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Establishing validity and measurement invariance of the Claremont Purpose Scale among adolescents from diverse racial-ethnic backgrounds.

Xie H, Ratner K, Estevez M et al. · 2026 · Journal of research on adolescence : the official journal of the Society for Research on Adolescence

The Claremont Purpose Scale (CPS) was designed to assess youth purpose, but the English version has not yet undergone rigorous psychometric evaluation among adolescents. Prior validation efforts have also mostly relied on white-majority…

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Evidence for a reactionary account of retrieval state initiation.

Han S, Long NM · 2025 · Imaging neuroscience (Cambridge, Mass.)

Engagement of the retrieval state (or mode) is theorized to be a precursor to successful retrieval, but precisely when the retrieval state is engaged is unclear. Our aim in the present study is to determine the time course of retrieval…

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Profile of immune response during nasal challenge with dermatophagoides pteronyssinus in subjects with allergic airway diseases.

Tamasauskiene L, Gradauskiene B · 2024 · Journal of inflammation (London, England)

Background T lymphocyte helper (Th) 2 plays the main role in pathogenesis of allergic airway diseases (AAD). Recent studies showed that interleukin (IL) 33, Th17 and Th22 also may be involved in allergic inflammation. The aim is to…

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Yield of Sleep Deprivation EEG in Suspected Epilepsy. A Retrospective Study.

Guerrero-Aranda A, Enríquez-Zaragoza A, López-Jiménez K et al. · 2024 · Clinical EEG and neuroscience

Background. Sleep is an activation procedure and is considered the most potent and best-documented modulator of seizures and interictal epileptiform discharges (IEDs) on electroencephalogram (EEG). The precise role of sleep deprivation in…

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Comparisons of extinction, counterconditioning, and novelty-facilitated extinction within ABA vs. ABC renewal designs.

Jozefowiez J, Huff AG, Petruzzo L et al. · 2026 · Journal of experimental psychology. Animal learning and cognition

The expression of an association between a conditioned stimulus (CS) and an aversive unconditioned stimulus (US) can be weakened by presenting the CS by itself (extinction [Ext]), pairing it with an appetitive US (counterconditioning…

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Perioperative N-acetylcysteine: evidence and indications.

Wilson PR, Bridges KH, Scofield M et al. · 2024 · Pain management

Nonopioid analgesics serve to improve analgesia and limit side effects and risks of perioperative opioids. N-acetylcysteine (NAC), the primary treatment of acetaminophen toxicity, may have perioperative indications, including analgesia.…

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Newborn Auditory Brainstem Response and Sudden Infant Death Syndrome.

Maylott SE, Zeng G, Leung TS et al. · 2025 · Journal of neuroscience research

Sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS)-the sudden and unexplained death of a seemingly healthy infant, < 1 year old-may be associated with abnormalities in the brain regions that underlie breathing and arousal during sleep. While post-mortem…

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Shedding light on public perceptions of scientists who engage in wrongness admission amidst a failed replication.

Evans ND, Fetterman AK · 2026 · Public understanding of science (Bristol, England)

Admitting that one's research findings are wrong involves admitting a potential instance of incompetence, which can keep scientists from engaging in wrongness admission. However, wrongness admission can yield favorable perceptions. In five…

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Preregistered Direct Replication and Extension of "The Wisdom to Know the Difference: Strategy-Situation Fit in Emotion Regulation in Daily Life Is Associated With Well-Being".

Willroth EC, Young G, Ford BQ et al. · 2025 · Psychological science

Certain emotion-regulation strategies (e.g., reappraisal) are associated with better well-being and are therefore seen as adaptive (health-promoting) strategies. However, it is unlikely that any strategy is adaptive regardless of context.…

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Multimodal assessments of therapist characteristics are largely unrelated to patient outcomes: A preregistered analysis.

Goldberg SB, Baldwin SA, Flynn AWP et al. · 2026 · Clinical psychological science : a journal of the Association for Psychological Science

While it is known that therapists vary in effectiveness, it is unclear what therapist-level characteristics predict this variation. We conducted a large-scale, preregistered study ( n = 97 therapists from the United States and Canada, n =…

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Biodegradable mesh implants for prolapse repair: Advances in computational modelling and experimental validation.

Vaz F, Silva T, Silva E et al. · 2025 · Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers. Part H, Journal of engineering in medicine

Pelvic organ prolapse (POP) limits people's quality of life and is quite common in women, especially with advancing age. As cases increase, there is an urgent need for alternative treatments, especially for severe POP, where options remain…

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Influence of rhythmic contexts on perception: No behavioral and eye-tracker evidence for rhythmic entrainment.

Román-Caballero R, Martín-Arévalo E, Martín-Sánchez PDC et al. · 2024 · Consciousness and cognition

Entrainment theories propose that attention inherently oscillates between moments of attentional enhancement and disengagement. Consequently, perceptual and response benefits have been reported in tasks with a rhythmic structure. In the…

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