Centre-periphery circulation patterns in Ghana’s print media landscape: exploring the underlying determinants by Jacob Nyarko

“… After 202 years (1822‒2024) of its inception in the then Gold Coast, now Ghana, and witnessing an unprecedented upsurge in publication since 1992, the circulation of print media appears unevenly distributed between the centre (capital) and the peripheries. …”
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Identification and Temporal Distribution of Typical Rainfall Types Based on K-Means++ Clustering and Probability Distribution Analysis by Qiting Zhang, Jinglin Qian

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Strategi Ketidaksantunan Bahasa dalam Kalangan Komunitas Facebook di Malaysia by Mohd. Adam Fazery Jeffry, Nor Shahila Mansor, Siti Zobidah Omar

“…Respondents consisted of 100 students aged between 18 to 35 years, randomly selected from public universities in Malaysia. …”
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Utilization Patterns of the Cultural Centers Among the Youth in Tehran (Implications, Motivations and Functions) by Mahmood Shahabi, Zahra Jafari

“…A major concern in the last few years has been the fact that the Cultural Centers are keeping distance with what they have been established for, and instead of reproducing the hegemony, they have turned into a place for resistance and reproduction of resistance against hegemony. …”
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Risk factors for colorectal cancer in Albania: a case-control study by Marsela Sina, Skerdi Prifti, Adea Kocollari, Ilir Akshija, Dorina Osmanaj, Gentiana Qirjako

“… The prevalence of colorectal cancer (CRC) has increased significantly in recent years in many countries worldwide, including Albania, a transitional Mediterranean country in the Western Balkans. …”
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Practice Patterns of Palliative Radiotherapy for Advanced Cancer at a Large Institute in Saudi Arabia by Wsam Ghandourh, Zaheeda Mulla, Belal Sharaf, Elham Ghabashi, Anan Bamakhrama

“…Background and Aims: Palliative radiotherapy practice patterns have been reported to vary widely, with a notable underutilization of single fraction treatment schedules. …”
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Resistance patterns of Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates from pulmonary tuberculosis patients in Nairobi by Perpetual Wangui Ndung'u, Samuel Kariuki, Zipporah Ng'ang'a, Gunturu Revathi

“…Introduction: In Kenya, which ranks thirteenth of 27 high tuberculosis burden countries, diagnosis is based on Ziehl-Neelsen staining alone and patients are treated without information on sensitivity patterns. This study aimed to determine resistance patterns of Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolated from pulmonary samples. …”
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Prescribing trends and patterns for antihypertensive agents in primary healthcare settings in Qatar: a retrospective observational study by Nada Nabil Abdelkader, Ahmed Awaisu, Hazem Elewa, Ziyad Mahfoud, Samya Ahmad Al Abdulla, Amjad Owais, Maguy Saffouh El Hajj

“…Background An observational retrospective study was conducted in the primary care setting in Qatar to evaluate the prescribing trends and patterns of antihypertensives in hypertensive patients.Methods Included patients were adult patients (aged ≥18 years) diagnosed with essential hypertension and attending Primary Health Care Corporation (PHCC) clinics in Qatar between January 2017 and March 2021. …”
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Role of insulinemic and inflammatory dietary patterns on gut microbial composition and circulating biomarkers of metabolic health among older American men by Sushma Nepal, Ni Shi, Rebecca Hoyd, Daniel J. Spakowicz, Eric Orwoll, James M. Shikany, Nicola Napoli, Fred K. Tabung

“…Specific genera, including Intestinibacter and Lachnospira, associated positively, while Dielma, Peptococcus, Feacalitalea, and Negativibaccilus associated inversely with healthier dietary patterns. When evaluating changes in dietary patterns between baseline and visit 4 ( ~ 14 years), these genera tended to define rEDIP, rEDIH more than HEI-2020. …”
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Patterns of Antimicrobial Resistance Among Major Bacterial Pathogens Isolated from Clinical Samples in Bangladesh (2017–2020): A Nationwide Cross-Sectional Study by Aninda Rahman, Mohammad Julhas Sujan, S. M. Shahriar Rizvi, Hridika Talukder Barua, Zakir Hossain Habib, Hurul Jannat, Piash Kumer Deb, Abul Hasnat, Soo Young Kwon, Ahmed Taha Aboushady, Adam Clark, John Stelling, Sanjay Gautam, Alina Shaw, Marianne Holm, Florian Marks, Nimesh Poudyal

“…Urine specimens comprised 50.3% of the tested samples, while blood and soft tissue/body fluids accounted for 12.1% and 24.8%, respectively. Patients aged 55 years and older represented the largest group (36.3%), highlighting their vulnerability to drug-resistant infections. …”
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Practice Patterns of Palliative Radiotherapy for Advanced Cancer at a Large Institute in Saudi Arabia by Wsam Ghandourh, Zaheeda Mulla, Belal Sharaf, Elham Ghabashi, Anan Bamakhrama

“…Background and Aims: Palliative radiotherapy practice patterns have been reported to vary widely, with a notable underutilization of single fraction treatment schedules. …”
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Dietary patterns among Afghan adults and their associations with overweight and obesity: a cross-sectional study in Kandahar, Afghanistan by Mohammad Sediq Sahrai, Laure Dossus, Carine Biessy, Sabina Rinaldi, Pietro Ferrari, Abdul Wahed Wasiq, Marc J. Gunter, Inge Huybrechts

“…A total of 711 men and women aged between 20 and 75 years were included in the final analysis. Dietary data were collected in 2018–2019 using a food frequency questionnaire and dietary patterns were identified by principal component analysis. …”
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Dermatoscopic Patterns in Mycosis Fungoides: Observations from a Case-Series Retrospective Analysis and a Review of the Literature by Corrado Zengarini, Federica Tugnoli, Alessio Natale, Martina Mussi, Giacomo Clarizio, Claudio Agostinelli, Elena Sabattini, Alberto Corrà, Bianca Maria Piraccini, Alessandro Pileri

“…Dermoscopic images were evaluated for vascular patterns, pigmentation, scaling, and keratin plugs. …”
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Assessment of Jobless Growth phenomenon in Iran’s economy Using the pattern Time-Varying by sholeh Bagheri pormehr, zahra rahmani

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Patterns of lipofuscin accumulation in ganglionic nerve cells of superior cervical ganglion in humans by Živković Vladimir, Stefanović Natalija, Đurović-Filipović Tatjana, Pavlović Snežana, Stojanović Vesna, Bakić Mirjana, Kundalić Braca, Pavlović Miljana

“…Growing older, especially above 60 years, all of the above mentioned patterns of lipofuscin accumulation were present with the evident increase in cells completely filled with lipofuscin, but cells without lipofuscin were also present even in the oldest persons. …”
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Treatment Patterns and Health Care Costs in Commercially Insured Patients with Follicular Lymphoma by Nathan H. Fowler, Guifang Chen, Stephen Lim, Stephanie Manson, Qiufei Ma, Frank Li

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Pattern and outcome of children admitted for burns in Benin City, mid-western Nigeria by O. O. Oludiran, P. F. A. Umebese

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Cytological pattern of cervical pap smears in a teaching hospital in southern Nigeria by Abasiattai AA, Nwafor CC, Tobin EA, Utuk NM

“…About 90% of the patients with HGSILs were between 40 and 59 years, while 5.5% of the intraepithelial abnormalities were malignant. …”
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Comorbidity Disease Pattern in Japanese Elderly Population: A Network-Based Analysis by Shuko Nojiri, PhD, Wataru Urasaki, MSc, Masao Iwagami, MD, PhD, Masashi Nagao, MD, PhD, Takuya Uematsu, MSc, Muneaki Ishijima, MD, PhD, Hiroyuki Daida, MD, PhD, Yuji Nishizaki, MD, PhD

“…Objective: To clarify the disease pattern for elderly individuals in the general population in Japan with multimorbidity networks based on an analysis of common chronic conditions. …”
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Pattern of Tachyarrhythmias in Sulaimani Teaching Hospital, Cardiac Center/Coronary Care Unit by Sadeek Hama Aziz Salih, Shakawan Muhamad Ismaeel, Halgurd Fathullah Ahmed

“…Diagnosis and treatment of this condition is depending on its patterns and associated comorbidities. This study aimed to assess the pattern of tachyarrhythmia, identify the risk factors and determine the outcome of the management strategy Methods: A prospective observational study was carried out at cardiac center in Sulaimani Teaching Hospital from Januarys 2017 to December 2017.A total of sixty three patients, aged between (20–90) years old, who presented to emergency department with tachyarrhythmia were recruited to this study Results: The mean± SD of patients› age was 61.1 ± 16.6 years with a male: female ratio of (1.2). …”
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