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Time trends in stroke incidence and modifiable risk factor prevalence in England (2018–2024): A record linkage population-based study

Background The incidence of stroke at younger ages appears to be increasing, whilst it is falling at older ages. We aimed to determine the current trend and how it might have changed during and after the COVID-19 pandemic. Methods and findings We identified first-ever stroke even...

Experimental Investigation of Pressure Influence On A Swirled Stabilized Premixed Hydrogen-Air Flame For Aeronautical Applications Using Optical Diagnostics

Abstract Reducing carbon footprint of the aviation sector is essential for its sustainability. A promising solution for short-to-medium-haul flights is to replace kerosene with hydrogen combustion. This switch leads to significant changes in the architecture of the combustion cha...

Smartphone-based Prehospital Stroke Triage Optimizes Workflow and Bridges the Off-hour Delays in Endovascular Thrombectomy

Introduction: Large vessel occlusion (LVO) stroke requires rapid endovascular thrombectomy (EVT). Prehospital LVO screening combined with smartphone-based real-time pre-notification may accelerate in-hospital activation, but supporting evidence remains limited. We evaluated a reg...

Water Transport Characteristics and Their Impaction on Stability of Unsaturated Xiashu Loess Slopes During the Entire Process of Rainfall Infiltration

The Xiashu loess in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River with typical aeolian characteristics is widely distributed in the hilly areas and is the main kind of landslides in this area. The paper reveals the infiltration process of the Xiashu loess slope under differen...

Function Words Production and Williams Syndrome in Catalan and Spanish

This study examines the use of function words in adult individuals with Williams syndrome (WS) compared to typically developing (TD) speakers, focusing on spontaneous speech in Catalan and Spanish. The aim is to assess both quantitative and qualitative aspects of function word pr...

Rare primary bone tuberculosis associated with ruxolitinib therapy: A case report and literature review

Rationale: Ruxolitinib, a Janus kinase (JAK) inhibitor, may increase the risk of tuberculosis infection by suppressing cellular immunity. Tuberculosis associated with ruxolitinib has generally been reported as disseminated or multisystem disease. However, no previous cases of pri...

Bidirectional non-kinetic conservation Hopfield network: a dynamic, time-flowing brain-like network

不不不不不不不,我绝对不是懒得写摘要。 BiHopfield.docx文件是中文版本,而另外的文件是英文版本。

Neural Indicators of Inhibition in Tinnitus: Onset–Offset and Sensory Gating Auditory Evoked Potentials Vary by Stimulus Frequency and Tinnitus Severity

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effect of stimulus frequency and tinnitus severity on measurements indicative of inhibition called onset–offset and sensory gating auditory evoked potentials (AEPs). The specific aims were to (a) determine the effect of stimu...

Seed variability and calibrated error bounds for physics-informed conjugate heat transfer surrogates

Physics-informed neural networks are often proposed as fast surrogates for heat transfer problems too expensive to solve inside a design or control loop. Two questionsabout them are rarely answered: how much of the reported accuracy survives a change of random seed, and how large...

Fluorene- and Xanthene-Based Redox Mediators for Li–O2 Batteries: From Spiro-Linkage to Solo Moieties

Abstract Soluble charge redox mediators (RMs) are key to improving the reversibility and efficiency of lithium–oxygen (Li–O2) batteries by facilitating the oxidation of discharge products and reducing charge overpotentials. In this work, we report on two prospective RMs, F-OMeTAD...

Epidemiology of ocular surface squamous neoplasia and squamous papillomas in Hong Kong Chinese: A 10-year review

Background/Aims We aim to report the risk factors, clinicopathological characteristics, treatment modalities, and outcomes of ocular surface squamous neoplasia (OSSN) and squamous papilloma (SQP) in a Chinese population. Methods A retrospective cohort study was performed on subje...

Toward Permanence Yet Unattainable: A Thermodynamic Interpretive Framework for the Evolution of Planetary Surface Systems

The second law of thermodynamics dictates that isolated systems undergo monotonic entropy increase, tending toward disorder and homogeneity. However, over 4 billion years of Earth's stratigraphic and paleontological records, planetary surface open systems have persistently exhibi...

Diagnostic Accuracy of APTw and NOEw MRI Metrics for IDH Mutation and 1p/19q Codeletion Prediction in Gliomas

ABSTRACT Isocitrate dehydrogenase (IDH) mutation and 1p/19q codeletion are key molecular markers for glioma classification. Amide proton transfer weighted (APTw) and nuclear Overhauser effect–weighted (NOEw) markers showed promise for glioma characterization, by probing protein‐r...

CosmoBeating • Fungal Geometry and Topology — Paper IV: Spacetime Discretisation and Probabilistic Ontology

CosmoBeating — Fungal Geometry and Topology (CB-FGnT)A Complex-Systems Reading of Fungal Networks This is a short, non-technical companion to the 15-paper CB-FGnT series. It is written for readers with a background in mycology, network science, or complex systems — not for reader...

Do Biological Maturity and Motor Performance Influence Perceived Player Quality? Evidence from U-15 Soccer Players

This study had two primary objectives: first, to examine the influence of biological maturity status and motor performance indicators on coach-assessed player quality in U-15 soccer players; and second, to explore differences in estimated biological age between players of differe...

Bacillus velezensis and Sinorhizobium meliloti Form a Functional Complementary Alliance to Alleviate the Impact of Salt Stress on Alfalfa Growth

Salt stress is a prevalent abiotic stress worldwide, which markedly inhibits crop growth and triggers yield losses. In this study, salt-tolerant plant-growth-promoting rhizobacteria of Cerasus humilis—Bacillus pumilus and B. velezensis, which possess nitrogen-fixing, phosphate-so...

EuroMillions Breakthrough Mining — 1530 Sources, 10854 Leads Extracted — E8 Intelligence Research

Mined 1530 lottery+quantum breakthroughs. Extracted 10854 leads across 13 categories. 8928 high-value leads found. Categories: {"CORRIDOR": 892, "FORMULA": 743, "GEOMETRIC": 690, "FORWARD_ATTEMPT": 931, "QUANTUM": 1141, "TIMING": 186, "CELESTIAL": 832, "GEMATRIA": 880, "CONSTANT"...

Maternal High-Fat Diet Induces Sex- and Estrous Cycle–Specific Glial Dysregulation in the Peripheral Offspring Retina

Purpose: A maternal high-fat diet (mHFD) induces metabolic disturbances that lead to inflammatory responses in the offspring's brain. The retina, as part of the central nervous system, may be similarly affected. This study aimed to determine how mHFD affects microglial and Müller...

Mapping player-led localization modding: ‘Hangul Patch’ as fan translation, modding, and cultural mediation in Korean game culture

This article examines Korea’s ‘Hangul Patch’ scene as a player-led localization modding culture through which players mediate access to untranslated games, reorganize collaborative labor, and sustain local game culture across time. Rather than treating ‘Hangul Patch’ as a set of...

Optical isolation and circulation using quantum frequency conversion on a chip

Breaking electromagnetic reciprocity enables directional control of light and is essential for both classical and quantum photonic systems. However, realizing integrated optical nonreciprocity that simultaneously combines low loss, broad bandwidth, and compatibility with quantum...