Cation-Selective Defects Engineering in A-Site Ordered Layered Perovskites for High-Performance Reversible Protonic Ceramic Cells.

Reversible protonic ceramic cells facilitate efficient chemical-electrical energy interconversion, advancing renewable energy utilization. Commercial viability, however, demands intermediate-to-low temperatures (ILT, 400-600 °C) operation, currently constrained by air electrode performance. A-site ordered layered perovskite PrBaSrCoFeO (PBSCF) promises, yet faces activity and stability issues at ILT.

Withdrawal of heart failure therapy after atrial fibrillation rhythm control with ejection fraction normalization: the WITHDRAW-AF trial.

Background And Aims: Atrial fibrillation-mediated cardiomyopathy (AFCM) represents an important reversible cause of left ventricular systolic dysfunction. Current clinical practice is indefinite heart failure (HF) pharmacotherapy despite left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) normalization. However, whether this is necessary to maintain normal LVEF, in addition to rhythm control, is uncertain.

Association of high-sensitivity cardiac troponin I levels below the sex-specific 99th percentile with late-life dementia: the Perth Longitudinal Study of Ageing Women.

Background: Elevated high-sensitivity cardiac troponin (hs-cTn) levels are linked with cardiovascular disease and cognitive impairment, both of which are strong risk factors for late-life dementia (LLD). This study examined the association between hs-cTnI levels below the sex-specific 99th percentile for myocardial injury and the incidence of LLD in older women.

Methods: 986 community-dwelling women aged ≥70 years without prior LLD and with hs-cTnI <15.

Eliciting and Anchoring Health State Preferences Using Discrete Choice Experiments Among Adults, Adolescents, and Children.

Objective: We aimed to compare EQ-5D-Y-5L health state preferences among children, adolescents, and adults in Canada using a discrete choice experiment (DCE), and to explore the feasibility of a rescaling latent DCE using anchoring tasks collected from adolescents.

Methods: An online survey was conducted to elicit preferences for EQ-5D-Y-5L health states from children (aged 12-15 years), adolescents (aged 16-17 years), and adults (aged ≥ 18 years). All respondents completed 12 latent DCE tasks.

Survey Questions on Quantity and Frequency Are Differentially Effective by Age in Predicting Future Alcohol Consumption.

Introduction: Cross sectional research has demonstrated that screening tool questions on frequency of alcohol consumption are a better predictor of dependence and harmful drinking in younger adults; questions about quantity per occasion are a better predictor in older adults. The aim of this study is to see if this relationship also holds longitudinally.

Methods: A total of 9076 respondents aged 15 and over completed at least two waves of the longitudinal annual Household Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia survey 10 years apart between 2001-2010 and 2012-2020.

Quality indicators for safe and effective use of medications in long-term care settings: A systematic review.

People accessing aged care services are increasingly older and often experience multimorbidity and polypharmacy, which puts them at risk of medication-related harm. Quality indicators (QIs) can assist with monitoring, benchmarking and informing initiatives to reduce medication-related harm. This systematic review aimed to identify and summarize QIs that assess the safe and effective use of medications in long-term care services.

Inferior vena cava division with venous-venous bypass during en bloc lumbar spondylectomy for malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumor: illustrative case.

Background: Malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumors are a rare, aggressive form of soft tissue sarcoma with a dismal prognosis. Little progression has been made in understanding their pathogenesis, natural history, clinical management, and outcomes over the last few decades. The cornerstone of treatment is cytoreduction in the form of surgery.

Loeys-Dietz Syndrome and Asthma: Pathophysiological Insights and Clinical Dilemmas.

A 23-year-old man presented with a life-threatening asthma exacerbation following a respiratory infection. Although he had a childhood history of asthma, he had remained asymptomatic in adulthood and reported regular use of both vapes and marijuana. His medical history included Type 2 Loeys-Dietz syndrome (LDS), requiring multiple vascular surgeries, rendering standard asthma therapies relatively contraindicated.

Who is at risk of a respiratory syncytial virus hospitalisation? A linked, population-based birth cohort analysis in children aged less than 5 years.

Background: Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is a major cause of acute lower respiratory infections globally in children under five years. With the development of RSV prevention strategies, understanding risk factors and relation to age and population is useful for deciding the type of program implemented.

Methods: We used a probabilistically-linked population cohort of children born in Western Australia from 2010 to 2020 and hospitalised before age five years from 2010 to 2021.

A multidimensional investigation of the oral language abilities of Australian school entrants.

Purpose: A multidimensional assessment of oral language evaluates abilities across different tasks and contexts to provide a comprehensive view of language abilities and functioning. This research aimed to apply this assessment approach to investigate language profiles of children at school entry.

Method: In this cross-sectional study with stratified sampling, we assessed 126 school entrants using assessments of oral language and teacher and parent surveys.

Cannabis growers as gardeners: results from a survey among Italian and British small-scale growers.

Background: The horticultural nature of growing cannabis is often overlooked in the study of cannabis production, and subsequent policies. Little is known about whether growers' horticultural expertise influences cannabis cultivation methods, the growing of other psychoactive plants, substance use behaviors, or interactions with the criminal justice system. The trajectory of cultivation, in terms of whether cannabis is a gateway to more general gardening, or vice versa, is also unexplored.

Qualitative analysis of barriers and facilitators to healthcare engagement for people with injecting-related invasive infections using a social ecological framework.

Background And Aims: Injecting-related bacterial infections are increasing in many countries. Systemic infections often require prolonged treatment. Evidence suggests that people who inject drugs who have invasive infections are less likely to complete antimicrobial treatment and have poorer outcomes than patients without a history of injecting drug use.

Feasibility and clinical utility of daytime polysomnography performed in NICU to diagnose sleep disordered breathing in infants.

Objective: To assess the feasibility and clinical utility of daytime polysomnography (PSG) in infants <3 months of age.

Methods: A prospective observational study of a convenience cohort analysing PSGs that were conducted for clinical purposes in infants less <3 months of age, between 1 May 2021 and 31 May 2024. A comparison was made between results for daytime PSG in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) and overnight PSG in the sleep laboratory.

Shared and distinct alterations in brain structure of youth with internalizing or externalizing disorders: Findings from the ENIGMA Antisocial Behavior, ADHD, MDD, and Anxiety Working Groups.

Background: Externalizing and internalizing disorders are common in youth but are often studied separately, preventing researchers from identifying shared (i.e., transdiagnostic) alterations in brain structure.

A combined radiomics-clinical model for early detection of coronary plaque development in coronary CT angiography-negative populations.

Background: Despite negative coronary computed tomography angiography (CCTA) findings, many patients remain at risk for subclinical atherosclerosis and future cardiovascular events. Our aim was to develop an interpretable combined model integrating pericoronary adipose tissue (PCAT) radiomics features with clinical risk factors to predict newly developed coronary plaques in patients with initially normal CCTA results.

Methods: This retrospective study included 947 patients who underwent two CCTA examinations and had normal findings on the initial scan.

Departmental research culture and its influence on Australian radiation therapists' participation in research.

Introduction: Radiation Therapists' (RTs) involvement in research can be influenced by various factors, including workplace environment, geographic location, health sector, available support, allocated time, designated roles, resources, and cultural considerations. This qualitative study aims to explore Australian RTs' perceptions and experiences of how departmental research culture influences their participation in research.

Methods: A convenience sample of Australian RTs were invited by email to complete an anonymous online Research Capacity Culture Tool (RCCT).

Paramedics' role in healthcare delivery in short-term police custody in Queensland, Australia: a preliminary report.

Provision of healthcare within short-term custody settings such as police watch-houses presents a complex public health challenge. This area has received limited attention in the literature, particularly the viewpoints of paramedics, who are a key link in the chain of healthcare. This study aimed to describe paramedics' decision-making practices and procedures regarding the transport of patients from the watch-house to the emergency department.

A 3D Clinical Face Phenotype Space of Genetic Syndromes Using a Triplet-Based Singular Geometric Autoencoder.

Clinical diagnosis of syndromes benefits strongly from objective facial phenotyping. This study introduces a novel approach to enhance clinical diagnosis through the development and exploration of a low-dimensional metric space referred to as the clinical face phenotypic space (CFPS). As a facial matching tool for clinical genetics, such CFPS can enhance clinical diagnosis.

Functional Connectivity Is Stronger Between Unisensory and Multisensory Regions for Nonsimultaneous Judgments of Visual-Tactile Stimuli.

Multisensory integration is an automatic process that occurs across unisensory and multisensory areas of the brain. Although multisensory integration is often quantified using the simultaneity judgment task, which measures the temporal binding window for multisensory integration, little is known about the neural processes associated with the task. In 26 participants, we used electroencephalography to measure functional connectivity between parietal-occipital, parietal-central, and central-occipital regions during the simultaneity judgment task.

Decentralized Distributed Sequential Neural Networks Inference on Low-Power Microcontrollers in Wireless Sensor Networks: A Predictive Maintenance Case Study.

The growing adoption of IoT applications has led to increased use of low-power microcontroller units (MCUs) for energy-efficient, local data processing. However, deploying deep neural networks (DNNs) on these constrained devices is challenging due to limitations in memory, computational power, and energy. Traditional methods like cloud-based inference and model compression often incur bandwidth, privacy, and accuracy trade-offs.

Communication Disorders and Mental Health Outcomes in Children and Adolescents: A Scoping Review.

: Communication disorders in childhood, including expressive, receptive, pragmatic, and fluency impairments, have been consistently linked to mental health challenges such as anxiety, depression, and behavioural difficulties. However, existing research remains fragmented across diagnostic categories and developmental stages. This scoping review aimed to synthesise empirical evidence on the relationship between communication disorders and mental health outcomes in children and adolescents and to identify key patterns and implications for practice and policy.

From Marshes to Mines: Germination and Establishment of on Gold Mine Tailings.

The growth potential of was evaluated on gold mine tailings. The primary objectives were to model the species' climatic niche in relation to gold mining regions, assess its germination success on tailings, and compare seedling survival and growth on tailings versus other soil types. Species distribution modelling identified the South African Grassland Biome on the Highveld (1000+ m above sea level), where the majority of gold mines are located, as highly suitable for the species.

Hydration, Soundness, and Strength of Low Carbon LC Mortar Using Waste Brick Powder as a Source of Calcined Clay.

The construction industry is responsible for 39% of global CO emissions related to energy use, with cement responsible for 5-8% of it. Limestone calcined clay cement (LC), a ternary blended binder system, offers a low-carbon alternative by partially substituting clinker with calcined clay and limestone. This study investigated the use of waste clay brick powder (WBP), a waste material, as a source of calcined clay in LC formulations, addressing both environmental concerns and SCM scarcity.

Energy-Efficient Gold Flotation via Coarse Particle Generation Using VSI and HPGR Comminution.

This study investigates the impact of two comminution technologies-Vertical Shaft Impactors (VSI) and High-Pressure Grinding Rolls (HPGR)-on gold flotation performance, using ore samples from the Ballarat Gold Mine, Australia. The motivation stems from the growing need to improve energy efficiency and flotation recovery in mineral processing, particularly under increasing economic and environmental constraints. Despite the widespread use of HPGR and VSI in the industry, limited comparative studies have explored their effects on downstream flotation behavior.