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Enabling climate action: A nexus approach for delivering co-benefits across biodiversity, water, food, and health

Climate response options rarely affect biodiversity, water, food, and health in uniform ways. This comparative analysis examines why technically viable response options generate uneven cross-nexus outcomes, and how governance and justice conditions shape whether these outcomes be...

Accounting and local democracy in England: the contested purposes of local authority accounts

Purpose In this paper, we critically discuss a new framework for the purposes of local authority accounts and its relationship to the core concepts of accountability, transparency and local democracy. Design/methodology/approach This is accomplished via a critical review of the f...

Hyperoxia Inhibits the Growth of Mouse Forebrain Oligodendrocyte Progenitors but Promotes Their Differentiation

Oligodendrocytes facilitate saltatory conduction and they support both neuronal and axonal survival; thus, when they are diseased or damaged, neurological problems ensue. Oligodendrocyte progenitors (OPCs) have been successfully isolated from rodents using magnetic beads, immunop...

Plasmonic Nano-Polymersomes for Pulsed Laser-Triggered Intracellular Cargo Release

Abstract Polymersomes are synthetic vesicles capable of encapsulating both hydrophilic and hydrophobic cargo, making them attractive candidates for drug delivery applications. The inherent stability of polymer vesicles, such as poly(butadiene)33-b-poly(ethylene oxide)20 polymerso...

Emission reduction potential of freeway stop-and-go wave smoothing

The real-world potential of stop-and-go wave smoothing at scale remains largely unquantified. Smoothing freeway waves requires opening a gap large enough for them to dissipate, but that gap is often impractically large. We propose a counterfactual wave-smoothing benchmark that re...

Effective Messaging Against Youth E-Cigarette Use: Does Humor Make a Difference?

< .05). Significant interactions were observed between theme and condition for PME and messaging liking. Interactions between condition and youth rebelliousness were not significant. PSAs with both humorous text and imagery performed similarly to non-humorous messages and did not...

Loneliness, not isolation, is the missing link between social connectedness and mental health among midlife to older U.S. adults

Objectives To investigate whether loneliness or social isolation serves as the main pathway connecting social connectedness dimensions to mental health outcomes among midlife to older adults.Methods We examined longitudinal data from 4,963 adults aged 40–65 at baseline in the U.S...

Neural network–augmented Pfaffian wave-functions for scalable simulations of interacting fermions

Developing accurate numerical methods for strongly interacting fermions is crucial for improving our understanding of various quantum many-body phenomena, especially unconventional superconductivity. Recently, neural quantum states have emerged as a promising approach for studyin...

Racial Animus, Employment Risk, and Analyst Forecasts During the COVID‐19 Pandemic

ABSTRACT Leveraging the exogenous surge in anti‐Asian racial animus during the COVID‐19 pandemic, we examine its effects on analysts’ forecasting behavior. We find that Asian financial analysts become less bold in their forecasts, particularly among those most sensitive to career...

???Setting the Conversation on Fire???: What Youth Want from Social Studies Discussions

Feedback from more than 100 high school students reveals what makes classroom discussions work—from crafting open-ended questions to balancing teacher participation.

Microbiome symbiosis, host-pathogen dynamics, and the search for new therapeutics: highlights from the Theobald Smith Society Spring 2026 Symposium

The annual Theobald Smith Society (TSS) spring meeting was convened at Rutgers University in New Brunswick, New Jersey, on 8 May 2026. TSS is the New Jersey branch of ASM and holds two annual meetings, in the fall and spring. These meetings bring together microbiologists, trainee...

Measuring Ocean Surface Waves

Abstract Propagating waves on the ocean surface can be represented as a stochastic process whose statistics are characterized by a spectrum. This paper reviews methods for measuring the wave spectrum and related quantities. Observations begin by sensing fluid dynamical properties...

UltrafastSwitchable Polar and Magnetic Orders byNonlinear Light–Matter Interaction

Abstract An outstanding challenge in materials science and physics is the harnessing of light for switching ferroic orders in, e.g., ferroelectrics. Here, we propose a mechanism through which electrons in few-layer 2D materials excited with above-bandgap light cause ionic structu...

Measuring racial attitudes pre-treatment in survey experiments

Abstract Experimental researchers often need to assess the moderating effect of racial attitudes. However, it is unclear whether the racial attitude battery deployed may bias treatment effects. Less subtle batteries could bias treatment effects toward zero if measuring racial att...

Interactions between parental monitoring and gender in relation to hidden school dropout and suicidal behavior in adolescence

Adolescent hidden dropout and suicidal behaviors pose major public health concerns, with family dynamics playing a critical role in youth adjustment. This study examined associations between parental supervision, gender, hidden dropout, and suicidal behaviors among 769 adolescent...

A defense destined to be sacred? Conflicting narratives and the contentious beginnings of Iran–Iraq war literature in Iran

The Iran–Iraq War (1980-1988) has been a major theme in Persian fiction published in Iran since 1980. Within Iran, the literature of this war is often framed as the “literature of the Sacred Defense,” in reference to the Iranian regime’s narrative of the war as a “battle between...

Does Sensitivity to Positive and Negative Environmental Cues Relate to Body Image?

Higher reward responsiveness and behavioral inhibition are linked to eating disorders, and thus, may also be connected to body image. In the current study, we considered how both reward responsiveness and behavioral inhibition relate to body image. Undergraduates (N = 155; 67.7%...