developed hepatic fibrosis (LSM>8 kPa). Non-Hispanic black individuals (adjusted OR = 0.4008), BMI (adjusted OR = 1.1627), HbA1c (adjusted OR = 1.1450), TG (adjusted OR = 1.2347), HDL (adjusted OR = 0.4981), ALT (adjusted OR = 1.0227), AST (adjusted OR = 0.9396), and albumin (adjusted OR = 1.7030) were independently associated with steatosis. …”
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Effect of jet flow control in front of the leading bogie on the aerodynamic drag and underbody slipstream of high-speed trains by Sha Huang, Zhi-Wei Li, Wen-Jing Peng, Jin-Rong Lin, Zun-Di Huang, Guang-Zhi Zeng

“…The impact of jet angle is comparatively less pronounced than that of jet velocity, the disparity in drag reduction rates caused by varying jet angles remains within a range of 2.4% at a specific jet velocity, and the mean slipstreams and turbulent variables demonstrate minimal changes with varying jet angles. …”
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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

“…Furthermore, notable disparities exist in the effects of reforms across various regions, particularly concerning urban–rural integration development and land transfer levels. …”
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Beyond the storms: Exploring predictors of posttraumatic stress and posttraumatic growth among survivors of hurricanes Irma and Maria in Puerto Rico by Marie-Claire Meadows, Noelle Serino, Dahianira M. Camacho-Monclova, Kaumudi Joshipura, Sarah R. Lowe

“…Methods: To address this gap, we used data from the Preparedness to Reduce Exposures and Diseases Post-hurricanes and Augment Resilience (PREPARE) study, a cohort of mainly Hispanic Puerto Ricans who experienced Hurricanes Maria and Irma in 2017. …”
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Study of Fluid Flow Characteristics and Mechanical Properties of Aviation Fuel-Welded Pipelines via the Fluid–Solid Coupling Method by Changhong Guo, Mengran Di, Hanwen Gong, Jin Zhang, Shibo Sun, Kehua Ye, Bin Li, Lingxiao Quan

“…This paper addresses the impact of diverse fluid characteristics on the velocity field, pressure field, and stress in disparate areas, and it also conducts an investigation into the random vibration characteristics of the pipeline. …”
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Advances in Light Field Spatial Super-Resolution: A Comprehensive Literature Survey by Wenqi Lyu, Hao Sheng, Wei Ke, Xiao Ma

“…., <inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">$8\times $ </tex-math></inline-formula> and <inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">$16\times $ </tex-math></inline-formula>), particularly in maintaining structural integrity and disparity consistency. Our experimental findings indicate substantial differences in robustness and adaptability among methods: approaches such as DistgSSR and DPT perform exceptionally well at high magnifications, while others, like HLFSR, exhibit comparatively poorer performance in complex scenes. …”
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Trends and future predictions of chronic kidney disease due to diabetes mellitus type 2 attributable to dietary risks: insights based on GBD 2021 data by Ming Xu, Ming Xu, Hongxia Wei, Hongxia Wei, Dongqing Lv, Dongqing Lv, Yanhong Wei, Yanhong Wei, Ziang Liu, Ziang Liu, Yi Zhang, Yi Zhang, Yunfeng Liu, Yunfeng Liu, Yunfeng Liu

“…Throughout this period, both mortality and DALY rates associated with dietary risks increased significantly, with the most rapid increase in diet high in sugar-sweetened beverages, highlighting the considerable impact of dietary factors on the global CKD-T2DM landscape. Geographic disparities in T2DM trends are evident, with the most significant increases in age-standardized mortality rates (ASMR) and age-standardized DALY rates (ASDR) observed in regions such as high-income North America and Central Latin America. …”
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Prevalence and Risk Factors of Childhood Hypertension in Urban-Rural Areas of China: A Cross-Sectional Study by Xiaohua Liang, Lun Xiao, Yetao Luo, Jiapei Xu

“…This study aimed to ascertain the prevalence and the urban-rural disparity of childhood hypertension in the southwest of China. …”
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Transcriptomic and Functional Landscape of Adult Human Spinal Cord NSPCs Compared to iPSC-Derived Neural Progenitor Cells by Sasi Kumar Jagadeesan, Ahmad Galuta, Ryan Vimukthi Sandarage, Eve Chung Tsai

“…RNA sequencing analysis revealed distinct transcriptomic profiles and functional disparities among NSPC types. iPSC-Br NSPCs exhibited a close resemblance to bona fide spinal cord NSPCs, characterized by enriched expression of neurogenesis, axon guidance, synaptic signaling, and voltage-gated calcium channel activity pathways. …”
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Altered Toll-Like Receptor Signalling in Children with Down Syndrome by Dean Huggard, W. J. Koay, Lynne Kelly, Fiona McGrane, Emer Ryan, Niamh Lagan, Edna Roche, Joanne Balfe, T. Ronan Leahy, Orla Franklin, Ana Moreno-Oliveira, Ashanty M. Melo, Derek G. Doherty, Eleanor J. Molloy

“…We conclude that TLR signalling and the TLR2 pathway are dysregulated in DS, and this disparate innate immunity may contribute to chronic inflammation in DS. …”
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Patterns and trends of heat and wildfire smoke indicators across rural–urban and social vulnerability gradients in Idaho by Seyd Teymoor Seydi, Jennifer Pierce, John T Abatzoglou, Anna Radin, Ethan Sims, Hilary Flint, Stephanie Wicks, Eric Henderson, Bhaskar Chittoori, Mojtaba Sadegh

“…Climate change poses a grave threat to human health with disparate impacts across society. While populations with high social vulnerability generally bear a larger burden of exposure to and impact from environmental hazards; such patterns and trends are less explored at the confluence of social vulnerability and rural–urban gradients. …”
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Acceptability of Mobile Phone Technology for Medication Adherence Interventions among HIV-Positive Patients at an Urban Clinic by Christopher W. T. Miller, Seth Himelhoch

“…The majority of participants were males (63%), black (93%), and Hispanic (11.4%) and reported earning less than $10,000 per year (67.3%). …”
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Diagnóstico de micronutrientes en suelos cultivados con caña de azúcar en Villa Clara by Rafael Más Martínez, Yaquelin Cobo Vidal, Emma Pineda Ruiz, Ilia Lugo Ruiz

“…Con el objetivo de conocer la disponibilidad de micronutrientes que presentan los suelos dedicados al cultivo de la caña de azúcar en Villa Clara se realizó el presente trabajo, para ello se colectaron 170 muestras de suelo representativas de las diferentes regiones edafoclimáticas de la provincia y se les determinó el contenido de Zn, Cu, Fe, Mn y Ni disponibles. Se utilizó como solución extractiva el ácido dietilentriaminopentacético y la espectrofotometría de absorción atómica como método analítico. …”
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Major adverse cardiovascular events among Black and White Veterans receiving androgen deprivation therapy for prostate cancer: a retrospective cohort study by Alexander R. Lucas, Dustin Bastiach, Bassam Dahman, Asit K. Paul, Samina Hirani, Vanessa B. Sheppard, W. Gregory Hundley, Bhaumik B. Patel, Rhonda L. Bitting, Michael G. Chang

“…Black men had the same risk of MACE as non-Hispanic Whites. Conclusions Preexisting CMD and multimorbidity are significant risks for MACE among men treated for PC within the VA healthcare system whether treated with ADT + RT or with RT alone, highlighting the importance pretreatment optimization of comorbidities.…”
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