Agent-based models of human behaviors in emergencies are extremely important in prevention, preparedness, response and mitigation of crises. However, there is huge variation in the modeling of human cognitions and actions, with varying degrees of realism and even more diverse definitions of how realism should be implemented in the models. The aim of this Rapid Literature Review is to identify existing ...

STUDY QUESTION - Can generative artificial intelligence (AI) models produce high-fidelity images of human blastocysts?<p> <p>SUMMARY ANSWER - Generative AI models exhibit the capability to generate high-fidelity human blastocyst images, thereby providing substantial training datasets crucial for the development of robust AI models.<p> <p>WHAT IS KNOWN ALREADY - The integration of AI into IVF ...

<uli> <li>The Trøndelag Health Study (HUNT) Biobank, located at Levanger, Mid-Norway, holds biological material from 110 000 participants (aged 13–100 years) from the longitudinal population-based HUNT Study, Norway, including whole blood, serum, plasma, DNA, RNA, urine, saliva and fecal samples, optimally handled and stored for research purposes.</li> <li>Among 94 000 participants with ...

Background - In Somalia, despite its prohibition, female circumcision persists alongside significant intimate partner violence. This study examines the prevalence of wife-beating justification among Somali women and its link to the perception that female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C) is a religious obligation.<p> <p>Methods - We studied 7726 married Somali women 15–49 y of age from the 2020 ...

Dust in space is a universal phenomenon that can be observed within our cosmic neighbourhood. Examples include the dust from the surface of the moon to the further reaches of the outer solar system, such as Saturn’s rings, and even beyond in the galactic environment. Dust in the universe has constantly challenged astronomers’ views of heavenly bodies and phenomena, often obscuring light coming from ...

<ol> <li>Terrestrial invertebrates are highly important for the decomposition of dung from large mammals. Mammal dung has been present in many of Earth's ecosystems for millions of years, enabling the evolution of a broad diversity of dung-associated invertebrates that process various components of the dung. Today, large herbivorous mammals are increasingly introduced to ecosystems with the aim ...

Sertoli cells of sharks are non-permanent components of the spermatocyst that they share exclusively with only one germ cell stage. After spermiation, all Sertoli cells, and thus the whole spent cyst, are disposed of in an area adjacent to the spermatozoal spermatocysts, that is, the resorption zone (RZ). Differences in the histology and magnitude of the RZ of the mature blue shark and Greenland ...

We have evaluated the performance of FilmArray BCID2 in reactive blood cultures in a small acute care hospital compared to conventional diagnostics at a regional microbiological laboratory. This is a retrospective observational study of BactAlert reactive blood cultures (n = 160) from Helgeland Hospital, July–December 2021, analysed by BCID2 locally and conventional culture at a regional laboratory. ...

he land snail genus Pilsbrylia Hylton Scott, 1952 has been recently shown to not belong to the superfamily to which it was orig inally assigned (i.e., the Orthalicoidea), instead pointing out a relationship with the Clausilioidea. In this study, we included the type species of the genus in a multi-marker molecular phylogenetic framework to reassess its family-level classification. Our results ...

Frontotemporal dementia (FTD) is associated with progressive degeneration of the frontal lobes and this leads to changes in language, motor symptoms, behavior and executive functions.1 In an early stage, patients with FTD usually have intact memory functions.2 40% of the cases of FTD are misdiagnosed,3 with delayed diagnosis compared to other dementias.4 Differentiating FTD from other psychiatric ...