Global burden trends of tension-type headache, 1990–2021: socio-demographic patterns, age-period-cohort effects, and frontier analysis from the GBD 2021 study by Can Wang, Can Wang, Chao Liao, Yuyin Liu, Yuyin Liu, Peng Chen, Yuanlun Xie, Li Tian

“…We used absolute numbers and age-standardized rates from 1990 to 2021. Spearman correlation assessed the relationship between rates and the Socio-Demographic Index (SDI). …”
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Bacteriological evaluation, antibiogram, and phenotypic detection of MBL-producing gram-negative bacteria isolated from outdoor patients with otorrhea attending Ayub medical Comple... by Najeeb B., Shakeela Q., Qureshi S.A.

“…The current study aimed to study the patients to assess the occurrence rate, susceptibility pattern, and prevalence rate of metallo beta-lactamase (MBL) producing gram-negative bacteria to prevent the prevalent strains and direct the physicians to appropriate antibiotic therapy. …”
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Patterns of Treatment and Real‐World Outcomes of Patients With Non‐small Cell Lung Cancer With EGFR Exon 20 Insertion Mutations Receiving Mobocertinib: The EXTRACT Study by Geoffrey Liu, Shi Feng Nyaw, Tony S. K. Mok, Hubert Curcio, Alexis B. Cortot, Tsz Yeung Kam, Renaud Descourt, Yin Kwan Chik, Parneet Cheema, James M. Gwinnutt, Eric N. Churchill, Justin Nyborn, Eileen Curran, Alexandra Savell, Yu Yin, Katie Chong, Yuka Tanaka‐Chambers, Julian Kretz, Jacques Cadranel

“…The median real‐world progression‐free survival (PFS) on mobocertinib was 4.76 months (95% CI: 3.98, 6.21). The overall response rate and disease control rate were 20.0% and 48.6%, respectively (median duration of response: 8.34 months [95% CI: 3.61, 9.49]). …”
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Fellowship training in microvascular surgery and post-fellowship practice patterns: a cross sectional survey of microvascular surgeons from facial plastic and reconstructive surger... by Douglas M. Bennion, Peter T. Dziegielewski, Brian J. Boyce, Yadro Ducic, Raja Sawhney

“…Results Among survey respondents (n = 21, 22% response rate), two-thirds completed 20–100 microvascular cases during fellowship using mainly radial forearm, fibula, anterior lateral thigh, latissimus and rectus free tissue transfers. …”
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Prevalence, Antimicrobial Susceptibility Pattern, and Associated Factors of Urinary Tract Infections among Adult Diabetic Patients at Metu Karl Heinz Referral Hospital, Southwest E... by Tesfaye Gutema, Fitsum Weldegebreal, Dadi Marami, Zelalem Teklemariam

“…The escalating antimicrobial resistance rate among bacteria over the past years is another concern in the treatment of urinary tract infections. …”
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Configuration and Dynamic Analysis of Complex Docking Test Platform by ZHANG Yuan, FAN Chang-zhen

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Evaluating antibiotic use patterns and compliance in Shanxi province hospitals: a 7-year retrospective study of national clinical improvement system data (2015–2021) by Rui Zhang, Song Wang, Shuyun Wang, Jian Ren, Zhihong Ren, Yang Tang, Donghong Yin, Shucheng Yang, Ruigang Hou, Jinju Duan

“…The proportion of patients undergoing clean surgical procedures with prophylactic antibiotic prescriptions decreased from 45.08% to 40.0% between 2019 and 2021, with a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of −5.80 (p=0.103). The intensity of antibiotic treatment among inpatients was from 42.00 to 39.70 daily defined dose between 2017 and 2021, with a CAGR of −1.40 (p=0.015). …”
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Real-World Clinical Characteristics, Treatment Patterns, and Clinical Outcomes in US Patients with Stage I–III Resected NSCLC Without Known EGFR Mutations: The RESECT Study by Jhanelle E. Gray, Rachel J. Salomonsen, Ignacio Diaz Perez, Alice Wang, Ling Cai, Graham Wetherill, Yang Xiao, Claire Fielden, Nefeli Georgoulia

“…Five-year overall survival rates were 73.4%, 61.9%, and 50.5% in stage I, II, and III patients; 5-year real-world relapse-free survival rates were 35.4%, 23.1%, and 14.0%. …”
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Large language models' knowledge of children's memory and suggestibility: Evaluating model predictions of prior experimental results by Pekka Santtila, Yongjie Sun, Kristjan Kask, Liisa Järvilehto, Jiaxing Xiu

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Temporal Variation and Spatial Heterogeneity in Boarding/Alighting Patterns at Urban Railway Stations: Implications for Estimating Optimal Construction Scale—A Case Study in Seoul,... by WooKeol Cho, Kyoungtae Kim, Inmook Lee, Soyoung (Iris) You

“…Initially, the factors influencing the peak-hour concentration rates in railway stations were identified using a linear regression model. …”
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Distinct patterns of osteoradionecrosis after photon-based radiotherapy and carbon ion radiotherapy for unresectable adenoid cystic carcinoma of the head and neck: case series from... by Eivind Storaas, Marta D. Switlyk, Sigrun Dahl, Cecilie D. Amdal, Åse Bratland, Thuy-Tien M. Huynh, Hanne A. Eide, Barbara Vischioni, Ester Orlandi, Einar Dale

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Speciation of Clinically Significant Coagulase Negative Staphylococci Isolates from Clinical Samples and their Susceptibility Pattern: A Cross-sectional Study from Western Uttar Pr... by Priya, Ismat Rehana, Anita Pandey, Rajesh Kumar Shah, Jitendra Kumar Chaudhary

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Pattern of disease and predictors of mortality among critically ill geriatric patients admitted to intensive care unit at a teaching hospital in Ethiopia: a retrospective cohort st... by Amanuel Sisay Endeshaw, Sitotaw Tesfa Zegeye, Meseret Hulualem Nega, Simachew Amogne Debas, Mulat Mossie Derseh

“…The incidence rate of mortality was 6.3 deaths per 100 person-days observation. …”
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Drug utilization pattern and cost analysis of antidiabetic drugs among type 2 diabetic patients at a teaching hospital in South India: A prospective observational study by Sekar Kavitha, Anandabaskar Nishanthi, Vivekraj Navabalan, Shanthi Manickam, Anuranjani Dhamodharan, Girija Subramanian

“…Conclusion: This study highlights areas for improvement, including the use of multiple medications, a relatively high rate of injectable prescriptions, and opportunities to enhance generic prescribing among diabetic patients in a teaching hospital in India. …”
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Driving Pattern Analysis, Gear Shift Classification, and Fuel Efficiency in Light-Duty Vehicles: A Machine Learning Approach Using GPS and OBD II PID Signals by Juan José Molina-Campoverde, Juan Zurita-Jara, Paúl Molina-Campoverde

“…After a thorough evaluation, the KNN (Fine KNN) model proved to be the most effective, achieving an accuracy of 99.7%, an error rate of 0.3%, a precision of 99.8%, a recall of 99.7%, and an F1-score of 99.8%, outperforming other models in terms of accuracy, robustness, and balance between metrics. …”
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Feeding Preferences, Growth Patterns and Reproductive Characteristics of Fall Armyworm (<i>Spodoptera frugiperda</i>) Indicate the Potential of <i>Ficus</i> Tree as New Host Plant by Changqi Chen, Yan Wang, Yana Zhou, Zhu Liu, Zongbo Li, Yuan Zhang

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Smartphone-Based Sensing System for Identifying Artificially Marbled Beef Using Texture and Color Analysis to Enhance Food Safety by Hong-Dar Lin, Yi-Ting Hsieh, Chou-Hsien Lin

“…Experimental results reveal that the system achieves a recall rate of 95.00% for fat-injected beef, a misjudgment rate of 1.67% for non-fat-injected beef, a correct classification rate (CR) of 93.89%, and an F1-score of 95.80%, demonstrating its potential as a human-centered healthcare tool for ensuring food safety and transparency.…”
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Prevalence, antimicrobial resistance patterns, and associated factors of Staphylococcus aureus among different clinical specimens in Wad Medani, Sudan: a four-year, laboratory-base... by Yousif B. Hamadalneel, Marwa F. Alamin, Hifa O. Ahmed, Safa F. Eltoum, Elmuntasir Elamin

“…The overall S. aureus isolation rate was 39.1% (697/1784). The strains were primarily isolated from female patients (79.5%, 554/697), 38.9% of whom (271/697) were aged 30–44 years. …”
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Genome-wide identification and function analysis of the sucrose phosphate synthase MdSPS gene family in apple by Li-hua ZHANG, Ling-cheng ZHU, Yu XU, Long LÜ, Xing-guo LI, Wen-hui LI, Wan-da LIU, Feng-wang MA, Ming-jun LI, De-guo HAN

“…Sucrose phosphate synthase (SPS) is a rate-limiting enzyme that works in conjunction with sucrose-6-phosphate phosphatase (SPP) for sucrose synthesis, and it plays an essential role in energy provisioning during growth and development in plants as well as improving fruit quality. …”
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Post-caesarean section infection burden, antimicrobial resistance pattern, and associated factors at all Africa Leprosy Rehabilitation and Training Center Comprehensive Specialized... by Namuna Ali, Sebsib Neway, Kassu Desta

“…In sub-Saharan Africa, the incidence is 7.3%, while Ethiopia reports rates as high as 10.4%. Risk factors include older age, prolonged hospitalization, and emergency surgeries, with common pathogens being S. aureus and E. coli. …”
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