Investigation of the anti-cancer drugs imatinib and thalidomide using analytical spectroscopy (FT-IR, UV-Vis) and molecular docking simulations by P. Venkata Ramana, Y. Rama Krishna, Prasadarao Bobbili, K. Venkata Prasad, K. Chandra Mouli

“…The research in this important study focuses on exploring specific vibrational patterns of these drugs using standard experimental FT-IR and UV-Vis spectroscopic studies and molecular docking computations. …”
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Comprehensive assessment of COVID-19 case fatality rate and influential factors in Khuzestan Province, Iran: a two-year study by Mohammad-Navid Bastani, Manoochehr Makvandi, Maryam Moradi, Somayeh Biparva Haghighi, Maryam Rostami, Sepideh Nasimzadeh, Homayoun Amiri, Seyed Mohammad Alavi, Mohammad Rashno, Ahmadreza Mohtadi, Farid Yousefi, Abbas Fayezi, Mohammadreza Mirkarimi, Maryam Haddadzadeh Shoushtari, Masoud Zadkarami, Negin Balar, Siamak Mirab Sameii, Mehdi Torabizadeh

“…The primary objective was to discern patterns and determinants influencing CFR, shedding light on the evolving impact of the pandemic on morbidity and mortality. …”
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Investigation of <i>Leishmania infantum</i> Infection and Feeding Preferences of <i>Lutzomyia longipalpis</i> During Deltamethrin (4%) Dog Collar Intervention by Gabriel F. F. Rodrigues, Keuryn A. M. Luz-Requena, Bruno S. Mathias, Tania M. T. Suto, Rosemari Suto, Luciana T. R. Rocha, Osias Rangel, Katia D. S. Bresciani, Susy M. P. Sampaio, Lilian A. C. Rodas, Karin Kirchgatter

“…We aimed to investigate the natural infection rate of <i>Leishmania</i> spp. in phlebotomines and analyze their blood-feeding patterns in one of the priority areas of the state of São Paulo for the implementation of insecticide-impregnated dog collars. …”
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Epidemiological and genetic characterization of human infection with avian influenza AI H5N6 virus in Guangxi, China, 2021 by Fuyin Bi, Weitao He, Ning Kang, Hang Huang, Huafeng Chen, Zhenli Liang, Yu Ju, Jun Zeng, Jing Wang

“…Objectives: Avian influenza (AI) H5N6 has replaced H5N1 as the predominant strain, and the increasing number of cases and complex recombination patterns pose significant threats to human health. …”
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Changes in healthcare seeking behaviors among caretakers of children in the previously occupied ISIS territory: Hadeetha, Anbar, Iraq: a cross-sectional survey of 415 households by Sara Al-Dahir, Tahseen Abdulateef Hasan, Alaa Khalil, William J. Moss, Kawsar R. Talaat, Maria Deloria Knoll, Gilbert Burnham

“…Conclusion This study provides insight into health seeking challenges among the many individuals who remained in Hadeetha during the ISIS occupation. Health use patterns by provider type mirror the concerns the healthcare providers shared: limited availability, efflux of professional workers, limited resources and security challenges to providing care. …”
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A 60-year drought analysis of meteorological data in the western Po River basin by E. Mombrini, S. Tamea, A. Viglione, R. Revelli

“…Local-drought characteristics are more influenced by temperature increases in the SPEI, whereas regional droughts are more affected by precipitation patterns, as seen in the SPI, with more frequent short-term droughts aggregating into longer-term deficits. …”
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Association between D-dimer and in-hospital mortality risk in Acute Kidney Injury based on latent class dynamic trajectory by Lixiang Rao, Jiazheng Sun, Xingyang Zhao, Shuwang Ge, Ningxu Li

“…The dynamic trajectories revealed two distinct patterns: an early peak followed by a gradual decline and a low-level continuous stability after AKI onset. …”
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Analysis of the ‘Anti-scattering’ Capacity of Computational Ghost Imaging System in Solid Scattering Material by Ruiqing He, Wenwen Zhang, Baoqing Sun, Miguel A. Olvera, Zitao Lin, Qian Chen

“…Different from the TGI system modeled by Huygens&#x2013;Fresnel theory in continuous coordinates, in CGI the use of computer-generated patterns with the controllable size (<inline-formula><tex-math notation="LaTeX">$d$</tex-math></inline-formula>) of each pixel discretizes the object space into the <inline-formula><tex-math notation="LaTeX">$d$</tex-math></inline-formula>-based pixel-grids. …”
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Recent trends in hospitalizations for respiratory syncytial virus after the COVID-19 pandemic and before routine immunization: Seasonality and severity updates from the 2023/2024 s... by Vieri Lastrucci, Martina Pacifici, Monia Puglia, Giorgia Alderotti, Elettra Berti, Guglielmo Bonaccorsi, Maria Moriondo, Massimo Resti, Diego Peroni, Marco Martini, Francesco Nieddu, Marina Vignoli, Chiara Azzari, Rosa Gini, Marco Del Riccio, Fabio Voller

“…Conclusions: Seasonality in 2023/2024 aligned more closely with pre-pandemic patterns, but incidence remained elevated, likely due to immunity debt at the population level. …”
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High-resolution observation per 1.5 h revealed prominent time-dependent daily contamination variations of p-phenylenediamine (PPD) antioxidants and their quinone derivatives PPDQs... by Zifang Peng, Shijiao Hou, Qingyun He, Fangcheng Su, Lishun Ren, Congcong Pei, Dan Yin, Yanhao Zhang, Yanjie Huang, Shusheng Zhang, Zongwei Cai

“…The composition patterns and sources of PPDs and PPDQs were discovered and more serious contamination of them were both found at the day-time (07:00–19:00). …”
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Impact of environmental factors on the bionomics of Anopheles mosquito vectors of zoonotic malaria: A narrative review by Rezki Sabrina Masse, Indra Vythilingam, Kimberly Fornace, Hidayatulfathi Othman, Xiaoyue Liu, Abdul Jabir Jaafar, Mohd Khadri Shahar, Nurul Asmaa Abdul Rahman, Ainul Huda Khairul Azman, Nantha Kumar Jeyaprakasam

“…Key environmental factors, such as temperature fluctuations, relative humidity, elevation, precipitation patterns, seasonality, and land use, play a pivotal role in shaping vector abundance and survival, ultimately influencing the transmission intensity of zoonotic malaria. …”
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Insights into the expansion of Oropouche virus in Brazil: epidemiological and environmental aspects by Igor Pereira Godinho, Ítalo Faria Dória, Victor de Melo Rocha, Bárbara Alves Miranda, Lucas Fernandes Chamhum Salomão, Brunello Stancioli, Adriana Alves Oliveira Paim, Jordana G. Alves Coelho dos Reis, Samille Henriques Pereira, Flávio Guimarães da Fonseca

“…These include deforestation, urbanization, and changes in rainfall patterns, which influence the proliferation of vectors, and, consequently, increase the chances of mutations and reassortment events to occur. …”
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Spatiotemporal trends of Type 2 diabetes due to low physical activity from 1990 to 2019 and forecasted prevalence in 2050: A Global Burden of Disease Study 2019 by Shujin Fan, Jin Xu, Jinli Wu, Li Yan, Meng Ren

“…Estimated Annual Percentage Change (EAPC) assessed trends, and Bayesian models predicted future patterns. Results: In 2019, LPA accounted for a substantial 8.5% of T2DM deaths and 6.9% of DALYs, representing a noticeable rise since 1990. …”
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Lithofacies cyclicity determination in the guaduas formation (Colombia) using Markov chains by Jorge Eliecer Mariño Martinez, Erika Amaya

“…Statistical embedded Markov Chain processes were used to analyze facies transitions and to determine the stacking pattern of the lithofacies of the Guaduas Formation. …”
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Research and application of spatial distribution law of additional compressive stress field in surrounding rock of bolt support by Yuantian SUN, Shang WANG, Guichen LI, Changliang HAN, Haoran HAO, Jinghua LI, Haisen ZHAO

“…Under bolt support, as the pre-tensioning force increases, the distribution pattern of the spatial additional stress field transforms from a vertical “ellipsoid” to a horizontal “ellipsoid”. …”
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Predicting changes of incisor and facial profile following orthodontic treatment: a machine learning approach by Jing Peng, Yan Zhang, Mengyu Zheng, Yanyan Wu, Guizhen Deng, Jun Lyu, Jianming Chen

“…MSE/MAE/R2 values for L1-MP were 0.0062/0.063/0.84, L1-MP, ANB and extraction pattern were identified as the top three influential predictors. …”
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Emergency EEG: study of survival EEG de urgência: taxa de sobrevivência by Moacir Alves Borges, Harethusa Junia Botós, Ricardo Funes Bastos, Moacir Fernandes Godoy, Nely Silvia Aragão de Marchi

“…In the three months following EEG, a survival rate of 75% was found in patients with normal, discreet slow activity or intermittent rhythmic delta activity EEGs, of 50% for those with continuous delta activity and generalized epileptiform discharges, and of 25% for those with burst-suppression, diffuse depression, and in alpha/theta-pattern coma. …”
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Training the trainers and disseminating information: a strategy to educate health professionals on epilepsy Capacitações e multiplicadores: uma estratégia para educação de profissi... by Paula T. Fernandes, Ana L.A. Noronha, Josemir W. Sander, Gail S. Bell, Li M. Li

“…RESULTS: Comparison of knowledge scores prior to (mean=55.8, standard deviation=14.0) and after (mean=71.5, standard deviation=12.0) the intervention showed that physicians had improved knowledge after the training (t-test=7.8, p<0.001). The same pattern occurred with the health professionals: the knowledge score prior to (mean=22.3, standard deviation=12.5) and after (mean=36.6, standard deviation=12.5) the intervention showed that health professionals had improved knowledge after the training (t-test=12.4, p<0.001). …”
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Fluoride ion removal from mine water via nucleation crystallization pelleting process by Xiyu ZHANG, Shuning DONG, Hao WANG, Pengkang JIN, Xiaodong WANG, Qiangmin WANG, Tao ZHANG

“…This study revealed the regulation pattern of interfacial reactions in a carbonate system. …”
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Hyperspectral Estimation of Chlorophyll Content in Ginseng Fruit Leaves Based on Wavelet Transform and VCPA-GA Algorithm by Guo Jinfeng, Zhang Zhicong, Umut Hasan, Zhou Zhongye, Xu Wenyu, Yusup Ahmat

“…We combined Variable Combination Pattern Analysis (VCPA) with Genetic Algorithm (GA), employing the combined VCPA-GA algorithm to extract sensitive bands from the full spectrum and each decomposed layer of the ginseng fruit leaf. …”
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