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Evidence Mapping: Healthy Eating and Physical Activity Practice Elements in Early Childhood Education and Care
Melanie Lum,
Alice Grady,
Luke Giles,
Heidi Turon,
Nicole Pearson,
Ana Renda,
Luke Wolfenden,
Sze Lin Yoong
Posted: 12 November 2025
Dietary Patterns and Their Role in the Prevention and Management of Mental Health Disorders
Oana Codruta Bacean Miloicov,
Roxana Folescu,
Georgiana Patricia Sitaru,
Gabriel Cristian Vacaru,
Ciprian Ioan Borca,
Mihaela Cristina Simbrac,
Aljafari Rakan Adnan Mohammad
Posted: 12 November 2025
The Role of Social Support, its Sources, Stress and Locus of Control on Clinical Activity in Crohn’s Disease
María José Dios-Duarte,
Andrés Arias,
Iria Osa Subtil,
Ana Barrón
Posted: 12 November 2025
The Measured Physical Functioning Index Describing Population Level Physical Ability
Tommi Juhani Vasankari,
Kari Tokola,
Jani Raitanen,
Henri Vähä-Ypyä,
Olli-Pekka Nuuttila,
Päivi Kolu,
Harri Sievänen,
Pauliina Husu
Posted: 12 November 2025
Lessons Learned from Gastroenteritis Outbreaks Associated to Wild Swimming in the German-Dutch Vecht Watershed During Hot Summers. What Measures Can Be Taken?
Alfons A.C. Uijtewaal,
Margarita R. Amador,
Thorsten Kuczius
Posted: 12 November 2025
Empowering Mothers in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo: The Role of Maternal Education, Mental Health, Diet and Support in Enhancing Exclusive Breastfeeding Prevalence
Gloria Bukasa Bukasa,
Francis K. Kabasubabo,
Berthold Matondo Bondo,
Din-Ar B. Batuli,
Pierre Z. Akilimali
Posted: 12 November 2025
Effectiveness of FitterLife: A Community-Based Virtual Weight Management Programme for Overweight Adults
Lixia Ge,
Fong Seng Lim,
Shawn Lin,
Joseph Antonio De Castro Molina,
Michelle Jessica Pereira,
A Manohari,
Donna Tan,
Elaine Tan
Posted: 12 November 2025
Personalized Medicine in the Management of Diabetes: Progress and Gaps
Bruno Matos Porto
Posted: 11 November 2025
Risk Groups for Vaccine Preventable Respiratory Infections in Children and Adults: An Overview of the Australian Environment
Stephen Wiblin,
Charles Feldman,
C. Raina MacIntyre,
Natalie Soulsby,
Paul van Buynder,
Grant Waterer
Posted: 11 November 2025
Risks Associated with Dietary Exposure to Industrial and Geological Contaminants from the Consumption of Foods Obtained from Marine and Fresh Water, Including Aquaculture
Martin Rose
Posted: 11 November 2025
The Metastatic Patterns and Overall Survival of NSCLC Histologic Subtypes
Jessica Copeland,
Tayyiaba Farooq,
Lillian Tsai,
Eliza Neal,
Endel John Orav
Posted: 11 November 2025
Development of a Speech-in-Noise Test in European Portuguese Based on QuickSIN: A Pilot Study
Margarida Serrano,
Jéssica Simões,
Joana Vicente,
Maria Ferreira,
Ana Murta,
João Tiago Ferrão
Background and Objectives: The Quick Speech-in-Noise test is a widely used clinical tool for assessing an individual’s ability to understand speech in the presence of background noise. Building on this framework, the present study aimed to develop a Speech-in-Noise Test for European Portuguese (SiN-EP), specifically adapted for native speakers of European Portuguese. The goal was to create a reliable and linguistically appropriate tool to evaluate speech perception under realistic listening conditions. Materials and Methods: The development of the SiN-EP involved several stages. Sentences were drafted to reflect natural speech patterns and reviewed by native speakers for clarity and grammatical correctness. Selected sentences were recorded by a female native speaker in a controlled environment. The recordings were then combined with multi-talker babble noise at varying levels to simulate different listening situations, ranging from easy to challenging. A pre-test was conducted in a free field setting at 65 dB SPL with fifteen young adults with normal hearing. Participants listened to and repeated each sentence, and their responses were used to refine the test materials. Results: Participants understood the sentences clearly and consistently across all listening conditions, showing that the SiN-EP effectively reflects speech perception in noise. The final version included thirteen lists of six sentences, carefully designed to maintain natural phonetic balance and realistic speech structure. Conclusion: The SiN-EP represents a significant advancement in evaluating speech understanding in noise for Portuguese-speaking populations. This standardized and linguistically adapted test provides valuable information about auditory performance and supports both clinical assessments and research on hearing and auditory processing challenges.
Background and Objectives: The Quick Speech-in-Noise test is a widely used clinical tool for assessing an individual’s ability to understand speech in the presence of background noise. Building on this framework, the present study aimed to develop a Speech-in-Noise Test for European Portuguese (SiN-EP), specifically adapted for native speakers of European Portuguese. The goal was to create a reliable and linguistically appropriate tool to evaluate speech perception under realistic listening conditions. Materials and Methods: The development of the SiN-EP involved several stages. Sentences were drafted to reflect natural speech patterns and reviewed by native speakers for clarity and grammatical correctness. Selected sentences were recorded by a female native speaker in a controlled environment. The recordings were then combined with multi-talker babble noise at varying levels to simulate different listening situations, ranging from easy to challenging. A pre-test was conducted in a free field setting at 65 dB SPL with fifteen young adults with normal hearing. Participants listened to and repeated each sentence, and their responses were used to refine the test materials. Results: Participants understood the sentences clearly and consistently across all listening conditions, showing that the SiN-EP effectively reflects speech perception in noise. The final version included thirteen lists of six sentences, carefully designed to maintain natural phonetic balance and realistic speech structure. Conclusion: The SiN-EP represents a significant advancement in evaluating speech understanding in noise for Portuguese-speaking populations. This standardized and linguistically adapted test provides valuable information about auditory performance and supports both clinical assessments and research on hearing and auditory processing challenges.
Posted: 10 November 2025
Bridging Gaps in Cancer Screening and Prevention in MENA Populations: A Multi-Level Perspective on Barriers, Knowledge, and Intervention Strategies
Sebahat Gozüm,
Mohammed Merzah,
Omar Nimri,
Rui Vitorino
Posted: 10 November 2025
The Triglyceride–Glucose (TyG) Index and Cardiovascular Diseases: A Narrative Review
Mumtaz Murat Yardimci
Posted: 10 November 2025
A Web-Based Specification Tool for Wearable Light Loggers and Optical Radiation Dosimeters
Johannes Zauner,
Oliver Stefani,
Anna M. Biller,
Carolina Guidolin,
Manuel Spitschan
Posted: 10 November 2025
Strengthening National Reference Laboratories in the Republic of Congo: An Investment Imperative for Tuberculosis Surveillance
Darrel Ornelle Elion Assiana,
Franck Hardain Okemba-Okambi,
Salomon Tchuandom Bonsi,
Freisnel Hermeland Mouzinga,
Juliet E. Bryant,
Jean Akiana,
Tanou Joseph Kalivogui,
Alain Disu Kamalandua,
Nuccia Saleri,
Lionel Caruana
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Posted: 10 November 2025
Genetic Patterns of Mutations Associated with Drug Resistance in Mycobacterium tuberculosis Isolates from Culture-Positive Patients in the Republic of Congo
Darrel Ornelle Elion Assiana,
Léa Gladwys Gangoue,
Freisnel Hermeland Mouzinga,
Claujeans Chastel Mfoutou Mapanguy,
Franck Hardain Okemba-Okombi,
Gabriel Ahombo,
Francine Ntoumi
Posted: 10 November 2025
Infant Vaccine Scheduling Intensity and Autism Incidence: A Preliminary Cross-National Analysis to Guide Public Health Policy
Mario Coccia
Posted: 10 November 2025
Assisted Suicide and Suicide Prevention: Ethical Perspectives, Attitudes and Challenges for Nurses in Long-Term Care — A Qualitative Focus Group Study
Karen Klotz,
Pia Madeleine Haug,
Thomas Heidenreich,
Eva-Maria Stratmann,
Erik Jacob,
Annette Riedel
Posted: 10 November 2025
OM-to-Genome: A Low-Cost Vibrational Pathway to Stress and Inflammation Control for One Health
Rajnikant Dixit
Stress- and inflammation-related disorders remain the dominant global health burdens, yet few preventive tools operate across molecular, psychological, and social scales. We hypothesize that OM-induced vibrational coherence functions as a mathematical–cum-biophysical regulator capable of harmonizing energy from cellular metabolism to genomic expression through the vagal–microbiome–brain axis. Following the physical law that energy transforms but is conserved, the OM-to-Genome continuum extends this principle to living systems, where metabolic, immune, reproductive, and neural energies represent biological analogues of potential, chemical, and kinetic forms. Mathematics provides the syntax of these transformations—frequency, proportion, and rhythm—governing energy construction and deconstruction from birth to death. Within the author’s Evolution-to-Solution framework, OM vibration mediates these conversions, translating conscious intent into physiological order. Evidence from neuroimaging, electrophysiology, and molecular biology supports this pathway as a low-cost, culturally neutral mechanism for stress regulation and immune balance. Integrating mathematics, physics, chemistry, and physiology thus yields a unified One Health model linking awareness and biology through a single law of energy coherence.
Stress- and inflammation-related disorders remain the dominant global health burdens, yet few preventive tools operate across molecular, psychological, and social scales. We hypothesize that OM-induced vibrational coherence functions as a mathematical–cum-biophysical regulator capable of harmonizing energy from cellular metabolism to genomic expression through the vagal–microbiome–brain axis. Following the physical law that energy transforms but is conserved, the OM-to-Genome continuum extends this principle to living systems, where metabolic, immune, reproductive, and neural energies represent biological analogues of potential, chemical, and kinetic forms. Mathematics provides the syntax of these transformations—frequency, proportion, and rhythm—governing energy construction and deconstruction from birth to death. Within the author’s Evolution-to-Solution framework, OM vibration mediates these conversions, translating conscious intent into physiological order. Evidence from neuroimaging, electrophysiology, and molecular biology supports this pathway as a low-cost, culturally neutral mechanism for stress regulation and immune balance. Integrating mathematics, physics, chemistry, and physiology thus yields a unified One Health model linking awareness and biology through a single law of energy coherence.
Posted: 10 November 2025
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