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To Tell or Not to Tell: Self-(Non)Disclosure to Parents Across Three Cultures

In Western contexts, self-disclosure is commonly considered beneficial, while nondisclosure is often viewed as dysfunctional. The current research challenges the universality of this assumption about nondisclosure by examining the tendencies, mechanisms, and psychological consequ...

Enabling Aqueous Ozonation via Ozone Nanobubbles: Oxidative Modification of Activated Carbon and Its Performance and Economic Implications

Abstract Traditional adsorbent functionalization often relies on energy-intensive thermal oxidation or hazardous chemical reagents, hindering sustainable wastewater treatment infrastructure. This study introduces ozone nanobubbles (O3NBs) as a transformative, environmentally beni...

Model Context Protocol (MCP) Tool Descriptions Are Smelly! Towards Improving AI Agent Efficiency with Augmented MCP Tool Descriptions,

The Model Context Protocol (MCP) introduces a standard specification that defines how Foundation Model (FM)-based agents should interact with external systems by invoking tools. However, to understand a tool’s purpose and features, FMs rely on natural-language tool descriptions,...

Ecological and life history traits predict urban tolerance in North American birds

Abstract Urbanization poses a drastic threat to biodiversity, but does not affect all species equally. As such, identifying the life history traits and ecological characteristics that distinguish species that tolerate urban areas from those that do not is a central goal in urban...

An analytical model for rotors in confined flow across operating regimes

Rotors operating in confined flows, or blockage, are commonly encountered in wind and water tunnels, as well as in shallow or dense deployments of hydrokinetic turbines. Confinement induces a streamwise pressure gradient in the channel, modifying the rotor induction, thrust and p...

Exploring the participation of people with lower limb absence or amputation: a mixed methods study

PURPOSE: People with lower limb absence or amputation (LLA) face challenges in their ability to participate in their communities. This study examines what influences how people with LLA participate in meaningful activities and social roles within the context of British Columbia....

Short- and Long-Term Outcomes After MAIA-Guided Biofeedback Training in 346 Patients with Low Vision: A Retrospective Cohort Study

Purpose: To describe short- and long-term visual outcomes after MAIA microperimetry biofeedback training (BT) in a low-vision rehabilitation cohort. Methods: Retrospective study of patients who completed BT between 2017 and 2023 (4.1 ± 0.6 sessions). The MAIA device recorded P1 a...

Comparing Three Delivery Formats of a Fatigue Self-Management Intervention: Findings from a Non-Inferiority Randomized Trial

Date presented: April 25, 2026 Primary Author and Speaker: Matthew A Plow, map208@case.edu

Photoluminescent Color Centers on a Mainstream Silicon Photonic Foundry Platform

ABSTRACT Silicon photonic integrated circuits fabricated on commercial CMOS‐compatible foundries have propelled major advances in data center communication, quantum computing, and artificial intelligence due to their scalability, mass production, low cost, and high performance. H...

Factors Associated with Experiences of Navigation and Support Among Indigenous, Black, and Asian Minority Adults Surviving Breast Cancer in British Columbia: Cross-Sectional Study

Social determinants of health, including socioeconomic status, education, employment, and residential location, are fundamental for survival. The aim was to assess the factors associated with experiences of navigation and support among Indigenous, Black and Asian Minority adults...

Ethical considerations for intraoperative implementation of artificial intelligence clinical decision support systems: a scoping review

Intraoperative artificial intelligence (AI)-based clinical decision support (CDS) systems are increasingly proposed for surgical decision-making, yet evidence supporting their clinical implementation and ethical governance remains limited. We searched five databases for studies p...

Sex differences in mortality risk profiles across the life course in metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease: a machine learning analysis of the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging

Abstract Background Prognostic models for metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD) are largely ‘one-size-fits-all’ and do not collectively account for sex differences and social determinants of health (SDoH). To address this gap, we trained and developed s...

Maternal Depression, Childhood Resting‐State Brain Connectivity, and Adolescent Depression During the COVID‐19 Outbreak

Adolescents of mothers with a history of depression are at increased risk for developing depression themselves. These adolescents may have been especially vulnerable to depression under conditions of stress, such as the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. To understand the comple...

Assessing Individual Differences in Adult Theory of Mind Through Mental State Language: Human and Artificial Intelligence Approaches

Theory of mind is central to human social behavior, yet empirical studies rely largely on biased measures with limited ecological validity. We propose and evaluate the use of mental state language as a spontaneous indicator of theory of mind expressed in social interaction. Among...

Hot-springs through time, and how to find them

Hot-springs have fascinated geologists including James Hutton for centuries. Here we synthesise data collected over timescales from centuries to days to reveal rules governing hot-springs, including where and when they occur. Data reveal waters dominantly sourced from the surface...

Evaluating the Impact of Prior Sponge and Lavage Sampling on Gene Expression of Nasal CMA1 and TSLP Collected With Brush

Summary Gene‐specific differences in CMA1 and TSLP expression were observed following sponge versus lavage. These findings expand on the limited understanding of successive nasal sampling techniques in clinical research.

Corylus avellana Disease Management: Using Metagenomics to Illuminate the Rhizosphere Microbiome of Hazelnut

The European hazelnut, Corylus avellana, is an economically important tree nut crop. The biotrophic ascomycete pathogen Anisogramma anomala, found naturally associated with wild C. americana, continues to pose a significant threat to European hazelnut production across North Amer...

Can Prediction Markets Price Reality? Insights into the Political Economy of Post-Truth

This article analyzes contemporary prediction markets as financialized infrastructures that convert uncertain future events into tradable claims under conditions of post-truth and overaccumulation. It argues that platforms such as Kalshi and Polymarket do not invent speculation o...

Predicting Angle Beam Ultrasonic Inspection Signals with a Physics-Informed Neural Network

Simulation of angle beam ultrasonic inspection supports procedure qualification, probe design, and defect detectability studies, but conventional solvers require a conforming mesh for each configuration and return the solution only at mesh nodes and discrete time steps. Physics-I...

Rewriting the history of the invasive spiny water flea in North America

Introduced species cause significant environmental impacts, making timely detection key for mitigation. The spiny water flea, Bythotrephes longimanus , is considered one of the most ecologically and economically destructive species in North American freshwaters. For decades, mana...