Trends and distribution patterns of infant mortality and maternal HIV positivity in South Africa: A decade review (2007 - 2016) by M Makhele, N Ledibane, H Ramatsoma, A Musekiwa

“… Background. The infant mortality rate (IMR) (24 per 1 000 live births) remains high in South Africa (SA), well above the recommended sustainable development goal (SDG) 3 of 12 deaths per 1 000 live births. …”
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Contactless Detection of Abnormal Breathing Using Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing Signals and Deep Learning in Multi-Person Scenarios by Muneeb Ullah, Xiaodong Yang, Zhiya Zhang, Tong Wu, Nan Zhao, Lei Guan, Malik Muhammad Arslan, Akram Alomainy, Hafiza Maryum Ishfaq, Qammer H. Abbasi

“…<italic>Objective:</italic> Contactless detection and classification of abnormal respiratory patterns is challenging, especially in multi-person scenarios. …”
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EFFECT OF SULPHURE INCORPORATED WITH UREA , AND SHEEP MANURE ON AMMONIA VOLATILIZATION PATTERN INCLAY SOIL UNDER DIFFERENT ECOLOGICAL CONDITIONS by Mohammad .A.Al-Obaidi

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Real‐World Response and Survival Outcomes and Treatment Patterns in Patients With Extensive Stage Small‐Cell Lung Cancer Receiving Third‐Line Treatment by Jair Bar, Qingqing Xu, Sudeep Karve, Pooja Hingorani, Amin A. Virani, Neal E. Ready

“…Platinum‐based chemotherapy rates decreased from 94% and 93% in 1L to 17% and 16% in 3L in platinum‐sensitive and resistant patients, respectively. …”
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Applying Two-Stage Neural Network Based Classifiers to the Identification of Mixture Control Chart Patterns for an SPC-EPC Process by Yuehjen E. Shao, Po-Yu Chang, Chi-Jie Lu

“…Therefore, we propose a two-stage neural network (NN) based scheme to enhance the accurate identification rate (AIR) for MCCPs by performing dimension reduction on disturbance categories. …”
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Impact of COVID-19 on physical activity patterns in non-professional populations in Asia: a mini review of pre-, during, and post-pandemic periods by Zonglin Jiang, Qianhui Zhou, Haolu Shu, Linjing Jiang

“…This mini-narrative review examines the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on physical activity (PA) patterns across Asian countries, including regions such as Hong Kong, South Korea, Japan, and Southeast Asia. …”
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Spatial disparities in death registration across states and districts of India, 2019-21 by Aditya Singh, Ananya Kundu, Sumit Ram, Rakesh Chandra, Arabindo Tanti, Shivani Singh, Vineet Kumar

“…The study explored spatial patterns and identified clusters of death registration using Moran’s I and univariate Local Indicators of Spatial Association (LISA) maps. …”
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Mixed Land use Pattern in Deteriorated and Inefficient Neighborhoods of Region Eighteen of Tehran and its Role in Sustainable Neighborhood Regeneration by Mojtaba Roustaei, Ahmad Pour Ahmad, Nafiseh Marsousi, esmaeil ali akbari

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Dysglycaemia is associated with the pattern of valvular calcification in micro-computed tomography analysis: an observational study in patients with severe aortic stenosis by Magdalena Kopytek, Kamila W. Undas, Jacek Tarasiuk, Sebastian Wroński, Michał Ząbczyk, Joanna Natorska

“…Abstract Background Diabetes mellitus (DM) has been shown to increase the rate of aortic stenosis (AS) progression. However, the impact of impaired plasma glucose on valvular calcification remains poorly understood. …”
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Cognitive, language and motor developmental patterns of extremely preterm children up to 2 years of age: a descriptive approach by Erika Jurišová, Lucia Ráczová, Marta Zaťková, Martina Romanová

“…BackgroundAdvancements in technology and pharmacology over the past 15 years have increased the survival rates of extremely low gestational age newborns to over 80%. …”
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Study on the Effects of Irrigation Amount on Spring Maize Yield and Water Use Efficiency Under Different Planting Patterns in Xinjiang by Ruxiao Bai, Haixiu He, Xinjiang Zhang, Qifeng Wu

“…Planting patterns and irrigation amounts are key factors affecting maize yield. …”
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Evaluating Spatial Patterns of Ecosystem Services based on a Comparative Approach on Spatial Statistics in the Central Part of Isfahan Province by Sedighe Abdollahi, Alireza Ildoromi, Abdolrassoul Salmanmahini, Sima Fakheran

“…Spatial accuracy evaluating of ecosystem services spatial correlation patterns indicate that returned the largest area under ROC curve of recreational value and Getis-Ord Gi analysis (0.972), whereas the lowest rate is found for the noise pollution reduction service and Local Moran’s I, (0.833). …”
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4 Pattern Recognition for Healing Burns to Compute Evidence: Space Syntax and Machine Learning Analysis of Burns Center Karachi by Javaria Manzoor Shaikh, JaeSeung Park

“…In this research paper, three distinctive phases of clinical situations are considered—primarily: admission, secondly: acute, and tertiary: post-treatment according to the burn pattern and healing rate—and be validated by capable AI- origin forecasting techniques to hypothesis placement prediction models for each clinical stage with varying percentage of burn i.e. superficial wound, partial thickness or full thickness deep burn. …”
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Epidemiological pattern of community-acquired respiratory tract infections of the conscripts in the North Fleet during a vaccine-challenged period by Yu. V. Lobzin, V. V. Rybachenko, V. M. Manuilov, G. I. Mazur

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Pattern of bone marrow involvement by solid tumors: Experience from a tertiary care center from South India by A H Rudresha, Rajesh Patidar, Kuntegowdanahalli C Lakshmaiah, K Govind Babu, Dasappa Lokanatha, Linu Abraham Jacob, M C Suresh Babu, N R Namrata, N Lokesh Kadabur, L K Rajeev, Abhishek Anand, Vikas Asati

“…Use of immunohistochemistry markers on bone marrow biopsies may result in higher detection rate.…”
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Natural Regeneration Pattern and Driving Factors of Mixed Forest in the Reclaimed Area of Antaibao Open-Pit Coal Mine, Pingshuo by Jia Liu, Donggang Guo

“…</i>, accounting for 92.22% of the total new seedlings, whereas <i>R. pseudoacacia</i> had the highest mortality rate among seedlings. The distribution patterns of seedling-to-sapling transition, sapling-to-tree transition, and seedling–sapling mortality were generally consistent with the overall distribution of seedlings and saplings at the community level. (2) At both the community and species levels, the optimal models for seedling and sapling survival were the height model and the biological factor model. …”
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Distribution pattern and prevalence of opportunistic infections and their possible reciprocal effects among HIV patients, Burayu health centers, Ethiopia by Melese Birmeka

“…Majority of HIV patients were found at a CD4+ count < 200cells/mm3.The rate of opportunistic infections increased with decreasing CD4 T-cell count. …”
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Evaluation of soil carbon characteristics under different planting patterns on sloping farmland in the hilly and gully region of the loess plateau by Panpan Zhang, Yang Zhang, Zenghui Sun

“…Under the C2 pattern, the mass fractions of soil total carbon, organic carbon, and light-fraction organic carbon were the highest, followed by those under the C3 and C4 patterns, while those under the C1 pattern were relatively low. …”
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Insights into phylogenetic positions and distribution patterns: Complete mitogenomes of two sympatric Asian horned toads in Boulenophrys (Anura: Megophryidae) by Hongmei Xiang, Qiang Zhou, Wei Li, Juan Shu, Zhirong Gu, Wansheng Jiang

“…The gene content, nucleotide composition, and evolutionary rates of each mitogenome were analyzed. Both mitogenomes exhibited negative AT skew and GC skew with high A + T content. …”
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Incidence and Management of Severe Muscle and Tendon Injuries in Elite Korean Badminton Players: A Focus on Gender-Specific Patterns by Munku Song, Sangcheol Yoo, Kwangnam Kim, Chaofan Chen

“…RESULTS Approximately 54% of the participants sustained at least one severe muscle or tendon injury during their athletic careers, with a reinjury rate of 56.2%. Most injuries occurred during training sessions, had a chronic onset, and were more common in the dominant limbs. …”
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