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Clinical Setting-Based Medical Care of Transgender and Gender-Diverse Individuals in East Asia: A Scoping Review

Purpose:Transgender and gender-diverse (TGD) individuals in East Asia face significant structural barriers in health care utilization, yet systematic evidence focusing on clinical delivery remains scarce. This scoping review mapped available evidence on clinical setting-based med...

Nature as a Growth-Fostering Relationship: Integrating the Five Good Things and Ecological Systems Theory to Support Youth Wellbeing

Children and adolescents are navigating unprecedented levels of stress, disconnection, and ecological anxiety, including growing distress related to climate change and the rapid decline of meaningful contact with the natural world. Drawing from Relational–Cultural Theory and Bron...

Enhanced prediction of monthly reference evapotranspiration by optimizing SVR with the bagging algorithm in Indian Punjab

In this study, support vector regression (SVR) was enhanced with the Bagging (B-SVR) algorithm for monthly ET0 prediction at Ludhiana and Faridkot stations. The three different scenarios (S1, S2, and S3) were developed to predict monthly ET0 at study locations. The outcomes of th...

Print-parameter control of cure state in DLP-printed biocarbon/ABS-like photopolymer composites: A proof-of-concept study of microstructure and acoustic impedance toward ultrasound-visible tissue markers

Image-guided breast biopsy relies on an implanted marker that must remain locatable across ultrasound, mammography and MRI, yet current devices force a compromise: metallic markers corrupt MRI and fade on ultrasound, whereas polymer markers are MRI-friendly but carry a fixed, mou...

Clinical rationale and indications for the use of cone-beam computed tomography

The primary objective of this study was to quantitatively evaluate the clinical rationale and prescription patterns for Cone-Beam Computed Tomography (CBCT) across various dental specialties, specifically investigating how diagnostic indications correlate with field of view (FOV)...

Phage treatment reduces multidrug resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa biofilms and sewage pseudomonads

Untreated wastewater can retain antimicrobial-resistant bacteria, yet phage performance is inferred from simplified host systems. We evaluated genome-resolved lytic phage ɸPRS-1 against Pseudomonas aeruginosa PAO1 in planktonic and single-strain biofilm assays, wastewater-derived...

Advances in transcranial alternating current stimulation and temporal interference stimulation for neuropsychiatric disorders: mechanisms, technical developments, and preclinical evidence

Transcranial alternating current stimulation (tACS) is a non-invasive neuromodulation technique that modulates neural activity through frequency- and phase-dependent electrical currents and has shown potential for enhancing cognition and alleviating symptoms in neurological and p...

I Made the Choice, Did I? Exploring the Influence of Goal-Directed AI on Human Decision-Making

As AI become integrated into decision-making, some concerns emerge: Can AI shape our decisions without us noticing? To examine this, we adopt forcing techniques from performance magic, which guide apparently open choices toward predetermined outcomes. This provides a lens for exa...

Optimization of paper mill sludge ash in sustainable concrete mixes for enhanced strength and durability performance

This research studies the feasibility of paper mill sludge ash (PMSA) as a sustainable alternative to conventional cementitious materials to alleviate the environmental and economic issues due to the production of regular cement. The study was done with M30 concrete with water to...

Digital learning to support recruitment into cancer clinical research nursing: evaluation of a national e-learning course

Clinical research nurses (CRNs) are essential to the safe delivery of cancer clinical trials and represent an important component of the specialist cancer nursing workforce. However, nursing students often have limited awareness of the role and may not recognise it as a potential...

Neutrophil-to-HDL-C Ratio and Anatomically Significant Multivessel Disease Across Acute Coronary Syndrome Phenotypes

Objective: The neutrophil-to-high-density lipoprotein cholesterol ratio (NHR) is an emerging inflammatory-lipid biomarker. Whether NHR is associated with anatomically significant multivessel disease (MVD) across different acute coronary syndrome (ACS) phenotypes remains unclear....

A systematic review of sustainable geopolymer concrete incorporating coconut fiber and marble powder with emphasis on mechanical performance, durability and optimal replacement levels

This systematic review investigates the use of coconut fiber and marble powder as alternative aggregates in geopolymer concretes, focusing on their mechanical performance and durability. Conducted systematically between July and November 2025, this study analyzed 75 records ident...

The Brucella effector protein BtpB facilitates STAT3 activation to regulate polarization in macrophages during infection

Brucella is a Gram-negative facultative intracellular pathogen that causes widespread zoonotic infections. Macrophages are crucial immune and antigen-presenting cells that differentiate into proinflammatory M1-type or anti-inflammatory M2-type cells in different microenvironments...

Suicide Risk in Adults: The Roles of Defeat, Entrapment, and Sexual and Gender Minority Identity Across Two Samples

OBJECTIVE: interventions targeting these mechanisms may be most effective. METHOD: = 734). RESULTS: SGM participants reported higher rates of lifetime suicidal ideation across both samples, and higher levels of defeat and entrapment as compared to cis/het in Sample 1. Defeat and...

Feasibility of Generatively Designed Patient-Specific Implants for Orthognathic Surgery: An In Silico Comparative Study

ABSTRACT Introduction and Aims To investigate whether generatively designed (GD) patient-specific implants are equivalent to manually designed (MD) PSIs for orthognathic surgery in the in silico setting. Methods Twelve pairs of GD and MD fixation plates for Le Fort I osteotomy an...

Adrenal incidentalomas: 1 mg dexamethasone test result in the context of cardiometabolic risk

Mild autonomous cortisol secretion (MACS) is the most common hormonal abnormality in adrenal incidentalomas. The 1 mg dexamethasone suppression test (DST) with a cutoff of 1.8 µg/dL is used to exclude hypercortisolism, yet some “non-functioning” tumors may secrete cortisol at con...

A data-driven channel infilling rate forecasting framework with quantified uncertainty for Southwest Pass and Houston Ship Channel

Dredging operations in navigational waterways are essential to maintain channel depth to ensure the safe passage of vessels. Existing shoaling forecasting tools often rely on heuristics or direct modeling of cumulative sedimentation, limiting lead time and predictive reliability....

An ever healthier Union? Increasing regional health resilience through Cohesion Policy

The paper investigates the relationship between European Structural and Investment Funds (ESIF) and regional health resilience, asking two questions: What are the determinants of excess mortality during health emergencies in the EU? How can ESIF bolster regional health resilience...

A physics-guided neural network for reliable slope stability assessment under data scarcity

Slope stability prediction is a critical task in geotechnical engineering, yet regional-scale applications are often prohibitive due to the high computational costs of existing physics-based methods. While data-driven surrogate models offer a computationally efficient alternative...

Huai Chrysanthemum polysaccharides alleviate high-fat diet-induced obesity accompanied by gut microbiota remodeling and altered short-chain fatty acids metabolism

Obesity and its associated metabolic diseases have become a global public health issue. However, the long-term application of existing therapeutic drugs for obesity is limited due to their side effects. Huai Chrysanthemum is a medicinal and edible chrysanthemum cultivar from Jiao...