Climate and soil explain contrasting intraspecific trait variability of widespread species over a large environmental gradient by Xia Chen, Jiangbo Xie, Qiqian Wu, Hui Zhang, Yan Li

“…Understanding and identifying the patterns and drivers of intraspecific trait variation is crucial for anticipating changes in plant distributions. …”
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Scenario Modelling for Reproducing Investment Potential of Institutional Sectors in the Regions of the Siberian Federal District by I. V. Naumov, A. V. Trynov, A. O. Safonov

“…The authors analyze the trends and patterns for reproducing investment potential of institutional sectors. …”
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Behavioral and Morphological Adaptations of Tortoise Tick Hyalomma aegyptium to Testudo graeca: Evidence for Complex Evolutionary History by Sirri Kar, Baris Donmez, Bugrahan Regaip Kilinc, Zafer Sakaci, Sengul Talay, Dennis Bente, Agustin Estrada‐Peña

“…The analyses revealed that all infestation traits were directly influenced by the tick's developmental stage, sex, and morphological characteristics, as well as the tortoise's sex, size, behavioral traits, and phenological patterns. The comprehensive evaluation of behavioral and morphological traits demonstrated that several features and behaviors in H. aegyptium are highly specialized to permit T. graeca infestation. …”
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Evaluation of Prefrontal Cortex Activation and Static Balance Mechanisms in Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis Using fNIRS by Esra Suzen, Kadriye Tombak, Buket Simsek, Omer Halil Colak, Sukru Ozen

“…<i>Results:</i> Significant differences were found in the cortical activity patterns between the AIS and control groups. The AIS group had lower HbO concentrations than the control group in the eyes-closed condition and completely differed from the control group by showing more active HbO concentrations in the DLPFC regions than in the frontopolar regions. …”
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Care seeking for neonatal illness in low- and middle-income countries: a systematic review. by Hadley K Herbert, Anne C C Lee, Aruna Chandran, Igor Rudan, Abdullah H Baqui

“…There is a need for representative data to describe care-seeking patterns in different geographic regions and better understand mechanisms to enhance care seeking during this vulnerable time period.…”
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The Effects of Prescribed Fire on Artificial Wild Turkey Nest Survival in Closed‐Canopy Mixed Hardwood Forest by Mariah G. McInnis, Robert A. Gitzen, Bret A. Collier, William D. Gulsby

“…We did not detect a relationship between time since fire (p > 0.05) or vegetation measurements (p > 0.05) and artificial nest predation. We believe the patterns we observed were explained by high overstory canopy cover (~90%) across the study area that limited vegetation response to fire. …”
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Clinical Features and Surgical Management of Bile Duct Cyst in Adults by Xin Wu, Binglu Li, Chaoji Zheng, Xiaodong He

“…Data collected included demographic characteristics, clinical manifestations, surgical patterns, and prognoses. We compared the characteristics of patients undergoing their primary BDC resection against those of patients undergoing reoperation. …”
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Adolescents' screen media entertainment: a quantitative, cross-sectional study by Semen Sebsbie, Semen Sebsbie, Anteneh Tsegaye

“…This study elucidates the complex patterns of adolescents' EMST, highlighting the roles of demographic, familial, and socioeconomic factors. …”
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Attribution analysis of water-sediment variation under the influence of climate change and human activities in the Kuye River Basin by Jiankang ZHANG, Jiping WANG, Jiansheng SHI

“…To understand the change patterns of water and sediment in the Kuye River Basin and provide scientific basis for water resources management and ecological protection under the impacts of climate change and human activities, based on hydrological and meteorological observation data, NDVI (normalized difference vegetation index), and land use change data, this study quantitatively analyzed the trends of water and sediment changes in the basin and their attributed influences using the Mann-Kendall non-parametric test, double mass curve method, cumulative anomaly analysis, sliding rank-sum test, and cumulative quantity slope change rate analysis. …”
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Evaluating the efficacy of Internet-Based Exercise programme Aimed at Treating knee Osteoarthritis (iBEAT-OA) in the community: a study protocol for a randomised controlled trial by Abhishek Abhishek, Sameer Akram Gohir, Paul Greenhaff, Ana M. Valdes

“…Samples of urine, blood, faeces and synovial fluid will be collected to establish biomarkers associated with changes in pain and sleep patterns in individuals affected with knee OA. Standard parametric regression methods will be used for statistical analysis.Ethics and dissemination Ethical approval was obtained from the Research Ethics Committee (ref: 18/EM/0154) and the Health Research Authority (protocol no: 18021). …”
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Identification and comparative analysis of genes in response to cold stress between two mainly cultivated tetraploid cottons by QI Bowen, GUO Menglan, LU Hejun, MEI Huan, ZHAO Ting, FANG Lei

“…In order to further explore the genes related to cold tolerance in cotton, we utilized transcriptome sequencing of leaf tissues of TM-1 (Gossypium hirsutum) and Hai7124 (G. barbadense) under cold treatment (4 ℃) and the control treatment (28 ℃) at different stages to compare and analyze their differences in cold tolerance related gene’s functions, expression patterns, and metabolic pathways. The results showed that Hai7124 was more sensitive to cold stress than TM-1, and its phenotype changed faster and more obviously under cold stress. …”
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Understanding why and how youth-friendly health services improve viral load suppression among adolescents and young people living with HIV in Nigeria: realist evaluation with quali... by Okikiolu Badejo, Prosper Okonkwo, Edwin Wouters, Sara Van Belle, Christiana Nöstlinger, Marie Laga, Plang Jwanle

“…We used qualitative information to explore how and why viral load suppression was attained across different settings and quantitative data to describe patterns and associations between youth-friendly structures and processes of care, care retention and viral load suppression. …”
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Adipose-derived stem cells alleviate acute pancreatitis by inhibiting ferroptosis and oxidative damage in canines by Yansong Ge, Mingzhen Chen, Meilin Li, Zheng Wang, Ruxin Ding, Zhiying Wan, Enshuang Xu, Jiasan Zheng

“…ADSCs (1 × 106/kg) and CM (0.1 mL/kg) were injected intravenously 6 h after surgery, and the roles on ferroptosis and oxidative stress were analyzed. The changing patterns of ferroptosis and oxidative stress were determined in vitro using a lipopolysaccharideinduced cellular inflammation model of AR42J. …”
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Ambulance clinicians’ perspectives on interprofessional collaboration in prehospital emergency care for older patients with complex care needs: a mixed-methods study by Ann-Therese Hedqvist, María Jiménez Herrera

“…Findings from both phases were integrated using a joint-display matrix, combining quantitative patterns with qualitative insights for a comprehensive interpretation. …”
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Real-World Experience of Erenumab in Patients with Migraine in Germany: The SPECTRE Study by Charly Gaul, Astrid Gendolla, Dagny Holle, Hartmut Göbel, Mirja Koch, Caroline Baufeld, Cordula Weiss

“…Abstract Introduction To provide real-world insights into migraine patient population in Germany treated with erenumab, focusing on the prescription patterns and reasons for the initial dosage choice. …”
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Optimizing Cold Food Supply Chains for Enhanced Food Availability Under Climate Variability by David Hernandez-Cuellar, Krystel K. Castillo-Villar, Fernando Rey Castillo-Villar

“…Rising atmospheric CO₂ concentrations, along with shifting temperature patterns and extreme weather events, have a substantial effect on crop productivity and availability. …”
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Community-based pathogen-specific incidence of influenza-like illness due to respiratory viruses in South-central Vietnam in 2009–2012: after a pandemic of influenza A viruses by Kensuke Takahashi, Shinya Tsuzuki, Minh Nhat Le, Nguyen Hien Anh, Dang Duc Anh, Koya Ariyoshi, Lay-Myint Yoshida

“…Interpretation Several surges of ILI were attributed by multiple respiratory viruses. Healthcare seeking patterns were varied among pathogens. Highly transmissible viruses, such as rhinovirus and adenovirus, pose the potential risk of the next pandemic.…”
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Comprehensive utilization of rubidium mica ore by XING Peng, WANG Cheng-yan, MA Bao-zhong, CHEN Yong-qiang

“…In light of the serious environmental pollution caused by the conventional roasting processes and the corresponding low comprehensive utilization of rubidium resources, a novel acid leaching and solvent extraction process was developed to extract rubidium from rubidium mica ore.The effects of leaching temperature, sulfuric acid concentration, and time on the leaching of rubidium were investigated, and the phase transformations during the leaching were analyzed through X-ray diffraction(XRD), scanning electron microscope(SEM), and energy dispersive spectrometry(EDS).The experimental results show that the optimum conditions of acid leaching for rubidium mica ore are as follows: leaching temperature of 250 ℃, H2SO4 concentration of 200 g·L－1, and leaching time of 1 h.Under these conditions, the leaching ratio of rubidium increases up to 85. 2%.The XRD patterns of the raw ore indicate that quartz, biotite, muscovite, orthoclase, and albite are the major phases.Further SEM-EDS analysis shows that the Rb is scatted in biotite and muscovite in the form of isomorphism.Furthermore, the main reaction in the leaching process was the dissolution of the rubidium-rich micas.The countercurrent extraction experiment was conducted under the following conditions: extractant concentration of 1 mol·L－1, phase ratio(O/A)of 3:1, and extraction stage 3.The concentration of rubidium in the raffinate was 0. 003 g·L－1, and the extraction ratio of rubidium was 98%.After performing the 2-stage countercurrent stripping with 1 mol·L－1 HCl at a phase ratio(O/A)of 4:1, the stripping ratio of rubidium reached 99%.Silica white was prepared via alkali melting leaching residue and neutralization precipitation; thus, the comprehensive utilization of rubidium resource was achieved.XRD and Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy were used to characterize the silica white product.The corresponding results show that the product comprises hydrated silica, thus meeting the characteristics of the amorphous silica white.Finally, the chemical quantitative analysis results show that the silica white product comprises 91. 65% of SiO2, which is in accordance with the national chemical industry standard.…”
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Cannabis tolerance reduces symptom relief by Sarah S. Stith, Xiaoxue Li, Franco Brockelman, Keenan Keeling, Branden Hall, Jacob M. Vigil

“…ObjectivesWe measure for the first time how tolerance from repeated consumption of medical cannabis affects acute symptom management.MethodsUsing the Releaf App, medical cannabis patients recorded their symptoms, product type, cannabis consumption method, major cannabinoid levels, dosing patterns, and real-time symptom intensity levels prior to and following each cannabis administration session, as well as any side effects from usage. …”
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Exceeding expectations increases satisfaction among Louisiana waterfowl hunters by Michael C. Sullivan II, Michael D. Kaller, Lucien P. Laborde Jr., Kevin M. Ringelman, Larry A. Reynolds

“…The 2020 Survey of Louisiana Waterfowl Hunters addressed hunter satisfaction patterns, hunter perceptions on waterfowl migration, associations of field experiences to satisfaction, associations among distribution waves, the efficacy of sample coverage by an email survey, and allowed comparison with hunter satisfaction with surveys in 2005, 2010, and 2015. …”
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