Nosological aspects of hepatomegaly and splenomegaly at pediatric age by M. M. Kotovich, F. K. Manerov, E. V. Luchsheva

“…To estimate frequency of hepatomegaly and splenomegaly in pediatric patients, to determine their causes and nosological pattern of hepatolienal syndrome (HLS) in relation to age. …”
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Bifurcation analysis of multistability and hysteresis in a model of HIV infection by I. V. Mironov, M. Yu. Khristichenk, Yu. M. Nechepurenko, D. S. Grebennikov, G. A. Bocharov

“…The macrophage activation rate constant is considered as a bifurcation parameter. …”
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Outcome of Transjugular Intrahepatic Portosystemic Shunt in Budd-Chiari Syndrome: Long-Term Outcomes of 118 Patients; A Single-center Experience by Mohamed Shaker, Mohammad Sakr, Hany Dabbous, Sara M. Abdelhakam, Ahmed Samir, Hend Ebada, Amir M. Farid, Mohamed El-Gharib, Ahmed Eldorry

“…Long-term outcome (1–5 years) was determined and included stent patency rate, time, and pattern of management of stent occlusion and survival rates at 1, 3, and 5 years. …”
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TUBERCULOSIS IN CHILDREN IN THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION AT THE PRESENT STAGE by A. V. Mordyk, E. A. Tsygankova, L. V. Puzyryova, A. A. Turitsa

“…The literature review presents data on peculiarities of tuberculosis epidemiology, incidence rate and clinical pattern in children in the Russian Federation. …”
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Alfvén Wave Propagation in the Io Plasma Torus by P. C. Hinton, F. Bagenal, B. Bonfond

“…The location of the first few bounces of the Alfvén wave pattern match the Io auroral footprints observed by the Hubble Space Telescope.…”
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Transient Analysis of a k-out-of-n:G System with N-Policy, Repairmen’s Multiple Vacations, and Redundant Dependency by Wenqing Wu, Yinghui Tang

“…Under such assumptions, the availability, the rate of occurrence of failures, and the reliability of the system are derived in transient regime by applying the quasi-birth-and-death process. …”
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Title not available by Paulo Breno Noronha Liberalesso, Eliana Garzon, Elza M.T. Yacubian, Américo C. Sakamoto

“…Conclusions Higher mortality rate was associated with advanced age and periodic lateralized epileptiform discharges. …”
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Helical Slot Antenna for the Microwave Ablation by Moonhee Lee, Taeho Son

“…By adding a helical slot, the specific absorption rate (SAR) pattern is more concentrated near the slot as compared with the conventional slot. …”
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Substance use among Indian Physicians: A narrative review by Yesh Chandra Singh, Roshan Bhad, Arun Kandaswamy

“…Aim: We conducted a narrative review to assess the rate and pattern of substance use among Indian physicians. …”
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Performance Prediction of the Gearbox Elastic Support Structure Based on Multi-Task Learning by Chengshun Zhu, Zhizhou Lu, Jie Qi, Meng Xiang, Shilong Yuan, Hui Zhang

“…The adaptive gating mechanism, hierarchical nonlinear transformation, and effective capture of temporal dynamics in the LSTM significantly enhance the model’s ability to model complex nonlinear patterns. …”
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Antimicrobial Resistance of Salmonella enterica Serovars Typhi and Paratyphi Isolates from a General Hospital in Karawaci, Tangerang, Indonesia: A Five-Year Review by Nata Pratama Hardjo Lugito, Cucunawangsih

“…In the 2011–2015 period, resistance rates against most antimicrobials and MDR rate of S. …”
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Computer Aided Diagnostic System for Blood Cells in Smear Images Using Texture Features and Supervised Machine Learning by Shakhawan Hares Wady

“…Identification and diagnosis of leukemia earlier is a contentious issue in therapeutic diagnostics for reducing the rate of death among people with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (ALL). …”
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Evaluation of Artesunate-mefloquine as a Novel Alternative Treatment for Schistosomiasis in African Children (SchistoSAM): protocol of a proof-of-concept, open-label, two-arm, indi... by Emmanuel Bottieau, Achilleas Tsoumanis, Yven Van Herrewege, Diana Arango, Christophe Burm, Badara Cisse, Souleymane Mboup, Clémentine Roucher, Isabel Brosius, Moustapha Mbow, Babacar Thiendella Faye, Annelies De Hondt, Bart Smekens, Linda Paredis, Idzi Potters, Katja Polman

“…The trial’s primary endpoints are the efficacy (cure rate (CR), assessed by microscopy) and safety (frequency and pattern of drug-related adverse events) of one AM course versus PZQ at 4 weeks after treatment. …”
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Probing the Impact of Seed Coat Removal on the Germination Performance of Bitter Gourd (<i>Momordica charantia</i>) Using an Image Analyzer by Roopashree Byregowda, Nethra Nagarajappa, Kadurappa Madhusudan, Thimmappa Krishnappa Nagarathna, Sharankumar Ashok Kesaratagi

“…This was shown as a correlation between the mean germination rate and the perimeter of seeds.…”
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Visible Light Channel Modeling for Gas Pipelines by Farshad Miramirkhani, Murat Uysal, Omer Narmanlioglu, Mohamed Abdallah, Khalid Qaraqe

“…We further investigate the maximum achievable link range to ensure a given bit error rate.…”
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Stomata as the Main Pathway for the Penetration of Atmospheric Particulate Matter Pb into Wheat Leaves by Ke Zhang, Yujing Liang, Chuang Ma, Haopeng Guo, Fuyong Liu, Aihua Gao, Nan Liu, Hongzhong Zhang

“…Compared to the control group (CK), the treatment of T1 and T2 significantly increased Pb concentration in both leaves and grains, as well as the Pb accumulation rate in grains (<i>p</i> < 0.05). Scanning electron microscopy–energy dispersive spectrometry (SEM-EDS) technology visually confirmed the distribution of particulate Pb in the stomatal region, demonstrating that solid-state Pb can penetrate the leaves through stomata. …”
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Mechanism Analysis and Establishment of a Prediction Model for the Total Pressure Loss in the Multi-Branch Pipeline System of the Pneumatic Seeder by Wei Qin, Cheng Qian, Yuwu Li, Daoqing Yan, Zhuorong Fan, Minghua Zhang, Ying Zang, Zaiman Wang

“…This study aims to clarify the nonlinear pressure loss patterns of the pneumatic system in a pneumatic seeder under varying pipeline structures and airflow parameters, and to develop a rapid prediction equation for the main pipe’s pressure loss. …”
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Effects of different exercise modalities on blood pressure and endothelial function in prehypertension individuals: a systematic review and network meta-analysis by Yingtian Yang, Qianyu Lv, Xinzheng Hou, Yanfei Lv, Xirui Zhang, Qian Wu, Xuejiao Ye, Chenyan Yang, Mingyu Huang, Shihan Wang

“…The surface underneath the cumulative ranking curve data was utilized to rate interventions. Confidence was evaluated using the CINeMA framework.ResultsA total of 18 articles with 2,592 individuals were included in the NMA. …”
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Estimation and Forecasting of Nigeria&#x2019;s Residential, Commercial, and Industrial Electricity Demands by Prosper O. Ugbehe, Ogheneruona E. Diemuodeke, Daniel O. Aikhuele, Kenneth E. Okedu, Gauri Kalnoor

“…Suppressed electric energy demand arises from inadequate energy access accounting for unmet electricity needs such as electricity capacity utilization, access rate, outages, and transmission and distribution (T&#x0026;D) losses. …”
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Anemia in Patients with Axial Spondyloarthritis is Not Associated with an Increase of Arterial Stiffness and Intima-Media Thickness (Results of a Single-Center Cross-Sectional Stud... by K. N. Safarova, V. I. Makhina, K. D. Dorogoykina, A. P. Rebrov

“…We consider that potential protective effect of anemia, due to well-known pathophysiological patterns — a decrease in blood viscosity and the induction of nitric oxide synthesis, plays an important role. …”
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