University of Sousse

STAG-Net: A Spatial–Temporal Attention-Guided Network for Pathological Gait Classification

Human gait is a complex motor process regulated by the nervous system, where even subtle alterations in stride symmetry, stance duration or joint coordination directly reflect underlying motor and neurological impairments. Consequently, gait analysis provides a highly sensitive,...

Energy price resilience under environmental and policy uncertainty: evidence from a multiscale wavelet quantile-on-quantile framework

Purpose This study is an extension of recent studies concentrated on the interconnectedness of energy markets as they relate to various sources of uncertainty. The purpose of this study is to achieve an understanding of the non-linear, asymmetric and multi-scale dependencies betw...

Quran Memorization as a Naturalistic Neurocognitive Training Paradigm: A Quality-Weighted Evidence Synthesis in Student Populations

Aim We aimed to quantitatively synthesize observational evidence on the association between memorization ( Hifz ) and cognitive and mental health outcomes in students, using a quality-weighted evidence synthesis approach. Method For observational studies published between 2005 an...

Performance Prediction and Analysis of Sweeping Gas Membrane Distillation Through Systematic Optimization of ANN Architectures

Sweeping gas membrane distillation (SGMD) is a thermally driven desalination process that uses a membrane to remove salts from seawater, achieving high salt-rejection rates at relatively low operating temperatures. Considering the coupled nature of heat and mass transfer and the...

Optical Coherence Tomography in Ophthalmology: Physical Principles, Image Formation, Resolution and Clinical Applications

Optical coherence tomography (OCT) enables depth-resolved imaging of tissue microstructure by measuring low-coherence interferometric signals and reconstructing their depth-dependent reflectivity. This review provides a comprehensive examination of the physical principles governi...

Board Expertise and Firm Profitability: The Moderating Roles of Product Market Competition and Institutional Quality

This paper investigates the association between board expertise and firm profitability. Using an international sample of 42,623 firm-year observations from 2002 to 2021, we find that firms with greater industry and financial expertise on their boards exhibit significantly higher...

Synthesis and characterization of sustainable nano biofilm derived from chitosan nanoparticles and stem starch of Amorphophallus paeoniifolius

Packaging one time use plastic garbage possess severe threat to the environment. To address this issue, this study develops and characterizes biodegradable bioplastics films derived from stem starch of Amorphophallus Paeoniifolius with chitosan nano particles as filler material,...

Diagnosis of Iron Deficiency: A Condensed Diagnostic Reference to the ASH 2026 Guidelines

A condensed diagnostic reference summarizing the diagnostic recommendations of the American Society of Hematology (ASH) 2026 Guidelines for the Diagnosis of Iron Deficiency, published in September 2026. This document presents the guideline's population-specific serum ferritin thr...

Ab Initio Investigation of the Electronic Structure and Spectroscopy of LiTe and LiTe+ Including Spin–Orbit Coupling: Prospects for Laser Cooling

Abstract The electronic structure and spectroscopic properties of neutral LiTe and ionic LiTe+ molecules are investigated using high-level ab initio calculations based on the CASSCF/MRCI + Q method, employing the aug-cc-pV5Z basis set for Li and an effective core potential for Te...

Generational changes in lung function in adults from several world regions: results from the Burden of Obstructive Lung Disease study

This study estimated birth cohort effects on lung function using BOLD (Burden of Obstructive Lung Disease) data from 28 569 adults born between 1902 and 1976 across 41 sites in 34 countries. Forced vital capacity (FVC), forced expiratory volume in 1 s (FEV 1 ) and the FEV 1 /FVC...

Cyclic response of anisotropic polyurethane foam to multiple static and quasi-static loading tests

Studies on anisotropic mechanical behavior of polyurethane foams under cyclic compression remain limited. This work reports the cyclic compression response of an anisotropic rigid open-cell polyurethane foam (RPUF) tested along the foam rise direction (D1) and the transverse dire...

Carbon mitigation governance strategies in Morocco, China, and Norway

This study examines the gap between the mitigation objectives promoted under the Paris Agreement and their implementation within contrasting national contexts. Using Morocco, China, and Norway as strategically selected cross-continental case studies, the paper evaluates how share...

A tempered fractional Halanay inequality with feedback stabilization applications

This paper develops a tempered fractional Halanay inequality for delay systems governed by the Caputo tempered fractional derivative. The proposed comparison principle establishes a sharp decay estimate combining exponential tempering with Mittag-Leffler relaxation, while explici...

Closing the Post-Emergency Department Gap After Self-Harm: Emergency Department-Initiated and Early Follow-Up Strategies for Suicide Prevention

This critical narrative review evaluates whether emergency department (ED)-initiated interventions and early post-discharge strategies can be linked into a coherent continuum of suicide prevention following a self-harm presentation. Self-harm is among the most common reasons for...

Closing the Post-Emergency Department Gap After Self-Harm: Emergency Department-Initiated and Early Follow-Up Strategies for Suicide Prevention

This critical narrative review evaluates whether emergency department (ED)-initiated interventions and early post-discharge strategies can be linked into a coherent continuum of suicide prevention following a self-harm presentation. Self-harm is among the most common reasons for...

CSR Disclosure Tone and Investor Signaling in IPO Prospectuses: A Textual Sentiment Analysis in U.S. Capital Markets

ABSTRACT This study examines whether corporate social responsibility (CSR) disclosure in IPO prospectuses functions as a credible sustainability signal and how its credibility influences investor responses in U.S. capital markets. Drawing on a sample of 681 IPOs conducted between...

Influence of layer thickness on the tensile and low-velocity impact behavior of FDM-printed PLA–CF composites: A combined numerical and experimental study

Predicting the mechanical behavior of fused deposition modeling (FDM) carbon fiber-reinforced thermoplastics remains challenging due to their process-induced heterogeneity and anisotropy. This study investigates the influence of layer thickness on the tensile and low-velocity imp...

From "Undruggable" to Actionable: RAS(ON) Inhibition and the Emerging Therapeutic Landscape of Pancreatic Cancer

Activating mutations in RAS genes, overwhelmingly KRAS at codon 12, occur in more than 90% of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinomas (PDAC), yet for four decades RAS stood as the emblem of undruggability. This Perspective traces the reasoning that carried the field from failed indirec...

Dependence of Extreme Values, VaR, and Contagion During the COVID-19 Period: Analysis Using the Copula-GARCH Approach

The present study investigates extreme co-movements and financial contagion across a broad set of global financial markets, including ten developed and emerging stock market indices, commodities (gold and oil), and cryptocurrencies (Bitcoin), over the period from January 2007 to...

Mathematical, Physical, and Computational Principles of Rotational Thromboelastometry

Rotational thromboelastometry (ROTEM) is a viscoelastic assay used to evaluate whole blood coagulation dynamics in clinical settings. Despite its utility, commercial ROTEM analyzers operate as proprietary systems, obscuring the mechanical and computational algorithms that transla...