The generalized social concern with sexual harassment and nonconsensual sex makes it imperative to incorporate notions of consent in any analysis of human sexual interactions. Such interactions follow an ordered sequence of events, starting with the perception of a sexual incentive, followed by an approach to it, genital interaction, and eventually orgasm. Consent from the partner is needed at ...

Teleost B cells are of special interest due to their evolutionary position and involvement in vaccine-induced adaptive immune responses. While recent progress has revealed uneven distribution of B cell subsets across the various immune sites and that B cells are one of the early responders to infection, substantial knowledge gaps persist regarding their immunophenotypic profile, functional ...

Nearest neighbor (NN) sampling provides more semantic variations than predefined transformations for selfsupervised learning (SSL) based image recognition problems. However, its performance is restricted by the quality of the support set, which holds positive samples for the contrastive loss. In this work, we show that the quality of the support set plays a crucial role in any nearest neighbor based ...

Sea-spray icing is one of the major hazards for small- and medium-sized vessels in polar regions. Predominant anti- and deicing measures include prevention by heeding the weather forecasts and avoiding high-risk situations, protection by enclosing exposed and high-priority areas, manual ice removal by personnel, heat tracing and surplus heat. Energy is in limited supply on vessels, and alternative ...

Background The usage of fluoroquinolones in Norwegian livestock production is very low, including in broiler production. Historically, quinolone-resistant Escherichia coli (QREC) isolated from Norwegian production animals rarely occur. However, with the introduction of a selective screening method for QREC in the Norwegian monitoring programme for antimicrobial resistance in the veterinary sector ...

During aging, general cellular processes, including autophagic clearance and immunological responses become compromised; therefore, identifying compounds that target these cellular processes is an important approach to improve our health span. The innate immune cGAS-STING pathway has emerged as an important signaling system in the organismal defense against viral and bacterial infections, ...

Background - Tuberculosis medication nonadherence is a multi-dimensional public health problem with serious consequences worldwide. There is little information available for medication nonadherence in South Sudan. This study assessed the proportion, reasons, and associated factors for nonadherence among patients with TB in Wau Municipality, South Sudan.<p> <p>Methods - A health facility based ...

Objectives - Insufficient training and the absence of guidelines increase the risk of retraumatisation in torture survivors during surgical procedures. This study aims to develop guidelines to mitigate this risk and gather healthcare professionals’ experiences treating torture survivors and insights on the guideline’s feasibility and acceptability.<p> <p>Design - The study was conducted in two ...

Bakgrunn: I Europa øker andelen proteseoperasjoner. Samtidig går det fysiske aktivitetsnivået i befolkningen ned. Andelen med overvekt og fedme øker. Et transeuropeisk prosjekt for å promotere fysisk aktivitet hos pasienter etter proteseoperasjon ble derfor gjennomført. Denne artikkelen baseres på en delstudie som har kartlagt faktorer som bidrar å forklare holdninger til fysisk aktivitet hos pasienter ...

The paper evaluates the EW-1000 Atmospheric Water Generation-Vapor Compression Refrigeration system (AWG-VCRS) as a sustainable alternative to seawater desalination in the GCC. Conducted in Masdar City, Abu Dhabi, from July 2023 to January 2024, the study measured temperature, humidity, energy consumption, and water production. Key findings include a peak water production of 1500 LPD in September ...