Continuous heart rate variability monitoring—understanding patterns of stress and recovery and their relationship with self-reported burnout, resilience and well-being in doctors: a protocol for a sequential explanatory mixed-methods study by Kathryn R Martin, Daniel Powell, Leia Kane, Derek Ball

“…Reasons for this are complex and multifactorial; however, rising rates of burnout will undoubtedly contribute to problems with recruitment and retention. …”
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Association between dietary patterns and the prognosis of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis in China: a cross-sectional study by Xun Xu, Yuwei Huang, Yue Zhu, Qingwen Jin

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Age-period-cohort analysis of self-harm incidence rates by gender in Iran among individuals aged 10–39 years, 1990–2019 by Yousef Ramazani, Alireza Abdi, Shahab Rezaeian, Farid Najafi, Zhyla Aliyavari, Mehdi Moradinazar

“…Abstract This study investigates trends and patterns in self-harm incidence rates among individuals aged 10–39 years in Iran from 1990 to 2019. …”
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Effects of Nitrogen Application Rate on Nitrogen Uptake and Utilization in Waxy Sorghum Under Waxy Sorghum–Soybean Intercropping Systems by Can Wang, Siyu Chen, Fangli Peng, Qiang Zhao, Jie Gao, Lingbo Zhou, Guobing Zhang, Mingbo Shao

“…Planting patterns included sole cropped waxy sorghum (SCW), sole cropped soybean (SCS), and waxy sorghum intercropped with soybean (WSI), and nitrogen application rates included zero nitrogen (N0), medium nitrogen (N1), and high nitrogen (N2). …”
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Relationship Between Heart Rate and Perceived Stress in Intensive Care Unit Residents: Exploratory Analysis Using Fitbit Data by Ruijing Wang, Olya Rezaeian, Onur Asan, Linghan Zhang, Ting Liao

“…ResultsThe findings reveal complex interactions between stress levels and heart rate patterns. The correlation analysis between stress levels and median heart rate values across different percentile ranges showed that lower percentile heart rates (bottom 5%, 10%, 25%, and 50%) had modest correlations with stress, whereas higher percentiles (top 50%, 25%, 10%, and 5%) did not correlate significantly (all P>.05). …”
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Patterned Multi-Wall Nanosheet FETs for Sustainable Scaling: Zero Gate Extension With Minimal Gate Cut Width by Sanguk Lee, Jinsu Jeong, Jongseo Park, Seunghwan Lee, Junjong Lee, Yonghwan Ahn, Minchan Kim, Rock-Hyun Baek

“…Furthermore, CH can be scaled down as both sides of the gate edges self-align with the patterned multiwall. …”
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Identifying Higher-Order Moment Risk Contagion Between the US Dollar Exchange Rate and China’s Major Asset Classes by Zongfeng Zou, Chao Zhang, Judong Li

“…Specifically, we utilize robust statistical measures such as co-skewness, co-kurtosis, and co-volatility to investigate the connectedness between the US dollar index and a variety of representative financial products in China, including A-shares, the RMB (Chinese Yuan) exchange rate, government bonds with various maturities, and money markets, during the period from 1 January 2010 to 30 June 2023. …”
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Optimization of MLCC Bar Design to Minimize Failure Rates Under Isostatic Pressing Using Numerical Analysis and Homogenization Technique by Kent Justine B. Legada, Changwoon Han

“…The findings indicate that the design of the index regions is a critical design parameter in determining the deformation patterns and failure rates. Particularly, the stiffness of the side and corner index regions influences the curvature observed along the edges. …”
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Forecasting Inflation Rate Using Support Vector Regression (SVR) Based Weight Attribute Particle Swarm Optimization (WAPSO) by Erlin Mega Priliani, Anggyi Trisnawan Putra, Much Aziz Muslim

“…Data mining is the process of finding patterns or interesting information in selected data by using a particular technique or method. …”
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Evaluation for Sortie Generation Capacity of the Carrier Aircraft Based on the Variable Structure RBF Neural Network with the Fast Learning Rate by Tiantian Luan, Mingxiao Sun, Guoqing Xia, Daidai Chen

“…It can establish a qualitative and quantitative evaluation model which is closer to human thought patterns. However, the structure and the convergence rate of the radial basis function (RBF) neural network need to be improved. …”
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Association Between Malondialdehyde and Glomerular Filtration Rate Among Patients Attending National Orthopaedic Hospital Dala- Kano, Nigeria by Adamu, S.M. *, Wudil, A.M., Ibekwe, E.C., Koki, Y.A., Adamu, S., Abdullahi, S.A. and Abbas, A.M.

“…Estimated glomerular filtration rate is a direct measure of renal function. Malondialdehyde estimations can be used as a reliable tool to assess oxidative stress levels and finding its relationships with different disease patterns. …”
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Novel method to investigate thermal exchange rates in small, terrestrial ectotherms: A proof-of-concept on the gecko Tarentola mauritanica. by Gabriel Mochales-Riaño, Frederico M Barroso, Valéria Marques, Alexandra E Telea, Marco Sannolo, Catarina Rato, Miguel A Carretero

“…Classically, the study of these phenomena has relied on invasive methodologies which often disregard the effect of stress, behaviour and regional heterothermy on the rates and patterns of thermal exchange across the body of the animal. …”
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Fetal ECG-based analysis reveals the impact of fetal movements and maternal respiration on maternal-fetal heart rate synchronization. by Amna Samjeed, Maisam Wahbah, Leontios Hadjileontiadis, Ahsan H Khandoker

“…The ECG samples were separated into three gestational groups (Early: 16 ≤ GA < 25, Mid: 25 ≤ GA < 32, and Late: 32 ≤ GA < 40 weeks). Maternal respiration rate and coupling strength parameters were calculated for various maternal-fetal heartbeat coupling ratios. …”
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Conversion to Variable Flow Rate—Advanced Control of a District Heating (DH) System with a Focus on Operational Data by Stanislav Chicherin

“…Using a case study from Omsk, Russia, where supply temperatures and energy demand profiles are traditionally rigid, the proposed approach utilizes operational data, including outdoor temperature, supply/return temperature, and hourly consumption patterns, to optimize heat delivery. A combination of flow rate adjustments, bypass line implementation, and selective control strategies for transitional seasons (fall and spring) was modeled and analyzed. …”
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Improving Fall Classification Accuracy of Multi-Input Models Using Three-Axis Accelerometer and Heart Rate Variability Data by Seunghui Kim, Jae Eun Ko, Seungbin Baek, Daechang Kim, Sungmin Kim

“…In this study, we implemented a multi-input model that can detect and classify movements, including falls, utilizing the baroreflex characteristics of the heart’s potential energy changes due to movement, measured with an electrocardiogram with a three-axis acceleration sensor and a Holter electrocardiograph. Patterns were identified from the various movement characteristics of acceleration sensor data using a deep learning model consisting of CNN-LSTM, and heart rate variability (HRV) data were analyzed using a wide learning model to provide additional weight values for fall classification. …”
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A study on the advancement of building energy simulations: Utilizing ChatGPT to enhance occupancy rate predictions and sustainability outcomes by Jae-Woo Lee, Kyung-Soon Park, Yong-Joon Jun, Seon-Hye Eom

“…In an energy simulation, the occupancy rate, or the percentage of people using the building, serves as a critical parameter. …”
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Ragweed pollen rain impact on allergy rate and severity in Krasnodar: a three-year non-randomised controlled study by Ya. V. Klimenko, N. O. Milchenko, A. N. Moroz, I. I. Pavlyuchenko, E. A. Alekseenko

“…Anthesis in ragweed moderately correlates with the rate of medical visits.…”
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Influence of lighting on sleep behaviour, circadian rhythm and spontaneous blink rate in stabled riding school horses (Equus caballus). by Linda Greening, Eilis Harkin, Panoraia Kyriazopoulou, Zoe Heppelthwaite, Francesca Aragona, John A Browne, Andrew Hemmings, Jane M Williams, Barbara A Murphy

“…During week 4 of each experimental period, spontaneous blink rate was recorded twice for 30 min, behaviour of horses in their stables was recorded continuously for 72 h, and hair samples for circadian clock gene analysis were collected at 4-h intervals for 52 h. …”
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Diagnostic value of high-frame-rate contrast-enhanced ultrasound and contrast vector imaging for superficial lymph node lesions by Ruiying Li, Xiaofeng Lan, Xiang Xie, Jun Wu, Rui Hu, Jiale Guo

“…Abstract Purpose To explore the diagnostic performance and feasibility of high-frame-rate contrast-enhanced ultrasound (HFR CEUS) combined with contrast vector imaging (CVI) in detecting benign and malignant superficial lymph nodes (SLNs). …”
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Damage Evolution and Failure Precursor of Rock-like Material Under Uniaxial Compression Based on Strain Rate Field Statistics by Jin Jin, Ping Cao, Jun Zhang, Yanchao Wang, Chenxi Miao, Jie Li, Xiaohong Bai

“…The results indicate that (1) all types of statistical data are positively correlated with the increment of microcracks; (2) corresponding to the fluctuation patterns of statistical data, the damage evolution of BPMs in the pre-peak stage can be divided into three parts; (3) the pre-existing flaw would accelerate the damage evolution; (4) the location and evolution rate of damage could be determined by comprehensively analyzing the average deviation curve, the coefficient of variation, and the contour maps of the strain rate field. …”
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