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Spatial exclusion on public land: Fragmented governance and Vancouver's golf courses

Cities face growing pressure to justify how scarce urban land is allocated and whose needs it serves. This article analyzes spatial exclusion in Vancouver, British Columbia, a Canadian city under housing and land-use pressure. The analysis centers on municipal golf courses as an...

Statistical methods, outcome structures, and research designs in hybrid type II effectiveness-implementation studies: protocol for a scoping review

<ns5:p>Background Hybrid type II effectiveness-implementation studies evaluate health intervention and implementation strategy effectiveness simultaneously. While the emphasis on each “side” varies within hybrid type II studies, the focus of this review is those that attempt a mo...

The Metabolic Revolution in Dermatology: Obesity, Insulin Resistance, and Ultra-Processed Diets as Drivers of Skin Inflammation

Inflammatory dermatoses are increasingly linked to systemic metabolic factors. Obesity and insulin resistance create a pro-inflammatory milieu that affects the skin. Adipose tissue functions as an endocrine organ secreting adipokines and cytokines that drive chronic inflammation...

A General Approach for Estimating Projective IRT Models

Projective Item Response Theory (PIRT) modeling is a measurement framework in which multidimensional item response models are expressed in terms of lower-dimensional (e.g., unidimensional) proxy IRT models. Existing PIRT methods and their associated estimators currently rely on l...

Engaging primary care teams with patient-reported data: design, acceptability and outcomes of a structured intervention

Abstract Background Although patient-reported data are increasingly available and their usefulness is recognized, these measures are not well integrated at the clinical levels of primary care. Also, the processes through which these data are translated into actionable insights fo...

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Introducing Mid‐Level Dental Providers in Iran: Challenges and Opportunities

ABSTRACT Objectives The WHO Global Strategy and Action Plan on Oral Health 2023–2030 encourages innovative approaches such as shifting tasks from dentists to Mid‐level Dental Providers (MLDPs), who work independently to improve access to and equity in oral health. This study aime...

The practical impact of numerical variability on structural MRI measures of Parkinson’s disease

Abstract Numerical variability is rarely quantified in neuroimaging despite many measures relying on subtle morphometric differences across individuals. We instrumented FreeSurfer 7.3.1, a widely used neuroimaging pipeline, to simulate numerical differences across computational e...

Platform ecosystem governance and its influence on the process of formation and institutionalization of new practices for development

This study examined how platform ecosystem governance mechanisms, as enacted through human intermediaries, influenced the formation and institutionalization of new practices among smallholder farmers in an ICT4D context. We conceptualize platform ecosystems as socio-technical sys...

Wildfire Smoke beyond PM2.5: Distinct ChemicalMixtures and Hazard Profiles

Abstract Despite growing concern about wildfire smoke (WFS) exposure, research has largely focused on fine particle (PM2.5) mass rather than the complex airborne chemical mixtures that may pose distinct health risks. From March to September 2024, passive air samplers in two Briti...

Amplification of computational power by the multiplication of bacteria exploring microfluidic networks encoding mathematical problems

Computational resources required for solving NP-complete problems grow exponentially with a polynomial increase in problem size. This exponentially increasing computational resource is runtime for sequential electronic computers and space for massively parallel DNA computing. Her...

Hospitalization of Children in Foster Homes: A Canadian Cohort Study

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: In Canada, approximately 4% to 7% of children live in a foster home during their childhood. This study reports on hospitalizations of children in foster homes, with the hypothesis that rates of hospitalization are higher for children with foster home ex...

Bank Systems

We are introducing the Axiomatization Framework of Bank Systems. Some theorems are completed about Housing, and other Assets Management.

Exploring Immersive Virtual Reality as an Approach to Improve School Participation–Related Constructs in Children With ADHD

ABSTRACT Background School participation is frequency and involvement from person–environment transactions, not diagnosis, per the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF) and the family of participation‐related constructs (fPRC). In this framework...

Bank Systems

We are introducing the Axiomatization Framework of Bank Systems. Some theorems are completed about Housing, and other Assets Management.

Battery chemistry, climate exposure, and V2G economics in electric bus fleets: A two-stage degradation-aware dispatch framework

Electric buses are central to urban decarbonization, yet public transportation operators face uncertainty regarding battery degradation, climate sensitivity, and the economic value of vehicle-to-grid (V2G) services. This paper proposes a two-stage framework to address these chall...

PTPN1 and PTPN2 cooperatively set interferon responsiveness thresholds that govern cancer immune evasion

Immune evasion by cancer cells remains a major barrier to the success of immune checkpoint blockade (ICB). In recent years, Protein tyrosine phosphatase non-receptor type 2 (PTPN2) has emerged as a promising and druggable target for cancer immunotherapy. Small-molecule agents cur...

Gynecological complications following allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation and clinical management recommendations: a scoping review protocol

Allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation (HCT) has become a curative treatment option for many hematological disorders. However, female recipients face unique challenges related to their reproductive and gynecological health that are often overlooked in clinical practice and...

Effective Strategies for Controlling Ammonia Volatilisation Under the Mode of Replacing Chemical Fertilisers With Biogas Slurry

ABSTRACT Biogas slurry can effectively replace chemical nitrogen fertilisers by drip irrigation, but its high ammonia nitrogen content leads to ammonia volatilisation. This study investigated the effects of drip irrigation methods (surface vs. subsurface) and biogas slurry substi...

MRI‐based deep learning models match or surpass physician performance for early detection and staging of avascular necrosis of the femoral head: A systematic review

PURPOSE: Efficient and reliable magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)-based diagnosis of early avascular necrosis of the femoral head (AVNFH) is essential for guiding treatment but remains challenging due to variability in clinician experience. Deep learning (DL) models offer a promis...