Author(s): Acharya B; Alexandre J; Benes P; Bergmann B; Bertolucci S; Bevan A; Brancaccio R; Branzas H; Burian P; Campbell M; Cecchini S; Cho YM; de Montigny M; De Roeck A; Ellis JR; Fairbairn M; Felea D; Frank M; Hays J; Hirt AM; Ho DL; Hung PQ; J ...

This search for magnetic monopoles (MMs) and high electric charge objects (HECOs) with spins 0, 1/2, and 1, uses for the first time the full MoEDAL detector, exposed to 6.46 fb^{-1} proton-proton collisions at 13 TeV. The results are interpreted in terms of Drell-Yan and photon-fusion pair produc ...

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Author(s): Chae Y; Cheers GM; Kim M; Reidler P; Klein A; Fevens T; Holzapfel BM; Mayer-Wagner S;

Cavitary bone defects, defined as a volumetric loss of native bone tissue, require accurate preoperative imaging for treatment planning. While CT (computed tomography) has traditionally been the gold standard for segmentation due to its superior resolution of cortical bone, MRI (magnetic resonance imaging) offers unique advantages, particularly in visuali ...

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Author(s): Cruz-Santiago D; Meng X; Canac-Marquis M; Sengupta A; Brassard JP; Pavey E; Girouard H; Vinh DC; Gouin JP;

Background: SARS-CoV-2 infection can lead to persistent post-acute neuropsychiatric symptoms. Older adults with multimorbidity may be at increased risk of post-acute symptoms after COVID-19. The goals of the present study were to assess the associations of SARS-CoV-2 infection with neuropsychiatr ...

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Author(s): Ferreira AS; Mendes de Almeida Junior A; Kobal MB; Moreira LG; Camacho SA; de Toledo KA; Oliveira ON; DeWolf CE; Aoki PHB;

Rose Bengal (RB) is a promising photosensitizer (PS) for photodynamic therapy (PDT), but its application to colorectal carcinoma remains largely unexplored. Herein, we employ in vitro assays to demonstrate that incorporation of RB has substantial phototoxicity against Caco-2 cells, with more than ...

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Author(s): Jodoin S; Bowie-Edwards A; Lofts K; Mangat S; Adjei B; Lesnikowski A;

We provide the first systematic analysis of whether, how, and to what extent people with disabilities and their human rights are included in two subsets of climate policies adopted by 195 parties to the Paris Agreement. We found that only 41 parties mention people with disabilities in their nationally determined contributions (NDCs), whereas only 75 do so ...

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Author(s): Tremblay N; Lavoie KL; Bacon SL; Bélanger-Gravel A;

Objectives: Throughout COVID-19, uncertain information on the virus and preventive measures circulated. Young adults, often relying on social rather than traditional media, showed lower adherence to recommendations. This study examines associations between information sources, attitudes toward public health measures and concerns among young adults. Study ...

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Author(s): Lapointe VA; Dubé S; Rukhlyadyev S; Kessai T; Lafortune D;

Fueled by advances in artificial intelligence (AI), the adult entertainment industry is undergoing a significant transformation. AI-generated pornography-or AI porn-is reshaping how people create and consume sexually explicit content, progressively offering rapid, mass access to large quantities of interactive and highly customizable experiences. Yet, des ...

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Author(s): Dos Santos DM; Rubira RJG; Salzedas GP; Kobal MB; Moreira LG; Toledo KA; Aoki PHB; DeWolf C; Camacho SA;

Pesticides have boosted agricultural productivity but pose significant risks to environmental and human health. The intensification of agriculture has driven widespread pesticide use, with 66 % of global consumption allocated to sugarcane, soybean and corn. Sugarcane, a major monoculture in Brazi ...

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Author(s): Pacheco-Gomez BL; Zepeda-Ruiz WA; Velazquez-Lopez D; Shizgal P; Velazquez-Martinez DN;

Rewarding electrical brain stimulation (EBS) can serve as a discriminative stimulus. It has long been suspected that this discriminative property reflects the subjective intensity of the rewarding effect. In turn, the counter model of spatiotemporal integration attributes the subjective reward intensity produced by a stimulation train of fixed duration to ...

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Author(s): Murphy A; Elbarazi I; Horen N; Ismail-Allouche Z; Long T; McNeill A; Arafat C; England D;

Background: An increasing body of evidence highlights the utility of examining adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) utilizing person-centered analytical approaches, particularly for understanding the organization and co-occurrence of ACEs, and their contributions to risk, vulnerability, and the development of intervention efforts. Methods: In the first s ...

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Author(s): Zgaren A; Bouachir W; Bouguila N;

Zero-shot counting is a subcategory of Generic Visual Object Counting, which aims to count objects from an arbitrary class in a given image. While few-shot counting relies on delivering exemplars to the model to count similar class objects, zero-shot counting automates the operation for faster processing. This paper proposes a fully automated zero-shot me ...

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