Epidemiological profile of perinatal health among indigenous pregnant people in the Wayamu territory, Brazil by Christiano Adson Barbosa Lima, Ragner Borgia Junott, Anisio Pereira da Silva Neto, Maysa Carla Paiva Terasawa, Márcia Jeane do Rego Dias, Lívia de Aguiar Valentim, Adjanny Estela Santos de Souza

“…Conclusion The maternal and neonatal outcomes observed among Indigenous women in the Wayamu Territory are similar to national patterns but reveal persistent challenges, including adolescent pregnancy, low prenatal consultation rates, and increasing medicalization of childbirth. …”
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Meningococcal Infection in Novosibirsk: Changes in Epidemiology and Prevention Problems by I. Ya. Izvekova, L. V. Samoilova, L. Yu. Chernyshova, O. A. Simkina, T. Yu. Ivleva, E. I. Krasnova, U. A. Arkhipova

“…An analysis of the epidemiological patterns of MI in the NSO revealed the presence of significant fluctuations in the incidence rates with multiple replacements of the leading strains of meningococcus, in the absence of immunity to all the main pathogens of MI in the vast majority of the region's inhabitants (from 60% to 82.92% of the population in different years remained seronegative to meningococcus serogroup A, 100% of the examined are seronegative to serogroup C). …”
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Partial Order Ranking of the Key Drivers of Grassland Conversion in the Urban–Grassland Interface: A Case Study of the Hohhot–Baotou–Ordos Region by Xuemei Li, Chang An, Batunacun, Yu Feng, Kaixin Liu, Yong Mei

“…The results show that (1) transitions between grasslands and other land-use types became more frequent across the two periods. Specifically, the rates of grassland conversion out and conversion increased from 2.1% and 3.5% during the period 2000–2010 to 4.7% and 4.8% during the period 2010–2020, respectively. (2) Urbanization was the primary driver of grassland conversion in 11 and 10 of the 18 counties during the first and second periods, respectively, followed by factors related to weather variables. (3) In the future, the eastern region of the study area needs to prioritize mitigating the impacts of urban development, while the western region should focus on enhancing ecological construction projects. …”
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PROMETHEUS: Long-Term Exacerbation and Mortality Benefits of Implementing Single-Inhaler Triple Therapy in the US COPD Population by Gerard Criner, Fernando Martinez, Norbert Feigler, Hitesh Gandhi, Bruce Pyenson, Matthew Emery, Umang Gupta, Muthiah Vaduganathan

“…Agent annual characteristics reflected incident cases, changes in COPD severity, treatment, mortality, and exacerbations under status quo treatment patterns and scenarios for the adoption of SITT. The scenarios assumed the reduced exacerbation and mortality rates associated with SITT according to ETHOS trial outcomes mean values…”
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Does morphology have real impact on local and distant recurrences in head and neck cutaneous melanoma? by A. M. Mudunov, M. B. Pak, L. V. Demidov, K. A. Baryshnikov

“…Progression-free survival didn’t correlate with the size of surgical resection margins. The survival rates were the best with the lowest resection margin under 0.5 cm (77.3 %) and the worst with the highest resection margin more then 1.0 cm (38.7 %). …”
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Climate-induced risks, adaptation, and mitigation responses: a comparative study on climate-stressed coastal communities by Sadhon Chandra Swarnokar, Sadia Islam Mou, Sutapa Dey Sharmi, Afif Iftikhar, Sabrina Jesmin

“…The study further examines the effectiveness of governance in addressing adaptation rates, livelihood and occupational patterns, increasing water stress, and declining agricultural productivity. …”
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Neuro-Mimetic Developmental Architecture for Continual Learning Through Self-Organizing Multimodal Perception Coordination by Farhan Dawood, Naoki Masuyama, Chu Kiong Loo

“…Our approach achieves superior recall accuracy, with rates of 92.25% for visual recall and 92.45% for auditory recall. …”
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Evaluation and comparison of biomarkers in decompensated heart failure in a tertiary care center by Fathima Nilofar, Gnanadeepan T., Mahendra Kumar K., Nitesh Babu R.

“…Recognizing DHF's clinical challenges and high morbidity and mortality rates, the study seeks to enhance understanding and shed light on underlying mechanisms, particularly the role of biomarkers. …”
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Effects of long-term maize/peanut intercropping and phosphorus application on soil surface electrochemical properties and crop yield by Rentian Ma, Ning Yu, Shiwei Zhao, Shiwei Zhao, Taiji Kou, Nianyuan Jiao

“…This study took the soil under the maize-peanut intercropping system which has been planted for 12 years as the research object, the physical, chemical, and electrochemical properties of soil, and crop yield under different planting patterns [sole-crop maize (SM), sole-crop peanut (SP), and maize-peanut intercropping (M/P)] and phosphorus application rates [P application (180 kg P2O5 ha−1) and no P application (0 kg P2O5 ha−1)] were studied. …”
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Analysis of Tumor and Tumor-Like Entities Tested on the Orthopaedic In-Training Examination From 2012 to 2023 by Sean Kelly, MD, Braden Goldberg, MD, Eli Bryk, MD, FAAOS, FAOA, FACS, Vincent Vigorita, MD

“…Emphasizing highyield topics and adapting to evolving question patterns can optimize educational outcomes and improve board pass rates.…”
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Epigenetic Regulation of Neutrophils in ARDS by Jordan E. Williams, Zannatul Mauya, Virginia Walkup, Shaquria Adderley, Colin Evans, Kiesha Wilson

“…Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) is an inflammatory pulmonary condition that remains at alarming rates of fatality, with neutrophils playing a vital role in its pathogenesis. …”
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Uncovering precision phenotype-biomarker associations in traumatic brain injury using topological data analysis. by Jessica L Nielson, Shelly R Cooper, John K Yue, Marco D Sorani, Tomoo Inoue, Esther L Yuh, Pratik Mukherjee, Tanya C Petrossian, Jesse Paquette, Pek Y Lum, Gunnar E Carlsson, Mary J Vassar, Hester F Lingsma, Wayne A Gordon, Alex B Valadka, David O Okonkwo, Geoffrey T Manley, Adam R Ferguson, TRACK-TBI Investigators

“…Further analyses revealed that this patient subset had high rates of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), and enrichment in several distinct genetic polymorphisms associated with cellular responses to stress and DNA damage (PARP1), and in striatal dopamine processing (ANKK1, COMT, DRD2).…”
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In silico and in vitro assessment of TP53, ATM, RAD51, and BAX genes in gastric cancer and their contribution to radiotherapy resistance by Junwei Zhang, Pengtao He

“…Mutational analysis showed that TP53 was altered in 88% of gastric cancer samples, while ATM, RAD51, and BAX exhibited lower mutation rates. Survival analysis suggested that elevated expression of TP53, RAD51, and BAX may be linked to poorer survival outcomes, while reduced ATM expression appeared to associate with decreased overall survival. …”
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Decoding stimulus-specific regulation of promoter activity of p53 target genes by Flavia Vigliotti, Nicolai Engelmann, Mark Sinzger-D’Angelo, Heinz Koeppl, Heinz Koeppl, Alexander Loewer, Alexander Loewer

“…Indeed, stimulus-specific stochastic gene expression is predominantly regulated by promoter activation and deactivation rates. Interestingly, we found that in many situations, transcriptional activity was uncoupled from the total amount of p53 and the fraction bound to DNA, highlighting that transcriptional regulation by p53 is a multi-dimensional process. …”
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Innovative applications and future trends of multiparametric PET in the assessment of immunotherapy efficacy by Tingting Qiao, Tingting Qiao, Zhaoping Cheng, Yanhua Duan

“…Metabolic parameters such as SUVmax, MTV, and TLG were significantly correlated with treatment response rates, progression-free survival (PFS), and overall survival (OS). …”
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Experimental Investigation of Mechanical Properties and Pore Characteristics of Hipparion Laterite Under Freeze–Thaw Cycles by Tengfei Pan, Zhou Zhao, Jianquan Ma, Fei Liu

“…The experimental results demonstrate that Hipparion laterite specimens undergo progressive deterioration with increasing F-T cycles and initial moisture content, predominantly exhibiting brittle deformation patterns. The soil exhibited substantial strength degradation, with total reduction rates of 51.54% and 43.67% for peak and residual strengths, respectively. …”
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Evaluation of Gram-negative hospital-acquired infections and antibiotic resistance in the pediatric intensive care unit by Berfin Özgökçe Özmen, Merve Türkegün Şengül, Suna Ozdem, Sefika Aldaş, Banu Katlan

“…Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Klebsiella pneumoniae were the most frequently identified and had equal growth rates in blood culture. K. pneumoniae were most frequently identified in the central venous catheter (CVC). …”
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Is mechanism of injury associated with outcome in spinal trauma? An observational cohort study from Tanzania. by Chibuikem Anthony Ikwuegbuenyi, Julie Woodfield, François Waterkeyn, Scott L Zuckerman, Beverly Cheserem, Andreas Leidinger, Albert Lazaro, Hamisi K Shabani, Roger Härtl, Halinder S Mangat

“…Improved neurological outcomes were associated with incomplete injuries (AIS B-D), while higher mortality rates were linked to cervical injuries and complete (AIS A) injuries.…”
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Direct and Indirect Protection with Pediatric Quadrivalent Live-Attenuated Influenza Vaccination in Europe Estimated by a Dynamic Transmission Model by Laetitia Gerlier, Judith Hackett, Richard Lawson, Sofia Dos Santos Mendes, Catherine Weil-Olivier, Markus Schwehm, Martin Eichner

“… # Conclusions The model highlights direct and indirect protection benefits when vaccinating healthy children with QLAIV in Europe, across a range of demographic structures, contact patterns and vaccination coverage rates.…”
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Frequency of Plasmid-Mediated Quinolone-Resistance (qnr) Genes in Pseudomonas aeruginosa Strains Isolated from Hospitalized Patients by Hamid Reza Goli, Sayede Fateme Moradi, Mohammad Reza Haghshenas, Ghazaleh Elahi, Mehrdad Gholami

“…Among the studied genes, the prevalence rates of qnrA, qnrB, and qnrS were 31%, 24%, and 35%, respectively. …”
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