Dynamics of Irregular Freshwater Lenses Evolution in Thin Aquifers of Reclaimed Circular Islands by Chenchen Gao, Tianyuan Zheng, Qinpeng Chang, Xilai Zheng, Xiaoran Song, Jian Luo

“…Furthermore, increased recharge rates notably accelerate freshwater formation and increase the proportion of freshwater volume. …”
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Clinical and Epidemiological Characterization of Patients Diagnosed with Cerebrovascular Disease at the Dr. Gustavo Aldereguía Lima University General Hospital in Cienfuegos by Roberto Castellanos Hernández, Amanda Avello Rodríguez, Tomás Castillo Juiz

“…The most frequent type of stroke was atherothrombotic (292, 37.8 %). A case fatality rate of 19.7 % was reported. A significant association was found between hemorrhagic stroke and higher case fatality. …”
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Analysis of the intellectual structure of knowledge regarding drought vulnerability assessment by Zeinab Asadpourian, Yaser Mohammadi

“…Findings: Results indicated that the growth rate of publications in DVA is approximately 16.5%, with notable increases in both the quality and citation rates of articles over the years. …”
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Decision tree for severity assessment of neurodegenerative diseases using possibility approach and gait dynamics by Preeti Khera, Ashok Kumar, Rajat Kapila

“…Experimental results were established using 11,084 gait pattern recordings from NDD patients and HC. The proposed framework achieved a high coefficient of determination (R2 ≈ 0.90) and low error rates with stratified 10-fold cross-validation. …”
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Treatment response in relation to subthreshold bipolarity in patients with major depressive disorder receiving antidepressant monotherapy: a post hoc data analysis (KOMDD study) by Park Y, Lee B

“…The Beck Depression Inventory (BDI), Hamilton Depression Rating Scale (HAMD), Hamilton Anxiety Scale, and Beck Scale for Suicide Ideation were applied at baseline, 1 week, 3 weeks, 2 months, 3 months, and 6 months. …”
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Chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) Indicate Mammalian Abundance Across Broad Spatial Scales by Paul K. Kazaba, Lars Kulik, Ghislain B. Beukou Choumbou, Christelle B. Douhin Tiémoko, Funmilayo L. Oni, Serge A. Kamgang, Stefanie Heinicke, Inza Koné, Samedi Jean Pierre Mucyo, Tenekwetche Sop, Christophe Boesch, Colleen Stephens, Anthony Agbor, Samuel Angedakin, Emma Bailey, Mattia Bessone, Charlotte Coupland, Tobias Deschner, Paula Dieguez, Anne‐Céline Granjon, Briana Harder, Josephine Head, Thurston Cleveland Hicks, Sorrel Jones, Parag Kadam, Ammie K. Kalan, Kevin E. Langergraber, Juan Lapuente, Kevin C. Lee, Laura K. Lynn, Nuria Maldonado, Maureen S. McCarthy, Amelia C. Meier, Lucy Jayne Ormsby, Alex Piel, Martha M. Robbins, Lilah Sciaky, Volker Sommer, Fiona A. Stewart, Jane Widness, Roman M. Wittig, Erin G. Wessling, Mimi Arandjelovic, Hjalmar Kühl, Yntze van derHoek

“…We then fitted Bayesian Regression Models to assess potential relationships between ape detection rates (as proxy for ape abundance) and these metrics. …”
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Water source of artificial plants in the northeastern margin of Tengger Desert based on hydrogen and oxygen stable isotopes by Zhenyu Zhao, Zhenyu Zhao, Guodong Tang, Guodong Tang, Jinrong Li, Jinrong Li, Meng Wu, Lei Zhang

“…The main water source of C. scoparium and C. mongolicum was soil moisture. The utilization rate of 0-40 cm soil layer was 27% (C.scoparium) and 33% (C.mongolicum), and the utilization rate of 40-80 cm soil layer was 32% (C.scoparium) and 25% (C.mongolicum). …”
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GPS tracking methods for spatiotemporal air pollution exposure assessment: comparison and challenges in study implementation by Kalliopi Kyriakou, Benjamin Flückiger, Danielle Vienneau, Nicole Probst-Hensch, Ayoung Jeong, Medea Imboden, Aletta Karsies, Oliver Schmitz, Derek Karssenberg, Roel Vermeulen, Gerard Hoek, Kees de Hoogh

“…Results In Switzerland, participants were recruited from the COVCO-Basel cohort (33% recruitment rate; 489 of 1,475). In the Netherlands, -random recruitment was unsuccessful (1.4% rate; 41 of 3,000). …”
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EFFECT OF NEURODEGENERATIVE CHANGES IN THE BRAIN ON THE FORMATION OF THE DISEASE CLINICAL PICTURE IN PATIENTS WITH MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS by L. N. Prakhova, Ye. P. Magonov, A. G. Ilves, A. A. Bogdan, G. V. Kataeva, Ye. S. Malakhova, Zh. I. Savintseva, I. D. Stolyarov, T. N. Trofimova

“…Neurodegenerative changes of brain structures evolve with different rates, have different intensity and determine the set of symptoms of neurological impairment and severity of disability, which indicates the presence of certain patterns of the process of atrophy in the brain, forming the clinical picture of the disease.…”
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Grain Dehydration and Grain-Filling Characteristics of Different Maize Varieties in Heilongjiang by Deguang Yang, Yaxin Lin, Jingdu Li, Hao Zheng, Yumeng Zhang, Yanci Zhou, Xiaonan Guo, Yufei Wang, Jiahao Zhang, Jingwen Zhang, Shuang Yang

“…The results demonstrated the following: (1) The filling rate of all varieties followed a single-peak curve, peaking at 20–25 days after pollination (DAP); BN308 and CH6 exhibited the highest peak filling rates (1.77 g/(100 kernels·d) and 1.67 g/(100 kernels·d), respectively). (2) Dehydration displayed a clear biphasic pattern. …”
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Cancelable Multi-Branch Deep Learning Framework for Privacy-Preserving ECG Biometric Authentication by Mohamed Hammad, Ali Abdullah S. AlQahtani, Mohammed ELAffendi, Abdelhamied A. Ateya, Nebojsa Bacanin

“…We evaluate the framework on two publicly available ECG datasets (PTB and ECG-ID) achieving high authentication performance with accuracies of 96.25% and 96.43%, respectively, and Equal Error Rates (EER) of 3.55% and 3.6%. The system meets critical privacy-preserving criteria, including irreversibility, unlinkability, diversity, and revocability. …”
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Evolutionary trajectory estimation via replication simulation of coronavirus spike gene based on random mutation and similarity-based selection by Min Chan Kim, Hye Ji Jung, Seong Sik Jang, Van Thi Lo, Hye Kwon Kim

“…Simulations tracking the evolution of SARS-CoV-2 Wuhan-Hu-1 toward the Omicron variant (BA.1) displayed plateau-like similarity trajectories, where increased substitution rates resulted in a more rapid attainment of the plateau stage. …”
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A neuronal imaging dataset for deep learning in the reconstruction of single-neuron axons by Liya Li, Liya Li, Ying Hu, Ying Hu, Xiaojun Wang, Pei Sun, Tingwei Quan

“…Our results demonstrate significantly improved axon detection rates across both state-of-the-art and traditional methodologies. …”
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Deep Learning Approach for Classifying DDoS Attack Traffic in SDN Environments by Mohd Nadeem, Shweta Dwivedi, Rizwan Akhtar, Shameem Ahmad Ansari, Saumya Singh, Eram Fatima Siddiqui, Rajeev Kumar

“…A neural network classifier analyzes this data to identify complex patterns and behaviors associated with DDoS attacks. …”
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Surveillance and evaluation of vector control in Fuyang District, Hangzhou for the 19th Asian Games by XU Jie, PAN Wenjin, TANG Renyu, DU Liqun

“…The positive detection rates of adult flies and cockroach traces showed no significant pattern, with the highest rate of 7.00% and 8.33%, respectively. …”
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First Molecular Characterization and Antibiogram of Bacteria Isolated From Dairy Farm Wastewater in Bangladesh by Md. Shamsul Islam, Md. Arif-Uz-Zaman Polash, Md. Hakimul Haque

“…Moreover, several antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) including penA, blaTEM, blaCTX−M, tetA, tetB, tetC, and ermB were detected across the bacterial species, with high prevalence rates in P. aeruginosa and A. junii, suggesting the potential for horizontal gene transfer and further spread of resistance. …”
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Association of Paternal Diabetes With Hemorrhagic Stroke in Bangladeshi Women: The MAGPIE Study by Md. Abdullah Yusuf, Redoy Ranjan, Dipannita Adhikary, Adneen Moureen, Maliha Hakim

“…Although males had significantly higher rates of hypertension (p < 0.001), diabetes (p = 0.008), chronic constipation (p = 0.03), and systolic blood pressure (p < 0.001), females were found to have significantly higher body mass index (23.1 ± 3.1 vs. 21.4 ± 2.9; p < 0.001) and paternal diabetes (9.6% vs. 4.8%; p = 0.004) compared to male. …”
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Four-party evolutionary game of collaborative recycling and management of takeaway packaging waste by JIA Yajuan, JI Yuexin

“…This study aims to explore the evolutionary game patterns among multiple stakeholders in the recycling and management process and identify key influencing factors and their effects. …”
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