Groundwater ammonia-oxidizing bacteria distribution and the correlations between the distribution and environmental factors around livestock lagoons by REN Juan, ZHANG Lei, ZENG Lingzao, WU Laosheng, SHI Jiachun

“…In water nitrate cycle, micro-organisms play a significant role. The first and rate limiting step of nitrification is ammoxidation, and the functional gene is ammonia monooxygenase, which existed in ammonia-oxidizing bacteria and ammonia-oxidizing archaea.However, the factors affecting ammonia-oxidizing bacteria distribution pattern in groundwater and the influence mode are still not clear enough. …”
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Spatio-Temporal Evolution and Conflict Diagnosis of Territorial Space in Mountainous–Flatland Areas from a Multi-Scale Perspective: A Case Study of the Central Yunnan Urban Agglome... by Yongping Li, Xianguang Ma, Junsan Zhao, Shuqing Zhang, Chuan Liu

“…Grassland Ecological Space (GES) and Other Ecological Space (OES) experienced rapid conversion rates, contrasting with stable or gradual expansion trends in other space types. …”
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Neuromuscular characteristics of transcranial direct current stimulation over dorsolateral prefrontal cortex in patients with chronic low back pain: a randomized, double-blind, con... by Xin Li, Wenzhao Liang, Zhicheng Li, Shijue Li, Yao Zu, Le Ge, Chuhuai Wang

“…BackgroundChronic low back pain (cLBP) is a prevalent condition associated with poor rehabilitation outcomes and high recurrence rates. Previous studies suggest that the number, structure, and network patterns of trunk muscle synergy may contribute to this condition. …”
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Real-World Evidence for Baricitinib in the Treatment of Atopic Dermatitis and Alopecia Areata: Systematic Literature Review 2020–2023 by Julien Seneschal, lgnasi Figueras Nart, Silvia Sabatino, Manny Papadimitropoulos, Srishti Dabral, Anastasia Lampropoulou

“…Studies in AD mostly focused on effectiveness outcomes, followed by treatment patterns, patient-reported outcomes, and safety. Most AA publications focused on effectiveness outcomes, followed by safety then treatment patterns. …”
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Prevalence and antimicrobial resistance of gram-positive pathogens in Lebanon: The need for surveillance and stewardship by Yara Khachab, Racha Khoumassi, Elie Salem Sokhn

“…Blood cultures had the highest isolation rates (29.04 %), predominantly CoNS (76.45 %). Enterococcus spp. dominated urinary tract infections (85.01 %), while S. aureus was prevalent in wound/surgical site infections (59.23 %). …”
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Linking Satellite and Ground Observations of NO₂ in Spanish Cities: Influence of Meteorology and O₃ by Carlos Morillas, Sergio Álvarez, José C. M. Pires, Adrián Jesús García, Sara Martínez

“…In Spain, several major cities face high rates of avoidable deaths due to NO₂ exposure. …”
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Unveiling the hidden effect of multi-morbidities on the severity of Covid-19: a latent class analysis approach by Sedigheh Akhavnnezhad, Seyedeh Solmaz Talebi, Ehsan Mosa Farkhani, Marzieh Rohani-Rasaf

“…Abstract Background Epidemiological studies showed that Covid-19 patients with underlying diseases had higher rates of severe Covid-19. Previous studies focused on the presence of a single chronic disease but this study investigated the prevalence and patterns of multi-morbidities in patients with Covid-19 and its relationship with the severity of Covid-19. …”
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The tale of the rattle: Using rattle size to understand growth and sexual dimorphism in an insular population of rattlesnakes (Crotalus oreganus caliginis) by Roman A. Nava, José Jesús Sigala‐Rodríguez, Nathaniel Redetzke, Ivan Villalobos‐Juarez, Cristian Franco‐Servin‐de‐la‐Mora, Ramses Rosales‐García, Rulon W. Clark

“…Here, we used a large database of rattle segment sizes recorded from island (Isla Coronado Sur, Baja California, Mexico) and mainland (Camp Pendleton, California, United States) populations of Western Rattlesnakes (Crotalus oreganus and C. o. caliginis) that separated approximately 10,000 years ago to compare body sizes at different ecdysis cycles, which allowed us to assess differences in growth rates and patterns of sexual size dimorphism. Our results show that rattlesnakes on Isla Coronado Sur appear to be born smaller and grow more slowly than their mainland counterparts, resulting in a “dwarfed” island population. …”
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Association between healthcare resources, healthcare systems, and population health in European countries by Cholada Kittipittayakorn

“…The models did not find statistical significance in the effects of healthcare system type (Beveridge-type or Bismarck-type) on life expectancy at birth or infant mortality rates. Additionally, Welch’s t-test indicated that the Beveridge-type healthcare system generally showed better performance outcomes compared to the Bismarck-type system. …”
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Leveraging U-Net and ASPP for effective fault detection in photovoltaic modules by Khalfalla Awedat, Masoud Alajmi, Mustafa Elfituri

“…Additionally, the U-Net-ASPP_Cent and U-Net-ASPP_Diag configurations provided IoU gains of 1.18% and 1.96%, respectively, while also reducing false positive rates. These results highlight the effectiveness of incorporating region-specific dilation strategies, enhancing the model’s ability to detect diverse and challenging fault patterns in complex thermal imagery. …”
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Modelling child anaemia and co-existing infections using log-linear models by Grace Kakaire, Gregory Kerich, Robert Too, Mathew Kosgei

“…Abstract Background Uganda grapples with a considerable anaemia-malaria-fever burden, reporting approximate prevalence rates as high as 33%, 34%, and 37% in specific regions. …”
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Distribution of malignant neoplasms of the oral cavity in Ecuador: an epidemiological study from 2015 to 2019 by Karina Lalangui, Emmanuelle Quentin, Juan Marcos Parise-Vasco, Claudia Reytor-Gonzalez, Evelyn Frías-Toral, Daniel Simancas-Racines

“…Variables such as age, gender, province, and location of the neoplasms were analyzed, and frequencies, proportions, and crude rates were calculated. Results Between 2015 and 2019, 4444 hospitalizations and 726 deaths were reported, with a notable increase in 2019. …”
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Mapping of the Antinuclear Autoantibodies in Sudanese patients infected with Human Immunodeficiency Virus after HAART receiving: A cross-sectional study by Nooh Mohamed Hajhamed, Salahaldeen Ismail Mohammed, Waleed Abdelateif Hussein, Abdullah M. Bakheit, Nouh Saad Mohamed, Ayman Azhary, Abdallah Elssir Ahmed, Abualgasim Elgaili Abdalla, Abubakar Abdelbagi, Hassan Babieker Said Khalf Allah, Mahjoob Osman Mahjoob Ali, Mohammed Elfatih Hamida

“…Interestingly, a high proportion of positivity for ANA were found in the older subject groups (aged 42-56 years and > 57 years), with rates of 80% for each. Furthermore, our study also showed that the predominant ANA patterns were nuclear fine-speckled (AC-4, 56.5%) followed by cytoplasmic fine granules (AC-20, 24.7%). …”
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Space–Time Dynamics of Mortality and Recruitment of Stems and Trees in a Seasonally Dry Tropical Forest: Effect of the 2012–2021 Droughts by Maria Beatriz Ferreira, Rinaldo Luiz Caraciolo Ferreira, Jose Antonio Aleixo da Silva, Robson Borges de Lima, Alex Nascimento de Sousa, Marcos Vinícius da Silva

“…An accumulative effect of droughts on increasing mortality rates and reducing recruitment during the study period was observed. …”
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Malaria epidemics and its drivers in Uganda in 2022 by Maru W. Aregawi, Catherine Maiteki, John C. Rek, Bosco Agaba, Charles Katureebe, Mansour Ranjbar, Chunzhe Zhang, Samson Kiware, Jimmy Opigo

“…Provinces with bimodal rainfall patterns were more prone to epidemics, while unimodal regions had fewer epidemics but higher incidence rates. …”
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Effects of high CO2 treatment on green-ripening and peel senescence in banana and plantain fruits by Mu-bo SONG, Lu-ping TANG, Xue-lian ZHANG, Mei BAI, Xue-qun PANG, Zhao-qi ZHANG

“…In contrast to the differentiated color changing patterns, the patterns of the softening, starch degradation and soluble sugar accumulation in the pulp of 20% CO2 treated bananas and plantains displayed similarly as the patterns in the fruits ripening in regular air, indicating that the pulp ripening was not inhibited by 20% CO2, and the abnormal ripening of bananas in 20% CO2 can be considered as green ripening. …”
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Non-temperature environmental drivers modulate warming-induced 21st-century permafrost degradation on the Tibetan Plateau by Fu Ziteng, Wu Qingbai, Chen Anping, Wang Luyang, Jiang Guanli, Gao Siru, Yun Hanbo, Chen ji

“…By compiling a 20-year (2001–2020) dataset from 55 in situ monitoring sites, we find permafrost thawing rates increased from 45 ± 15 cm·10a− 1 (2001–2010) to 86 ± 30 cm·10a−1 (2011-2020), while the temperature increasing rates at the top of permafrost rose from 0.15 ± 0.16 oC·10a−1 to 0.38 ± 0.22 oC·10a−1. …”
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Ultrafast complex-valued 4D fMRI reveals sleep-induced brain respiratory pulsation changes in both magnitude and phase signals by Saara Sofia Syväoja, Lauri Raitamaa, Heta Helakari, Jussi Kantola, Matti Järvelä, Janne Kananen, Ville Isokoski, Vesa Korhonen, Tommi Väyrynen, Timo Tuovinen, Jürgen Hennig, Vesa Kiviniemi

“…To study these pulsations more deeply, we employed ultrafast magnetic resonance encephalography (MREG) to capture complex-valued 4D fMRI brain data at a critical 10 Hz sampling rate in healthy volunteers during wakefulness and sleep. …”
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Impact of COVID-19 on Ureteroscopy Management of Urolithiasis: Retrospective Comparative Study Before and After Pandemic by Shota Iijima, Takanobu Utsumi, Naoki Ishitsuka, Takahide Noro, Yuta Suzuki, Yuka Sugizaki, Takatoshi Somoto, Ryo Oka, Takumi Endo, Naoto Kamiya, Hiroyoshi Suzuki

“…Referral sources shifted (<i>p</i> = 0.045), with fewer primary care referrals and more from emergency or higher-level hospitals. Stone-free rates (65.6% vs. 58.7%, <i>p</i> = 0.128) and postoperative complication rates were comparable. …”
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Missed opportunities in early psychosis care: retrospective chart review of cardiovascular disease monitoring, disengagement and weight changes in a Ghanaian psychiatric hospital by Joel Agorinya, Emelda Edem Adzo Asem-Ahiablee, Emefa Adzo Dzordzorme, Jude Nazir Ayambila, Elsie Agyeman Amaning, Chukwuebuka Ohakpougwu, Abdulai Rafiq Arhin, Kwadwo Marfo Obeng, Belinda Lennox

“…Outcomes included antipsychotic prescription patterns, dropout rates, cardiovascular disease monitoring and weight changes. …”
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