Latent Profiles of Deceased Organ Donation Registrants and Nonregistrants in the United States by Ari P. Kirshenbaum, Brendan Parent, Landry Goodgame Huffman, Virginia Kelsey, Michael J. Sofis

“…Deceased organ donation is the greatest source of transplantable whole organs, but registration rates are a limiting factor because they remain low among certain populations. …”
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Effective defense against physically embedded backdoor attacks via clustering-based filtering by Mohammed Kutbi

“…Extensive experiments on face versus non-face classification demonstrate that our defense substantially reduces attack success rates while preserving high accuracy on clean data, offering a practical and robust solution against challenging backdoor scenarios. …”
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Modeling and Prediction of the Impact of Climate Change on Flooding in Aguata Agricultural Zone, Anambra State, Nigeria by H. I. Ifeanyichukwu, L. C. Orakwe, J. I. Ubah, J. I. Awu

“…Key hydrological factors, including rainfall intensity, topography, soil infiltration rates, and vegetation cover, were analyzed. The study shows a total flow accumulation of 2,823,864.50 m² and average flow accumulation of 13.81 m², a current mean flood risk of 10.98 mm and total flood risk of 2,244,474.11 mm, and a predicted mean flood risk of 22.12 mm and a total flood risk of 4,523,622.06 mm for the next ten years due to intensified rainfall patterns. …”
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Formation of microfluidic droplets and jets in a solvent-rich oil phase by Victoria Joseph, Thomas Cubaud

“…Broad variations of flow rates and solvent concentration reveal a variety of intriguing droplet and jet flow regimes in the presence of spontaneous emulsification phenomena and significant mass transfer across the fluid interface. …”
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Efficiency of pantraps for monitoring bees diversity in Brazilian acerola orchards: the role of color diversity by MÁRCIA S. COELHO, LÚCIA HELENA P. KIILL, CELSO F. MARTINS

“…The months of September and November/2019 were the months when the lowest numbers of insects were collected and the lowest rainfall rates were recorded. In this sense, understanding new methodologies becomes essential to identify the diversity of pollinators for the construction of management and conservation plans.…”
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Data Analysis using Business Intelligence and Tableau for Visualizing Indonesia's Poverty Line by Fabianus Kevin Senduk, Retno Waluyo, Khairunnisak Nur Isnaini

“…The dashboard offers in-depth insights into regional poverty shifts, including the identification of high-poverty areas and analysis of poverty line growth rates. It also serves as a strategic data-driven decision support tool. …”
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Conventional KPCA Approach Applied to Detect Simulated Faults in PV Systems Using Simulated Data by Charlène Bernadette Lema, Steve Perabi Ngoffe, Francelin Edgar Ndi, Grégoire Abessolo Ondoua, Salomé Ndjakomo Essiane

“…Through extensive simulations, including 100 samples of different faults under varying irradiance conditions, the method demonstrates high accuracy rates: 93.33% for partial shading, 100% for open circuit, 100% for short circuit, and 81.81% for combinations of partial shading with either open or short circuit faults. …”
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Strategies for recruitment of adolescent girls into physical activity programmes: a systematic review protocol [version 2; peer review: 2 approved] by Tanya O'Brien, Emer M Barrett, Catherine D Darker, David Mockler

“…Outcomes will include whether pre-determined recruitment goals were met, recruitment rate, and any adapted or extended recruitment measures required mid-study. …”
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Pulse-Driven Internal Resistance Dynamics Enable Dual-Function Lithium-Plating Diagnosis and Longevity Enhancement in V2G-Optimized Lithium-Ion Batteries by Letong Li, Yanan Wang, Dongliang Guo, Xuebing Han, Hewu Wang, Lei Sun, Minggao Ouyang

“…Experimental results verify a 30–50% reduction in capacity fade rate under fast charging conditions (≥0.5 C rates). …”
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Estimating the burden of underdiagnosis within England: A modelling study of linked primary care data. by Olga Anosova, Anna Head, Brendan Collins, Alexandros Alexiou, Kostas Darras, Matt Sutton, Richard Cookson, Laura Anselmi, Martin O'Flaherty, Ben Barr, Chris Kypridemos

“…<h4>Introduction</h4>Undiagnosed chronic disease has serious health consequences, and variation in rates of underdiagnosis between populations can contribute to health inequalities. …”
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Characteristics and risk factors for outcomes in patients with Mycoplasma pneumoniae mono- and coinfections: A multicenter surveillance study in Wuhan, China, 2023 by Banghua Chen, Jie Pan, Ying Peng, Yuanyuan Zhang, Yunan Wan, Hongjie Wei, Kangguo Li, Wentao Song, Yunkang Zhao, Kang Fang, Huiming Ye, Jiali Cao, Jia Rui, Zeyu Zhao, Tianmu Chen

“…Children aged 1–10 years had the highest incidence, whereas those over 60 years had elevated hospitalization, severe infection, and fatality rates. Coinfection patterns differed by age, with bacterial-viral-Chlamydia pneumoniae (C. pneumoniae) / other pathogens prevalent in infants, bacterial-viral pathogens prevalent in preschoolers, and viral-viral pathogens prevalent in school-aged children. …”
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Antimicrobial Resistance of Salmonella enterica Serovars Typhi and Paratyphi Isolates from a General Hospital in Karawaci, Tangerang, Indonesia: A Five-Year Review by Nata Pratama Hardjo Lugito, Cucunawangsih

“…In the 2011–2015 period, resistance rates against most antimicrobials and MDR rate of S. …”
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Comparison and analysis of antimicrobial resistance of Escherichia coli and Enterococcus isolated from animals in Jinhua City and Taizhou City of Zhejiang Province by TANG Biao, HAO Yun, LIN Jiahui, WANG Jingge, JI Xiaofeng, QIAN Mingrong, YANG Hua

“…In terms of the overall antimicrobial resistance rate, MIC distribution and antimicrobial resistance pattern, the level of antimicrobial resistance in Taizhou was higher than that in Jinhua. …”
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Remote sensing-based shoreline change investigation in Klang Coast and Langkawi Island towards sustainable coastal management by Minhaz Farid Ahmed, Bijay Halder, Liew Juneng, Aitazaz Ahsan Farooque, Zaher Mundher Yaseen

“…Langkawi Island’s endpoint rates (EPR) varied between −1.34 and 1.02 m/year, whereas linear regression rate (LRR) was found to be 1.04 m/year for accretion and −0.84 m/year for erosion. …”
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Multidrug-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa in immunocompromised cancer patients: epidemiology, antimicrobial resistance, and virulence factors by Asmaa Abdulhak, Hamdallah H. Zedan, Hadir A. El-Mahallawy, Ahmed A. Sayed, Hend O. Mohamed, Mai M. Zafer

“…The crude 30-day mortality rate was 26.9%, with higher mortality detected in infections due to XDR strains. …”
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Prevalence, species identification, and antibiotic resistance of Staphylococci in dogs visiting veterinary clinics in Vietnam. by Nguyen Thi Lan Anh, Nguyen Vu Thuy Hong Loan, Nguyen Thuy Y Vi, Dao Huyen Tran, Luu Thi Thanh Hang, Sandra Steele, Lam Thanh Nguyen

“…Isolates from diseased dogs exhibited higher antibiotic-resistance rates than those from healthy dogs. Several antibiotic-resistance genes were identified, with aacA-aphD being the most prevalent, followed by tetK, gyrA, mecA, msrA, dfrA, and ermA. …”
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Numerical Simulation and Holdup Prediction of Oil-Water Two-Phase in Low Yield Shale Oil Near Horizontal Wells by QIN Honglong, LIU Junfeng, SHI Shoubo, DAI Yuexiang

“…The built-in volume of fluid (VOF) model is employed to simulate oil-water two-phase flow in wells with different inclinations, yielding flow patterns, water holdup data, and holdup imaging under varying well deviations, flow rates, and water-cut conditions. …”
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Performance Degradation and Chloride Ion Migration Behavior of Repaired Bonding Interfaces inSeawater-Freeze-Thaw Environment by Mengdie Niu, Xiang He, Yaxin Wang, Yuxuan Shen, Wei Zhang, Guoxin Li

“…The deterioration process of the bonding interface and the penetration rate of chloride ions can be effectively delayed by PVA fiber and CAs. …”
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Clinical characteristics and genomic epidemiological survey of tuberculosis in Wuzhou, China, 2022 by Jianpeng Li, Manman Zhao, Weidao Huang, Xuanxuan Huang, Yongqiang Ou

“…Among 169 strains analyzed, an overall drug resistance rate of 23.1% was observed. Multidrug-resistant or rifampicin-resistant cases constituted 7.7% of the strains. …”
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Sociodemographic and Clinical Profiles of Patients Admitted in Tertiary Level Pediatric Hospital of Nepal: An Observational Study by Anil Kumar Shrestha, Santosh Adhikari, Sushil Gyawali, Bal Mukunda Basnet, Sobi Lal Maharjan, Pujash Karmacharya, Deepak Raj Paudel

“…This study highlighted higher mortality rates in critical care units. …”
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