Evaluating key predictors of breast cancer through survival: a comparison of AFT frailty models with LASSO, ridge, and elastic net regularization by Senyefia Bosson-Amedenu, Emmanuel Ayitey, Francis Ayiah-Mensah, Luyton Asare

“…The study highlights the crucial role of risk stratification, as patients categorized into Low, Medium, and High-risk groups exhibit distinct survival patterns, aligning with the Extreme Value AFT Frailty Model. …”
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Longitudinal Digital Phenotyping of Multiple Sclerosis Severity Using Passively Sensed Behaviors and Ecological Momentary Assessments: Real-World Evaluation by Zongqi Xia, Prerna Chikersal, Shruthi Venkatesh, Elizabeth Walker, Anind K Dey, Mayank Goel

“…Smartphone sensors recorded call activity, location, and screen use, while fitness trackers captured heart rate, sleep patterns, and step count. …”
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Dynamics of free amino acids in beef during thermal processing and mathematical modeling of doneness correlation by Jiayu Sun, Lifen Wang, Zehua Huang, Nianguo Guo, Hongzhou An, Xiaobin Zhan, Mehdi Abddollahi, Zoltan Kovacs

“…During the frying process, beef proteins and free amino acids exhibit recognizable patterns that correspond to the central temperature. …”
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Latent dynamics of primary sensory cortical population activity structured by fluctuations in the local field potential by Audrey Sederberg, Audrey Sederberg, Audrey Sederberg, Audrey Sederberg, Aurélie Pala, Aurélie Pala, Garrett B. Stanley

“…Accumulating evidence from recordings of large neural populations suggests that neural population activity frequently exhibits relatively low-dimensional structure, with a small number of variables explaining a substantial fraction of the structure of the activity. While such structure has been observed across the brain, it is not known how reduced-dimension representations of neural population activity relate to classical metrics of “brain state,” typically described in terms of fluctuations in the local field potential (LFP), single-cell activity, and behavioral metrics.MethodsHidden state models were fit to spontaneous spiking activity of populations of neurons, recorded in the whisker area of primary somatosensory cortex of awake mice. …”
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Vulture dominance in a scavenger assemblage in the Neotropical dry forest by Paul Monar-Barragán, Hernán Vargas, Rubén Pineida, Andy Salazar, Emilio Virgos, Fabricio Narváez, Sebastián Kohn, Juan de Dios Morales, Juan Sebastián Restrepo-Cardona

“…We aimed to describe the vertebrate scavenger community of the tropical dry forest of western Ecuador and to identify the factors influencing carcass consumption patterns by this guild. Between November 2022 and May 2023, we placed 64 experimental carcasses of different sizes in eight camera-trapping stations (32 carcasses for each category). …”
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Transmission of single HIV-1 genomes and dynamics of early immune escape revealed by ultra-deep sequencing. by Will Fischer, Vitaly V Ganusov, Elena E Giorgi, Peter T Hraber, Brandon F Keele, Thomas Leitner, Cliff S Han, Cheryl D Gleasner, Lance Green, Chien-Chi Lo, Ambarish Nag, Timothy C Wallstrom, Shuyi Wang, Andrew J McMichael, Barton F Haynes, Beatrice H Hahn, Alan S Perelson, Persephone Borrow, George M Shaw, Tanmoy Bhattacharya, Bette T Korber

“…Conventional sequencing of HIV-1 from acute/early infection has shown different patterns of escape at different epitopes; we investigated the earliest escapes in exquisite detail. …”
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Model characteristics of the structure and interrelations of integral parameters of students' physical condition by Oleksandr Pryimakov, Marek Sawczuk, Oleksii Tymoshenko, Nataliya Mazurok

“…The study utilized factor analysis, correlation analysis, dispersion analysis, and regression analysis to examine the relationships and patterns within the collected data. Results. The analysis of intra- and intergroup relationships among the studied parameters revealed that the structure of physical condition (PC) is consistent between girls and boys. …”
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Hydra Radio Access Network (H-RAN): Multi-Functional Communications and Sensing Networks, Initial Access Implementation, and Task-2 Approach by Rafid I. Abd, Daniel J. Findley, Kwang Soon Kim

“…The SMTL model employs an approach to handling sparse and heterogeneous input data while performing multiple tasks based on the current network condition. …”
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Combustion Characteristics of Moxa Floss Under Nitrogen Atmosphere by Yukun Feng, Yifan Wu, Pengzhou Du, Yang Ma, Zhaoyi Zhuang

“…Through TG-DTG analysis, the thermal degradation patterns of the twelve moxa floss samples under nitrogen atmosphere were systematically examined to elucidate their pyrolysis behaviors, with particular emphasis on the influence of pyrolysis temperature and leaf-to-floss ratio on combustion characteristics. …”
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Case Report: A 55 kg retroperitoneal liposarcoma by Ren Yingzheng, An Junjie, Wang Guifei, Yang Yang, Dong Long, Jiang Linlin, Fang Zhiqiang, Bi Xiaogang, Dong Yonghong

“…However, unfortunately, 40 days after the operation, the patient died of multiple organ dysfunction due to pneumonia, heart failure, and intra-abdominal infection after anastomotic leakage.ConclusionsWhile Complete surgical resection (R0) remains the gold standard for RPLS management, radical multivisceral resection of massive tumors requires meticulous evaluation by a multidisciplinary team (MDT), encompassing patient fitness, tumor biology, and perioperative risk stratification. …”
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The diverse phenotypic and mutational landscape induced by fluoroquinolone treatment by Sayed Golam Mohiuddin, Pouria Kavousi, Diego Figueroa, Sreyashi Ghosh, Mehmet A. Orman

“…We uncovered novel findings, including highly tolerant mutants exhibiting unexpectedly low minimum inhibitory concentrations and others with shorter lag phases, challenging conventional patterns in bacterial resistance evolution. Our findings provide critical insights into the diverse pathways and mechanisms underpinning bacterial adaptation, underscoring the complexity of resistance evolution.…”
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Characterization of ion track-etched conical nanopores in thermal and PECVD SiO2 using small angle X-ray scattering by Shankar Dutt, Rudradeep Chakraborty, Christian Notthoff, Pablo Mota-Santiago, Christina Trautmann, Patrick Kluth

“…We present a new approach for analyzing the complex highly anisotropic two-dimensional SAXS patterns of the pores by reducing the analysis to two orthogonal one-dimensional slices of the data. …”
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Developing a framework for medical student feedback literacy using a triangulated thematic analysis by Mohamad Nabil Mohd Noor, Jessica Grace Cockburn, Chan Choong Foong, Chiann Ni Thiam, Yang Faridah Abdul Aziz, Tiiu Sildva, Galvin Sim Siang Lin, Jamuna Vadivelu

“…Patient safety and reflective practice emerged as new components of feedback literacy exclusive to medical students, while emotional regulation and the use of multiple feedback sources were adapted to fit the medical education context. …”
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Neural correlates of emotional working memory predict depression and anxiety by Leiting Li, Leiting Li, Meirong Sun, Meirong Sun, Meirong Sun, Mengdi Qi, Yiwen Li, Dongwei Li, Dongwei Li

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Data-driven soil salinization mapping: risk prediction and uncertainty quantification based on Bayesian inference by Yujian Yang, Ying Zhao, Rongjiang Yao, Xueqin Tong

“…The results indicated that the maps generated by the Kriging interpolation and INLA-SPDE approach showed similar distribution patterns for soil salinization but differed in detail. …”
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Influence of underpasses and traffic on white‐tailed deer highway permeability by Norris L. Dodd, Jeffrey W. Gagnon

“…We fitted 13 deer with Global Positioning System (GPS) collars between 2004 and 2007. …”
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Resuscitation-promoting factor (Rpf) terminates dormancy among diverse soil bacteria by Jay T. Lennon, Brent K. Lehmkuhl, Lingling Chen, Melissa Illingworth, Venus Kuo, Mario E. Muscarella

“…We then tested the effects of recombinant Rpf from Micrococcus KBS0714 on a diverse set of dormant soil bacteria. Patterns of resuscitation mapped onto strain phylogeny, which reflected core features of the cell envelope. …”
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Fine-grained temporal population monitoring of a declining, critically endangered Hawaiian honeycreeper by Richard J. Camp, Chauncey K. Asing, Noah Hunt, Alex Wang, Chris Farmer, Lindsey Neitmann, Paul C. Banko

“…Additionally, this temporally fine-grained sampling provides information on seasonal movement patterns and resource tracking, and population response to management and conservation actions. …”
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Hydrogen, Methane, Brine Flow Behavior, and Saturation in Sandstone Cores During H₂ and CH₄ Injection and Displacement by Lirong Zhong, Seunghwan Baek, Mond Guo, Christopher Bagwell, Nicolas Huerta

“…In this work, H₂ and CH₄ were injected through brine-saturated sandstone cores using a tri-axial core holder system fitted with flow rate meters and pressure transducers, while the effluent gas concentrations were analyzed using an online micro gas chromatograph. …”
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Health literacy profiling of parents in two disadvantaged inner-city areas in the United Kingdom by Samantha Belfrage, Margaret Husted, Simon Fraser, Sanjay Patel, James Faulkner

“…In both cities, one cluster (44% of participants) exhibited high scores across all domains, while another cluster (20% of participants) displayed significant challenges across all domains. …”
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