The Impact of Shifts in Both Precipitation Pattern and Temperature Changes on River Discharge in Central Japan by Bing Zhang, Jingyan Han, Jianbo Liu, Yong Zhao

“…Climate change significantly alters precipitation patterns and river discharge variability. However, the impact of precipitation patterns (rainfall and snowfall) and air temperature on river discharge in coastal zones remains inadequately understood. …”
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Biogeographic patterns reveal the extensive adaptation of forest soil myxobacteria along environmental gradients by Yang Zhou, Xianjiao Zhang, Qing Yao, Honghui Zhu

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Short-term evolution and dispersal patterns of fluconazole-resistance in Candida auris clade III by Irving Cancino-Muñoz, Juan Vicente Mulet-Bayona, Carme Salvador-García, Nuria Tormo-Palop, Remedios Guna, Concepción Gimeno-Cardona, Fernando González-Candelas

“…Moreover, we have estimated the evolutionary rate of clade III to be 2.25e-7 s/s/y (2.87 changes per year). …”
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Smoking among dental students at King Saud University: Consumption patterns and risk factors by Abdullah S. AlSwuailem, Majed K. AlShehri, Salwa Al-Sadhan

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Patterns of Raised Blood Pressure in Vietnam: Findings from the WHO STEPS Survey 2015 by Van Minh Hoang, Quoc Bao Tran, Thi Hoang Lan Vu, Thi Kim Ngan Nguyen, Bao Giang Kim, Quynh Nga Pham, Tuan Lam Nguyen, Duc Truong Lai, Jun Nakagawa, Hai-Rim Shin, Warrick Junsuk Kim, Leanne Riley, Christina Wadhwani, Dinh Bac Truong, Dac Phu Tran

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DNA methylation expression patterns predict outcome of clear cell renal cell carcinoma by Xuwen Li, Haoxi Wang, Yajian Li, Yihao Zhu, Yabo Zhai, Nianzeng Xing, Xiongjun Ye, Feiya Yang

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The Atrial FibriLlatiOn Registry (FLOW-AF): Patient Characteristics, Treatment Patterns, and Outcomes in Egypt by Mohamed Sobhy, Magdy Abdelhamid, Adel Mohamed El Etriby, Mohamed Fathy Soliman Gamaleldin, Ahmed Mohamed Helmy Youssef, Natasha Khalife, Hany Ragy, Ashraf Reda, Maichel Sobhy, Mostafa Nawar

“…Non-vitamin K antagonist oral anticoagulants (62.52%), vitamin K antagonists (22.28%), and antiplatelet therapy (9.85%) were among the prescribed treatments. Rates of transient ischemic attack and all-cause mortality were 2.64% and 0.83%, respectively; all other outcomes (stroke, bleeding, myocardial infarction, systemic embolism) occurred at a rate of ≤ 0.41%. …”
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Analysis of the multicomponent ALEX array data to examine patterns of sensitization in Cape Town, South Africa by Sarah Pedretti, Alexander Sittmann, Arné Von Hagen, Jonny Peter, Jonny Peter

“…Clinicians should be aware of the diversity of tree pollen sensitisation, cross-reactivity patterns between food and pollen sensitisations and rates of minor allergen sensitisations for Blomia and animal danders when considering allergen-immunotherapies.…”
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Bacterial etiology and antimicrobial resistance pattern of community-acquired urinary tract infection in older adults by Aza Bahadeen Taha

“…Escherichia coli was more common in non-diabetic patients (60.81 %) than diabetes (43.69 %). However, the rates of Klebsiella species were higher in diabetes (20.39 %) than non-diabetes (14.50 %). …”
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Social Compliance With NPIs, Mobility Patterns, and Reproduction Number: Lessons From COVID-19 in Europe by Daniele Baccega, Jose Aguilar, Carlos Baquero, Antonio Fernandez Anta, Juan Marcos Ramirez

“…However, the relationship between mobility and Rt is weaker and more nuanced, reflecting the time delays involved, as changes in mobility take time to influence transmission rates. These results underscore the interdependence of restrictions, mobility, and disease spread while demonstrating the potential for data-driven approaches to guide policy decisions. …”
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What are the radiographic prevalence and anatomical patterns of maxillary sinus septa in a Turkish cohort? by Ibrahim Burak Yuksel, Sumeyye Celik Ozsoy, Muhammet Emin Arslan, Fatma Altiparmak, Hatice Yilmaz, Ali Altindag, Guldane Magat

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SP-GEM: Spatial Pattern-Aware Graph Embedding for Matching Multisource Road Networks by Chenghao Zheng, Yunfei Qiu, Jian Yang, Bianying Zhang, Zeyuan Li, Zhangxiang Lin, Xianglin Zhang, Yang Hou, Li Fang

“…To this end, this paper proposes a Spatial Pattern-aware Graph EMbedding learning method for road-network matching, named SP-GEM, which explores the idea of spatially-explicit modeling by identifying spatial patterns in neighbor aggregation. …”
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Dynamic evolutionary pattern of fractures in tectonically deformed coal-bearing assemblages during loading by Pengxiang ZHAO, Yingying LIU, Shugang LI, Yanqun LIU, Yunchuan LIU, Laolao WANG, Weidong LU

“…The fracture propagation rate displayed a trend of decreasing first, then increased, and decreased finally. …”
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Functional Diversity of Wintering Waterbird Enhanced by Restored Wetland in the Lakeshore of Chaohu Lake by Shanshan Xia, Xianglin Ji, Lei Meng, Lizhi Zhou

“…Notably, restored wetlands exhibited coupled patterns of higher functional β‐diversity turnover rates and lower functional nestedness over time, forming distinctive species assemblages. …”
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Prescription patterns demonstrate high demand for treating erectile dysfunction following radical prostatectomy by Signe Benzon Larsen, Annika von Heymann, Hein V. Stroomberg, Anne Sofie Friberg, Klaus Brasso, Andreas Røder, Susanne Oksbjerg Dalton, Randi Karlsen, Pernille Envold Bidstrup, Annamaria Giraldi, Christoffer Johansen

“…We aim to examine prescriptions for erectile dysfunction after radical prostatectomy and to identify factors that may affect the prescription rate. Patients and methods: A study based on men included in the Danish Prostate Registry (DanProst) in 1995–2021, and information on prescriptions for erectile dysfunction (ATC: G04BE) from the Danish Prescription Registry. …”
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Electroencephalogram pattern predicting neurological outcomes of children with seizures secondary to abusive head trauma by Cheng-Che Chou, Ju-Yin Hou, I-Jun Chou, Shih-Yun Lan, Shu-Sing Kong, Man-Hsu Huang, Yu-Chieh Weng, Yi-Yu Lin, Cheng-Yen Kuo, Meng-Ying Hsieh, Min-Liang Chou, Po-Cheng Hung, Huei-Shyong Wang, Kuang-Lin Lin, Yi-Shan Wang, Jainn-Jim Lin

“…Results: Children with apnea, cardiac arrest, reverse blood flow and skull fracture in clinic had a higher mortality rate even in the no-seizure group (3/5 [60%] vs. 3/45 [6.7%], odds ratio [OR] = 11; 95% CI = 2.3–52; p = 0.025). …”
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Changes in Working Patterns in a Community Eating Disorder Service; the Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic and Beyond by Parvathy Mohandas, Maggie McGurgan

“…Aims: One of the aims of this project was to look at changes in working patterns within our local Eating Disorder service over time, paying particular attention to changes in rates of accepted referrals, and rates of inpatient admissions during and after the COVID-19 pandemic. …”
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Hypertension and dietary patterns of the adult population. Results of the Russian epidemiological study ESSE-RF by N. S. Karamnova, S. A. Maksimov, S. A. Shalnova, Yu. A. Balanova, S. E. Evstifeeva, А. E. Imaeva, A. V. Kapustina, G. A. Muromtseva, O. B. Shvabskaya, O. M. Drapkina

“…To study the associations of dietary patterns with HTN in the adult population.Material and methods. …”
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Geographic patterns and determinants of family planning satisfaction among women of reproductive age in Ethiopia by Natnael Kebede, Rahel Mulatie Anteneh, Natnael Moges, Sintayehu Simie Tsega, Melkamu Aderajew Zemene, Asaye Alamneh Gebeyehu, Melaku Ashagrie Belete, Denekew Tenaw Anley, Ermiyas Alemayehu, Ermias Sisay Chanie, Anteneh Mengist Dessie

“…Results The overall satisfaction rate with current family planning methods was 84.1% (95% CI: 82.12, 85.97). …”
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Distribution patterns of gross primary production of mangrove ecosystems in Hainan Island and their driving mechanisms by ZHENG Yinqi1,2,3, SHI Xian3,4, CHEN Quan3,5, WU Lan3,5, CUI Wei6, WANG Wenmei1,2, SUN Zhongyi3,5*, TAN Ke7*

“…Mangrove forests, characterized by high photosynthetic rate and low light compensation point, exhibit high gross primary production (GPP), an important component of “blue carbon”. …”
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