Mortality trends in Kazakhstan: insights from a million of deaths from 2014 to 2022 by Temirgali Aimyshev, Gulnur Zhakhina, Sauran Yerdessov, Ruslan Akhmedullin, Dinara Galiyeva, Kuanysh Yergaliyev, Antonio Sarria-Santamera, Yuliya Semenova, Abduzhappar Gaipov

“…COVID-19 significantly disrupted mortality patterns in 2020–2021. Mortality rates were consistently higher in males across most age groups, with a sharp increase after age 55, while “other disorders of the brain” emerged as a leading cause of premature mortality. …”
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Fine visualization of biological cells using X-ray micro-CT with the slow freezing contrast improved method by Akio Yoneyama, Masahide Kawamoto, Midori Yasuda, Tatsuhiko Kodama, Kazuhiko Shiranita, Rika Baba, Yuji Matsumoto, Thet-Thet Lwin, Satoshi Takeya

“…This method utilizes the aggregation of solutes during slow freezing of aqueous solutions to increase contrast. …”
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Food Production and Landscape Reconstruction of Liangzhu Culture Village (5000–4600 B.P.)—Archaeobotanical Evidence from the Site of Zhumucun, Southern China by Xiaoqu Zheng, Fan Yang, Mingli Sun, Qinyu Chen

“…Following an analysis of the plant distribution and utilization patterns at the site, it became clear that the Zhumucun site functioned as a small agricultural settlement. …”
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Neuromuscular Control Deficits After Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction: A Pilot Study Using Single-Leg Functional Tests and Electromyography by Ayrton Moiroux--Sahraoui, Jean Mazeas, Maxime Gold, Georgios Kakavas, Florian Forelli

“…<b>Purpose:</b> This study aimed to evaluate neuromuscular control and muscle activation patterns in individuals following anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstruction, compared to healthy controls. …”
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Sustainability-based evolution of port hinterlands: green performance and spatial impacts in the Bohai Rim by Chong Ye, Tingshan Cai, Chenliang Zhang, Wenting Cao

“…The sustainability scores are first applied in a Wilson model to estimate general port influence, and then integrated with OD-cost distance in a field strength model to delineate county-level hinterland patterns. The results show that port hinterlands generally expanded during the study period, with increased overlap, stronger connectivity, and more intense regional coopetition. …”
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Comparative analysis of rainfall data from remote sensing and surface stations in the Paracatu river basin, Brazilian Cerrado by Maycow Douglas de Oliveira Silva, Paulo Sérgio Cardoso Batista, Sharrine Omari D. de Oliveira Marra, Marinaldo Loures Ferreira

“…Monthly coefficients of determination (R²) ranged from 0.77 to 0.89, reflecting CHIRPS’ capability to capture rainfall patterns on this scale. However, its accuracy decreased when estimating total annual precipitation, highlighting some limitations. …”
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Coinciding spring and autumn frosts have a limited impact on carbon fluxes in a grassland ecosystem by Juanjuan Han, Chaowei Tan, Jingyi Ru, Jian Song, Dafeng Hui, Shiqiang Wan

“…Understanding these patterns is crucial for predicting carbon balance and developing effective climate-change mitigation strategies in response to the future warmer climate.…”
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CFD Simulation of Annular Centrifugal Extractors by S. Vedantam, K. E. Wardle, T. V. Tamhane, V. V. Ranade, J. B. Joshi

“…For the development of rational and reliable design procedures, it is important to understand the flow patterns in the mixer and settler zones. Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) has played a major role in the constant evolution and improvements of this device. …”
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Mating Behavior of <i>Cyclocephala barrerai</i> Martínez (Coleoptera: Melolonthidae) by Abraham Sanchez-Cruz, Patricia Villa-Ayala, Alfredo Jiménez-Pérez

“…We characterized behavioral acts during mating in two groups—virgin and once-mated organisms. …”
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Complexity of reference consultations for undergraduate and graduate students in an academic library by Naděžda Firsová, Jana Hinke, Luboš Smutka

“…It is also shown that information resources are used consistently, with usage patterns reflecting the complexity of users’ assignments and questions. …”
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3D seismic velocity models from local earthquake tomography furnish new insights on the Mount Etna volcano (Southern Italy) by C. Totaro, M. Aloisi, C. Ferlito, B. Orecchio, D. Presti, S. Scolaro

“…We estimated and jointly evaluated P- and S-wave velocity patterns together with the Vp/Vs ratio, particularly useful to discriminate the presence of groundwater, gas, and melts and thus very precious for volcano investigations. …”
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Tracking ablation and movement of icebergs with time-lapse photography at an alpine proglacial lake in Austria by Felix Bernsteiner, Andreas Kellerer-Pirklbauer, Jakob Abermann, Bernhard Hynek

“…We analyzed the movement and ablation patterns of icebergs at an ice-contact lake at Pasterze Glacier, Austria, using time-lapse images. …”
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Impact of soil salinity on structural attributes and above ground biomass carbon in a mangrove community of a Colombian Caribbean Coast by Rodrigo Rodríguez-Reales, Juan Pablo Gómez, Jimena Bohórquez-Herrera, María Cristina Martínez-Habibe

“…Our findings revealed significant salinity differences among sampling areas, especially during the dry season, while soil pH showed minimal variation. …”
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Real-Time Fault Diagnosis of Mooring Chain Jack Hydraulic System Based on Multi-Scale Feature Fusion Under Diverse Operating Conditions by Yujia Liu, Wenhua Li, Haoran Ye, Shanying Lin, Lei Hong

“…The condition monitoring of mooring equipment is an important engineering reliability issue during the operation of a floating production storage and offloading unit (FPSO). …”
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Niche modelling and landscape genetics of the yellow‐legged hornet (Vespa velutina): An integrative approach for evaluating central–marginal population dynamics in Europe by Cayetano Herrera, M. Alice Pinto, Mar Leza, Iris Alemany, José A. Jurado‐Rivera

“…Integrative approaches offer a powerful strategy to detect and understand patterns of genetic variation in central and marginal populations. …”
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Safety of treatment regimens in multiple drug resistant tuberculosis patients compiled as per the new WHO recommendations as of 2019 by D. A. Ivanova, S. E. Borisov, O. V. Rodina, A. V. Filippov, T. N. Ivanushkina, N. V. Litvinova

“…The objective: safety assessment of chemotherapy regimens compiled in accordance with the recommendations of World Health Organization (WHO), 2019, in patients with multiple drug resistant tuberculosis (MDR) in clinical practice settings.Subjects: Frequency, patterns, severity and risk factors of adverse events (AE) of chemotherapy regimens compiled in accordance with the WHO recommendations as of 2019 were analyzed in 122 patients with MDR and XDR respiratory tuberculosis within programmatic use of new anti-tuberculosis drugs.Results. …”
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COMPASS: Computational mapping of patient-therapist alliance strategies with language modeling by Baihan Lin, Djallel Bouneffouf, Yulia Landa, Rachel Jespersen, Cheryl Corcoran, Guillermo Cecchi

“…Analyzing a dataset of over 950 sessions spanning diverse psychiatric conditions -- including anxiety (N = 498), depression (N = 377), schizophrenia (N = 71), and suicidal tendencies (N = 12) -- collected between 1970 and 2012, we demonstrate the effectiveness of our method in providing fine-grained mapping of patient-therapist alignment trajectories, offering interpretable insights for clinical practice, and identifying emerging patterns related to the condition being treated. By employing various deep learning-based topic modeling techniques in combination with prompting generative language models, we analyze the topical characteristics of different psychiatric conditions and how these topics evolve during each turn of the conversation. …”
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Study on the changes in the temperature sensitivity of spring phenology of typical woody plants in the Qinling Mountains region by Shanhong Zhang, Qing Meng, Qian Ma, Hongying Bai, Shujuan Li

“…To reveal the responses of plant phenology and climate change in the Qinling Mountains region, the phenological data of seven woody plants in the Qinling Mountains region from 1964 to 2020 were selected to analyze the patterns and characteristics of plant phenological changes in the Qinling Mountains region and explore the factors influencing temperature sensitivity changes during the spring phenology. …”
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Evaluating the Spatial Relationships Between Tree Cover and Regional Temperature and Precipitation of the Yucatán Peninsula Applying Spatial Autoregressive Models by Mayra Vázquez-Luna, Edward A. Ellis, María Angélica Navarro-Martínez, Carlos Roberto Cerdán-Cabrera, Gustavo Celestino Ortiz-Ceballos

“…Deforestation and forest degradation are important drivers of global warming, yet their implications on regional temperature and precipitation patterns are more elusive. In the Yucatán Peninsula, forest cover loss and deterioration has been rapidly advancing over the past decades. …”
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Slot Optimization Based on Coupled Airspace Capacity of Multi-Airport System by Sichen Liu, Shuce Wang, Minghua Hu, Lei Yang

“…This study develops a multi-objective optimization model incorporating coupled airspace capacity relationships within multi-airport systems and the fairness of airlines and airports in order to realize the optimal utilization of multi-airport system resources, considering specialized 24 h airport slot coordination parameter patterns and slot firebreaks in China. Finally, the validity and scalability of the model are verified using real flight data from three airports in the Beijing airport terminal area, and simulations are conducted to verify the model. …”
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