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Exploring successful implementation of occupational therapy led home fall‐hazard reduction interventions

Abstract Introduction Falls among older adults are a major cause of death, injury, and loss of independence. High‐certainty evidence demonstrates that comprehensive, occupational therapy–led home fall‐hazard reduction interventions can reduce the number of falls among older adult...

Sex-modulated associations between cytomegalovirus cell-associated DNA and cognition in people with HIV on ART

Background: People with HIV (PWH) remain at risk for cognitive impairment, despite effective antiretroviral therapy (ART), a phenomenon linked to chronic immune activation and inflammation. Cytomegalovirus (CMV) has been implicated in HIV-associated neurocognitive impairment, but...

Affine-Half Extensions of Partial-Spread Minimal Binary Linear Codes with Explicit Weight Distributions

In this paper, we derive complete weight distributions and solve constrained optimization problems for affine-half coordinate extensions of a known family of partial-spread minimal binary codes. The extended code has length 2m+2m−1−1 and dimension m+1, and it remains minimal. The...

OpensetCapsNet: A Collaborative Fault Diagnosis Framework for Emerging and Compound Faults of Machinery

Abstract Developing intelligent fault diagnosis (IFD) methods based on deep neural networks has attracted considerable attention and brought successful breakthroughs for industrial applications in recent years. However, the historical IFD methods often concentrate on single diagn...

Grey box modeling to predict tensile properties in laser powder bed fusion

Abstract Additive Manufacturing is an upcoming technology to produce metal structures in industry as complex near net-shaped structures can be built. One commonly used method is Laser Powder Bed Fusion (PBF-LB), that uses lasers to melt metal powder layer by layer. Alongside adva...

Cognitive Workload Assessment in Procedural Tasks

Objective To examine how task anomalies and time pressure influence cognitive workload in procedural tasks and to identify whether workload effects are transient or sustained. Background Procedural tasks often involve sequential actions for which disruptions, such as operational...

mTOR Signaling as a Central Regulator of Coronavirus Replication: Mechanistic Insights and Translational Opportunities

Coronaviruses comprise a diverse group of enveloped, positive-sense single-stranded RNA viruses capable of causing high morbidity in humans and livestock. The repeated emergence of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus (SARS-CoV), Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavi...

Effect of Microstructural Features’ Volume Fraction and Geometry on Digital Volume Correlation Analysis

Digital volume correlation (DVC) is widely used to extract internal displacement and strain fields from X-ray computed tomography (XCT) data, yet the limits imposed by the material’s own texture remain poorly quantified. This paper quantifies the individual and combined effects o...

Beyond Device Safety: Organisational Burden and Quality of Life in Oncology Outpatients with PICCs. A Descriptive Exploratory Study

Background and Objectives: Cancer care is increasingly delivered through outpatient pathways, thereby progressively transferring part of the organisational and practical workload of care to patients and informal caregivers. Although peripherally inserted central catheters (PICCs)...

Small-Signal Stability Analysis of Grid-Following and Grid-Forming Converters in EV Charging Stations

With the increasing deployment of EV charging infrastructure, large numbers of power electronic converters are being integrated into distribution networks, making small-signal stability a key issue for converter-intensive charging facilities. In practical EV charging stations, gr...

Severe Refractory Hypotension Following Patent Blue V Injection: A Case of Atypical Perioperative Anaphylaxis

Background and Clinical Significance: Patent Blue V (PBV) is widely used for sentinel lymph node mapping but may rarely cause severe hypersensitivity reactions. These reactions can present atypically, with predominant cardiovascular collapse and minimal cutaneous manifestations,...

Shared Metabolic–Proteinopathy Axis in Alzheimer's Disease and Parkinson's Disease: Evidence for a Convergent but Not Identical Disease Spectrum

ABSTRACT Alzheimer's disease (AD) and Parkinson's disease (PD) are the two most prevalent neurodegenerative disorders globally and have long been classified as clinically and pathologically distinct syndromes. AD is defined by amyloid‐β (Aβ) plaques and tau‐positive neurofibrilla...

Strengthening Scientific Literacy via Differentiated Learning with Virtual Laboratory-Based Interactive Media

This study aimed to develop and validate an interactive virtual laboratory (VL) incorporating differentiated instructional (DI) features to support the scientific literacy of Grade VIII students in Indonesia. The research employed the Analysis, Design, Development, Implementation...

Structural complexity drives taxonomic and functional diversity in kelp holdfast communities

Abstract Kelp holdfasts form dense 3D habitat that supports diverse biological communities, but the relative importance of different structural components and the methods used to measure them are poorly understood. Here, we compare multiple 3D imaging approaches spanning differen...

Diagnosis of Extensive DCIS with Progressive Microcalcifications over a Period of 11 Years

A 53-year-old woman presented complaining of enlargement of her right breast; 12 years earlier she was treated elsewhere for an invasive ductal carcinoma of the right breast with breast-conserving surgery, adjuvant chemotherapy, anti-HER2 therapy, radiotherapy and endocrine thera...

The gendered cost of assistive technology: female (but not male) caregivers are seen as less warm and more machine-like when wearing an exoskeleton

Abstract Exoskeletons can reduce physical strain at work, but they can also change how wearers are perceived by others. This may be especially consequential in professional caregiving, where warmth and human connection are central to good care and where gendered expectations fram...

Gamified learning in higher education: associations with student motivation and perceived academic performance

Purpose This study examines the relationship between gamified learning practices and undergraduate students' motivation and perceived academic performance in higher education. Design/methodology/approach A cross-sectional survey collected data from 311 undergraduates with prior e...

Environmental impacts of a biorefinery integrated into dairy farming system

Abstract Green biorefineries (GBRs) aim to reduce reliance on imported feed by extracting protein from forage. Their environmental performance depends on co-product utilization, including the pulp which contains up to 70% of the original biomass dry matter. Using a life cycle ass...

Subjective Xerostomia and Chairside Salivary Dysfunction in Institutionalized Older Adults: Concordance and Exploratory Derivation of a Five-Item Short Form

Background/Objectives: In institutionalized older adults, we examined the concordance between self-reported xerostomia and chairside salivary dysfunction and explored whether a smaller subset of Xerostomia Inventory items could retain comparable screening performance. Methods: Th...

Lipidomic Profiling of Milk Enables Identification of Novel Biomarkers for Subclinical Ketosis in Dairy Cows

The current clinical test for ketosis in dairy cows, which is based on measuring blood β-hydroxybutyrate (BHB) concentrations, is an invasive procedure that impacts herd welfare. Alternative biomarkers, especially non-invasive ones, are urgently needed for subclinical ketosis (SC...