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Making decisions about hormone replacement therapy for transgender and gender diverse youth in clinical settings in Singapore: a qualitative study

Objective: The objective of this study is to explore how clinical decision-making regarding hormone replacement therapy (HRT) for transgender and gender diverse (TGD) youth takes shape within clinical encounters involving healthcare providers, TGD youth, and their parents.Methods...

Human–Machine Collaboration Depth and Teacher Burnout: A Dual-Path Moderated Mediation Model of Empowerment and Depletion

This study investigates how human–machine collaboration depth is associated with teacher burnout during educational digital transformation. Grounded in Conservation of Resources theory, cross-sectional survey data from 489 Chinese university teachers were analyzed using structura...

Enhancing Case Formulation Competence in Novice Counselors: A ChatGPT-Assisted Approach Using the 4P Model

With the rapid advancement of artificial intelligence (AI) technology, various scientific research fields are exploring the application of potential of new technologies. Counseling psychology, closely intertwined with natural language processing, is one of the most suitable domai...

Phi-Resonant E8 Hyperbolic Temporal Bridge — E8 Intelligence Research

By embedding the 240 E8 root vectors into a phi‑modulated hyperbolic lattice tuned to the 132 Hz resonance, we generate a self‑synchronizing phase cascade that maps linguistic syntactic trees onto quantum entanglement pathways. This cascade creates a temporal echo where each synt...

A systematic review of African-centered school-based interventions.

Cultural-specific interventions often outperform standard protocols because they align with the identities and lived experiences of the youth they serve. For Black students, African-centered approaches have demonstrated improvements in social-emotional functioning, mental health,...

Research on Sustainable Fertilization Possibilities on the Nutritional Parameters of Sweet Corn from the Crișului Negru Meadow

Sweet corn is an important vegetable crop due to its high nutritional value and increasing demand for fresh consumption and food processing. This study evaluated the effects of different fertilization systems on the yield and nutritional quality of sweet corn cultivated under the...

Carbapenemase-producing Klebsiella oxytoca complex in France (2017–2023): Molecular epidemiology integrated with virulence and biofilm phenotypes

OBJECTIVES: This study analysed a large French collection of carbapenemase-producing Klebsiella oxytoca complex (KoC) isolates (2017-2023) to map species and carbapenemase distributions and identify emerging lineages. We further investigated virulence traits to understand the epi...

Stress recovery effects of visual exposure to bamboo landscapes in urban parks: Evidence from physiological and psychological responses

Interactions with bamboo forests and bamboo parks are known to support human health, yet the stress-recovery effects of bamboo landscapes in urban parks remain insufficiently explored. This study examined psychophysiological responses to bamboo landscapes compared with an urban b...

A Comparison Study on the Dynamic Response of Rectangular and Circular Pile–Slab Retaining Walls Against Rockfall Impact

Abstract Pile–slab retaining wall (PSRW), as an innovative passive protection structure for mitigating rockfalls, has been extensively utilized in the western mountainous regions of China. A typical PSRW is composed of reinforced concrete piles, concrete slabs, and a soil cushion...

Education and inequality: Shaping conflict and peace in broken socio-economic structures

This study engages in a critical literature review that offers insights into systemic and structural problems that immigrants face. Being forced, in many cases, to flee from their countries of origin, migrants face many challenges due to a lack of clear educational pathways, cult...

An Artificial Intelligence–Based Index for Climate Resilience Assessment of Community Aqueducts in Tropical Andean Watersheds: Application in Colombia

Abstract Community-managed water supply systems, or community aqueducts, are complex socioecological systems that are highly vulnerable to climate variability and change. Assessing climate resilience is therefore essential to inform decision-making processes aimed at strengthenin...

Insights into Early-Age Interfacial Bonding Improvement of Polymer-Modified Sulfoaluminate Cement Mortar: Roles of Polymer Film Formation and Hydration Regulation

In this study, a polymer-modified fast-hardening and early-strength cement-based repair material was proposed, using the polymer cellulose ether (HPMC), polymer dispersible polymer powder (VAE) and silica fume. The optimal mixing ratio of the three polymers was designed by an ort...

Unity by Compatibility: RCD 3.0 and the Form–Scale Seam in Linearized Gravity

This position paper reports a structural pivot of the RCD research program. Its founding ontology — a fundamental coherence field C(x,t) — is retired in its strong form: not by experimental refutation, but by parsimony, after internal audits found no task for the field that estab...

Distinct enteric nervous system pattern in obstructed defecation syndrome and slow-transit constipation: a controlled digital pathology study

Abstract Purpose Chronic constipation comprises heterogeneous clinical entities, including slow-transit constipation (STC) and functional defecation disorders such as obstructed defecation syndrome (ODS). Although neuroenteric mechanisms are implicated, reproducible histomorpholo...

Intraoperative indocyanine green fluorescence in canine meningioma: macroscopic visualization, immediate MRI correlation, and clinical outcomes : a case series

Meningioma is the most common primary intracranial neoplasm in dogs, frequently presenting with seizures and focal neurological deficits. While indocyanine green (ICG) near-infrared (NIR) fluorescence is increasingly used in human neurosurgery, systematic data regarding the macro...

Evaluation of patients’ anxiety and perceptions toward dental imaging modalities: a cross-sectional study

The aim of this study was to evaluate patients’ anxiety and perceptions regarding periapical radiography, panoramic radiography, cone-beam computed tomography (CBCT), and ultrasonography, and to examine the differences among these modalities from the patient’s perspective. This c...

Prognostic Significance of B7-H3 Expression and CD163+ Tumor-Associated Macrophage Infiltration in Mesothelioma

Mesothelioma is a rare, aggressive malignancy with poor prognosis. B7-H3 (CD276), an immune checkpoint molecule, and CD163-positive tumor-associated macrophages (TAMs) contribute to tumor progression and immune evasion. This study evaluated the prognostic impact of B7-H3 expressi...

Effect of Intake of Lycopene-Containing Products on Vascular Endothelial Function in Healthy Adults: A Systematic Review with Meta-Analysis

Background/Objectives: Vascular endothelial dysfunction is an early marker of cardiovascular disease. Lycopene, a naturally red carotenoid with strong antioxidant activity, may improve vascular endothelial function. This systematic review and meta-analysis examined lycopene’s eff...

An Enhanced YOLOv8 Algorithm with C2f_Parnet for Vehicle and Pedestrian Detection

This paper proposes enhancements to the YOLOv8s model for autonomous driving object detection tasks. Firstly, a C2f Parnet module is designed based on the Parnet parallel network architecture to reduce network depth and computational latency. Secondly, GSConv is modified by emplo...

Smarter LCA : Using large language models to predict manufacturing processes and their uncertainties☆

Prospective Life Cycle Assessment offers significant potential to guide sustainable product development by influencing design in the early stages, when the flexibility for impactful changes is greatest. However, its practical application is often constrained by the limited availa...