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Tunable Polariton Canalization in Natural Van Der Waals Oxide

ABSTRACT Hyperbolic phonon polaritons (HPPs) are coupled oscillations of anisotropic lattice vibrations and electromagnetic fields that confine the latter to the nanoscale, enabling novel nano‐polaritonic devices. While HPPs have been identified in multiple layered materials, ach...

Is Set for Variability Performance Dependent on Prior Successful Decoding Attempts for Certain Items? An Item-Level Examination

Purpose: The relationship between the set for variability (SfV) task and various isolated word reading measures in developing readers is high (ranging from .60 to .80 across studies). Elbro et al. (2012) offered that SfV skill serves as a second step in the decoding process allow...

Perceptions of turnout gear fit and movement restrictions among firefighters of different gender, service type, and measurement status

To understand the factors contributing to ill-fitting gear, this study investigated user perceptions across firefighters of different gender, service type, and pre-sizing measurement status. A total of 345 firefighters (19.8% women, 34.8% volunteer firefighters, and 18.0% not mea...

Gromov–Wasserstein Barycenters: The Analysis Problem

Abstract. This paper considers the problem of estimating a matrix that encodes pairwise distances in a finite metric space—or, more generally, the edge weight matrix of a network—under the barycentric coding model with respect to the Gromov–Wasserstein (GW) distance function. We...

Feasibility, Acceptability and Outcomes of Group CBT ‐T: A Naturalistic Mixed‐Methods Comparison With Individual CBT ‐T

ABSTRACT Objective This study aimed to evaluate the feasibility of implementing 10‐session group cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT‐Tg) in routine outpatient eating disorder care and to descriptively examine outcomes of CBT‐Tg and individual CBT‐T (CBT‐Ti). Method Using a natural...

Radically Changed by the Revolution: The Meaning of Citizenship and Civic Education

The civic thought movement has produced many fine proposals for facilitating a more robust citizen education in multiple legal contexts, but these proposals have mostly taken for granted what it means to be a citizen of the United States in our time. However, if the movement seek...

Genomic catalogue of giant viruses reveals expanded diversity and functional potential

Nucleocytoplasmic large DNA and Mirusviricota viruses exhibit taxonomic richness which continually expands due to metagenomic sequencing. Here we curate a database of giant virus metagenome-assembled genomes (GVMAGs V2), comprising 8,508 species-level representatives from 18,727...

Effect of sizing materials on corrosion resistance of basalt fibers in various exposure environments

This study investigated the influence of sizing materials on the corrosion resistance of basalt fibers exposed to 16 controlled environments combining pH 4–13 and salinity from 0 to 20,000 ppm as chloride. Fibers were exposed to 60°C for 600 days in an environmental chamber, and...

Extreme vulnerability to intruder attacks destabilizes network dynamics

Abstract Consensus, synchronization, formation control, and power grid balance are examples of desirable dynamical states that arise in networks. Here we investigate how such states can be destabilized by an intruder agent within an otherwise functioning network. We see that a si...

Safer sex self-efficacy and condom use among adolescents: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Inconsistent condom use puts adolescents at risk for HIV/STIs and unintended pregnancy. A recent meta-analysis identified safer sex self-efficacy as one of the strongest correlates of U.S. adolescent condom use ( r avg = .22), but with significant heterogeneity in effect sizes. T...

When Metaphors Hurt or Heal: The Effects of Metaphor Use and Protagonist–Reader Similarity in Mental Illness Narratives on Stigma

= 522), the study finds that metaphor effectiveness highly depends on protagonist-reader similarity. Compared with literal narratives, war and journey metaphors increased hope and subsequently MI social interaction and MI help-seeking intentions, but only when protagonist-reader...

Hormonal Contraceptives and Women’s Mate-Value-Related Traits and Outcomes

People’s perceptions of their mate value—a compilation of characteristics that are desirable to potential partners—functionally guide their mating behaviors. Hormonal contraceptives alter the hormonal profiles linked to some characteristics underlying women’s mate value (e.g., fe...

School Suspensions and Juvenile Justice Punishment: An Assessment of the School-to-Prison Pipeline

This study investigated the influence of school suspensions on three juvenile court outcomes among male students referred from school: dismissal, diversion, and probation. It also investigated whether the relationship between school suspensions and court outcomes were moderated b...

Conservation of Long G4-rich (LG4) genomic enhancer regulations

Long G4-rich regions (LG4s) are defined as DNA sequences containing a high density of guanine triplets capable of forming non-B DNA structures called G-quadruplexes (G4s). These regions frequently overlap with enhancers, which are regulatory DNA elements that modulate gene expres...

Depression and anxiety symptoms and their psychosocial and functional correlates among people living with HIV attending two urban clinics in Panama

Depression and anxiety disorder (GAD) symptoms are common among people living with HIV (PLHIV). In Panama, despite a growing epidemic and 20 antiretroviral clinics, only eight have integrated institutional mental healthcare. This study examined depression and GAD symptom levels a...

Review of Particle Physics *

The Review summarizes much of particle physics and cosmology. Using data from previous editions, plus 3,200 new measurements from 903 papers, we list, evaluate, and average measured properties of gauge bosons and the recently discovered Higgs boson, leptons, quarks, mesons, and b...

The Search for Life Elsewhere: Avoiding Hype and Fostering Public Understanding

The search for life beyond Earth presents unique challenges for science communication due to its interdisciplinary nature, the potential for groundbreaking discoveries, and the inherent uncertainties involved. The Lorentz Center workshop Breaking News: We Found Extraterrestrial L...

Managing the product lifecycle of non-fungible tokens: A micro-level perspective

Abstract Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs) have become part of the product portfolios of many brands, ranging from individual creators to established firms. Yet, we currently have a limited understanding of how NFTs should be designed, launched, and managed effectively over their lifecy...

Encapsulation and Controlled Release of Human Spinal Cord Organoid‐Derived Extracellular Vesicles for Tissue Patterning in Viscoelastic Hyaluronic Acid Hydrogels

ABSTRACT Human induced pluripotent stem cells (hiPSCs) can differentiate into various types of central nervous system organoids which are valuable for applications in tissue engineering and injury repair. The secreted extracellular vesicles (EVs) of organoids, in particular the s...

A novel approach through spherical functions in the characterization of invariant functions

Given a compact subgroup K of the orthogonal group acting on the Euclidean space ‫ޒ‬ n , Gerald Schwarz proved that every smooth K -invariant function on ‫ޒ‬ n can be expressed as a smooth function of a generating set of K -invariant polynomials on n variables.Our goal is to prov...