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Distribution of device-measured 24-hour movement behaviours across the cognitive spectrum in older adults: the HUNT study

Abstract Background Key daily physical activities (e.g., standing and walking), postures (sitting and lying), and sleep constitute the 24-h day and have distinct health effects and functional implications. Traditionally studied separately, the distribution of these movement behav...

Spectrum of disorders of sexual development in Duhok, Iraq (2012–2022): molecular and clinical profile with surgical outcomes

Abstract Objectives This study investigates the spectrum of disorders of sexual development (DSD) cases documented in Duhok Governorate, Iraq, from 2012 to 2022. It further characterizes the molecular and clinical profiles of treated patients and evaluates their surgical outcomes...

Data-Driven Methodologies For Pressure Probe Calibration: Integrating Symbolic Regression With Gaussian Process Regression

Abstract This study presents a unified data-driven calibration framework for five-hole pressure probes that combines symbolic regression with Gaussian process regression to improve accuracy, generalization, and interpretability across low-subsonic operating conditions (0.05 ≥ Ma...

Measuring higher education: comparing Danish survey and register data in the study of values

Abstract This paper addresses both methodological and substantive issues. The methodological issue relates to the measurement of education, particularly tertiary education, in social science research, while the substantive issue concerns the relationship between higher education...

Annual notification 3: Setting the stage

Well, what did you decide? I left last month's column with a question. It was based on an email I received from a registrar friend. He asked whether, based on video camera images, the Student Affairs Office at his college could disclose to the food services office the names of st...

Impact of adpkd-associated PKD1 gene variants on the human facial phenotype quantified by 3d geometric morphometry

Verification and visualization of the possible impact of PKD1 causative variants associated with autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD) on facial phenotype using three-dimensional (3D) geometric morphometry. Three-dimensional facial scans of 39 adult patients with A...

Meniscus‐Guided Soft‐Lithographic Assembly of Grid‐Type Molecular Martensite Films for Single‐Crystal‐Like Actuation

ABSTRACT Dynamic molecular martensites exhibit large, reversible deformations and high force densities. However, device integration has been limited by the brittleness and poor formability of single crystals. Here, we report a thin‐film route that translates molecular cooperativi...

Managerial Competency and Perceived Organizational Support in Relation to Job Stress Among Nurse Managers in the Republic of Korea: A Cross-Sectional Study

Background: This study aimed to examine the levels of nursing managerial competency, perceived organizational support, and job stress among nurse managers, and to examine the factors associated with their job stress. Methods: The participants included 133 nurse managers from seve...

Dwelling in Dispossession: Caste, Ecological Alienation, and Solastalgia in Perumal Murugan’s Seasons of the Palm and Pyre

This study examines how Perumal Murugan’s Seasons of the Palm and Pyre represent the relationship between caste, ecology, and psychological suffering through the concept of solastalgia. While solastalgia is often understood in relation to environmental destruction or climate-rela...

Health-related fitness mediates the longitudinal association between engagement in fundamental movement skill-related activities and social interaction abilities in the ABCD study

Under the Know it-Do it-Love it (KDL) framework, structured physical activity is expected to support adolescents’ social development. Guided by the KDL concept, this study examined the longitudinal association between engagement in fundamental movement skill (FMS)-related activit...

Predictors of vaso-occlusive crisis-related emergency department encounters in children with sickle cell disease in Western French Guiana

Vaso-occlusive crises (VOCs) are a major cause of emergency department (ED) utilization in children with sickle cell disease (SCD). In Western French Guiana, recurrent VOC-related ED encounters may reflect both disease severity and barriers to longitudinal preventive care. We con...

Performance Comparison of Support Vector Machine and Naïve Bayes Classifiers on a Synthetic Dataset: A Comprehensive Statistical Analysis

We compare a radial-basis-function support vector machine (SVM) with a Gaussian naive Bayes (NB) classifier on a reproducible synthetic binary task designed for controlled evaluation. The data matrix contains 1,000 samples and 20 features, of which 15 are informative and 5 are re...

Benchmarking of multi-order equivalent-circuit models with empirical ageing for Li-ion battery digital-twin workflows

Accurate and computationally efficient battery models are essential for battery management systems and battery digital-twin workflows. However, model selection requires careful evaluation of the trade-off between dynamic voltage fidelity, computational effort, energy accounting,...

Remote sensing-based monitoring of water hyacinth invasion dynamics and socioeconomic impacts in Lake Abaya, Ethiopia

Abstract Water hyacinth, an invasive aquatic plant originally from the Amazon Basin, has posed a severe threat to the Lake Abaya ecosystem since 1990. This study utilized Sentinel-2A satellite imagery from 2017 to 2023 to analyse the spatiotemporal dynamics and socioeconomic impa...

Conflict as a Relational Language: Caregivers' Interpretations of Adolescents' Conflicts in Residential Care

ABSTRACT The present study aims to explore interpersonal conflicts involving adolescents living in residential children's homes and group homes through caregivers' interpretations, with particular attention to the psychological meaning and relational functions of conflict. The st...

Synchronous gastric-type intraepithelial neoplasia and ectopic pancreas in the gastric antrum diagnosed by en bloc endoscopic submucosal dissection: a case report and literature review

Ectopic pancreas is a relatively common submucosal lesion of the stomach and is generally considered benign. Emerging evidence, however, suggests that ectopic pancreas may coexist with synchronous neoplastic changes of the overlying gastric mucosa. Because submucosal protrusions...

Sex-specific effects of parental age on the physiology of offspring in a long-lived seabird

Studying senescence in wild organisms reveals evolutionary trade-offs and life-history strategies that cannot be captured in laboratory settings. Long-lived seabirds from rare known-aged populations provide excellent models for examining aging under natural conditions. Because re...

BifunctionalIonophores for Cuproptosis Activation:Dual Targeting of Copper and Fe–S Protein Homeostasis

Abstract Cellular resilience to therapy often arises from adaptive mechanisms that safeguard iron–sulfur (Fe–S) proteins. Here, we present a rational strategy to overcome such resilience by integrating two synergistic vulnerabilities, copper toxicity and Fe–S cluster homeostasis,...

Effect of equine flysheets on fly avoidance behaviours, body temperature, stress level, and heart rate

Abstract Background Flysheet use is common without any published scientific evidence to justify their use. Objectives To demonstrate the effectiveness of flysheets at reducing fly avoidance behaviours and measuring changes in body temperature, heart rate, and cortisol levels. Stu...

Anomaly Score-Based Cross-Machine Wind Turbine Component Diagnosis: A Case Study and Benchmark

Reliable wind turbine component diagnosis requires cross-machine knowledge transfer since verified fault cases are rare. However, coarse fault interval annotations and turbine-specific operating behavior make this transfer difficult. This paper introduces a benchmark framework fo...