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Kara D, Bohn A · 2026 · Memory (Hove, England)
The present study investigated whether remembering the distant versus the recent personal past influences self-continuity levels and expected future event characteristics in a sample of immigrants. Seventy-three Turkish immigrants living…
View details →Mądziel M, Campisi T · 2026 · Preprint
Plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs) are critical to the EU s decarbonization strategy, yet their real-world climate benefits remain uncertain. This study presents a large-scale analysis of real-world PHEV performance using on-board…
View details →Ivanov S, Fosse S, dos Reis M et al. · 2026 · Preprint
Bayesian inference of divergence times for extant species using molecular data is an unconventional statistical problem: Divergence times and molecular rates are confounded, and only their product, the molecular branch length, is…
View details →Thong S, Hendrikse J, Chong TT- et al. · 2026 · Preprint
Motor and episodic memories are classically conceptualised as distinct memory domains. However, both memory sequences are characterised by order and timing of their elements. Generalisation has been previously documented between these…
View details →Giovenco D, Rousseau E, Wallace M et al. · 2026 · AIDS (London, England)
Objective To examine associations between mental health, substance use, and pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) persistence among South African adolescent girls and young women (AGYW). Design A longitudinal analysis of a decentralized PrEP…
View details →Visser K, Keulen J, Bodden D et al. · 2026 · Journal of autism and developmental disorders
Purpose In clinical practice and research, there is growing interest in transdiagnostic interventions, such as Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), for patients with autism spectrum disorder (ASD), due to the pervasive nature of the…
View details →Hong W, Jung H · 2026 · Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland)
This study examines how structured interventions influence team creativity on a metaverse-based collaboration platform. Using B.sket, a custom virtual workspace, we tested two interventions during an online brainstorming task: (1)…
View details →Rashidi Y, Maurer F, Wrublewsky S et al. · 2026 · Biophysical journal
Bifurcations are a crucial part of the mammalian microvasculature, as they establish the interface between blood and tissue. The flexibility of red blood cells (RBCs), the main cellular constituent of blood, is believed to strongly impact…
View details →Mukherjee K, Ren D, Moritz D et al. · 2026 · IEEE transactions on visualization and computer graphics
Multimodal vision-language models (VLMs) continue to achieve ever-improving scores on chart understanding benchmarks. Yet, we find that this progress does not fully capture the breadth of visual reasoning capabilities essential for…
View details →Ramesh N, Klaiber P · 2026 · Acta psychologica
Academic self-efficacy is theorised to foster favourable academic outcomes. While academic self-efficacy is believed to have a reciprocal relationship with academic mastery experiences, longitudinal naturalistic investigations are…
View details →Costan CA, Godsoe W, Bufford JL et al. · 2024 · Plant Ecol.
It has long been hypothesised that introduced species can evolve to become better competitors, which in turn will enable some of them to become invasive. The evolution of increased competitive ability hypothesis (EICA) gives a possible…
View details →D'Andrea W, Freed S, DePierro J et al. · 2024 · Journal of trauma & dissociation : the official journal of the International Society for the Study of Dissociation (ISSD)
The startle eyeblink reflex is thought to function as a means of orienting to salient stimuli, and, by proxy, sensitivity to threat cues. The absence or attenuation of this reflex may thus suggest disengagement from one's environment,…
View details →Thalapalliyil K, Bobby Z, Dorairajan G et al. · 2025 · Saudi medical journal
Objectives To explore whether uniform supplementation causes iron overload among a cohort of South Indian non-anemic pregnant women with diabetes-in-pregnancy (DIP). Methods The study took place between May 2022 and May 2024 and consisted…
View details →Öcal M · 2025 · Scientific reports
Cold-wave disasters cause substantial loss of life and property, yet their global patterns remain poorly understood in a warming climate. Using EM-DAT records (1951-2023), we quantified cold-wave disaster frequency, mortality, and damages…
View details →Menpadi N, Chandra P, Dubey VK · 2025 · Journal of basic microbiology
We have earlier reported novel anti-leishmanial molecules, veratramine and hupehenine, targeting dephospho-coenzyme A kinase of the parasite. In our current investigation, we assessed the efficacy of these two steroidal alkaloids,…
View details →Dias VF, Albuquerque-Lima S, Navarro DMAF et al. · 2025 · Plant biology (Stuttgart, Germany)
Perfume flowers provide chemicals as a resource for specialized pollinators, that is, male euglossine bees. This system has been recorded in at least 15 families of Neotropical Angiosperms, including species of the bromeliad genus…
View details →Dobelmann J, Wilfert L · 2024 · Preprint
not-yet-known not-yet-known not-yet-known unknown Host density, genetic diversity and social structure are key factors influencing disease transmission in wildlife populations, but their interactions remain poorly understood in insects. We…
View details →Bi S, Wang C, Liu H et al. · 2026 · Frontiers in psychology
This study uses secondary analysis of a health survey dataset to explore the impact of completion time on the reliability and validity of online questionnaires. A total of 1,758 chronic low back pain patients recruited online were included…
View details →Ekelund M, Skrifvars J, Selim H et al. · 2025 · Preprint
Previous research has highlighted a concerning reliance on stereotypes in assessing credibility of asylum claims based on sexual identity. To experimentally examine the mechanisms behind this, 383 participants evaluated a realistic asylum…
View details →Wingert AC, Connolly EJ · 2026 · Child abuse & neglect
Background Early life adversities (ELAs) are positively associated with violent victimization in early adulthood. The use of maladaptive coping behaviors, such as alcohol use, may exacerbate risk for victimization during this life course…
View details →Attia FA, Tregenza T, Vasudeva R · 2025 · Preprint
Inbreeding depression poses a significant threat to fitness in many taxonomic groups, particularly those where close relatives are likely to come into contact. Studies have suggested that females may mate with multiple males to reduce…
View details →Toth R, Parry DA, Pourafshari R et al. · 2025 · Preprint
Research suggests that a large portion of media use is driven by habit. Yet our ability to measure habitual processes directly remains limited, suggesting that more naturalistic methods are needed. Leveraging a deep mobile event log and…
View details →Toth R, Parry DA, Pourafshari R et al. · 2025 · Preprint
Research suggests that a large portion of media use is driven by habit. Yet our ability to measure habitual processes directly remains limited, suggesting that more naturalistic methods are needed. Leveraging a deep mobile event log and…
View details →Ackermans M, Sauce B, Miedzobrodzka E · 2025 · Preprint
This study investigated the moderating roles of socioeconomic status (SES) and social media use (SMU) in predicting changes in children’s depressive symptoms over 2 years. Data from 8182 American children (aged 10-14, 52.8% males, 53.6%…
View details →Guillermier L, Sabourdy C, Four E et al. · 2026 · Epilepsy & behavior : E&B
Epilepsy is a neurological condition that can interfere with driving abilities through seizures and cognitive impairments. While legal frameworks often regulate driving eligibility, little is known about how people with epilepsy perceive…
View details →Klüser SK, Klüser KJ, Hoes E · 2025 · Preprint
The rise of generative AI has made it easier than ever to produce hyperrealistic but entirely false imagery. One especially harmful use is the creation of non-consensual, sexually explicit deepfakes depicting real people. While such…
View details →Paul RL, Porter DC, Mutschler-Aldine S et al. · 2026 · Environmental entomology
Evaluation of potential classical biological control agents typically begins with laboratory testing for their fundamental host range. These experiments are intended to evaluate the propensity for nontarget attack but often do so in highly…
View details →Finand B, Tahvanainen M, Setälä H et al. · 2025 · Preprint
Context The habitat heterogeneity hypothesis predicts that increased environmental heterogeneity promotes biodiversity by providing more niches. However, few studies have examined whether human perceptions of heterogeneity align with the…
View details →Weissflog A, Cinoğlu D, Dent DH et al. · 2025 · Biotropica.
Fungal pathogens affect seedling performance and mediate plant species coexistence in mature tropical forests. Yet the role of pathogens in driving tropical forest community dynamics during secondary succession has received little…
View details →Jiang H, Gao Y, Chen G · 2025 · Clim Dyn
Kilometer-scale modeling has identified a significant underestimation of nocturnal precipitation during summer in the southeast Tibetan Plateau (SETP), remaining a challenge that needs to be solved urgently. This study investigates the…
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