Author(s): Côté M; Ramos Salas X; Carrière K; Alberga AS;

Incretin-based therapies, including glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists (GLP-1RAs), are approved for the treatment of type 2 diabetes, obesity, and related conditions, and have demonstrated significant benefits for individuals with these conditions. However, in recent years, public interest and demand for GLP-1RAs-often driven by media, social media ...

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Author(s): Gamache I; Fagbemi K; Harnois-Leblanc S; Greenwood CMT; Henderson M; Van Hulst A; Timpson NJ; Manousaki D;

Aims/hypothesis: Dysglycaemia in youth results from complex interactions between genetic and environmental factors, yet their individual and combined contributions remain unclear. We aimed to: (1) evaluate the predictive performance of polygenic risk scores (PRSs) for glycaemic traits from childh ...

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Author(s): Kafian Safari M; Mirzae M; Gheflati B; Sharifzade M; Zuhars J; Rottoo S; Rivaz H;

Purpose: Computer- and robotic-assisted technologies improve total knee arthroplasty (TKA) through intraoperative bone registration. However, limited bone exposure restricts point collection to the distal femur, omitting key geometric features and reducing registration accuracy and the surgical outcomes. Methods: We introduce a deep learning-based method ...

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Author(s): Brouillette-Alarie S; Hassan G; Varela W; Danis E; Ousman S; Madriaza P; Pauls IL; Kilinc D; Pickup D; Pelzer R; Borokhovski E;

Assessment of the risk of engaging in a violent radicalization/extremism trajectory has evolved quickly in the last 10 years. Guided by what has been achieved in psychology and criminology, scholars from the field of preventing violent extremism (PVE) have tried to import key lessons from violenc ...

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Author(s): Griffith J; Lord JM; Catchen MD; Arce-Plata MI; Blanchet FG; Chandramohan M; Diaz-Corzo MC; Gravel D; Gutiérrez C; Helfenstein IS; Hoban S; Kass JM; Laikre L; Larocque G; Leigh DM; Leung B; Mastretta-Yanes A; Millette KL; Berbeo MAM; Ngu ...

The Convention on Biological Diversity's Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF) sets ambitious goals to protect and restore biodiversity. It includes a monitoring framework that mandates countries to track progress toward these goals using indicators that summarize biodiversity ...

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Author(s): Dufour R; Shalev U; Booij L;

Binge-eating behaviors are key components of several types of eating disorders, yet their etiology remains unclear. Animal models have provided valuable insights by enabling experimentally controlled investigations of biological, behavioral, and environmental factors contributing to eating disorders. This narrative review examines the clinical relevance o ...

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Author(s): Baik JH; Hwang JH; Ryu H; Gomez-Alvarez V; Kim KT; Hyoung Lee W;

This study evaluates a mixed-culture microbial fuel cell (MFC) as a rapid, real-time biosensor for detecting water toxicity caused by heavy metals and benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene, and xylene (BTEX) compounds. A dual-chamber MFC (200 mL) equipped with carbon fiber electrodes was operated with an electroactive biofilm on the anode, and toxicity responses ...

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Author(s): Alberga AS; Forouhar V; Lurye V; Adamo KB; Avery S; Ball GDC; Farnesi BC; Gaudet L; Nagpal TS; Piccinini-Vallis H; Ramos Salas X; Rhodes RE; Vallis M; Cook J; Graham TM; Stanworth-Belleville K; Cohen TR;

Background: Conversations regarding health behaviours, mental health, and socioeconomic contexts are recommended during prenatal visits to optimize maternal and fetal health outcomes. This study was designed to develop and evaluate the acceptability of a clinical dialogue tool called Conversation ...

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Author(s): Rodriguez Buritica JM; van den Bos W; Eppinger B; Ciranka SK;

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Author(s): Ramos Salas X; Hussey B; Alberga AS; Kyle T; Small F;

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Author(s): Montpetit C; Vaillancourt N; Rosenstein B; Wesselink EO; Dover G; Weiss C; Papula LA; Melek A; Weber KA; Elliott JM; Fortin M;

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