958 papers
Using Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development data, this study finds that entering puberty significantly widens the dual systems imbalance gap (increasing sensation-seeking while decreasing impulse control) for male youth without autism, whereas this pubertal effect is attenuated in males with autism, while no significant effects were observed for female youth.
This exploratory pilot study from Butembo, DRC, reveals that all six uropathogenic *E. coli* isolates from pregnant women with acute cystitis were multidrug-resistant to common β-lactams but remained susceptible to ceftriaxone-sulbactam, highlighting an urgent need for expanded surveillance and antimicrobial stewardship despite the study's small sample size.
This paper proposes the parameter-free Life-Ratios Hypothesis, which uses dimensionless thermodynamic constraints to define a continuous habitability corridor for DNA-based life across water-ammonia mixtures, predicting an optimal temperature of 226 K for ammonia and explicitly excluding warm ammonia-based biospheres.
This multi-country cross-sectional study in Sub-Saharan Africa reveals that early sexual debut among adolescents and young adults is prevalent at 7.4% and is significantly driven by country-specific factors, younger age, male gender, and low socioeconomic status, while digital access showed no significant independent association after adjustment.
This retrospective study of five children with Rubinstein-Taybi syndrome characterizes their core clinical phenotypes, including neurodevelopmental delays and broad thumbs, identifies heterozygous CREBBP pathogenic variants (noting a rare case of maternal inheritance), and highlights hemivertebra malformation as a novel feature to advocate for early genetic diagnosis and multidisciplinary management.
This study reports the first identification of New Delhi Metallo-β-lactamase-9 (NDM-9) producing carbapenem-resistant *Acinetobacter baumannii* clinical isolates in Africa, highlighting the emergence of high-risk ST2 strains carrying multiple resistance genes and mobile genetic elements that threaten treatment efficacy.
This study demonstrates that while the prognostic nutritional index (PNI) shows context-dependent associations with mortality in heart failure, its lymphocyte component does not provide incremental discriminatory value over serum albumin alone.
This study presents a scalable, sustainable method for fabricating biodegradable dialdehyde cellulose foams from rice straw that offer tunable mechanical properties, effective thermal insulation, and a lower environmental footprint compared to conventional petroleum-based foams.
Despite high personal protective equipment usage, operating room nurses at a regional hospital in Ghana face significant barriers to effective diathermy smoke evacuation, including critical knowledge deficits, a lack of formal training, and structural deficiencies such as non-functional equipment and absent safety protocols.
This study integrates metabolomics and proteomics data to reveal that dysregulation in complement/coagulation cascades, extracellular matrix interactions, and metabolic pathways converges on uteroplacental hypoperfusion, thereby elucidating the molecular mechanisms underlying recurrent spontaneous abortion.