Spatial patterns, factor identification, and ethnic differences: a study of traditional villages in the Yuan River Basin based on geographical detectors by Chuanbiao Ding, Yongqi Zhao

“…We used a geodetector to quantify the natural, economic, and cultural factors influencing the spatial pattern of traditional villages and measured their interactions. …”
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Survival Patterns and Prognostic Factors in Lip Cancer Patients: A 15-Year Single-Center Experience from Northeastern Brazil by Guilherme Carlos Beiruth Freire, Luiz Eduardo Rodrigues Juliasse, Salomão Israel Monteiro Lourenço Queiroz, Ruthinéia Diógenes Alves Uchôa Lins, Carlos Fernando Mourão, Bruno César de Vasconcelos Gurgel

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Yearly Spatiotemporal Patterns of COVID-19 During the Pandemic Period: An In-Depth Analysis of Regional Trends and Risk Factors in the Republic of Korea by Chiara Achangwa, Jung-Hee Park, Moo-Sik Lee

“…Background: South Korea was one of the first countries to experience the Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) epidemic, and the regional-level trends and patterns in the incidence and case-fatality rates have been observed to evolve with time. …”
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Clinical prescription of lithium, anticonvulsants antipsychotics, and antidepressants for major mood disorders by Carolina Hernandorena, Micaela Dines, Alessandro Miola, Nicolas A. Nuñez, Leonardo Tondo, Ross J. Baldessarini, Gustavo H. Vázquez

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Epidemiological Transitions in Venezuela: Spatial Differences in the Causes of Death, 2000-2010 by Jenny García Arias

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Social jet lag is associated with core symptoms in 2-3-year-old children with autism spectrum disorders by Hongyu Chen, Ting Yang, Jie Chen, Yuan Ding, Yuan Ding, Xueli Xiang, Qiuhong Wei, Qiuhong Mou, Binlin Yuan, Binyue Hu, Danyang Zhang, Dan Ai, Tingyu Li, Tingyu Li

“…There are significant differences in sleep patterns between weekends and weekdays, characterized by later bedtimes, delayed wake-up times, increased total sleep duration, and reduced prevalence of sleep deficiency during weekends. 2) The 2-3-year-old group had the highest rates of sleep insufficiency (80.77% on weekdays; 82.17% on weekends). …”
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Socioeconomic Factors Influencing Crop Diversification Among Smallholder Farmers in Bergville, South Africa by Busisiwe Vilakazi, Alfred O. Odindo, Mutondwa M. Phophi, Paramu L. Mafongoya

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Major Traumatic Injury and Exposure to Mitochondrial-Derived Damage-Associated Molecular Patterns Promotes Neutrophil Survival Accompanied by Stabilisation of the Anti-Apoptotic Pr... by Thomas Nicholson, Michael Macleod, Antonio Belli, Janet M. Lord, Jon Hazeldine

“…Culturing HCs neutrophils with mtDAMPs or mtDNA significantly delayed apoptosis rates, promoted stabilisation of Mcl-1, and reduced caspase-3 activation. …”
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Nosocomial transmission, adaption and clinical outcomes of carbapenem-resistant hypervirulent Klebsiella pneumoniae by Yanjun Liu, Zhiqian Wang, Zijuan Jian, Peilin Liu, Yanming Li, Fang Qin, Qun Yan, Wenen Liu

“…CR-HvKp infections were significantly associated with higher mortality rates, especially involved in sepsis or septic shock (P < 0.0001). …”
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Survival benefits of primary tumor resection in metastatic differentiated thyroid cancer: an analysis of SEER data by Jiaqiang Dan, Jingya Tan, Yao Guo, Xin Lu, Ying Leng, Renxi Tang, Junyan Li, Junhua Huang

“…Abstract Metastatic differentiated thyroid cancer (mDTC) can exhibit aggressive growth and disseminate to distant organs, thereby reducing survival rates. The benefits of primary tumor resection (PTR) for patients with mDTC are still debated. …”
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Expression pattern changes of three homeologs in chemokine activity enhance antiviral response to herpesvirus infection in a newly synthesized alloheptaploid by Xiao-Li Yang, Yang Wang, Zhi Li, Qiao-Hong Lin, Peng Yu, Meng Lu, Xi-Yin Li, Zhong-Wei Wang, Xiao-Juan Zhang, Jian-Fang Gui, Li Zhou

“…However, our understanding about the patterns that allopolyploids modify homeolog expression upon pathogen invasion remains limited. …”
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Urban Recreational Space Heat-Emotion Distribution and Matching Pattern Based on Machine Learning: A Case Study of Guangzhou City by Wang Fuyuan, Zhang Zhiyu, Xie Yuanjing, Yang Xinyi, Sun Miao

“…Spatially, this disconnect can be categorized into three distinct types: the "polarized" pattern in the central city, the "experience enhancement" pattern in the Huadu, Panyu, Baiyun, and Conghua Districts, and the "insufficient supply" pattern in the Zengcheng, Huangpu, and Nansha Districts. …”
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Regional patterns of genetic variants in expanded carrier screening: a next-generation sequencing pilot study in Fujian Province, China by Danhua Guo, Danhua Guo, Nani Zhou, Qianqian He, Qianqian He, Na Lin, Na Lin, Shuqiong He, Shuqiong He, Deqin He, Deqin He, Yifang Dai, Yifang Dai, Ying Li, Ying Li, Xuemei Chen, Xuemei Chen, Hailong Huang, Hailong Huang, Jia Jia, Hua Cao, Liangpu Xu, Liangpu Xu

“…The cumulative carrier rate for 28 genes was ≥1/100. Recurrent variants in GAA, GALT, CYP1B1, and MEFV were identified, exhibiting distinct regional patterns compared to previously reported variants in the Han Chinese population.ConclusionNGS-based ECS demonstrates significant potential for assessing the genetic burden of AR/XLR conditions and identifying ARCs in Fujian Province. …”
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Spatial Patterns of Land Take in a Mediterranean City: An Assessment of the SDG Indicator 11.3.1 in the Peri-Urban Area of Thessaloniki by Athena Yiannakou, George Zografos

“…Using the rapidly suburbanized southern peri-urban area of Thessaloniki, Greece, as a case study, the paper analyzes the factors influencing the land cover change in the middle-class-led peri-urbanization during the period 2000–2018 and provides an estimate of the SDG indicator 11.3.1 “ratio of land consumption rate to population growth rate”, a suitable indicator for monitoring spatial changes. …”
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All SNPs are not created equal: genome-wide association studies reveal a consistent pattern of enrichment among functionally annotated SNPs. by Andrew J Schork, Wesley K Thompson, Phillip Pham, Ali Torkamani, J Cooper Roddey, Patrick F Sullivan, John R Kelsoe, Michael C O'Donovan, Helena Furberg, Tobacco and Genetics Consortium, Bipolar Disorder Psychiatric Genomics Consortium, Schizophrenia Psychiatric Genomics Consortium, Nicholas J Schork, Ole A Andreassen, Anders M Dale

“…Stratified enrichment directly leads to increased TDR for a given p-value, mirrored by increased replication rates in independent samples. We show this in independent Crohn's disease GWAS, where we find a hundredfold variation in replication rate across genic categories. …”
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Detection of chaotic patterns in dripping faucets through nonlinear dynamic system analysis based on observations using 2700 high-frequency frames by Edgar Orlando Ladino-Moreno

“…The objective of this study is the detection of chaotic patterns in the dripping of a faucet by means of nonlinear dynamical systems analysis. …”
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Analyzing Medication Adherence Patterns Among Type 2 Diabetes Patients in Thi-Qar, Iraq: A Cross-Sectional Study by Adel Gassab Mohammed, Nassar Taha Yaseen, Dheyaa K. AlWaeli

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Outcomes and vaccination patterns against COVID-19 in a cohort of sickle cell disease patients in the state of Rio de Janeiro by Claudia de Alvarenga Maximo, Jorge Francisco da Cunha Pinto, Fabiana Canedo Pinto, Patrícia Brasil

“…Sociodemographic data, emergency department visits, hospitalizations, mortality rates, and COVID-19 vaccination status were collected. …”
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Resistance Patterns of <i>Neisseria gonorrhoeae</i> in PLHIV: A Cross-Sectional Study from the Republic of Cyprus, 2015–2023 by Michaela Takos, George Siakallis, Annalisa Quattrocchi, Maria Alexandrou, Panagiota Papadamou, Loukia Panagiotou, Danny Alon-Ellenbogen

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Spatial patterns and clustering of dengue incidence in Mexico: Analysis of Moran's index across 2,471 municipalities from 2022 to 2024. by Oliver Mendoza-Cano, Rogelio Danis-Lozano, Xóchitl Trujillo, Miguel Huerta, Mónica Ríos-Silva, Agustin Lugo-Radillo, Jaime Alberto Bricio-Barrios, Verónica Benites-Godínez, Herguin Benjamin Cuevas-Arellano, Juan Manuel Uribe-Ramos, Ramón Solano-Barajas, Yolitzy Cárdenas, Jesús Venegas-Ramírez, Eder Fernando Ríos-Bracamontes, Luis A García-Solórzano, Arlette A Camacho-delaCruz, Efrén Murillo-Zamora

“…Weekly case counts, obtained through the normative epidemiological surveillance system for vector-borne diseases, were used to calculate incidence rates per 100,000 population. Geographic Information Systems were employed to analyze spatial patterns, while Local Moran's I statistic and a k-nearest neighbors spatial weights matrix identified spatial clusters. …”
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