Elevational dynamics of vegetation changes in response to climate change on the Tibetan plateau by Guang Pu, Lingyu Han, Liangliang Chen, Dan Wan, Hongfen Teng

“…Breakpoint analysis reveals major shifts around 1998, with 70.1% of vegetation experiencing abrupt changes between 1996 and 2000, and 59.4% showing their first breakpoint in 1998. …”
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Association between visceral adiposity index and osteoarthritis in U.S. adults aged 50 and older: a cross-sectional study by Zitian Wang, Guang Peng, Yuquan Jiang, Jintao Qu, Fengfu Wu

“…Subgroup analyses were performed to validate these findings.ResultsThe average age of the study population was 63.16 ± 9.05 years, and 47.22% were male. …”
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Spatial Zoning Based on Spatial and Temporal Soil Heavy Metal Changes in Geological High Background Areas by Zhiheng Qin, Li Li, Xiuqin Wu

“…Compared to 30 years ago, the average cadmium content at the same location has increased by 326%, while mercury content has decreased by 29%, arsenic content has decreased by 24%, and the changes in lead and chromium content are relatively low. …”
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Distribution of Poisonous Plants in Biomes of the Southern Far East of Russia by T. V. Dikareva, V. Yu. Rumyantsev, M. S. Soldatov, Wang Li

“…The species richness distribution shows the concentration of poisonous plant species in small mountain biomes and in arid-like biomes. Correlation analysis of relationships between the number of plant species and climatic factors revealed the significant closeness of the correlation with the average annual air temperature (0,66). …”
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An innovative approach to advanced voice classification of sacred Quranic recitations through multimodal fusion by Esraa Hassan, Abeer Saber, Omar Alqahtani, Nora El-Rashidy, Samar Elbedwehy

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Survival of elderly people living with the human immunodeficiency virus in a municipality in Northeast Brazil: a retrospective cohort, 2006-2021 by Julianne Damiana da Silva Vicente, Cristine Vieira do Bonfim, Jessyka Mary Vasconcelos Barbosa, Vanessa de Lima Silva, Albanita Gomes da Costa de Ceballos, Gabriella Morais Duarte Miranda

“…Kaplan-Meier survival analysis was used. The Cox model was applied to calculate the hazard ratio (HR) and 95% confidence interval (95%CI) of survival based on the study variables. …”
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Socioeconomic determinants of suboptimal adherence to ART and elevated HIV viral load in twelve Sub-Saharan African countries: evidence from population HIV impact assessment survey... by Boniface Simpoli Yohana, John Massito, Arbogast Moshi

“…Data was extracted from PHIA survey and analysis was conducted by STATA. Results The study demonstrates that viral load suppression increases significantly with age. …”
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An In-vitro Study for Pharmaceutical and Analytical Profile of Herbal Drug: Panchpallav Gargles by Riya Rajendra Rathor, Renu Bharat Rathi

“…The formulation was tested for physicochemical analysis, microbiological characteristics, and organoleptic criteria, including colour and smell. …”
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Design, modeling and cost analysis of 8.79 MW solar photovoltaic power plant at National University of Sciences and Technology (NUST), Islamabad, Pakistan by Shabahat Hasnain Qamar, Dawid Piotr Hanak, Majid Ali, Joao Gomes, Khalid Zia Khan

“…The ambient air temperature, averaging 23.21 °C, reaches its maximum in June and its minimum in December. …”
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Spatial distribution and health risk assessment of fluoride in groundwater in the oasis of the Hotan river basin in Xinjiang, China by Ling Li, Long Ma, Zhilin Pan, Juan Xu, Fei Chen, Changde Yang, Yidan Yin

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Evaluation of Length and Fiber Count Determinations for Natural and Synthetic Microfibers Using the OpTest Fiber Quality Analyzer by Michael Santiago Cintron, Chanel A. Fortier, Sunghyun Nam

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Aspects of the Material Characteristics of the Filtration Systems of a Milling Plant in the Southeastern Area of Romania by Liliana-Caliopi Iscru, Gheorghe Voicu, Elena-Madalina Stefan, Gabriel-Alexandru Constantin, Alina-Daiana Ionescu, Paula Tudor

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A Comparative Study of Brownian Dynamics Based on the Jerk Equation Against a Stochastic Process Under an External Force Field by Adriana Ruiz-Silva, Bahia Betzavet Cassal-Quiroga, Rodolfo de Jesus Escalante-Gonzalez, José A. Del-Puerto-Flores, Hector Eduardo Gilardi-Velazquez, Eric Campos

“…This is validated by a linear average square displacement and a Gaussian distribution of particle displacement in all cases. …”
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Kombucha’s functional features and fermentation dynamics: a bibliometric assessment in sustainable food production by Gözde Alkan, Naime Meric Konar Erol, Seydi Yıkmış, Hatice Er, Selim Öğüt, Abdullah Yinanç

“…Despite the growing literature, there is no comprehensive bibliometric study mapping the development of Kombucha research and future perspectives. The bibliometric analysis we have conducted is the first of its kind. …”
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Plant Growth Regulators Reduce Flower and Pod Shedding and Optimize Pod Distribution in Soybean in Northwest China by Hao Cheng, Qinglan Xu, Chenfang Ding, Ziyi Meng, Feifei Zhao, Yuchen Gan, Xinghu Song, Qiang Zhao

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Exercise training and chronic kidney disease: characterization and bibliometrics of citation classics of clinical intervention trials by Fan Zhang, Shan Liu, Yan Bai, Liuyan Huang, Yifei Zhong, Yi Li

“…This study analyzes citation classics on clinical intervention trials on exercise training and CKD to describe the research landscape and hotspots through bibliometric analysis.Methods To identify clinical trials of exercise training interventions for CKD with more than 100 citations from the Web of Science Core Collection database. …”
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Conicity Index Associated with Adult Hearing Impairment: A Cross-Sectional Study Based on the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (2001–2018) by Guifen Cai, Xiaoyan Xu, Xiaokun Li, Qiong Fang

“…The C-index was used as the independent variable, whereas HI—defined as a pure-tone average hearing threshold exceeding 25 dB HL—was the outcome measure. …”
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Association between screen time and depressive and anxiety symptoms among Chinese adolescents by Jue Xu, Hanmin Duan, Kang Qin, Bing Liu

“…The study applied linear regression to investigate the relationship between screen time and depression and anxiety symptoms, and mediation analysis to understand how sleep duration might influence this relationship.ResultsIn total, approximately 25.5% of the teenagers had more than 2 hours of screen time (33.56% for electronic devices and 17.46% for television), and the average score was 5.942 ± 0.085 for depression symptoms and 4.521 ± 0.076 for anxiety symptoms. …”
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Increased intensity and frequency of extreme precipitation events in Belgium as simulated by the regional climate model MAR by Josip Brajkovic, Xavier Fettweis, Brice Noël, Hans Van De Vyver, Nicolas Ghilain, Pierre Archambeau, Michel Pirotton, Sébastien Doutreloup

“…We find that, on average, extreme precipitation intensity rises following the Clausius-Clapeyron scaling, i.e., a 7% increase per additional degree of global warming. …”
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Spatial and temporal patterns and factors associated with mortality from Chagas’ disease: an ecological study, Ceará, 2002-2022 by Lara Lídia Ventura Damasceno, George Jó Bezerra Sousa, Thiago Santos Garces, Virna Ribeiro Feitosa Cestari, Jéssica Cristina Moraes de Araújo, Thereza Maria Magalhães Moreira, Maria Lúcia Duarte Pereira

“…Results 1,041 deaths were reported, with an average mortality rate of 0.57 deaths/100,000 inhabitants. …”
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