Exploring the effect of climate change on food supply chains in Africa: a systematic review with a focus on South Africa by Merishca Naicker, Denver Naidoo, Rob Slotow, Mjabuliseni Simon C. Ngidi

“…Thereafter the coding feature was used to tag the duplicates. A manual verification was then conducted, as NVivo does not allow for the automatic deletion of duplicates. …”
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Construction of a predictive model for rebleeding risk in upper gastrointestinal bleeding patients based on clinical indicators such as Helicobacter pylori infection by Wei Zang, Ze Lin, Yanduo Zhao, Tianshi Jia, Xinglong Zhang

“…Based on the collected clinical information and laboratory indicators, this study constructed a deep learning model, the data is divided into four categories (clinical information, vital signs, laboratory examination items, stool examination) as input, and Transformer is used as feature extractor. KAN as a classifier to predict the risk of rebleeding in patients with upper gastrointestinal bleeding. …”
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Influence of Emergent Vegetation Layout on Flow Pattern in a Rectangular Shallow Basin by Junnan LYU, Yuxuan JIANG, Zhidong YAO, Chen YE, Xufeng YAN

“…The findings indicated a transition from bare to vegetated conditions, where an asymmetrical flow pattern featuring two distinct circulation sizes (or dead water zones) evolves into a symmetrical flow pattern with similar circulations. …”
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STRAIN LOCALIZATION PECULIARITIES AND DISTRIBUTION OF ACOUSTIC EMISSION SOURCES IN ROCK SAMPLES TESTED BY UNIAXIAL COMPRESSION AND EXPOSED TO ELECTRIC PULSES by V. A. Mubassarova, L. M. Bogomolov, A. S. Zakupin, I. A. Panteleev, O. B. Naimark

“…This trend seems to be a specific feature of changes in localization of deformation in the loaded rock samples impacted by electric pulses. …”
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Trajectory of plasma lipidome associated with the risk of late-onset Alzheimer's disease: a longitudinal cohort studyResearch in context by Tingting Wang, Matthias Arnold, Kevin Huynh, Patrick Weinisch, Corey Giles, Natalie A. Mellett, Thy Duong, Bharadwaj Marella, Kwangsik Nho, Alysha De Livera, Xianlin Han, Colette Blach, Chenglong Yu, John J. McNeil, Paul Lacaze, Andrew J. Saykin, Gabi Kastenmüller, Peter J. Meikle, Rima Kaddurah-Daouk

“…Specifically, AD dementia converters show a 3–4.8% reduction in these ether lipid species compared to the non-converting CN and MCI groups, suggesting metabolic dysregulation as a key feature of AD progression. Further, The Dementia Risk Model effectively distinguished MCI from AD dementia converters (AUC = 0.70; 95% CI: 0.66–0.74). …”
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Impact of short-term aircraft noise on cardiovascular disease risk in the area surrounding London Heathrow airport: the RISTANCO epidemiological study by Xiangpu Gong, Nicole Itzkowitz, Calvin Jephcote, Kathryn Adams, Glory O Atilola, John Gulliver, Marta Blangiardo, Anna Hansell

“…Limitations The industry standard noise model, the Aviation Environmental Design Tool, used does not take account of wind direction, which may have led to some exposure misclassification. Conclusions We developed a comprehensive dataset of daily aircraft noise variability. …”
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