Geochemical Characteristics and Thermal Evolution History of Jurassic Tamulangou Formation Source Rocks in the Hongqi Depression, Hailar Basin by Junping Cui, Wei Jin, Zhanli Ren, Hua Tao, Haoyu Song, Wei Guo

“…The temperature evolution pattern is characterized by an initial increase followed by a gradual decrease. …”
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A ten-year trend analysis of malaria prevalence at Sunyani Municipal Hospital, Ghana by Antwi Joseph Barimah, Rebecca Dorcas Commey, Nyantakyiwaa Duah Salomey, James Dumba, Yaw Boakye Nketiah, Bernard Opoku Amoah, Larry Agyemang, Tweneboah Yvonne Ofosua, Deborah Arhinful, Gyamfi Opoku Sandra

“…Although there is a mixed but decreased trend, the region’s confirmed malaria case rate is nevertheless concerning and indicates a substantial public health burden. …”
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The Role of Axillary Lymph Node Dissection in Breast Cancer Patients With Residual Nodal Disease After Receiving Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy by Kristina Shaffer, Lilian Harris, Lori Gentile, Amelia Merrill, Lori Kellam, Michelle Fillion, Peter Turk

“…Conversely, there was a significantly increased rate of lymphedema in the ALND, 57.9%, vs the SLNB group, 35.3% ( P  = 0.03). …”
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The prevalence and genetic characteristics of human bocavirus in patients with acute respiratory infection in China during 2012–2021 by Haoran Jiang, Baicheng Xia, Xujing Chi, Liwei Sun, Hongmei Xu, Wenhui Wang, Min Mu, Pengbo Yu, Xingyu Xiang, Feng Zhang, Hui Zhang, Caixiao Jiang, Linqing Zhao, Zhenguo Gao, Kongxin Hu, Yan Zhang, Aili Cui

“…The age group with the highest detection rate shifted from infants under 2 years in 2012–2019 to children aged 2–4 years in 2020–2021. …”
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Towards a theory of urban fragmentation: A cross-cultural analysis of fear, privatization, and the state by Setha Low

“…This paper employs a cross-cultural analysis to explore regional and national variations in residential gating and enclosure as a first step in developing an integrated theory of urban fragmentation. …”
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Preschoolers in severely food insecure Guatemalan Mayan households consume a monotonous grain-based diet by Michele Monroy-Valle, Maira Ruano Estrada, María del Carmen Caamaño, Karla Cordón-Arrivillaga, Ginny Lane, Hassan Vatanparast

“…Our objective was to explore the dietary patterns of Guatemalan Mayan children, comparing stunted children to those with typical growth. …”
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Global trends in dengue research in veterinary medicine (2019–2024): A bibliometric analysis of scientific output, collaborations, and thematic shifts by Fran Espinoza-Carhuancho, Cesar Mauricio-Vilchez, Lucia Quispe-Tasayco, Frank Mayta-Tovalino

“…The observed decline in publication rate underscores the need to reinvigorate research efforts. …”
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Factors associated with unfavourable treatment outcomes among patients with Multidrug-resistant Tuberculosis receiving outpatients care by Maria Jose Vadakunnel, Vijayalakshmi Jawaharlal Nehru, Usharani Brammacharry, Venkateswari Ramachandra, Suganthi Palavesam, Anbazhagi Muthukumar, Balasundaram Revathi Mani, Gunavathy Pradhabane, S. R. Sriramkumar, Kanagavel Venkatchalam, Muthuraj Muthaiah

“…Patients with heteroresistant patterns had 2.72 times higher odds of unsuccessful treatment outcomes compared to those with inferred and true-resistant patterns. …”
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Where do new words like boobage, flamage, ownage come from? Tracking the history of ‑age words from 1100 to 2000 in the OED3 by Chris A. Smith

“…They also appear to be less likely to be lexicalized given this transparency. This low rate of lexicalization is a sign of high productivity and may also explain the high rates of obsolescence of historical ‑age words in the OED3.…”
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The impact of urbanization on regional carbon sequestration in arid areas: A case study of Altay Region, Xinjiang, China by Jiaquan Wan, Tao Bai, Yongbin Ye, Peipei Shen, Fangqin Wang, Peixing Chen

“…Scientifically exploring the spatiotemporal variation patterns of carbon storage and accurately identifying its major influencing factors hold practical significance for China to achieve the “dual carbon” goals of peaking carbon emissions by 2030 and achieving carbon neutrality by 2060. …”
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Analysing LULC transformations using remote sensing data: insights from a multilayer perceptron neural network approach by Khadim Hussain, Kaleem Mehmood, Sun Yujun, Tariq Badshah, Shoaib Ahmad Anees, Fahad Shahzad, Nooruddin, Jamshid Ali, Muhammad Bilal

“…This study offers useful information for politicians, conservationists, and urban planners by examining historical patterns and forecasting future changes. The study utilized a Multilayer Perceptron Neural Network (MLP-NN), a well-known machine learning technique that excels at collecting intricate patterns. …”
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Rising Threats and Evolving Trends: Five Years of Urinary Tract Infection Prevalence in a Portuguese Hospital by Francisco José Barbas Rodrigues, Patrícia Coelho, Sónia Mateus, Miguel Castelo-Branco

“…<b>Results:</b> The positivity rate increased from 18.7% in 2018 to 22.7% in 2022, with a peak in 2019. …”
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Trends in Heart Transplantation and Outcome Analysis: Nationwide Study Using the National Inpatient Sample and Readmission Database by Vivek Joseph Varughese, Aditya Sunil Bhaskaran, Hadrian Hoang-Vu Tran, Nikita Wadhwani, Vignesh Krishnan Nagesh, Izage Kianifar Aguilar, Damien Islek, Simcha Weissman, Adam Atoot

“…Patient characteristics, mortality rates, and readmission patterns were analyzed using ANOVA and multivariate logistic regression, with statistical significance defined as <i>p</i> < 0.05. …”
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Training Rarámuri Criollo Cattle to Virtual Fencing in a Chaparral Rangeland by Sara E. Campa Madrid, Andres R. Perea, Micah Funk, Maximiliano J. Spetter, Mehmet Bakir, Jeremy Walker, Rick E. Estell, Brandon Smythe, Sergio Soto-Navarro, Sheri A. Spiegal, Brandon T. Bestelmeyer, Santiago A. Utsumi

“…The study found that Rarámuri Criollo cows can effectively adapt to virtual fencing technology, achieving over 99% containment rate while displaying typical diurnal patterns for grazing, resting, or traveling behavior. …”
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Impact of COVID-19 control measures on influenza positivity among patients with acute respiratory infections, 2018–2023: an interrupted time series analysis by Wei Chen, Huabin Wang, Xianlin Ten, Miao Fu, Meili Lin, Xiaoping Xu, Yongjun Ma

“…Before the pandemic, influenza primarily showed a winter peak pattern, whereas during the pandemic, the positivity rate declined significantly with no distinct peak. …”
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Past Expansion and Future Prediction of Land Use and Land Cover of Sofia City by D. Pavlov, D. Pavlov, L. L. Vitanova, D. Petrova-Antonova

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Wide Field-of-View Air-to-Water Rolling Shutter-Based Optical Camera Communication (OCC) Using CUDA Deep-Neural-Network Long-Short-Term-Memory (CuDNNLSTM) by Yung-Jie Chen, Yu-Han Lin, Guo-Liang Shih, Chi-Wai Chow, Chien-Hung Yeh

“…Results revealed that the proposed air-to-water OCC system can support a transmission rate of 7.2 kbit/s through a still water surface, and 6.6 kbit/s through a wavy water surface; this satisfies the hard-decision forward error correction (HD-FEC) bit-error-rate (BER).…”
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Analytical research of the relation between hydraulic mechanism of the axial pressure of the drilling rig and technological parameters of the drilling regimes of the geological exp... by V. V. Kulikov, S. . Zavacky

“…Because of this, we can not exactly evaluate variations of the axial load on the cutting tools when changing hydraulic parameters of the thrust mechanism. The flow pattern of the hydraulic fluid through the throttling valve and through the pressure shift is defined by the mechanical speed rate of the bore drilling. …”
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Emergence of antibiotic resistance in bloodstream infections associated with catheters in hemodialysis patients: a prospective observational study by Mohammad Bhat, Danish Muqbool, Rayees Yousuf, Manzoor Parry, Amir Farooq, Muzamil Wani, Imran Khan, Imtiyaz Wani, Muzafar Wani

“…Background: Catheter-related bloodstream infections (CRBSIs) are a significant cause of hospitalization and mortality among hemodialysis patients. Incidence rates and resistance patterns vary widely. Recent studies show a rise in CRBSIs caused by multidrug-resistant organisms (MDROs). …”
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Analysis of Economic Vitality and Development Equilibrium of China’s Three Major Urban Agglomerations Based on Nighttime Light Data by Saimiao Liu, Wenliang Liu, Yi Zhou, Shixin Wang, Zhenqing Wang, Zhuochen Wang, Yanchao Wang, Xinran Wang, Luoyao Hao, Futao Wang

“…The results show the following: (1) From 2000 to 2020, the average growth rate of EDI in China’s three major urban agglomerations reached 36.32%, while the average decrease rate of NLDI reached 38.75%; both economic vitality and the development equilibrium have been continuously enhanced. …”
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