Socioeconomic inequalities in infant mortality in Colombia: a nationwide cohort study during 10 years by Javier Eslava-Schmalbach, Giancarlo Buitrago, Carol Guarnizo-Herreño

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Statistical Analysis of the Occurrence of Ionospheric Scintillations at the Low-Latitude Sanya Station During 2004–2021 by Bo Xiong, Changhao Yu, Xiaolin Li, Yuxiao Li, Lianhuan Hu, Yuqing Wang, Lingxiao Du, Yuxin Wang

“…This asymmetry is characterized by a higher occurrence rate in autumn than in spring during the years 2007, 2011, and from 2017 to 2021, while in other years, the pattern is reversed, with a higher occurrence rate in spring than in autumn. …”
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Acute salivary cortisol response in children with ADHD during psychosocial intervention with and without therapy dogs by Sabrina E. B. Schuck, Cassie N. Zeiler, Annamarie Stehli, Lydia A. Steinhoff, Rachel Y. Stokes, Sara E. Jeffrey, Douglas Alan Granger, Douglas Alan Granger

“…Saliva was collected before, during, and after psychosocial intervention sessions with and without therapy dogs and later assayed for cortisol (ug/dL).MethodologyThirty-nine participants (n = 39) with ADHD, aged 7-9 years (79% male) provided saliva at 3 points during 90-minute sessions; (i) upon arrival, (ii) +20 minutes, and (iii) 15 minutes prior to departure, on 3 occasions across an 8-week intervention (weeks 1, 4, and 8). …”
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Independent and temporally separated dynamics for RORγt and Foxp3 during Th17 differentiation by Stav Miller, Stav Miller, Inbal Eizenberg-Magar, Shlomit Reich-Zeliger, Jacob Rimer, Irina Zaretsky, Irina Zaretsky, Dan Reshef, Ekaterina Kopitman, Nir Friedman, Yaron E Antebi

“…While the RORγt expression level elevates early during differentiation, Foxp3 rises later and is more stable upon environmental changes. …”
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Prevalence of hypertension and its associated risk factors during COVID-19 pandemic in the capital of Bangladesh by Urmila Roy, Arafat Hassan Razon, Tanvir Ahmad, Tabassum Sultana Barsha

“…Of the 105 hypertensive individuals, 65 % were newly diagnosed during the study, and 11 previously diagnosed individuals were not on any medication. …”
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Characteristic Analysis of the Extreme Precipitation over South China During the Dragon-Boat Precipitation in 2022 by Meixia Chen, Yufeng Xue, Juliao Qiu, Chunlei Liu, Shuqin Zhang, Jianjun Xu, Ziye Zhu

“…The results indicate that the total precipitation during this period significantly exceeded the climatological average, with multiple large-scale extreme rainfall events characterized by high intensity, extensive coverage, and prolonged duration. …”
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Management of blood lipid profile and oxidative status in Holstein and Simmental dairy cows during lactation by Dejan Obućinski, Dragan Soleša, Denis Kučević, Radivoj Prodanović, Mirela Tomaš Simin, Dragana Ljubojević Pelić, Olivera Đuragić, Nikola Puvača

“…The values of LDL and catalase showed an irregular pattern of variations in various lactation stages among all groups. …”
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Changes of endogenous hormone concentrations and transcriptome analysis during the healing process of greenwood grafting in grape by DENG Jiayi, WEI Jiayan, CHEN Aisai, HE Fei, YU Keji, WANG Jun

“…[Objective] To study the changes of hormone concentrations in the graft union during the healing process of greenwood grafting, the experiment was carried out, combined with transcriptomic data analysis, so as to identify the key hormone changes in the healing process of greenwood grafting in grape, and provide references for revealing the molecular mechanism of the healing process. …”
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Driving simulator study of text messaging and phone conversations: Effects of messages’ valence, drivers’ values and self-reported driving behaviors by Ivars Austers, Inese Muzikante, Ronalds Cinks

“…Self-reported values of power, security, and universalism were significantly correlated with objective driving measures: power was associated with riskier driving behaviors, whereas security and universalism were linked to safer driving patterns. Moreover, self-reported driving errors and lapses were positively correlated with increased driving speed during and after phone calls.…”
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Influence of Frequency Conversion Regulation of Dense Baking Circulating Fan on Dehydration and Yellowing Characteristics and Stress Resistance of Tobacco Leaves by Chenglong HE, Yonghua LIU, Guanhui LI, Jiawei LUO, Zhengfa SHI, Ning HUANG, Xin JIN, Lingli XIE, Yuhang ZHAO, Zhijun CHENG, Kesu WEI

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Strain Rate Effects on Characteristic Stresses and Dynamic Strength Criterion in Granite Under Triaxial Quasi-Static Compression by Lu Liu, Jinhui Ouyang, Wencheng Yang, Sijing Wang

“…The experimental results indicate the following: (1) crack damage stress (σ_cd) and peak stress (σ_p) show strong linear correlations with logarithmic strain rate, while crack initiation stress (σ_ci) exhibits weaker rate dependence; (2) linear regression establishes characteristic stress ratios σ_ci = 0.58σ_p and σ_cd = 0.85σ_p; (3) macroscopic fractures transition from Y-shaped shear patterns under low confinement and strain rate conditions to X-shaped shear failures at higher confinement and strain rate; (4) the Mohr–Coulomb criterion effectively characterizes dynamic strength evolution in granite, with cohesion increasing 22% across tested strain rates while internal friction angle remains stable at around 50°; (5) variations in microcrack activity intensity during rock deformation stages result in the dynamic increase factor for characteristic stresses (CSDIF) of σ_ci being lower than σ_cd and σ_p. …”
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Assessment of pulmonary mechanical properties influence on patternsand indices of their ventilation mechanics in various biologicalconditions by A. I. Karzilov, F. F. Tetenev, T. N. Bodrova

“…The data obtained revealed that mechanical properties of lungs and thorax - pulmonary integrity influence on forming patterns and parameters of lung mechanics during their ventilation independently regulatory influences of living organism. …”
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Individual and demographic responses of the palm Brahea aculeata to browsing and leaf harvesting in a tropical dry forest of Northwestern Mexico by Franceli Macedo-Santana, Christa Horn, Tamara Ticktin, María Teresa Pulido Silva, Bryan A. Endress, Leonel Lopez-Toledo

“…Additionally, in some regions livestock graze in natural forests, and they may browse on palm leaves, especially during the dry season. Thus, harvesting and browsing can result in the loss of leaf area of individual palms, which may alter functional traits of individuals and change demographic patterns of populations. …”
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Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Buckle Fracture Treatment by Mehmet E. Kilinc, BS, Evan P. Sandefur, BS, Mosufa Zainab, BS, Nicholas J. Peterman, MD, Andrea A. Yu-Shan, MSHS, Peter J. Apel, MD, PhD

“…Pre-COVID-19 BEST practice adherence was 11.15%. During peak COVID-19 era, adherence rates improved significantly to 41.18% (P < .001). …”
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Gender and age differences in weekend eating habits: associations with fat mass percentage in a cross-sectional study by Stefania Gorini, Stefania Gorini, Elisabetta Camajani, Elisabetta Camajani, Alessandra Feraco, Alessandra Feraco, Andrea Armani, Andrea Armani, Chiara Quattrini, Maria Grazia Tarsitano, Edda Cava, Laura Di Renzo, Massimiliano Caprio, Massimiliano Caprio, Antonino De Lorenzo, Mauro Lombardo

“…Weekday eating was considered the participant’s habitual eating pattern as reported during clinical evaluation. Differences in FM% between groups were analyzed by ANOVA and the influence of gender and age was examined by multiple linear regression models.ResultsSignificant differences between gender and age were observed specifically in weekend eating behaviors (p &lt; 0.001). …”
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A simulation approach to assessing vegetation configuration effects on thermal comfort in cold region pocket parks by Qing Wang, Shoucheng Liu, Jingtong Qian

“…The study developed 27 experimental scenarios to analyze vegetation parameters—tree coverage, Leaf Area Density (LAD), and green patterns. Orthogonal design analysis of simulation results identified the hierarchical impact on thermal comfort: tree coverage > LAD > green patterns. …”
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External Drivers and Mesoscale Self‐Organization of Shallow Cold Pools in the Trade‐Wind Regime by Pouriya Alinaghi, A. Pier Siebesma, Fredrik Jansson, Martin Janssens, Franziska Glassmeier

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Large-scale phylogenomic insights into the evolution of the Hymenochaetales by Heng Zhao, Fang Wu, Sundy Maurice, Igor N. Pavlov, Konstantin V. Krutovsky, Hong-Gao Liu, Yuan Yuan, Yu-Cheng Dai

“…However, we have limited knowledge of the patterns of large-scale evolutionary history of the order. …”
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How, why, where and when people feed birds?—Spatio‐temporal changes in bird‐feeding in Finland by Purabi Deshpande, Anna Haukka, Katja Rönkä, Tuomas Aivelo, Andrea Santangeli, Rose Thorogood, Aleksi Lehikoinen

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Using time use diaries to assess physical activity and sedentary behavior in jail populations by Ricky Camplain, Sara Shuman, Adrienne Alonso, Elizabeth Schmitter, Javier Lopez, Amy Gelatt, Rebecca Annorbah, Isabel Fangman, Morgan Occhino, Brooke de Heer, Dirk de Heer, Meredith Brown, Kate Compton-Gore, Travis Pinn, Beya Thayer, Richard Martin, Linnea Evans

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