Characterization of antimicrobial resistance among Proteus mirabilis isolates from catheter-associated urinary tract infections and non-catheter-associated urinary tract infections... by Noha A. Hassuna, Dalia N. Kotb, Marina Lami, Soha S. Abdelrahim

“…Results Proteus isolates were detected in 20% of the UTIs, with a higher rate among inpatients (27.3%) compared to outpatients (10.6%). …”
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Antimicrobial resistance and beta-lactamase gene distribution among clinical isolates: a two-year cohort study by Yasser Alraey, Mohammed Mushabub Assiry, Irfan Ahmad, Abdulaziz Alqahtani, Nada Basheer, Mohammed A. M. AlAsiri, Saleh A. M. Alshehri, Saeed M. S. Alhamhhum, Sultan Mohammed Alhefdi, Mohd Shahid Khan, Mohd Saleem, Abdulah A. S. Bawazeer

“…The tests on antimicrobial resistance demonstrated that Imipenem (95%), along with Tigecycline (97%), were effective, but Norfloxacin (97.1%) and Cotrimoxazole (46%) had notable resistance patterns. The results showed an ESBL detection rate of 312 among Escherichia coli isolates, but MBL counts reached 83, and AmpC beta-lactamase production amounted to 142. blaCTX-M emerged as the leading ESBL gene type (38.1%) among a total of 142 collected E. coli strains, which also demonstrated blaOXA-48 (25.3%) and blaNDM (22.7%) as their prevalent MBL genes. …”
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Wind Power Forecasting Based on Multi-Graph Neural Networks Considering External Disturbances by Xiaoyin Xu, Zhumei Luo, Menglong Feng

“…Meanwhile, real-time performance analysis confirms the model’s operational viability as it maintains excellent prediction accuracy (RMSE < 15) even at high data arrival rates (100 samples/second) while ensuring processing latency below critical thresholds (10 ms) under typical system loads.…”
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Epidemiological trends and age-period-cohort effects on subarachnoid hemorrhage burden across the BRICS-plus from 1992 to 2021 by Liang Guo, Liang Guo, Liang Guo, Liang Guo, Liang Guo, Dan Song, Dan Song, Dan Song, Dan Song, Dan Song, Li Chen, Li Chen, Li Chen, Li Chen, Li Chen, Ying Huang, Ying Huang, Ying Huang, Ying Huang, Ying Huang

“…A significant negative correlation was observed between the incidence rate of SAH and SDI values. Nations displayed similar age-effect patterns characterized by initial declines followed by subsequent increases with advancing age, along with distinct period and cohort effects that may reflect variations in control measures and temporal burden patterns.ConclusionOur study demonstrates the overall decline in age standardized incidence rate of SAH, while highlighting the persistent health inequalities among eleven countries potentially attributable to socioeconomic disparities. …”
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Deconstructing isolation-by-distance: The genomic consequences of limited dispersal. by Stepfanie M Aguillon, John W Fitzpatrick, Reed Bowman, Stephan J Schoech, Andrew G Clark, Graham Coop, Nancy Chen

“…Furthermore, we built coalescent simulations parameterized by the observed dispersal curve, population density, and immigration rate, and showed how incorporating these extensions to Malécot's theory of isolation-by-distance allows us to accurately reconstruct observed sex-specific isolation-by-distance patterns in autosomal and Z-linked SNPs. …”
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Individuality and stability in male songs of cao vit gibbons (Nomascus nasutus) with potential to monitor population dynamics. by Jun-Juan Feng, Liang-Wei Cui, Chang-Yong Ma, Han-Lan Fei, Peng-Fei Fan

“…We then discuss the possibility of using vocal individuality for population surveys and monitoring population dynamics and dispersal patterns. Significant individuality of vocalization was detected in all 9 males, and the correct rate of individual identification yielded by discriminant function analysis using a subset of variables was satisfactory (>90%). …”
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Exploring C-peptide loss in type 1 diabetes using growth curve analysis. by Rachel E J Besser, Johnny Ludvigsson, Peter C Hindmarsh, Tim J Cole

“…The aims were to summarise the pattern of CP loss (i.e. growth curve shape) in individual patients in simple terms, and to identify baseline characteristics that predict this pattern in individuals.…”
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Outcomes Following Peripheral Vascular Interventions in Patients with End-Stage Renal Disease by Amar Premdatt Gopal, Ankoor Patel, Murad Elias, Shreeya Agrawal, Priya Goyal, David Samson, Igor Laskowski, Romeo Mateo, Arun Goyal, Sateesh Babu

“…The data were analyzed to identify patterns and correlations. Results: This study found that patients with PAD and ESRD have long hospital stays, high amputation rates, high readmission rates, and treatment failure. …”
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Progression of the first stage of spontaneous labour: A prospective cohort study in two sub-Saharan African countries. by Olufemi T Oladapo, Joao Paulo Souza, Bukola Fawole, Kidza Mugerwa, Gleici Perdoná, Domingos Alves, Hayala Souza, Rodrigo Reis, Livia Oliveira-Ciabati, Alexandre Maiorano, Adesina Akintan, Francis E Alu, Lawal Oyeneyin, Amos Adebayo, Josaphat Byamugisha, Miriam Nakalembe, Hadiza A Idris, Ola Okike, Fernando Althabe, Vanora Hundley, France Donnay, Robert Pattinson, Harshadkumar C Sanghvi, Jen E Jardine, Özge Tunçalp, Joshua P Vogel, Mary Ellen Stanton, Meghan Bohren, Jun Zhang, Tina Lavender, Jerker Liljestrand, Petra Ten Hoope-Bender, Matthews Mathai, Rajiv Bahl, A Metin Gülmezoglu

“…<h4>Background</h4>Escalation in the global rates of labour interventions, particularly cesarean section and oxytocin augmentation, has renewed interest in a better understanding of natural labour progression. …”
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Characteristics of inhalant allergen spectrum in patients with allergic rhinitis in Baotou City by FENG Yali, WANG Xiaoyue, SU Riguge, ZHENG Yi, JIN Xiuyi, CHEN Bo, WANG Hongtian, GUO Yaqing

“…</i> The single sensitization rate of 18 categories of allergens was 32.8% and the multiple sensitization rate was 67.2%. …”
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Sex distribution in tuberculosis disease in children, adolescents, and adults in a low-incidence country: a retrospective population-based cohort study by Daniela Neudecker, Ekkehardt Altpeter, Nicole Ritz, Nora Fritschi

“… AIM: Globally, tuberculosis incidence shows notable sex disparity, with higher rates observed in males. While this pattern is well documented in adults from high-incidence countries, the influence of sex on tuberculosis incidence in children and adolescents, particularly in low-incidence settings, remains unclear. …”
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Research on the security audit model in intrusion prevention based on write-related support vector data description by LUO Jun, PAN Zhi-song, MIAO Zhi-min, HU Gu-yu

“…The security audit model based on write-related SVDD was designed to resolve the one-class problem.Once the classifier has been trained using the write-related subset,all activities deviated from the normal patterns are classified as potential intrusion.The proposed one-class classification algorithms can be implemented to build up an anomaly detection system by using only normal samples and the algorithms also makes the security audit system detect the new anomaly behaviors.In the experiments,the One-class classifier acquires nearly 100% detection rate and average zero false alarm rate for sequences of system calls based on a small training dataset.…”
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Time-Dependent Kinetic Complexities in Enzyme Assays: A Review by Juan Luis Rendón, Juan Pablo Pardo

“…The importance of analyzing the derivative of the reaction rate of such atypical transitions as a method to distinguish them from the conventional non-atypical time progress curve is stressed.…”
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Gender disparities in literacy: an analysis of regional and age-group variations in Somalia by Mukhtaar Axmed Cumar, Abdisalan Hassan Muse, Befekadu Zeleke Kidane, Jibril Abdikadir Ali

“…Significant regional variations were observed, with literacy rates ranging from 63.3% in Sool to 21.7% in Middle Shabelle. …”
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Breaking the Standard: Can Oxford Nanopore Technologies Sequencing Compete With Illumina in Protistan Amplicon Studies? by Dana Bludau, Guido Sieber, Manan Shah, Aman Deep, Jens Boenigk, Daniela Beisser

“…While Illumina still dominates the sequencing market and offers high accuracy with low error rates, it is limited by shorter read lengths. ONT provides much longer reads, allowing for greater taxonomic resolution but at the cost of higher error rates. …”
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Excess and reduced work absence during COVID-19 in Poland: insights from cause-specific time-series models by Błażej Łyszczarz, Jakub Wojtasik

“…Results We observed notable deviations in work absence rates during the pandemic period (until the end of Q1-2022). …”
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Occupation, displacement, and violence in the West Bank: A retrospective analysis of data from 2014-2024. by Sarah Aly, Fatima Mossolem, Ayeh Khalil, Tushara Surapaneni, Abd Al-Rahman Traboulsi, Waleed Aldadah, Eleanor Reid, Shakoor Hajat

“…Refugee camps had increased death rates: IRR = 7.91 (5.26, 11.89; p < 0.0001) compared to non-refugee camp populations. …”
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Osseointegration potential of boron-coated titanium alloy pedicle screw in rabbit spine model by Hidir Ozer, Mehdi Hekimoğlu, Ibrahim Kulac, Ozgur Can Eren, Yeliz Kasko Arici, Haydar Çelik, Ali Fahir Ozer

“…This study aimed to achieve better osseointegration rates by utilizing the ability of boron compounds to transform stem cells in the vertebra into osteoblasts. …”
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Unsupervised learning of temporal features for word categorization in a spiking neural network model of the auditory brain. by Irina Higgins, Simon Stringer, Jan Schnupp

“…Here we argue that such representations are encoded by stable spatio-temporal patterns of firing within cell assemblies known as polychronous groups, or PGs. …”
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Evaluating Clinical Outcomes and Physician Adoption of Telemedicine for Chronic Disease Management: Population-Based Retrospective Cohort Study by Ido Peles, Lena Novack, Shosh Peleg, Eran Levanon, Michal Gordon, Mariya Abayev, Victor Novack, Shlomi Codish

“…Presurge telemedicine users had higher rates of ED referrals (incidence rate ratio [IRR] 1.15, 95% CI 1.09-1.21) and hospitalizations (IRR 1.14, 95% CI 1.08-1.20) than in-person visit users. …”
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