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Guided self-help for bulimia nervosa: A comparison of individual and group provision (2025)
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This service evaluation explores the implementation of Guided Self-Help (GSH), the first line recommended treatment for Bulimia Nervosa, in both individual and group formats, in an NHS community eating disorder service. The study aimed to examine the... Read More about Guided self-help for bulimia nervosa: A comparison of individual and group provision.

Differences in disease characteristics and outcomes as determined by biological sex in a large UK IPF population: Analysis from the British Thoracic Society, Interstitial Lung Disease (BTS-ILD) registry data (2025)
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Abstract
Introduction
Growing evidence suggests that biological sex influences the incidence, presentation, diagnosis and outcomes of many lung diseases. Understanding these differences is the first step towards precision medicine to improve patie... Read More about Differences in disease characteristics and outcomes as determined by biological sex in a large UK IPF population: Analysis from the British Thoracic Society, Interstitial Lung Disease (BTS-ILD) registry data.

Evaluating the effectiveness of a Roblox video game (Super U Story) in improving body image among children and adolescents in the United States: Randomized controlled trial (2025)
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Background: Body dissatisfaction is a global public health issue negatively impacting young people’s mental and physical well-being, underscoring an urgent need to develop early interventions. There is emerging evidence suggesting that microinterven... Read More about Evaluating the effectiveness of a Roblox video game (Super U Story) in improving body image among children and adolescents in the United States: Randomized controlled trial.

Development and clinical interpretation of an explainable AI model for predicting patient pathways in the emergency department: A retrospective study (2025)
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Background: Overcrowded emergency departments (EDs) create significant challenges for patient management and hospital efficiency. In response, Amiens Picardy University Hospital (APUH) developed the “Prediction of the Patient Pathway in the Emergency... Read More about Development and clinical interpretation of an explainable AI model for predicting patient pathways in the emergency department: A retrospective study.

Ecosystem-based reservoir computing. Hypothesis paper (2025)
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Reservoir computing (RC) has emerged as a powerful computational paradigm, leveraging the intrinsic dynamics of complex systems to process temporal data efficiently. Here we propose to extend RC into ecological domains, where the e... Read More about Ecosystem-based reservoir computing. Hypothesis paper.

Transforming programming education: The effectiveness of motivational scenario-based design in serious games (2025)
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Programming education faces persistent challenges, particularly in sustaining learner engagement and motivation while teaching abstract concepts like algorithms, data structures, and problem-solving skills. Traditional methods, focused heavily on the... Read More about Transforming programming education: The effectiveness of motivational scenario-based design in serious games.

Serum mesothelin as a response biomarker in pleural mesothelioma (2025)
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Background
CT scans are the current gold standard for disease monitoring for Pleural mesothelioma (PM), with radiology reported using the modified RECIST criteria. While mRECIST has its own challenges, attending for CT scans adds time and expense. A... Read More about Serum mesothelin as a response biomarker in pleural mesothelioma.

Biohybrid computing with proteinoids and algae (2025)
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Proteinoids, or thermal proteinoids, are produced by heating amino-acids. When placed in water, proteinoids swell into microspheres which produce neuron-like spikes of electrical potential. This study combines proteinoid microspheres with Emiliania h... Read More about Biohybrid computing with proteinoids and algae.

Comparing approaches to teaching patients how to use an app-based home spirometer: A randomised controlled trial (2025)
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Background
Bluetooth enabled, app-based home spirometry has been validated for use in the diagnosis and monitoring of respiratory disease. Remote teaching (virtual or self-directed) offers the opportunity to deliver diagnostics safely and at scale.... Read More about Comparing approaches to teaching patients how to use an app-based home spirometer: A randomised controlled trial.

2D material decorated ZnO for screen printable wearable textile-based piezoelectric nanogenerator (2025)
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Future wearable electronics require sustainable power sources, and nanogenerators offer promising solutions to convert ambient mechanical energy to electricity while ensuring flexibility, durability, and practical deployment. This work demonstrates a... Read More about 2D material decorated ZnO for screen printable wearable textile-based piezoelectric nanogenerator.

Optimizing the substrate for hypercube-based neuroevolution of augmented topologies to design soft actuators (2025)
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The characteristics of soft robots make them better candidates for applications such as healthcare, due to their enhanced safety, adaptability and more natural human-robot interaction compared to traditional counterparts. Different actuating systems... Read More about Optimizing the substrate for hypercube-based neuroevolution of augmented topologies to design soft actuators.

Gamifying engagement in spatial crowdsourcing: An exploratory mixed-methods study on gamification impact among university students (2025)
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Citizen science now relies heavily on digital platforms to engage the public in environmental data collection. Yet, many projects face declining participation over time. This study examines the effect of three elements of gamification—points, daily s... Read More about Gamifying engagement in spatial crowdsourcing: An exploratory mixed-methods study on gamification impact among university students.

The psychosocial impact of cleft lip and/or palate on caregivers and individuals in low- and middle-income countries: A narrative review (2025)
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Low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) represent the highest incidence, morbidity, and Disability Adjusted Life Years for cleft lip and/or palate (CL/P) globally. Most cleft care models now include psychosocial support, yet the psychosocial impacts... Read More about The psychosocial impact of cleft lip and/or palate on caregivers and individuals in low- and middle-income countries: A narrative review.

Weighted domination models and randomized heuristics (2025)
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We consider the minimum weight and smallest weight minimum-size dominating set problems in vertex-weighted graphs and networks. The latter problem is a two-objective optimization problem, which is different from the classic minimum weight dominating... Read More about Weighted domination models and randomized heuristics.

Automation of predictive maintenance: An experimental framework for aircraft landing gear (2025)
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Terabytes of data are recorded per flight by modern aircraft, providing a goldmine for predictive maintenance modeling, however, the required domain knowledge to build ML tools limits the number developed by airline manufacturers each year. Automated... Read More about Automation of predictive maintenance: An experimental framework for aircraft landing gear.

Polymorphism in Glu-Phe-Asp Proteinoids (2025)
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Glu-Phe-Asp (GFD) proteinoids represent a class of synthetic polypeptides capable of self-assembling into microspheres, fibres, or combinations thereof, with morphology dramatically influencing their electrical properties. Extended recordings and det... Read More about Polymorphism in Glu-Phe-Asp Proteinoids.

A randomized controlled trial of a body image intervention for girl athletes (2025)
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A two-arm cluster randomized controlled trial evaluated the impact of Body Confident Athletes (BCA) on girls' ( = 568, 11-17 years) body image, sports enjoyment, and affect. Sports organizations were randomly allocated (1:1) into either an intervent... Read More about A randomized controlled trial of a body image intervention for girl athletes.

Modulation of proteinoid electrical spiking activity with magnetic nanoparticles (2025)
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This study looks at how proteinoid microspheres and their magnetic polystyrene (PS) hybrids behave electrochemically. It also explores their computational abilities. These systems show complex membrane potential dynamics. Pure proteinoids spike witho... Read More about Modulation of proteinoid electrical spiking activity with magnetic nanoparticles.

Bio-inspired cryptography based on proteinoid assemblies (2025)
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We present an innovative cryptographic technique inspired by the self-assembly processes of proteinoids—thermally stable proteins that form spontaneously under prebiotic conditions. By emulating the deterministic yet complex interactions within prote... Read More about Bio-inspired cryptography based on proteinoid assemblies.

Living kombucha electronics with proteinoids (2025)
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The work introduces a composite material that combines Kombucha cellulose mats with synthetic thermal proteinoids to create electroactive biofilms, capable for sensing and computation. The synthesis of proteinoids involves heating amino acid mixtures... Read More about Living kombucha electronics with proteinoids.