Identification of common spatial and temporal trends in the epidemiology of cattle bovine tuberculosis and human extrapulmonary and drug-resistant tuberculosis in Malawi by Alfred Ngwira, Samuel Manda, Esron Daniel Karimuribo, Sharadhuli Iddi Kimera

“…The shared temporal effects showed constant trends, while disease specific temporal effects showed an increasing pattern for cattle BTB and a constant pattern for human EPTB and DRTB. …”
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Nitrogen source orchestrates pH modulation and secondary metabolism in Trichoderma harzianum by Stefania Vitale, Felice Salzano, Alessia Staropoli, Roberta Marra, David Turrà, Matteo Lorito, Francesco Vinale

“…Examining specific nitrogen sources, we found that sodium nitrate induced environmental alkalinization, while ammonium nitrate caused sustained acidification. …”
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Probable developmental, neurological and evolutionary trend in complex morphological structures: foramen magnum outlines analytic comparisons in four orders; Chiroptera: (Eidolon h... by Oluwale Michael Samuel, Olumayowa Olawumi Igado

“…Parsimony analysis indicated that Canis familiaris displayed the highest variation in FM evolution, suggesting a greater likelihood of malformation at the root branch of its phylogeny while T. brachyptera was least and more closely related to other species; NJ lead joiner with minimum branch length was P. tricuspis while sub tree and closest sub-tree pairs were A. albiventris and E. helvum respectively. …”
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UWB Base Station Deployment Optimization Method Considering NLOS Effects Based on Levy Flight-Improved Particle Swarm Optimizer by Shengliang Wang, Ming Gao, Ling’ai Li, Dong Lv, Yingqi Li

“…The experimental results of the underground garage demonstrate that the optimal 13 BS layout scheme, obtained through LPSO, outperforms the 7 BS layout scheme by 34.9% while reducing the horizontal dilution of precision (HDOP) values by 81.7%. …”
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Short-term associations of diarrhoeal diseases in children with temperature and precipitation in seven low- and middle-income countries from Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia in th... by Nasif Hossain, Lina Madaniyazi, Chris Fook Sheng Ng, Dilruba Nasrin, Xerxes Tesoro Seposo, Paul L C Chua, Rui Pan, Abu Syed Golam Faruque, Masahiro Hashizume

“…Diarrhoeal surveillance system settings should be conceptualized based on the observed pattern of climate change in these locations.…”
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QuantiFly: Robust Trainable Software for Automated Drosophila Egg Counting. by Dominic Waithe, Peter Rennert, Gabriel Brostow, Matthew D W Piper

“…Many laboratories count Drosophila eggs as a marker of fitness. The existing method requires laboratory researchers to count eggs manually while looking down a microscope. …”
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“Simplifying” Digital Complexity? A Socio-Technical Perspective. Editorial Introduction to Issue 33 of CSIMQ by Mikko Rajanen, Aurelio Ravarini

“…A socio-technical perspective sees an organization as a combination of two components – a social and a technical one. The real pattern of behavior in the organization is determined by how well these parts fit each other. …”
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Antimicrobial resistance in the Nordics: mapping existing surveillance systems and assessing the impact of COVID-19 using regression models by Tam T. Tran, Adriana Krolicka, Ananda Tiwari, Tarja Pitkänen, Rolf Lood, Ásta Margrét Ásmundsdóttir, Odd-Gunnar Wikmark

“…Iceland had the highest human AMU, while Sweden had the lowest. Drug categories, countries, and sectors were significant predictors in the model used to fit human AMU. …”
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Intelligent Environmental Health Risk Assessment System for the Elderly in Cold Regions Based on Artificial Intelligence Integrated Development Environment by Tianheng ZHANG, Yao FU, Jian GAO, Huanran XUE

“…The research addresses the unique challenges faced by the elderly in cold regions, where prolonged low temperatures significantly impact cardiovascular health and outdoor activity patterns, creating special health management challenges for this vulnerable population. …”
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Age-dependent male mating investment in Drosophila pseudoobscura. by Sumit Dhole, Karin S Pfennig

“…We also found that larger male mating investments resulted in higher fitness payoffs. Our results show that male and female ages interact to form a complex pattern of age-specific male mating investment and fitness.…”
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Vibration mitigation in interlocking metasurfaces by O. Bolmin, P.J. Noell, N. Leathe, B.L. Boyce

“…While the strength of ILMs has been explored previously, it is also possible to envision ILMs that possess the ability to dampen vibration or tailor energy transmission across the interface. …”
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Substance use among Indian Physicians: A narrative review by Yesh Chandra Singh, Roshan Bhad, Arun Kandaswamy

“…Aim: We conducted a narrative review to assess the rate and pattern of substance use among Indian physicians. …”
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Runoff Potentiality of a Watershed through SCS and Functional Data Analysis Technique by M. I. Adham, S. M. Shirazi, F. Othman, S. Rahman, Z. Yusop, Z. Ismail

“…As runoff data represents a periodic pattern in each watershed, Fourier series was introduced to fit the smooth curve of eight watersheds. …”
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Impact of Insecticide Resistance on P. falciparum Vectors’ Biting, Feeding, and Resting Behaviour in Selected Clusters in Teso North and South Subcounties in Busia County, Western... by Edward K. Githinji, Lucy W. Irungu, Paul N. Ndegwa, Maxwell G. Machani, Richard O. Amito, Brigid J. Kemei, Paul N. Murima, Geoffrey M. Ombui, Antony K. Wanjoya, Charles M. Mbogo, Evan M. Mathenge

“…No heterozygous mosquito was found resting indoor while 4.2% of the mosquitoes were caught while exiting the house through the window. …”
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The three stages of religious decline around the world by Jörg Stolz, Nan Dirk de Graaf, Conrad Hackett, Jean-Philippe Antonietti

“…While Eastern post-Soviet countries deviate from this pattern, traditionally Muslim countries appear to follow its early stages. …”
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Reverse convection potential saturation during northward IMF by V. Wilder, C. R. Clauer, J. B. H. Baker

“…We then use bin‐averaged SuperDARN convection data and apply a spherical harmonic fit to calculate the average potential pattern for each northward IMF bin. …”
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Unravelling metabolic cross‐feeding in a yeast–bacteria community using 13C‐based proteomics by Natalia Gabrielli, Christoniki Maga‐Nteve, Eleni Kafkia, Mandy Rettel, Jakob Loeffler, Stephan Kamrad, Athanasios Typas, Kiran Raosaheb Patil

“…While the yeast provided essential amino acids to the bacterium as expected, the data also uncovered a complex pattern of amino acid exchange. …”
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Sloppiness Consistency in Biomechanical Models and Its Inspired Dual‐Space Model Optimization by Jiabao Tang, Wenyang Liu, Yiqi Mao, Shujuan Hou

“…The proposed program offers a guide for effectively simplifying models while tightly ensuring parameter identifiability and prediction accuracy. …”
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Exploring C-peptide loss in type 1 diabetes using growth curve analysis. by Rachel E J Besser, Johnny Ludvigsson, Peter C Hindmarsh, Tim J Cole

“…The aims were to summarise the pattern of CP loss (i.e. growth curve shape) in individual patients in simple terms, and to identify baseline characteristics that predict this pattern in individuals.…”
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The Co-Occurrence of Zooplankton and Phytoplankton in Shengjin Lake, a Typical Yangtze-Connected Lake in China by Yuxin Shi, Yue Liang, Yutao Wang, Peng Xu, Chunlin Li

“…Due to biotic interactions, rotifers primarily exhibit a positive co-occurrence pattern with one diatom and one cyanobacterium, while copepods mainly show a negative co-occurrence pattern with one diatom and one cyanobacterium. …”
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