Health status, respiratory symptom and dyspnea trajectories in subjects with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: a seven-year observation in clinical practice by Koichi Nishimura, Masaaki Kusunose, Ayumi Shibayama, Kazuhito Nakayasu

“…The patients were categorized into quartiles based on the rate of decline in forced expiratory volume in one second (FEV1) and changes in PROs. …”
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CO2 and electrical stunning differentially affect energy metabolism in pigs by Manuela Peukert, Sebastian Zimmermann, Björn Egert, Dagmar Adeline Brüggemann

“…The distinct metabolite patterns likely result from different physiological stress responses, such as CO2-induced acidosis and variable oxygen availability. …”
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Emerging trends in Alzheimer's disease diagnosis and prediction using artificial intelligence: A bibliometric analysis of the top cited 100 articles by Guangheng Zhang, Weijie Zhao, Shimeng Lv, Ziyue Wang, Yunhao Yi, Haoteng Ma, Yitong Lu, Wei Yan, Jing Teng

“…The journal with both the highest number of published articles and the greatest citation frequency was NEUROIMAGE, while PROTEIN ENGINEERING DESIGN & SELECTION boasted the highest average citation rate. The country with the largest volume of published articles was the United States, followed by China and the United Kingdom. …”
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P53 marker expression in epithelial ovarian tumours in a centre in Nigeria – a descriptive study by Andrew Olushola Anjorin, Olaejirinde Olaniyi Olaofe, Atinuke Olu Anjorin, Ganiat Olutoyin Omoniyi-Esan, Akinwumi Oluwole Komolafe

“…This may contribute to the poor patient survival rate.…”
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Daily insider threat detection with hybrid TCN transformer architecture by Xiaoyun Ye, Huangrongbin Cui, Faqin Luo, Jinlong Wang, Xiaoyun Xiong, Wencui Zhang, Jiawei Yu, Wenhao Zhao

“…The model detects anomalies at each time step and achieves a recall rate of $$95\%$$ with a sequence length of 30 days. …”
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Protecting children’s vision is a systematic project—a cross-sectional survey on myopia among preschool children in Shantou, China by Yan-Shu Li, Jia-Qi Xie, Xiao-Mei Hong, Yu-Xin Zhu, Xi-Yu Lin, Bing-Yun Li

“…Results Of the 388 valid questionnaires collected, a myopia detection rate of 25.7% was observed, with a significant age-related increase (OR = 4.591, P = 0.018). …”
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PERAN SOSIAL EKONOMI KELUARGA DALAM MENANGGULANGI KESEHATAN ANAK DI INDONESIA by Syifa Pramudita Faddila, Laras Ratu Khalida, Uus Mohammad Darul Fadli, Aji Tuhagana

“…Globally, as many as 42 million children were overweight in 2015 and the obesity rate in Indonesia was around 10.8% in 2013. The purpose of this study was to determine the socioeconomic role of families in tackling children's health in Indonesia. …”
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Pore-Throat Differences Across Flow Units in Low-Permeability Sandstone Reservoirs: Impact on Movable Fluid Saturation in the Triassic Chang 6 Reservoir, Jiyuan Oilfield, Ordos Bas... by Pan Li, Jian Yan, Rui Hu, Ming Han, Jiangang Bai

“…This study integrated several methods, including nuclear magnetic resonance experiments, constant-rate mercury intrusion, high-pressure mercury intrusion, image particle sizing, scanning electron microscopy, and pore-casted thin sections. …”
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Monitoring neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio dynamics for personalized treatment in adolescent eating disorders: a retrospective cohort study by Yuta Inagawa, Kazumi Kurata, Seiji Obi, Yoshiyuki Onuki, Yukifumi Monden, Koyuru Kurane, Rieko Furukawa, Tadahiro Mitani, Hirotaka Nakamura, Shiro Suda, Tatsuhiko Yagihashi

“…Sociodemographic and clinical characteristics including sex, age, rate of weight gain, percentage of ideal body weight (%IBW), tube feeding treatment, and NLR were obtained. …”
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Evaluating Water Levels From the Surface Water and Ocean Topography (SWOT) Mission in a Hyper‐Tidal Coastal and Estuarine Environment by I. D. Lichtman, P. S. Bell, C. Gommenginger, C. Banks, F. M. Calafat, J. Brown, S. D. P. Williams

“…Comparisons of SWOT Level 3 low rate 2 km (L3) total water level with WLG data reveal constant offsets that scale with water elevation, attributed to the spatial difference between the measurements. …”
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EXTRAOSSEOUS ABNORMALITIES AND ARTIFACTS IN SKELETAL SCINTIGRAPHY by S. P. Mironov, A. A. Ansheles, D. N. Shulgin, V. B. Sergienko

“…Objective: to specify frequency, patterns and diagnostic significance of extraosseous soft tissue findings in 99mTc-pyrophosphate skeletal scintigraphy. …”
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ORGAN DONATION AND TRANSPLANTATION IN RUSSIAN FEDERATION IN 2017 10TH REPORT OF THE NATIONAL REGISTRY by S. V. Gautier, S. M. Khomyakov

“…In 2017, the level of kidney transplantation was 8.0 per million of the population, the liver transplantation index was 3.0 per million of the population; the rate of heart transplantation is 1.7 per million of the population. …”
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In Vitro and In Situ Evaluation of Fermented High Moisture Corn and Ear Corn as Alternative Feedstuffs for Feedlot Calves by H. Rajaei-Sharifabadi, D. Villalba, J. Mora, G. de la Fuente, J. Balcells, A. R. Seradj

“…HMG demonstrated the highest gas production rate and metabolizable energy content (12.2 MJ/kg), significantly higher than HME (10.1 MJ/kg). …”
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Altered brain dynamics in chronic neck and shoulder pain revealed by hidden Markov model by Zhiqiang Qiu, Tianci Liu, Chengxi Zeng, Maojiang Yang, Libing He, Hongjian Li, Jia Ming, Xiaoxue Xu

“…In this study, we applied HMM to rs-fMRI data from CNSP patients and healthy controls to explore brain activity dynamics and state transition patterns. We identified five distinct brain states, revealing significant differences in functional occupancy, lifetime, switching rate, and state transition probabilities between CNSP patients and controls. …”
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The Influence of Biogeographic Diversity, Climate and Wildlife on the Incidence of Tick-Borne Encephalitis in Croatia by Josip Bago, Linda Bjedov, Marko Vucelja, Kristijan Tomljanović, Nataša Cetinić Balent, Sanja Zember, Josip Margaletić, Oktavija Đaković Rode

“…The aim of the study was to analyse 17 years of data on TBE seroprevalence and acute TBE cases in correlation with winter temperature, precipitation and wildlife abundance to identify possible patterns that may be predictive indicators of TBE incidence. …”
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Biomimetic Computing for Efficient Spoken Language Identification by Gaurav Kumar, Saurabh Bhardwaj

“…The proposed technique integrates speech preprocessing, which encompasses pre-emphasis, windowing, and frame blocking, followed by feature extraction utilizing pitch, energy, Discrete Wavelet Transform (DWT), and Zero crossing rate (ZCR). Further, the selection of features is performed by DBO algorithm, which removes redundant features and helps to improve efficiency and accuracy. …”
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Study on Spatiotemporal Variation in Internal Temperature Field in Quartz Flexible Accelerometer by Zhigang Zhang, Fangxiang Tang, Ziwei Zhao, Zhao Zhang, Lijun Tang

“…A thermal conduction simulation model of the QFA was established, from which the spatiotemporal distribution patterns of the internal temperature field were derived. …”
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Co-detection of various viruses in SARS-CoV-2 in children with respiratory infections by I-Hsin Tai, Chiung-Tzu Hsiao, Chi-Hsiang Chu, Wan-Jane Tsai, Ying-Ju Chen, Han-Ping Wu

“…The overall detection rate was 84.2% (1670/1983) among 1,983 pediatric patients. …”
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A Study on the Spatial Perception and Inclusive Characteristics of Outdoor Activity Spaces in Residential Areas for Diverse Populations from the Perspective of All-Age Friendly Des... by Biao Yin, Lijun Wang, Yuan Xu, Kiang Chye Heng

“…With the transformation of urban development patterns and profound changes in population structure in China, outdoor activity spaces in residential areas are facing common issues such as obsolete infrastructure, insufficient barrier-free facilities, and intergenerational conflicts, which severely impact residents’ quality of life and hinder high-quality urban development. …”
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Analysis of off-label drug use and its influencing factors in pediatric patients undergoing otolaryngology, head, and neck surgery by Zichao Ji, Xin Wang, Jiawei Wang

“…This study aimed to investigate the prevalence and patterns of off-label drug use among outpatients under 18 years of age in the Otolaryngology, Head, and Neck Surgery department, and to analyze the factors influencing such usage.MethodsA retrospective collection of data was conducted based on outpatient prescriptions for patients under 18 years of age who were visited from November 2023 to October 2024. …”
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