Identification of Fingerprint Pattern and Lip Print Pattern in Females of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus as a Biomarker by Harem Othman Smail, Renas Hama Ahmad, Eman Ibrahim Jalal

“…We collected all 10 (ten) fingerprint patterns and divided them into Whorl, loop, and arch using an ink pad. …”
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Investigating changes in user and diagnostic patterns in general practice during the COVID pandemic in 2020: a cohort study using Danish patient data from two consecutive years before and during the pandemic by Jesper Bo Nielsen, Helene Støttrup Andersen

“…This study aimed to compare and discuss changes in the diagnostic patterns and GP procedures before and during the pandemic.Design and setting A register study including data from 11 Danish GP clinics.Participants Enlisted patients from GP followed 1 year before (February 2019 to January 2020; n=48 650) and 1 year during (April 2020 to March 2021; n=47 207) the COVID-19 pandemic.Outcome measures Diagnostic patterns, consultation type (face-to-face, email and phone), contact persons (GP or GP staff) and patient characteristics.Results The average number of contacts with GP increased from 6.3 contacts per year per patient before the pandemic to 8.3 annual contacts during the pandemic (p<0.01). …”
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Patterns of Myopia Progression in European Adults by Michael Moore, PhD, MSc, Gareth Lingham, PhD, Daniel I. Flitcroft, DPhil, MBBS, James Loughman, PhD

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Publication patterns in Restorative Dentistry and Endodontics by Sherin Jose Chockattu, Byathnal Suryakant Deepak

“…The purpose of this paper was to review and analyze the publications in this journal since its inception and over the 7-year period from 2012 to 2018.Materials and MethodsThis paper assessed the number, type, and subject of articles published, as well as authorship patterns and article citations of the journal over a 7-year period. …”
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Bias and Progressiveness in Textbook Naming Patterns by Emilia Aldrin

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Atypical Growth Pattern of an Intraparenchymal Meningioma by Zhen Zeng, Tijiang Zhang, Yihua Zhou, Xiaoxi Chen

“…To the best of our knowledge, intraparenchymal meningioma with cerebriform pattern has never been reported. In this paper, we report a 34-year-old Chinese male patient who presented with paroxysmal headaches and progressive loss of vision for 10 months and blindness for 2 weeks. …”
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Identifying etiological pattern for postpartum complications by D. F. Kurbanova, S. G. Sultanova, F. R. Hajiyevа

“…There were examined 150 puerperas at the Scientific Research Institute of Obstetrics and Gynecology (Baku, Azerbaijan) in the years from 2019 to 2021, who were subdivided into 2 groups: the main group – puerperas with developed postpartum complications (n = 100), aged 29.9 ± 0.64 years and the control group – puerperas with a physiological course of postpartum period (n = 50), aged 30.3 ± 0.86 years (p = 0.679). …”
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Spatiotemporal patterns of influenza in Western Australia by Kefyalew Addis Alene, Hannah C. Moore, Archie C.A. Clements, Beth Gilmour, Dylan D. Barth, Rebecca Pavlos, Ben Scalley, Christopher C. Blyth

“…The annual incidence rate ranged from 2·7 per 1000 population in individuals aged between 15 and 64 years to 5·2 per 1000 population in children <5 years of age. …”
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Genetic prediction of male pattern baldness. by Saskia P Hagenaars, W David Hill, Sarah E Harris, Stuart J Ritchie, Gail Davies, David C Liewald, Catharine R Gale, David J Porteous, Ian J Deary, Riccardo E Marioni

“…Male pattern baldness can have substantial psychosocial effects, and it has been phenotypically linked to adverse health outcomes such as prostate cancer and cardiovascular disease. …”
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Comparing student mobility pattern models by Marie-Louise Litmeyer, Philipp Gareis, Stefan Hennemann

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Comparing student mobility pattern models by Marie-Louise Litmeyer, Philipp Gareis, Stefan Hennemann

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Cardioprotective dietary pattern of Siberian population by Darya P. Tsygankova, Evgeny D. Bazdyrev, Alena S. Agienko, Olga V. Nakhratova, Elena V. Indukaeva, Galina V. Artamonova, Olga L. Barbarash

“…Background — Analysis of eating habits can help identify cardioprotective dietary patterns. It is necessary to qualitatively study the diet of modern inhabitants of Siberia and identify food stereotypes that contribute to effective cardiac prophylaxis. …”
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THE DIETARY PATTERNS AND THE RISK OF BREAST CANCER by L. A. Radkevich, D. A. Radkevich

“…A comparative study of dietary patterns in countries with similar social conditions but with different frequency of breast cancer.Materials and methods. …”
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Trends and disparities in tuberculosis burden in Kazakhstan and Mongolia (2017–2021): a comparative analysis using GBD metrics by Oyunzul Amartsengel, Malika Idayat, Alexander Rommel, Natalya Glushkova, Kairat Davletov, Malik Adenov, Naranzul Dambaa, Lkhagvasuren Khorolsuren, Elena von der Lippe

“…This study used the Global Burden of Disease (GBD) framework, which introduced disability-adjusted life years (DALY) as a measure of disease burden, combining mortality (Years of Life Lost, YLL) and morbidity (Years Lived with Disability, YLD). …”
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Trends in prevalence and patterns of use of a heated tobacco product (IQOS™) in Japan: A three-year repeated cross-sectional study [version 2; peer review: 1 approved, 2 approved with reservations] by Steve Roulet, Karina Fischer, Pierpaolo Magnani, Bertram Zwisele, Nathalie Camille, Suzana AlMoosawi, Marius Sieverding, Martha Bajec, Nelly Mainy

“…This article details the nationwide prevalence and patterns of TNP use between 2016 and 2019 in Japan following the commercialization of IQOS™, a smoke-free heated tobacco product (HTP). …”
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Interannual variability of thermal state of the cold subsurface layer in the Okhotsk Sea by Vladimir A. Luchin, Vladimir I. Matveev

“…Cycles with period of approximately 30 years are revealed in the variations of the subsurface layer heat content. …”
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Typical variability of oceanographic fields in the cold intermediate layer and its influence on the water dynamics in the Okhotsk Sea by T. V. Belonenko, P. A. Fayman, V. A. Luchin

“…The northward (West Kamchatka Current) and northwestward (Middle Okhotsk Sea flow) transport of the warm and salty transformed North Pacific Intermediate water prevails for the «warm» type, as could be seen from spatial distribution of temperature and salinity in the above cold subsurface layer and the isolines patterns. Water density in the cold layer generally increases toward the northern and northwestern coasts of the sea where it is significantly higher in springs of «cold» years than in «warm» years. …”
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The state of cancer care in Russia: breast cancer. Epidemiology and survival of patients. The impact of the SARS-CoV-2-beta-coronavirus epidemic (clinical and population study) by V. M. Merabishvili, V. F. Semiglazov, A. V. Komiakhov, T. Yu. Semiglazova, P. V. Krivorotko, А. M. Belyaev

“…The positive dynamics of one-year and five-year survival of patients with breast cancer is shown. …”
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Microbiological Profiles, Antibiotic Susceptibility Patterns and the Role of Multidrug-Resistant Organisms in Patients Diagnosed with Periprosthetic Joint Infection over 8 Years: Results from a Single-Center Observational Cohort Study from Romania by Serban Dragosloveanu, Rares-Mircea Birlutiu, Bogdan Neamtu, Victoria Birlutiu

“…The microbial profile and resistance patterns in PJIs have remained stable over eight years. …”
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Ambulatory Melanoma Care Patterns in the United States by Andrew L. Ji, Michael R. Baze, Scott A. Davis, Steven R. Feldman, Alan B. Fleischer

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