Kidney failure-related excess mortality during the first three years of the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States: a nation-wide, population-based analysis by Zhenhu Chen, Pingping Jia, Di Xie, Jingyu Xie, Juan Liu, Wangnan Cao, Lefei Han, Jinjun Ran, Shengzhi Sun, Shi Zhao, Yang Ge, Leonardo Martinez, Xin Chen, Peihua Cao

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Sixty years of Halffter’s Mexican Transition Zone: a systematic review using bibliometric tools by Margarita M. López-García, Juan J. Morrone

“…We also performed a content analysis considering the conceptualization of the MTZ, the application of Halffter’s patterns of distribution, and the different disciplines where the term has been used. …”
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Climate Warming-Driven Expansion and Retreat of Alpine Scree in the Third Pole over the Past 45 Years by Guanshi Zhang, Bingfang Wu, Lingxiao Ying, Yu Zhao, Li Zhang, Mengru Cheng, Liang Zhu, Lu Zhang, Zhiyun Ouyang

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Bacterial Isolates and Drug Susceptibility Pattern of Sterile Body Fluids from Tertiary Hospital in Saurashtra Region: A One-Year Retrospective Study by Brihadishwaran Thiyagarajan, Krunal D Mehta, Hitesh J Assudani, Dhiviya Narbhavi T

“…Patients falling between the age group of 41-50 show maximum positivity and the ratio of prevalence of infection in the young and old patients seems to be nearly similar (52% in patients less than 50 years of age and 48% in patients elder than 50 years) Escherichia-coli was the most commonly isolated bacteria (27.77%) which was followed by Pseudomonas (25 %) and Klebsiella pneumonia (22.2 %). …”
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Assessment of Sleep Patterns and Their Correlation with Height in Children Aged 8–11 Years: Insights from the Sleep Disturbance Scale for Children (SDSC) by Ahmad mahfur, Laksmitha Saktiono Safitri, Hawin Nurdiana, Annisa Nurul Arofah

“…This study investigates the relationship between sleep patterns and the height of boys aged 8–11 years at Muhammadiyah 4 Elementary School in Malang. …”
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Trajectory patterns and influencing factors of depression due to child bereavement among older adults in China: a 5-year longitudinal study by Li Chen, Li Chen, Zhangyi Wang, Qiaoyan Wu, Xiaochun Tang

“…Therefore, it is necessary to investigate the trajectories of depressive symptoms associated with child bereavement among older adults in China and determine the influencing factors.MethodsIn this study, data from the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study were used as the longitudinal data, and 284 women and 117 men aged over 60 years were included. A latent growth mixture model was used to identify trajectory patterns in depression due to child bereavement over time. …”
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Temporal and Spatial Variations in Landscape Pattern–Function Risk Coupling over 20 Years in the Dry–Hot Valley of the Jinsha River in China by Shan Zhou, Zhaorong Ou, Junming Zhang, Limin Dong, Xiangfei Li, Zhihua Deng, Yongyu Sun, Xinteng Qiu

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Relationship between maternal health behavior and physical growth pattern of ‎children under one year referred to health departments of Rasht city by afsaneh pasha, tayebeh hasan tehrani, mino mitra chehrzad, zahra atrkar roushan

“…‎ Objective: This research is a correlational descriptive study done with the aim of determining ‎relationship between maternal health behaviors with physical growth pattern in children under ‎one year.‎ Methods: Data collection tool was a questionnaire including two sections: the first part ‎included demographic characteristics of mother and child, and second part included three ‎sections for measurement of health behavior about nutrition, sleep and preventing disease in ‎child under one year. …”
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High prevalence and seasonal patterns of vitamin D deficiency in children and adolescents in Central China: a three-year single-center study by Lei Xi, Xiaomei Wang, Jingjing Rao, Ye Zeng, Yun Xiang, Changzhen Li

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Patterns of intestinal parasite prevalence in brown bears (Ursus arctos) revealed by a 3-year survey on the Shiretoko peninsula, Hokkaido, Japan by Mizuki Moriyoshi, Naoki Hayashi, Nariaki Nonaka, Ryo Nakao, Masami Yamanaka, Toshio Tsubota, Michito Shimozuru

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Associations and patterns in lifestyle and body weight among university students over one year into the Covid-19 pandemic: A cluster analysis by Andreas Bschaden, Nanette Stroebele-Benschop

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Potential Factors Associated with Undernutrition in Children Under 5 years and its Patterns in Bangladesh: Insights from Four Cross-Sectional Studies by A H M Musfiqur Rahman Nabeen, Mosammat S. Khatun, Md. Akhtarul Islam, Md. Abdus S. Akanda, Julia L. Sharp

“…The main objective of this study is to understand the potential patterns and factors of undernutrition in children under 5 years of age in Bangladesh from 2007 to 2017. …”
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Dietary Patterns and Their Associations With Obesity Among 4–9-Year-Old Children in the United Arab Emirates: A Cross-Sectional Study by Nahla Hwalla, Farah Naja, Nada Abbas, Leila Itani, Fatima Al Zahraa Chokor, Leila Cheikh Ismail, Ayesha S Al Dhaheri, Lynda O’Neill, Samer Kharroubi, Habiba I Ali, Maysm N Mohamad, Lara Nasreddine

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Exploration of the pattern, clinical presentation and outcome of children with renal diseases: A 14-year retrospective study at a teaching hospital in Ghana. by George Nkrumah Osei, Emmanuel Worae, Betty Effie Adoko Ghartey, Perditer Okyere, Felix Abekah Botchway, Sampson K Djonor, Richard K D Ephraim

“…This study assessed the pattern, spectrum, outcome, and predictors of dialysis and death among children with renal disease at Korle Bu Teaching Hospital (KBTH), Ghana.…”
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Evolving Antimicrobial Susceptibility Patterns in Salmonella spp. Isolated from Blood Specimens, Over 10 Years: A Retrospective Observational Analysis by Dinesh Kumar Perumal, Priyadarshini Shanmugam, R Alice Peace Selvabai, Perumal Jayaraman

“…Aim: To assess the prevalence of Salmonella spp. and the antimicrobial patterns of Salmonella isolates over a ten-year period (2014–2024) at a tertiary care hospital in Tamil Nadu, India. …”
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Pattern of endodontic instrument separation and factors affecting its retrieval: a 10-year retrospective observational study in a postgraduate institute by Velmurugan Natanasabapathy, Aswathi Varghese, Paul Kevin Abishek Karthikeyan, Srinivasan Narasimhan

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Dietary Patterns of Serbian Adults 10–74 Years Old: Serbian National Food Consumption Survey Following EU Menu Methodology by Jelena Milešević, Milica Zeković, Ivana Šarac, Marija Knez, Irena Krga, Vuk Stevanović, Mirjana Gurinović

“…Methods: Food consumption data were collected from 3018 participants: 856 adolescents aged 10–17 years, 1155 adults aged 18–64 years, 581 elderly subjects aged 65–74 years, 145 pregnant women, and 281 vegetarians, using two inconsecutive days repeated 24 h dietary recall. …”
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Uptake and correlates of modern contraceptive use among women aged 15–49 years in Botswana; evidence from the Botswana demographic survey 2017 by M Keetile, BK Masisi, P Lefadola, M Monnaatsie, T Kgolo, N Swart

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Assessing Annual and Seasonal Precipitation Trends in the Karun River Basin Using Co-Kriging: An Over 60-Year Analysis by Amin Khoramian

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Prevalence and determinants of thrombocytopenia in newborn unit at Alexandria University Hospital: a three-year report including 1000 patients by Marwa Mohamed Farag, Mohamed Hazem Goda, Hanan Fawzy Nazir, Ahmed Akram Deghedy

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