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Online sexual exploitation and grooming in inclusive settings: school response mechanisms and the first 24 h

The increasing integration of digital technologies into inclusive school settings may heighten the vulnerability of students with special educational needs to online child sexual exploitation and abuse (OCSEA) and online grooming. This study examines schools’ capacity to identify...

Existence and Hausdorff convergence of sliding phenomena in traveling waves for a fast-slow Keller-Segel equation

A one-dimensional Keller-Segel equation with a piecewise-defined reaction term depending on the density gradient gives rise to a nonsmooth fast-slow system. Using Filippov convexification and geometric singular perturbation theory, we prove the existence of sliding traveling wave...

Phase separation of PHLDB2 promotes lung adenocarcinoma progression through FLNA stabilization and ERK activation

Lung adenocarcinoma (LUAD) is the most common histological subtype of lung cancer, but the phase separation-related mechanisms that support its progression remain poorly defined. By integrating phase separation-related gene profiling with prognostic modeling, we identified PHLDB2...

Genetic divergence for yield and quality traits in sesame: Implications for parental selection

Genetic diversity among parental genotypes is a key determinant of success in any crop improvement programme. In the present study, hierarchical cluster analysis was employed to assess genetic divergence among 104 sesame (Sesamum indicum L.) genotypes based on yield and yield att...

Facilitating change in higher education: a reflective journey towards decolonization and creating belonging

This paper offers a personal and reflective account of a social work lecturer critically considering the learning experiences of racialized minority students in higher education (HE) in a UK university. It considers how pedagogy should be examined critically and suggests that kno...

Towards Climate-Resilient Office Façades: Integrating PCM-Enhanced Glazing with Dynamic External Louvres Under Current and Future Hot–Arid Climates

Phase-change material (PCM) glazing and dynamic external shading are promoted as sustainable cooling measures, yet they act on the same solar load and are rarely assessed together under a mandatory energy code. This study aims to evaluate and compare the individual and combined p...

Multi-omics analyses reveal key immunological and metabolic correlates of mortality in HIV-associated Pneumocystis pneumonia

Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia (PCP) remains a major cause of life-threatening respiratory failure in people with advanced HIV, yet the biological factors associated with mortality are incompletely understood. We performed integrated transcriptomic, proteomic, and metabolomic p...

Different uses, different struggles: household water insecurity in informal urban settlements in South Africa

Water scarcity is a global challenge with serious impacts on health, livelihoods and inequality, felt most strongly in contexts of poverty and marginalisation. In South Africa, climate variability, inadequate infrastructure and historical inequalities combine to create persistent...

Genetic diversity among economically important bamboo species of India as revealed by ISSR markers

Bamboo taxonomy rests largely on vegetative and culm-sheath characters, which are diagnostic on mature culms but show marked phenotypic plasticity across sites and culm ages, while reproductive characters are seldom available because flowering is gregarious, unpredictable and sep...

Integrated multivariate analysis reveals genetic diversity for yield, grain quality, and stress tolerance in rice (Oryza sativa L.) genotypes

Rice (Oryza sativa L.) is a major staple crop, and simultaneous improvement of yield, grain quality, and stress resistance is essential under changing climatic conditions. However, comprehensive diversity analyses that integrate agronomic, quality, and stress related traits remai...

THE INFLUENCE OF WOMEN'S TRANSFORMATIONAL LEADERSHIP ON TEACHER MOTIVATION, TRUST IN LEADERS, AND ITS IMPACT ON INNOVATIVE BEHAVIOR

This study aims to analyze the influence of female transformational leadership, teacher motivation, and trust in leaders on innovative behavior among teachers in senior high schools and vocational high schools led by female principals. The background of this study is based on the...

Genetic diversity analysis in rice genotypes suitable for aerobic cultivation

A total of 48 rice genotypes were evaluated for 23 morpho-physiological and quality traits at Rice Research Station, Kaul, CCSHAU, Hisar, to assess genetic diversity using Mahalanobis D² statistics and principal component analysis (PCA). Cluster analysis grouped the genotypes int...

Moving on Project: Explore the Transition to Adulthood With Young People With a Learning Disability Using Inclusive Research Methods

ABSTRACT Background For young people with a learning disability, transitioning to adulthood is a complex process, frequently resulting in limited choice and poor life outcomes. Existing research focuses on specific aspects of transitioning rather than young people's lives as a wh...

Radon ( 222 Rn) Exhalation and Soil Geochemistry in Miocene Sediments Near the Mat Fault, Mizoram, India

Radon-222 in soil reflects radionuclide availability and transport through pore space. We compare soil texture, bulk X-ray fluorescence (XRF) composition and 15 reported radon mass-exhalation rates from three stations in Miocene Surma Group sediments near the Mat Fault, Mizoram,...

Heteronormative cosmopolitanism: visibility and the state-of-the-art in LGBT+ tourism geographies

Tourism geography has a substantial account of how sexual minorities make, inhabit, and are excluded from tourist places. Existing work also shows how others consume LGBT+ space as cosmopolitan distinction. This review asks how that conversion works spatially, and what it cannot...

‘The difference between us is that I am an optimist and you are a pessimist.’ An autoethnographic study on suppression of critical scholarship

Critical scholarship constitutes an important part of business and management research, including related fields such as work psychology. However, critical work is also often met with resistance from colleagues and gatekeepers within the discipline. Yet, there is little insight i...

Perceived Barriers to Micronutrient-Rich Diets Among Charitable-Service Users in Two European Settings: A Qualitative Pilot Study

People experiencing socioeconomic disadvantage are disproportionately affected by micronutrient deficiencies, but evidence concerning the barriers to micronutrient-rich diets among disadvantaged populations in European settings is limited. This qualitative study (eight focus grou...

Crafting the DNA of smart hospitals: decoding standards and indicators through a scoping review

The significant global spread of smart hospitals emphasizes the need for clear and well-defined criteria and standards to effectively guide their design, implementation, evaluation, and management. This scoping review aimed to clarify the requirements for smart hospitals by exami...

Projects, Not Funds: Structural Room, Expected Returns and the Scale of Monetary Transmission to Investment

Secular-stagnation theories work through a falling natural rate and the lower bound. This paper offers an investment-side complement away from the bound. Its central object is structural room: the scale of expansion projects an economy can still absorb, which investment uses up a...

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