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Sex-based labour market segregation and women’s perceptions of entrepreneurship

Here Professors Tonoyan, Strohmeyer, and Jennings investigate sex-based labour market segregation and women's perceptions of entrepreneurship.
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Welfare economics: Promoting equality through general policies

Yew-Kwang Ng, Emeritus Professor at the Department of Economics, Monash University, continues a discussion about welfare economics, focusing on efficiency supremacy in specific areas, arguing that equality should be promoted through general policies.
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The toxicological implications of e-waste

Here, Donald A. Bruun and Pamela J. Lein discuss the toxicological implications of e-waste and how to address this global problem.
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The rotating lepton model: Electron and positron catalysis of chemical and nuclear synthesis

Professor Emeritus Constantinos Vayenas from the University of Patras and PhD student Dionysios Tsousis from Stanford University discuss electron and positron catalysis in the CERN e+e- annihilation experiments via the Rotating Lepton Model.
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The role of microbial diversity in microbial electrosynthesis

Bacteria are often painted as the enemy of humanity. Before the discovery of antibiotics, a wound getting infected was frequently a death sentence.
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Using psychedelics to mitigate Treatment Resistant Depression

Cosmo Feilding-Mellen, CEO, Beckley Psytech, charts the role of psychedelics in mitigating Treatment Resistant Depression.
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Exploring neurological & mental brain disorders in Europe

European Brain Council provides a very helpful update on Brain disorders in Europe – neurological and mental alike.
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Combatting NCDs using Plant-based Proteins and Animal-Waste Products

Professor Apichart Vanavichit, PhD, a Rice Genomic Breeding Expert at the Rice Science Center, walks us through high-quality crop-based and ovo-based protein hydrolysates to combat non-communicable diseases in Thailand, specifically among its ageing population.
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NIJ puts science to work for justice system stakeholders

Nancy La Vigne PhD, Director of the National Institute of Justice, shares perspectives on how the Institute advances justice across the nation and beyond, strengthening the scientific tools and discoveries that support justice system stakeholders.
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Sight loss research: Looking forward to an equitable future

Keith Valentine, Chief Executive of Fight for Sight and Vision Foundation, shares how these newly merged organisations are driving efforts in sight loss research to improve patient care.

Keep your teeth for life, but how?

Drs Marcel Donnet and Neha Dixit discuss the importance of teeth cleaning and how the innovative AIRFLOW® PLUS powder can tackle biofilm and safeguard oral health.

Improving AI/ML services for ophthalmology and medicine

Eric Buckland, PhD of Translational Imaging Innovations, delves into how we can achieve better transparency, traceability, and reproducibility in AI/ML for ophthalmology and medicine.
Figure 1. a) fungal mycelium schematic, showing filamentous roots (interconnected threads / tubes transporting water/mineral- nutrients, shown in schematic in (b); (c) schematic of chitinous cellular walls converted into graphitic matrix with integrated UNCD grains (3-5 nm diameter), shown in SEM image in (g), confirmed by HRTEM in (h), characteristic of UNCD, (m0 and (n) XRD spectra confirming the diamond structure of UNCD grans.

Pioneering biomass transformation to unique multifunctional/ biocompatible ultrananocrystalline diamond (UNCDTM)

O. Auciello's group atThe University of Texas-Dallas is developing a new revolutionary low-cost microwave plasma pyrolysis process, implemented in a kitchen microwave oven, for biomass transformation.
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Exploring the effects of medical cannabis for chronic pain

Dr Simon Erridge of Sapphire Medical Clinics discusses the therapeutic effects of medical cannabis for chronic pain, affecting 15.5 million people in England and why more evidence is needed to support greater patient access.
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Understanding immune mechanisms to create novel treatments for primary biliary cholangitis

Professor Channakeshava S Umeshappa from Dalhousie University discusses the burden of primary biliary cholangitis and how understanding immune mechanisms may help to treat it.
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Fostering self-regulated learners through child-centred evaluation activities

Emiko Izumi, PhD from Kwansei Gakuin University, discusses child-centred evaluation activities, including enhancing thinking, judgment and expression skills.
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CB2R agonists in the clinics: A treasure chest for treating inflammatory diseases

Researchers give an update on clinical trials with CB2R agonists and their potential for the treatment of inflammatory diseases.
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Understanding the climate change impact on health

Scientists at the Climate Service Center Germany (GERICS) help society to prepare for climate change impacts on health in a multi-faceted approach.
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Clinical trial challenges for new technology in radiation oncology

Stephen Kry, Professor from the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, explores clinical trial challenges for new technology in radiation oncology, including the radiotherapy treatment technique, proton therapy.
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Innovative dynamic molding to reduce development costs of personalized medicine

3Deus Dynamics has raised €2.5 million for the industrialization of its 3D process, to expand internationally and revolutionize personalized medicine with Dynamic Molding.

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