Cervical malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumors: A case report and literature review by SUN Shuohui, LIU Qinyao, MA Junli, LI Xiao, WANG Zhifa

“…As a kind of tumor with a high degree of malignancy, the recurrence rate of MPNST is determined by the design of surgical method, the size of resection, and whether to further radiotherapy and chemotherapy after surgery.…”
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Optimization of off-centered lens parameters in high-power stimulated Brillouin-scattering phase-conjugation mirror by Hongli Wang, Hongli Wang, Chaoshuai Liu, Tianrun Jiang, Kaiyang Li

“…This study can provide valuable experimental references for the application of SBS-PCMs in high power and high-repetition rate laser systems.…”
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Identification of a Surface Marine Vessel Using LS-SVM by David Moreno-Salinas, Dictino Chaos, Jesús Manuel de la Cruz, Joaquín Aranda

“…Support Vector Machines (SVMs) have shown a great performance in pattern recognition and classification research areas having an inherent potential ability for linear and nonlinear system identification. …”
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Retrospective antimicrobial consumption surveillance at health facility level in Dodoma Region, Tanzania by Karin Wiedenmayer, Samuel Mungai, Romuald Mbwasi, Calvin Andeve Omolo, Eva Ombaka, Rajabu Mohamedi Kingo

“…Resistance data were quantitatively analysed, with particular attention given to penicillinase-sensitive penicillins and their resistance rates among gram-negative and Gram-positive bacteria.Results Analysis revealed that single penicillins, particularly amoxicillin, dominated prescriptions, accounting for 25% to 60% of hospitals and 13% to 29% of primary health centres. …”
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Clustering analysis of volatile organic compound biomarkers with tobacco exposure and the association with cardiovascular health outcomes in an observation study cohort by Juan Zhao, Haoyun Hong, Joseph Zhai, Remy Poudel, Sanjay Srivastava, Andrew C. Stokes, Pawel K. Lorkiewicz, Tian Jiang, Rose Marie Robertson, Aruni Bhatnagar, Jennifer L. Hall, Naomi M. Hamburg, Rachel J. Keith

“…After adjustment for age, sex, and race, Cluster 2 was associated with a higher heart rate (β=3.29; 95% CI: -0.26–6.84; p<0.05) compared to Cluster 1. …”
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Paradox of Low CA-125 in Patients with Decompensated Congestive Heart Failure by Raquel López-Vilella, Borja Guerrero Cervera, Víctor Donoso Trenado, Julia Martínez-Solé, Sara Huélamo Montoro, Valero Soriano Alfonso, Franco Appiani, Luis Martínez Dolz, Luis Almenar-Bonet

“…Scheduled admissions, transfers from other hospitals, pulmonary congestion patterns, mixed patterns, and low output were the exclusion criteria. …”
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Physics-based modeling and mechanism of polycrystalline diamond tool wear in milling of 70 vol% Si/Al composite by Lianjia Xin, Guolong Zhao, Zhiwen Nian, Haotian Yang, Liang Li, Ning He

“…The optimal machining parameters of 120 m·min ^–1 cutting speed ( v _c ) and 0.04 mm·z ^–1 feed rate ( f _z ), result in tool life of 33 min and surface roughness ( S _a ) of 2.2 μm. …”
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Source apportionment of potentially toxic elements in soils from an urbanising region: Insights from multivariate analysis in Singida, Tanzania by Raymond Webrah Kazapoe, Benatus Norbert Mvile, John Desderius Kalimenze, Daniel Kwayisi, Samuel Dzidefo Sagoe, Kwabina Ibrahim, Obed Fiifi Fynn

“…Cluster 2 is shown to be more prominent in the Northern part of the area such as Sekenke, Shelui, Lambi, Mtinko and New Kiomboi. Due to the growing rate of urbanisation, these areas have become relatively populous and have a high level of anthropogenic activities, such as gold mining, sunflower oil milling and agricultural activities which have been shown in the study to influence the spatial patterns of PTEs in the area. …”
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Developing and Validating Species Distribution Models for Wetland Plants Across Europe by Ojaswi Sumbh, Marjon Hellegers, Valerio Barbarossa, Renata Ćušterevska, Borja Jiménez‐Alfaro, Łukasz Kozub, Francesca Napoleone, Zvjezdana Stančić, Aafke M. Schipper

“…We concluded that our SDMs are suitable for predicting broad‐scale patterns of wetland plant species distributions as governed by climatic conditions. …”
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Multimorbidity incidence following hospitalization for SARS-CoV-1 infection or influenza over two decades: a territory-wide retrospective cohort study by Cuiling Wei, Chor Wing Sing, Eric Yuk Fai Wan, Ching Lung Cheung, Ian Chi Kei Wong, Francisco Tsz Tsun Lai

“…Overall crude multimorbidity incident rates were 1.5 per 100 person-years among SARS patients and 5.6 among influenza patients. …”
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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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Herbal medicine evaluation for reimbursement-based facial palsy (HERB-FP): a retrospective analysis using Korean health insurance claim data 2020–2024 by Soo-Dam Kim, Man Young Park, Eunbyul Cho, Jiyun Cha, Changsop Yang, Sungha Kim

“…Descriptive and inferential analyses were conducted to examine patient demographics, treatment patterns, symptom progression, and adverse events (AEs). …”
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Global burden of liver cancer attributable to drug use: trends from 1990 to 2021 and projections to 2040 by Cong Chen, Ying Zhou, Weiwei Gu, Zhuxin Gu, Pengfei Jia, Luyi Si, Suming Zhao, Hui Zhao

“…Women exhibited higher EAPC values for ASDR (2.36) and DALYs (1.87) compared to men, indicating that the relative rate of increase in the disease burden over time is greater for women. …”
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Definitive urine drug testing in emergency medicine: Recreational and psychiatric drug findings by Thomas G. Rosano, S.M.Touhidul Islam, John M. Rumberger, Robert M. Konetchy, Jr., Michelle Wood, Joseph A. Sorce, Karl A. Robstad, Heather Long

“…Immunoassay performance showed high false negative rates for benzodiazepines (40%), amphetamines (38%), barbiturates (33%), opiates (25%), methadone (20%) and cocaine (16%), along with inaccuracy in phencyclidine detection. …”
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The burden dynamics of leukemia in China from 1990 to 2021: an epidemiological analysis of trends, risk factors, and projections to 2036 by Renfang Zhang, Chunyue Guo, Yifang Liang, Siyu Qing, Ziyue Liang, Yongbin Wang, Chenguang Zhang

“…Objective: Leukemia is a key public health challenge in China, with epidemiological patterns shifting due to demographics, environment, and healthcare advances. …”
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Bibliometrics Analysis and Knowledge Mapping of Fragment-Based Drug Design Research: Trends from 2015 to 2024 by He C, Zhang J, Zhang R, Liu L, Luo J, Zhang W, Fang B

“…Bibliometric analysis and knowledge mapping were conducted using the RStudio’s bibliometrix-biblioshiny package, CiteSpace, and VOSviewer software, assessing multiple dimensions such as journal co-occurrence, keyword density, institutional collaboration, and citation patterns.Results: The research output in FBDD revealed fluctuating growth, with an average annual growth rate of 1.42%. …”
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Vacation and back-to-school effect on influenza transmission among school-age children in Guangzhou, China: an ecological study from 2010 to 2023 by Di Wu, Mengmeng Ma, Yanhui Liu, Zhitao Chen, Meiqi Zhang, Dedong Wang, Pengzhe Qin, Lei Luo

“…Despite the risk of influenza increasing after returning to school, it remained lower compared with before vacations and holidays.Conclusions Due to changes in contact patterns, influenza incidence was high towards the end of term, significantly decreased during vacations and started to rise on returning to school, peaking in the third or fourth week. …”
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Altered dynamic functional network connectivity in rheumatoid arthritis associated with peripheral inflammation and neuropsychiatric disorders by Lei Xie, Yanmin Zheng, Zhiduo Hou, Shuhua Ma, Zikai Huang, Jianhua Peng, Shuxin Huang, Ruiwei Guo, Jinzhuang Huang, Zhirong Lin, Zelin Zhuang, Jingjing Yin

“…The Spearman correlation was calculated between aberrant DFC alterations, Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA), Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HAD), C reactive protein (CRP) and erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR). Diagnostic efficacy of indicators was assessed using receiver operating characteristic analysis (ROC).Results Three dynamic functional states were identified. …”
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A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Most Endoparasites and Ectoparasites during Past Decade in Iraq by Karwan S. Najm Al-Marjan, Hawri H. Mohammed Jabbary, Liza J. Yousif, Fouad H. Kamil, Najat J. Ahmed

“…The aim of any reviewed data analysis is to obtain an accurate picture of a particular health problem and they are used to finding out the variation of specific health problems, diagnose patterns in existence of the problem, determine any potent reasons and risk factors, evaluate the efficacy of protection scale and care them. …”
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Feasibility Demonstration of Using the Signal‐to‐Noise Ratio Observations From Geodetic GNSS Receivers to Retrieve Dry Snow Density by J. Zhang, W. Wan, H. Liang, W. Ma, B. Liu, C. Liang, Z. Guo, X. Wan

“…Abstract The geodetic Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) receiver has been proven to retrieve snow depth using the phase change rate of the signal‐to‐noise ratio (SNR) observations. …”
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