Trends and periodicities in Krishna Basin rainfall/extremes found via hierarchical analysis by Gaurav Pakhale, Rakesh Khosa, A.K. Gosain

“…Overall, Annual Rainfall (AR) is decreasing, with significant trends in Ghatprabha (K3), Lower Bhima (K6), and Vedavati (K9). Seasonal and monthly rainfall trends are not significant. …”
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Characteristics and Outcomes of 79 Patients with an Insulinoma: A Nationwide Retrospective Study in Finland by Elina Peltola, Päivi Hannula, Heini Huhtala, Saara Metso, Ulla Kiviniemi, Martine Vornanen, Juhani Sand, Johanna Laukkarinen, Mirja Tiikkainen, Camilla Schalin-Jäntti, Johanna Arola, Jukka Sirén, Antti Piiroinen, Minna Soinio, Pirjo Nuutila, Mirva Söderström, Hanna Hämäläinen, Leena Moilanen, David Laaksonen, Elina Pirinen, Fia Sundelin, Tapani Ebeling, Pasi Salmela, Markus J. Mäkinen, Pia Jaatinen

“…Developing the surgical treatment is another major target, in order to lower the overall complication rate, without compromising the high cure rate of insulinomas.…”
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A Characterisation and Profiling of District Health Indicators in Zimbabwe: An Application of Principal Component Analysis in a Data Limited Setting by Shepherd Shamu, Simbarashe Rusakaniko, Charles Hongoro

“…Currently there is no method available to show how the provinces eventually allocate these resources to the lower levels of care. In a data limited country such as Zimbabwe, Principal Component Analysis method can be used to identify a set of indicators that account for cross variation between different regions. …”
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Herpes Zoster after COVID-19 Infection or Vaccination: A Prospective Cohort Study in a Tertiary Dermatology Clinic by Charussri Leeyaphan, Pattriya Jirawattanadon, Sumanas Bunyaratavej, Waratchaya Panjapakkul, Thrit Hutachoke, Yanisorn Nanchaipruek, Phumithep Phumariyapong

“…Patients who developed HZ following the recent COVID-19 infection had a median age of 42.5 years, which was lower than that of the other groups. Dissemination occurred in 8.7% of the patients after COVID-19 vaccination. …”
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Leveraging deep learning for robust EEG analysis in mental health monitoring by Zixiang Liu, Juan Zhao

“…Despite the potential of these approaches, they often fall short in capturing the intricate spatiotemporal relationships within EEG data, leading to lower classification accuracy and poor adaptability across various populations and mental health scenarios.MethodsTo overcome these limitations, we introduce the EEG Mind-Transformer, an innovative deep learning architecture composed of a Dynamic Temporal Graph Attention Mechanism (DT-GAM), a Hierarchical Graph Representation and Analysis (HGRA) module, and a Spatial-Temporal Fusion Module (STFM). …”
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Incidence and Risk Factors of Infection After Fracture Fixation: A Multicenter Cohort Study by Baisheng Wang, Jingdong Zhang, Wenfeng Han, Xin Tang, Feng Tian

“…Through the implementation of targeted interventions and beneficial modifications to these modifiable risk factors, it is possible to lower the incidence of IAFF. Additionally, proactive screening, risk stratification, and thorough patient education should be prioritized for patients with high risk but nonmodifiable factors.…”
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Non-Linear Biomechanical Evaluation and Comparison in the Assessment of Three Different Piece Dental Implant Systems for the Molar Region: A Finite Element Study by Jesus Alejandro Serrato-Pedrosa, Ignacio Villanueva-Fierro, Rodrigo Arturo Marquet-Rivera, Rosa Alicia Hernández-Vázquez, Salvador Cruz-Lopez, Verónica Loera-Castañeda

“…The results have exhibited an increasing trend to highlight the outstanding behavior of two-piece ceramic implants to dissipate the stress distribution better (6 and 2 times lower than the three- and one-piece systems under occlusal loads and almost 5 and 1.3 times more efficient for oblique loading, respectively), minimize peak stress values (below 100 MPa), and reduce strain peak patterns compared with the other two evaluated designs. …”
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Completion of registration of risk factor variables during telephone vs on-site follow-up after myocardial infarction: a nationwide observational study in 101 199 patients from con... by Maria Bäck, Margret Leosdottir, Emil Hagström, Nermin Hadziosmanovic, Halldora Ögmundsdottir Michelsen, Mattias Ekström

“…Self-reported measures such as smoking status, level of physical activity and current medication had a low proportion of missing data (≤2.1%) for both follow-up modalities.Conclusion Registration of secondary preventive variables was less complete at telephone consultations compared with on-site cardiac rehabilitation follow-up visits, which might indicate lower quality of care during telephone follow-up. …”
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Systematic underestimation of type-specific ecosystem process variability in the Community Land Model v5 over Europe by C. Poppe Terán, C. Poppe Terán, C. Poppe Terán, B. S. Naz, B. S. Naz, H. Vereecken, H. Vereecken, R. Baatz, R. A. Fisher, H.-J. Hendricks Franssen, H.-J. Hendricks Franssen

“…Past studies have shown the ability of CLM5 to model ET and GPP magnitudes well but emphasized systematic underestimations and lower variability than in the observations.</p> <p>Here, we evaluated CLM5's predictions of water and energy fluxes using observations from eddy covariance stations from the Integrated Carbon Observation System (ICOS), remote sensing, and reanalysis data sets. …”
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Dutch Validation of the Self-Evaluation of Negative Symptoms Scale (SNS) by Tim van Brouwershaven, Anika Poppe, Gerdina Hendrika Maria Pijnenborg, André Aleman, Nynke Boonstra, Shiral Gangadin, Sonia Dollfus, Wim Veling, Stynke Castelein, Jan Alexander de Vos, Edith Liemburg, PHAMOUS-researchers, Lisette van der Meer

“…Background/objectives: Negative symptoms in schizophrenia spectrum disorders are related to impaired social functioning and lower quality of life, making accurate assessment important. …”
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Femtosecond System with Pulse Pumping of Seed Laser and Amplifier by Using a Single Power Unit by S. A. Tikhomirov

“…In the developed laser system a compact scheme of a stretcher-compressor with a single common diffraction grating is used.Laser systems of this type characterized by a relatively low cost due to the use of a single power supply unit for simultaneous pumping  of  the  amplifier  and  oscillator,  as  well  as  lower  requirements for the quality of optical elements and usage conditions due to the pulse mode of operation, are quite practical and  can  be  used  both  in  scientific research  in  the  field  of  ultra-high-speed kinetic spectroscopy and nonlinear optics, as well as in numerous technical applications, particular in the precision processing of materials, as optical  simulators  of  the  action  of  heavy  charged  particles  in  testing the radiation resistance of integrated circuits and electronic modules.…”
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Training and Detraining Effects of Institutional Group Exercise on Upper Extremity Motor Function by Yiling LIN, Minghsia HU, Hongzhe ZHANG, Mingde LI

“…After 12 weeks detraining, all training induced gains were lower than post-test levels in the exercise group. …”
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Contributions of Fasting and Postprandial Glucose Concentrations to Haemoglobin A1c in Drug-Naïve Mal-Glucose Metabolism in Chinese Population Using Continuous Glucose Monitoring S... by Rengna Yan, Yun Hu, Fengfei Li, Lanlan Jiang, Xiaohua Xu, Jie Wang, Ying Zhang, Lei Ye, Kok Onn Lee, Xiaofei Su, Jianhua Ma

“…PG was the predominant contributor in the lower groups with HbA1c 4.9∼6.0% and 6.1∼7.8%. The relative contributions of FG and PG to HbA1c had no significance in the middle groups of HbA1c (7.9∼8.7% and 8.8∼9.5%). …”
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Receiving financial support and its association with late-age depression: The mediating role of social engagement by Keying Song, Zijian Zhao, Amiya Saha, Jhumki Kundu

“…Older adults who received financial support had 21 % lower odds of depression (AoR: 0.79; 95 % CI: 0.73, 0.84) than those who did not. …”
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Opening Wedge High Tibial Osteotomy with Combined Use of Patient-Specific 3D-Printed Plates and Taylor Spatial Frame for the Treatment of Knee Osteoarthritis by Desheng Duan, Yang Cao, Renzeng Li, Guohui Wang, Yongfei Zhang, Kui Xiang, Yanli Hu, Yiqun Li, Peng Peng, Pan Zhang, Xianzhe Liu

“…Postoperative efficacy was evaluated using the HSS knee score, pain visual simulation score (VAS), and knee joint motion (ROM), and lower limb alignment was evaluated by measuring femorotibial angle (FTA) and hip-knee-ankle (HKA). …”
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Survival and prognostic factors for primary lung extranodal NK/T-cell lymphoma: a retrospective study of data from China and the SEER database by Qiuyu Li, Haoyu Zuo, Chengyang Liu, Jing Yang, Nini Dai

“…Sex was a significant predictor of survival (P = 0.030), with female patients having lower survival rates. Other factors, including age, race, and disease stage, were not significantly associated with survival. …”
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Statistical trend analysis and forecast modeling of air pollutants by A. Jaiswal, C. Samuel, V.M. Kadabgaon

“…The study predicted carbon monoxide, nitrogen dioxide andsulphur dioxide concentrations are lower and PM10 and PM2.5 concentrations are much higher to the standard permissible limits in future years also, and specific measures are required to control emissions of these pollutants in Varanasi.…”
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Evaluation of the therapeutic efficacy of high-intensity focused ultrasound ablation combined with different drugs in the treatment of adenomyosis by Yu Dai, Ling Liu, Guiyuan Yu, Yan Peng, Na Chen, Jiahong Gao, Qiuling Shi, Ping Jin

“…However, the adverse effects in Group A were lower than those in Group B [7 (15.79) vs. 35 (46.05), p < 0.01]. …”
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Correlates for the severity of suicidal risk in participants with common mental disorders with comorbid chronic medical conditions in rural primary healthcare settings in India by Johnson-Pradeep Ruben, Maria L. Ekstrand, Elsa Heylen, Krishnamachari Srinivasan

“…Conclusion: The severity of depression, higher disability scores, and lower social support were found to be independent correlates of mod-high suicidal risk. …”
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Effect of sparing S1 motion segment on spinopelvic-sagittal balance relationship and its impact on pain and functional outcome by Mahmoud Saad, Ali A. Mowafy, Ahmed Naguib Taha, Ahmed R. Shalaby, Mostafa Shahein, Hanee Ali

“…The mean Post-operative (SS, PT) in S1 sparing group (26.95 ± 10.8, 19.5 ± 6.37) while in S1 included group (21.2 ± 5.24 , 28.3 ± 6.97) .The mean immediate Post-operative (VAS) in S1 sparing group Dropped from (7.56 ± 0.87) to (4.12 ± 0.97) while in S1 included group (7.59 ± 0.96), while 6-12 Months follow up VAS was (4.12 ± 0.97, 4.95 ± 1.31) in S1 sparing, S1 included respectively Conclusions: S1 motion segment sparing in the setting of decompression and fusion of lower lumber spine seems to positively impact the post-operative lumber lordosis, pelvic tilt and sacral slope with respect to sagittal balance parameters, hence muscle strain and energy expenditure of the adjacent level decreased leading to better immediate as well as long term follow up VAS, ODI scores compared to S1 inclusion. …”
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