Yearly Spatiotemporal Patterns of COVID-19 During the Pandemic Period: An In-Depth Analysis of Regional Trends and Risk Factors in the Republic of Korea by Chiara Achangwa, Jung-Hee Park, Moo-Sik Lee

“…This study established yearly spatiotemporal evolution patterns of COVID-19 by region and identified possible regional risk factors accounting for the observed spatial variations. …”
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Bacterial Pathogens and Antimicrobial Resistance Patterns in Pediatric Urinary Tract Infections: A Four-Year Surveillance Study (2009–2012) by Seyed Reza Mirsoleymani, Morteza Salimi, Masoud Shareghi Brojeni, Masoud Ranjbar, Mojtaba Mehtarpoor

“…The aims of this study were to assess the common bacterial microorganisms causing UTI and their antimicrobial resistance patterns in Bandar Abbas (Southern Iran) during a four-year period. …”
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A Cross-Sectional Examination of Patterns of Sedentary Behavior and Cardiometabolic Risk in Community-Dwelling Adults Aged 55 Years and Older by Kelsey L. McAlister, Daniela A. Rubin, Koren L. Fisher

“…This study examined associations between patterns of SB and cardiometabolic biomarkers in community-dwelling adults aged 55 years and older. …”
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Changing patterns of cardiovascular diseases and subtypes induced by kidney dysfunction among 25–64 years in China from 1992 to 2021 by Guoqiang Zeng, Hongliang Wang, Pinghui Cao, Jinyang Zhao, Lingyun Liu, Hui Guo

“…This study analyzed trends in the burden of KD-induced CVD and subtypes among the working-age population (25–64 years) in China over the past 30 years and explored its association with age, period, and birth cohort. …”
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Patterns of care contacts in the final year of life among opioid overdose fatalities in southern Sweden: a latent class analysis by Björn Johnson, Lisa Andersson, Helene Jacobsson, Ardavan M. Khoshnood

“…Latent class analysis was used to identify patterns of care contacts in the last year of life. …”
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Dynamic Cycle of Low Back Pain: A 17-Year, Population-Based Study Analyzing the National Health Insurance Service Data in South Korea by Mi-Ran Goo, Deok-Hoon Jun, Do-Youn Lee

“…While short-term management strategies are well-documented, long-term recurrence patterns remain insufficiently studied. This study aims to describe the long-term recurrence patterns and healthcare utilization associated with LBP in a nationwide cohort over a 17-year period. …”
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Syntactic and semantic specialization in 9- to 10-year-old children during auditory sentence processing by Jin Wang, Neelima Wagley, Mabel Rice, Nadine Gaab, James R. Booth

“…These studies only detected semantic specialization in activation patterns and no syntactic specialization in 5- to 6-year-old and 7- to 8-year-old children. …”
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The Development of Standardized National Head Circumference Growth Charts for Jordanian Children Aged 0–5 Years: A Longitudinal and Cross-Sectional Study by Walid Al-Qerem, Anan Jarab, Ahmad Al-Azayzih, Judith Eberhardt, Ruba Zumot, Fawaz Alasmari, Alaa Hammad

“…This study aimed to develop and validate national HC growth charts for Jordanian children aged 0–5 years and compare them with WHO standards. <b>Method:</b> This study analyzed 628,456 HC measurements from 250,276 Jordanian children (51.6% boys, 48.4% girls) aged 0–1800 days, using data from the Hakeem program. …”
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A Three-Year Retrospective Analysis of Restorative Dental Treatment Patterns in a Nigerian Tertiary Hospital: Patient Demographics, Modalities, and Management Challenges by Augustine I Edomwonyi, Jacob B Afolabi, Eric B Aigbogun, Olayinka T Edun, Martins O Olaleye

“… Objective: To analyze and evaluate the patient management patterns for restorative treatment procedures at the Restorative Dentistry Clinic of a tertiary hospital in Nigeria over a three-year period, focusing on patient demographics, treatment modalities, and associated challenges to improve clinical outcomes and resource utilization. …”
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Characteristics of Patients with Newly Diagnosed Multiple Sclerosis – A 5-year Study at Benghazi Medical Center, Benghazi, Libya by Magda Elshukri, Kathloum Elkaseh, Anwaar Mukhtar Bennour, Heba Abdelrazek El-Zawawi

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Weight status of children aged 2-5 years old, attending a paediatric outpatient clinic and its association with parental feeding style and parental perceptions of weight status by Aisling Lee, Helen Callaghan, Dara Gallagher, Annette Lalor, Louise Rattigan, Hilary Greaney, Laura Keaver

“…Therefore, parents have a strong influence over a child’s growth pattern. In addition, parental awareness of childhood obesity is reported to be poor which could be a barrier to interventions. …”
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Influence of age and gender on gait kinematics of pelvis and hip in healthy adults aged 19–60 years by Rajani Mullerpatan, Triveni Shetty, Bela Agarwal

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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

“…The results revealed no significant association between sleep patterns and children's height (p = 0.649). Most participants were 8 years old, with poor sleep patterns observed. …”
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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

“…&lrm; Objective: This research is a correlational descriptive study done with the aim of determining &lrm;relationship between maternal health behaviors with physical growth pattern in children under &lrm;one year.&lrm; Methods: Data collection tool was a questionnaire including two sections: the first part &lrm;included demographic characteristics of mother and child, and second part included three &lrm;sections for measurement of health behavior about nutrition, sleep and preventing disease in &lrm;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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