Diversification, loss, and virulence gains of the major effector AvrStb6 during continental spread of the wheat pathogen Zymoseptoria tritici. by Ana Margarida Sampaio, Sabina Moser Tralamazza, Faharidine Mohamadi, Yannick De Oliveira, Jérôme Enjalbert, Cyrille Saintenac, Daniel Croll

“…Across Europe, we found the strongest differentiation of the effector consistent with high rates of Stb6 deployment. The AvrStb6 locus showed also a remarkable diversification in transposable element content with specific expansion patterns across the globe. …”
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Remote sensing-based shoreline change investigation in Klang Coast and Langkawi Island towards sustainable coastal management by Minhaz Farid Ahmed, Bijay Halder, Liew Juneng, Aitazaz Ahsan Farooque, Zaher Mundher Yaseen

“…Langkawi Island’s endpoint rates (EPR) varied between −1.34 and 1.02 m/year, whereas linear regression rate (LRR) was found to be 1.04 m/year for accretion and −0.84 m/year for erosion. …”
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Four-party evolutionary game of collaborative recycling and management of takeaway packaging waste by JIA Yajuan, JI Yuexin

“…This study aims to explore the evolutionary game patterns among multiple stakeholders in the recycling and management process and identify key influencing factors and their effects. …”
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Multidrug-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa in immunocompromised cancer patients: epidemiology, antimicrobial resistance, and virulence factors by Asmaa Abdulhak, Hamdallah H. Zedan, Hadir A. El-Mahallawy, Ahmed A. Sayed, Hend O. Mohamed, Mai M. Zafer

“…Abstract This study explores the antimicrobial resistance patterns and virulence properties of Pseudomonas aeruginosa obtained from blood samples of febrile immunocompromised patients. …”
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Graph Neural Network With Hessian-Based Locally Linear Embedding for Cancer Metastasis Analysis in Lymph Nodes Using DeepLab Segmentation by Senthil Jayapal, R. Annamalai

“…In clinical settings, where whole-slide images of histological lymph nodes are involved, it is crucial to identify and detect breast cancer metastases. Patient survival rates increase significantly with early detection. …”
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Comparative analysis of aggressiveness in giant cell tumor of bone between upper and lower extremities: A systematic review and meta-analysis by Rhyan Darma Saputra, Dita Anggara Kusuma, Fathih Kaldani, Khoirul Fahmi

“…Emerging evidence suggests unique behavioral patterns of GCTB in extremities. This study seeks to rigorously compare the aggressiveness of GCTB in the upper versus lower extremities, centering on recurrence rates. …”
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Prevalence, species identification, and antibiotic resistance of Staphylococci in dogs visiting veterinary clinics in Vietnam. by Nguyen Thi Lan Anh, Nguyen Vu Thuy Hong Loan, Nguyen Thuy Y Vi, Dao Huyen Tran, Luu Thi Thanh Hang, Sandra Steele, Lam Thanh Nguyen

“…Antibiotic susceptibility testing showed complex resistance patterns. Approximately 91.3% of isolates were resistant to at least one antibiotic, and 60.5% were multidrug-resistant (resistant to three or more antibiotics). …”
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Numerical Simulation and Holdup Prediction of Oil-Water Two-Phase in Low Yield Shale Oil Near Horizontal Wells by QIN Honglong, LIU Junfeng, SHI Shoubo, DAI Yuexiang

“…The built-in volume of fluid (VOF) model is employed to simulate oil-water two-phase flow in wells with different inclinations, yielding flow patterns, water holdup data, and holdup imaging under varying well deviations, flow rates, and water-cut conditions. …”
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Treatment outcomes of bedaquiline-based longer oral antitubercular regimens in Indian children above five years of age by Ira Shah, Dhruv N. Gandhi, Ramsha Ansari, Himanshu Warse, Sachi Kalawadia, Tsering Yangchen, Daksha Shah, Varsha Puri, Sanjay Mattoo, Minnie Bodhanwala

“…Data on demographics, clinical features, resistance patterns, treatment regimens, outcomes, and adverse effects were analyzed. …”
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Performance Degradation and Chloride Ion Migration Behavior of Repaired Bonding Interfaces inSeawater-Freeze-Thaw Environment by Mengdie Niu, Xiang He, Yaxin Wang, Yuxuan Shen, Wei Zhang, Guoxin Li

“…The deterioration process of the bonding interface and the penetration rate of chloride ions can be effectively delayed by PVA fiber and CAs. …”
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Prevalence and Associated Factors of Insomnia in Adult Psychiatric Patients: A Hospital-Based Study by Jhowhar Datta, Mohammad Tariqul Alam, Taiyeb Ibna Zahangir, Sadia Afrin, Ahsan Aziz Sarkar, Md Shariful Haque, A. M. Fariduzzaman, Bijoy Kumar Dutta

“…Background and Objective Insomnia is highly prevalent in psychiatric disorders, yet its patterns and predictors vary across diagnoses and cultural contexts. …”
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Epidemiology of extended-spectrum β-lactamase producing Escherichia coli from hospital settings in Yemen by Samar Nasher, Sameer Alsharapy, Anwar Al-Madhagi, Fathiah Zakham

“…The highest significant rates were among the elderly, patients with previous hospitalization, patients who have stayed in hospital more than 22 days, patients who have taken third generation cephalosporins as treatment and diabetic patients. …”
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Sustainable Food Security in Romania and Neighboring Countries—Trends, Challenges, and Solutions by Teodor Ioan Trasca, Ioana Mihaela Balan, Gina Fintineru, Jeni Veronica Tiu, Nicoleta Mateoc-Sirb, Ciprian Ioan Rujescu

“…Despite a higher GDP per capita than its neighbors, food insecurity rates remain concerning, pointing to underlying socio-economic inequalities. …”
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Social media use, risk behavior engagement, and mental health among middle adolescents in the Caribbean by Deogwoon Kim, Riley Magane, Maxwell Poitier, Julia Kuang, Ava Wang, Richard Adderley, Lynette Deveaux

“…This study explored the magnitude and patterns of social media use, risk behaviors, and mental health among boys and girls and examined associations between these factors. …”
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MSDCA: A Multi-Scale Dual-Branch Network with Enhanced Cross-Attention for Hyperspectral Image Classification by Ning Jiang, Shengling Geng, Yuhui Zheng, Le Sun

“…First, a multiscale 3D spatial–spectral feature extraction module (3D-SSF) employs parallel 3D convolutional branches with diverse kernel sizes and dilation rates, enabling hierarchical modeling of spatial–spectral representations from large-scale patches and effectively capturing both fine-grained textures and global context. …”
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Non-selective waterbird hunting in a Natura 2000 site results in killing of protected species: A case study from western Poland by Dominik Marchowski, Robert Jurszo, Paweł Stańczak, Michał Jasiński, Sebastian Guentzel

“…For nearly all species, harvest rates exceeded the sustainable thresholds defined by BirdLife International. …”
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Spatial Downscaling of TRMM Precipitation Data Using an Optimal Subset Regression Model with NDVI and Terrain Factors in the Yarlung Zangbo River Basin, China by Jinping Liu, Wanchang Zhang, Ning Nie

“…Moreover, the spatial patterns of both precipitation rates of change and their corresponding p value statistics were consistent between the downscaled results and the original TRMM 3B43 during the 2001–2014 period, which verifies that the downscaling method performed well in the Yarlung Zangbo River Basin. …”
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Mental Health in Croatian Competing Adolescent Athletes: Insights from the SMHAT-1 Questionnaire by Katarina Sore, Frane Franic, Luka Androja, Ivana Batarelo Kokic, Darko Marcinko, Stipe Drmic, Valentin Zdravko Markser, Tomislav Franic

“…Understanding gender-specific patterns is crucial for targeted interventions. A cross-sectional study involved 674 Croatian athletes (418 men, 256 women) aged 16–24 years from 43 sports. …”
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Treatment response in relation to subthreshold bipolarity in patients with major depressive disorder receiving antidepressant monotherapy: a post hoc data analysis (KOMDD study) by Park Y, Lee B

“…Evaluation of the ratio of improvement for each scale revealed different patterns of percentage changes between the two groups over the 6-month follow-up period. …”
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Clinical characteristics and genomic epidemiological survey of tuberculosis in Wuzhou, China, 2022 by Jianpeng Li, Manman Zhao, Weidao Huang, Xuanxuan Huang, Yongqiang Ou

“…Among 169 strains analyzed, an overall drug resistance rate of 23.1% was observed. Multidrug-resistant or rifampicin-resistant cases constituted 7.7% of the strains. …”
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