Research works

Development and pilot evaluation of an AI-based pediatric medication safety virtual simulation program for nursing students: a quasi-experimental study in South Korea

PURPOSE: This study aimed to develop an artificial intelligence (AI)-based pediatric medication safety competence (PMSC) virtual simulation program and evaluate its effectiveness among nursing students. METHODS: This quasi-experimental study used a nonequivalent control group pre...

The Use of Ozone Therapy or Blue®M Gel as an Adjunctive Therapy in Patients With Periodontal Disease: A Systematic Review

Background: Conventional treatment of periodontal disease is based on subgingival instrumentation, but its limited effectiveness in eliminating certain pathogens has led to the need for adjuvant approaches such as ozone therapy (OT) or Blue®m gel. Methods: A systematic review was...

ENNORY: A Computational Framework for Transition Intelligence in Formula One Engineering, Structural Heart Intervention, and Artificial Intelligence

ENNORY introduces Transition Intelligence, a computational framework designed to model, analyse, and preserve continuity as complex systems transition between evolving states. Unlike fixed-purpose computational models, ENNORY functions as a unified transition architecture capable...

School location, school type, and students’ perception as determinants of virtual learning adoption in Ogbomoso secondary schools

Virtual learning adoption in secondary schools is influenced by contextual and perceptual factors amid uneven infrastructure. This study investigates how school location (urban vs. rural), type (public vs. private), and students’ perceptions influence adoption among 300 Senior Se...

From Mining Informality to Public Financial Capacity: An Institutional Approach to the Formalization of Artisanal Mining Value Chains in the Democratic Republic of Congo

This concept note proposes an innovative institutional approach to the formalization of artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) value chains in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Grounded in institutional economics and political philosophy, the research challenges purely coer...

Post-traumatic dental care, mouthguard use, and preventive behaviour among athletes participating in sports with different contact intensities: a cross-sectional study

Sports-related dental and maxillofacial trauma remains a significant oral health problem in contact sports. This study aimed to investigate dental trauma experience, mouthguard use patterns, and post-traumatic dental care behaviours among elite combat sport athletes and to compar...

How big is the carbon bubble really?

We examine how major U.S.-listed fossil fuel firms respond to discrete climate policy signals, including annual United Nations climate summits and four major policy announcements, by estimating market-implied valuations under business as usual (BAU) and policy-adjusted scenarios...

Adherence to the DASH diet moderates the association between sedentary time and the risk of obstructive sleep apnea in a hypertensive rural Chinese population: a cross-sectional study

Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) and hypertension form a vicious cycle. While sedentary behavior is an emerging risk factor for OSA, and the dietary approaches to stop hypertension (DASH) diet offers cardiometabolic benefits, their interplay in non-obese hypertensive patients remain...

Neurocognitive outcomes after treatment of unruptured anterior communicating artery aneurysms – a systematic review

Cognitive changes after treatment of ruptured anterior communicating artery (AComA) aneurysms have been recognized for decades. Whether such deficits occur after elective treatment of unruptured aneurysms remains uncertain. A systematic search in MEDLINE (via PubMed and via Ovid)...

Longitudinal TyG index trajectories and renal function decline in a high cardiovascular-risk Chinese cohort: a sex-stratified analysis

This study aimed to identify longitudinal triglyceride-glucose (TyG) index trajectories and evaluate their association with annual estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) change in a high cardiovascular-risk Chinese cohort, with sex-stratified analyses. A prospective cohort a...

Alcohol and tobacco in cancer: A unified framework of interaction across carcinogenic pathways and cancer types

Background Alcohol and tobacco are among the leading preventable causes of cancer worldwide and frequently co-occur. While both are well-established independent carcinogens, their combined effects remain insufficiently characterized and inconsistently interpreted across cancer ty...

Non-elastic membrane dual-actuation liquid lens for continuous focus and zoom

Miniaturization is crucial for technological advancement and innovation. Simplifying systems, reducing device size, and integrating multiple functions remain limiting factors for the miniaturization of optical imaging systems. Liquid lenses offer compact structure, fast response,...

Plasma wave observations from Juno spacecraft at the Jovian bow shock

Recent observations of Jupiter’s bow shock have provided new insights into the energy dissipation mechanisms associated with bow shocks of outer planets. At greater distances from the Sun, the typically increasing super-Alfvénic nature of the solar wind leads to higher-energy bow...

Effect of modeling liquid and glycerin application protocols on the surface roughness and microhardness of one shade resin composites

To evaluate the effects of different modeling liquid and glycerin application protocols on surface roughness (R a ) and Vickers microhardness (VHN) of one-shade resin composites before and after coffee staining. Five resin composites (four one-shade and one conventional nanohybri...

Adelmidrol: A novel osteogenic mineralization regulator for bone defect repair via activating the Notch pathway with drug-loaded hydrogel

Bone defect, irreversible bone loss impairing physiological functions, raises complication risks, lowers life quality and burdens healthcare, demanding effective novel repair strategies. This study aimed to screen candidate drugs promoting osteoblast (OB) osteogenic mineralizatio...

Public expenditure, economic growth and research investment effects on higher education enrollment in India and Saudi Arabia using panel CS ARDL analysis

This study empirically examines the effects of public expenditure, economic growth, and research investment on higher education enrollment in India and Saudi Arabia over 2000–2021. Employing a comparative panel framework, the analysis utilizes Cross-Sectionally Augmented Autoregr...

Multi-level static and dynamic graph-theoretical analyses of resting-state functional networks in a Chinese cohort of preterm neonates

Preterm birth influences early functional brain maturation at term-equivalent age. Using resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging from a large Chinese neonatal cohort (62 term-born and 107 preterm neonates), we examined static and dynamic network organization using mul...

Machine learning-based fall risk prediction in community-dwelling older adults using dual-task spatiotemporal gait parameters

With global aging, falls have become a major threat to geriatric health. Traditional clinical assessments often suffer from a “ceiling effect,” failing to detect subtle motor impairments in high-functioning older adults. Moreover, steady-state gait analysis lacks ecological valid...

A cyclic family arising from Larson's matroid counterexample: exact symmetric-exchange arity and a socle theorem

This record contains the mathematical note "A cyclic family arising from Larson's matroid counterexample: exact symmetric-exchange arity and a socle theorem" and a two-page theorem synopsis for quick reading. For a cyclic family M_m of rank-3m binary matroids, the note proves tha...

How are local authorities responding to climate change and health impacts? a policy document analysis of four England regions

Abstract Background Climate change poses growing risks to population health. In England, local authorities can influence key determinants of climate-related health outcomes through responsibilities for housing, transport, environmental protection and public health. However, clima...