ESTIMATION OF THE ASYMMETRIC VERTICAL VARIATION OF THE SOUTHERN AND NORTHERN HEMISPHERES OF THE EARTH by Wen-Bin Shen Wen-Bin Shen, Rong Sun Rong Sun, Yu. Barkin, Ziyu Shen Ziyu Shen

“…Transformation between the velocity fields under ITRF2008 and ITRF2000 can explain why different authors have different conclusions about the expan­sion/compression pattern of one hemisphere or the other. Anyway, the entire Earth is expanding at a rate about 0.2 mm/yr, and this estimation coincides with results of our previous studies. …”
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Analysis of complications of laparoscopic management of abdominal diseases related to extended indications by Kazimierz Rembiasz, Andrzej Bobrzyński, Andrzej Budzyński, Marcin Strzałka, Anna Gwóźdź, Marcin Migaczewski, Anna Zub

“…Introduction: The introduction of minimally invasive procedures has changed the pattern of surgical complications.Some were only incidentally described in open surgery. …”
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Spatial Characterization of Channeling in Sheared Rough‐Walled Fractures in the Transition to Nonlinear Fluid Flow by Robert Egert, Fabian Nitschke, Maziar Gholami Korzani, Thomas Kohl

“…The small‐scale flow regime of both extreme cases tends to converge with increasing flow rates.…”
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Parsimonious and explainable machine learning for predicting mortality in patients post hip fracture surgery by Fouad Trad, Bassel Isber, Ryan Yammine, Khaled Hatoum, Dana Obeid, Mohammad Chahine, Rachid Haidar, Ghada El-Hajj Fuleihan, Ali Chehab

“…Abstract Hip fractures among the elderly population continue to present significant risks and high mortality rates despite advancements in surgical procedures. …”
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ARMC-RL: Adaptive Caching With Reinforcement Learning for Efficient 360° Video Streaming in Edge Networks by Minji Choi, Somin Park, Jin-Hyun Ahn, Dong Ho Kim, Cheolwoo You

“…Higher cache hit rates contribute to reducing transmission latency and lowering bandwidth consumption. …”
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Comparison of Microbiological Profiles of Primary Hip and Knee Peri-Prosthetic Joint Infections Treated at Specialist Centers Around the World by Emin Suha Dedeogullari, Pablo Slullitel, Isabel Horton, Bulent Atilla, Saif Salih, Paul Monk, Ahmet Mazhar Tokgozoglu, Michael Goplen, Bonita Tsang, Martin Buljubasich, Hesham Abdelbary, Simon Garceau, George Grammatopoulos

“…However, most studies are limited to single-center or intra-country multicenter analyses, often including mixed cohorts of primary and revision PJI cases, with limited data regarding global antibiotic resistance patterns. This study compared the microbiological characteristics, polymicrobial culture rates, prevalence of culture-negative infections, and antibiotic resistance patterns in PJI cases across five referral centers from five continents. …”
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Sociodemographic and regional differences in neonatal and infant mortality in Switzerland in 2011–2018: the Swiss National Cohort by Veronika W. Skrivankova, Leonie D. Schreck, Claudia Berlin, Radoslaw Panczak, Kaspar Staub, Marcel Zwahlen, Sven M. Schulzke, Matthias Egger, Claudia E. Kuehni

“… BACKGROUND AND AIMS: Despite a well-funded healthcare system with universal insurance coverage, Switzerland has one of the highest neonatal and infant mortality rates among high-income countries. Identifying avoidable risk factors targeted by evidence-based policies is a public health priority. …”
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Outcome of Transjugular Intrahepatic Portosystemic Shunt in Budd-Chiari Syndrome: Long-Term Outcomes of 118 Patients; A Single-center Experience by Mohamed Shaker, Mohammad Sakr, Hany Dabbous, Sara M. Abdelhakam, Ahmed Samir, Hend Ebada, Amir M. Farid, Mohamed El-Gharib, Ahmed Eldorry

“…Long-term outcome (1–5 years) was determined and included stent patency rate, time, and pattern of management of stent occlusion and survival rates at 1, 3, and 5 years. …”
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Cancer Burden in Chinese Older Adults: Insights Into Incidence, Mortality, and Global Comparisons Using GLOBOCAN 2022 by Yuanjie Zheng, He Li, Qianru Li, Siyi He, Yi Teng, Mengdi Cao, Nuopei Tan, Jiachen Wang, Tingting Zuo, Tianyi Li, Wanqing Chen

“…The estimated numbers of new cases and deaths, age‐standardized incidence rates (ASIRs), and age‐standardized mortality rates (ASMRs) were analyzed for the top ten cancer types in Chinese older adults, categorized by sex and age groups (60–69, 70–84, and 85+ years). …”
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FILAMIN A IN BREAST CANCER: FROM LITERATURE TO FUNCTIONAL INSIGHTS

“…While early-stage tumors often respond to treatment, progression to metastasis significantly lowers survival rates, highlighting the need for novel therapeutic approaches2. …”
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An Optimization Strategy for Truncating Ultralong Bus Lines Integrated with Metro Networks by Cuiying Song, Yujun Chen, Jihui Ma

“…For most ultralong bus lines, low punctuality rates and vehicle bunching are two main challenges. …”
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Radiotherapy combined with anlotinib for refractory leiomyosarcoma: a case report and literature review by Ziming Li, Xiuchun Yu, Ming Xu

“…Refractory leiomyosarcoma (LMS) is characterized by notoriously high recurrence rates and poses significant surgical challenges due to its anatomical complexity and invasive growth patterns. …”
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The Clinical Course and Correction of Metabolic Disturbances in Patients with Severe Methadone Poisoning by B. V. Batotsyrenov, G. A. Livanov, A. Yu. Andrianov, S. A. Vasilyev, O. A Kuznetsov

“…Objective: to study the clinical patterns due to course of severe methadone poisoning and to assess the results of reamberine use in the complex of intensive therapy for this condition. …”
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Increased Daytime Sleepiness in Patients with Childhood Craniopharyngioma and Hypothalamic Tumor Involvement: Review of the Literature and Perspectives by Hermann L. Müller

“…Childhood craniopharyngiomas are rare embryogenic malformations of the sellar region, presumably derived from Rathke cleft epithelium. The overall survival rates after neurosurgical intervention and/or irradiation are high (92%). …”
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Policing the Economy: Hyperinflation, Consumption and the Making of Austerity in Greater Buenos Aires, 1989-1991 by Jennifer Adair

“…DIPPBA officers tracked the fluctuating price of basic goods, rising rates of urban poverty, and sporadic outbreaks of supermarket lootings. …”
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Unstructured satellite survey detects up to 20% of archaeological sites in coastal valleys of southern Peru. by Thomas J Snyder, Randall Haas

“…These detection rates can be used to derive reliable site frequency estimates on the Andean coast, which can be used in planning and budgeting for field efforts and estimating demographic patterns at large spatial scales that are difficult to achieve through pedestrian survey. …”
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Coastal aquifers key contributors to ocean chemistry through solute fluxes by Yael Kiro

“…Moreover, they are dynamically linked to sea-level changes: falling sea levels enhance SGD-driven solute inputs, whereas rising sea levels suppress them. These patterns suggest that SGD fluxes may regulate long-term climate trends, including rates of global cooling or warming.…”
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Relevancy Prediction of the Emerging Pathogens with Porcine Diarrhea by Logistic Regression Model by Benqiang Li, Jie Tao, Xin Li, Jinghua Cheng, Ying Shi, Pan Tang, Huili Liu

“…In this study, 3256 porcine fecal samples were collected from 17 pig herds in Shanghai, China, from 2015 to 2023 to identify novel pathogenic infection patterns. The results confirmed that porcine astrovirus (PAstV), porcine sapelovirus (PSV), and porcine epidemic diarrhea virus (PEDV) were the top three agents with positive rates of 28.47%, 20.71%, and 20.23%, respectively. …”
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TRNSYS-Based Performance Study of Solar-Assisted Single-Effect Absorption Cooling in Peshawar, Pakistan by Abid Hussain, Asnaf Aziz, Afzal Khan, Nadeem Ur Rehman, Hamza Pervez, Altaf Husain

“…Under variable load conditions, the auxiliary heater responded through frequent pulsed flow patterns, achieving peak flow rates up to 49,000 kg/hr without compromising outlet temperature. …”
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Clinical Outcome and Molecular Profile in Patients with <i>DDX41</i> Mutation Hot-Spots by Nadia Toumeh, Yazan Jabban, Ahmad Nanaa, Rong He, David Viswanatha, Dragan Jevremovic, James M. Foran, Cecilia Y. Arana Yi, Antoine N. Saliba, Mehrdad Hefazi Torghabeh, William J. Hogan, Mithun V. Shah, Abhishek A. Mangaonkar, Mrinal M. Patnaik, Hassan B. Alkhateeb, Aref Al-Kali

“…Germline and somatic mutations often have different locations and patterns of mutation, with some hotspots displaying diversity based on ethnicity. …”
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