Performance Assessment of the Concepta Automated ANA Detection System in Routine Clinical Samples by Kübra Evren, Ayşe Nur Ceylan, Mehmet Akif Durmuş

“…The sensitivity and specificity were found to be 99.08% and 97.61%, respectively, with positive and negative predictive values of 87.96% and 99.83%. High concordance rates were observed for homogeneous (95.7%), centromere (92.3%), and nucleolar (92.1%) patterns, while lower rates were noted for speckled (60%) and cytoplasmic (44.4%) patterns.Conclusion: The Concepta automated system demonstrated very high accuracy in ANA positive and negative discrimination, comparable to other automated systems. …”
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Multistage Training of Fuzzy Cognitive Maps to Predict Preeclampsia and Fetal Growth Restriction by William Hoyos, Rodrigo Garcia, Jose Aguilar

“…The results conclusively reveal that multistage training better uncovers patterns in the data, leading to significantly improved predictive performance for these disorders. …”
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Global assessment of current extinction risks and future challenges for turtles and tortoises by Chuanwu Chen, Jiang Wang, Marcel Holyoak, Liu Lin, Yanping Wang

“…Furthermore, the projected rates of climatic and environmental changes across species’ distributions are significantly higher than the rates of evolution for traits linked to resilience to climate change and altered environments. …”
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How the pandemic shaped presenteeism trends between healthcare and non-healthcare workers using the Korean working conditions surveys (2010–2023) by Ari Min, Yoonjung Ji, Wonhee Baek

“…Healthcare workers exhibited high presenteeism rates prior to the pandemic; however, during and after the pandemic, these rates decreased rapidly and ultimately became lower than those of non-healthcare workers. …”
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Factors contributing to doctoral student attrition in higher education institutions in Namibia by Esther Nuuyoma, Sing Nevensha, Chika T Sehoole

“…Guided by Tinto’s student integration theory, this study explores factors driving high dropout rates among doctoral candidates at two Namibian universities. …”
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Quantifying transmission and immunity dynamics of multiple SARS-CoV-2 variants using models and epidemic data from a highly populated area. by Monica S Shah, Jiyoung Lee, Laura W Pomeroy

“…Identifying temporal patterns in dynamics of acute, immunizing infectious diseases informs our understanding of transmission, epidemic prediction, and disease control. …”
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Using a Multilingual AI Care Agent to Reduce Disparities in Colorectal Cancer Screening for Higher Fecal Immunochemical Test Adoption Among Spanish-Speaking Patients: Retrospective... by Meenesh Bhimani, R Hal Baker, Markel Sanz Ausin, Gerald Meixiong, Rae Lasko, Mariska Raglow-Defranco, Alex Miller, Subhabrata Mukherjee, Saad Godil, Anderson Cook, Jonathan D Agnew, Ashish Atreja

“…The 2.6-fold higher FIT test opt-in rate among Spanish-speaking patients represents a notable departure from historical patterns of health care disparities. …”
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Global, regional, and national burden of Pediatric and adolescent thyroid cancer from 1990 to 2021: a statistical analysis of prevalence, incidence, and DALYs by Rui Zhang, Zhenxin Mei, Shan Feng, Zongcun Chen

“…In the 5 SDI regions, the prevalence and incidence are showing an upward trend, while DALYs rates showed divergent patterns: a marginal increase in low-middle SDI regions (EAPC=0.13, 95% UI: -0.07-0.32) contrasted with declining trends in other regions. …”
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Antibiotic resistance of biofilm-forming bacteria causing urinary tract infections: A systematic review by Abigail Anne Ferrer, Samson Decasa, Juliana Carlidy Elauria, Jalen Rose Esguerra, Earl Adriane Cano, Angela Nole Shayenne Coderos, Denise Alexandra Cruz, Den Marc Exala

“…Furthermore, biofilm formation rates ranged from 36.5% to 100%, with a median prevalence of 75.5%. …”
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Effectiveness of the sterile insect technique in controlling Aedes albopictus as part of an integrated control measure: evidence from a first small-scale field trial in Switzerland by Diego Parrondo Monton, Damiana Ravasi, Valentina Campana, Francesco Pace, Arianna Puggioli, Matteo Tanadini, Eleonora Flacio

“…Similar spatial trends were observed for hatch rates and adult females (P < 0.01). These findings highlight both the overall effectiveness of SIT and the influence of mosquito immigration on spatial patterns. …”
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Simultaneous water uptake from shallow groundwater and drip irrigation: Lysimeter experiments with ceramic cups by Ben Cohen, Ido Nitsan, Ilan Ben‐Noah, Shmulik P. Friedman

“…Lysimeter experiments utilizing ceramic cups mimicking plant roots provide insights into wetting patterns within the root zone and water balance components. …”
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Flow Heterogeneity Controls Dissolution Dynamics in Topologically Complex Rocks by Z. Kanavas, J. Jimenez‐Martinez, F. Miele, J. Nimmo, V. L. Morales

“…Flow unevenness determines the location and rate of dissolution. We propose two models describing expected dissolution patterns and effective reaction rates based on dimensionless metrics for flow, transport, and reaction. …”
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Rapid radiations underlie most of the known diversity of life by John J. Wiens, Daniel S. Moen

“…Specifically, we quantify how much of Earth’s species richness is contained within rapid radiations (clades with high net diversification rates). We find that among the major clades of living organisms and among land plant phyla and animal phyla, &gt;80% of known species richness is contained within the few clades in the upper 90th percentile for diversification rates in each group. …”
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Regional Demographic History of Shaanxi Province from the Founding of the People’s Republic of China to the Beginning of the Cultural Revolution (1949–1966) by Svetlana B. Makeeva

“…The author considers positive demographic changes in the province, among which are increased birth rates and decreased mortality rates, growth of population in general, and an influx of internal migrants from other Chinese regions into the province. …”
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Urban Green Space Inequity, Socioeconomic Disparities, and Potential Health Implications in Metropolitan Melbourne by Parian Hoseini, Pooriya Mohseni, Piret Veeroja, Greg Foliente

“…This study utilizes the Kernel Density tool as an innovative method to measure UGS inequities and their relationship with cardiovascular disease (CVD) rates. Next, the UGS patterns and their potential implications for CVD are examined across suburbs with a range of SES levels in Melbourne, Australia. …”
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Prevalence of autoimmune diseases is strongly associated with average annual temperatures: systematic review and linear regression analysis by Konstantinos Voskarides, Sofia Philippou, Mariam Hamam, Konstantinos Parperis

“…Abstract Background The incidence of autoimmune diseases in cold environments has been a topic of interest due to the observed geographical patterns and potential environmental influences on disease development. …”
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Function Delivery Network: A Spatial-Temporal Execution Orchestrator for Optimizing Serverless Computing by Joel R. Corporan, Arshdeep Bahga, Vijay K. Madisetti

“…Our results demonstrate significant improvements in resource utilization, execution time, and request completion rates. The FDN reduces function instance allocation by up to 97.82%, improves median response times by 45.45%, and maintains higher request completion rates at high concurrency levels compared to native FaaS execution. …”
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Feasibility and adherence to ecological momentary assessment among community-dwelling adults with suicide risk by Hyein Kim, Seongae Kwon, Sunyoung Park, Chaehyeon Kang, Heejung Kim

“…Higher depression and anxiety scores were associated with lower Actiwatch adherence, whereas a higher perceived stress score was associated with lower EMA response rates. The peak of suicidal impulse patterns in event button activations usually occurred between 9 to 10 pm, while activations were lowest in the early morning hours, particularly between 4 and 6 am. …”
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Ehrlichia canis and Hepatozoon spp. in captive tigers in Thailand by C. Mongkolphan, A. Saechin, T. Chamsai, P. Sedwisai, R. Boonyarittichaikij, S. Tangsudjai

“…This study aimed to investigate the infection rate, co-infection patterns, and associated risk factors of tick-borne pathogens (Ehrlichia, Hepatozoon, and Babesia) in captive tigers in Thailand. …”
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COMPREHENSIVE ASSESSMENT OF THE MORTALITY OF THE POPULATION OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION AND KUZBASS FROM MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION FOR THE PERIOD 2012-2020 by Андрей Георгиевич Петров, Сергей Анатольевич Макаров, Николай Владимирович Абрамов, Сергей Николаевич Филимонов, Василий Васильевич Кашталап, Виктор Андреевич Семенихин

“…The goal is to identify patterns of change in mortality rates from myocardial infarction in Kuzbass for the period from 2012 to 2020, in a comparative analysis with data for the Russian Federation. …”
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