Spatiotemporal and trend analysis of common cancers in men in Central Serbia (1999–2021) by Kričković Emina, Lukić Tin, Kričković Zoran, Stojšić-Milosavljević Anastazija, Živanović Milica, Srejić Tanja

“…Hot spot analysis revealed a decline in mortality rates, whereas incidence rates increased. New colorectal cancer incidence hotspots emerged in three counties, while consecutive bladder cancer hotspots appeared in two counties. …”
Get full text

Physician referrals of patients with neck and low back pain for physical therapy in outpatient clinics: a cross-sectional study by Amira Daher, Gali Dar

“…We measured the prevalence rates of physicians’ referral patterns for neck and low back pain according to age and sex, as well as therapeutic interventions prescribed by physical therapists. …”
Get full text

Inflammatory Bowel Disease in Australasian Children and Adolescents by A. S. Day, D. A. Lemberg, R. B. Gearry

“…Many reports indicate increasing rates of inflammatory bowel disease, with data also showing changing patterns of this chronic disease in children and adolescents. …”
Get full text

Preoperative informed consent for mandibular third molar surgeries: A survey analysis in a subset of dentists and oral surgeons in Saudi Arabia by Mohammed Alkindi

“…Descriptive analysis of the obtained data and statistical comparisons using cross tabulation and Pearson Chi-Square test with a 95% significance level (P < 0.05) were done between the independents demographic variables and dependent variables pertaining to patterns of preoperative consenting. Results: The survey response rate was 81.3% (n = 83), with 59.04% general dentists and 40.96% oral surgeons. …”
Get full text

Repeated evolution on oceanic islands: comparative genomics reveals species-specific processes in birds by María Recuerda, Julio César Hernández Montoya, Guillermo Blanco, Borja Milá

“…We estimated the relative (F st ) and absolute (d xy ) differentiation, nucleotide diversity (π), Tajima’s D, gene density and recombination rate. We also searched for selective sweeps and chromosomal inversions along the genome. …”
Get full text

Improving phenological event identification in trees using manually measured dendrometer data: conventional approaches vs. the novel two-stage threshold approach by Przemysław A. Jankowski, Przemysław A. Jankowski, Rafael Calama, Jorge Aldea, Matías García, Guillermo Madrigal, Marta Pardos

“…The method’s reliance on direct growth rate transitions, rather than smoothed curves or arbitrary percentiles, reduced errors associated with hydration-related stem fluctuations. …”
Get full text

Evaluating anti-MRSA antibiotic stewardship with a focus on trends in consumption and resistance in a tertiary hospital in Alexandria, Egypt from 2019 to 2023 by Ehab Elmongui, Adel Zaki, Amel Elsheredy, Asmaa Abd Elhameed

“…The study compared these consumption patterns with resistance rates in Staphylococcus spp., including MRSS, from January 2020 to December 2023. …”
Get full text

Endoscopic management of large laterally spreading colorectal tumors (LSTs): a comparative study of techniques and outcomes by V. S. Tkachov, O. M. Kiosov, A. V. Klymenko

“…To compare EMR, pEMR, ESD, and hybrid ESD with respect to complication rates (bleeding, perforation), recurrence, and influencing factors. …”
Get full text

Bacterial Resistance in Ophthalmology – Resistance Profile, Influencing Factors and Prevention Methods. A Review by Matei POPA-CHERECHEANU, Alina POPA-CHERECHEANU, Dan George DELEANU, Mihai Aurelian GHITA

“…It is hoped that future reports show good results without the use of antibiotics will encourage ophthalmologists to limit the use of topical antibiotics, reducing the rate of antimicrobial resistance.…”
Get full text

Performance Assessment of the Concepta Automated ANA Detection System in Routine Clinical Samples by Kübra Evren, Ayşe Nur Ceylan, Mehmet Akif Durmuş

“…The sensitivity and specificity were found to be 99.08% and 97.61%, respectively, with positive and negative predictive values of 87.96% and 99.83%. High concordance rates were observed for homogeneous (95.7%), centromere (92.3%), and nucleolar (92.1%) patterns, while lower rates were noted for speckled (60%) and cytoplasmic (44.4%) patterns.Conclusion: The Concepta automated system demonstrated very high accuracy in ANA positive and negative discrimination, comparable to other automated systems. …”
Get full text

Personal characteristics, gardening engagement, and the value of local garden: a social and economic perspective by Miae Jeong, Miae Jeong, Jiwon Park, Haemin Lee, Jooyeong Lee

“…Middle- and low-income groups (incomes below 4 million KRW) had a WTP rate of 68.1%, and garden creation experience raised WTP to 70.5%. …”
Get full text

A Review of Nontraditional Biomanipulation by Xia Zhang, Ping Xie, Xiaoping Huang

“…The original idea of biomanipulation (increased zooplankton grazing rate as a tool for controlling nuisance algae) is not the only means of controlling nuisance algae via biotic manipulations. …”
Get full text

Key factors influencing CO2 emissions in the southern power grid of China by Yanlu Huang, Zifei Wang, Fan Zhang, Junfeng Tan, Xudong Hu

“…Contribution rate analysis further highlighted varied progress toward carbon peaking and heterogeneous supply methods. …”
Get full text

Monetary policy of the National bank of Kazakhstan: chronological analysis and assessment by D. B. Kanagatova, V. N. Sidorenko

“…A dynamic assessment of changes in the exchange rate against the us dollar was made. The policy of the National Bank in the context of the crisis is consistently analyzed and evaluated. …”
Get full text

Climate Change Adaptation: New Perspectives for Natural Resource Management and Conservation by Rebecca G. Harvey, Laura A. Brandt, Frank J. Mazzotti

“…As temperatures, rainfall patterns, and disturbance regimes change and sea levels rise, ecosystems are being transformed. …”
Get full text

Rib fractures in blunt chest trauma - associated thoracic injuries by Iv. Dimitrov, Iv. Novakov, P. Bonev, A. Uchikov

“…The mean hospital stay was 8, 7 days. The lethality rate was 16,9% -all of them due to the associated chest injuries. …”
Get full text

Artificial neural networks employment in the prediction of evapotranspiration of greenhouse-grown sweet pepper by Héliton Pandorfi, Alan C. Bezerra, Roberto T. Atarassi, Frederico M. C. Vieira, José A. D. Barbosa Filho, Cristiane Guiselini

“…The ANN learning model recognized the evapotranspiration patterns with acceptable accuracy, with mean square error of 0.005, in comparison to the data recorded in the lysimeter, with coefficient of determination of 0.87, demonstrating the best approximation for the 4-21-1 network architecture, with multilayers, error back-propagation learning algorithm and learning rate of 0.01.…”
Get full text

Position Weight Matrix, Gibbs Sampler, and the Associated Significance Tests in Motif Characterization and Prediction by Xuhua Xia

“…The multiple comparison problem associated with the test of site-specific frequencies is best handled by false discovery rate methods. The test of PWM, due to the use of pseudocounts, is best done by resampling methods. …”
Get full text

Publication Trends on the Varying Coefficients Model: Estimating the Actual (Under)Utilization of a Highly Acclaimed Method for Studying Statistical Interactions by Assaf Botzer

“…The gap between the high acclaims of the VCM in the statistical literature and its low utilization rate in practice should be of concern to the research community. …”
Get full text

Cost Analysis and Optimization of Modern Power System Operations by Ahto Pärl, Praveen Prakash Singh, Ivo Palu, Sulabh Sachan

“…Key constraints considered include reserve requirements, ramp rate limits, and minimum up/down time. Simulations are performed across multiple scenarios, including systems with spinning reserves, responsive demand, renewable energy integration, and energy storage systems. …”
Get full text