Pattern of Breast Cancer Distribution in Ghana: A Survey to Enhance Early Detection, Diagnosis, and Treatment by Frank Naku Ghartey Jnr, Akwasi Anyanful, Sebastian Eliason, Saanid Mohammed Adamu, Samuel Debrah

“…Seventeen out of these 23 (0.56%) were premenopausal (<46.6 years) with 7 (0.23%) being below 35 years. With an overall breast cancer incidence of 0.76% in this study, our observation that about 30% of these cancer cases were below 35 years may indicate a relative possible shift of cancer burden to women in their early thirties in Ghana, compared to Western countries. …”
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Optimization of row and hill spacing patterns improved rice population structure and increased rice yield by Liqiang Dong, Tiexin Yang, Liang Ma, Yuedong Li

“…Field mechanized transplantation experiments were conducted to investigate the effects of plant pattern on the physiological and morphological characteristics of rice plant individuals and populations, and clarify the relationships of physiological and biochemical changes with row and hill spacing.ResultsThe result shows that WNDM presented the greatest yield advantage in the two years trial, with yield significantly greater than that of the local farmer mode and other densification modes, with an increase of more than 8% compared with LFM. …”
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Mortality patterns of SLE and the associated risk factors in Korean patients: a nationwide cohort study by Sun-Young Jung, Yoon-Kyoung Sung, Soo-Kyung Cho, Eun Jin Jang, Yena Jeon, Jung-hyo Kim

“…Background To evaluate the mortality patterns of SLE and the associated risk factors in Koreans.Methods Using the National Health Insurance database spanning 2008 to 2018, incident cases of SLE in patients aged 10–79 years were included. …”
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Health implications of lower extremity amputations in Jordan: A retrospective analysis of demographic patterns and causes. by Mahmoud Alfatafta, Nizar Alsubahi, Huda Alfatafta, Huthaifa Atallah, Amneh Alshawabka, Anthony McGarry, Alaeddin Ahmad

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Real-World Utilization Patterns, Safety, and Efficacy of Tafamidis in Patients With Hereditary Transthyretin Amyloidosis in Japan by Hiroaki Konishi, PharmD, Hajime Abe, MD, PhD, Noriko Matsumoto, Yutaka Endo, Yoshiki Sekijima, MD, PhD, Mitsuharu Ueda, MD, PhD, Yukio Ando, MD, PhD

“…The observation period was 156 weeks (3 years) following tafamidis initiation (78 weeks [1.5 years] for patients who initiated treatment after May 2018). …”
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Prevalence and patterns of multimorbidity among mining workers of Odisha, India: a cross-sectional study by Abhinav Sinha, Md Shaney Ali, Mark P. Funnell, Mark P. Funnell, Arohi Chauhan, Patrick J. Highton, Patrick J. Highton, Srikanta Kanungo, Sanghamitra Pati

“…Additionally, we assessed the most common patterns of chronic conditions in this group.MethodsA cross-sectional study was conducted among 425 mining workers aged ≥18 years in Sukinda, Odisha, from January to July 2022. …”
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Analysis of scattered supernatant patterns in Tehran urban complex Emphasizing on the approaches of the urban management system by Sogand Yousefi azarabarghani, Hamid Majedi, Zahra Sadat Saeideh Zarabadi

“…The growth and expansion of the dispersed development pattern is one of the ways of settlement development that is shaped by a variety of factors, including urban management policies and approaches. …”
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Environmental enrichment is associated with favorable memory-related functional brain activity patterns in older adults by Simon Hass, Maxie Liebscher, Anni Richter, Anni Richter, Anni Richter, Klaus Fliessbach, Klaus Fliessbach, Christoph Laske, Christoph Laske, Sebastian Sodenkamp, Sebastian Sodenkamp, Oliver Peters, Oliver Peters, Oliver Peters, Julian Hellmann-Regen, Julian Hellmann-Regen, Julian Hellmann-Regen, Ersin Ersözlü, Ersin Ersözlü, Ersin Ersözlü, Josef Priller, Josef Priller, Josef Priller, Josef Priller, Eike Jakob Spruth, Eike Jakob Spruth, Slawek Altenstein, Slawek Altenstein, Sandra Röske, Anja Schneider, Anja Schneider, Hartmut Schütze, Annika Spottke, Annika Spottke, Anna Esser, Stefan Teipel, Stefan Teipel, Ingo Kilimann, Ingo Kilimann, Jens Wiltfang, Jens Wiltfang, Jens Wiltfang, Ayda Rostamzadeh, Wenzel Glanz, Enise I. Incesoy, Enise I. Incesoy, Enise I. Incesoy, Falk Lüsebrink, Peter Dechent, Stefan Hetzer, Klaus Scheffler, Michael Wagner, Michael Wagner, Frank Jessen, Frank Jessen, Frank Jessen, Emrah Düzel, Emrah Düzel, Franka Glöckner, Björn Hendrik Schott, Björn Hendrik Schott, Björn Hendrik Schott, Miranka Wirth, Olga Klimecki, Olga Klimecki, for DELCODE study group

“…The present cross-sectional study assessed whether EE during early life (13–30 years) and midlife (30–65 years) is associated with better preserved memory-related brain activity patterns in older age.MethodsIn total, 372 cognitively unimpaired older adults (aged ≥60 years old) of the DZNE-Longitudinal Study on Cognitive Impairment and Dementia (DELCODE; DRKS00007966) were investigated. …”
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Patterns of lifestyle risk behaviors for cardiovascular disease in family caregivers: a latent class analysis by Soojung Ahn, Elisa H. Son, Mulubrhan F. Mogos, James M. Muchira, Ying Sheng, Chorong Park, Lena J. Lee

“…In unadjusted models, older caregivers (≥65 years) were more likely to belong to Class 2, relative to Class 1, compared to those aged 18–49 years. …”
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Dietary intake and eating patterns of young children with type 1 diabetes achieving glycemic targets by Rowen Seckold, Peter Howley, Bruce R King, Kirstine Bell, Angela Smith, Carmel E Smart

“…A secondary aim was to explore association of eating pattern with HbA1c.Methods A retrospective, cross-sectional review of children aged less than 7.0 years with T1D attending a pediatric diabetes service in Australia was performed (n=24). …”
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Chronosequence Resampling Elucidates Tree Community and Forest Structure Recovery Patterns in Restored Tropical Rainforest by Eveliina Korkiatupa, Geoffrey M. Malinga, Sille Holm, Wouter vanGoor, Richard Kigenyi, Anu Valtonen

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Investigating Muscle Activation Patterns and Muscle Synergies Pre- and Post-Balance Training in Older Adults by J’niya Butler, Ambika Bhatta, Nicole Arnold, Younes El Hakour, Lara A. Thompson

“…., behavioral, kinetic, and kinematic outputs); however, irregularities due to abnormalities of underlying neural origin were unrevealed by the aforementioned measures. (2) Methods: Examining muscle activity was used to determine strategies pre- and post-six weeks of balance training in twenty-three healthy older adults (69.5 ± 5.7 years old) and five survivors of stroke (66.4 ± 9.48 years old). …”
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Assessing Upfront Treatment Patterns for Newly Initiated Patients With Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension in the United States by Carly Paoli, Wenze Tang, Sumeet Panjabi, Ashwin Ravichandran

“… # Objective To examine US treatment patterns for newly diagnosed patients, including frequency of cardiopulmonary comorbidities…”
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Use of Spectral Clustering for Identifying Circulation Patterns of the East Korea Warm Current and Its Extension by Eun Young Lee, Dong Eun Lee, Hye-Ji Kim, Haedo Baek, Young Ho Kim, Young-Gyu Park

“…A graphical clustering approach was used to objectively identify prevalent surface circulation patterns in the East/Japan Sea (EJS). By applying a spectral clustering algorithm, three distinct patterns in the East Korea Warm Current (EKWC) and its extension were identified from daily maps of reanalyzed sea surface heights spanning the past 30 years. …”
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Uncovering nonlinear patterns in time-sensitive prehospital breathing emergencies: an exploratory machine learning study by Peter Hill, Daniel Jonsson, Jakob Lederman, Peter Bolin, Veronica Vicente

“…Moreover, patients over 60 years displayed a complex, rising risk at prolonged response times exceeding two hours. …”
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Patterns of return visits to the Emergency Department among adult patients: an experience from tertiary hospital by Ahmed Al-Alawi, Jabeen Fayyaz

“…The aim of this study was to determine the patterns of adult (&gt;18 years) return visits within 48 hours to the emergency department to identify the rate of return visits to the Sultan Qaboos University Hospital ED. …”
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Anamnestic prediction of bucket handle compared to other tear patterns of the medial meniscus in stable knees by Barak Haviv, Shlomo Bronak, Yona Kosashvili, Rafael Thein

“…Objective: The aim of this study was to analyze and compare the preoperative anamnestic details between patients with an arthroscopic diagnosis of bucket handle and other tear patterns of the medial meniscus in stable knees. Methods: A total of 204 patients (mean age 49.3 ± 13 years) were included in the study. …”
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Patterns of participation in early learning and child care among families with potential socioeconomic disadvantages in Canada by Leanne C. Findlay, Lan Wei, Rubab Arim

“…Using the 2019 Survey on Early Learning and Child Care Arrangements, a nationally representative survey that provides the most updated and detailed information on child care for children aged 0 to 5 years, this study examines the patterns of ELCC participation among families with potential socioeconomic disadvantages in Canada.…”
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Etiological agents causing paediatric sepsis and their antimicrobial susceptibility pattern at a tertiary care hospital by Husain A, Agarwal S, Jafar H, Awasthi S, Prakash V

“…This study aims to investigate the prevalent pathogens and their antimicrobial susceptibility pattern in cases of pediatric sepsis in a tertiary care hospital. …”
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The Atrial FibriLlatiOn Registry (FLOW-AF): Patient Characteristics, Treatment Patterns, and Outcomes in Egypt by Mohamed Sobhy, Magdy Abdelhamid, Adel Mohamed El Etriby, Mohamed Fathy Soliman Gamaleldin, Ahmed Mohamed Helmy Youssef, Natasha Khalife, Hany Ragy, Ashraf Reda, Maichel Sobhy, Mostafa Nawar

“…Overall, 51.87% were females, and the mean age was 61.9 years. All patients attended the private health sector. …”
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