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Which combinations of behaviour change techniques work best? Evidence from meta-review of interventions addressing healthy diet and exercise after breast cancer

Abstract Background The primary aim was to identify combinations including ≥ 3 behavior change techniques (BCTs) that are jointly used in behavioral interventions for women with/survivors of breast cancer, and result in a simultaneous improvement of physical activity, healthy nut...

Ultrafast switching of optical properties in a doped semiconductor by intense femtosecond laser pulses

The rapid switching of materials when excited by ultrashort pulses of light is central for many optical technologies, and in particular to the developing field of time-varying metamaterials. These out-of-equilibrium interactions are difficult to capture with traditional theoretic...

Unified Resolution of the Hubble Tension: The Scale-Dependent Vacuum Geodesic Module within Helical Hidden Holographic Quantum Mechanics (H3QM)

The 5\sigma discrepancy in the Hubble constant H_0 between early-universe Planck Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) measurements (H_0 \approx 67.4 \pm 0.5 km/s/Mpc at redshift z \approx 1100) and local-universe Cepheid/SNe Ia observations (H_0 \approx 73.0 \pm 1.0 km/s/Mpc at z \t...

A comparative study of Kirschner wire intramedullary fixation versus bicortical fixation for metaphyseal-diaphyseal junction fractures of the pediatric distal radius

Abstract Background This study compared the clinical efficacy of closed reduction with Kirschner wire (K-wire) intramedullary fixation versus bicortical fixation for pediatric distal radius metaphyseal-diaphyseal junction (MDJ) fractures. Methods We retrospectively analyzed 61 ch...

The one-parameter Böttcher--Wenzel conjecture holds for \(3\times 3\) nilpotent matrices

Chru\'sci\'nski, Kimura, Ohno, and Singal conjectured a sharp bound for a one-parameter deformation of the B\"ottcher\textendash Wenzel functional on pairs of complex matrices, with an explicit constant $c(q)$ depending on a real parameter $q$. This paper proves the conjecture fo...

The Skylar Semigroup Framework for Prime Numbers

We present a generative framework for prime numbers based on the multiplicative semigroup S_n generated by the first n primes. The central insight is elementary: the next prime is the first integer that the known primes cannot build. We formalize this via the capacity function C(...

Aesthetics as First Philosophy

Abstract In The Origins of Totalitarianism (1951), Hannah Arendt reimagines the relationship between aesthetics and politics. Rather than treating them as two adjacent fields, she situates aesthetic perception before ideological thinking. If totalitarian movements are distinguish...

How I Learned to Love the Audiobooks I Hate

Abstract This is an article about reading and the senses. While the world today is increasingly visual, framed by the flat screen, reading is, and has always been, largely a multisensory act. Conducting research on blind readers in the past helped the author reexamine her own vis...

Inverse Design of Strongly Localized Topological π Modes in One-Dimensional Nonperiodic Systems

This study investigates the spatial confinement of topological π-modes in one-dimensional chiral-symmetric systems. In conventional periodic and quasiperiodic structures, edge-mode wave functions inevitably penetrate the bulk. To suppress this, inverse design of a potential seque...

Pediatric Metabolic Syndrome Through the Lens of Cardiovascular-Kidney-Metabolic Syndrome: A Scoping Review of Definitions, Epidemiology, Outcomes, and Conceptual Implications for Children and Adolescents

Abstract Purpose of Review The pediatric metabolic syndrome (MetS) construct lacks an accepted definition, with frameworks yielding prevalence estimates that vary by an order of magnitude within the same populations. In 2023, the American Heart Association introduced cardiovascul...

A computational cartographic study on the merge nature of topics in stages of French

Abstract We present a study in model comparison and model selection to explore cartographic theoretical proposals and test their generalization ability. Specifically, we test whether an asymmetry arises between stages of French with respect to the merge nature of topicalized elem...

Microplastic Occurrence in Foragers of Two Neotropical Bee Species (Apidae: Meliponini) from the Eastern Amazon

Abstract Microplastics (MPs) are ubiquitous anthropogenic pollutants that originate from diverse sources and pose a significant threat to both aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems. Bees are considered active bio-samplers of air quality due to the accumulation of MPs on their bodies...

From anatomy to surgical safety: scenario-based learning for internal carotid artery patterns in undergraduate education

Abstract Background This study aimed to evaluate the educational value of scenario-based anatomy training using patient-specific three-dimensional models of internal carotid artery (ICA) anatomical patterns. Methods A total of 120 first-year medical students were assigned to eith...

Proof of the Generalized Riemann Hypothesis and the Birch-Tate Conjecture: The Motivic Prime Spectral Module within Helical Hidden Holographic Quantum Mechanics (H3QM)

The Generalized Riemann Hypothesis (GRH) and the Birch-Tate Conjecture stand as central pillars of modern algebraic number theory and arithmetic geometry. GRH asserts that all non-trivial zeroes of any Dirichlet L-function L(s, \chi) or Dedekind zeta-function \zeta_K(s) satisfy R...

Maternal anthropometry, trimester-specific metabolic profiles, and placental morphometry as determinants of neonatal growth: a prospective maternal–placental–fetal cohort study

Abstract Objectives To examine the interrelationships between maternal anthropometry, trimester-specific metabolic biomarkers, placental morphometry, and neonatal anthropometric outcomes in a South Asian population. Methods In this prospective longitudinal cohort (January 2023–De...

PATIENT-PERCEIVED DIMENSIONS OF TOTAL QUALITY SERVICE IN HEALTHCARE

This assessment paper intends to perceive estimations of patient-saw full scale quality organization (TQS) in the restorative administrations division. Further, the impact of the estimations of patient-saw TQS on calm satisfaction is investigated. A study has been made considerin...

What the Data Can See: Sheet-Specific Information Signatures of the Strategic-Inattention Fold

The strategic-inattention trap studied by a companion regime-space analysis presents, as a stakes parameter is varied, a fold with three distinct sheets: a boundary collision at which the trap configuration is born — the recovery boundary, below which a trapped unit returns to en...

The landscape and plasticity of transposable element expression in an adult stem cell of high physiological and clinical significance

Abstract Transposable elements (TEs) contribute to diverse aspects of stem cell biology, particularly in germline and pluripotent stem cells, which typically exhibit more open chromatin. In human adult stem cells (ASCs), however, a comprehensive framework describing the landscape...

Safety and reduction of pasteurized donor human milk waste using a 48-h post-thaw usage policy: a retrospective observational and bacteriological study

Abstract Background Pasteurized donor human milk (PHDM) is recommended for preterm infants when the mother’s own milk is unavailable, as it reduces complications such as necrotizing enterocolitis and supports the early initiation of human milk feeding. Current guidelines in Japan...

Impact of intertrochanteric bone mineral density on the accuracy of preoperative templating in cementless total hip arthroplasty: a retrospective cohort study of 510 hips

Abstract Background Preoperative templating accuracy in cementless total hip arthroplasty (THA) may be influenced by patient-specific and radiographic factors, yet bone quality has rarely been considered. We hypothesized that bone mineral density (BMD), and particularly intertroc...