CONVERGENCE IN CORPORATE GOVERNANCE: THE CASE OF CHINA AND INDIA by A. Majumdar

“…China and India face similar challenges in maintaining their aggressive rates of economic growth. While both countries attained economic independence in the late 1940s, each followed a different path in terms of growth. …”
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Colorectal Cancer: A Total Provincial Experience with Survival Analysis by B.H. Weinerman, K.B. Orr

“…However, a continuing relapse rate was seen in all patients with any type of infiltrating disease (B1 and B2 There appeared to be continuing relapse patterns in all those groups to at least 96 months. …”
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Biologically-informed excitatory and inhibitory ratio for robust spiking neural network training by Joseph A. Kilgore, Jeffrey D. Kopsick, Giorgio A. Ascoli, Gina C. Adam

“…In this work, we identify several key factors, such as low initial firing rates and diverse inhibitory spiking patterns, that determine the overall ability to train in the context of spiking networks with various ratios of excitatory to inhibitory neurons. …”
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Racial Identity and Student Satisfaction: Analyzing Black College-Student Experiences Through Social Media Expression by Kameron Drumright

“…These findings suggest consistent patterns and differences in racial identity navigation across institutions. …”
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Economic convergence of Balkan regions towards EU by María A. González-Álvarez, Antonio Montañés, Esther Ruiz, Skender Uku

“…We also categorize groups of economies sharing similar divergence patterns. Additionally, among the regions that converge, convergence rates vary, with some regions progressing faster (Bulgaria, Montenegro and North Macedonia). …”
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Smart Cities and Affective-Symbolic Urbanism: A Dual Tourist/Resident Perspective by Nikolaos Iason Koufodontis, Eleni Gaki, Stella Zounta

“…Drawing on a new conceptual framework of affective-symbolic engagement, it explores not only adoption patterns but also users’ emotional responses and perceived inclusion. …”
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Anhedonia: Current and future treatments by Alessandro Serretti

“…Tailoring interventions to address individual patterns of reward disruption may optimize outcomes for patients with anhedonia.…”
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Supraglacial Ice Cliffs Can Substantially Increase the Mass Loss of Debris‐Covered Glaciers by Pascal Buri, Evan S. Miles, Jakob F. Steiner, Silvan Ragettli, Francesca Pellicciotti

“…Abstract The thinning patterns of debris‐covered glaciers in High Mountain Asia are not well understood. …”
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Advanced cloud intrusion detection framework using graph based features transformers and contrastive learning by Vijay Govindarajan, Junaid Hussain Muzamal

“…The model achieves low false-positive rates and demonstrates real-time inference performance with modest resource requirements. …”
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Anomalous Transport in Dissolving Porous Media: Transitions Between Fickian and Non‐Fickian Regimes by Jingxuan Deng, Rishabh P. Sharma, Piotr Szymczak, Peter K. Kang

“…Depending on the interplay between advection, diffusion, and reaction rates, mineral dissolution produces distinct dissolution patterns, such as wormholing and uniform dissolution. …”
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Aggression in autism spectrum disorder: presentation and treatment options by Fitzpatrick S, Srivorakiat L, Wink L, Pedapati E, Erickson C

“…Sarah E Fitzpatrick, Laura Srivorakiat, Logan K Wink, Ernest V Pedapati, Craig A Erickson Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH, USA Abstract: Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a neurodevelopmental disorder characterized by persistent difficulties in social communication and social interaction, coupled with restricted, repetitive patterns of behavior or interest. Research indicates that aggression rates may be higher in individuals with ASD compared to those with other developmental disabilities. …”
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Quantitative Assessment of Regional Carbon Neutrality Policy Synergies Based on Deep Learning by Daiyang Zhang, Enmiao Feng

“…The deep learning model achieves robust prediction accuracy across diverse scenarios, with sensitivity analysis revealing technology learning rates as the most significant parameter influencing predictions (±24.3%). …”
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Surface Salinity Variability in the Gulf of Mexico During Flood and Drought Years by Pamela J. Lee, Richard J. Brokaw, Ebenezer S. Nyadjro, Bulusu Subrahmanyam

“…We combine satellite‐derived sea surface salinity (SSS), ocean currents, and river discharge rates to examine patterns of salinity distribution throughout the entire GoM basin. …”
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The influence of crosslink characteristics on key properties of dynamically cured NR/PP blends by Charoen Nakason, Chanida Manleh, Natinee Lopattananon, Azizon Kaesaman

“…Curing systems caused crosslinking rates, reversion, and crosslink density and distribution variations. …”
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Brain Tumor Classification of Medical Images based on Transfer Pre-trained Learning Models by Mohamed H Ghaleb Abdkhaleq Abdkhaleq, Ibraheem Al-Jadir, Loay George, Yuri Yuryevich Gromov, Eliseev Aleksey Igorevich

“…Medical professionals can rapidly and reliably diagnosing brain tumors from medical imaging via this technique. he results demonstrate that the AlexNet model showed a remarkable performance, with an accuracy rate of 95.60% and high sensitivity and specificity rates. …”
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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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Epidemiological and Socioeconomic Disparities in the 1742–1743 Epidemic: A Comparative Analysis of Urban Centers and Indigenous Populations Along the Royal Road by Jorge Hugo Villafañe

“…Recognizing these historical patterns of adaptation can inform present and future public health strategies. …”
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Unraveling the Mechanistic Links Between Species Diversity and Infection Risk From Zoonotic Pathogens With Direct Transmission Among Reservoir Hosts: Rodent‐Orthohantavirus Systems... by Andreas Eleftheriou, Angela D. Luis

“…ABSTRACT To explain patterns between anthropogenic loss of species diversity and the rise in the number of novel zoonotic diseases, the “dilution effect” hypothesis predicts that with lower species diversity, infection risk will increase. …”
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A Data-Driven Analysis of Engineering Contract Risk Characterization Based on Judicial Cases of Disputes by Yongcheng Zhang, Ziyi Wu, Chaohua Xiong, Jianwei Wang, Maxwell Fordjour Antwi-Afari

“…The research identifies contractual risk characteristics across dimensions such as regional distribution, dispute terminology, legal citation patterns, and appellate role transitions. The key findings include the following: (1) Primary risks involve payment disputes, quality assurance failures, contractual validity issues, and schedule compliance challenges. (2) Litigation patterns reveal complex interdependencies between contracting parties and stakeholders, posing significant risk management challenges. (3) High second-instance modification rates stem from procedural irregularities, new evidence, improper legal application, and factual errors in initial trials. …”
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