Short-term physiological responses of Pinus koraiensis Siebold & Zucc. and Chamaecyparis obtusa (Siebold & Zucc.) Endl. seedlings to elevated CO2 by Iereh Kim, Myeongja Kwak, Juyeong Kim, Suyoung Woo

“…C. obtusa initiated early biochemical adjustments, indicated by increased biochemical parameters of photosynthesis (maximum carboxylation rate, Vcmax; electron transport capacity, Jmax; and triose phosphate utilization, TPU), yet required more time for these changes to result in higher photosynthetic rates. …”
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Organ-system-based subclassification of preeclampsia using machine learning predicts pregnancy outcomes by Yanhong Xu, Yizheng Zu, Xiaosi Lu, Yiping Wang, Jiaying Zheng, Xia Xu, Jianying Yan

“…K-Cluster 1 and K-Cluster 5 showed distinct biomarker patterns but similar complication rates (P > 0.05). …”
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Challenging assumptions: a tripartite assessment of medical quality, resource utilization, and equity concerns in pediatric telemedicine by Motti Haimi, Ruslan Sergienko, Tzipi Hornik-Lurie, Dov Albukrek

“…Antibiotic prescribing rates were similarly divergent: mean rates of antibiotic prescriptions after PCP visits were 10.3%, after telephone/video visits were 16.8%, and after Tyto visits were 21.4% (p < 0.001). …”
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Outcomes Following Peripheral Vascular Interventions in Patients with End-Stage Renal Disease by Amar Premdatt Gopal, Ankoor Patel, Murad Elias, Shreeya Agrawal, Priya Goyal, David Samson, Igor Laskowski, Romeo Mateo, Arun Goyal, Sateesh Babu

“…The data were analyzed to identify patterns and correlations. Results: This study found that patients with PAD and ESRD have long hospital stays, high amputation rates, high readmission rates, and treatment failure. …”
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Vocal activity as a welfare indicator in killer whales in managed care by Javier Almunia, Jonas Philipp Lüke, Fernando Rosa

“…Using a custom detection algorithm and classification criteria, we focused on quantifying the rates of discrete call production throughout the day and across different seasons.ResultsThe results revealed strong diel patterns in vocal activity, with increased rates during the day, particularly around feeding and training sessions, and minimal vocal activity overnight. …”
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Forecasting the Thermal Degradation Depending on the Kinetics of Dracaena Draco Lignocellulosic Fibers Using an Artificial Neural Network by Abdelwaheb Hadou, Ahmed Belaadi, Djamel Ghernaout, Herbert Mukalazi

“…In order to forecast the thermal degradation of Dracaena draco plant fibers (DDFs) using thermogravimetric analysis (TGA) at heating rates ranging from 5 to 30°C/min, this study employed artificial neural networks (ANNs). …”
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Stress generation, relaxation and size control in confined tumor growth. by Huaming Yan, Daniel Ramirez-Guerrero, John Lowengrub, Min Wu

“…Experiments on tumor spheroids have shown that compressive stress from their environment can reversibly decrease tumor expansion rates and final sizes. Stress release experiments show that nonuniform anisotropic elastic stresses can be distributed throughout. …”
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Resilience of the transit-oriented built environment against COVID-19 transmission: Evidence from major urban communities in Wuhan city by Yangguang Xiao, Hsi-Chuan Wang, Kojiro Sho

“…Utilising a combination of spatial and aspatial statistical techniques, we assess how population density, bus stop density, park density and proximity to medical facilities and parks influence infection rates. The findings reveal that whereas high population density in urban core areas correlates with lower infection rates, medical accessibility and bus stop density are significant determinants of transmission in peripheral regions. …”
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Simulation and prediction of rural population changes using agent-based modeling. by Shanshan Huang, Yao Huang, Shitai Bao, Jianfang Wang, Siying Chen

“…To mitigate future rural population aging, enhancing birth rates and fostering rural industrial development is essential to curb migration. …”
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Breaking the Standard: Can Oxford Nanopore Technologies Sequencing Compete With Illumina in Protistan Amplicon Studies? by Dana Bludau, Guido Sieber, Manan Shah, Aman Deep, Jens Boenigk, Daniela Beisser

“…While Illumina still dominates the sequencing market and offers high accuracy with low error rates, it is limited by shorter read lengths. ONT provides much longer reads, allowing for greater taxonomic resolution but at the cost of higher error rates. …”
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Excess and reduced work absence during COVID-19 in Poland: insights from cause-specific time-series models by Błażej Łyszczarz, Jakub Wojtasik

“…Results We observed notable deviations in work absence rates during the pandemic period (until the end of Q1-2022). …”
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Occupation, displacement, and violence in the West Bank: A retrospective analysis of data from 2014-2024. by Sarah Aly, Fatima Mossolem, Ayeh Khalil, Tushara Surapaneni, Abd Al-Rahman Traboulsi, Waleed Aldadah, Eleanor Reid, Shakoor Hajat

“…Refugee camps had increased death rates: IRR = 7.91 (5.26, 11.89; p < 0.0001) compared to non-refugee camp populations. …”
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Osseointegration potential of boron-coated titanium alloy pedicle screw in rabbit spine model by Hidir Ozer, Mehdi Hekimoğlu, Ibrahim Kulac, Ozgur Can Eren, Yeliz Kasko Arici, Haydar Çelik, Ali Fahir Ozer

“…This study aimed to achieve better osseointegration rates by utilizing the ability of boron compounds to transform stem cells in the vertebra into osteoblasts. …”
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Spatial and spatio-temporal analysis of cancer mortality in Iran: gender disparities and implications for health policy by Alireza Zangeneh, Arash Ziapour, Seyede Negin Hoseini, Babak Nazari, Homa Molavi, Farid Najafi, Ardeshir Khosravi, Reza Heidari Moghadam

“…The standard deviation ellipse indicated a transition in cancer mortality distribution from a northwest-southeast alignment in 2017 to predominantly western and eastern orientations in subsequent years, with varied hotspot patterns across Iran. Conclusions: The study highlights rising cancer mortality rates, particularly among men and premenopausal women, underscoring the need for targeted public health interventions and improved medical infrastructure to enhance prevention and treatment efforts.…”
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Shifts in growth strategies reflect tradeoffs in cellular economics by Douwe Molenaar, Rogier van Berlo, Dick de Ridder, Bas Teusink

“…Abstract The growth rate‐dependent regulation of cell size, ribosomal content, and metabolic efficiency follows a common pattern in unicellular organisms: with increasing growth rates, cell size and ribosomal content increase and a shift to energetically inefficient metabolism takes place. …”
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Sex distribution in tuberculosis disease in children, adolescents, and adults in a low-incidence country: a retrospective population-based cohort study by Daniela Neudecker, Ekkehardt Altpeter, Nicole Ritz, Nora Fritschi

“… AIM: Globally, tuberculosis incidence shows notable sex disparity, with higher rates observed in males. While this pattern is well documented in adults from high-incidence countries, the influence of sex on tuberculosis incidence in children and adolescents, particularly in low-incidence settings, remains unclear. …”
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Spatiotemporal Analysis of Obesity: The Case of Italian Regions by Elena Grimaccia, Luciano Rota

“…During the period under analysis, obesity prevalence rates in Italy show a tendency to grow, with a sharp increase during the COVID-19 lockdown.…”
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Epidemiological trends of dengue disease in Thailand (2000-2011): a systematic literature review. by Kriengsak Limkittikul, Jeremy Brett, Maïna L'Azou

“…Disease incidence and deaths remained highest in children aged ≤ 15 years and case fatality rates were highest in young children. Heterogeneous geographical patterns were observed with higher incidence rates reported in the Southern region and serotype distribution varied in time and place. …”
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Features of myocardial damage at COVID-19 by S. H. Hamidov, A. G. Obrezan, P. S. Lobanova, S. V. Azarenko

“…Some studies also provide comparative data on COVID-19+ and COVID-19- patients, complication patterns, and mortality rates. The results of the studied materials shows that, the frequency of cardiac complications and the number of deaths are significantly more common in patients with concomitant diseases such as arterial hypertension, diabetes mellitus, obesity, CKD, arrhythmias. …”
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Wearable System for Cardiac Diagnosis and Monitoring: Clustering Analysis and Usability Assessment Using Fractal Geometry by Jose Sulla Torres, Cusirramos Montesinos Roderick Nestor, Sandra Catalina Correa Herrera, Jairo Jattin Balcazar, Herwin Huillcen Baca, Agueda Munoz del Carpio Toia

“…Unlike conventional smartwatch-based monitoring systems, this approach employs advanced mathematical modeling to identify nonlinear patterns in heart rate dynamics, enabling more precise differentiation between normal and pathological conditions. …”
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