Antimicrobial Resistance Patterns, Extended-Spectrum Beta-Lactamase Production, and Associated Risk Factors of Klebsiella Species among UTI-Suspected Patients at Bahir Dar City, No... by Asmamaw Ameshe, Tigist Engda, Mucheye Gizachew

“…Antimicrobial resistance and ESBL production patterns were determined by using the disc-diffusion method on Mueller–Hinton agar. …”
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Influence of skeletal class, occlusal pattern, age and sex on facial soft tissue thickness: a retrospective study using cone beam computed tomography in a Brazilian population by Fernanda Silvestre, Lilian Cristina Vessoni Iwaki, Fernanda Vessoni Iwaki, Wilton Mitsunari Takeshita, Mariliani Chicarelli da Silva

“… This retrospective study analyzed the influence of skeletal class, occlusal pattern, age, and gender on the thickness of facial soft tissues, utilizing cone-beam computed tomography (CBCT) in a Brazilian population. …”
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Molecular Epidemiology Revealed Distinct Patterns Among Multidrug Resistant Clinical <i>Acinetobacter baumannii</i> Strains in Different Periods in the Main Hospital in Molise Regi... by Manuela Tamburro, Adele Lombardi, Michela Lucia Sammarco, Giancarlo Ripabelli

“…Conclusions: Molecular characterization enables the identification of distinct patterns of MDR <i>A. baumannii</i> over time, underscoring its usefulness for improving epidemiological surveillance and combating antimicrobial resistance. …”
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Differential patterns of the relationship between exercise dose and mortality risk across severities of airflow limitation: a prospective cohort study with a 5-year follow-up perio... by Yide Wang, Hongxia Duan, Yingqi Wang, Yidie Bao, Linhong Jiang, Xiaoyu Han, Fengsen Li, Peijun Li, Weibing Wu, Xiaodan Liu

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Difference in out-of-school physical activity patterns, sedentary behavior, and health-related fitness in relation to mathematics achievement among school-aged children: a cross-se... by Souhail Hermassi, Wissem Dhahbi, Wissem Dhahbi, Nidhal Jebabli, Abdulla Alneama, Sascha Ketelhut, Roland van den Tillaar

“…AimThis study examined differences in health-related fitness, physical activity patterns, and sedentary behavior among Qatari schoolchildren, classified by their mathematics achievement levels.MethodsNinety-eight schoolchildren (age: 12.1 ± 0.5 years; height: 1.58 ± 0.9 m; body mass: 50.5 ± 13.6 kg; Body mass index: 20.6 ± 4.7 kg/m2) participated in this cross-sectional study. …”
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Concomitant body-wide trauma patterns in patients with head and neck injuries: a comparison based on the trauma register DGU® by the German trauma society and the dortmund maxillof... by Ákos Bicsák, Fatma Topcuoglu, Stefan Hassfeld, Rolf Lefering, Lars Bonitz, Jens-Peter Stahl

“…Conclusions Patients with HNI tend to have slightly different injury pattern in the whole body than non-HNI patients. Head and neck injuries in different locations show different patterns of concomitant injuries. …”
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Unveiling Health Security Patterns in the European Union through a Hybrid Entropy-CoCoSo and K-Means Clustering Framework [version 1; peer review: 2 approved] by Amani A. K. Essayed, Yahya Ali Al-Samawi, Abed Saif Ahmed Alghawli, Adel A. Nasser

“…Objectives This study aimed to examine health security (HeS) patterns across European Union (EU) member states to address intra-regional disparities in health security, align with EU-wide policy objectives, and propose evidence-based recommendations for harmonizing preparedness measures while respecting national sovereignty Methods This research employed a hybrid multi-criteria decision-making framework, combining the Entropy Weight Method and Combined Compromise Solution (CoCoSo), to assess and rank EU countries, drawing on six Global Health Security Index indicators. …”
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Correlations between Steady-State Pattern Electroretinogram and Humphrey Visual Field Analyzer Global Indices and Their Associations with Retinal Ganglion Cell Layer-Inner Plexifor... by Andrew Tirsi, Vasiliki Gliagias, Daniel Zhu, Benny Wong, Rohun Gupta, Sung Chul Park, Stephen Obstbaum, Celso Tello

“…The purpose of this study was to investigate the utility of steady state pattern electroretinogram (ss-PERG) in detecting retinal ganglion cell (RGC) dysfunction in glaucoma suspects (GS) who had normal 24-2 Humphrey Visual Fields (HFA). …”
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Spatiotemporal patterns of pH related to streamflow variability, drought conditions, and bedrock lithology in acid sensitive streams within a humid, subtropical catchment: Mulberry... by Joshua M. Blackstock, Phillip R. Owens, Philip A. Moore, Max C.A. Torbenson, Amanda R. Ashworth, Kelsey R. Anderson, Jason Burgess-Conforti, Chris D. Delhom

“…We investigated pH variability in the Mulberry River watershed including changepoint detection analysis. Patterns of pH and changepoints were compared with streamflow variability and drought conditions using Palmer Drought Severity Index (PDSI). …”
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Study of the association of distribution pattern of genotypes of C/A polymorphism of COL1A1_1 collagen gene (RS1107946) with indicators of external breathing in children with bronc... by Т. Ye. Shumna, S. M. Nedelska, O. S. Fedosieieva

“…The study of the distribution patterns of allelic genes and genotypes of the C/A polymorphism of the collagen COL1A1_1 gene (rs1107946) in children with bronchial asthma, taking into account the indicators of external respiration function. …”
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Highly Pathogenic H5N1 Influenza A Virus (IAV) in Blue-Winged Teal in the Mississippi Flyway Is Following the Historic Seasonal Pattern of Low-Pathogenicity IAV in Ducks by David E. Stallknecht, Deborah L. Carter, Lyndon Sullivan-Brügger, Paul Link, Emily Ferraro, Ciara McCarty, Bruce Davis, Lynda Knutsen, James Graham, Rebecca L. Poulson

“…Highly pathogenic H5N1 (HP H5N1) influenza A virus (IAV) has been detected annually in North American ducks since its introduction during 2021, but it is unknown if this virus will follow the same seasonal and geographic patterns that have been observed with low-pathogenicity (LP) IAV in this reservoir. …”
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Dorsal hyperintensity and iron deposition patterns in the substantia nigra of Parkinson’s disease, idiopathic REM sleep behavior disorder, and Parkinson-plus syndromes at 7T MRI: a... by Dongning Su, Zhijin Zhang, Zhe Zhang, Rui Yan, Wanlin Zhu, Ning Wei, Yue Suo, Xinyao Liu, Ying Jiang, Lingyan Ma, Huiqing Zhao, Zhan Wang, Xuemei Wang, Huizi Ma, Xin Liu, Chaodong Wang, Zhirong Wan, Fangfei Li, Yuan Li, Joyce S. T. Lam, Junhong Zhou, Ning Zhang, Tao Wu, Jing Jing, Tao Feng

“…R2* mapping and principal component analysis were performed to assess nigral iron deposition patterns. Results Bilateral DNH detection rates in the development cohort were 22.6% for early-stage PD, 3.7% for advanced PD, 93.5% for iRBD, 5.7% for MSA-parkinsonian type, 78.8% for MSA-cerebellar type, 11.8% for progressive supranuclear palsy (PSP), and 100% for HC, with similar rates in the validation cohort. …”
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Cropping intensity mapping in Sentinel-2 and Landsat-8/9 remote sensing data using temporal transfer of a stacked ensemble machine learning model within google earth engine by Marziyeh Majnoun Hosseini, Mohammad Javad Valadan Zoej, Alireza Taheri Dehkordi, Ebrahim Ghaderpour

“…This article aimed to map Cropping Intensity Patterns (CIPs) in the southwest region of Iran using Google Earth Engine and monthly composites of Sentinel-2 and Landsat-8/9 data. …”
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Fine identification of vegetation types in open pit mining regions using combined UAV RGB imagery and LiDAR point cloud data by Suling He, Yuncheng Deng, Jinliang Wang, Mengjia Luo

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Vas deferens infiltration by prostate cancer on prostate-specific membrane antigen-targeted 18F-DCFPyL positron emission tomography/computed tomography: A unique visual pattern by Yafu Yin, Channing J. Paller, Martin G. Pomper, Kenneth J. Pienta, Michael A. Gorin, Steven P. Rowe

“…In this case report, we describe a novel pattern of radiotracer uptake in a patient with PCa imaged with PSMA-targeted 18F-DCFPyL positron emission tomography/computed tomography that is consistent with diffuse vas deferens involvement.…”
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Analysis and Synthesis March Memory Tests by V. N. Yarmolik, V. A. Levantsevich, D. V. Demenkovets

“…Mathematical models of memory device faults and the efficiency of their detection, in particular, complex pattern sensitive faults of the PNPSFk type, based on classical march memory tests are presented. …”
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RGB-based machine vision for enhanced pig disease symptoms monitoring and health management: a review by Md Nasim Reza, Kyu-Ho Lee, Eliezel Habineza, Samsuzzaman, Hyunjin Kyoung, Young Kyoung Choi, Gookhwan Kim, Sun-Ok Chung

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Performance Comparison of Facial Emotion Recognition: Introducing a Model within the Driver Assistance Framework based on Deep Learning with LBP Feature Extraction for In-Vehicle A... by Ehsan Ghasemi, Seyyed Mohammad Razavi, Sajad Mohamadzadeh

“…Secondly, the Local Binary Patterns (LBP) feature descriptor is utilized to extract features from the identified eye, nose, and mouth regions. …”
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Large-scale phylogenomic insights into the evolution of the Hymenochaetales by Heng Zhao, Fang Wu, Sundy Maurice, Igor N. Pavlov, Konstantin V. Krutovsky, Hong-Gao Liu, Yuan Yuan, Yu-Cheng Dai

“…However, we have limited knowledge of the patterns of large-scale evolutionary history of the order. …”
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Enhancing quality of life through physical exercise in a patient with triple lumbar disc herniation: A longitudinal case study by Kristina Randow de Almeida, Marko Kapeleti, Vuk Stevanović, Vladimir Mrdaković, Marija Macura

“…It alters functional movement patterns and causes improper compensatory body positioning, leading to muscle dysfunction. …”
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