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Academic College of Tel Aviv-Yafo
Recent research
- Society & EconomicsOpen access
Vaccines not only directly protect vaccinated individuals but also contribute to protecting the entire population via indirect herd-immunity benefits. However, researchers have long struggled to quantify these indirect effects at the population level, hindering the assessment of...
- Society & EconomicsOpen access
Research on migrant workers’ use of social media has largely focused on everyday contexts. Little attention has been given to their practices during major crises in their host countries where they lack citizenship. This study examines how Filipino live-in caregivers in Israel use...
- Health & MedicineOpen access
Fibromyalgia (FM) has been linked to autonomic dysregulation, but population-level evidence on blood pressure (BP) in FM is sparse, and whether BP differences are present before diagnosis is unknown. We conducted a population-based case–control study within Leumit Health Services...
- Health & MedicineOpen access
Cerebrovascular Manifestations in a Family with a Pathogenic COL4A5 Variant
Background/Objectives: Pathogenic variants in collagen type 4 α5 chain (COL4A5), responsible for X-linked Alport syndrome, are classically associated with progressive kidney disease, sensorineural hearing impairment, and ocular abnormalities. Cerebrovascular involvement is not co...
- Physics & SpaceOpen access
Must Longtermists Wish Us All Dead? A Quadrilemma
ABSTRACT Longtermists assign great moral importance to making the long‐term future as good as possible, especially by ensuring the survival of humanity. We argue, to the contrary, that on assumptions that are plausible, conservative, or shared by leading longtermists, human extin...
- BiologyOpen access
The co-occurrence of cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) and cancer may worsen patient outcomes and burden the healthcare system. We aimed to evaluate metabolic patterns of cancer risk and to characterize the heterogeneity of such an association across cancer and CVD subtypes. We anal...
- Health & MedicineOpen access
Although numerous anatomical and radiological studies describe a "tubercle" of the alar ligaments at the medial OC as the alar ligament insertion, no systematic osteological investigation has evaluated the prevalence, morphology, and variability of this structure. Therefore, this...
- Biology
OBJECTIVES: To assess 24-month clinical outcomes of vagus nerve stimulation (VNS) in individuals with higher-grade treatment-resistant depression (HG-TRD) treated within a national open-label program, focusing on depressive severity, suicidality, safety, tolerability, and rates o...
- Climate & EnvironmentOpen access
Parrotfish demonstrate little behavioural shift during marine heatwaves
The world is experiencing notable increases in the duration, intensity and frequency of marine heatwaves (MHWs). Documented effects of MHWs on fishes encompass various population- and community-level impacts, ranging from localized mass mortalities to transient or semi-permanent...
- Health & MedicineOpen access
Reference quality of OpenEvidence across five medical specialties
OpenEvidence (OE) is a retrieval-augmented clinical AI tool. We evaluated the references OE returned to 150 standardized prompts across five specialties, analyzing all 4979 citations. No reference was confirmed as fabricated; three abstracts had attribution errors. Most reference...
- Health & MedicineOpen access
Glycated haemoglobin (HbA1c) is central to diabetes mellitus (DM) management, but its prognostic value in older adults, aged ≥80 years, with heart failure (HF) remains uncertain. Thus, the study aimed to evaluate the association between HbA1c levels and all-cause mortality among...
- Health & MedicineOpen access
Post-Traumatic Stress Symptoms and Dissociation in Emergency Medical Service Personnel
Background: Emergency medical service (EMS) personnel and volunteers are frequently exposed to traumatic events, placing them at elevated risk for psychological distress, including post-traumatic stress symptoms (PTSSs), depression, and dissociation. This study examined the relat...
- Health & MedicineOpen access
Social sustainability refers to the dimensions of sustainability that emphasize human well-being, equity, social justice, and access to essential services, including food security. Within this framework, ensuring access to safe and affordable food for individuals with celiac dise...