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- Health & MedicineOpen access
Long term success of orthodontic treatment depends on the bond strength of orthodontic brackets with tooth and/or restorative materials. This in vitro investigation aimed to assess and compare the shear bond strength (SBS) of ceramic orthodontic brackets bonded to bulk-fill, pack...
- Society & Economics
A queer reading of Alexis Bisticas’s To Harama ( The Dawn ) (1994): from diva citizenship to #MeToo
Alexis Bisticas is probably more famous for his short films than his last work, The Dawn (To Harama), his only feature film, as he died of AIDS in 1995. The story follows the emancipation narrative of Vasso, a housewife who discovers her singing talent and liberates herself from...
- Engineering & TechnologyOpen access
Autonomous weapons and strategic stability
The increasing number of artificial intelligence (AI) elements within military systems has introduced new forms of security dilemmas related to speed, level of secrecy, and transfer of responsibility from humans to machines. This article addresses the question of whether or how A...
- Health & MedicineOpen access
Smoking poses a major global health threat, and although cessation can reduce mortality risk, the health effects of smoking cessation in older adults with long-term smoking history warrant further investigation. The study included Chinese older adults from the Shenzhen Healthy Ag...
- Health & MedicineOpen access
Considerable attention has been paid steadily for efficacy and safety of herb extracts with medicinal benefits, recently. Tranexamic acid (TXA) is a well-known hemostatic agent with strong efficacy but potential thrombus risk. Here, we identified oleanolic acid (OA) as a strong e...
- Society & EconomicsOpen access
Lighting design is a key component of indoor museum environments, influencing both object visibility and viewers’ visual experience. However, existing studies have mainly focused on planar artworks or general interior lighting, while three-dimensional, non-photosensitive ceramic...
- Society & EconomicsOpen access
The relationship between cooking and food preparation skills and health outcomes has received increasing attention, although evidence regarding their independent associations with diet quality and body weight remains inconclusive. This cross-sectional study investigates the relat...
- BiologyOpen access
Prevention of altitude illness in adults: preparing people for travel to high altitude
### What you need to know Altitude illness is a collective term for syndromes that can occur in unacclimatised people who travel to destinations higher than 2500 metres above sea level.1,2,3 Altitude illness is potentially life threatening; however, it is preventable and manageab...
- Engineering & TechnologyOpen access
A performance‑driven framework for designing low‑carbon binders for self‑compacting concrete
Self-compacting concrete (SCC) combines high flowability with good mechanical performance, but achieving this typically requires high binder contents, increasing its environmental footprint. This study investigates the design of low-clinker self-compacting mortars (SC-Mortars) in...
- Materials & Energy
Olive oil as a high-value edible oil is highly susceptible to adulteration in the marketplace, particularly through the addition of low-cost oils, which severely undermines consumer interests and market fairness. In this study, a novel method based on three-dimensional fluorescen...
- BiologyOpen access
Central facial emotion accelerates automatic processing of multiple facial expressions: An EEG study
Automatic processing of multiple facial expressions (MFE) is essential for adaptive social interactions, enabling the rapid detection of emotional cues in complex social environments. Behavioral studies have shown that, during explicit judgments of overall emotion, faces in the c...
- Climate & EnvironmentOpen access
Unveiling hidden air pollution exposure and impacts with low-cost sensor network-based frameworks
India has made some progress in mitigating severe air pollution; however, many regions continue to experience fine particulate matter (PM2.5) levels exceeding World Health Organization and national standards. Despite this, local-scale exposure information beyond urban centers, in...
- Health & MedicineOpen access
Background/Aims: The safety and efficacy of endoscopic ultrasound-guided biliary drainage (EUS-BD) in patients with large-volume ascites (LVA) remain unclear. We aimed to evaluate the safety of EUS-BD in patients with distal malignant biliary obstruction complicated by LVA. Metho...
- Health & MedicineOpen access
Initial response and long-term prognostic risk factors in pediatric ITP
To explore the clinical features and prognostic factors for initial response and long-term prognosis of pediatric immune thrombocytopenia (ITP). A retrospective cohort study of 910 cases of pediatric patients with ITP was conducted. Demographic data, platelet counts, triggers, bl...
- Health & MedicineOpen access
Multilingualism is increasingly seen as a skill, yet little is known about the actual trade of financial remuneration for language in jobs requiring language skills. This article examines the market value of community translation and interpreting, a multilingual service provided...
- Society & Economics
The 13th Amendment to Sri Lanka's Constitution was introduced in 1987 through the Indo-Lanka Accord to resolve ethnic conflict by devolving powers to the Northern and Eastern provinces. However, it failed to deliver societal reconciliation to marginalised communities. This study...
- Engineering & TechnologyOpen access
The development of new pathways for industrial decarbonisation is a formidable task demanding highly coordinated action. While industrial clusters are potentially key sites for low-carbon transitions, embedded regional structures if not fully understood may constrain green transf...
- Health & Medicine
Disclosure and supportive communication patterns in the cancer pre-diagnosis phase
Health-related disclosure decisions can be a source of both distress and social support. Using Greene’s Disclosure Decision-Making Model (DD-MM) as the theoretical framework, this research assesses disclosure and support needs of individuals within the cancer pre-diagnosis phase...
- Health & MedicineOpen access
The therapeutic potential of antibody-drug conjugates (ADCs) is frequently undermined by the emergence of resistance to conventional payloads, which predominantly exert their effects through the disruption of intracellular targets such as microtubules or nuclear DNA. In pursuit o...
- Health & MedicineOpen access
Background/Aims: Glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists (GLP-1 RAs) are widely prescribed for type 2 diabetes and obesity. Gastrointestinal adverse events are common; however, the association with gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) has not been validated across diverse pop...