Tel Aviv University

Is natural always greener? Evaluating the environmental performance of lab-scale biopolymer adsorbents

Bio-based materials are widely assumed to provide sustainable alternatives to conventional synthetic technologies. However, whether this assumption holds when evaluated across production and processing pathways remains largely untested. Here, we present a systematic assessment of...

Business families and rural social entrepreneurship: an institutional logics perspective

The purpose of this study was to gain a deeper understanding of social entrepreneurship in rural areas, with a focus on rural business families as integrated local actors. To this end, we employed an abductive multiple-case study design, conducting 68 in-depth interviews with sta...

Regional Virulence Differentiation of Puccinia striiformis f. sp. tritici in Russia During 2024–2025

Yellow (stripe) rust, caused by Puccinia striiformis f. sp. tritici (Pst), is a devastating disease of common wheat worldwide. The virulence variability of Pst isolates from common wheat was studied in geographically distant Russian regions (the North Caucasus, North-West, Volga,...

Two-Year Clinical Outcomes of Vagus Nerve Stimulation for Higher-Grade Treatment-Resistant Depression

OBJECTIVES: To assess 24-month clinical outcomes of vagus nerve stimulation (VNS) in individuals with higher-grade treatment-resistant depression (HG-TRD) treated within a national open-label program, focusing on depressive severity, suicidality, safety, tolerability, and rates o...

Perceived Emotional Support and Burnout Dimensions Among Physical Therapists: A Cross‐Sectional Study

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Burnout may differ across its dimensions, yet the role of perceived emotional/social support among physical therapists remains unclear. This study examined burnout dimensions, their associations with perceived support, and physical therapists' reported sup...

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...

Herpesviridae Reactivation and Therapeutic Outcomes in Patients with Ulcerative Colitis Treated with Tofacitinib

Background: Ulcerative colitis (UC) is a chronic inflammatory bowel disease. Historically, anti-tumor necrosis factor (TNFα) agents have been the mainstay of biological therapy. Recently, Janus kinase inhibitors (JAK-I) have emerged as oral alternatives. However, despite their ac...

Decisional regret following avoidance of epidural analgesia in labor

Epidural analgesia (EPA) is a commonly employed technique of providing pain relief during labor. However, a subset of women elects to avoid this option, motivated by personal, cultural, or medical reasons. While the clinical outcomes of EPA have been widely studied, the emotional...

Telerehabilitation for Motor Recovery in Adults with Neurological Disorders: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis Across Motor Domains, Delivery Models, and Follow-Up Effects

Background/Objectives: Telerehabilitation may extend neurorehabilitation beyond conventional settings, but comparative effects across neurological diagnoses and motor domains remain uncertain. This systematic review and meta-analysis synthesized motor outcomes while distinguishin...

National HBsAb serosurvey and HBsAg/Hepatitis D coinfection prevalence across sociodemographic and immigrant populations in Israel

Abstract Background Hepatitis B virus (HBV) remains a global health burden despite widespread vaccination efforts. This nationwide serosurvey aimed to assess Hepatitis B surface antibody (HBsAb) seropositivity in Israel and HBV/ Hepatitis D virus (HDV) prevalence among immigrant...

Three-Dimensional Transthoracic Echocardiography as a Tool for Patient Selection for Percutaneous Atrial Septal Defect Closure

Abstract Planning for percutaneous closure of large atrial septal defects presents a challenge for pediatric cardiologists. Transcatheter repair is preferred to open heart surgery however in borderline cases, it may be difficult to assess whether the tissue rims around the atrial...

International consensus guidance for general population screening for islet autoantibodies to diagnose early-stage type 1 diabetes: a nominal group technique process

Type 1 diabetes is an autoimmune disease that targets and destroys insulin-producing beta cells in the pancreatic islets. The incidence of type 1 diabetes is rising globally. At the clinical diagnosis of type 1 diabetes, between 20% and 67% of children and adolescents present wit...

Measure Rigidity and Equidistribution for Fractal Carpets

Abstract Let $\theta $ θ be a Bernoulli measure which is stationary for a random walk generated by finitely many contracting rational affine dilations of $\mathbb{R}^{d}$ R d , and let $\mathcal{K} = \mathrm{supp}(\theta )$ K = supp ( θ ) be the corresponding attractor. An exampl...

Cefepime and Mortality

Importance Cefepime is recommended for the treatment of febrile neutropenia and gram-negative infections at moderate risk of ampicillin resistance locus C β-lactamase production. Concerns regarding cefepime’s safety have been raised in the literature without firm conclusions. Obj...

Using computer games to explore foraging-predation trade-offs and spatial learning in humans

Abstract Foraging requires organisms to balance energetic gains against multiple costs, including predation risk, while updating decisions as conditions change. Although these processes are well studied in animals, ecologically grounded paradigms for testing behavioural updating...

About a Ball Removal Process on Bins

We consider a basic balls-and-bins question in which you have to distribute n balls into k bins. Then, round by round, a ball is removed from a nonempty bin chosen uniformly at random. The process ends when a single nonempty bin remains. The goal is to minimize the expected numbe...

Parrotfish demonstrate little behavioural shift during marine heatwaves

The world is experiencing notable increases in the duration, intensity and frequency of marine heatwaves (MHWs). Documented effects of MHWs on fishes encompass various population- and community-level impacts, ranging from localized mass mortalities to transient or semi-permanent...

Impulse Control Disorders Are Independent of Parkinson Disease Motor Subtypes

Objective: Impulse control disorders (ICDs) are clinically important nonmotor features of Parkinson's disease (PD). Tremor-dominant PD (TD-PD) has been associated with greater cerebello-thalamo-cortical involvement, whereas postural instability/gait difficulty-dominant PD (PIGD-P...

Molecular Glue Degraders in Early Development for Cancer Therapy

Molecular glue degraders are an emerging class of small molecule allosteric modulators that induce or stabilize protein-protein interactions, enabling targeted degradation of previously intractable proteins. By redirecting E3 ligases to recognize neosubstrates, proteins that are...

Reliability and Validity of the Bimanual Observation of The Hands (BOTH) for Assessing Bimanual Coordination in Individuals Post-Stroke With Fair-to-Good Motor Ability

ImportanceThe Bimanual Observation of The Hands (BOTH) is a new observation to assess bimanual coordination post-stroke, which has potential to provide clinicians with a simple and functional tool.ObjectiveTo examine the reliability and validity of the BOTH in individuals post-st...