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

“…The most and least favourably rated aspects of safety differed between the 3 wards. …”
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Associations Between Sleep Duration and Activity of Daily Living Disability Among Older Adults in China: Cross-Sectional Study by Huimin Fan, Weijie Yu, Hongguo Rong, Xiaokun Geng

“… Abstract BackgroundChina has the largest elderly population globally; the growth rate of the aged tendency of the population was higher than that of Western countries. …”
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Community-based pathogen-specific incidence of influenza-like illness due to respiratory viruses in South-central Vietnam in 2009–2012: after a pandemic of influenza A viruses by Kensuke Takahashi, Shinya Tsuzuki, Minh Nhat Le, Nguyen Hien Anh, Dang Duc Anh, Koya Ariyoshi, Lay-Myint Yoshida

“…Interpretation Several surges of ILI were attributed by multiple respiratory viruses. Healthcare seeking patterns were varied among pathogens. Highly transmissible viruses, such as rhinovirus and adenovirus, pose the potential risk of the next pandemic.…”
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Effects of direction and gender on lower limb biomechanics during forward lunges in badminton players: a preliminary analysis by Li Huang, Yan Zhang, Shunxiang Gao, Junxia Lin, Fei Zheng, Yaodong Gu

“…Compared with the females, the males showed significantly greater loading rate and impulse of VGRF, peak flexion, sagittal range of motion (ROM) and abduction moment of knee joint. …”
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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

“…The 2020 Survey of Louisiana Waterfowl Hunters addressed hunter satisfaction patterns, hunter perceptions on waterfowl migration, associations of field experiences to satisfaction, associations among distribution waves, the efficacy of sample coverage by an email survey, and allowed comparison with hunter satisfaction with surveys in 2005, 2010, and 2015. …”
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Knowledge–Behavior Relationships and Technology Adoption Among Patients With Diabetes: A Mixed‐Methods Analysis of Smart Foot Care Technology by Ting‐Ting Yeh, Jawl‐Shan Huang, Yun‐Chieh Chou

“…Results Despite high levels of foot care knowledge (86.2% correct response rate), actual self‐management behaviors remained suboptimal, with a modest correlation between knowledge and behavior (r = 0.31 and p < 0.01). …”
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Ten-year dynamics of risk factors and total cardiovascular risk in а cohort of male intellectual workers by N. A. Chepurina, M. N. Mamedov, A. D. Deev, N. V. Кisseleva

“…Different levels of psychological and physical stress in intellectual and manual workers are reflected by different patterns of CVD RF prevalence. High psycho-emotional stress levels significantly increase AH prevalence. …”
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Hotspots of Global Water Resource Changes and Their Causes by Jiaxin Lu, Dongdong Kong, Yongqiang Zhang, Yuxuan Xie, Xihui Gu, Aminjon Gulakhmadov

“…Utilizing four TWSA products, this research analyzes TWSA's changing patterns and identifies hotspots of significant shifts from 1982 to 2019. …”
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Leveraging genomics and temporal high‐throughput phenotyping to enhance association mapping and yield prediction in sesame by Idan Sabag, Ye Bi, Maitreya Mohan Sahoo, Ittai Herrmann, Gota Morota, Zvi Peleg

“…Modeling the temporal phenotypic and additive genetic trajectories revealed distinct patterns corresponding to the sesame growth cycle. …”
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Growth and development characteristics of fruit and vegetative bud outgrowth of Prunus sibirica L. in relation to physiological fruit drop by Yongqiang Sun, Pengkai Wang, Ce Zhang, Biao Li, Ying Kang, Jindi Yang, Tingting Ren, Jianhua Chen, Shengjun Dong

“…The results showed that the fruit and vegetative bud outgrowth of the “Shanxing No. 1” variety exhibited an S-shaped growth pattern with three physiological stages. The flower and fruit drop of “Shanxing No. 1” lasted for about 70 days with an 89.73% total drop rate and three abscission peaks, which could be divided into the flower abscission stage mainly caused by pistil abortion, rapid fruitlet abscission stage, mainly caused by carbohydrate competition between the fruit and vegetative bud outgrowth; and slow fruit abscission stage mostly related to seed abortion. …”
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Epidemiological Characteristics and Carbapenemase Analysis of Carbapenem-Resistant Enterobacterales Isolates in a Teaching Hospital in Guangzhou, China by Li Y, Mai Y, Liu Y, Jiang Y

“…These CRE strains showed high resistance to most antibiotics; however, they showed high sensitivity to tigecycline and colistin.Conclusion: CRE strains exhibited a high resistance rate of multiple antibacterial drugs, and blaKPC-like were widely prevalent in CRE strains, particularly K. pneumoniae. …”
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Autism spectrum disorder – the fight of the public against a disease it fails to understand by Minahel Ahmed, Eman Sikandar, Arysha Javid

“…Even though multiple rating scales and checklists have been established, it is preferable to use more performance-based methodologies for assessment and diagnosis [2]. …”
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Human Activities Dominantly Driven the Greening of China During 2001 to 2020 by Xueli Chang, Zhangzhi Tian, Yepei Chen, Ting Bai, Zhina Song, Kaimin Sun

“…The results show that from 2001 to 2020, vegetation in China showed a fluctuating but predominantly increasing trend, with a significant annual kNDVI growth rate of 0.002. The significant greening pattern was observed in over 48% of vegetated areas, exhibiting a clear spatial gradient with lower increases in the northwest and higher amplitudes in the southeast. …”
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Characterization of immunoreactivity with whole-slide imaging and digital analysis in high-grade serous ovarian cancer by Tiina Jäntti, Satu Luhtala, Johanna Mäenpää, Synnöve Staff

“…Ovarian cancer is the most lethal of gynecological cancers with 5-year survival rate of ca. 45%. The most common histologic subtype is high-grade serous carcinoma, which typically is presented with advanced stage and development of chemoresistance. …”
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Persistent dyspnea in post-coronavirus disease 2019 patients: value of cardiopulmonary exercise test by Aliaë A.R. Mohammed Hussein, Ahmad M. Shaddad, Alaa S.A. Mohammad, Maiada K. Hashem

“…Oxygen consumption per minute (VO2), VO2/kg, VO2%, heart rate, oxygen pulse%, ventilatory equivalent for oxygen, and oxygen saturation were significantly higher in the nondyspneic group. …”
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Spatial optimization of hierarchical healthcare facilities driven by multi-source data: a case study of Shenyang, China by Yifei Wang, Duanqiang Zhai, Duanqiang Zhai, Wuqi Xie, Shan Huang

“…Simulation results demonstrate a pronounced “central concentration–peripheral scarcity” pattern, with particularly acute deficiencies in districts such as Shenbei and Hunnan. …”
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Parenting styles and adolescent coping methods: a comparative study of non-suicidal self-injury and distinct groups by Beini Wang, Lixian Chen, Changzhou Hu, Zhenyu Hu, Wenwu Zhang, Fang Cheng, Lingjiang Liu

“…Abstract Background The global incidence rate of Non-Suicidal Self-Injury (NSSI) is increasing year by year, especially in the adolescent population, where it is highly correlated with parental rearing patterns and adolescent coping styles. …”
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Extravillous trophoblast invasion and decidualization in cesarean scar pregnancies by Lufen Gao, Hui Chen, Jing Liu, Minghua Wang, Fangfang Lin, Guang Yang, Gendie E. Lash, Ping Li

“…Abstract Introduction The increasing cesarean section rate has led to an increase in the number of subsequent pregnancies resulting in a cesarean scar pregnancy. …”
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The landscape of pediatric genetic white matter disorders at a tertiary referral hospital in Upper Egypt and the report of 31 novel variants by Mahmoud M. Noureldeen, Maha S. Zaki, Karima Rafat, Mohamed S. Abdel-Hamid, Aida M. S. Salem

“…The study provides significant data regarding regional etiological patterns, clinical trajectories, and molecular profiles. …”
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Finite Element Analysis of Patellofemoral Contact Pressure with Varying Fixation of Transverse Patella Fractures by Farid Amirouche, PhD, Majd Mzeihem, MD, Jasper Hoag, BA, Rohan Wangikar, BS, Jason Koh, MD, FAOA

“…Models were analyzed and evaluated at 0°, 45°, and 90° flexion under quadriceps force to assess peak pressure, contact pattern, and pressure irregularity. Results:. The plate and wire fixation models exhibited distinct stress distribution patterns at 45° and 90° flexion angles. …”
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