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“I constantly felt between a rock and a hard place”: Parents’ experiences of elite athletes’ injuries.

Given that parents have been identified to have an important role in supporting their injured child, it is surprising that the impact of athletes’ injuries on parents has received limited research attention. Two research questions guided this study: In what ways are parents of el...

NoMMD: A Point-of-View-Bound Architecture for Recursive Mental Modeling

Recursive mental modeling becomes difficult to evaluate when an observer's global record is mistaken for a participant's state, later evidence enters an earlier prediction, or fluent summaries silently replace incompatible hypotheses. We present NoMMD, a point-of-view-bound archi...

Enhanced seam segmentation for automated welding robot in construction through transfer learning: addressing limitations of bilateral segmentation network

Reliable weld seam segmentation is essential for autonomous robotic welding in construction, where severe illumination changes, specular reflections, and thin weld geometries frequently degrade segmentation performance. This paper proposes a lightweight post-training optimization...

Structural Reinforcement of Ex-Vivo Aorta by Photocrosslinking of Collagen: The Role of Bunsen–Roscoe Law in Identifying the Optimal Irradiation Strategy

This study aimed to develop an irradiation strategy that would be able to maintain the validity of the Bunsen–Roscoe reciprocity law when exposing the aorta to ultraviolet A (UVA) radiation as a procedure to mechanically reinforce the blood vessels. Furthermore, it aimed to estab...

How will I know if you really like me? Assessing the role of appearance, behavior, and reciprocity for metaliking accuracy in initial social encounters.

In first social encounters, people regularly try to figure out whether others like them. When accurate, these meta-liking judgments enable individuals to more optimally engage in social interactions. Although previous research shows that people do know how much others like them,...

Plurality in transformative change: Three co‐created pathways toward nature‐positive Europe(s)

1.The accelerating decline of biodiversity necessitates transformative change to protect nature and society, requiring innovative actions and governance strategies. This paper focuses on developing diverse transformative pathways for biodiversity in Europe and advancing methodolo...

Self-reported social and motivational factors in health-related future intentions amongst older adults

Abstract Prospective memory (PM), the ability to form a specific intention and remember to carry it out at an appropriate future time, is critical in health-related contexts and has been found to decline significantly with age. Further, motivation plays a vital role in PM and pre...

Dataset of survey responses on artificial intelligence adoption in the healthcare sector of Bangladesh: Stakeholder perspectives from patients, providers, and administrators

Abstract Objective The objective of this study was to explore the perceptions, awareness, and readiness of various healthcare stakeholders in Bangladesh regarding the adoption of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in healthcare. Specifically, the study aimed to examine the factors infl...

Web application for retrospective geomagnetic storm detection, main phase analysis and identification of solar wind influence on storm intensity

This work presents a web application for retrospective detection and analysis of geomagnetic storms using hourly Dst and solar wind data from OMNIWeb. The application detects storm events, identifies their main phases, computes solar wind derived parameters during the main phase,...

Engineering Thermothelomyces heterothallica for cellobionate production

Abstract In this study, a thermophilic cellulolytic filamentous fungus Thermothelomyces heterothallica was engineered for direct production of cellobionic acid (CBA) from alkali-pretreated wheat straw without the addition of external cellulases. The CBA bioproduction pathway was...

Innovation in Acute Adolescent Mental Healthcare: Evaluating a Responsive and Sustainable Mental Healthcare Model

Background and objectives: Despite substantial global burden of mental illnesses, there remains limited evidence evaluating the effectiveness of inpatient Models of Care (MOC) for adolescents. This paper compares the effectiveness of an innovative MOC, the Brief Intervention MOC...

COVID-19 vaccine uptake among individuals with Down syndrome in the Unites States

IntroductionIndividuals with Down syndrome are at increased risk for severe disease from acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection, making them a priority group for COVID-19 vaccination. Data on vaccine uptake and factors associated with vaccination are need...

Gödel's Incompleteness Theorem and the Power of Context

Gödel's incompleteness theorem and Turing's halting problem are conventionally read as fundamental limits of formal reason. We argue the opposite: they are not limits of reason, but the cost of practicing reason context-free. Incompleteness (Gödel), the undecidability of semantic...

Portfolio Optimization for Commodity ETFs Under Heavy-Tailed Returns

This paper examined whether portfolio-objective choice or forecasting complexity was more consequential in heavy-tailed commodity ETF allocation. Using daily Bloomberg data for 30 U.S.-listed commodity ETFs from 12 December 2018 to 16 December 2024, we compared historical and dyn...

Posterior samples of BGL coefficients for $B \to D^\ast \ell\bar\nu_\ell$ form factors

This dataset contains posterior samples of BGL coefficients which parameterise the $B \to D^\ast$ hadronic form factors, generated as part of the analysis for the paper " Angular Analysis of $B \to D^\ast \ell\bar\nu_\ell$ from Lattice and Experiment: $|V_{cb}|$ and New Physics C...

Examining the Role of Rural Entrepreneurship in Enhancing Economic Resilience in Mnquma Local Municipality, Eastern Cape

Rural entrepreneurship is increasingly recognised as a critical driver of economic resilience and regional development, particularly in developing regions such as the Eastern Cape, South Africa. This exploratory study examines how entrepreneurial activities stimulate local econom...

The sine-Gordon equation in light-cone coordinates on the half-lines revisited: a Riemann–Hilbert approach

Abstract In this work, we study the initial-boundary value (IBV) problems for the sine-Gordon (sG) equation in the light-cone coordinates $$u_{xt}=\sin u$$ u xt = sin u in the quarter-planes $$x> 0, t > 0$$ x > 0 , t > 0 and $$x < 0, t > 0$$ x < 0 , t > 0 , assuming a suitable de...

Investigation of the Effect of Local Melatonin Application on Biomechanic Bone-Implant Connection in Titanium Implants with Different Surface Placed in Rat Tibias

Background and Objectives: The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of local melatonin application on osseointegration of machined (MAC), resorbable blast material (RBM), and sandblasted and acid-etched (SLA) surface implants placed in rat tibiae, utilizing the revers...

An Intelligent Framework for Secure and Scalable Child Abuse Data Management Using Machine Learning and Blockchain

Child abuse remains a critical global concern requiring efficient, secure, and scalable data management systems to support early detection and intervention. However, existing centralized approaches suffer from data fragmentation, limited interoperability, and significant privacy...

A Patient- and Function-Centric Model/Approach for Hypoglycemia Management in Older Adults

Diabetes-related hypoglycemia contributes substantially to increased morbidity, mortality, health-care utilization, and reduced quality of life. Older adults with diabetes represent a heterogeneous patient group who need individualized blood glucose targets to avoid hypoglycemia....