Evaluating anti-MRSA antibiotic stewardship with a focus on trends in consumption and resistance in a tertiary hospital in Alexandria, Egypt from 2019 to 2023 by Ehab Elmongui, Adel Zaki, Amel Elsheredy, Asmaa Abd Elhameed

“…The study compared these consumption patterns with resistance rates in Staphylococcus spp., including MRSS, from January 2020 to December 2023. …”
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Study on temperature field characteristics of window glass unexposed surfaces under varying indoor fire source conditions by Zhihan Li, Guowei Zhang, Longfei Yu, Yinxin Qu, Xiangfei Liu

“…Increased HRR amplified spatial disparities in warming rate increments while these disparities escalated proportionally with fire intensity. …”
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The Sociology of Suicide After COVID-19: Assessment of the Spanish Case by Enrique Fernández-Vilas, Juan R. Coca, Juan José Labora González, Marcos Iglesias Carrera

“…This paper aims to explore the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on suicide rates in Spain, using a theoretical ex post facto analysis. …”
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Global, Regional, and National Burden of Smoking-Related Diseases and Associations With Health Workforce Distribution, 1990–2021: Analysis From the Global Burden of Disease Study 2... by Yuzhou Cai, Guiming Chen, Peng Bai

“…Correlation analyses examined relationships between 22 health workforce categories and disease burden.ResultsGlobally, age-standardized death rates from smoking-related diseases increased by 12.3% from 1990–2021, with males showing higher rates than females across all regions. …”
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Endoscopic endonasal approaches for resection of suprasellar pituitary neuroendocrine tumors: a novel classification based on the optic chiasm and operative nuances by Xuechao Wu, Cuiping Sun, Wei Tian, Zhongyuan Bao, Hongwei Gao, Jing Wang, Xiaojie Lu, Qing Wang

“…Conclusion The classification of suprasellar PitNETs into four types based on their relationship with the optic chiasm enhances our understanding of tumor growth patterns and aids in preoperative assessment. Consequently, determining individualized surgical strategies using EEAs for suprasellar PitNETs can lead to higher resection rates and better visual outcomes.…”
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Epidemiological trends and age-period-cohort effects on periodontal diseases incidence across the BRICS from 1992 to 2021 by Xiaochan Wang, Yuting Xu, Xiangming Ma, Ruixing Nan, Yuhang Wu, Peiyu Cheng

“…Data on the total population and periodontal diseases cases, all-age incidence rate, age-standardized incidence rate, and relative change in periodontal diseases incidence from 1992 to 2021 within BRICS were obtained from the Global Burden of Disease study (GBD) 2021. …”
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Cancer Genetics in the Arab World by Waleed S. Al Amri PhD, Muna Al Jabri PhD, Aisha Al Abri MS, Thomas A. Hughes PhD

“…Cancer remains a major global health burden, with incidence rates rising globally. The Arab world, which is often regarded as an underrepresented population in literature, shows distinct patterns in cancer incidences, genetics, and outcomes in comparison with Western populations. …”
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Glucose‐Induced Developmental Dynamics: Understanding Male Prevalence in Early Mouse Embryo Stages by Fikri Ardhani, Asako Okamoto, Masayuki Shimada

“…Conclusions Glucose availability accelerated embryonic development and created sex‐specific patterns of developmental timing, with male embryos exhibiting faster progression rates, which might be associated with differential X‐linked PDHA1 metabolic gene expression during early mouse embryogenesis.…”
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Geographic distribution and trends of small-area burn claims in Japan: An analysis using NDB open data from 2014 to 2021 by Takeshi Utsunomiya, Takahiro Ueda

“…Introduction Burns are a major global health issue, causing approximately 180,000 deaths annually and leading to high morbidity rates. The Japan Trauma Data Bank Report 2022 recorded 1749 burn cases, with a mortality rate of 17.6%. …”
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Impact of Sex and Age on Trends of Mortality From Infective Endocarditis in High-Income Countries by Makoto Hibino, MD, MPH, PhD, Hiroki A. Ueyama, MD, Raj Verma, Hwee Teoh, PhD, Bobby Yanagawa, MD, PhD, Deepak L. Bhatt, MD, MPH, MBA, Subodh Verma, MD, PhD

“…Conclusions: Mortality rate from infective endocarditis is increasing in most countries, with varying patterns and degrees of changes observed in relation to sex and age. …”
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Assessing trends in clonorchiasis incidence via prescription data analysis in South Korea by Taeksang Lee, Jun Hyun Lee, Hanna Jin, Yun Kyung Lee, Hyun Beom Song

“…Methods We estimated the number of annual nationwide clonorchiasis cases by utilizing the National Health Insurance Service drug prescription information dataset for 2002–2023 and disease-specific prescription pattern. We then assessed trends in the overall incidence rates as well as sex-, age-, and region-specific incidence rates of clonorchiasis. …”
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Spatiotemporal Analysis of Disease Spread Using a Soliton-Based SIR Framework for Nomadic Populations by Qura Tul Ain, Xiaoli Qiang, Noor Ul Ain, Zheng Kou

“…Numerical simulations demonstrate the effects of varying key parameters such as transmission rates, recovery rates, and advection–diffusion coefficients on the epidemic’s progression. …”
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Extreme heat and pediatric health in a warming world: a space-time stratified case-crossover investigation in Ontario, Canada by Hallah Kassem, Eric Lavigne, Kate Weinberger, Michael Brauer

“…Conclusions In Ontario, EHEs decreased the rates of pediatric emergency healthcare utilization for injuries and increased the rates of respiratory illnesses, asthma, heat-related illnesses, heatstroke, dehydration, infectious and parasitic diseases, lower respiratory infections, and enteritis. …”
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SARS-CoV-2 Alchemy: Understanding the dynamics of age, vaccination, and geography in the evolution of SARS-CoV-2 in India. by Mansi Patel, Uzma Shamim, Umang Umang, Rajesh Pandey, Jitendra Narayan

“…Geographic analysis emphasizes notable regional variation in substitution rates, potentially driven by population density and local transmission dynamics, while regions with more homogeneous strain circulation show relatively lower substitution rates. …”
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Inequities in mortality and potential years of life lost (PYLL) in greater Santiago, Chile, during and after the COVID-19 pandemic by Claudio Vargas, Paola Salas, Felipe Elorrieta, Valentina Muñoz, Erika Vivanco, Matilde Maddaleno

“…Abstract Introduction In Chile and worldwide, disparities in age-adjusted mortality rates and Potential Years of Life Lost (PYLL) intensified during the initial two years of the COVID-19 pandemic, with low- and middle-income countries experiencing a disproportionate burden. …”
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Visual vs. Spatial Contributions to Microsaccades and Visual-Spatial Working Memory by Joshua T. Gaunt, Bruce Bridgeman

“…Microsaccade rates and directions were monitored while observers performed a visual working memory task at varying retinal eccentricities. …”
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A novel framework for modeling quarantinable disease transmission. by Wenchen Liu, Chang Liu, Dehui Wang, Yiyuan She

“…The framework surpasses conventional uniform mixing and static rate assumptions by incorporating adaptive power laws, dynamic transmission rates, and spline-based smoothing techniques. …”
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Health Disparity Clusters of Off Label Prescriptions for Glucagon-Like Peptide 1 Receptor Agonists by Kateri J. Spinelli, Allison H. Oakes, Shih-Ting Chiu, Mary T. Imboden, Austin Miller, Sanjula Jain, Ty J. Gluckman

“…Other clusters showed unique patterns of racial and ethnic diversity, income, SVI, and off-label prescribing rates. …”
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Clinical and survival differences between second primary and first primary nasopharyngeal carcinoma in a retrospective study by Xin Huang, Ying Kong, Tianyu Wu, Zhen Meng, Min Kang

“…Therapeutically, 2nd NPC patients showed significantly lower rates of curative-intent treatment (75.6% vs. 91.3%, p = 0.010), lower rates of good treatment tolerance (86.7% vs. 96.1%, p = 0.068), reduced chemotherapy utilization (73.3% vs. 89.3%, p = 0.014), and less frequent cisplatin use during concurrent chemotherapy (66.7% vs. 84.4%, p = 0.034). …”
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Study on the propagation law of hydraulic fractures in heterogeneous permeability reservoirs. by Linhao Zou, Yinao Su, Xingsheng Xu, Wei Li, Huan Zhao, Mingxiu Zhang, Shengjie Jiao

“…The impacts of permeability heterogeneous, injection rate, and fracturing fluid viscosity on fracture morphology are systematically investigated, and the elasticity coefficient method was used to evaluate the influence weights of each parameter.The main conclusions are as follows: (1) Permeability distribution is the core factor controlling the fracture propagation direction, with HPL dominating the extension path while MPL and LPL show limited efficiency. (2) An increase in the number of permeability layers inhibits the overall expansion of cracks, and the shape of the cracks gradually changes to rectangular. (3) Higher injection rates significantly expand fracture area, whereas fracturing fluid viscosity ≥50 mPa·s stabilizes fracture morphology. (4) The elastic coefficient method identifies injection rate, permeability heterogeneous, and fracturing fluid viscosity as the key control parameters in order. …”
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