Contrasting allocation patterns in wheat and weeds: allometric belowground and reproductive investment versus optimal partitioning adaptations by Jiazhen Xi, Shengtao Shi, Yizhong Rong, Jie Liu, Li Zhang

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Prescribing Patterns of Antihypertensives for Treatment-Naïve Patients in South Korea: From Korean NHISS Claim Data by Sang Hyuck Kim, Dong Wook Shin, Shinhye Kim, Kyungdo Han, Sang-hyun Park, Yul-Hee Kim, Shin-Ae Jeon, Yong-Chol Kwon

“…To facilitate the rational use of drugs it is important to assess their prescription patterns over time. This study aims to evaluate doctors’ prescribing patterns of antihypertensive drugs for drug-naïve patients in South Korea. …”
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Thematic analysis of spousal interaction patterns among Asian parents of children with chronic life-threatening illness by Andy Hau Yan Ho, Oindrila Dutta, Geraldine Tan-Ho, Ping Ying Choo, Xinyi Casuarine Low, Poh Heng Chong, Carolyn Ng, Sashikumar Ganapathy

“…Objective This is the first known study which examines the evolutionary nature of spousal interaction patterns among Asian parents of children with chronic life-threatening illness, from the time of providing care to their child through bereavement. …”
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Antimicrobial Agent Utilization Pattern among Footballers in Eastern India: Classifying Using Access, Watch, and Reserve by Shambo S Samajdar, Shatavisa Mukherjee, Santi R Dasgupta, Parbati Panda, Santanu Tripathi

“…To assess the AMA utilization pattern, prescriptions and medical records available in respective clubs were thoroughly studied. …”
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Human–Wildlife Conflict in Bardia—Banke Complex: Patterns of Human Fatalities and Injuries Caused by Large Mammals by Umesh Paudel, Rabin Bahadur KC, Rabin Kadariya, Ajay Karki, Bishnu Prasad Shrestha, Shyam Kumar Shah, Naresh Subedi, Shyam Kumar Thapa

“…This research was undertaken to investigate the patterns and conflict‐causing factors of human killing and injury by large mammals, especially by Asian elephant (Elephas maximus), common leopard (Panthera pardus), and Bengal tiger (Panthera tigris tigris) in the Bardia—Banke Complex of western Nepal. …”
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Sensor based sleep patterns and reported sleep quality in breast cancer patients undergoing neoadjuvant chemotherapy by Carla Malveiro, Sofia Boavida, Catarina Cargaleiro, Ana V. Bernardino, Inês R. Correia, Cátia Reis, Leonor Matos, Luís B. Sardinha, Maria João Cardoso, Pedro F. Saint-Maurice

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Cluster Analysis of Clinical Remission and Relapse Patterns in Chronic Urticaria: Results from the PREDICT-CU Study by Maria-Magdalena Balp, Irina Pivneva, Andrii Danyliv, Kathleen Chen, Tom Cornwall, Jimmy Royer, James Signorovitch, Dhaval Patil, Ravneet K. Kohli, Thomas Severin, Weily Soong, Alexander M. Marsland

“…Active CU was a period during which a patient was not in clinical remission. …”
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A Rhodnius prolixus catalytically inactive Calpain protease patterns the insect embryonic dorsal-ventral axis by Alison Julio, Tainan C. Guedes-Silva, Mateus Berni, Paulo Mascarello Bisch, Helena Araujo

“…In the fly model Drosophila melanogaster Calpain A cleaves Cactus/IkappaB and consequently modifies Toll signals during embryonic dorsal-ventral (DV) patterning. Here we explore the role of Calpains in the hemiptera Rhodnius prolixus, an intermediate germband insect where the Bone Morphogenetic Protein (BMP) instead of the Toll pathway plays a major role in DV patterning. …”
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Data Perception and Information Disorder in the Italian Context During the Pandemic by Giovanni Ciofalo, Lorenzo Ugolini, Fabio Ciammella

“… This paper aims to investigate how Italian audiences received and perceived data-driven television news during the Covid-19 pandemic. During this time, the logic and practices of creating and consuming television journalism were disrupted by the pandemic emergency. …”
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Healthcare utilization patterns before and after a long COVID diagnosis: a case-control study by Rick DeVoss, Elizabeth J. Carlton, Sarah E. Jolley, Marcelo C. Perraillon

“…Abstract Background Documenting Long COVID cases has been challenging partly due to the lack of population-level data and uncertain diagnostic criteria, hindering the ability to ascertain healthcare utilization patterns over time. The objective of this study is to examine the characteristics and healthcare utilization patterns of Long COVID patients in Colorado pre- and post-diagnosis compared to controls. …”
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Trade-Offs and Synergies Between Ecosystem Services and Their Ecological Security Patterns in the Guanzhong–Tianshui Economic Zone by Jing Zhou, Jianhua Xiao, Daiying Yin, Yu Ren

“…We explored the trade-offs and synergies between services using correlation analysis and geographically weighted regression and constructed an ecological security pattern through circuit theory. <i>NPP</i>, <i>WY</i>, <i>SC</i>, and <i>FP</i> increased during the study period, whereas <i>HQ</i> decreased. …”
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Molt patterns and age and sex determination criteria for selected landbirds in an urban area of the Peruvian Central Coast by Alexis Díaz, Pamela Ayala, Elizabeth Valdiviezo, Jorge Mendoza, Kathia Silva, Rolf Rivas, Dayanne Cornelio, Fabiola Guardia, Yaquelin Tenorio, Rocío Calsina, Lorena Alvariño, José Iannacone

“…Despite molting is an important and expensive activity in the life cycle of birds, this process is poorly known for neotropical species and even less so for species inhabiting urban zones. We studied molt patterns, aging and sexing criteria, and morphometrics for seven common resident species in an urban area of Lima city, Peru. …”
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Contrasting Phylogeographic Patterns of Sandy vs. Rocky Sympatric Sister Species of Supralittoral Tylos Isopods in Chile by Luis A. Hurtado, Mariana Mateos, Chang Wang, Violet M. Ndeda, Jorge Pérez‐Schultheiss, Martin Thiel

“…Here, we compare the phylogeographic patterns of two sister species of isopods (genus Tylos) that have broadly overlapping distributions but distinct habitat preferences in the supralittoral zone of Chile. …”
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Analysis of Disease-Induced Changes in Human Locomotor Patterns Through the Co-Joint Synergistic Attention Algorithm by Jingyao Chen, Chen Wang, Zeng-Guang Hou, Pingye Deng, Liang Peng, Pu Zhang, Ningcun Xu

“…Results: Through the co-joint synergistic attention algorithm, we found significant differences in joint synergy patterns between post-stroke patients and healthy individuals during upper and lower limb tasks. …”
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Temporal patterns of cognitive decline after hypertension onset among middle-aged and older adults in China by Shouqiang Zhu, Jinhua Bo, Tianjiao Xia, Xiaoping Gu

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Particle flux–gradient relationships in the high Arctic: emission and deposition patterns across three surface types by T. Mathes, H. Guy, H. Guy, J. Prytherch, J. Kojoj, I. Brooks, S. Murto, P. Zieger, B. Wehner, M. Tjernström, A. Held

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Caffeine supplementation improved movement patterns and reactive agility in rugby sevens matches in male collegiate players by Chang-Li Hsueh, Cheng-Yen Sun, Chen-Kang Chang

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Nicotinamide benefited amino acid metabolism and rumen fermentation pattern to improve growth performance of growing lambs by YuAng Wang, Hao Wu, Yiwei Zhang, Mingfeng Fei, Zhefeng Li, Daxi Ren, Chong Wang, Xiaoshi Wei

“…The tendencies of RPN×day interaction were found for dry matter intake during the entire study (p = 0.078 and 0.073, respectively). …”
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Identifying spatiotemporal patterns and drivers of fecal indicator bacteria in an urban lake for water quality assessment and management by Jimmy J. Dimpor, Otite P. Lucky, Dennis F. Kwarkye, Samuel Watts, Chukwuebuka P. Oguayo, Catherine O. Ojewole, Joseph Kusi

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Age and pattern of cervical smear cytology in Federal Medical Centre Asaba – a five year review by Daniel Nnaemeka Onwusulu, Samuel okwuchukwu ilikannu, Chikodili Ogugwa Ochuba, Valentine Idama, Emmanuel Egboduku, Adeniyi Johnson Fagbemi, Sunday Emmanuel Jombo

“…Screening for premalignant lesions of the cervix, using cervical smear is preventive. The pattern of cytological findings varies with age , this pattern is not well known in our environment.…”
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