Pattern of the First Recurrence Has No Impact on Long-Term Survival after Curative Intent Surgery for Perihilar Cholangiocarcinomas by Madalina Maria Blaga, Vladislav Brasoveanu, Cezar Stroescu, Mihnea Ionescu, Irinel Popescu, Traian Dumitrascu

“…Aim. To explore the pattern of the first recurrence and impact on long-term survival after curative intent surgery for perihilar cholangiocarcinomas (PHC). …”
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Treatment patterns and survival outcomes of peripheral T-Cell lymphoma in Saudi Arabia: a 12-Year retrospective analysis by Mubarak Al-Mansour, Hosam A. Alghanmi, Duaa E. Shareef, Esraa S. Alshamat, Abdulaziz M. Asseri, Mohammed O. Bayamin, Syed Sameer Aga, Manal A. Alsaggaf

“…The five-year progression-free survival (PFS) and overall survival (OS) rates were 23.6% and 44%, respectively. A significant difference was observed in the 5-year PFS (p = 0.048) and OS rates (p = 0.017) between treatment regimens. …”
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Prevalence and pattern of hearing loss among meningitis survivors in the Pacific Islands: a prospective, observational study protocol by Annette Kaspar, Sione Pifeleti, Carlie Driscoll

“…The most recent Global Burden of Disease Project reported that mortality and morbidity rates associated with meningitis are in decline in the Pacific Islands. …”
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Meteorological measurement and simulation datasets to understand the complex circulation over a tropical inter-Andean valleyMendeley Data by Andres V. Ardila, Carlos M. González, Felipe Cifuentes, German Rueda-Saa, Rodrigo Jimenez

“…Following a rigorous validation process, 83% of the 4.7 million original data points were retained, with solar radiation exhibiting the highest rate of invalidity (37.6%). Furthermore, twelve WRF-CHEM simulations were performed to assess the performance of different schemes suitable for the CRV conditions. …”
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Robust zero-watermarking for color images using hybrid deep learning models and encryption by Hager A. Gharib, Noha M. M. Abdelnapi, Khalid M. Hosny

“…The extracted watermark maintains a low Bit Error Rate (BER) and a high Normalized Cross-Correlation (NCC). …”
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Investigating Peri-Urban Campus Commuting Patterns: Learning from Sumatera Institute of Technology, Lampung Province, Indonesia by Muhammad Abdul Mubdi Bindar, Muhammad Zainal Ibad, Goldie Melinda Wijayanti, Muhammad Gilang Ramadhan, Alvian Syah Syaidina Muhammad

“…This paper studies the commuting patterns of students and staff at the Sumatera Institute of Technology (ITERA), a rapidly growing university located in a peri-urban area of Lampung Province, Indonesia. …”
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Effects of irrigation patterns and nitrogen levels on the dynamic changes of nitrogen concentration in percolation water in a paddy field by CHEN Xing, LI Ya-juan, LIU Li, FANG Su-ping, FANG Ping, LIN Xian-yong

“…The experiment was designed with four levels of N fertilizer rates of N0, N1, N2, and N3 (0, 126, 157.5, and 210 kg·hm^-2, respectively) in two irrigation patterns (FW: flooding water to a depth of 3 cm above soil surface and CW: keeping soil moisture but not ponding at soil surface). …”
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Birth Pattern Seasonality in Ethiopia: Evidence from National Demographic and Health Survey Data from 2000 to 2019 by Bezawit Alemu Bezabih, Mulugeta Shegaze Shimbre, Tamirat Gezahegn Guyo, Mesfin Mamo Utaile, Manaye Yihune, Aynalem Yemane Leyew, Getahun Koira Kolbaye, Habtamu Esubalew Bezie

“…This finding could assist in the prediction of seasonal birth rates, guide contraception campaigns, distribute vaccinations strategically, and design a proactive measure against childhood diseases using mathematical modeling.…”
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Effects of footwear and foot strike patterns on patellofemoral joint and Achilles tendon loading in novice runners and experienced runners by Yuxin Li, Yuhang Nie, Xini Zhang, Xini Zhang, Yaodong Gu, Yaodong Gu

“…Peak impact loading rates were significantly lower in conventional shoes with RFS than in minimalist shoes (p < 0.05).DiscussionNovice runners experienced a significant increase in PFJ and AT loads during running. …”
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Sugar feeding patterns of New York Aedes albopictus mosquitoes are affected by saturation deficit, flowers, and host seeking. by Kara Fikrig, Sonile Peck, Peter Deckerman, Sharon Dang, Kimberly St Fleur, Henry Goldsmith, Sophia Qu, Hannah Rosenthal, Laura C Harrington

“…<h4>Conclusions/significance</h4>Our results provide the first evidence of Ae. albopictus sugar feeding behavior in the Northeastern US and reveal relatively high rates of sugar feeding. These results suggest the potential success for regional deployment of toxic sugar baits. …”
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Response patterns of phytoplankton growth to variations in resuspension in the German Bight revealed by daily MERIS data in 2003 and 2004 by Jian Su, Tian Tian, Hajo Krasemann, Markus Schartau, Kai Wirtz

“…Satellite-derived chl a were used to derive spatial patterns of net rates of chl a increase/decrease (NR) in 2003 and 2004. …”
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Quantifying the impacts of diverse vegetation-covered patterns on hillslope soil erosion: a case experiment of alfalfa-covered hillslopes by Chong Yao, Qingwei Zhang, Kebing Chen, Shige Zhang, Ming Zhu, Zhijia Gu, Wei Yan, Faqi Wu

“…Compared with CK, the mean runoff rate and sediment yield rate for alfalfa-covered hillslopes decreased by 7.18% to 83.77% and 12.62% to 85.69%, and sediment concentration decreased by 0.26 to 2.22 g L-1. …”
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Antibiogram pattern of recurrent urinary tract infections in kidney transplant patients: a single-center cohort study by Hossein Bahari, Ali Tajik, Armin Doostparast, Reza Nejad Shahrokh Abadi, Saeed Javanshir, Mohsen Aliakbarian, Rozita Khodashahi

“…Notably, high resistance rates were observed against commonly used antibiotics; for example, E. coli exhibited 100% resistance to ampicillin and cefazolin. …”
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Trends in Pharmacological Treatment of Patients With New Onset Type 2 Diabetes: Usage Patterns in an Evolving Guideline Landscape by William Hou, Katherine R. Tuttle, Weining Shen, Andrew Reikes, Jonathan H. Watanabe

“…However, overall adoption rates of these medications remain low based on indicated populations. …”
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Patterns of Musculoskeletal Disorders among Staff Nurses in the Emergency Department in Saudi Arabia: A Cross-sectional Study by Afaf Mufadhi Alrimali, Nashi Masnad Alreshidi, Aljazi Albshri Alshammari, Aeedah Rfadah Alenzy, Riya Thomas, May Ann Dinoy, Fouz Aziz Alanzi, Eddieson Pasay-an

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Real-world phosphorodiamidate morpholino oligomer treatment patterns in Duchenne muscular dystrophy: a claims-based analysis by Shannon Grabich, Brian Ung, Aalok Nadkar, Kathryn DeYoung, James Signorovitch, Aravindhan Veerapandiyan

“…For patients with a gap in PMO claims, most subsequently re-initiated treatment, indicating lower discontinuation rates than previously reported.…”

Guidelines and variations in patterns of GnRH analogue use in castration-resistant prostate cancer across six countries by G. George, D. Enting, H. Garmo, P. Stattin, I.F. Lissbrant, M. Monroy-Iglesias, L.-M. Scailteux, F. Balusson, C. Van Praet, N. Lumen, G. Marvaso, G. Corrao, B.A. Jereczek-Fossa, L. Chehade, A. Shamseddine, M. Charafeddine, M. Van Hemelrijck

“…Background: We investigated patterns of gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) analogue use in castration-resistant prostate cancer (CRPC) using real-world data from six countries. …”
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Intergenerational chronic undernutrition pattern and determinants in Ethiopia: a multilevel and spatial analysis of EDHS data (2000–2016) by Mekuriaw Nibret Aweke, Asebe Hagos, Moges Tadesse Abebe, Amare Kassaw, Molla Azmeraw, Nigusu Worku, Tesfahun Zemene Tafere, Mekides Engeda Alemu, Amanuel Tesera Alemu, Demewoz Kefale

“…We used ArcMap to assess spatial patterns of undernutrition through Global Moran’s I, identify hotspots with Getis-Ord Gi*, and apply interpolation to estimate values in unsampled areas. …”
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A novel transformer-based dual attention architecture for the prediction of financial time series by Anita Hadizadeh, Mohammad Jafar Tarokh, Majid Mirzaee Ghazani

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Cinical, morphological and functional comparisons in acute period of ischemic hemispheric stroke by A. A. Kuznetsov

“…Results and discussion: EEG-pattern of left-side stroke comparing with right one was characterized with increasing of level of theta-1-subrange spectral rating in intact hemisphere by 12% (р<0,05). …”
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