Tel Aviv University

Undiscounted Equilibrium in Positive Recursive Absorbing Games with Nonrectangular Absorption Structure

An absorbing game is a stochastic game with a single nonabsorbing state. Such a game is called recursive if all players receive a payoff of zero in the nonabsorbing state and positive if all payoffs in absorbing states are positive. An action profile is nonabsorbing if, when it i...

Patterns and Predictors of Repeated Medication Nonadherence in Glaucoma: A Population-Based Study

Background/Objectives: We aimed to evaluate nonadherence to topical glaucoma therapy and identify risk factors for repeated prescription fulfillment failure in a large national population-based cohort. Methods: The electronic medical records from a large health maintenance organi...

Intraoperative Management Strategies for Unresectable Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma: A Propensity-Weighted Cohort Study

BackgroundWhen pancreatic adenocarcinoma is found unresectable during surgery, the decision to perform palliation must balance symptom relief against recovery and subsequent cancer treatment. We compared clinical outcomes after palliative procedures and nontherapeutic exploration...

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...

Building charisma and trust with prosodic constructions

Abstract The present paper uses a perception experiment to investigate which prosodic factors determine the perceived charisma and trustworthiness conveyed by phrase-final intonation contours. The following factors were manipulated using PSOLA resynthesis and combined into 16 sti...

Retinal Coverage of Combined Intravitreal Tamponade Agents after Pars Plana Vitrectomy Visualized with Orbital Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Purpose: To characterize the behavior of single and combined intravitreal tamponade agents using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), with emphasis on identifying the most effective materials and postoperative positioning strategies for complex retinal detachments involving both sup...

Brain Gadolinium Biodistribution, Clearance, and Retention Following High-Dose Contrast-Agent Exposure in Mice: A Multimodal Study

We evaluated gadolinium biodistribution, clearance, and long-term brain retention following high-dose gadolinium-based contrast agent (GBCA) exposure in 90 mice. Macrocyclic and linear agents were assessed using particle-induced X-ray emission (PIXE) alongside complementary eleme...

Free-space and satellite-based quantum communication: Principles, implementations, and challenges

Satellite-based quantum communications represent a critical advancement in the pursuit of secure, global-scale quantum networks. Leveraging the principles of quantum mechanics, these systems offer unparalleled security through Quantum Key Distribution and other quantum communicat...

Growth and Clinical Outcomes Before and After Implementation of a Donor Human Milk Program in Very Preterm and/or Very-Low-Birth-Weight Infants

Background/Objectives: Mother’s own milk (MOM) is widely recognized as the best source of nutrition for premature infants, with donor human milk (DHM) as the next recommended option. However, it remains controversial whether DHM confers the same benefits as MOM. We aimed to compa...

Retrograde Tibialis Anterior Artery Access as an Alternative Route for Stent-Based Endovascular Repair of Femoral Access-Site Complications

BackgroundFemoral arterial access can lead to complications, including bleeding, pseudoaneurysms, arteriovenous fistulas (AVFs), and dissections. When utilizing endovascular methods, the treatment of these complications is typically performed via contralateral femoral access. For...

Multiple phonological access pathways and their creation: The case of number words

Background Accumulating evidence shows that the phonological production of words follows not one but multiple pathways, separated by the word’s category (e.g. number versus non-number words).Aims We demonstrated that even the same word can follow different phonological production...

Outcomes of Catheter-Free TVT-O Surgery: A Single-Center Case Series

Objectives: Stress urinary incontinence (SUI) significantly affects quality of life. Routine catheterization during and after mid-urethral sling surgery may increase morbidity, and its necessity remains uncertain. This study aimed to evaluate the safety and outcomes of transobtur...

From protogalaxy through thick and thin: Why did the Milky Way evolve in three kinematic phases?

Abstract APOGEE and Gaia data suggest the Milky Way’s kinematic structure evolved through three distinct phases: a disordered protogalaxy, which ‘spun up’ into a thick stellar disk, and then ‘cooled down’ to a final cold, thin stellar disk. We use a suite of FIRE-2 cosmological z...

Executive-Function Networks in Listening and Reading Comprehension: A Comparison of Children With SeLECTS, Children With Reading Difficulties, and Typical Readers

Children with Self-Limited Epilepsy with Centro-Temporal Spikes (SeLECTS) display deficits in both listening and reading comprehension, as well as in executive functions (EFs). The aim of the current study was to investigate differences in EF involvement—operationalized as the co...

Limited global awareness of invasive alien species and little support for their management

Invasive alien species (IAS) are one of the main drivers of global change and can cause a wide range of negative ecological and social impacts. Addressing these impacts requires management actions, which can fail to be effective when not supported by the public. Here, we conducte...

Treatment Persistence and Factors Associated With Discontinuation in Real‐World Biologic Therapy for Chronic Rhinosinusitis With Nasal Polyps

ABSTRACT Background Biologic therapies are effective for severe, uncontrolled CRSwNP, yet real‐world data on treatment persistence remain limited. Methods This retrospective single‐center study included 95 adults with CRSwNP who initiated dupilumab (88.4%), mepolizumab, or omaliz...

Narratives of Power A Typology of Syriac Historiolae with a Case Study of Charms against the ‘Child-Stealing Witch’

This article examines the historiola in Syriac magic across medieval and modern manuscripts. Section 2 proposes a working typology of Syriac historiolae and tests the applicability of David Frankfurter’s scheme to this material. Section 3 surveys narrative charms as a specific cl...

Epigenetic aging and transposon dysregulation reflect size-related lifespan compression in dogs

The extraordinary lifespan variation in domestic dogs provides a natural experiment for testing how intrinsic rates of biological aging shape lifespan. Using 1640 methylomes from 894 dogs, we developed an epigenetic clock that predicted mortality and demonstrated that epigenetic...

Who incurs the risk? Trust as a mechanism of policy enactment in schools

I examine the role of trust in shaping teacher—principal dynamics in enacting policy in schools. Drawing on in-depth interviews with 26 teachers and a focus group with 10 teachers, I advance research on educational leadership and policy by conceptualizing trust as a mechanism lin...

From Isolated to Complex: Diagnostic Yield of Chromosomal Microarray and Exome Sequencing in Fetal Growth Restriction

ABSTRACT Objective To characterize the overall diagnostic yield of sequential chromosomal microarray (CMA) and exome sequencing (ES) across the phenotypic spectrum of fetal growth restriction (FGR). Methods A retrospective cohort of 320 consecutive FGR pregnancies presenting at ≥...