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Beyond tools: relational trust as the foundation for workplace-based learning

Workplace-based assessment (WBA) is intended to support learning through authentic clinical experience, feedback conversations, and coaching embedded in everyday practice.1 Yet in Hong Kong's postgraduate training system, it is often experienced differently as there is a burdenso...

Advancing evaluation methodologies for CBRN simulation exercises: integrating social psychology with program evaluation

Simulation exercises are widely used to rehearse plans, test capabilities, clarify interdependencies, and identify preparedness gaps for chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear (CBRN) hazards. Existing procedural evaluation guidance is useful, but procedural indicators al...

Predictive effect of symptom burden and spiritual well-being on patient empowerment in palliative care patients: a cross-sectional study

Patient empowerment is central to high-quality palliative care, yet the factors influencing a patient’s sense of control remain poorly understood. While clinical practice often focuses on physical symptoms, the impact of spiritual well-being and prior illness experience on empowe...

Sarcopenia affects the outcomes and tolerability in patients with interstitial lung disease receiving nintedanib: a retrospective study

Nintedanib is approved for various interstitial lung diseases (ILDs). Although sarcopenia, which is characterized by a loss of skeletal muscle mass, is known to affect the outcome of ILD, the outcome of patients with sarcopenia receiving nintedanib remains unclear. Fifty-six pati...

A cross-national study examining social determinant factors on short sleep between the U.S. and Canada

Sleep is essential for optimal health as short sleep is associated with cardiovascular disease, diabetes, and early mortality. One-third of adults in the U.S. and Canada do not receive sufficient sleep. Canadian adults are typically healthier than U.S. adults and inequities in sl...

Integrated light spectrum and growth regulators improved the growth of saffron daughter corms by regulating carbohydrate metabolism in a novel two-stage cropping system

Saffron, a valuable spice and industrial crop used in food, pharma, and cosmetics, is propagated only vegetatively via corms due to triploid male sterility. Corms are the primary storage organs and determine both the yield and quality of daughter corms. However, the optimal growi...

Dietary patterns and cardiometabolic health among Korean adolescents: Korea national health and nutrition examination survey, 2007–2022

Adolescence is a critical developmental period during which diet profoundly influences lifelong health. However, evidence on dietary patterns among adolescents and their sex-specific associations with cardiometabolic health remains limited. This study aimed to identify major diet...

Circulating plasma microRNAs as potential non-invasive biomarkers in infertile women with adenomyosis: an observational study

Despite advancements in imaging techniques, the non-invasive diagnosis of adenomyosis remains particularly challenging due to the overlap of imaging features with other uterine diseases, and the lack of consistent correlation with clinical presentation, with histological confirma...

From “Time is money” to “Time is life”: cyberslacking and the moralization of time in contemporary China

This article investigates cyberslacking in contemporary China through the lens of time moralization, framing it as a morally contested response to capitalist temporal regimes, rather than mere individual deviance. Drawing on 35 semi-structured interviews within the Douban group “...

Why does El Niño develop slowly but decay rapidly

El Niño events typically develop slowly but decay rapidly, yet the processes driving this phase asymmetry remain insufficiently quantified. Here we diagnose the mixed-layer heat budget over integration depths ranging from 30 to 100 m and introduce a depth-resolved diagnostic fram...

Crisis media exposure cognitive appraisal disaster preparedness and resilience among older adults a narrative review

Older adults are disproportionately affected by nature-induced and human-made disasters. Media can support preparedness by disseminating timely guidance, but high-intensity exposure to distressing coverage and misinformation can also increase anxiety and impede action. This narra...

How Are Older Adults Represented in News Images?: A Mixed-Methods Study of Visual Ageism and Stereotypes of Older Adults

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Landscape history matters: decoupled responses of plant taxonomic, phylogenetic and functional diversity to intensive agriculture impacts in Cerrado

Loss of woody plants due to intensive agricultural expansion is particularly critical because of their role in ecosystem functions and services, as well as in ecosystem resilience. Therefore, understanding the effects of landscape changes on multiple dimensions of biodiversity (i...

BcPHT1;9 mediates phosphate uptake and modulates root architecture in flowering Chinese cabbage

Phosphorus (P) is an essential macronutrient for plant growth and development. The absorption and transport of phosphate in plants rely on phosphate transporter-encoded proteins, named PHT1 transporters. Flowering Chinese cabbage is an important vegetable crop, while the molecula...

The perception of realism is correlated with physical gamuts

Realism remains an unresolved question in vision science. This study investigates whether the physical gamut correlates with realism judgements. We conducted psychophysical experiments where observers judged the realism of natural scenes with target regions manipulated across the...

NOSES-facilitated transoral en-bloc excision of tongue squamous cell carcinoma via an adapted face-lift method: an initial technical case series

Tongue squamous cell carcinoma (TSCC) is one of the most common malignancies of the oral cavity, and cervical lymph node status is a major determinant of prognosis. Conventional selective neck dissection (SND) requires a transcervical incision that may result in visible cervical...

Impaired gastrocnemius medialis muscle-tendon decoupling reduces gait efficiency in spastic paresis syndrome

Introduction Muscle-tendon unit interactions are crucial for efficient walking but remain unstudied in adult-onset spastic paresis. This cross-sectional study evaluated the relative contributions of the Achilles tendon, muscle fascicles, and muscle belly to the dynamics of the ga...

Integrative transcriptomic and functional profiling reveals neutrophil-associated immune dysregulation in bronchopulmonary dysplasia

Bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD) is the most common chronic lung disease in preterm infants. Although inflammation is broadly recognized as a key contributor to BPD, the precise roles and underlying mechanisms of immune cells in BPD pathogenesis remain incompletely understood. Mo...

Development and validation of a Digital Literacy instrument for pre-service teachers: A systematic literature review and proposed MADEL framework

This study addresses the fragmented nature of digital literacy measurement in teacher education by establishing an integrative developmental blueprint, the MADEL framework, and presenting a systematic synthesis of existing validation practices. Structuring a systematic literature...

Integrative network toxicology and transcriptomic analysis identifies candidate molecular links between drinking-water disinfection by-products and prostate cancer

Disinfection by-products (DBPs) are ubiquitous contaminants generated during drinking-water disinfection and have been associated with adverse health outcomes. Although epidemiological and toxicological studies have linked long-term DBP exposure to urinary tract malignancies, the...