University of Split

Intestinal Mature B-Cell Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma Presenting as an Acute Surgical Abdomen in Children: A Case Series

Intestinal mature B-cell non-Hodgkin lymphoma (B-NHL) is the most common pediatric gastrointestinal lymphoma, but presentation as acute mechanical bowel obstruction remains rare and still challenging. Evidence guiding emergency surgical management in children is limited to small...

Ichthyocotylurus erraticus Rudolphi 1809 infecting the heart of the whitefish Coregonus lavaretus Linnaeus 1758 in Lake Sevan, Armenia

Abstract Metacercariae of Ichthyocotylurus erraticus Rudolphi 1809 have historically shown high prevalence and infection intensities in Sevan whitefish Coregonus lavaretus Linnaeus 1758. However, recent data on parasite infection levels in this introduced fish species in Lake Sev...

Comparative Toxicological Profiling Reveals Divergent Redox, Mitochondrial, and Cellular Toxicity to Structurally Diverse Opioids

Opioid neurotoxicity is increasingly associated with oxidative stress, mitochondrial dysfunction, and DNA damage; however, direct mechanistic comparisons among structurally diverse opioids remain scarce. We comparatively evaluated morphine, codeine, heroin, buprenorphine, and met...

Power-law scaling of mitotic spindles with genome sizes across eukaryotes is driven by chromosome crowding

Abstract Genome size varies more than 10,000-fold across eukaryotes, yet how the mitotic spindle adapts to this range remains unknown. Here we show that metaphase plate width scales with genome size following a power law with an exponent of ~1/3 across eukaryotes. Comparative ana...

Exogenous ketosis in breath‐hold diving: Promise, paradox and physiological risk

Abstract Exogenous ketosis induced by ketone ester (KE) ingestion has attracted growing interest as a potential strategy to enhance physiological tolerance to reduced O 2 availability. Reported benefits arise largely from KE‐induced hyperventilation, which can improve systemic an...

Association of Cognitive Function and Water Polo Exposure with Sports Injuries in Youth Water Polo Players

Background: Water polo is a sport that combines substantial physical contact with high cognitive demands, exposing athletes to sports-related injuries, including head and orofacial trauma. This study investigated associations between cognitive performance, cumulative water polo e...

Biventricular vs conduction system pacing after atrioventricular node ablation for heart failure with atrial fibrillation: the CONDUCT-AF trial.

BACKGROUND AND AIMS: Randomized evidence comparing conduction system pacing (CSP) and biventricular pacing (BVP) following atrioventricular node ablation in patients with refractory atrial fibrillation (AF) and heart failure (HF) remains limited. This study evaluated whether CSP...

The conditional costs of tourism success: Making the Croatian disease visible

This commentary reflects on the cumulative societal impact of four studies published in Annals of Tourism Research between 2021 and 2026. Using Croatia as an exceptionally tourism-dependent economy, the studies examined housing affordability, international emigration, economic le...

Weighting of Spectral and Temporal Cues with n-of-m Cochlear Implant Strategies Depends on Voice Pitch

Abstract Purpose The relative contributions of spectral and temporal cues to voice pitch perception in cochlear implant (CI) users remain unclear. This study aimed to directly quantify these contributions in dynamic speech stimuli with clinical n -of- m processors. Methods Fundam...

Resident and Transient Microbial Taxa in the Gill Microbiome of the Mussel Mytilus galloprovincialis

Abstract Microorganisms associate with marine bivalves, forming microbial communities collectively known as the bivalve’s microbiome. These communities may include resident taxa, associated with the bivalve host throughout its life, and transient taxa, whose presence is temporary...

Elevated String-Rail as a Novel Container Transportation Technology in European Ports: A Quay-Interface Simulation and Analytical Assessment of Ship Handling, Terminal Land Use and Road Traffic

Elevated string-rail systems, in which unmanned electric vehicles run on steel wheels along a prestressed rail carried on slender supports, have been proposed as a way of moving containers between a quay and an inland terminal without using the road network. Their developers clai...

A Critical Methodological Review of Clinical Scores, Machine Learning, and Large Language Models for the Diagnosis and Management of Pediatric Appendicitis

Background/Objectives: Acute appendicitis is the most common surgical emergency of childhood, yet its diagnosis remains difficult because presentations are atypical, inflammatory markers are nonspecific, and the consequences of error run in both directions, from negative appendec...

SHELDA: sub-hourly European quality controlled sea level dataset

Freely accessible sea level databases often contain time series measured with hourly or even longer sampling step, or they contain high-frequency data that have not undergone quality control procedures. To address this gap, the SHELDA (Sub-Hourly European Quality Controlled Sea L...

Awareness and attitudes of health and non-health faculty students at the University of Split, Croatia about human papillomavirus vaccination: a cross-sectional study

Awareness, vaccine-related behavior, and perceptions about the human papillomavirus (HPV) vary in certain higher education student populations in Croatia in the context of low HPV vaccination rates. These factors concerning HPV and vaccination in higher education students in dive...

No difference in core temperature or thermal sensation in male and female scuba divers using wetsuits or semi-drysuits in 22.6°C sea water

Introduction: Scuba diving in water below thermoneutral temperature (< 30°C) can reduce core temperature and impair comfort and performance. Semi-drysuits are presumed superior to wetsuits because they presumably limit water entry into the suits, but changes in core temperature a...

Consistency of Judging Under the World Boxing 10-Point Must Scoring System: Single-Judge and Five-Judge Aggregate Reliability Across the 60 kg, 75 kg, and 90+ kg Categories at the 2025 World Boxing Championships

Background: Reliable judging is essential to the fairness of elite boxing, yet inter-judge reliability under the current World Boxing 10-Point Must Scoring System remains largely unexplored. This study aimed to evaluate inter-judge reliability across rounds and weight categories...

Left Ventricular Mechanics in Multivessel Coronary Artery Disease with Versus Without Chronic Total Occlusion

Chronic total coronary occlusion (CTO) occurs within advanced coronary artery disease (CAD), but its association with left ventricular (LV) deformation and pressure–strain-loop-derived myocardial work beyond global LV ejection fraction (LVEF) is uncertain. We performed a retrospe...

Cloud Noticing and Forest-Therapy Elements in a Coastal Resort: An Exploratory Randomised Field Study

Wellness resorts often market natural scenery without knowing whether a structured way of attending to it changes guests’ immediate experience. We examined cloud noticing and forest-therapy elements as two low-infrastructure forms of nature-directed hospitality programming. This...

AIS-Based Analysis of Passenger Vessel Traffic and Emissions in Coastal Norway

Background: Cruise and passenger vessel traffic is an important component of coastal transportation, but increasing activity can intensify logistical complexity, traffic interactions, and environmental pressure. Understanding vessel behavior across ports and sailing corridors is...

Transcript- and Protein-Level Preservation and Spatial Reorganization of EMT and Vascular–Mesenchymal Gene Programs (SNAI1, TGFB1, PECAM1, VIM) in Human Fetal Kidneys with Congenital Anomalies of the Kidney and Urinary Tract (CAKUT)

Background/Objectives: Congenital anomalies of the kidney and urinary tract (CAKUT) are a leading cause of pediatric kidney disease. Epithelial–mesenchymal transition (EMT), governed by SNAI1 and TGF-β, and a vascular–mesenchymal program marked by PECAM1 and VIM are central to ne...