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Analysing Lost Highway as a Non-deterministic Narrative Structure: Initiating Déjà Vu-like Recognition to Establish Non-causal Linkage

This article examines how repetition produces déjà vu-like recognition in non-deterministic narrative cinema. Focusing on David Lynch’s Lost Highway (1997), it argues that the film’s repetitions do not lead to conventional repetition–resolution, but instead organise an entangled...

Huang Ya’s Wisteria and the Cold War middlebrow: melodrama, Manichean worlds, and Mahua literature

As the longest-serving editor of the literary magazine Chao Foon, Malaysian Chinese (Mahua) writer Huang Ya (1932–1992) is widely regarded as a central figure in shaping Mahua modernism during the 1960s. Existing scholarship has largely focused on his editorial advocacy for Malay...

Psychiatric Adverse Events Associated with GLP-1 Receptor Agonists: Evidence of Intraclass Heterogeneity in the WHO VigiBase Global Database

Background/Objectives: Concerns regarding the psychiatric safety profile of glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists (GLP-1 RAs) have increased since the 2023 European Medicines Agency (EMA) and U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) reviews. However, it remains unclear whether...

A factor-based importance–satisfaction discrepancy approach for smart campus evaluation: evidence from comparative exploratory factor analyses

Abstract Smart campus evaluation commonly relies on descriptive satisfaction scores or importance-performance indicators, yet less is known about whether users organise satisfaction, perceived importance, and respondent-level importance–satisfaction discrepancies through equivale...

The Society for Women in Radiation Oncology Medical Physicists: Where Are We Five Years Later?

Background A better understanding of the personal experiences of women and gender minorities in medical physics is needed to ensure the vitality of the radiation oncology (RO) workforce. Founded in 2017, the Society for Women in Radiation Oncology (SWRO) sought to promote gender...

Comparing Provider Perspectives on Efficiency and Patient Safety With Paper and Digital Tools for Handoffs of Patient Care

OBJECTIVES: Handoffs of patient care are opportunities for promoting efficiency and safety. With the shift from paper to digital records, we examine changes in provider perceptions of efficiency, errors, and confidence on a labor and delivery service at an urban, academic hospita...

Clinicopathological Features, Tumor Localization and Treatment Outcomes in Paraganglioma: A Single-Center Medical Oncology Cohort

Background/Objectives: Paragangliomas (PGLs) are rare neuroendocrine tumors, and data describing them from a medical oncology perspective are limited. We characterized clinicopathological features, tumor localization, and treatment outcomes. Methods: We retrospectively analyzed 4...

Targeting breast cancer stem cells by restoring RBM38 function: mechanism and protein delivery therapy

Breast cancer stemness drives tumor progression and therapy resistance, yet the underlying mechanisms remain poorly understood. In this study, we observed that RBM38 expression gradually decreases during breast cancer progression in MMTV - PyMT transgenic mice. Using a model with...

Interstitial lung disease in pregnancy

Interstitial lung disease (ILD) comprises a heterogeneous group of chronic pulmonary disorders. ILD is associated with impaired gas exchange and progressive respiratory dysfunction. Due to improved survival and delayed childbearing, healthcare providers increasingly encounter pre...

A Tautomeric Carbon Nitride Structure for Photocatalytic Overall Water Splitting

Constructing type-II heterojunctions is a prevalent strategy for enhancing the photocatalytic performance of polymeric carbon nitride (PCN). However, conventional PCN-based type-II heterojunctions are often limited by incoherent interfacial contacts, high charge-transfer resistan...

A review of pretreatment and analytical techniques for amphetamine type stimulants in complex samples

Amphetamine-type stimulants (ATSs) are among the most widely abused drugs globally, posing serious threats to public health through addiction, physical and psychological harm, and associated social problems such as increased crime rates. Effective clinical management of ATSs over...

Short-Term Changes, Individual Variability, and Associations with Baseline Physical Performance in Young Male Soccer Players During the Pre-Season

Monitoring physical performance during the pre-season may help coaches and practitioners interpret short-term changes in young soccer players, although group-level analyses may mask individual variability. This observational longitudinal study analyzed short-term changes, individ...

Firefighter well-being in the Baltics: a comparative study of physical activity, psychosocial risks, and management strategies in Estonian and Latvian fire services

Firefighting demands exceptional physical and cognitive capacity in hazardous, unpredictable environments. This comparative study examined firefighter well-being in Estonia and Latvia using the job demands-resources (JD-R) model. A mixed-methods approach (2020‒2024) included qu...

Digital reading, analog foundations: reading literacy in the digital age

Abstract Background Digital reading has become an essential component of contemporary literacy, yet questions remain about whether digital reading assessments measure a construct distinct from traditional paper-based reading. This study examined whether variance unique to ePIRLS...

Simulation-Based Performance and Limitations of Photovoltaic and Solar Water Heating Systems in a Passive-Designed Rural House

Rural houses in cold regions of China usually have high energy demands, particularly for space heating and domestic hot water. Passive design can reduce building energy demand, but additional renewable energy systems are still needed to improve on-site energy supply. This study e...

Storage ofNickel-Rich Layered Oxide Cathode ActiveMaterials under Humid Air with or without CO2: Effect ofH+ Intercalation and Surface Contaminants on Cycle Life

Abstract Exposure of cathode active materials (CAMs) to ambient air is particularly detrimental for Ni-rich CAMs, leading to accelerated performance degradation. Upon storage, H2O and CO2 from ambient air react with the CAM, leading to a build-up of contaminants and the formation...

Contrasting Outcomes in Heyde Syndrome: Diffuse Small-Bowel Angiodysplasia Versus Treatable Colonic Angiodysplasia

Heyde syndrome is characterized by the association of aortic stenosis, gastrointestinal bleeding from angiodysplasia, and acquired von Willebrand syndrome. We report two contrasting cases illustrating how lesion distribution and therapeutic accessibility may influence immediate b...

I2O2: High level theoretical studies and a benchmark of DFT functionals

Increasing iodine emissions over recent years have led to new interest in atmospheric iodine chemistry. The primary species involved include iodine oxides and oxyacids-precursors to atmospheric particle formation. Four isomers of the simplest iodine oxide belonging to the I2Ox fa...

Multidimensional Experimental Characterization of Lumbar Spinal Deformity

PURPOSE: Spinal deformities and motions of the spinal joints are rarely confined to a single anatomical plane. Yet diagnosis of such deformities and characterizations of their biomechanical behavior under load are often limited to two-dimensional methods of analysis. This study p...

Anisotropic Electrostaticsin the Instability of GLP-1Analog Micelles: Effects of Electrolytes, Denaturants, pH, and Temperature

Abstract Glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) analogs (GLPA) exist primarily as micelle-like associations when free in aqueous solution. The results here indicate that anisotropic electrostatic interactions play a central role in the instability and aggregation, which appear to arise...