Regional Pathways to Internationalization: The Role of Erasmus+ in European HEIs by Eleni Georgoudaki, Spyridon Stavropoulos, Dimitris Skuras

“…Employing hotspot analysis and a two-level random intercept model, this research analyses spatial patterns and the influences of regional characteristics and institutional variables on Erasmus mobility rates. …”
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A Comprehensive Assessment of Ayurvedic Patient Care Services in a Modern Medicine Public Tertiary Care Hospital by Renuka Munshi, Santosh Kadam

“…Over five years patient retention rates exhibited a gradual increase signifying a higher level of patient satisfaction and loyalty towards Ayurvedic treatments. …”
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Extranodal diffuse large B‐cell lymphoma: Clinical and molecular insights with survival outcomes from the multicenter EXPECT study by Si‐Yuan Chen, Peng‐Peng Xu, Ru Feng, Guo‐Hui Cui, Li Wang, Shu Cheng, Rong‐Ji Mu, Hui‐Lai Zhang, Xiao‐Lei Wei, Yong‐Ping Song, Kai‐Yang Ding, Li‐Hua Dong, Zun‐Min Zhu, Shen‐Miao Yang, Xin Wang, Ting‐Bo Liu, Jian‐Da Hu, Xiao‐Yun Zheng, Ou Bai, Jing‐Yan Xu, Liang Huang, Wei Sang, Ke‐Qian Shi, Fan Zhou, Fei Li, Ai‐Bin Liang, Hui Zhou, Si‐Guo Hao, Hong‐Hui Huang, Bin Xu, Wen‐Bin Qian, Cai‐Xia Li, Zhi‐Ming Li, Chong‐Yang Wu, Xiao‐Bo Wang, Wen‐Yu Shi, Shu‐Ye Wang, Yu‐Yang Tian, Xi Zhang, Ke‐Shu Zhou, Li‐Juan Cui, Hui Liu, Huo Tan, Qing Leng, Dong‐Lu Zhao, Ting Niu, Wei‐Li Zhao

“…Gene panel sequencing was performed on 1,050 patients to discern molecular patterns according to ENI. Results The 2‐year overall survival (OS) rate was 76.2% [95% confidence interval (CI), 74.0%‐78.2%], and the 5‐year OS rate was 67.9% (95% CI, 65.2%‐70.4%). …”
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Impact of plant-based diets and associations with health, lifestyle and healthcare utilisation: a population-based survey study by Natalia Echiburu, Maria Antonieta Also-Fontanet, Antoni Sisó-Almirall, Luis González-de Paz

“…Design: We estimated vegetarian and vegan individuals’ national and regional prevalence and analysed their socio-demographic characteristics and weekly dietary intake patterns. Individuals with a plant-based dietary pattern were matched to a control group (1:4) with similar socio-demographic characteristics. …”
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Radiologic Predictors of Disease Recurrence in Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma: A Retrospective Evaluation of MRI and ¹⁸F-FDG-PET/CT Parameters by Banu Karaalioğlu, Tansel Çakır, Ömer Yazıcı, Mustafa S. Tekin, Ebru Karcı

“…<b>Background/Objectives:</b> NPC is a radiosensitive malignancy with high recurrence rates despite therapeutic advances. This study aimed to identify radiologic and metabolic predictors of recurrence in newly diagnosed NPC by integrating MRI and ¹⁸F-FDG PET/CT parameters. …”
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The Use of AI-Powered Thermography to Detect Early Plantar Thermal Abnormalities in Patients With Diabetes: Cross-Sectional Observational Study by Meshari F Alwashmi, Mustafa Alghali, AlAnoud AlMogbel, Abdullah Abdulaziz Alwabel, Abdulaziz S Alhomod, Ibrahim Almaghlouth, Mohamad-Hani Temsah, Amr Jamal

“…Traditional DFU detection methods face scalability issues due to inefficiencies in time and practical application, leading to high recurrence and amputation rates alongside substantial health care costs. Human medical thermography could significantly enhance disease monitoring and detection, including DFUs. …”
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Temporal trends of carbon monoxide poisoning mortality at the global, regional and national levels: a cross-sectional study from the Global Burden of Disease study, 1990 and 2017 by Jie Liu, Junxiu Zhao, Jianhai Long, Yawei Sun, Xiaobo Peng

“…The overall ASR decreased by an average of 1.83% (95% CI 2.10% to 1.56%) per year in this period. This decreasing pattern was heterogeneous across ages, regions and countries. …”
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Enhanced Multi-Level Recommender System Using Turnover-Based Weighting for Predicting Regional Preferences by Venkatesan Thillainayagam, Ramkumar Thirunavukarasu, J. Arun Pandian

“…In such scenarios, filtering collaborative patterns based on regional and local characteristics, while emphasizing the significance of branches and user ratings, could enhance the accuracy of recommendations. …”
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High nutrient loads amplify carbon cycling across California and New York coastal wetlands but with ambiguous effects on marsh integrity and sustainability. by Elizabeth Burke Watson, Farzana I Rahman, Andrea Woolfolk, Robert Meyer, Nicole Maher, Cathleen Wigand, Andrew B Gray

“…While high nutrient exposure marshes had high rates of decomposition and soil respiration rates, high nutrient exposure was also associated with increased belowground production, and reduced levels of sulfides, which should lead to greater marsh sustainability. …”
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A “drop” in the atrioventricular conduction curve and dual-pathway electrophysiology by Youhua Zhang, MD, PhD

“…Background: Atrioventricular (AV) conduction time is rate-dependent. As the atrial coupling interval (A1A2) shortens, AV conduction time (A2H2) prolongs. …”
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Data Analysis and Forecasting of COVID-19 Pandemic in Kuwait Based on Daily Observation and Basic Reproduction Number Dynamics by Kayode Oshinubi, Fahima Al-Awadhi, Mustapha Rachdi, Jacques Demongeot

“…When the coronavirus pandemic began early in 2020, experts wondered if there would be waves of cases, a pattern seen in other virus pandemics. The overall pattern so far has been one of increasing cases of COVID-19 followed by a decline, and we observed a second wave of increased cases and yet we are still exploring this pandemic. …”
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OPTIMIZATION OF THE VACUUM-ASSISTED TREATMENT FOR COMPLICATIONS OF DIABETIC FOOT SYNDROME by V.I. Liakhovskyi, O.O. Kyzymenko, O.H. Krasnov, O.I. Krasnov, T.V. Horodova-Andrieieva

“…In the main group, the rate of wound reduction was greatest on the 8th-10th days, and in the comparison group – on the 14th-15th days. …”
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Design of an efficient multi-objective recognition approach for 8-ball billiards vision system by Jiaying Gao, Qiuyang He, Hong Gao, Zhixin Zhan, Zhe Wu

“…In the verification test, the trained CNN model shows a recognition rate of over 98.5%, and outperforms the other three classic methods. …”
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Mathematical model of the dependence between cerebral ventricular size and capillary pressure in laboratory animals by A. A. Cherevko, G. S. Valova, D. V. Petrovsky, A. E. Akulov

“…To describe the data obtained, the mathematical model was adapted by selecting a scale factor based on the known values of the cerebrospinal fluid formation rate for humans and mice. Results and discussion. …”
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Global stroke burden attributable to household air pollution: Insights from GBD 2021 and projections to 2040. by Manqing Li, Shicheng Liao, Chao Wang, Haojia Ma, Xiumei Xing, Jianhui Yuan, Jie Jiang, Zhuoying Zeng

“…From 1990-2021, age-standardized death rates (EAPC = -0.37), DALY rates (EAPC = -0.20), and YLL rates (EAPC = -0.30) decreased, while YLD rates increased (EAPC = 1.11). …”
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Epidemiological and Socioeconomic Disparities in the 1742–1743 Epidemic: A Comparative Analysis of Urban Centers and Indigenous Populations Along the Royal Road by Jorge Hugo Villafañe

“…Recognizing these historical patterns of adaptation can inform present and future public health strategies. …”
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Unraveling the Mechanistic Links Between Species Diversity and Infection Risk From Zoonotic Pathogens With Direct Transmission Among Reservoir Hosts: Rodent‐Orthohantavirus Systems... by Andreas Eleftheriou, Angela D. Luis

“…ABSTRACT To explain patterns between anthropogenic loss of species diversity and the rise in the number of novel zoonotic diseases, the “dilution effect” hypothesis predicts that with lower species diversity, infection risk will increase. …”
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Comprehensive multi-omics analysis of histone acetylation modulators identifies ASH1L as a novel aggressive marker for osteosarcoma by Chenlie Ni, Qiwen Sun, Haibo Yin

“…Methods The expression patterns, prognostic implications, and clinical correlations of HAMRPs in osteosarcoma were analyzed using the TARGET, GEO, TISCH, and HPA databases. …”
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Positioning of Chinese time nouns and adverbs: Evidence from corpus, acceptability, and processing studies. by Jia Yi Chen, Ying Su, Katsuo Tamaoka

“…Sentences in which time nouns followed the subject were rated as more acceptable and supported the canonical word order, whereas pre-subject time nouns were acceptable mainly in topicalized contexts. …”
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Economic growth and urban metamorphosis: A quarter century of transformations within the metropolitan area of Bucharest by Cristian Tosa, Andrei Mitrea, Hitomi Sato, Tomio Miwa, Takayuki Morikawa

“…Lately, these patterns have become manifest in Bucharest as well. …”
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