Numerical Simulation and Holdup Prediction of Oil-Water Two-Phase in Low Yield Shale Oil Near Horizontal Wells by QIN Honglong, LIU Junfeng, SHI Shoubo, DAI Yuexiang

“…The built-in volume of fluid (VOF) model is employed to simulate oil-water two-phase flow in wells with different inclinations, yielding flow patterns, water holdup data, and holdup imaging under varying well deviations, flow rates, and water-cut conditions. …”
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Performance Degradation and Chloride Ion Migration Behavior of Repaired Bonding Interfaces inSeawater-Freeze-Thaw Environment by Mengdie Niu, Xiang He, Yaxin Wang, Yuxuan Shen, Wei Zhang, Guoxin Li

“…The deterioration process of the bonding interface and the penetration rate of chloride ions can be effectively delayed by PVA fiber and CAs. …”
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Clinical characteristics and genomic epidemiological survey of tuberculosis in Wuzhou, China, 2022 by Jianpeng Li, Manman Zhao, Weidao Huang, Xuanxuan Huang, Yongqiang Ou

“…Among 169 strains analyzed, an overall drug resistance rate of 23.1% was observed. Multidrug-resistant or rifampicin-resistant cases constituted 7.7% of the strains. …”
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Assessing adherence to physical activity guidelines and correlates among older Korean adults with a focus on 10-minute bout duration using subjective and objective measures. by Junhui Park, Su Hyun Kim, Young Hoon Kim, Chang-Hyung Lee

“…<h4>Results</h4>Self-reported data indicated a 34% adherence rate, whereas accelerometer-based rates ranged from 16% to 62.8%, depending on the cutoff values and tolerance settings. …”
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Cancelable finger vein authentication using multidimensional scaling based on deep learning by Mohamed Hammad, Mohammed ElAffendi, Ahmed A. Abd El-Latif

“…We evaluated our system on three publicly available datasets for finger veins using various performance metrics, including accuracy, precision, recall, and equal error rate (EER). The results demonstrated the effectiveness of our method, which achieved high accuracy, low error rates, and strong performance in diversity and irreversibility tests. …”
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Study on Energy Evolution Law of Rocks With Different Lithologies and Sizes by Yanchun Yin, Zitong Gao, Zhigang Zhao, Shudong He, Liyuan Liu, Guoying Li

“…ABSTRACT Investigating the actual patterns of energy accumulation and release in roof rock, particularly with varying stiffnesses in mining environments, is crucial. …”
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Damaging potential to rice crops of the invasive apple snail (Pomacea maculata) and the native Thai apple snail (Pila celebensis) under changing temperature conditions in Thailand by Weerada Panchot, Warut Siriwut, Phakhawat Thaweepworadej, Intanon Kolasartsanee

“…Climate change is expected to change precipitation patterns and increases the risks of agricultural diseases and pests in rice, a staple crop in Southeast Asia. …”
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Clinical evolution and medical resource utilization in adult patients with respiratory syncytial virus infection at a community hospital in Argentina. by Agustin Bengolea, Juan I Ruiz, Celina G Vega, Matias Manzotti, Nadia Zuccarino, Lucila Rey-Ares

“…Cardiovascular comorbidities might be associated with increased severity and intensive care unit admissions. The high rate of antibiotic use is noteworthy and warrants further investigation to understand prescribing patterns and optimize antimicrobial stewardship. …”
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Magma Differentiation, Contamination/Mixing and Eruption Modulated by Glacial Load—The Volcanic Complex of The Pleiades, Antarctica by Samuele Agostini, Noemi Leone, John L. Smellie, Sergio Rocchi

“…Therefore, we hypothesize a role of a thick ice cap in suppressing eruptions and ultimately leading to prolonged magma residence time in the subsurface, favoring significant fractionation coupled with unusual high rates of crustal assimilation.…”
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Mechanistic Insights Into the Tumor‐Driving and Diagnostic Roles of KCTD Family Genes in Ovarian Cancer: An Integrated In Silico and In Vitro Analysis by Ling Zhang, Chong Cheng, Bin Tang

“…ABSTRACT Background Ovarian cancer (OC) remains one of the most lethal gynecological malignancies, characterized by late‐stage diagnosis and high recurrence rates. Despite advances in treatment, the overall survival rate for OC patients remains low due to the lack of reliable biomarkers for early detection and prognosis. …”
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Circadian blood pressure profile in patients with arterial hypertension and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease by T. E. Steshina, A. I. Chesnikova, V. P. Terentyev

“…In patients with AH and COPD, CBPP was characterized by "non-dipper" and "night-peaker" patterns associated with high heart rate, that was probably explained by COPD negative impact on AH clinical course. …”
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Social Work in Republic of Buryatia by Tatyana Bazarova

“…The introduction of market economy principles, the process of privatisation, and the last economic crises in the Federation of Russia have brought many social phenomena - among them increasing poverty, homelessness and still high rate of unemployment are the worst one. It makes the changes in the state social welfare programmes and functioning patterns be implemented. …”
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The impact of labor market trends on consumer and savings behavior of the population by M. Yu. Akimov

“…As indicators that allow us to identify patterns of formation of consumer and savings behavior of the population, such indicators as employment, unemployment, labor productivity, labor price, average unemployment period, the participation rate of women, men, youth, pensioners, migrants in the workforce, education level, place of residence (city, countryside) can be used, region of the country), consumer spending and savings.The article identifies the main current trends in the Russian labor market that shape the labor behavior of the population and determine the personnel policy of employers. …”
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Sexual behaviors and associated factors among first-year undergraduates at overseas Chinese-oriented universities in China by Zulin Chen, Zulin Chen, Yikun Zheng, Lihan Lin, Lihan Lin, Yongjun Chen, Yunting Zheng, Hongmiao Chen, Hongmiao Chen

“…The rate was significantly higher among students from Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan compared to those from Mainland China and abroad (p &lt; 0.05), which was corroborated by the logistic regression (OR = 3.737, 95% CI: 2.846–4.908). …”
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Release Behavior and Bioaccumulation Characteristics of Organophosphate Esters from Plastics in Marine Aquaculture by Zhi YANG, Dongni LIU, Shengnan HUANG, Xuetian DAI, Wei QIAN, Xiaoshan ZHU

“…Chlorinated OPEs exhibited the highest dissolution rates, with TCEP showing a dissolution rate of 40.6%. …”
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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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Past Expansion and Future Prediction of Land Use and Land Cover of Sofia City by D. Pavlov, D. Pavlov, L. L. Vitanova, D. Petrova-Antonova

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Modelling the Rainfall Erosivity of the Rhone Region (Southeastern France) Associated with Climate Variability and Storminess by Nazzareno Diodato, Gianni Bellocchi, Nunzio Romano, Francesco M. Guadagno

“…Changes in the spatial and temporal patterns of extreme rainfall may have important effects on the magnitude and timing of rainfall erosivity, which in turn lead to even severe soil degradation phenomena. …”
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The distortion of fertility due to migration: A comparative analysis of migrants in the Netherlands and stayers in Poland by Nasim Ahamed Mondal, Agnieszka Fihel, Weronika Kloc-Nowak

“…The literature on migrants’ childbearing patterns offers several explanations for this phenomenon. …”
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Ultra-long-term subcutaneous EEG recordings in ten epilepsy patients: Experiences and circadian rhythms in epileptiform discharges by S.J. van Norden, K.H. Kho, A.M. Meppelink, J.J. Ardesch, M.C. Tjepkema-Cloostermans, M.J.A.M. van Putten

“…We used these annotations to evaluate circadian rhythms in ED rate and duration and to compare seizure diaries with annotated ictal patterns. …”
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