Collective and individual adaptation of rice farmers to climatic variability in the Vietnamese Mekong Delta by Hieu Hong Hua, Minh Anh Nguyen, Thuy Thanh Thi Ngo

“…It systematically explores the patterns of climate variability and their profound impacts on rice production across diverse areas within the delta. …”
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Oxidative stress, DAMPs, and immune cells in acute pancreatitis: molecular mechanisms and therapeutic prospects by Hanwen Chen, Hanwen Chen, Yanhong Wang, Maddalena Zippi, Sirio Fiorino, Wandong Hong

“…Acute pancreatitis (AP) is a gastrointestinal disease characterized by inflammation of the pancreas and is associated with high rates of morbidity and mortality. The pathogenesis of AP involves a complex interplay of cellular and molecular mechanisms, including oxidative stress, damage-associated molecular patterns (DAMPs), and the infiltration of various immune cells. …”
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Clinical Manifestations of Nontyphoid Salmonellosis in Children Younger than 2 Years Old—Experiences of a Tertiary Hospital in Southern Taiwan by I-Fei Huang, Chih-Hsiang Kao, Wei-Yang Lee, Ming-Fang Chang, Yao-Shen Chen, Kuan-Sheng Wu, Hong-Hsiang Hu, Kai-Sheng Hsieh, Christine C. Chiou

“…Local susceptibility patterns could serve as a guide for the prescription of antibiotics by clinicians.…”
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Steroid and illicit drug abuse in the health and fitness community: A systematic review of evidence by Abdullah Al Hamid, Latifah Alomani, Alhanoof Aljuresan, Wasan Alahmad, Zainab Alluwaim

“…AAS use was prevalent across various regions and demographics, with rates ranging from 6.4 % to 29.3 % globally among gym participants, depending on the population and setting. …”
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Nephrolithiasis and Polycystic Ovary Syndrome: A Case-Control Study Evaluating Testosterone and Urinary Stone Metabolic Panels by Donald Fedrigon, Kareem Alazem, Sri Sivalingam, Manoj Monga, Juan Calle

“…The high testosterone group also had higher sodium excretion p=0.058 with significantly higher odds of having hypernatriuria (40.0% vs 13.6%, OR = 13.3, p=0.021). No significant patterns were revealed based on stone composition analysis. …”
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Responses of C4 grasses to aridity reflect species‐specific strategies in a semiarid savanna by Nicole A. Havrilchak, Jason B. West

“…It was expected that NAD‐me species would maintain higher rates of photosynthesis, higher water use efficiency, and have more responsive stomata than other co‐occurring species based on observed biogeographic patterns and past greenhouse studies. …”
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Coping and positive mental health in Canada among youth and adults: findings from a population-based nationally representative survey by Mihojana Jhumi, Laura L. Ooi, Karen C. Roberts, Melanie Varin

“…While there is evidence demonstrating a strong association between coping and PMH, less is known about how coping patterns differ across age groups. Given that age can impact coping ability, addressing this knowledge gap is warranted. …”
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Interconnectivity among different nonsuicidal self-injurious methods – a network analysis by Melinda Reinhardt, Kenneth G. Rice, Hunggu Cho, Zsolt Horváth

“…In the NSSI methods network analysis, severe scratching, cutting, and pinching had the highest rates of interrelationship with other NSSI behaviors. …”
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Care seeking for neonatal illness in low- and middle-income countries: a systematic review. by Hadley K Herbert, Anne C C Lee, Aruna Chandran, Igor Rudan, Abdullah H Baqui

“…Infections are a leading cause of death and limitations in care seeking for ill neonates contribute to high mortality rates. As estimates for care-seeking behaviors in LMICs have not been studied, this review describes care seeking for neonatal illnesses in LMICs, with particular attention to type of care sought.…”
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Evaluating the efficacy of Internet-Based Exercise programme Aimed at Treating knee Osteoarthritis (iBEAT-OA) in the community: a study protocol for a randomised controlled trial by Abhishek Abhishek, Sameer Akram Gohir, Paul Greenhaff, Ana M. Valdes

“…The participants will be assessed using a Numerical Rating Scale, the Western Ontario and McMaster Universities Osteoarthritis Index, the Arthritis Research UK Musculoskeletal Health Questionnaire, the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index, 30 s sit to stand test, timed up and go test, quantitative sensory testing, musculoskeletal ultrasound scan, muscle thickness assessment of the vastus lateralis, and quadriceps muscles force generation during an isokinetic maximum voluntary contraction (MVC). …”
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Subjective Performance Expectations From and Demographic and Categorical Differences in the Acceptance of Virtual Reality or AI Technologies in Rehabilitation Programs: Cross-Secti... by Guido Waldmann, Dominik Raab

“…A significant rank correlation was observed for 103 out of 105 pairwise comparisons of the therapeutic fields, with distinct patterns of effects sizes within the chosen categories. …”
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Dynamic Orbital Resource Management (DORM) for 6G Networks: Enhancing Cybersecurity in Non-Terrestrial Systems by Fatemah Alharbi, Abeer Alhuzali, Easa Alalwany, Abdullah Alfahaid

“…It processes over 10,000 network events across various orbital configurations to learn threat patterns and resource usage behaviors. Simulation results show that DORM achieves 96.8% overall accuracy in detecting threats, with specific detection rates of 96.2% for jamming, 94.8% for spoofing, and 93.9% for DoS attacks. …”
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Surveillance of Respiratory Syncytial Virus, Influenza A and B viruses in COVID-19 Negative Individuals in Oyo State, Nigeria by Adefunke Iyabo Akinola1, Oluseyi Adebowale Olayinka2*, Toyosi Yekeen Raheem1, 3

“…Conclusion: Although detection rates were low, our findings underscore the continued need to screen for RSV and Influenza A and B in individuals with respiratory symptoms, even after a negative SARS-CoV-2 test. …”
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Early breast cancer detection in CT scans using convolutional neural bidirectional feature pyramid network by Tahani Jaser Alahmadi, Adeel Ahmed, Amjad Rehman, Abeer Rashad Mirdad, Bayan Al Ghofaily, Shehryar Ali

“…Early detection plays a crucial role in reducing mortality rates. While mammography is a widely used diagnostic tool, computed tomography (CT) scans are increasingly being explored for detecting breast cancer due to their high-resolution imaging and ability to visualize tissue in 3D. …”
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Co-combustion of tyre waste char and biomass blends using thermogravimetric-mass spectrometric analysis by Cleopatra T. Dube, Hope Baloyi

“…Torrefied wood–tyre char blends at a 90:10 ratio showed higher rates of CO2 evolution, but adding torrefied wood at 15–20 wt% and increasing microalgae from 4 to 11 wt% reduced CO2 emissions. …”
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Exploration of different quantitative polymerase chain reaction-based genotyping methods to distinguish Apcmin/+ mice from wildtype mice. by Yuting Sun, Tingyu Zhou, Silin Ye, Effie Yin Tung Lau, Yao Zeng, Jessie Qiaoyi Liang

“…In contrast, when the qPCR methods were used, success rates exceeding 99% were achieved with a single test. …”
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Assessing the acute differential toxicity of polystyrene microplastic particles and comparing the impacts of bead-shaped versus fragmented particles on Daphnia magna by Sang-Ah Lee, Maranda Esterhuizen, Youngsam Kim, Minsik Kim, Young Jun Kim

“…A comprehensive suite of biological endpoints, including immobilization rates, generation of reactive oxygen species (ROS), expression levels of ROS-related genes and wide-ranging transcriptomic profiling, was encompassed in our methodology. …”
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Evaluation of Chronic Dietary Risk of Trifloxystrobin and Bupirimate in Cucumber Based on Supervised Residue Test by Yanli Qi, Weirong Wang, Pengcheng Ren, Shu Qin, Jindong Li, Junli Cao

“…The method demonstrated excellent recovery rates (85–103%) throughout four spiking levels (0.01, 0.1, 0.3, and 1 mg/kg), with relative standard deviations (RSD) ≤ 4.8%. …”
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The prognostic role of key factors in renal cell carcinoma with bone metastases by Furkan Erdoğan, Abdurrahman Murat Yıldırım, Tolgahan Cengiz, Alparslan Yurtbay, Hicabi Sezgin, Nevzat Dabak

“…The 1-, 2-, and 5-year overall survival (OS) rates were 73.7%, 44.2%, and 13.7%, respectively. …”
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Exploring the interplay between LDHA and ABCC1 in breast cancer using computational approach by Bader Alshehri

“…Abstract Background Drug resistance is the major cause of the high death rates in Breast cancer (BC), which continues to be the most frequent disease among women. …”
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