Spatial patterns and determinants of fertility levels among women of childbearing age in Nigeria by Oluwayemisi O Alaba, Olusanya E Olubusoye, J O Olaomi

“…Background: Despite aggressive measures to control the population in Nigeria, the population of Nigeria still remains worrisome. Increased birth rates have significantly contributed to Nigeria being referred to as the most populous country in Africa. …”
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Bacteriological profile of burn patients in a tertiary care center – Changing pattern by Sunil Sharma, Raman Tandon, Dharmala Nitesh Reddy, Nemi Chand

“…More attention needs to be paid to the increasing multidrug resistance rates of Acinetobacter species.…”
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Seasonal Pattern of Bell's Palsy Incidence in a Post-COVID-19 Context by Saffet Kılıçaslan, Ahmet Köder, Abdullah Belada

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Regional patterns and cluster analysis of agricultural methane emissions in the EU-27 countries by Klára Bartoňová, Jan Saro, Mansoor Maitah, Jaromír Ducháček

“…The results highlight distinct emission patterns across the EU-27 regions, with farming systems characterised by high stocking rates and intensive production generating the highest per capita emissions. …”
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Association of myeloid cell reactivity patterns with safe food predictions in FPIES patients by Georgiana M. Sanders, Alexandra Hua, Elizabeth Hudson, Jonathan P. Troost, Nobuhiko Kamada, John Y. Kao, Charles F. Schuler, Mohamad El-Zaatari

“…This, when utilized in prospective predictions, reduced newly introduced food reaction rates from 19.5 to 0% while increasing food repertoire diversity. …”
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Using deep convolutional neural networks to forecast spatial patterns of Amazonian deforestation by James G. C. Ball, Katerina Petrova, David A. Coomes, Seth Flaxman

“…Predicting the location of deforestation is challenging due to the complexity of the natural and human systems involved but accurate and timely forecasts could enable effective planning and on‐the‐ground enforcement practices to curb deforestation rates. New computer vision technologies based on deep learning can be applied to the increasing volume of Earth observation data to generate novel insights and make predictions with unprecedented accuracy. …”
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Pathogen community composition and co-infection patterns in a wild community of rodents by Abbate, Jessica L., Galan, Maxime, Razzauti, Maria, Sironen, Tarja, Voutilainen, Liina, Henttonen, Heikki, Gasqui, Patrick, Cosson, Jean-François, Charbonnel, Nathalie

“…Pathogen diversity and co-infection rates also vary among host species. Aggregation of pathogens responsible for zoonotic diseases suggests that some rodent species may be more important for transmission risk than others. …”
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An Improved Antenna Array Pattern Synthesis Method Using Fast Fourier Transforms by Xucun Wang, Yiguo Zhou, Yanfei Wang

“…Theoretical and simulative analyses show that the original FFT method has a low convergence rate and the converged solution can hardly fully meet the requirements of the desired pattern. …”
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Residue Elimination Patterns and Determination of the Withdrawal Times of Seven Antibiotics in Taihang Chickens by Huan Chen, Cheng Zhang, Nana Gao, Guohua Yan, Yandong Li, Xuejing Wang, Liyong Wu, Heping Bai, Hongyu Ge, Huage Liu, Juxiang Liu

“…In general, the elimination rate of various drugs in the muscles, liver, and kidneys is faster but slower in the sebum. …”
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Forced Convection Heat Transfer in V-Pattern Folded Core Sandwich Structures by Sifeng Li, Zhijin Wang, Chen Zhou

“…It is found that both pressure drop and heat transfer rate increase with the tortuosity of the flow channel and the inclination of the folded core. …”
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Novel Patterns of Photosynthetic Activity Within Canopies of Poplar Stands with Different Densities by Taijin Zhang, Xiaoting Liu, Qinhui Zhang, Hui Xiao, Yunong Han, Zhenghua Xing, Fusen Wang, Xiyang Zhao

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Academic Elegance in Library and Information Science: Citation Patterns in High-Impact Journals by Sümeyye Akça

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Patterns in time series to image phase and multi-step forecasting of financial indices by Jun Wu, Cheng Wang, Zelin Zhang, Lang He, Yaxiong Chen, Wenming Cheng

“…The MSE of the model in predicting the next 15 min’ logarithmic indices is 0.0038, and the MSPE value is 0.0001. Besides, the pattern-based CNN model has the fastest convergence rate when predicting the volatility at the same accuracy level. …”
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Multidecadal Land Use Patterns and Land Surface Temperature Variation in Sri Lanka by Randika K. Makumbura, Jayanga Samarasinghe, Upaka Rathnayake

“…In contrast, the forest areas showcase a relative decrease from 38.51% to 33.82% (of total area) during the analyzed period. In addition, the rate of conversion from agriculture to settlements is higher in the latter decade (2010–2020) compared to the earlier decade (2000–2010). …”
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Maxillofacial Fractures due to Falls: does Fall Modality Determine the Pattern of Injury? by Fabio Roccia, Paolo Boffano, Francesca A. Bianchi, Emanuele Zavattero

“…The majority of associated fractures, as well as the most severe injuries and greatest rate of facial lacerations, occurred secondary to HF. …”
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Extracting Target Components from Fresh and Refined Sac Roe: Kinetic Patterns by Zarema M. Arabova, Albert Kh.-Kh. Nugmanov, Dmitry M. Borodulin, Igor Yu. Aleksanyan, Olga I. Konnova

“…The acetone extraction lasted 45 min for the dry sample and 65 min for the fresh sample; the alcohol extraction of the refined sample was 35 min. The rate data analysis based on experimental mass transfer curves revealed that the extraction time could be rationalized to optimal values. …”
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Rift basins of the late phanerozoic of Africa: regional patterns and conceptual development aspects by V. M. Usova

“…In this regime, the magmatic basins of completed development were replaced by amagmatic basins of both tectonic types. (3) The migration of rifting from the end of the Paleozoic in the south and the Triassic in the west to the Late Cenozoic between Africa and Arabia was accompanied by a reduction in time intervals and an increase in the rate of deflection of the basins created by this process.   …”
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Effects of search intent on eye-movement patterns in a change detection task by Sangil Lee, Minho Lee, Hyeonggyu Park, Mun-Seon Chang, Ho-Wan Kwak

“…Secondly, we observed significantly different patterns of eye movement between the conditions in the post-change scene, suggesting that generating a specific intent for change detection yields a distinctive pattern of eye-movements. …”
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Carbon dioxide elimination pattern in assessing the risk of an unfavorable outcome in cardiac surgery by O. V. Kamenskaya, I. Yu. Loginova, A. S. Klinkova, D. N. Ponomarev, S. A. Alsov, V. N. Lomivorotov, A. M. Chernyavskiy

“…The endpoint was the 2-year survival rate after surgery.Results. Parameters characterizing the obstructive breathing pattern, the lung diffusion capacity, and resting PetCO2 levels had a significant predictor value in relation to long-term survival after cardiac surgery. …”
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Patterns and risks of microplastic release during primary oral care in Chinese residents by Shuai Wang, Na Zheng, Liyuan Peng, Qirui An, Changcheng Chen, Yijun Wei

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