The geographical factors affecting ICT diffusion process in the healthcare sector. A case study in Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan by Tsutomu Nakamura

“…Regional differences in diffusion patterns and their factors are indicated through a focus on the decision-making of related actors, including system-promoting agencies. …”
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Resonant Frequency Calculation and Optimal Design of Peano Fractal Antenna for Partial Discharge Detection by Jian Li, Changkui Cheng, Lianwei Bao, Tianyan Jiang

“…The experimental results show that Peano fractal antenna is qualified for PD online UHF monitoring and a little more suitable than the Hilbert fractal antenna for pattern recognition by analyzing the waveforms of detected UHF PD signals.…”
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Pneumocystis Pneumonia Presenting as an Enlarging Solitary Pulmonary Nodule by Krunal Bharat Patel, James Benjamin Gleason, Maria Julia Diacovo, Nydia Martinez-Galvez

“…Patient underwent bronchoscopy and biopsy that revealed granulomatous inflammation in a background of organizing pneumonia pattern with negative cultures. Respiratory symptoms resolved but the solitary nodular opacity increased in size prompting a surgical wedge resection which revealed granulomatous Pneumocystis pneumonia infection. …”
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A new method for mining event influence propagation trees from spatio-temporal data by FANG Dianwu, WANG Lizhen, ZOU Muquan, DENG Fei

“…To uncover the mechanism behind phenomenon of this kind, the research of influence propagation pattern mining was initiated. One of fundamental tasks was to mine event influence propagation trees. …”
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Sudden Cardiac Death: The Most Feared but Potentially Preventable Presentation of Wolff-Parkinson-White Syndrome by Ana Rita Pereira, Alexandra Briosa, Rita Miranda, Sofia Sequeira Almeida, Luís Brandão, Hélder Pereira

“…Baseline 12-lead electrocardiogram was compatible with sinus rhythm and ventricular preexcitation pattern. After clinical stabilization, an electrophysiological study was performed confirming the presence of a left anterolateral accessory pathway with a short antegrade effective refractory period. …”
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Which species of small mammals tolerate highly urbanized areas – the study in Warsaw agglomeration and surroundings by Grzegorz Lesiński, Jakub Gryz, Dagny Krauze-Gryz

“…Species, whose share among the owls’ prey decreased most with the distance from the city centre, were: A. agrarius and T. europaea. The reverse pattern was found for M. agrestis and M. avellanarius. …”
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A Novel Approach for Detecting DGA-Based Botnets in DNS Queries Using Machine Learning Techniques by Ali Soleymani, Fatemeh Arabgol

“…In today’s security landscape, advanced threats are becoming increasingly difficult to detect as the pattern of attacks expands. Classical approaches that rely heavily on static matching, such as blacklisting or regular expression patterns, may be limited in flexibility or uncertainty in detecting malicious data in system data. …”
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Endodontic and Esthetic Management of a Dilacerated Maxillary Central Incisor Having Two Root Canals Using Cone Beam Computed Tomography as a Diagnostic Aid by Sarang Sharma, Shibani Grover, Vivek Sharma, Dhirendra Srivastava, Meenu Mittal

“…Few of these disturbances include hypoplasia, dilaceration, or alteration in the eruption sequence and pattern. Dilaceration is defined as an angulation or sharp bend or curve in the linear relationship of the crown of a tooth to its root. …”
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A Multiple-Classifier Framework for Parkinson’s Disease Detection Based on Various Vocal Tests by Mahnaz Behroozi, Ashkan Sami

“…Recently, speech pattern analysis applications in building predictive telediagnosis and telemonitoring models for diagnosing Parkinson’s disease (PD) have attracted many researchers. …”
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The Potential of Using Brain Images for Authentication by Fanglin Chen, Zongtan Zhou, Hui Shen, Dewen Hu

“…Though currently the acquisition of the brain is still time consuming and expensive, brain images are highly unique and have the potential possibility for authentication in view of pattern recognition.…”
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Rectangular Ring Antenna Excited by Circular Disc Monopole for WiMAX System by Souphanna Vongsack, Chuwong Phongcharoenpanich, Sompol Kosulvit, Kazuhiko Hamamoto, Toshio Wakabayashi

“…The prototype antenna produces an impedance bandwidth (|S11| < −10 dB) that covers the WiMAX frequency range and a constant unidirectional radiation pattern (θ=0° and ∅=90°). The minimum and maximum gains are 3.7 and 8.7 dBi, respectively. …”
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Unraveling the Relationship between Smoking and Weight: The Role of Sedentary Behavior by Annette Kaufman, Erik M. Augustson, Heather Patrick

“…A number of physiological mechanisms have been hypothesized to explain this pattern, but few studies have explored the possible role of behavioral factors. …”
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COVID-19 and post-disease features in patients with obesity by Ekaterina S. Frolova, Pavel P. Veselovsky, Galina A. Chumakova, Nadezhda G. Veselovskaya, Anna V. Ott

“…The pathogenesis and specifics of the disease are not completely understood, but one pattern is particularly clear: COVID-19 tends to be more severe in people with obesity. …”
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Mortality, Work and Migration. A Consideration of Age-specific Mortality from Tuberculosis in Scotland, 1861-1901 by Alice Reid, Eilidh Garrett

“…We argue that the observed patterns are difficult to reconcile with the ‘bargaining-nutrition’ account of gendered patterns in tuberculosis mortality, and that they provide little support for nutrition as a key influence on the disease. …”
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A Comparative Study of the Impact of the Stirrer Design in the Stir Casting Route to Produce Metal Matrix Composites by Farooq Muhammad, Shawnam Jalal

“…Stir casting is typically achieved in a closed crucible with an invisible flow pattern to produce aluminum alloy matrix composites. …”
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A Comprehensive Review of Zavegepant as Abortive Treatment for Migraine by Nazir Noor, Alexis Angelette, Abby Lawson, Anjana Patel, Ivan Urits, Omar Viswanath, Cyrus Yazdi, Alan D. Kaye

“…Triggers include stress, light, noise, menstruation, weather, changes in sleep pattern, hunger, dehydration, dietary factors, odors, and alcohol. …”
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Shape Prior Embedded Level Set Model for Image Segmentation by Wansuo Liu, Dengwei Wang, Wenjun Shi

“…The role of the KDE-driven shape prior term is to overcome the problem of image segmentation in the presence of geometric transformation and pattern interference. Even if there is obvious affine transformation in the shape prior and the target to be segmented, the target contour can still be reconstructed correctly. …”
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Estimation of Tabriz population based on exponential and logistic growth models for water scarcity analysis by Saeed Imani, Yagob Dinpashoh, Esmaeil Asadi, Ahmad Fakheri Fard

“…Nevertheless, from 1976, later for various reasons, the population growth pattern turned out to be a logistics function model. …”
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Cause-specific infant mortality in Copenhagen 1861–1911 explored using individual level data by Louise Ludvigsen, Barbara Revuelta-Eugercios, Anne Løkke

“…The aim is to determine the dominant cause of death patterns for infants and to explore how the ICD10h coding system performs with the Danish individual level-historical causes of death. …”
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Portraits de Résistantes (1847-1875) : la femme face au système patriarcal dans quelques romans victoriens by Jacqueline Fromonot

“…Passive resistance is depicted—and often denounced—in Thackeray and Eliot as a pattern of behaviour imposed by a world that expects women to resist male desire in courtship and to master their own impulses in society, in the name of decorum and decency. …”
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