Authors: Urquhart R, Nishimagizwe P, Lethbridge L, Kendell C
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Emotion recognition plays an increasingly important role in affective computing applications, from human-computer interaction to mental health monitoring. Among various emotion recognition tasks, unde...
Authors: Neils-Strunjas J, Arjmandi M, Hajihosseini M, Riccardi N, Vandergriff C, Leonard M, Newman-Norlund S, Nemati S, Ashjaei S, Droege L, Salman N, Donelle L, Wang K, Friedman DB, Bonilha L, Fridriksson J
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Sexual function is influenced by a complex interaction of biological, psychological, and social factors such as previous sexual experiences, emotional relationships, medication use, and mood state. Th...
Authors: Khoury F, Degani T, Hertz U
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Congenital heart disease (CHD) is the most common congenital malformation, with a global prevalence of approximately 8 per 1,000 births. Advances in surgical management and perioperative care have mar...
Authors: Resma MNJ, Kayum MA, Bhowmik P, Khondaker MEA, Kibria MK
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Despite growing evidence of the benefits of physical activity for children’s physical, mental, and social health, global participation rates remain low. Recent harmonized surveillance data confirm tha...
Authors: Kato H, Badjuri NR, Febrian J, Erawati T, Rijal MAS, Rizaldy D, Sai S, Fukui R, Atsumi Y, Hayakawa T, Saito-Otsuka K, Hara T, Fujita F
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Mental health research on trauma has long been dominated by Western, secular frameworks that marginalize indigenous spiritual concepts. These frameworks, while valuable, often fail to account for the...
Authors: Salomons H, Guarino E, Jaakkola K
Animal cognition
Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) is a neurodevelopmental disorder caused by genetic and environmental factors affecting how people communicate and interact socially and behave. It is associated with a s...
Authors: Gucenmez S, Sonbahar AE
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Core affect refers to a basic, consciously experienced feeling state in the present moment. It is commonly understood as a neurophysiological state that gives rise to fundamental affective experiences...
Authors: Józefacka NM, Gruszczyńska E, Mierzejewska-Floreani D, Kroemeke A, Hajak V, Grimm S, Warner LM
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With the swift development of generative artificial intelligence (GENAI), especially the large language model (LLM) based on Transformer architecture, educational technology is undergoing a paradigm s...
Authors: Gal-Er B, Bonthrone AF, Chew ATM, Wilson S, Cromb D, Egloff A, Pushparajah K, Simpson J, van der Meijden MEM, Rutherford MA, Hajnal JV, Edwards AD, O'Muircheartaigh J, Nosarti C, Counsell SJ
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Cancer in the 21st century represents a major public health problem worldwide, imposing a significant social and economic burden []. Since the first global estimates of the cancer burden were publishe...
Authors: V MP, Babu C, Jose S, Adhikari S, Singh LS, Francis J, Parekkattil AV
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Food practices provide an important lens through which relationships between human societies and their environments can be understood. In many indigenous communities, food is not only a source of subs...
Authors: Miquel-Rio L, Vicent-Gil M, Jericó-Escolar J, Carrasco-Hernández J, Jubero M, Paz V, Gawron L, Ruiz-Bronchal E, Vera J, Del Mar Bonnín C, Puigdemont D, Alemany C, Cardoner N, de Diego-Adeliño J, Bortolozzi A, Portella MJ
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Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is the most common endocrine disorder in reproductive-aged women, affecting 6–13% of this population globally. Women with PCOS may face several challenges, including m...
Authors: Ji C, Wang J, Zhang P, Geng L, Dong X
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Sleep is a fundamental physiological process characterized by reduced mental and physical activity with essential neural mechanisms, involved in modulating memory. Accumulating evidence indicates that...
Authors: Olsen HW, Sjúrðarson T, Danielsen BB, Skoradal MB, Krustrup P, Mohr M, Larsen MN
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In contemporary education, the coordinated development of physical and mental health has become a central goal. Physical education (PE) is no longer limited to physical training and the transmission o...
Authors: Uzunçakmak-Uyanık H, Yıldız FG, Yalçın-Çakmaklı G, Elibol B, Temuçin ÇM
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Dental fear and anxiety in children are defined as the fear and anxiety associated with dental care. It exists in a considerable proportion of children and adolescents and constitutes a major dilemma...
Authors: Segura-Ruiz R, Ruiz-Cañete M, Muñoz-Alonso A, Jiménez-Esquinas R, Moreno-González E, Serrano-Lázaro MP, Armenteros-Ortiz PJ, Rivas-Cruces C, Piva G, Lamberti N, Manfredini F, López-Soto PJ
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Brain functions as a complex, nonlinear system, making nonlinear analysis particularly suited for revealing the underlying dynamics of electroencephalographic (EEG) signals that may not be fully captu...