Early-onset colorectal cancer incidence in Norway: a national registry-based study (1993-2022) analyzing subsite and morphology trends by M.F. Ystgaard, T.Å. Myklebust, J. Smeby, I.K. Larsen, T.K. Guren, E.H. Kure, K.M. Tveit, B. Glimelius, M.G. Guren, J. Hamfjord

“…Results: There were 107 523 cases of CRC diagnosed between 1993 and 2022 eligible for analysis. The incidence of EOCRC (20-49 years) increased by 66% (AAPC 1.3), caused by left-sided colon and rectal cancers. …”
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Effects of plant functional group removal on caterpillars (Gynaephora alpherakii) performance and plant production in an alpine meadow by Rui Cao, Han Chen, Jingran Cai, Chen Hang, Ziyu Zhang, Yingchun Miao, Peng Xie

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East Asian Welfare Regimes 東アジア福祉制度 by Joseph Wong, Andrew DeWit, Ito Peng

“…As the authors point out, in 2005 Japan led East Asia with 18.6% of GDP devoted to social spending. But the average in the OECD and EU countries was, respectively, 20.5 and 27%. …”
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Development of Digital Strategies for Reducing Sedentary Behavior in a Hybrid Office Environment: Modified Delphi Study by Iris Parés-Salomón, Cristina Vaqué-Crusellas, Alan Coffey, Bette Loef, Karin I Proper, Anna M Señé-Mir, Anna Puig-Ribera, Kieran P Dowd, Judit Bort-Roig

“…The second round involved 2 ranking lists with the highly feasible strategies and highly useful digital elements based on round 1 responses to order the list according to experts’ preferences. The weighted average ranking for each item was calculated to determine the most highly ranked work strategies and digital elements. …”
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Adjusting Early Warning Score by clinical assessment: a study protocol for a Danish cluster-randomised, multicentre study of an Individual Early Warning Score (I-EWS) by Lars Simon Rasmussen, Kasper Karmark Iversen, Theis Lange, Gitte Bunkenborg, Pernille B Nielsen, Martin Schultz, Caroline Sophie Langkjaer, Anne Marie Kodal, Niels Egholm Pedersen, John Asger Petersen, Michael Dan Arvig, Christian Sahlholt Meyhoff, Morten Bestle, Bibi Hølge-Hazelton, Anne Lippert, Ove Andersen

“…The objective is to compare I-EWS with the existing National Early Warning Score (NEWS) algorithm regarding clinical outcomes and use of resources.Method and analysis In a prospective, multicentre, cluster-randomised, crossover, non-inferiority study. …”
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Occurrence of heavy metals in fish species, water and sediments of the Pasur River in Bangladesh along with assessments of ecological and human health risks by Evena Parvin Lipy, Md. Tazinur Rahman, Sadia Islam, Mohammad Raknuzzaman, Md. Monirul Islam, Samina Akhter, Dipa Islam, Mustafizur Rahman Naim, Mohammad Moniruzzaman, Anindita Biswas, Mahmuda Hakim, Chadni Lyzu

“…Bioaccumulation factor analysis indicated that accumulation of Cu, Ni, and Pb was relatively high in the fish gut. …”
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Simulation and Identification of the Habitat of Antarctic Krill Based on Vessel Position Data and Integrated Species Distribution Model: A Case Study of Pumping-Suction Beam Trawl... by Heng Zhang, Yuyan Sun, Hanji Zhu, Delong Xiang, Jianhua Wang, Famou Zhang, Sisi Huang, Yang Li

“…The model results show that the Area Under the Curve (AUC) and True Skill Statistic (TSS) indices for all months exceed 0.9, with an average AUC of 0.997 and a TSS of 0.973, indicating extremely high accuracy of the model in habitat prediction. …”
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Producción científica sobre balonmano en chile: unScientific production on handball in chile: a systematic review)a revisión sistemática ( by Claudio Hernández-Mosqueira, Humberto Castillo Quezada, Eduardo Sandoval Obando, Pablo Luna Villouta, Carlos Bahamondes Avila, Ricardo Molina Vasquez

“…The research was carried out following the guidelines of the item reported for systematic reviews and meta-analysis (PRISMA). The search for information was conducted in Pubmed and Scopus databases, and the PICoR strategy was used to define eligibility criteria. …”
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Denitrifying microbial genes quantification attests inference for potential N2O emissions in sugarcane soils by enzymatic bioanalysis by Luciano Ricardo de Oliveira, Dora Inés Kozusny-Andreani, Gabriel Gustavo Tavares Nunes Monteiro, Ieda de Carvalho Mendes, Raffaella Rossetto, Luiz Sergio Vanzela, Gisele Herbst Vazquez, Acacio Aparecido Navarrete

“…In the Ferralsol, the activities of GLU and ARYL increased in the following order: V < MF < V+FC, regardless of soil texture (sandy or clayey) and sampling season. The average activity of the two enzymes in both V+FC and MF treatments was 1.8 times higher in sandy soil and 3.9 times higher in clayey soil compared to soil managed with vinasse. …”
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Anatomical Pelvic Parameters Using the Anterior Pelvic Plane: Relationships with Standing Sagittal Spinal Alignment and Estimated Lumbar Alignment in Healthy Volunteers by Masayuki Ohashi, Kazuhiro Hasegawa, Shun Hatsushikano, Norio Imai, Hideki Tashi, Yohei Shibuya, Keitaro Minato, Masayuki Sato, Hiroyuki Sekimoto, Kei Watanabe, Hiroyuki Kawashima

“…Multiple linear regression analysis for lumbar alignment produced the following equations: L1-S1 LL (°)=0.588×aSS+30.522, L4-S1 LL (°)=0.165×aSS−0.248×aPT+32.825, lordosis distribution index (%)=−0.662×PI+102.8. …”
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Lithium occurrence and coal facies control of Longtan formation in Northern Guizhou, China by Mu Xiwei, Mu Xiwei, Mu Xiwei, Song Yu, Song Yu, Wang Meng, Wang Meng, Feng Guangjun, Feng Guangjun, Zhou Peiming, Zhou Peiming

“…The Sr/Ba ratios in the Longtan Formation fluctuated from 0.40 to 3.39, averaging 1.63, signifying a marine sedimentary milieu. …”
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Development of an Efficient and Generalized MTSCAM Model to Predict Liquid Chromatography Retention Times of Organic Compounds by Mengdie Fan, Chenhui Sang, Hua Li, Yue Wei, Bin Zhang, Yang Xing, Jing Zhang, Jie Yin, Wei An, Bing Shao

“…The results demonstrate that this model achieves an R2 of 0.98 and an average prediction error of 23 s, outperforming currently published models. …”
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Application of a methodological framework for the development and multicenter validation of reliable artificial intelligence in embryo evaluation by D. Gilboa, Akhil Garg, M. Shapiro, M. Meseguer, Y. Amar, N. Lustgarten, N. Desai, T. Shavit, V. Silva, A. Papatheodorou, A. Chatziparasidou, S. Angras, J. H. Lee, L. Thiel, C. L. Curchoe, Y. Tauber, D. S. Seidman

“…Methods This multicenter analysis utilizes time-lapse images, pregnancy outcomes, and morphologic annotations from embryos collected at 10 IVF clinics across 9 countries between 2018 and 2022. …”
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Aboveground biomass dataset from SMOS L-band vegetation optical depth and reference maps by S. Boitard, A. Mialon, S. Mermoz, N. J. Rodríguez-Fernández, P. Richaume, J. C. Salazar-Neira, S. Tarot, Y. H. Kerr

“…This study refines this protocol by analyzing the impact of three factors on the AGB–VOD calibration. First, an analysis shows that ascending and descending VOD can be properly merged to estimate the AGB. …”
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Medication use patterns, health care resource utilization, and economic burden for patients with major depressive disorder in Beijing, People’s Republic of China by Zhang L, Chen Y, Yue L, Liu Q, Montgomery W, Zhi L, Wang W

“…Only 0.42% of patients experienced ≥1 MDD-related hospitalization(s) during the 1-year follow-up, and the average annual number of hospitalization was 1.2 for those hospitalized. …”
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Drought monitoring using the Climate Hazards InfraRed Precipitation with Stations (CHIRPS) in Ethiopia by Birhan Getachew Tikuye, Ram L. Ray, Busnur Manjunatha, Gebrekidan Worku Tefera, Sanjita Gurau

“…The SPI-12 monthly index drought characterization shows an average of 4 drought events per year, with a maximum drought duration of 45 months, a maximum magnitude of 80, a frequency of 18%, and a severity of 2.6. …”
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STUDY OF LONG-TERM CLINICAL AND PATHOGENETIC EFFECTS OF FAVIPIRAVIR-BASED ANTI-VIRAL DRUG IN PATIENTS WITH METABOLIC SYNDROME IN POST-COVID PERIOD by O. A. Radaeva, L. A. Balykova, K. Ya. Zaslavskaya, A. V. Taganov, P. A. Bely, Yu. A. Kostina, E. V. Negodnova, S. V. Mashnina, D. D. Bessheinov, M. S. Iskandyarova, V. V. Eremeev, N. M. Chumakov

“…The case of COVID-19 was diagnosed in accordance with the current Temporary Guidelines for the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of the new coronavirus infection.Results. The analysis of the metabolic syndrome patients’ follow-up within 1 year after undergoing COVID-19, revealed significant differences in the incidence of complications depending on the intake of the favipiravir based drug. …”
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Preliminary Study on Characteristics of Dredged Sludge Treated by Vacuum Preloading Using Non-filter Membrane Straw Drainage Bodies by XU Gui-zhong, JIANG Ao, LI Xing-bing, LIU Chao, FU Xiao-jie

“…Soil reinforcement was enhanced, with the experimental group’s average water content after vacuum preloading reduced by 6.8%-15.3% compared to the control group. …”
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Exploring influenza vaccination coverage and barriers to influenza vaccine uptake among preschool children in Fuzhou in 2022: a cross-sectional study by Haimei Jia, Wenyan Gao, Xun Huang, Qinghua Wang, Yonghan Huang, Liang Chen, Desi Zheng, Yinchuan Zhang, Lifei Xu

“…Higher education status had higher coverage (p-values < 0.05). Multivariate analysis showed birth order [odds ratio (OR) = 0.76, 95% confidence interval (CI): 0.63, 0.92], medical insurance [OR = 1.42, 95% CI: 1.22, 1.65], occupation [OR = 0.84, 95% CI: 0.75, 0.93], average monthly household income ≥ 10,000 [OR = 0.66, 95% CI: 0.56, 0.79], vaccine prices > 200 [OR = 1.66, 95% CI: 1.41, 1.97], and total duration of each vaccination session [OR = 0.49, 95% CI: 0.42, 0.58] were associated with flu vaccination.ConclusionInfluenza vaccination coverage among preschoolers was low, and parental/guardian knowledge regarding influenza prevention was inadequate. …”
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Left‐Digit Bias in Serum Creatinine Levels and Contrast Administration: A Nationwide Cohort Study Using a Japanese Percutaneous Coronary Intervention Registry by Takahiro Suzuki, Yuichiro Mori, John A. Spertus, Nobuhiro Ikemura, Atsushi Mizuno, Taku Asano, Yasufumi Kijima, Daisuke Yoneoka, Hideki Wada, Kyohei Yamaji, Tetsuya Amano, Ken Kozuma, Shun Kohsaka

“…Results Among 735 696 PCI procedures, the median contrast volume was 117 mL (interquartile range 85–157 mL). Analysis of average contrast volume revealed a sharp decrease at baseline creatinine levels above versus less than 1 mg/dL (mean difference, 2.2 mL [95% CI, 1.6–2.8]) and 2 mg/dL (4.7 [95% CI, 1.6–7.8]) but not at 3 mg/dL (−2.0 [95% CI, −10.0 to 6.0]). …”
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