Reichman University

Building a Specialty: Immigrant Jewish Surgeons and the Institutions of American Plastic Surgery

American plastic surgery acquired its professional society in 1931, organized principally by Jacques Maliniac of Warsaw, with Gustave Aufricht of Budapest among its founders, and its journal in 1946, established largely through the efforts of Aufricht. Both were Jewish immigrants...

Place-based education: a case study of the development of an action plan at the urban level

This case study presents a Place-Based Education (PBE) action plan developed by educational stakeholders in an Israeli city as part of its broader vision. It draws on Granit-Dgani’s framework to advance discourse on PBE’s characteristics and implementation in an urban context. We...

Relative height and vertical status in buildings

Abstract Motivated by research that associates higher positioning with well‐being, we expand the vertical price‐gradient literature by estimating the value of within‐ and between‐building “vertical status”: one's relative vertical position compared to others in the same building...

Species interactions, not Richness: How does long-term pastoral land use alter Mediterranean mammal communities?

Abstract Pastoralism, a common land use worldwide, plays a significant ecological role in Mediterranean ecosystems, where it has been present for millennia. However, its long-term effects on mammal communities, community composition, and interspecific interactions are not fully u...

A Transdiagnostic IPT-Based Intervention for Global Crises

This Psychotherapy Tools article presents an ultra-brief, transdiagnostic crisis intervention protocol designed for use during national emergencies such as war, natural disasters, or pandemics. Based on interpersonal psychotherapy (IPT) and integrating skills from cognitive-behav...

Adverse Childhood Experiences and New-Onset of PTSD During Military Service.

INTRODUCTION: Exposure to adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) has been increasingly recognized as a potential risk factor for later psychopathology; however, its role in the development of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) during military service remains insufficiently chara...

Unimodality for Radon Partitions of Random Vectors

Abstract Consider the (almost surely) unique Radon partition of a set of n random Gaussian vectors in $$\mathbb {R}^{n-2}$$ R n - 2 ; choose one of the two parts of this partition uniformly at random, and for $$0 \le k \le n$$ 0 ≤ k ≤ n , let $$ p_k $$ p k denote the probability...

Gestational diabetes in multifetal versus singleton pregnancies: A multicenter cohort study

Abstract Introduction Gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) is associated with increased neonatal morbidity in singleton pregnancies, but evidence in multifetal pregnancies is limited. Current diagnostic thresholds are largely extrapolated from singleton data; It remains unclear wh...

Cosmic Radiation Dose‐Rates for Civil Aviation in the Middle East: Vertical Structure, Solar Modulation, and Comparison With Models

Abstract High‐altitude balloon measurements were conducted over southern Israel (30°35′N, 34°45′E; 850 m a.s.l., geomagnetic rigidity cutoff 10.3 GV) to characterize the vertical profiles of atmospheric ionization and radiation up to ∼35 km. Six balloon launches between October 2...

Irritable Bowel Syndrome and Allergic Diseases: A Nationwide Study of 1.5 Million Adolescents

BACKGROUND: Recent evidence suggests an increased prevalence of irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) among individuals with allergic diseases, and several biological mechanisms have been proposed. This study aims to investigate the association between IBS and allergic diseases in a lar...

Cirrhosis Risk in Sarcoidosis Without Documented Hepatic Involvement—A Large Nationwide Population‐Based Cohort Study

ABSTRACT Background & Aims Given the likely underestimation of hepatic sarcoidosis, the aims were to evaluate long‐term cirrhosis risk in patients with sarcoidosis without documented hepatic involvement at baseline and to assess the impact of multi‐organ disease and immunomodulat...

Beyond the battlefield: Interpersonal predictors of women's mental health during extended partner deployment

Abstract Objective The goal was to identify predictors of psychological distress and growth in reservists' wives. Background The prolonged Swords of Iron War has placed an unprecedented burden on Israeli reservists' partners. This study explored their psychological, relational, a...