Does Terminology Matter? Effects of the Citizen Science Label on Participation in a Wildlife Conservation Online Platform by Poppy McLeod, Jonathon Schuldt, Hwanseok Song, Rhiannon Crain, Janis Dickinson

“…Despite concerns that sociocultural connotations of the term citizen science may discourage engagement with such projects among certain groups, little empirical evidence is available about the behavioral effects of this terminology. One specific area of concern is the persistent gender gap in citizen science participation. …”
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Modeling and Analysis of Amplitude-Frequency Characteristics of Torsional Vibration for Automotive Powertrain by Jinli Xu, Jiwei Zhu, Feifan Xia

“…The first three-order nature torsional frequencies are predicted. Torsional behaviors only affect the vibration characteristics of a complete vehicle at low-speed condition and will be reinforced expectedly while increasing torque fluctuation. …”
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An Examination of the Relationship Between Undergraduate Students' Personality Traits, Family Communication Patterns, Communication Skills, and Speaking Anxiety by Mustafa Kerem Kobul, Selvanur Kayhan, Fatma Altun Kobul, Bircan Eyüp

“…The results of the study highlight the need for future research to examine the cognitive, affective and behavioral components of speaking anxiety separately.…”
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Multimodal assessment of sleep-wake perception in insomnia disorder by Carlotta L. Schneider, Kristoffer D. Fehér, Elisabeth Hertenstein, Fabian Hügli, Marina Wunderlin, Marc A. Züst, Christian Mikutta, Antoine R. Adamantidis, Thomas Berger, Dieter Riemann, Bernd Feige, Christoph Nissen

“…These results propose empirical support for cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia as the first-line treatment.…”
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The application of organoids in investigating immune evasion in the microenvironment of gastric cancer and screening novel drug candidates by Liuyue Kan, Ying Yu, Yaxue Wang, Lei Shi, Tingyuan Fan, Hui Chen, Chuanli Ren

“…A growing body of evidence suggests that GC organoids, developed using organoid culture technology, preserve the genetic, phenotypic, and behavioral characteristics. GC organoids hold significant potential for predicting treatment responses in individual patients. …”
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Stress and coping strategies among Balkan mothers of children with developmental disorders by Maša Marisavljević, Nikola Petrović, Olja Jovanović, Milica Ćirović, Nina Stanojević, Nevena Folić

“…Linear regression suggests that having a child with autism spectrum disorder, lower education, and the use of Self-blame contribute to the prediction of stress. The results of several mediation analyses indicate that Religion and Behavioral disengagement mediate the relationship between parental stress and the child’s age: parents of older children with DD show a greater tendency to use these coping strategies, which consequently leads to higher stress levels. …”
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Mechanism of Coal Bursts Induced by Horizontal Section Mining of Steeply Inclined Coal Seams and Application of Microseismic Multiparameter Monitoring in Early Warning by Sheng-Chuan Wang, Lin-Ming Dou, Zheng-Yi Wang, Jin-Zheng Bai, Yan-Jiang Chai

“…The continuous anomaly and the contradiction of indices at Rr and Rf can be considered as precursory information for predicting coal bursts.…”
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Improvement in Depressive Symptoms Is Associated with Reduced Oxidative Damage and Inflammatory Response in Type 2 Diabetic Patients with Subsyndromal Depression: The Results of a... by Marijana Vučić Lovrenčić, Mirjana Pibernik-Okanović, Mario Šekerija, Manja Prašek, Dea Ajduković, Jadranka Kos, Norbert Hermanns

“…To examine one-year changes in oxidative damage and inflammation level in type 2 diabetic patients undergoing behavioral treatment for subsyndromal depression. Materials and Methods. …”
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Vaccine decision-making among pregnant women: a protocol for a cross-sectional mixed-method study in Brazil, Ghana, Kenya and Pakistan [version 2; peer review: 1 approved, 2 approv... by Prachi Singh, Jessica L Schue, Emily S Miller, Berhaun Fesshaye, Ruth A Karron, Shanelle Quinn, Maria Laura Costa, Renato T Souza, Kwasi Torpey, Jose Guilherme Cecatti, Emefa Modey, Caroline Dinam Badzi, Ferdinand Okwaro, Chris Guure, Sarah Saleem, Muhammad Asim, Saleem Jessani, Haleema Yasmeen, Sidrah Nausheen, Vanessa Brizuela, Grace Belayneh, Rupali J Limaye, Sami Gottlieb, Marleen Temmerman

“…Quantitative data will be analyzed using descriptive statistics, latent variable analysis, and prediction modelling. Both the quantitative and qualitative data will be used to explore differences in attitudes and behaviors around maternal immunization across pregnancy trimesters and the postpartum period among and within countries. …”
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The impact of non-pharmaceutical interventions on the spread of COVID-19 in Saudi Arabia: Simulation approach by Ahmad Alhomaid, Abdullah H. Alzeer, Fahad Alsaawi, Abdulaziz Aljandal, Rami Al-Jafar, Marwan Albalawi, Dana Alotaibi, Raghad Alabdullatif, Razan AlGhassab, Dalia M. Mominkhan, Muaddi Alharbi, Ahmad A. Alghamdi, Maryam Almoklif, Mohammed K. Alabdulaali

“…The behavioral change was measured by the change in the initial reproduction rate (R0). …”
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Doping evolution of the normal state magnetic excitations in pressurized La3Ni2O7 by Hai-Yang Zhang, Yu-Jie Bai, Fan-Jie Kong, Xiu-Qiang Wu, Yu-Heng Xing, Ning Xu

“…The doping evolution behaviors of the normal state magnetic excitations (MEs) of the pressurized nickelate La _3 Ni _2 O _7 are theoretically studied in this paper. …”
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Social and individual factors associated with eating disorders risk among adolescents in secondary schools of Sicily (south-Italy) by Silvia Ruggieri, Rosalba Contentezza, Melania Casella, Achille Cernigliaro, Ilaria Cosentini, Gaspare Drago, Gianluca Lo Coco, Maria Rita Semola, Salvatore Gullo

“…Data on socio-demographic factors, EDs behaviors, social media usage, body appreciation, and bullying were collected through an electronic questionnaire. …”
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The association between cumulative adverse childhood experiences and ultra-processed food addiction is moderated by substance use disorder history among adults seeking outpatient n... by David A. Wiss, David A. Wiss, Celine D. Tran, Erica M. LaFata

“…Adverse childhood experiences (ACEs), such as childhood maltreatment and household dysfunction, are positively linked to substance use disorders (SUD), weight loss efforts, and maladaptive eating behaviors, including ultra-processed food addiction (UPFA) and eating disorder (ED) symptoms. …”
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Social Interactions for Sustainable Food Choices: Meeting the Target for Meat Intake in the United Kingdom by Angela Fontan, Rosemary Green, Karl H Johansson, Patricia Eustachio Colombo

“…Objectives: This project applied innovative models to predict the dietary and environmental effects of broad-scale strategies designed to transform dietary behaviors among consumers. …”
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Problematic Digital Technology Use Measures in Children Aged 0 to 6 Years: Scoping Review by Špela Selak, Janja Horvat, Mark Žmavc

“…Public health benefits of defining problematic digital technology use as a group of risky behaviors rather than a group of addiction symptoms are discussed.…”
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From viewership to appetite: a study on Mukbang watching prevalence and its influence on hedonic hunger among university nursing students by Amel Attia Abd Elghaffar Moustafa, Mariam Roshdy Elkhayat, Abeer Abd El-Aziz Madian, Ahmed Abdellah Othman, Mahmoud Abdelwahab Khedr, Asmaa Hamed Mohamed

“…Concerns about its potential impact on eating behaviors have been raised, particularly among vulnerable populations such as university nursing students. …”
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Bridging animal models and humans: neuroimaging as intermediate phenotypes linking genetic or stress factors to anhedonia by Huiling Guo, Yao Xiao, Shuai Dong, Jingyu Yang, Pengfei Zhao, Tongtong Zhao, Aoling Cai, Lili Tang, Juan Liu, Hui Wang, Ruifang Hua, Rongxun Liu, Yange Wei, Dandan Sun, Zhongchun Liu, Mingrui Xia, Yong He, Yankun Wu, Tianmei Si, Fay Y. Womer, Fuqiang Xu, Yanqing Tang, Jie Wang, Weixiong Zhang, Xizhe Zhang, Fei Wang

“…This study aimed to identify neuroimaging intermediate phenotypes associated with depression, bridging etiological factors to behavioral manifestations and connecting insights from animal models to diverse clinical populations. …”
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The Role of Managers' Expectations Stickiness in Changing the Information Content of Current Earnings by Mohsen Rashidi baqhi

“…The tendency to underreact to incoming news and information may reflect a behavioral bias among managers in response to new economic conditions. …”
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A Novel Chaotic Neural Network Using Memristive Synapse with Applications in Associative Memory by Xiaofang Hu, Shukai Duan, Lidan Wang

“…Chaotic Neural Network, also denoted by the acronym CNN, has rich dynamical behaviors that can be harnessed in promising engineering applications. …”
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Light-induced above-room-temperature Chern insulators in group-IV Xenes by Zhe Li, Haijun Cao, Sheng Meng

“…Fascinatingly, a large gapped (≥35 meV) QAH effect with a Chern number C = ± 2 can be introduced under a wide range of laser parameters, lifting limitations of conventional atomic building blocks to achieve long-range magnetism and enabling Chern-insulating behaviors above room temperature. A complex phase diagram for such TPTs is predicted. …”
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