Space-time trends in fetal mortality in Brazil, 1996–2021 by João Batista Francalino da Rocha, Italla Maria Pinheiro Bezerra, Elyecleyde Katiane da Silva Oliveira, Aline Bergamini Effgen Sena, Francisco Naildo Cardoso Leitão, Luiz Carlos de Abreu

“…The percentage change (PC), annual percentage change (APC), and average annual percentage change (AAPC) were calculated using Joinpoint regression to determine the trend patterns: increasing, decreasing, or stationary. Excel 2019, Stata, and Joinpoint Regression software were used. …”
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Missing Black males among preterm births in the US, 1995 to 2019. by Tim A Bruckner, Suman Chakrabarti, Brenda Bustos, Ralph Catalano, Alison Gemmill, Joan A Casey, Hedwig Lee

“…NH Black PTB sex ratios are especially low for twins and for births to mothers 35 years or older. Only NH white PTB sex ratios show a trend over the test period.…”
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The OpenMindat v1.0.0 R package: a machine interface to Mindat open data to facilitate data-intensive geoscience discoveries by X. Que, J. Zhang, W. Chen, J. Ralph, X. Ma

“…<p>Technologies such as machine learning and deep learning are powering the discovery of meaningful patterns in Earth science big data. In the field of mineralogy, Mindat (“mindat.org”) is one of the largest databases. …”
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Association between three-timepoint maternal blood pressure trajectories during pregnancy and low birth weight: a longitudinal study based on NHANES 2005–2006 by Huiqiang Liu, Yanping Wei, Wen Zhang, Fei Meng, Nina Ding, Xicui Liu

“…Stratified analyses indicated that this association was more pronounced in mothers who were older than 40 years, had a BMI &gt;28, had lower income, did not consume alcohol, and had abnormal cholesterol levels. …”
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Bacterial flora of chronic venous leg ulcers: Shifts over a two-decade period by Matić Milan, Matić Aleksandra

“…Antibiotic sensitivity varied over the years, with older antibiotics showing decreased efficacy and newer classes demonstrating increased sensitivity. …”
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Global burden and risk factors of childhood cardiovascular disease (1990–2021) by Caixia Hou, Nan Zhang, Chao Liu, Weijun Gao

“…However, global data analyses on the burden of CCVD remain limited, particularly regarding variations across socio-demographic index (SDI) levels and effects of major risk factors.ObjectiveThis study aimed to investigate worldwide patterns in the incidence and mortality of CCVD between 1990 and 2021 and examine how these trends vary by SDI, gender, age, and major environmental risk factors.MethodsThis study analyzed the incidence, mortality, and estimated annual percentage change (EAPC) of CCVD in children aged 0 to 14 years during 1990–2021. …”
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Migrations of juvenile chum salmon in the Okhotsk Sea; comparative analysis of efficiency for fish hatchery complexes in Far East of Russia and in Japan by Eugene A. Shevlyakov, Alexandra I. Chistyakova

“…Abundance and structure of feeding aggregations of chum salmon are analyzed on the results of the otoliths processing sampled in different areas of the Okhotsk Sea in 2011-2014 and scheme of their autumn migrations in dependence on the sea surface temperature (SST) patterns, using the data on catching the fish with the otoliths marked in hatcheries. …”
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Weather influenced nestling growth of an insectivorous but not a granivorous grassland passerine in Argentina by Martín Alejandro Colombo, Adrián Jauregui, Luciano N. Segura

“…However, most of these patterns have been described in insectivorous cavity-nesting birds in temperate forests. …”
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Temporal Associations of the SARS-CoV-2 NP Antigen and Anti-Spike Total Ig Levels with Laboratory Parameters in a Greek Cohort of Hospitalized COVID-19 Patients by Erasmia Rouka, Ourania S. Kotsiou, Garyfallia Perlepe, Athanasios Pagonis, Ioannis Pantazopoulos, Konstantinos I. Gourgoulianis

“…The temporal correlation patterns of the SARS-CoV-2 NP Ag and anti-S total Ig levels with laboratory markers varied among patients with differing degrees of COVID-19 severity. …”
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Intrinsic capacity and its change predict cardiovascular disease risk in early cardiovascular-kidney-metabolic syndrome: a nationwide cohort study by Fei Song, Meng-Jin Hu, Jinggang Xia, Chunlin Yin

“…Trajectory analysis identified three longitudinal patterns of IC with age: class 1, ‘low level’ (12%); class 2, ‘medium level’ (25%); class 3, ‘high level’ (63%). …”
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The Effects of Prescribed Fire on Artificial Wild Turkey Nest Survival in Closed‐Canopy Mixed Hardwood Forest by Mariah G. McInnis, Robert A. Gitzen, Bret A. Collier, William D. Gulsby

“…Nests were systematically distributed throughout the study area at a density of 1 nest/202 ha in areas burned 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5–10 years prior to ensure proportional representation of time since fire. …”
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Clinical Features and Surgical Management of Bile Duct Cyst in Adults by Xin Wu, Binglu Li, Chaoji Zheng, Xiaodong He

“…We constructed a retrospective database and analyzed records of 106 patients (mean age, 41.0±14.8 years; 18 men (17.0%)) with BDC treated at our institution from May 2012 to October 2018. …”
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Statistical Assessment of The Development of Digital Skills of The Employed Population in The Russian Federation by P. E. Prokhorov

“…The purpose of this study is to develop a methodology for quantifying the skills of using digital technologies among the employed population based on official statistical methodology, testing it on real data, as well as analyzing trends in the development of digital skills in recent years, including for various socio-economic and demographic categories of the employed population.Materials and methods. …”
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Subjective Performance Expectations From and Demographic and Categorical Differences in the Acceptance of Virtual Reality or AI Technologies in Rehabilitation Programs: Cross-Secti... by Guido Waldmann, Dominik Raab

“…A significant rank correlation was observed for 103 out of 105 pairwise comparisons of the therapeutic fields, with distinct patterns of effects sizes within the chosen categories. …”
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Effect of Basic Point-of-Care Ultrasound Course on Physicians’ Use in Clinical Practice: A Survey Study by Burcu Azapoğlu Kaymak, Merve Ekşioğlu, Özlem Dikme

“…Results: The mean age of participants was 30.9±4.6 years, and 83.6% were emergency medicine specialists. …”
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Expansion of an introduced sea anemone population, and its associations with native species in a tropical marine lake (Jellyfish Lake, Palau) by Sharon Patris, Laura E. Martin, Lori J. Bell, Michael N Dawson

“…Subsequent expansion of <em>E. pallida</em> throughout the lake occurred within six years. The native species assemblages that were invaded by <em>E. pallida</em> were heterogeneous among surveys and habitats. …”
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Antipredator behaviour as a major determinant of prey altitudinal movements: the wolf and the chamois by Valerio Orazi, Matteo Panaccio, Sandro Lovari, Irene Belardi, Achaz von Hardenberg, Bruno Bassano, Francesco Ferretti

“…Analyses of counts throughout 21 years supported no direct effect of wolf on chamois abundance and survival. …”
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Older, vulnerable patient view: a pilot and feasibility study of the patient measure of safety (PMOS) with patients in Australia by Jeffrey Braithwaite, Natalie Taylor, Rebecca Lawton, Robyn Clay-Williams, Emily Hogden, Zhicheng Li

“…In phase 2, a total of 34 patients were approached and 29 included, with a mean age of 71.3 years (SD=16.39). Internal consistency reliability was established using interitem correlation and Cronbach's α for all but 1 subscale. …”
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A relational approach to co-create Advance Care Planning with and for people living with dementia: a narrative study by Tharin Phenwan, Judith Sixsmith, Linda McSwiggan, Deans Buchanan

“…Narrative analysis was used to identify patterns in the data, generating three narratives: Shifting Expectations; Relational Interdependency and Trigger Points. …”
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Exceeding expectations increases satisfaction among Louisiana waterfowl hunters by Michael C. Sullivan II, Michael D. Kaller, Lucien P. Laborde Jr., Kevin M. Ringelman, Larry A. Reynolds

“…Abstract Louisiana surveys waterfowl hunters every 5 years to assess hunter effort, harvest success, demographics, and preferences for proposed regulations and management practices. …”
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