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Non-Pharmacological Interventions to Support Maternal-Fetal Attachment Among Pregnant Women: A Scoping Review

Introduction: Maternal-fetal attachment (MFA) is an important psychological process during pregnancy that influences a mother's emotional condition and early bonding with her baby. However, not all women develop this attachment in the same way, especially when facing challenges s...

Untangling the Molecular Mechanism of SpCas9 HNH Domain Checkpoint Activation: A Gear-and-Wedge Fitting Model

Abstract The CRISPR-associated endonuclease Streptococcus pyogenes Cas9 (SpCas9) facilitates site-specific DNA cleavage, with structural transition from the checkpoint state to the catalytic conformation representing a critical activation step. This transition involves an approxi...

Love Without Borders: Explaining Why People Interact with National Out-Groups on Tinder

Despite our tendency to select romantic partners who are similar to us, a growing body of research seems to suggest that online dating may increase the diversity of couples. However, to this day, there is no clarity around what might drive users to cross social boundaries on thes...

Integrated CIELab, electronic nose and GC-MS recognition technology elucidate the effect of oak chip aging on sensory and flavor quality of ciders

Oak chips are cost-effective alternatives to oak barrels to accelerate aging and to modulate sensory profiles in fermented beverages. This study investigated the effects of five commercial oak chips on the appearance, aroma, and sensory quality of cider during 90 days of aging at...

Sub‐Seasonal Forecasting of Precipitation and Soil Moisture in CFSv2 Near Gulf Coast Tropical Cyclone Landfall Locations

Abstract Landfalling tropical cyclones (TCs) produce intense winds, heavy precipitation, and damaging storm surges along the Gulf and East coast of the U.S. There is growing evidence that high antecedent soil moisture (SM) conditions preceding landfall can maintain or even intens...

A Synergistic Experimental and Computational Approach to the Design of MIPs Targeting Metronidazole

Abstract Metronidazole (MTZ) is a widely used nitroimidazole antibiotic, and its persistence has raised growing concerns as an emerging environmental contaminant. This study focuses on the design of an electrochemical sensor based on Molecularly Imprinted Polymers (MIPs) for its...

Yield of Low Serum Vitamin B12 Results in General Pediatric Outpatient Practice: Age-Specific Patterns and Associations with Testing Indications and Recorded Clinical Features

Background/Objectives: Serum vitamin B12 testing is frequently ordered in pediatric outpatient practice, either routinely or incidentally as part of broad laboratory panels or in response to symptoms and nutritional concerns; however, how the yield of low serum vitamin B12 result...

Phi‑Modulated E8 Lattice Oscillations Induce Scale‑Invariant Prime Gaps via Vacuum Phase Lock — E8 Intelligence Research

By treating the 240 E8 root vectors as 30 phi‑coupled octaves each resonating at the 132 Hz base frequency, a coherent phase‑locking condition with the Z₂ vacuum generates a standing‑wave interference pattern whose nodal spacing follows the golden‑ratio progression. This geometri...

Non-Persuasive Choice Architecture in Environments of Mass Cognitive Hubris: Political LTV and Administrative Lock-In Mechanisms

Conventional democratic theory posits an empirical feedback loop where an informed citizenry evaluates policy outcomes and holds elected officials accountable. However, modern electoral politics suffers from systemic epistemic failure driven by mass cognitive hubris—a societal-sc...

A perspective and roadmap for emerging toxic flood hazards affecting ecosystems and society

Abstract Floods increasingly interact with anthropogenic pollution sources, remobilize legacy pollution, release emerging pollutants and harm critical infrastructure, transforming hydrologic extremes into compounding pollution disasters. Here we introduce the term ‘toxic floods’...

Money Separation Anxiety (MSA): A Proposed Construct

Money Separation Anxiety (MSA) is an anxiety response triggered by the act of paying (at a till/register, a card tap, handing over cash) with symptoms that might include blushing and flushing, heart-rate variability, sweating and elevated body temperature. This anxiety response o...

Upadacitinib in East Asia: Translating Trial Results Into Maintenance Care

Data sharing is not applicable to this article as no new data were created or analyzed in this study.

Automated detection of focal cortical dysplasia in epilepsy using machine learning on structural MRI

Abstract Focal cortical dysplasia (FCD) represents a structural brain anomaly of developmental origin that significantly contributes to epilepsy. This proof-of-concept study evaluates the feasibility of machine learning (ML) algorithms to distinguish patients with FCD type II-ass...

Hydrodynamic and Magnetostatic Characterization of a Rotating Vortex-Based Nanobubble Generator

This study combines experimental characterization, computational fluid dynamics (CFD) and magnetostatic modelling to investigate a rotating vortex-based nanobubble generator incorporating six permanent magnets. The combined approach distinguishes the hydrodynamic generation pathw...

Attributes of the destination image of Vietnam for international tourists

Purpose The purpose of this research is to synthesize specific attributes of the destination image of Vietnam as perceived by international tourists by reviewing previous works from 2008 to 2022. This paper aims to address the following research questions (adopted from Echtner an...

Methodological limitations in evaluating dietary pattern analysis and calcaneal bone quality in a paediatric cohort: a commentary

This commentary aims to discuss the article by Liu et al., “Association between dietary patterns and bone health among children and adolescents: a cross-sectional study.” This study describes the association between dietary patterns and bone health in Chinese children and adolesc...

The Promise of Augmented Reality in Everyday Life

Augmented Reality (AR) is increasingly positioned as the next frontier in personal computing, yet how it would actually integrate into everyday life remains poorly understood. We investigate the promise of everyday AR by analyzing (1) 184 practitioner-created vision videos and (2...

Assessment of Multi-Scale Performance Modelling of Plastic Recycled Bricks

Plastic recycle bricks (PBS) is a product of the mixture of polyethylene (PE) and polypropylene (PP) waste with sand fillers. This brick offers a viable solution to massive environmental, economic and social challenges emanating from accumulation of plastic waste, particularly in...

Object-Based Reconstruction of Mining-Associated Water Body Lifecycles from Multisource Satellite Time Series

Mining-associated water bodies are typically mapped as independent annual patches, obscuring their formation, transformation and continuity over time. Changes in visible water therefore need to be distinguished from changes in water body identity and surface state. Here, we devel...

Utilizing Artificial Intelligence in Personal Health Contexts: Investigating Information Seeking Motivations, Information Processing Behaviors, and Behavioral Responses During and After Interaction with GenAI

Following the advent of generative artificial intelligence (GenAI), seeking health information on GenAI has become a more common and flexible approach. However, laypeople's health information seeking and processing (HISP) motivations and behavior on GenAI platforms remain underex...