Meningococcal Infection in Novosibirsk: Changes in Epidemiology and Prevention Problems by I. Ya. Izvekova, L. V. Samoilova, L. Yu. Chernyshova, O. A. Simkina, T. Yu. Ivleva, E. I. Krasnova, U. A. Arkhipova

“…An analysis of the epidemiological patterns of MI in the NSO revealed the presence of significant fluctuations in the incidence rates with multiple replacements of the leading strains of meningococcus, in the absence of immunity to all the main pathogens of MI in the vast majority of the region's inhabitants (from 60% to 82.92% of the population in different years remained seronegative to meningococcus serogroup A, 100% of the examined are seronegative to serogroup C). …”
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The potential of stem cell therapy in Multiple Sclerosis treatment: a review by Sorina Amarculesei, Ava O'Meara Cushen, Cathy Brougham

“…Current knowledge shows that there is potential for adipose derived stem cells to replace other adult stem cell-based therapies, as they are much more readily available and involve less invasive isolation procedures. …”
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The Detection of Past and Future Land Use and Land Cover Change in Ugam Chatkal National Park, Uzbekistan, Using CA-Markov and Random Forest Machine Learning Algorithms by Bokhir Alikhanov, Bakhtiyor Pulatov, Luqmon Samiev

“…Hard and soft sce-narios predict similar patterns for the future: a decline in glacier cover and a rise of tree cover, rock and rangelands, with a slight increase in agriculture and urban classes. …”
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A Rasch model based psychometric evaluation of different versions of the Minimal Insomnia Symptom Scale (MISS) among adults by Albert Westergren, Gita Hedin, Peter Hagell, Charlotte Bäccman, Annika Norell

“…Abstract Background Insomnia is a common health complaint among adults and is associated with poor health. Sleeping patterns differ due to age, with younger adults having greater problems with sleep deprivation causing problems during daytime, and older adults having greater problems with nocturnal awakenings during nights. …”
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A lightweight Deeplab V3+ network integrating deep transitive transfer learning and attention mechanism for burned area identification by Lizhi Liu, Ying Guo, Erxue Chen, Zengyuan Li, Yu Li, Yang Liu, Qiang Zhang, Bing Wang

“…Abstract Complete and accurate burned area map data are needed to document spatial and temporal patterns of fires, to quantify their drivers, and to assess the impacts on human and natural systems. …”
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Interface Pharmacotechniques: Conditions and Opportunities by K. A. Ocheretyany

“…The article deals with finding environmental patterns for the digital environment – at the moment, digital environments are more likely to bring a person closer to machine and technical requirements. …”
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Implication of new WHO growth standards on identification of risk factors and estimated prevalence of malnutrition in rural Malawian infants. by Marc-André Prost, Andreas Jahn, Sian Floyd, Hazzie Mvula, Eleneus Mwaiyeghele, Venance Mwinuka, Thomas Mhango, Amelia C Crampin, Nuala McGrath, Paul E M Fine, Judith R Glynn

“…<h4>Background</h4>The World Health Organization (WHO) released new Child Growth Standards in 2006 to replace the current National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) growth reference. …”
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INFLUENCE OF THE EVAPORITE FORMATION STRUCTURE ON SALT TECTONICS AND HYDROCARBON TRAPS (BY THE RESULTS OF NUMERICAL SIMULATION OF HALOKINESIS IN THE PRE-CASPIAN) by B. V. Lunev, V. V. Lapkovsky, M. P. Antipov, Y. A. Volozh, I. S. Postnikova

“…As it increases from 0 to 6 km towards the center of the basin, stamp (embryonic) salt uplifts are replaced by salt pillows first and then by salt domes and diapirs, finally changing to salt massifs and amoeboid-shaped salt ridges. …”
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Biodiversité méditerranéenne et changements globaux : cas du complexe de zones humides de Guerbès-Senhadja (Algérie) by Oumessaad Toubal, Abderrazak Boussehaba, Abderrahmane Toubal, Boudjéma Samraoui

“…The draining of marshes is altering their hydrological functions and is inducing the loss of indigenous and hygrophilous plants, replaced by pyrophilous ones. The dam, located upstream of the study area, is also increasing water pollution by reducing the water flow.In order to stem the increasing erosion of local biodiversity and sustain wetlands resilience (K.L. …”
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Deep Learning-Based MRI Brain Tumor Segmentation With EfficientNet-Enhanced UNet by Pradeep Kumar Tiwary, Prashant Johri, Alok Katiyar, Mayur Kumar Chhipa

“…However, challenges arise from similar intensity patterns, varying tumor shapes, and indistinct boundaries, which complicate brain tumor segmentation. …”
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Study of Average Characteristic Parameters of Isotopes, Isotones and Isobars by Electron and Proton Scattering by Mirteimour Mirabutalybov, Mina Aliyeva

“…A joint analysis of experimental work on the elastic scattering of electrons and protons on spherical nuclei leads to the conclusion that the distribution patterns of protons and neutrons differ from each other. …”
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Geology and mineralization of the Bayan Obo supergiant carbonatite-type REE-Nb-Fe deposit in Inner Mongolia, China: A review by Yi-ke Li, Chang-hui Ke, Hong-quan She, Deng-hong Wang, Cheng Xu, An-jian Wang, Rui-ping Li, Zi-dong Peng, Ze-ying Zhu, Kui-feng Yang, Wei Chen, Jian-wei Zi, Wen-lei Song, Yong-gang Zhao, Li Zhang, Hong Yu, Bin Guo, Sheng-quan Zhou, Xing-yu Yuan, Jing-yao Liu

“…However, the migration pattern of SiO2, CaO, and MgO in this novel metasomatic process is opposite to the skarn alteration. …”
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Photon Fluence Rate and Temperature Effects on Temperate Atlantic Kelp Species by Tomás F. Pinheiro, Silvia Chemello, Isabel Sousa-Pinto, Tânia R. Pereira

“…These findings raise new hypotheses regarding future distribution patterns under climate change: while <i>L. ochroleuca</i> may continue expanding polewards and potentially replace other <i>Laminaria</i> spp. at shallow depths, low-light-adapted, cold-water species may retain a competitive advantage in deeper zones.…”
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Pretraining-improved Spatiotemporal graph network for the generalization performance enhancement of traffic forecasting by Xiangyue Zhang, Chao Li, Ling Ji, Yuyun Kang, Mingming Pan, Zhuo Liu, Qiang Qi

“…Additionally, adding or replacing datasets in a trained model requires retraining, which decreases prediction accuracy and increases time cost. …”
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Comparative analysis of antimicrobial resistance of Salmonella enterica serovar typhimurium and its monophasic variant in food and clinical patients in He’nan Province from 2015 to... by WU Lingling, QIU Zhengyong, LI Yongli, LIAO Xingguang, HAN Zhiwei, ZHANG Xiuli

“…The common multiple dominant antimicrobial resistance spectrum was ampicillin-chloramphenicol-trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole-tetracycline pattern.ConclusionMonophasic S. typhimurium had replaced S. typhimurium as predominant serotype in clinical patients in Henan Province. …”
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Distributions of non‐native and native plants are not determined by the same environmental factors by Bart Steen, Antoine Adde, Martin A. Schlaepfer, Antoine Guisan, Luigi Maiorano

“…Abstract Global environmental change will cause shifts in species communities, with non‐native species likely replacing native ones at an unprecedented rate. This will have consequences for biodiversity and ecosystem services, in addition to the ecological and economic damage caused by those non‐native species that are invasive. …”
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A simulation-based framework for leveraging shared autonomous vehicles to enhance disaster evacuations in rural regions with a focus on vulnerable populations by Alican Sevim, Qianwen Guo, Eren Erman Ozguven

“…Conversely, mixed traffic environments demonstrate reduced average speeds attributable to interactions between SAVs and passenger cars, while exclusive use of SAVs results in higher speeds and more stable travel patterns. Additionally, a comparison experiment was conducted to examine whether the observed improvements with SAVs were a result of their unique capabilities or simply coincidental, by replacing SAVs with conventional buses under identical conditions.…”
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Problems of Soviet procedural law enforcement in 1930s. by A. Kodintsev

“…The determination of historical patterns of judicial enforcement in the USSR in the 1930s and the identification of the causes of the ineffectiveness of the proceedings in this period.Methodology. …”
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Population-Based Research to Identify Higher Users of Acute Care Hospital Beds in Canada for Individualized Attention by Donna M. Wilson, Yiling Zhou

“…Conclusions: People with high-use patterns could have services designed to reduce their need for and use of inpatient-based care. …”
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The Impact of Hepatic Arterial Variations and Reconstructions on Arterial Complications in Liver Transplantation by Catalina Nausica PICU, Florin BOTEA, Vladislav BRASOVEANU, Doina HREHORET, Sorin ALEXANDRESCU, Razvan GRIGORIE, Irinel POPESCU

“…Results: Anatomical variants of the classical pattern were detected in 26.3% of the livers (n = 55). …”
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