Numerical Simulation of Two-Phase Boiling Heat Transfer in a 65 mm Horizontal Tube for Enhanced Heavy Oil Recovery by Genying Gao, Zicheng Wang, Gaoqiao Li, Chizhong Wang, Lei Deng

“…A reduction in mass flow rate increases the gas phase fraction within the tube and causes the occurrence of identical flow patterns at earlier axial positions. …”
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Prevalence of gram-negative bacterial causes of urinary tract infection and their antimicrobial susceptibility profile at the university teaching hospitals in Lusaka, Zambia by Christine Kapesa, Enock Mulowa Mumbula, Harriet C. Kwenda

“…These isolates showed a high rate of resistance to the recommended antibiotics used in the treatment of UTIs. …”
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Unveiling the drivers contributing to global wheat yield shocks through quantile regression by Srishti Vishwakarma, Xin Zhang, Vyacheslav Lyubchich

“…Here, we study the spatiotemporal patterns of wheat yield shocks, quantified by the lower quantiles of yield fluctuations, in 86 countries over 30 years. …”
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Fishery, Growth, and Mortality of Threatened Asian Sunfish, Horabagrus brachysoma (Gu¨nther 1864) in Five Rivers of Western Ghats Hotspot, India by Chelapurath Radhakrishnan Renjithkumar, Kuttanelloor Roshni

“…Community-based data monitoring (CBM) systems play a vital role in small-scale inland fisheries, offering valuable insights into the catch patterns of various fish species over extended periods. …”
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First study of Salmonella in meat in Romania by Liora Mihaiu, Alexandra Lapusan, Rodica Tanasuica, Rodica Sobolu, Romolica Mihaiu, Ovidiu Oniga, Marian Mihaiu

“…Among 137 resistant Salmonella isolates, 35 different resistance patterns were found. Conclusion: A high prevalence of Salmonella spp. and a relatively high resistance rate to multiple antimicrobials was found. …”
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An item response theory analysis of the Dissociative Experiences Scale II: examining psychometric properties and longitudinal stability among Japanese adults by Tatsuya Ikeda, Yuhei Urano

“…Specifically, results suggested that the severity levels differed across item ratings, and to set cut-off points for each item based on the severity of the ratings. …”
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Heterogeneity Analysis of Resident Demands and Public Service Facilities in Megacities of China from the Perspective of Urban Health Examination by Ning Zhang, Shaohua Wang, Haojian Liang, Zhuonan Huang, Xiao Li, Zhenbo Wang

“…By integrating spatial and temporal social sensing big data, including road networks, population, and points of interest (POI) data, and employing spatial analysis methods including coverage rate calculation, supply–demand matching efficiency, spatial heterogeneity, and sp{atial stability analysis, this study reveals the spatial distribution patterns of various facilities within cities, as well as the heterogeneity, balance, and equity of supply–demand matching efficiency between different cities. …”
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Microbial Community Distribution in Low Permeability Reservoirs and Their Positive Impact on Enhanced Oil Recovery by Jin Pang, Tongtong Wu, Xinan Yu, Chunxi Zhou, Jiaao Gao, Haotian Chen

“…The mechanisms for improving the oil recovery rate in high-oil-bearing reservoirs include improving fluid properties, enhancing displacement efficiency, etc. …”
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Cyber Threat Inference Focused on Threat Class Sequence With Threat Class Sequence System by Hyoungjun Kim, Jae-Yeol Kim, Kyung-Ho Lee

“…The analysis confirmed the necessity of TCSS, revealing it could identify 63.99% of successive attack patterns. Various experimental results demonstrate the superiority of TCSS over comparable methods, achieving an impressive 98.73% post-connection attack detection rate. …”
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A Novel Carbon Fiber Composite Material for the Simulation of Damage Evolution in Thick Aquifers by Bozhi Zhao, Xing Gao, Weibing Zhu, Jiaxing Ding, Pengjun Gao

“…This study found that as the carbon fiber content increased, the evolution patterns of the electrical resistance change rate and the damage coefficient of the similar material tended to coincide. …”
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Estimating the force of infection of four dengue serotypes from serological studies in two regions of Vietnam. by Huynh Thi Phuong, Nguyen Ha Thao Vy, Nguyen Thi Le Thanh, Maxine Tan, Erwin de Bruin, Marion Koopmans, Maciej F Boni, Hannah E Clapham

“…It is hard to estimate the disease's true serotype-specific transmission patterns from cases due to its high asymptomatic rate, low reporting rate and complex immunity and transmission dynamics. …”
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An optimal weighting-based hybrid classifier for Children's congenital heart diseases signal processing by Morteza Ebrahimpour, Mehdi Khashei

“…The main objective of the proposed optimal weighting-based CNN-LSTM-SVM (OCLS) hybrid classifier is to simultaneously leverage the unique advantages of CNN in feature extraction from input signals, LSTM in modeling the sequential patterns of signals, SVM in classifying regular patterns, and especially the proposed weighting algorithm to optimally integrate the outputs of these components. …”
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Epidemiological and spatiotemporal analysis of elderly HIV-1/AIDS patients in Ningxia, China, from 2018 to 2023 by Zhonglan Wu, Yichang Liu, Xiaofa Ma, Yufeng Li, Xiaohong Zhu, Dongzhi Yang, Jianxin Pei, Yong Li

“…An increase in the diversity of viral genetic subtypes was observed, along with a high rate of drug resistance. The molecular network expanded significantly, accompanied by the emergence of large transmission clusters, indicating complex transmission patterns. …”
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Spatiotemporal Variations in Human Activity Intensity Along the Qinghai–Tibet Railway and Analysis of Its Decoupling Process from Ecological Environment Quality Changes by Fengli Zou, Qingwu Hu, Lei Liao, Yuqi Liu, Haidong Li, Xujie Zhang

“…From 2013 to 2020, the growth rate began to slow. Within a 0–30 km buffer zone centered on railway station locations (with a 15 km radius), the growth rate of human activity intensity generally decreased with increasing distance from the railway. …”
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An Adaptive Motion Estimation Scheme for Video Coding by Pengyu Liu, Yuan Gao, Kebin Jia

“…Firstly, new motion estimation search patterns have been designed according to the statistical results of motion vector (MV) distribution information. …”
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Antibiotic resistance in pathogens causing community-acquired urinary tract infections in India: a multicenter study by Atul Kothari, Vishal Sagar

“…Background: Empiric treatment of community-acquired urinary tract infections (CA-UTI) is determined by the antibiotic sensitivity patterns of uropathogens in a population. This study was conducted to determine patterns of resistance amongst CA-uropathogens in India, to help establish local guidelines on treatment of CA-UTI. …”
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Gradual increases in sugar concentration enhance total perceived sweetness in individuals prone to sweetness habituation by Ryota Nitto, Yuki Ban, Rui Fukui, Shin'ichi Warisawa

“…Participants were instructed to swallow at 3-second intervals for a total of five times, rating sweetness after each swallow. The total perceived sweetness, measured as the Area Under the Curve (AUC), was compared across conditions.ResultsIn groups showing habituation under constant concentration, the increasing concentration condition improved total perceived sweetness.DiscussionThese findings suggest that increasing sugar concentration patterns can alleviate habituation and enhance sweetness perception, particularly in individuals prone to sweetness habituation.…”
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A New Type 1 Alpha Power Family of Distributions and Modeling Data with Correlation, Overdispersion, and Zero-Inflation in the Health Data Sets by Getachew Tekle, Rasool Roozegar, Zubair Ahmad

“…The new model has very interesting patterns and it is very flexible. Thus, it can model the real data with the failure rate patterns of increasing, decreasing, parabola-down, and bathtub. …”
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Q-Methodology to Identify perceptions of deceased organ donation in the UK by R. M. Muaid, T. Chesney

“…Attitude towards organ donation is predominantly positive in the UK, however, donation rate remains low. To develop more effective interventions, this research aims to examine the behavioural barriers in organ donations using Q methodology to elicit patterns of overlap among different barriers and motivators.Method. …”
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Larval source management in Ethiopia: modelling to assess its effectiveness in curbing malaria surge in dire Dawa and Batu Towns by Galana Mamo Ayana, Abdollah Jalilian, Temesgen Ashine, Eshetu Molla, Elifaged Hailemeskel, Dagmawi Hailu Yemane, Hailegiorgis Yirgu, Nigatu Negash, Natnael Teferi, Daniel Teshome, Alison M. Reynolds, David Weetman, Anne L. Wilson, Birhanu Kenate, Martin J. Donnelly, Luigi Sedda, Endalamaw Gadisa

“…The temporal patterns of malaria incidence rate showed an increasing trend after the intervention. …”
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