Urban Green Space Inequity, Socioeconomic Disparities, and Potential Health Implications in Metropolitan Melbourne by Parian Hoseini, Pooriya Mohseni, Piret Veeroja, Greg Foliente

“…This study utilizes the Kernel Density tool as an innovative method to measure UGS inequities and their relationship with cardiovascular disease (CVD) rates. Next, the UGS patterns and their potential implications for CVD are examined across suburbs with a range of SES levels in Melbourne, Australia. …”
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Prevalence of autoimmune diseases is strongly associated with average annual temperatures: systematic review and linear regression analysis by Konstantinos Voskarides, Sofia Philippou, Mariam Hamam, Konstantinos Parperis

“…Methods Linear regression analysis was performed for 201 countries by analyzing average annual temperatures and age-standardized rates (prevalence) of five autoimmune diseases: alopecia areata, diabetes mellitus (DM) type 1, inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), psoriasis and rheumatoid arthritis (RA). …”
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Function Delivery Network: A Spatial-Temporal Execution Orchestrator for Optimizing Serverless Computing by Joel R. Corporan, Arshdeep Bahga, Vijay K. Madisetti

“…Our results demonstrate significant improvements in resource utilization, execution time, and request completion rates. The FDN reduces function instance allocation by up to 97.82%, improves median response times by 45.45%, and maintains higher request completion rates at high concurrency levels compared to native FaaS execution. …”
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Tobacco and other substance co-use among adolescents and young adults with cancer who use tobacco: prevalence and associations with nicotine dependence and depression by Eun Jeong Oh, Michael A Diefenbach, Elizabeth J Siembida, Brittney Greene, Kara P Wiseman, Melissa Basile, Nehal P Vadhan

“…When AYA cancer survivors who use tobacco had major depression, alcohol co-use was associated with lower rates of nicotine dependence (aOR=0.08, 95% CI=0.01, 0.53).Conclusions There are high rates of substance co-use among AYAs who use tobacco, consistent across cancer history. …”
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The Prevalence of Anatomical Variations of the Median Nerve in the Carpal Tunnel: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. by Brandon Michael Henry, Helena Zwinczewska, Joyeeta Roy, Jens Vikse, Piravin Kumar Ramakrishnan, Jerzy A Walocha, Krzysztof A Tomaszewski

“…Our aim was to determine the prevalence rates of anatomical variations of the MN in the carpal tunnel and the most common course patterns and variations in its thenar motor branch (TMB).…”
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Prognostic Indicators and Comparative Treatment Outcomes in High-Risk Thyroid Cancer with Laryngotracheal Invasion by Eman A. Toraih, Jessan A. Jishu, Mohammad H. Hussein, Aly A. M. Shaalan, Manal S. Fawzy, Emad Kandil

“…Tracheal and laryngeal invasion rates declined from 3.7%–0.7% and 1.5%–0.6%, respectively, from 2000 to 2015. …”
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Findings supporting neonatal screening for sickle cell disease: an observational study in Senegal by Lucie Petigas, Ndiogou Seck, Ndiogou Seck, Dominique Doupa, Dominique Doupa, Ibrahima Diagne, Ibrahima Diagne, Matthias Roth-Kleiner, Matthias Roth-Kleiner

“…Epidemiological, clinical, and management data were analyzed.ResultsCohort A included 17,083 screened infants (74% screening rate), with 40 diagnosed at a mean age of 70.48 days, showing low complication rates and requiring less intensive treatment. …”
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Impact assessment of central line- and noncentral line-associated bloodstream infection in intensive care unit settings: insights from an infection control study in a hospital in T... by Jayanta Deb, Sanjit Debnath, Purva Mathur, Ripan Debbarma, Tapan Majumdar

“…Abstract Background High rates of morbidity and death, especially in critically sick patients, are caused by bloodstream infections (BSIs), which are potentially fatal illnesses that are commonly observed in intensive care units (ICUs). …”
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Memory deformation and safety characteristics of hydrated coal rock assemblages under cyclic loading by Tingting Cai, Jin Xia, Yulong Jiang, Zengchao Feng, Jia Liu

“…With the increase in water saturation rate, the peak strength of the coal-rock assemblage gradually decreased, showing a noticeable deterioration effect. …”
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Global burden of chronic kidney disease and its attributable risk factors (1990-2021): an analysis based on the global burden of disease study by Min-Jia Li, Hong-Yong Liu, Yun-Qiang Zhang, Sheng-Rong Li, Jian-Hong Zhang, Rong Li

“…Prevalence peaked at ages 65–69 in males and 70–74 in females, with female rates surpassing male rates from the early thirties onward. …”
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The global burden of climate-sensitive diseases in Brazil: the national and subnational estimates and analysis, 1990–2017 by Tatiane C. Moraes de Sousa, Christovam Barcellos, Mauricio L. Barreto

“…The lowest DALYs rates for dengue were observed in the south region, which also experiences the lowest temperatures. …”
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Epidemiology and molecular characterisation of multidrug-resistant Escherichia coli isolated from chicken meat. by Hamida Khanom, Chandan Nath, Philip P Mshelbwala, Md Ridoan Pasha, Ricardo Soares Magalhaes, John I Alawneh, Mohammad Mahmudul Hassan

“…AMR profiling revealed high resistance rates to sulfamethoxazole-trimethoprim (88.84%), tetracycline (86.78%), and ampicillin (82.23%). …”
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Effect of daily thinning on biweekly increment of growth and yield of maize (Zea mays L.) in mountainous agroecosystem by Muhammad Arshad, Rab Nawaz, Sajjad Ahmad, Muhammad Atif Irshad, Ali Irfan, Mir Muhammad Nasir Qayyum, Khalid S. Almaary, Muhammad Afzaal, Zulkfil Ahmed, Mohammed Bourhia

“…Increase in growth variables, dry matter distribution, absolute growth rate (AGR), yield and SYI was the greatest where maize was established with 1% daily thinning. …”
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Challenges in germination of Neltuma caldenia in semi-arid regions: optimization of germination protocols, influence of saline stress and seed quality by Daniela Dalzotto, Sandra Sharry, Lucrecia Piñuel, Patricia Boeri

“… • Temperature significantly influences germination capacity, with optimal rates achieved at 30–35°C, aligning with the precipitation patterns of the region…”
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Effects of PBAT biodegradable mulch on lettuce (Lactuca sativa L.) physiology and soil microbial community: Based on a long-term degradation trial by Weichang Gao, Zugui Tu, Xie Yin, Shuang Ming, Kai Cai

“…The relative abundances of the bacterial genus Chujaibacter and Pseudolabrys increased with high PBAT application rates. Beneficial fungi such as Amphinema and Trichoderma showed an increasing trend, while pathogenic fungi exhibited the opposite pattern. …”
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Prevalence and spectrum of PIK3 mutations in breast cancer and their correlation with clinicopathological features: A cross-sectional observational study from South India by HS Darling, Rahul Sud, Deep Kumar Raman

“…Conclusion: PIK3CA mutations are prevalent in Indian patients with breast cancer, with rates slightly higher than global estimates. High nodal burden and advanced-stage tumors showed greater mutation rates, which may have therapeutic implications.…”
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Wetland Ecological Restoration and Geomorphological Evolution: A Hydrodynamic-Sediment-Vegetation Coupled Modeling Study by Haiyang Yan, Bing Shi, Feng Gao

“…Under the scenario of sea-level rise, when sedimentation rates fail to offset the rate of sea-level increase, the wetland ecosystem faces the risk of collapse. …”
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Analysis of 1560 Inpatient and Outpatient Escherichia coli Isolates from across Canada—Results from the CANWARD 2007 Study by Philippe RS Lagacé-Wiens, Mel DeCorby, Patricia J Baudry, Daryl J Hoban, James A Karlowsky, The Canadian Antimicrobial Resistance Alliance (CARA), George G Zhanel

“…Fluoroquinolones and sulfonamides should be used cautiously and in consideration of local resistance patterns for infections caused by E coli, due to lower susceptibility rates. …”
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An Integrated Framework for Infectious Disease Control Using Mathematical Modeling and Deep Learning by Mohammed Salman, Pradeep Kumar Das, Sanjay Kumar Mohanty

“…Unlike the existing model, emphasis is given to suggesting a model that is capable of investigating stability while considering the effect of vaccination and migration rate. Next, the influence of vaccination on the rate of infection is effectively predicted using an efficient deep learning model by employing the long-term dependencies in sequential data. …”
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Trends in Heart Transplantation and Outcome Analysis: Nationwide Study Using the National Inpatient Sample and Readmission Database by Vivek Joseph Varughese, Aditya Sunil Bhaskaran, Hadrian Hoang-Vu Tran, Nikita Wadhwani, Vignesh Krishnan Nagesh, Izage Kianifar Aguilar, Damien Islek, Simcha Weissman, Adam Atoot

“…Patient characteristics, mortality rates, and readmission patterns were analyzed using ANOVA and multivariate logistic regression, with statistical significance defined as <i>p</i> < 0.05. …”
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