Association between ambient temperature and increased total length of hospital stay of patients with cardiopulmonary disease in Hong Kong by Chenxiang Long, Shengyu Guo, Ping Tian, Yingying Sun

“…BackgroundWhile temperature extremes have been shown to be associated with an increased risk of hospital admissions, evidence of their impact on the length of hospital stay, which may capture the lingering effects of temperature extremes, is scarce.ObjectivesWe aimed to evaluate the association between daily variation in ambient temperature and daily variation in daily total length of stay (daily TLOS), a composite measure encompassing the daily count of hospital admissions and their corresponding length of hospital stay among cardiopulmonary patients. …”
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Pharmacogenetic and pharmacokinetic factors for dexmedetomidine-associated hemodynamic instability in pediatric patients by Yanping Guan, Bilian Li, Yiyu Zhang, Hao Luo, Xueding Wang, Xue Bai, Zhuoling Zheng, Yaying Huang, Wei Wei, Min Huang, Xingrong Song, Guoping Zhong

“…A validated population pharmacokinetic model was used to estimate pharmacokinetic parameters. …”
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Stable isotope δ18O dynamic fractionation coefficient between water and sea ice in the Arctic Ocean by Dongping Song, Robert Newton, Peter Schlosser, Stephanie Pfirman

“…Variations in stable oxygen isotopic compositions in sea ice provide information on environmental conditions during sea ice formation and also are important in understanding the regional and temporal aspects of the fresh water budget of the Arctic Ocean. …”
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Electromagnetic textile absorber applied to 4G and 5G bands by Paulo H. B. Carvalho, Ewaldo E. C. Santana, Allan K. D. Barros Filho, Paulo F. Silva Júnior, Keyll C. R. Martins, Talita C. Azevedo, Waldemir P. Martins, Mauro A. Medeiros, Rubens S. Gonçalves, Lourival M. Sousa Filho, Gricirene S. Correia, Gabrielle M. Fernandes, Talita C. Pinheiro, Brenda A. S. Rodrigues, Carlos A. M. Cruz

“…The measurements were carried out in a Vector Network Analyzer, model E5071C Agilent Technologies, with the characterization of the Denim substrate, the glue, and the identification of the best parameters for the construction of the absorber. …”
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A Vulnerable-by-Design IoT Sensor Framework for Cybersecurity in Smart Agriculture by Emil Marian Pasca, Daniela Delinschi, Rudolf Erdei, Iulia Baraian, Oliviu Dorin Matei

“…We identified distinctive temporal signatures for each attack type and quantified these relationships through a composite detectability score. Our LSTM-based validation achieved moderate recall (0.5473 average) with significant variation across fault conditions (0.3194–0.8145), while maintaining strong precision (0.8285). …”
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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

“…Data sources Aircraft noise levels modelled using a standard noise model for: (1) daily equivalent continuous sound levels at different times of day; (2) daily number of events above defined noise thresholds (2018 only). …”
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The neighborhood energy balance equation: does neighborhood food retail environment + physical activity environment = obesity? The CARDIA study. by Janne Boone-Heinonen, Ana V Diez-Roux, David C Goff, Catherine M Loria, Catarina I Kiefe, Barry M Popkin, Penny Gordon-Larsen

“…Using regression with fixed effects for individuals, we modeled time-lagged BMI as a function of food and PA resource density (counts per population) and neighborhood development intensity (a composite density score). …”
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Optimizing coconut fiber-modified hot mix asphalt for enhanced mechanical performance using response surface methodology by Nasir Khan, Muslich Hartadi Sutanto, Inamullah Khan, Shabir Hussain Khahro, Mohammad Abdul Malik

“…Sixty Marshall samples with varying fiber content, bitumen content, and fiber length were prepared to develop the RSM model based on 20 runs. Fiber content (%), fiber length (mm), and bitumen content (%) were considered as factors, while marshall stability (KN) and flow (mm) were taken as responses. …”
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Digitally mapping soil health at regional scale: disentangling drivers and predicting spatial land use effects by Valentina Rubio, Joseph Amsili, David G. Rossiter, Andrew McDonald, Harold van Es

“…The models include conventional effects of inherent soil properties and climate on SH, but also prove the pivotal role of land use and cropping systems, explaining on average 63% of SH variation. …”
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A Rice-Mapping Method with Integrated Automatic Generation of Training Samples and Random Forest Classification Using Google Earth Engine by Yuqing Fan, Debao Yuan, Liuya Zhang, Maochen Zhao, Renxu Yang

“…Finally, a random forest (RF) probabilistic model trained by integrating data from different phenological periods was used for rice mapping. …”
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Delayed Starch Degradation Triggers Chromoplast Structural Aberration to Inhibit Carotenoid Cleavage: A Novel Mechanism for Flower Color Deepening in <i>Osmanthus fragrans</i> by Xiangling Zeng, Yunfei Tan, Xin Wen, Qiang He, Hui Wu, Jingjing Zou, Jie Yang, Xuan Cai, Hongguo Chen

“…This study proposes for the first time the pathway of “starch degradation delay → chromoplast structural abnormalities → carotenoid cleavage inhibition” for deepening flower color, providing a new theoretical model for the metabolic regulation of carotenoids in non-photosynthetic tissues of plants. …”
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Penaeus vannamei Genetic Evaluation for Growth and Survival Traits During White Spot Syndrome Virus Infection Based on 55K SNP Chip by Yijing HE, Mianyu LIU, Sheng LUAN, Jie KONG, Xupeng LI, Baoxiang CAO, Kun LUO, Jian TAN, Jiawang CAO, Ping DAI, Guangfeng QIANG, Zhaoxin WANG, Juan SUI, Xianhong MENG

“…Based on the two-trait animal model, the estimated genetic correlation between the body length of P. vannamei and survival time of individuals against WSSV and SS50 were 0.13±0.20 and 0.30±0.22, respectively, which were not significantly different from 0 (P > 0.05). …”
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Spatial distribution and urban–rural disparity of unmet need for family planning among married/in-union women in Ethiopia: a spatial and decomposition analysis by Shimels Derso Kebede, Daniel Niguse Mamo, Jibril Bashir Adem, Agmasie Damtew Walle, Yawkal Tsega, Elsabeth Addisu, Zinabu Bekele Tadese, Ermias Bekele Enyew

“…Finally, multivariable decomposition analysis via a logit model was used to decompose the observed difference in unmet need by the compositional difference and the difference in effects of explanatory variables between places of residence.ResultsSpatial distribution of unmet need for family planning was clustered in Ethiopia with a global Moran's I index value of 0.25 (p-value = 0.004). …”
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Exploring the Relationship between Spatiotemporal Distribution of Urban Vibrancy and Neighborhood Attributes by Coupling Multi-Source Data: A Case of Nanshan District in Shenzhen by Liu Feng, Tang Zhong, Zhang Liang, Yu Lingmin, Liu Ke

“…The effects of greenness, openness, business function, traffic function, residence function, and living function variate depends on space changes as well as the inhibiting effects of casual function; 3) Neighborhood with compact buildings, composite functions, and green surroundings motivate the surge of urban vibrancy; therefore, the creation of spaces with mixed functionality and compact structure, routes with diverse street view interface elements and open sky views, places with multi-level and highly accessible blue-green landscapes, and cultivation of new urban functions through urban renewal are encouraged during urban construction. …”
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Analysis of the spatiotemporal evolution pattern of the synergistic relationship among high temperature, drought, and CHTDs in climate transition zones by Hui Su, Chunxiao Wu, Shuai Zhou, Xiangxu Song, Jiaqi Tian, Xiaoqing Han, Xiao Zhang, Ting Zhang

“…Subsequently, predictions from the coupled four climate models (CanESM5, CNRM-CM6–1, CNRM-ESM2–1, and IPSL-CM6A-LR) and the statistical downscaling model are used to construct standardized precipitation evapotranspiration indices and standardized temperature indices, which reveal the spatiotemporal evolution characteristics of drought and high temperatures in the watershed under different future scenarios (SSP126, SSP245, SSP585). …”
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Effectiveness and risk of ARB and ACEi among different ethnic groups in England: A reference trial (ONTARGET) emulation analysis using UK Clinical Practice Research Datalink Aurum-... by Paris J Baptiste, Angel Y S Wong, Anna Schultze, Catherine M Clase, Clémence Leyrat, Elizabeth Williamson, Emma Powell, Johannes F E Mann, Marianne Cunnington, Koon Teo, Shrikant I Bangdiwala, Peggy Gao, Kevin Wing, Laurie Tomlinson

“…We assessed outcomes using an inverse-probability-weighted Cox proportional hazards model for ARB versus ACEi with heterogeneity by ethnicity assessed on the relative and absolute scale. …”
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Experimental Study on the Influence of Crack Penetration Rate on Strength Properties of Expansive Soil by HU Bo, WANG Shuai, SUN Hui, GENG Hong-bin, WANG Qing, ZHOU Hong-jun

“…It seeks to establish a predictive model for shear strength based on penetration rate, providing a scientific basis for evaluating the stability of engineering slopes. …”
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How lived experiences of illness trajectories, burdens of treatment, and social inequalities shape service user and caregiver participation in health and social care: a theory-info... by Carl R May, Katja C Gravenhorst, Alyson Hillis, Mick Arber, Carolyn A Chew-Graham, Katie I Gallacher, Frances S Mair, Ellen Nolte, Alison Richardson

“…Strengths and limitations Our search strategies deliberately prioritised variation over specificity, and led to a maximum variation sample of studies of lived experiences of index conditions. …”
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Research on the Combined Load-Bearing Mechanism of Deeply Buried Pressure Pipelines Under High Internal Water Pressure by LIU Yijie, ZHANG Xuhui, HUANG Bensheng, YANG Fengjie, YUAN Mingdao, XU Yunqian

“…Based on this model, the variation laws of the joint bearing sharing ratio under different internal water pressures, gap sizes, and surrounding rock types were systematically analyzed. …”
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Global, regional and national burden of bladder cancer and its attributable risk factors in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of... by Jasvinder A Singh, Vesna Zadnik, Mohammad Ali Mansournia, Alessandra Lugo, Silvano Gallus, Amir Almasi-Hashiani, Saeid Safiri, Mahdi Sepidarkish, Mohsen Naghavi, Fares Alahdab, Félix Carvalho, Lalit Dandona, Rakhi Dandona, Farshad Farzadfar, Eduarda Fernandes, Irina Filip, Samer Hamidi, Simon I Hay, Reza Malekzadeh, Tomislav Mestrovic, Shafiu Mohammed, Ali H Mokdad, Lorenzo Monasta, Huong Lan Thi Nguyen, Amir Radfar, Alireza Rafiei, Gholamreza Roshandel, Khanh Bao Tran, Ahmad Ghashghaee, Giuseppe Gorini, Mariam Molokhia, Ahad Ashrafi-Asgarabad, Salman Rawaf, Dejana Braithwaite, Nicholas L S Roberts, Vahid Alipour, Jalal Arabloo, Ali Bijani, Mowafa Househ, Olayinka Stephen Ilesanmi, Bartosz Miazgowski, Abdollah Mohammadian-Hafshejani, Reza Mohammadpourhodki, Cuong Tat Nguyen, Navid Rabiee, David Laith Rawaf, Abdallah M Samy, Sadaf G Sepanlou, Bach Xuan Tran, Zhi-Jiang Zhang, Giulia Carreras, Masood Ali Shaikh, Hai Quang Pham, Faris Hasan Lami, Stanislav S Otstavnov, Rajan Nikbakhsh, Roman Topor-Madry, G Anil Kumar, Tone Bjørge, Nima Hafezi-Nejad, Dinh-Toi Chu, Farahnaz Joukar, Mukhammad David Naimzada, Ali-Asghar Kolahi, Amir Abdoli, Atif Amin Baig, Mansour Ghafourifard, Soheil Hassanipour, Segun Emmanuel Ibitoye, Milena D Ilic, Carlo La Vecchia, Masoud Moghadaszadeh, Priya Rathi, Feng Sha, Maryam Zamanian, Mahaveer Golechha, Shailesh M Advani, Akshaya Srikanth Bhagavathula, Artem Alekseevich Fomenkov, Rahmatollah Moradzadeh, Mariya Vladimirovna Titova, Yohannes Tekalegn, Xiaochen Dai, Yonas Getaye Tefera, Bingyu Li, Iman El Sayed, Seyed Aria Nejadghaderi, Mark J M Sullman, Eman Abu-Gharbieh, Erfan Amini, Etsay Woldu Anbesu, Jason A Anderson, Atalel Fentahun Awedew, Antonio Biondi, Florentino Luciano Caetano dos Santos, Kelly Compton, Vera Marisa Costa, Meseret Derbew Molla, Abebaw Alemayehu Desta, Mostafa Dianatinasab, Hedyeh Ebrahimi, Sahar Eftekharzadeh, Babak Eshrati, Berhanu Elfu Feleke, Kebebe Bekele Gonfa, James D Harvey, Hannah Jacqueline Henrikson, Irena M Ilic, Seyedeh-Sanam Ladi-Seyedian, Iván Landires, Irmina Maria Michalek, Osama Mohamad, Behnam Nabavizadeh, Mohammad Reza Nowroozi, Virginia Nuñez-Samudio, Majid Pirestani, Faheem Hyder Pottoo, Nima Rezaei, Sara Sheikhbahaei, Sudeep K Siddappa Malleshappa, Emma Elizabeth Spurlock, Eyayou Girma Tadesse, Eugenio Traini, Ravensara S Travillian, Marco Vacante, Rixing Xu, Yordanos Gizachew Yeshitila

“…Mortality data and incidence data transformed to mortality estimates using the mortality to incidence ratio (MIR) were used in a cause of death ensemble model to estimate mortality. Mortality estimates were divided by the MIR to produce incidence estimates. …”
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