Lumbar Temperature Map of Elderly Individuals with Chronic Low Back Pain—An Infrared Thermographic Analysis by Nelson Albuquerque, Liliana Gonçalves, Wally Strasse, Joaquim Gabriel, Laetitia Teixeira, Pedro Cantista

“…Pain intensity was measured using a numerical rating scale (0–10). The functional assessments included spine mobility tests and validated questionnaires evaluating clinical characteristics. …”
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COMPLEX ELECTROMAGNETIC MONITORING OF GEODYNAMIC PROCESSES IN THE NORTHERN TIEN SHAN (BISHKEK GEODYNAMIC TEST AREA) by E. A. Bataleva, V. A. Mukhamadeeva

“…The data from the 2004–2016 KNET Catalogue of the Research Station of RAS were analyzed in order to investi‐ gate the relationship between the space‐time seismicity distribution and the electrical conductivity variations that correspond to the features of the seismicity pattern at depth. …”
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Different outcomes of phonemic verbal fluency in Parkinson’s disease patients with subthalamic nucleus deep brain stimulation by Aline Juliane Romann, Bárbara Costa Beber, Maira Rozenfeld Olchik, Carlos R M. Rieder

“…Sixteen participants were evaluated on the Unified Parkinson’s Disease Rating Scale - Part III and for phonemic fluency (“FAS” version) in the conditions of on- and off-stimulation. …”
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The regulatory role of ZmSTOMAGEN1/2 in maize stomatal development is elucidated via gene editing and metabolic profiling. by Juan-Juan Xu, Qing-Yun Chen, Li-Fang Qin, Yuan Liu, You-Zhi Li, Xian-Wei Fan

“…The mutant displayed a lower stomatal density and index, leading to reduced net photosynthetic rate, transpiration rate, and stomatal conductance but increased water-use efficiency (WUE). …”
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Diet-induced obesity dampens the temporal oscillation of hepatic mitochondrial lipids by Rashi Jain, Rajprabu Rajendran, Sona Rajakumari

“…Also, our data emphasized that acrophase of mitochondrial lipids synchronized with increased oxygen consumption rate and Parkin levels at ZT16 in chow-fed mice. …”
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Approximate Thermal Calculation of the Superheated Steam Condenser of Heat Pumps by V. I. Volodin, S. V. Zditovetskaya

“…In the first approach, the flow rate and temperature of the heated water are limited by the saturation temperature of the condensing refrigerant, regardless of the flow pattern of the working media. …”
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Analysis of factors, associated with the probability of antihypertensive medication in the population of patients with arterial hypertension by V. S. Kaveshnikov, V. N. Serebryakova, I. A. Trubacheva

“…The highest medication rate was found at very high CVR. Men with high CVR have showed lower medication rate than expected. …”
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Tumor Area Positivity (TAP) score of programmed death-ligand 1 (PD-L1): a novel visual estimation method for combined tumor cell and immune cell scoring by Chunyan Liu, Fang Fang, Ying Kong, Ehab A. ElGabry

“…TAP score had high concordance rate at 1% and 5% cutoff compared with CPS at cutoff 1: positive percent agreement, negative percent agreement, and overall percent agreement were all above 85%. …”
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Infant rat ultrasonic vocalizations in the neurodevelopmental model of schizophrenia by Agnieszka Potasiewicz, Zuzanna Mincikiewicz, Piotr Popik, Agnieszka Nikiforuk

“…Unlike controls, which showed an increasing USV rate associated with proper vocal development, MAM-exposed pups displayed a stable emission rate across days and emitted fewer USVs on the 12th PND. …”
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The epidemic trend of rhinovirus in children from 2013 to 2023: a large sample study in China by Ting Shi, Yiwen Ni, Weiming Li, Linlin Huang

“…It was significant that the positive rate of HRV was gradually increasing with time(P<0.05). …”
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Crop yield and water productivity modeling using nonlinear growth functions by Iman Hajirad, Khaled Ahmadaali, Abdolmajid Liaghat

“…Furthermore, the absolute growth rate followed a bell-shaped pattern in the Logistic model and a right-skewed distribution in the Gompertz model. …”
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Mechanistic computational modeling of sFLT1 secretion dynamics. by Amy Gill, Karina Kinghorn, Victoria L Bautch, Feilim Mac Gabhann

“…Comparison between simulation predictions and additional experimental data of the outcomes of chemical inhibitors and genetic perturbations suggest that intermediate values of the secretion rate constant best match the simulation with experiments, which would completely constrain the model. …”
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Seroprevalence of scrub typhus among patients with acute febrile illness: A study from northern districts of West Bengal by Santanu Hazra, Arpita P. Dutta, Sumana Moitra, Shampa Das, Sanjoy K. Mallick, Arunabha Sarkar, Binita Pradhan, Ayan Chakraborty, Debapriya Bhowmick, Arnab Saha

“…Background: Scrub typhus is a re-emerging acute febrile illness with a high case fatality rate. Early clinical features are nonspecific and resemble any acute febrile illness, with or without skin rash creating clinical dilemmas. …”
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Influence of bulking materials on the organic matter degradation during composting of cattle manure by Md. Mukhlesur Rahman

“…This study aimed to understand the degradation pattern of cattle manure with different types of bulking materials during composting. …”
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A Parameter-Optimized DBN Using GOA and Its Application in Fault Diagnosis of Gearbox by Jingbo Gai, Junxian Shen, He Wang, Yifan Hu

“…After several tests with the remaining samples, the diagnosis rate of the model could reach over 99.5%, which is far better than the traditional fault diagnosis method based on feature extraction and pattern recognition. …”
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Sustainability and energy self-sufficiency; overcoming the barriers by Rania Abdel Galil

“…Renewable energy technologies are viewed as radical innovations which necessitate substantial changes in production and consumption patterns, hence often met with resistance from both institutions and individuals. …”
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Peer perceptions of clinicians using generative AI in medical decision-making by Haiyang Yang, Tinglong Dai, Nestoras Mathioudakis, Amy M. Knight, Yuna Nakayasu, Risa M. Wolf

“…Participants also acknowledged GenAI’s value in improving accuracy (4.30, p < 0.002) and rated institutionally customized GenAI more favorably (4.96, p < 0.001). …”
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Identification of galectin-9 and its antibacterial function in Yellow River carp (Cyprinus carpio haematopterus) by Li Wang, Li Wang, Li Wang, Yuanyuan Hu, Xudong Li, Ziyan Zhang, Nan Wang, Limin Chao, Chengfei Li, Pei Gao, Jinyou Ma, Jinyou Ma, Lei Wang, Xiaojing Xia, Xiaojing Xia

“…IntroductionGalectin-9 is a β-galactoside-binding lectin that functions as a critical pattern recognition receptor (PRR) in the host immune system, initiating immune defense responses by recognizing and binding to pathogen-associated molecular patterns (PAMPs) on the surface of microorganisms. …”
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Mapping Racial Fluidity over Time in Jamaica by Monique D. A. Kelly

“…Over time, skin color ratings between Black and mixed-race individuals converged, suggesting increased fluidity between skin color and racial identity. …”
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Determinants of depressive symptoms in multinational middle-aged and older adults by Can Lu, Shenwei Wan, Zhiyong Liu

“…SHAP analyses identified self-rated health as the predominant predictor, though key factors varied notably—gender was especially influential in MHAS. …”
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