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Mental Health and Psychological Constructs Related to Performance in Professional, Semi-Professional, and Competitive Adolescent Women’s Soccer Players: A Scoping Review

Background: Mental health has become a fundamental component of the sports world. Although previous studies have addressed psychological aspects of women’s soccer, no comprehensive review has mapped both mental health symptoms and adaptive psychological resources and psychophysio...

Myeloid-Derived Suppressor Cells (MDSCs) in Cardiovascular Risk of Obesity-Associated Diabetes

The dysregulation of immune homeostasis and the persistence of chronic, low-grade inflammation represent core pathophysiological drivers governing the onset and progression of metabolic and cardiovascular disorders. Myeloid-derived suppressor cells (MDSCs) comprise a highly heter...

Bibliometric analysis of CO2 heat pump research on applications system configurations and performance enhancement

The global transition toward low-carbon energy systems has positioned CO 2 (R744) heat pumps as a promising technology for sustainable heating and cooling applications. This study presents a comprehensive bibliometric analysis combined with a structured technical interpretation o...

Healthcare cultures and the implementation of WHA77.2: from measurement to institutional change

Resolution WHA77.2 establishes an unprecedented mandate for meaningful social participation in health decision-making. The resolution, and the operational guidance that preceded it, already address representation, power, deliberation, feedback, policy influence, and evaluation. I...

Exploring the connection between coding habits and cognitive styles in malware developers

Malware research primarily studies the results, the methods, and the impact. Even from an offensive security perspective, what is examined is the method, not the development strategy of the offender. This study investigates the behavioral signatures and coding patterns embedded i...

Mapping autonomy in mental health care: a scoping review protocol

Autonomy is regarded as a fundamental principle in the global reform of mental health care, as promoted by the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) and reflected in various international initiatives aimed at eliminating coercive practices and fostering rig...

Homicide at home: setting the agenda for an international collaboration to improve support for children bereaved due to family violence

Background: Bereavement due to fatal family violence (e.g. intimate partner homicide, filicide, parricide, siblicide) is a profoundly disruptive experience for children, with lifelong psychosocial consequences. Although the need for fatal family violence prevention is increasingl...

Eating Behavior Latent Profiles and Their Associations With Body Composition in Early Childhood: The CORALS Cohort

ABSTRACT Objective This study aimed to identify sex‐specific eating behavior profiles and assess the associations between eating behaviors subscales and profiles and body composition indices in Spanish preschoolers from the CORALS cohort. Methods We conducted a cross‐sectional an...

Elucidating the mechanism underlying incomplete immune recovery in people living with HIV through CD4⁺ and CD8⁺ T cell multi-omics

A subset of people living with HIV (PLHIV), known as immunological non-responders (INR), fails to achieve adequate CD4⁺ T cell recovery despite viral suppression with antiretroviral therapy (ART). These individuals face an increased risk of adverse clinical outcomes. This study a...

Predicting Pornography Use Among Adolescents in Spain: Findings from Ensemble Tree Models and Explainable Machine Learning

Pornography use during adolescence is a relevant issue from social, educational, and public health perspectives. As with other behaviours, its correlates may involve complex and nonlinear relationships. This study uses data from the 2023 Spanish Survey on Drug Use in Secondary Ed...

Antecedents of genetically modified food acceptance and rejection. Findings from correlational and configurational analysis

This study explores willingness to try (WTR) genetically modified food (GMF) through perceived benefits (BEN), risk (RISK), value (PVAL), knowledge (KNOWL), food neophobia (NPHOB), subjective norms (SNORM), gender, and age. Structural equation modeling shows that BEN, PVAL, and S...

Student Interaction with ChatGPT During a Source-Interpretation Task in Initial Teacher Education: Implications for Critical Thinking

Social Sciences education requires pedagogical approaches that foster critical thinking and enable students to analyze, contrast, and interpret complex social realities. As Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI) becomes integrated into higher education, it offers opportunitie...

The first 72 hours of acute pancreatitis: patterns of variability in early clinical decision-making

To assess real-world adherence to evidence-based international guidelines in the early management of acute pancreatitis (AP), and to identify how variability in clinical decision-making is distributed during the first 72 h of care. This multicentre, cross-sectional survey was con...