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  1. Sleep health improved unevenly after the pandemic
    Post-pandemic sleep health improved unevenly, with behavioral measures recovering faster than subjective satisfaction. Material deprivation strongly predicted slower improvement trajectories.
  2. Urolithin A may act on obesity and metabolic dysfunction through multiple pathways
    Urolithin A, a gut microbiota metabolite from ellagitannins, shows multi-target potential for obesity and metabolic dysfunction through thermogenesis activation, lipid metabolism regulation, and.
  3. Combined oral contraceptives and progestin-only pills were generally well tolerated
    Systematic review finds no consistent evidence that combined oral contraceptives or progestin-only pills worsen psychological or sexual outcomes in women with endometriosis.
  4. Coastal food web changed over 125 years but kept stable trophic structure
    Historical species composition data reveal how a coastal food web changed structurally over 125 years while maintaining stable trophic organization and energy transfer efficiency.
  5. E-commerce is linked to lower urban electricity intensity
    E-commerce reduces electricity intensity in Chinese cities through population and economic agglomeration plus innovation. Government coordination and market efficiency strengthen effects.
  6. H5N1 risk expanded across regions after 2020
    Ecological niche modeling reveals shifted environmental predictors and expanded geographic risk zones for highly pathogenic avian influenza H5 after 2020.
  7. Climate extremes are increasing electricity demand in Alberta
    Study shows Alberta's electricity demand increasingly sensitive to temperature extremes, with hot days rising since 1991 and demand peaks doubling in some cities over recent decades.
  8. Social norms and shared meanings can support collective action in crises
    A perspective analysis of collective action mechanisms during crises, examining social norms, stakeholder communication, and technological enablers in crisis response.
  9. Supermassive stars may match JWST little red dot spectra
    Supermassive star models reproduce spectral signatures of JWST little red dots, suggesting these compact sources may be progenitors of the first supermassive black holes.
  10. Improved black-winged kite algorithm outperformed comparison methods
    Improved black-winged kite optimization algorithm combining multiple strategies to prevent local optima and enhance convergence, with application to predictive modeling.
  11. Donor acceptance patterns in pancreas transplant changed over time
    Population cohort study reveals declining DCD pancreas utilization despite good outcomes, while Hepatitis C and IVDU donors gain acceptance in transplantation practice.
  12. Rapid evolution predicted recovery after drought
    Wild plant populations evolve rapidly during drought, and genetic variation at adaptive loci predicts demographic recovery. Study demonstrates evolutionary rescue in natural conditions.
  13. Ancient dog genomes show wide Palaeolithic distribution in western Eurasia
    Genetic analysis of ancient dog remains reveals widespread distribution of homogeneous dog populations across Europe and Anatolia during the Late Upper Palaeolithic, suggesting dogs were exchanged.
  14. Domestic credit supports Nepal's long-run economic growth
    ARDL analysis of Nepal's economic growth reveals domestic credit impacts GDP only long-term, while capital formation and exports drive growth across both timeframes, 1992-2023.
  15. Review links brain health and resilience to healthy aging
    Review integrating neuroscience, lifestyle medicine, and social factors to examine resilience as a modifiable pathway in late-life neuropsychiatric disorder prevention.
  16. Advanced barley lines showed greater stability than local landraces
    Evaluation of grain quality traits and genotype stability across Mediterranean environments in advanced barley lines and landraces. High heritability and trait correlations identified.
  17. Borrowed subgroup information improved mortality forecasts
    Framework that borrows mortality patterns across similar population subgroups to improve accuracy of long-term mortality rate forecasts using hierarchical clustering methods.
  18. Approximate shock models fail at sufficiently high velocities
    Numerical model reveals that simplified approximations for synchrotron emission from relativistic shocks can be inaccurate by over an order of magnitude, biasing inferred properties of transients.
  19. Epicormic foliage chemistry varies after fire
    Post-fire epicormic eucalypt foliage exhibits species-dependent chemical composition affecting folivore nutritional access during forest recovery in southeastern Australia.
  20. ICT use in VICOBA is mostly for communication
    Case study of ICT adoption in Village Community Banks (VICOBA) in Songea Urban, Tanzania, examining technology integration patterns, barriers, and member perceptions of digital tools.