Synergistic effect of ammonium and potassium on carrot growth, physio-biochemical mechanisms, and water use efficiency under varying irrigation regimes by Ayman M. S. Elshamly, Ahmed D. S. Abaza, Abd El-Zaher M. A. Mustafa, Humaira Rizwana, Javed Iqbal, Shabir Ahmad, Rashid Iqbal, Nazim S. Gruda

“…Carrot plants were treated with two rates of soil ammonium nitrate (200 and 250 kg N ha− 1), foliar potassium humate (200 and 400 g 100 L− 1), and four combinations of these treatments. …”
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Carbapenem-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa T3SS virulence genes and correlation between virulence and drug resistance and molecular epidemiology studies by Jianhua Tang, Jianhua Tang, Jiekun Pu, Linbo Zhao, Xuli Zhan, Qianqian Pang, Xiangyan Meng, Rui Feng, Haojun Fan

“…The highest detection rate of T3SS virulence genes was for exoT (100%), followed by exoS, exoY (88.9%), and exoU (11.1%). …”
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Trends in Colistin Resistance and Multidrug-Resistant Phenotypes Among Gram-Negative Bacilli: A Retrospective Analysis by Madalina Alexandra Vlad, Maria Dan, Andreea Nicoleta Catana, Sebastian Dumitriu, Cristina Gabriela Tuchilus

“…Resistance in <i>Pseudomonas</i> spp. remained below 1%, while <i>Acinetobacter</i> spp. showed a resistance rate of 5.43%. Several distinct resistance phenotypes were identified among <i>Klebsiella</i> spp., <i>Pseudomonas</i> spp., and <i>Acinetobacter</i> spp. strains, reflecting both endemic and sporadic circulation patterns. …”
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Connection between trajectory of primary cancer monitoring indicators and mortality after cancer in South Korea by Jung Hyun Kim, Haedong Kim, Man S. Kim, Mison Chun, Jaeyong Shin

“…Methods The study focused on ten cancer types, categorizing counties into three levels of cancer incidence rates using group-based trajectory modeling to identify disparities in patterns and levels among groups. …”
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Translation of the UK Pediatric Influenza Vaccination Programme in Primary Schools to 13 European Countries Using a Dynamic Transmission Model by Laetitia Gerlier, Judith Hackett, Richard Lawson, Sofia Dos Santos Mendes, Martin Eichner

“…# Objectives To simulate the impact of a pediatric influenza vaccination programme using quadrivalent live attenuated influenza vaccine (QLAIV) in Europe by applying coverage rates achieved in the United Kingdom during the 2014–2015 season and to compare the model outcomes to the UK results…”
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Respiratory bacterial and viral pathogen spectrum among influenza-positive and influenza-negative patients by Jing Shi, Shi Han, Yating Zhang, Xiaohua Lu, Yunxia Gan, Narenqimuge Tong, Lu Ma, Hang Zhuan, Ying Dai, Yaqi Ji, Guoming Li, Dan Chen, Lu Yang

“…Influenza-positive patients had higher rates of S. pneumoniae and H. influenzae infections, while influenza-negative patients had higher rates of Human parainfluenza viruses and Human rhinoviruses. …”
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Global, regional and national burden of asthma from 1990 to 2021: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021 by Liwen Zhang, Jilei Lin, Jing Zhang, ShuHua Yuan, Mingyu Tang, Yong Yin, Hejun Jiang, Guijun Yang, Jiande Chen, Jiajun Yuan

“…The results of the joinpoint analysis indicated a global age-standardised incidence rate increase between 2005 and 2010 for both males and females. …”
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Three‒Dimensional Numerical Simulation of the Breaching Process of Landslide Dams with Heterogeneous Structures by HU Xianrui, PENG Ming, FU Xiaoli, YANG Ge, ZHU Yan, SHI Zhenming, ZHANG Gongding

“…The middle layer (V2) governed vertical incision rates: fine-grained layers accelerated downward erosion, whereas coarse layers formed headcuts that restricted further deepening. …”
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Respiratory Support with Limited Tidal Volume and Peak Pressure in Patients with Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome by A. V. Vlasenko, D. A. Ostapchenko, G. N. Meshcheryakov, P. Yu. Osipov

“…The paper presents the results of a study, which prove the advantages of artificial ventilation with a descending air flow on inspiration, tidal volume 6 ml/kg body weight; P peak &lt; 30 cm H2O in showing its efficiency, by optimizing the parameters of the respiratory pattern, by improving gas exchange in the lung, by reducing the time of respiratory support, the length of stay in an intensive care unit, and mortality rates as compared with artificial square-wave air flow on inspiration, TV 12—15 ml/kg body weight; Ppeak tracheal &gt;35 cm H2°.…”
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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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Electrical Capacitance Probe Characterization in Vertical Annular Two-Phase Flow by Grazia Monni, Mario De Salve, Bruno Panella, Carlo Randaccio

“…The ECP is used to investigate a vertical air/water flow, characterized by void fraction higher than 95%, with mass flow rates ranging from 0.094 to 0.15 kg/s for air and from 0.002 to 0.021 kg/s for water, corresponding to an annular flow pattern. …”
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Construction and Validation of an Oxidative Phosphorylation Signature in High-Grade Glioma and Potential Inhibitors Screening by Hanwen Lu, Wenpeng Zhao, Bingchang Zhang, Yuanyuan Xie, Jiawei He, Huiying Yang, Zhanxiang Wang

“…Glioma is a devastating type of brain tumor with high morbidity and mortality rates. Despite current treatment options, the prognosis for glioma patients remains poor. …”
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Effective temperature in approximate quantum many-body states by Yu-Qin Chen, Shi-Xin Zhang

“…Our findings reveal a consistent exponential pattern in the energy eigenbasis decomposition contributions of approximate states across different ansatzes, optimization objectives, and quantum systems, characterized by remarkably small decay rates, i.e., high effective temperatures. …”
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Monetary Policy and Financial (In)Stability by Adam Koronowski

“…It is not surprising that it consists of cutting interest rates and bail-out of insolvent, systemically important financial institutions. …”
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Design of a High-Gain, Slotted Ultra-Wideband Antenna with T-shaped slots for Millimeter-Wave Applications by hassan falih

“…Millimeter wave (mmWave) is a crucial frequency range for fifth-generation (5G) mobile communication, characterized by wide bandwidth and higher data rates. Antenna components will be small, wideband, and high-gain for use in 5G systems. …”
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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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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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