A statistical and machine learning approach for monthly precipitation forecasting in an Amazon city by Ewerton Cristhian Lima de Oliveira, Eduardo Costa de Carvalho, Edmir dos Santos Jesus, Rafael de Lima Rocha, Rafael de Lima Rocha, Helder Moreira Arruda, Ronnie Cley de Oliveira Alves, Ronnie Cley de Oliveira Alves, Renata Gonçalves Tedeschi

“…Belém is a city located in northern Brazil with distinct periods of precipitation, including a rainy season that directly impacts the city’s dynamics and the quality of life of its citizens, often resulting in flooding and infrastructure accidents in several city zones.MethodsMeteorological studies generally use large volumes of data; however, our study is characterized by using a data source with fewer years to predict rainfall precipitation. Additionally, we use meteorological data from a set of sensors installed at a meteorological station located in Belém to train multivariate statistical and machine learning (ML) models to predict precipitation. …”
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Comparison of the effectiveness of single-dose levofloxacin with single-dose fosfomycin pre-urodynamic study related to the incidence of urinary tract infection: a randomized contr... by Harrina Erlianti Rahardjo, Fina Widia, Cindy Wijaya, Kevin Leonardo, Alfred Tanjung, Muhammad Hanif Arfiananda, Fatimah Nuwwaaridya Fitriani, Rahmat Aidil Fajar Siregar, Andika Afriansyah

“…The patients, aged 18 years and older, were randomized equally into two groups receiving either 500 mg levofloxacin or 3 g fosfomycin prior to UDS. …”
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Spectrum and epidemiology of rare diseases in a Chinese natural population of 14.31 million residents, 2012–2023 by Ming-Jia Li, Qi Li, Miao-Miao Zhao, Hanna Kim, Ruo-Qi Feng, Mo-Ning Guo, Jian-Peng heng, Jin-Kui Yang, Chang Liu

“…Age-standardized incidence rates (ASIR) were calculated per 100,000 person-years with 95% confidence intervals. Results Our analysis identified 12,371 rare disease cases, with the overall ASIR increasing from 6.109 in 2012 to 7.394 in 2023. …”
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Trends and associated factors of mental health diagnoses in Catalan Primary Care (2010–2019) by Ariadna Mas, Derek Clougher, Gerard Anmella, Clàudia Valenzuela-Pascual, Michele De Prisco, Vincenzo Oliva, Giovanna Fico, Iria Grande, Ivette Morilla, Xavier Segú, Mireia Primé-Tous, Victoria Ruíz, María Antonieta Also, Sandra Murgui, Elisenda Sant, Mireia Sans-Corrales, Miquel Àngel Fullana, Antoni Sisó-Almirall, Joaquim Radua, Jordi Blanch, Myriam Cavero, Eduard Vieta, Diego Hidalgo-Mazzei

“… Abstract Background The prevalence of mental health disorders has significantly increased in recent years, posing substantial challenges to healthcare systems worldwide, particularly primary care (PC) settings. …”
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Efficacy and safety of Lutai Danshen Baishao granules for treating female melasma: A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial by Meiyu Lyu, Yi Yang, Jinlian Liu, Wenting Fei, Min Fu, Yunting Hong, Hongguo Rong, Chun Wang, Linyuan Wang, Jianjun Zhang

“…Objective: To investigate the potential efficacy and safety of Lutai Danshen Baishao granules (LDBG) for treating female melasma associated with kidney deficiency and blood stasis patterns. Methods: A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial was conducted at the Third Central Hospital of Tianjin, China from March to December 2023. …”
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GNSS-Based Modeling and Study of Postseismic Crustal Movement of the May 24, 2013, MW 8.3 Sea of Okhotsk Deep-Focus Earthquake by N. V. Shestakov, G. V. Nechaev, N. N. Titkov, D. V. Chebrov, V. V. Pupatenko, А. S. Prytkov, K. A. Nagorny

“…The Maxwell rheology for modeling of viscoelastic relaxation of the asthenosphere/upper mantle as a result of seismic impact allows for a first approximation to qualitatively and quantitatively reproduce the displacement patterns of GNSS-sites of the Kamchatka Peninsula observed in the initial postseismic period (2–3 years after the mainshock). …”
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Transcriptome and metabolome analysis of senescent rice (Oryza sativa L.) seeds: insights into the mechanism of germination vigor and seedling morphogenesis by Jingxin Huo, Dianfeng Zheng, Naijie Feng, Rui Zhang, Yingbin Xue, Aaqil Khan, Hang Zhou, Xuefeng Shen, Liming Zhao, Yifei Li, Xiaojun Liu, Junjie Liu, Jiayi Li, Wanqi Mei, Xiaole Du, Yanan Feng

“…Our research findings revealed significant differences in gene expression patterns and metabolic characteristics among seeds stored for different duration. …”
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Associated factors, emergency department visits, and hospitalization days of receiving adjunctive Chinese herbal medicine therapy for patients with non-small cell lung cancer: a na... by Meng-Bin Tang, Wei-Yin Kuo, Wei-Yin Kuo, Pei-Tseng Kung, Pei-Tseng Kung, Wen-Chen Tsai

“…This study investigates factors and healthcare utilization patterns associated with adjunctive Chinese herbal medicine (CHM) therapy in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients.MethodsUsing Taiwan’s National Health Insurance Research Database and the Taiwan Cancer Registry, we conducted a retrospective cohort study of non-small cell lung cancer patients diagnosed between 2007 and 2013. …”
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Initiation of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Medications in the NGHA Healthcare System in Saudi Arabia: Contemporary Trends by Mesnad S. Alyabsi, PhD, Lolwah Almousa, BS, Anwar H. Alqarni, BS, Asma Aldawsari, MS, Lubna Alnasser, PhD, Adel F. Almutairi, PhD

“…Background: Continuous updates in management guidelines for type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) have affected treatment patterns. In this study, we aimed to identify the prevalence of initiating various antidiabetic medications and analyze differences in patient characteristics based on the type of treatment initiated. …”
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Global burden of osteoarthritis among postmenopausal women in 204 countries and territories: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021 by Jing Wang, Chenggang Jin, Lingling Sun, Lilu Ding, Dan Zhou, Yingjun Li, Wenfeng Xiao, Huadong Xu, Chan Ding, Jiarong Zou

“…Objectives Our study aimed to provide global burden and temporal trends in the incidence, prevalence, and disability-adjusted life-years (DALYs) of osteoarthritis (OA) among postmenopausal women from 1990 to 2021.Methods The study employed data from the Global Burden of Disease (GBD) Study 2021. …”
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Carbon footprint reduction associated with a surgical outreach clinic by David Forner, Chad Purcell, Victoria Taylor, Christopher W. Noel, Larry Pan, Matthew H. Rigby, Martin Corsten, Jonathan R. Trites, Antoine Eskander, Ted McDonald, S. Mark Taylor

“…Methods This study was a cross-sectional survey of patient travel patterns to a surgical outreach clinic compared to a regional cancer treatment centre from December 2019 to February 2020. …”
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Identifying and visualising temporal trajectories of hospitalisations for traditional and non-traditional complications in people with type 2 diabetes: a population-based studyRese... by Hongjiang Wu, Haobin Zhou, Chuiguo Huang, Aimin Yang, Eric S.H. Lau, Xinge Zhang, Juliana N.M. Lui, Baoqi Fan, Mai Shi, Ronald C.W. Ma, Alice P.S. Kong, Elaine Chow, Wing-Yee So, Juliana C.N. Chan, Andrea O.Y. Luk

“…Findings: During a median follow-up of 7.8 (IQR: 4–12) years, 57.6% of people experienced a hospitalisation for any of the 72 selected diseases and 22.6% of people died. …”
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Dietary Behaviors and Nutrition Knowledge Among Farm Households: A Comprehensive Review and Action Framework by Blessing J. Anyibama, Kenneth K. Orjinta, Oluwakemi Temitope Olayinka, Abiola B. Obafemi, Emmanuel O. Animashaun, Gbeminiyi E. Ogunwale, Emmanuel O. Fadipe, Jesujoba I. Olanrewaju

“… This systematic review gathers evidence from 85 peer-reviewed studies, spanning 2004 to 2023, drawn from PubMed, Scopus, Web of Science, and Agricola according to PRISMA standards, to explore the intricate patterns of dietary practices and nutritional awareness in these communities. …”
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Beyond the closed-forest paradigm: Cross-scale vegetation structure in temperate Europe before the late-Quaternary megafauna extinctions by Elena A. Pearce, Florence Mazier, Charles W. Davison, Oliver Baines, Szymon Czyżewski, Ralph Fyfe, Krzysztof Bińka, Steve Boreham, Jacques-Louis de Beaulieu, Cunhai Gao, Wojciech Granoszewski, Anna Hrynowiecka, Małgorzata Malkiewicz, Tim Mighall, Bożena Noryśkiewicz, Irena Agnieszka Pidek, Jaqueline Strahl, Hanna Winter, Jens-Christian Svenning

“…The Last Interglacial (∼129,000–116,000 years ago) provides key insights into temperate European vegetation dynamics before significant anthropogenic impacts. …”
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Global, regional and national burden of asthma from 1990 to 2021: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021 by Liwen Zhang, Jilei Lin, Jing Zhang, ShuHua Yuan, Mingyu Tang, Yong Yin, Hejun Jiang, Guijun Yang, Jiande Chen, Jiajun Yuan

“…The age and sex-specific patterns indicated a higher asthma burden among females. …”
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Dynamic monitoring of fine-grained ecological vulnerability in dryland urban agglomeration integrating novel remote sensing index and explainable machine learning by Chunqiang Li, Shanchuan Guo, Qin Huang, Haowei Mu, Bo Yuan, Zilong Xia, Hong Fang, Wei Zhang, Pengfei Tang, Peijun Du

“…Results showed that DEVI effectively captured the surface ecological features, such as mobile sand, with high correlations (>0.79) to indicators. Over nearly 40 years, DEVI initially increased, then decreased, indicating ecological conditions first deteriorated and then improved, with an overall improvement of 14%. …”
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Species identification of modern and archaeological shark and ray skeletal tissues using collagen peptide mass fingerprinting by Michael Buckley, Ellie-May Oldfield, Cristina Oliveira, Clara Boulanger, Clara Boulanger, Andrew C. Kitchener, Andrew C. Kitchener, Nicole R. Fuller, Traci Ardren, Victor D. Thompson, Scott M. Fitzpatrick, Michelle J. LeFebvre

“…IntroductionElasmobranchs, such as sharks and rays, are among the world’s most endangered vertebrates, with over 70% loss in abundance over the past 50 years due to human impacts. Zooarchaeological baselines of elasmobranch diversity, distribution, and exploitation hold great promise for contributing essential historical contexts in the assessment of contemporary patterns in their taxonomic diversity and vulnerability to human-caused extinction. …”
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Evaluating Mathematical Concordance Between Taxonomic and Functional Diversity Metrics in Benthic Macroinvertebrate Communities by Gonzalo Sotomayor, Henrietta Hampel, Raúl F. Vázquez, Christine Van der heyden, Marie Anne Eurie Forio, Peter L. M. Goethals

“…Macroinvertebrate communities were sampled over six years at twelve sampling points and assessed using four taxonomic metrics: Shannon diversity (H), the Margalef index (D_Mg), family richness (N), and the Andean Biotic Index (ABI). …”
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Does advancement in marker-less pose-estimation mean more quality research? A systematic review by Shivam Bhola, Shivam Bhola, Hyun-Bin Kim, Hyeon Su Kim, BonSang Gu, Jun-Il Yoo, Jun-Il Yoo

“…Publication frequency trend has accelerated in recent years, with more than half of these studies published after 2021. …”
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Assessment of surgical site infections with antimicrobial resistance among cancer patients at a tertiary care hospital: A prospective study by Vishala Kundarapu, Akshay Shelke, Pallavi Priya, Shiwani Mishra, Richa Chauhan, Sameer Dhingra

“…This study assessed the SSI incidence, antimicrobial sensitivity patterns, and clinical outcomes in cancer patients. …”
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