Prevalence and antimicrobial resistance patterns of Clostridium perfringens from healthy broiler chickens: A potential public health threat by Tsepo Ramatla, Silence Ncube, Prudent Mokgokong, Jane Nkhebenyane, Lesego Molale-Tom, Rendani Ndou, Ntelekwane Khasapane, Carlos Bezuidenhout, Oriel Thekisoe, Kgaugelo Lekota

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Predicting high-cost, commercially-insured people with diabetes in Texas: Characteristics, medical utilization patterns, and urban-rural comparisons by Lixian Zhong, Yidan Huyan, Elena Andreyeva, Matthew Lee Smith, Gang Han, Keri Carpenter, Samuel D Towne, Sagar N Jani, Veronica Averhart Preston, Marcia G. Ory

“…Consequently, there is a potential to reduce the healthcare costs and to improve the health outcomes through the early detection and consistent management of high-cost users.ObjectiveThe objectives of this study were to characterize the pattern of medical utilization and cost of commercially-insured people with type 2 diabetes (T2DM) in Texas and to identify predictors of high-cost users.MethodsUsing claims data from a large commercial insurance plan spanning the period from 2016 to 2019, the total medical costs of a randomly selected 12-month period were analyzed for eligible commercially-insured people with T2DM, and the patients were categorized into the top 20% of high-cost users and the bottom 80% of lower-cost users. …”
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Smartphone-Based Sensing System for Identifying Artificially Marbled Beef Using Texture and Color Analysis to Enhance Food Safety by Hong-Dar Lin, Yi-Ting Hsieh, Chou-Hsien Lin

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R-loops and regulatory changes in chronologically ageing fission yeast cells drive non-random patterns of genome rearrangements. by David A Ellis, Félix Reyes-Martín, María Rodríguez-López, Cristina Cotobal, Xi-Ming Sun, Quentin Saintain, Daniel C Jeffares, Samuel Marguerat, Víctor A Tallada, Jürg Bähler

“…These findings provide insights into the unique patterns and possible mechanisms of genome rearrangements in non-dividing cells, which can be promoted by ageing-related changes in gene-regulatory proteins.…”
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Interannual variation in the activity patterns of kodkod (Leopardus guigna) in a peri-urban protected area of south-central Chile by Alfredo H. Zúñiga, Cristóbal Garcés, Francisco Encina-Montoya, Jaime E. Jiménez

“…We studied the activity patterns of this felid during two years in a periurban protected area. …”
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Risk assessment of building and infrastructure using InSAR-derived deformation gradients and pattern variations in the Beijing plain, China by Shicheng Zuo, Mingsheng Liao, Jie Dong, Ru Wang, Shaokun Guo, Feikai Lin, Nan Wang, Dongxiao Zhang

“…We developed a method for detecting deformation pattern variations, enabling the identification of temporal evolution differences beyond conventional velocity analysis. …”
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Capturing drug use patterns at a glance: An n-ary word sufficient statistic for repeated univariate categorical values. by Gabriel J Odom, Laura Brandt, Clinton Castro, Sean X Luo, Daniel J Feaster, Raymond R Balise, CTN-0094 Team

“…The software package contains five groups of routines: detect a substance use pattern, account for a specific trial protocol, handle missing UDS data, measure the longest period of consecutive behavior, and count substance use events. …”
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Dynamics and patterns of land cover change in the Piura River Basin (Peruvian Pacific slope and coast) in the last two decades by Fiorela Castillón, Fiorela Castillón, Pedro Rau, Luc Bourrel, Frédéric Frappart

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The susceptibility pattern and distribution of blaOXA-23 genes of clinical isolate Acinetobacter baumannii in a tertiary hospital, Indonesia by Dewi Anggraini, Rahmat Azhari Kemal, Usman Hadi, Kuntaman Kuntaman

“…The epidemiology and resistance pattern of clinical isolates are critical in developing a prevention and treatment strategy. …”
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Impact of cessation of caffeine citrate therapy on intermittent hypoxemia patterns among preterm infants born before 34 weeks by Peter Kipkurui Mashep, Roseline Ochieng, Jesse Coleman, Mary Waiyego, Amy Sarah Ginsburg, Dorothy Chomba, Morris Ogero Ondieki, Grace Irimu, William M. Macharia, J. Mark Ansermino

“…Standard patient monitors cannot detect IH events due to long averaging times.ObjectiveDescribe change in patterns of IH events in preterms <34 weeks before and after cessation of caffeine citrate and factors associated.MethodsInterrupted time series study design. …”
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Phenolic Acid Patterns in Different Plant Species of Families Asteraceae and Lamiaceae: Possible Phylogenetic Relationships and Potential Molecular Markers by Oksana Sytar, Marek Zivcak, Kiessoun Konate, Marian Brestic

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Synchronous Hepatocellular and Intrahepatic Cholangiocellular Carcinoma With Predominant Ductal Plate Malformation Pattern. A Case Report and Review of the Literature by Rita Szodorai, Emőke Fülöp, Andrei Fülöp, Radu Mircea Neagoe, Simona Gurzu

“…Histopathological examination revealed the synchronous occurrence of HCC and ICC with a predominant ductal plate malformation pattern. The patient is still alive at 41 months after its first surgery. …”
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Urban Heat Islands and Land-Use Patterns in Zagreb: A Composite Analysis Using Remote Sensing and Spatial Statistics by Dino Bečić, Mateo Gašparović

“…The results validate spatial patterns of heat intensity, with high temperatures centered in densely built residential areas. …”
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Ten Questions on Using Lung Ultrasonography to Diagnose and Manage Pneumonia in the Hospital-at-Home Model: Part I—Techniques and Patterns by Nin-Chieh Hsu, Yu-Feng Lin, Hung-Bin Tsai, Tung-Yun Huang, Chia-Hao Hsu

“…The current evidence on various etiologies and types of pneumonia is limited, but LUS demonstrates good sensitivity in detecting abnormal sonographic patterns in atypical pneumonia, tuberculosis, and ventilator-associated pneumonia. …”
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Functional Patterns and Postural Balance Among Young Women with Chronic Non-Specific Low Back Pain and in Healthy Individuals by Aleksandra Adamik, Edyta Mikołajczyk

“…This leads to limitations in functional and activity, as well as motor control impairments.Objectives: The aim of the study was to analyse the impact of chronic low back pain on the quality of performing functional patterns and postural balance in young women.Material and methods: The study involved 60 women at an average age of 21.571.07. …”
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Unregulated and Regulated PFASs in Bottled and Tap Water: Occurrence, Co-Occurrence Patterns, and Implications for Human Health and Regulatory Frameworks by Ioana-Antonia Cimpean, Iuliana Paun, Florinela Pirvu, Vasile Ion Iancu, Florentina Laura Chiriac

“…This study examines the presence of both regulated and unregulated PFASs in twenty-one bottled water and twenty-four tap water samples, assessing their concentrations, co-occurrence patterns, and potential human health implications. …”
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Innovative trend analysis of long-term spatial-temporal rainfall patterns over Botswana: Implications for water resources management by P.K. Kenabatho

“…Furthermore, the TMs did not reveal any decline in annual rainfall compared to 63 % from the ITA, and the pattern is also evident in the seasonal rainfall. …”
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Microorganisms grown in urine cultures and antimicrobial resistance patterns: A randomised retrospective analysis from a tertiary hospital by Canan Demir, Salih Metin

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Synchrotron radiation FTIR microspectroscopy enables measuring dynamic cell identity patterning during human 3D differentiation by Tanja Dučić, Francisco Rodriguez-Yañez, Elena Gonzalez-Muñoz, Elena Gonzalez-Muñoz

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Optimization of GC-MS Method for Analysis of Basil Essential Oils from Algeria: Design of Experiments and Exploratory Pattern Recognition by Nabila Slougui, Meriem Slama, Yasser Boudaoud, Aymene Salah Bendrihem

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