Slow-oscillation neurofeedback (NF), encompassing slow cortical potential (SCP), infra-low-frequency (ILF), and infra-slow-fluctuation (ISF) protocols, has gained increasing interest as a non-pharmacological intervention in pediatric mental health and neurodevelopmental care. This narrative review synthesizes peer-reviewed literature on the clinical efficacy of slow-oscillation NF in children and adolescents across various conditions, including attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), autism spectrum disorder (ASD), epilepsy, tic disorders, and eating-related concerns. SCP NF is the most extensively studied protocol and shows preliminary efficacy in reducing ADHD symptoms, particularly among individuals capable of learning self-regulation. For ASD and other conditions, early evidence from primarily small-scale or uncontrolled studies suggests possible benefits in emotional regulation, impulsivity, and behavioral symptoms, though findings remain mixed and often non-specific. Methodological heterogeneity, including variation in control conditions, training protocols, and outcome measures, limits the comparability of results. ILF and ISF protocols, while promising, are still emerging and require further validation. Overall, slow-oscillation NF appears to offer potential as a personalized therapeutic option for pediatric populations, but robust, well-controlled trials are needed to clarify its clinical utility and optimize its integration into multimodal care.
Publicado em 2011, o romance intitulado A Cidade de Ulisses, de Teolinda Gersão reveste-se de particular importância enquanto narrativa que reelabora o mito de Ulisses, mas pode ser lido e analisado para além da reescrita deste mito. Se, por um lado, se mesclam referências da epopeia homérica com o enredo da obra de Teolinda, tendo por objetivo aproximar os protagonistas, que experienciaram, por exemplo, aventuras motivadas pela errância ou por impulsos da paixão, que os levaram a viver o amor ou o sofrimento, voluntária ou involuntariamente, por outro, impõe-se questionar se a reescrita do mito de Ulisses não será um pretexto para se apresentar e se discutir os traços caracterizadores e os comportamentos de um certo paradigma da figura masculina da atualidade. O nosso estudo, de natureza analítica e apoiado numa hermenêutica fundamentada, pretende dar resposta à questão colocada e levantar outras, de carácter ético-social, a partir do retrato que, ao longo do romance, se desenha do narrador-protagonista.
Elizabeth Konon MD, Anum Shahzad MD, Raymundo Quintana Quezada MD
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Takayasu’s arteritis (TAK) is a rare, large-vessel vasculitis that typically involves the aorta and its major branches. Patients may experience coronary involvement, most commonly the left main coronary ostia. Patients with coronary artery occlusion often require emergent revascularization; however, there is debate regarding the optimal timing and type of surgical intervention in the setting of TAK. Herein we describe a 32-year-old female presenting with non-ST elevation myocardial infarction (NSTEMI) who underwent percutaneous intervention (PCI) with drug-eluting stent (DES) placement and was subsequently diagnosed with TAK. A 32-year-old female presented to the emergency department with chest pressure and dyspnea. Her electrocardiogram findings and troponin elevation were consistent with NSTEMI and she underwent coronary angiography with DES placement. During angiography, aortic insufficiency was noted. Transesophageal echocardiogram confirmed intimal thickening of the aortic root with aortic regurgitation. She was diagnosed with TAK, started on high-dose steroids, and transferred to a tertiary care center for rheumatology consultation. This patient’s clinical course raised several questions regarding surgical intervention in TAK. The optimal timing of surgery and preferred approach (endovascular intervention vs coronary artery bypass grafting [CABG]) were specifically critiqued. While endovascular intervention (PCI with angioplasty or stent) is typically less invasive than CABG, it may be associated with a higher risk of postsurgical re-stenosis and studies are conflicting regarding the optimal approach. Further research is necessary to determine the long-term efficacy and safety of these interventions, as well as their timing in the overall management plan.
Ian McKinney, Qi Rao, Elizaveta Grushnikova
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This work presents the characterization of a large-scale pilot plant for nitric acid production that employs atmospheric-pressure plasma in a closed-loop configuration. The primary objective here is to evaluate the scientific and practical feasibility of using high-power Cerawave™ plasma torch technology, manufactured by Radom Corporation, to enhance the rate of nitric acid production of plasma-assisted nitrogen fixation systems, while achieving specific energy consumption (SEC) comparable to that of smaller-scale setups reported in the literature. We provide a comprehensive overview of the components of the pilot plant, its operational strategy, and the analytical models underlying its processes. Preliminary system optimization results are discussed alongside the outcomes from a controlled batch run. After 30.9 h of operation at 50 kW plasma power, the system produced 198.9 L of nitric acid with a concentration of 28.6% by weight, corresponding to overall SEC of approximately 5.3 MJ/mol. This SEC could be improved to 3.7 MJ/mol using absorption columns with greater than 90% absorption efficiency. Additionally, around 60% of the plasma power was recovered as usable process heat via a heat exchanger. These results demonstrate that plasma-based nitrogen fixation is scientifically and technically viable at higher production scales while maintaining competitive specific energy consumption using microwave plasma.
En 1925 se publicó en Alemania la primera traducción de Una excursión a los indios ranqueles, de Lucio V. Mansilla. Tres años después, en 1928, apareció en Hungría una versión similar, traducida por Gyula Halász. Este artículo tiene como objetivo reconstruir, por primera vez, sus condiciones de producción, traducción y recepción, a partir del análisis de materiales editoriales, reseñas contemporáneas y elementos paratextuales, desde una perspectiva de las literaturas comparadas. Se examinan especialmente las figuras del intérprete y del lenguaraz, claves en la trama original, así como el modo en que las ediciones extranjeras reconfiguran el texto como literatura de viajes con valor pedagógico. Se concluye que estas versiones, destinadas probablemente a un público juvenil, neutralizan aspectos políticos y territoriales del original para integrarlo en un marco de divulgación etnográfica y entretenimiento.
Lonni Besançon, Guillaume Cabanac, Cyril Labbé
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We report evidence of a new set of sneaked references discovered in the scientific literature. Sneaked references are references registered in the metadata of publications without being listed in reference section or in the full text of the actual publications where they ought to be found. We document here 80,205 references sneaked in metadata of the International Journal of Innovative Science and Research Technology (IJISRT). These sneaked references are registered with Crossref and all cite -- thus benefit -- this same journal. Using this dataset, we evaluate three different methods to automatically identify sneaked references. These methods compare reference lists registered with Crossref against the full text or the reference lists extracted from PDF files. In addition, we report attempts to scale the search for sneaked references to the scholarly literature.
Reproductive well-being is shaped by intersecting cultural, religious, gendered, and political contexts, yet current technologies often reflect narrow, Western-centric assumptions. In this literature review, we synthesize findings from 147 peer-reviewed papers published between 2015 and 2025 across HCI, CSCW and social computing, ICTD, digital and public health, and AI for well-being scholarship to map the evolving reproductive well-being landscape. We identify three thematic waves that focused on early access and education, cultural sensitivity and privacy, and AI integration with policy-aware design, and highlight how technologies support or constrain diverse reproductive experiences. Our analysis reveals critical gaps in inclusivity, with persistent exclusions of men and non-binary users, migrants, and users in the Global South. Additionally, we surfaced the significant absence of literature on the role of stakeholders (e.g., husband and family members, household maids and cleaning helping hands, midwife, etc.) in the reproductive well-being space. Drawing on the findings from the literature, we propose the ReWA framework to support reproductive well-being for all agendas through six design orientations associated with: location, culture, and history; polyvocality and agency; rationality, temporality, distributive roles, and methodology.
Scientific knowledge is growing rapidly, making it difficult to track progress and high-level conceptual links across broad disciplines. While tools like citation networks and search engines help retrieve related papers, they lack the abstraction needed to capture the needed to represent the density and structure of activity across subfields. We motivate SCIENCE HIERARCHOGRAPHY, the goal of organizing scientific literature into a high-quality hierarchical structure that spans multiple levels of abstraction -- from broad domains to specific studies. Such a representation can provide insights into which fields are well-explored and which are under-explored. To achieve this goal, we develop a hybrid approach that combines efficient embedding-based clustering with LLM-based prompting, striking a balance between scalability and semantic precision. Compared to LLM-heavy methods like iterative tree construction, our approach achieves superior quality-speed trade-offs. Our hierarchies capture different dimensions of research contributions, reflecting the interdisciplinary and multifaceted nature of modern science. We evaluate its utility by measuring how effectively an LLM-based agent can navigate the hierarchy to locate target papers. Results show that our method improves interpretability and offers an alternative pathway for exploring scientific literature beyond traditional search methods. Code, data and demo are available: https://github.com/JHU-CLSP/science-hierarchography
Praveen Kumar Dhankar, Safiqul Islam, Saibal Ray
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In this study we explore the cosmic holographic principle, as proposed by Fischler and Susskind~\cite{Fischler}, within the framework of $(2 + 1)$-dimensional cosmological models. A generalized equation of state is employed, given by $p = (ζ- 1)(ρ+ ρ_0)$, where $ζ$ and $ρ_0$ are treated as two free parameters. The analysis confirms the validity of the holographic principle in all flat and open universes. However, for a $(2 + 1)$-dimensional closed universe, we apply the method proposed by Kaloper and Linde~\cite{Kaloper}, and observe that the holographic principle is generally not satisfied. Furthermore, we examine the stability of the proposed model using the Markov chain Monte Carlo (MCMC) method, and estimate the best-fit values for the model parameters based on observational Hubble data sets.