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Sex-Specific Correlates of Emotional Eating Among Arab Migrants

Acculturative stress, arising from cultural and psychological changes following intercultural contact, may increase vulnerability to maladaptive coping behaviors, including emotional eating. Evidence suggests that the association between acculturative stress and disordered eating...

Design of a deep learning-driven multidimensional evaluation model for youth training system performance assessment

In this paper, a deep learning driven multidimensional evaluation framework is proposed to evaluate the performance of Youth Training System (YTS). In order to reduce the subjectivity of manual scoring and static weight, the framework organizes resources organization, training ex...

The Mo, Tl, and U isotope paleoredox proxies: comparisons, contrasts, and future directions

Sedimentary molybdenum (Mo), thallium (Tl), and uranium (U) isotope ratios can potentially track global-scale changes to past ocean oxygenation levels. In this review we summarize and describe the unique strengths and weaknesses of these “paleoredox proxies”. We emphasize two cri...

MRgFUS-enabled nanogel platform for synergstic chemo-immunotherapy in glioblastoma

Glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) is a highly aggressive brain tumor with poor prognosis and limited responsiveness to temozolomide (TMZ)-based chemoradiotherapy. Treatment remains hindered by the blood-brain barrier (BBB), blood-brain tumor barrier (BBTB), acquired TMZ resistance, a...

Clinical determinants of neonatal mortality at a tertiary hospital in a resource limited setting: a retrospective cohort study

Neonatal mortality remains a significant public health challenge in low-resource settings. Understanding the independent predictors of neonatal death is essential for developing targeted interventions and improving clinical outcomes. This study aimed to identify factors associate...

Operationalizing public health emergency operations centers in Somalia: a scoping review of challenges and strategies

Public Health Emergency Operations Centers (PHEOCs) are central to national health security systems, enabling coordinated preparedness, surveillance, and response to public health emergencies. However, their operationalization remains particularly challenging in fragile and confl...

Progress and persistent questions in understanding the origin of life on Earth

The origin of life remains one of the most challenging questions in Earth and planetary sciences, requiring integration of early planetary evolution, geochemical environments, and experimentally validated prebiotic chemistry. This review synthesizes current evidence from Hadean E...

Employment and disability: societal ableism, serendipity, and universal design (1919)

Drawing on the author’s lived experience, qualitative research, and policy analysis, this article discusses some issues experienced by disabled workers. It critiques the limitations of existing initiatives, such as Access to Work and the Disability Confident scheme, highlighting...

Manufacturing methods, properties and patent landscape of polylactic acid eggshell powder composites

This review synthesizes research on polylactic acid (PLA) composites incorporating eggshell powder (ESP) as a bio-based filler, with a focus on manufacturing methods, resultant material properties, and emerging patent trends. PLA, a widely adopted biodegradable thermoplastic deri...

Determinants of AMR-safe practice adoption among restaurant owners and managers in the Philippine food service sector

Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) represents an escalating global public health threat with direct implications for food safety governance and consumer protection. Yet empirical evidence on the awareness, practices, and structural determinants of AMR-safe behavior among food service...

Hierarchical federated edge learning with criticality-aware aggregation for privacy-preserving fetal health classification

The automated classification of fetal health from cardiotocographic (CTG) recordings is a crucial machine learning application in obstetric diagnostics. Although centralized predictive models have advanced significantly, their large-scale clinical deployment remains structurally...

Risk factors for incident chronic kidney disease following unilateral nephrectomy: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Nephrectomy is standard for kidney tumors and living kidney donation, but postoperative chronic kidney disease (CKD) is a critical determinant of long-term outcomes. Risk factors for incident CKD after unilateral nephrectomy remain incompletely synthesized. PubMed, Embase, Web of...

Insomnia severity predicts suicide attempts in youth with depression in China: a 6-month prospective cohort study

Evidence linking insomnia to suicidal risk in depressed youth is largely cross-sectional, limiting inference about temporal direction. We examined whether baseline insomnia severity predicts subsequent suicide attempts in this population. We conducted a 6-month prospective cohort...

Evaluation of the effects of sesame-based emulgels with natural and synthetic antioxidants on the physicochemical quality attributes of fried chicken nuggets

Deep-fat frying of chicken nuggets generates harmful lipid oxidation products and excessive oil uptake, compromising nutritional quality. This study investigated sesame-based emulgels (1% or 7% w/w), with or without antioxidants (0.2% rosemary extract and 0.02% tert-butylhydroqui...

Deepfakebuster: a confidence-calibrated adaptive ensemble framework for robust Deepfake image detection

Advances in the realism of synthetic media created with generative adversarial networks (GANs), diffusion models, and face manipulation tools has created an increased demand for well-established deepfake detection systems that can detect many different types of manipulation artif...

A graph neural network-based model for analyzing social relationships and predicting service needs among the elderly

As the population ages, there will be a significant increase in the need for intelligent systems that can comprehend individuals’ social interactions and anticipate the services they want. It is impossible for traditional methods of determining what older people need, based on st...

Population Pharmacokinetic Comparability of CT-P16 Versus EU-Avastin® and US-Avastin® in Healthy Subjects and Patients with Non-Squamous Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer

CT-P16 (Vegzelma ® ) is a bevacizumab biosimilar approved for indications including non-squamous non-small cell lung cancer. We developed an integrated population pharmacokinetic model pooling data from two phase I studies in healthy subjects and one phase III study in patients w...

Institutional quality, financial development, and the circular economy in Europe

The importance of financial development is widely recognized due to its positive impacts on the investment, innovation, poverty reduction, entrepreneurship and sustainable economic performance. Similarly, an efficient circular economy brings multiple benefits including the conser...

Barriers to healthcare access and associated factors among pregnant women in Tanzania

Access to healthcare services is a fundamental human right as stipulated in Sustainable development goals (SDG) 3.8. Women’s health, especially pregnant women remain a global public health concern. Pregnant women’s access to healthcare services may impact maternal and child healt...

N-alkylated diketopyrrolopyrrole (DPP)-based small molecules for photodetector and organic-field-effect-transistor applications

Diketopyrrolopyrrole (DPP) and its derivatives have attracted significant attention in organic electronic devices due to the advantageous features of the DPP core, including strong electron-withdrawing character, high planarity, excellent optoelectronic properties, and thermal st...