Author(s): Guo D; Luo Z; Bouguila N; Fan W;

Neural topic models (NTMs) based on variational autoencoders (VAEs) have emerged as a scalable and flexible alternative to classical probabilistic models for uncovering latent thematic structures in text corpora. However, most existing NTMs either overlook the geometric structure of word embeddings or rely on Euclidean priors that are poorly aligned with ...

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Author(s): Poirier S; Rondeau-Leclaire J; Faticov M; Roy A; Lajeunesse G; Lucier JF; Tardif S; Kembel SW; Ziter C; Laprise C; Paquette A; Girard C; Laforest-Lapointe I;

Urban vegetation varies with socio-economic gradients, as lower-income neighborhoods often host sparser and less diverse green spaces. This disparity may affect respiratory health by influencing exposure to bioaerosols. Understanding the characteristics of this aerobiome could help anticipate ris ...

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Author(s): Younes GR; Heli B; Ajji A;

This work blends polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) with poly-(lactic acid) (PLA) using polyhydroxyurethane (PHU) structures. The PHU is synthesized from mannitol biscarbonate and a short-chain PDMS-based diamine. The main objectives are, first, to explore the application of the PDMS-based PHU as an additive for PLA and, second, to enhance the flexibility and hy ...

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Author(s): Soontjens O; Busner J; Fortin M;

Introduction: The Achilles tendon (AT) plays a crucial role in force transmission and movement efficiency, and greater tendon stiffness may enhance elastic energy storage and improve performance in explosive movements. Shear-wave elastography (SWE) enables reliable, non-invasive assessment of tendon stiffness, yet its associations with other ultrasound (U ...

Article GUID: 41783785

Author(s): Narcross L; Pyne ME; Kevvai K; Siu KH; Dueber JE; Martin VJJ;

The benzylisoquinoline alkaloid (BIA) family of tetrahydroisoquinolines (THIQs) comprises >2,500 members, including the pharmaceuticals morphine, codeine, and papaverine, as well as the antibiotics sanguinarine and chelerythrine. Agricultural cultivation can supply the demand for the BIAs that accumulate in plants, but broader access to the BIA family wou ...

Article GUID: 41779670

Author(s): Baez A; Hazel K; Guertin Z; Fong E; Manus MM; Kaloyannis A; Helfield B;

Adoptive cell transfer (ACT)-based immunotherapy has emerged as a transformative approach for treating cancer, offering durable responses through the ex vivo expansion and reinfusion of antigen-specific immune cells. Despite remarkable clinical successes, most notably with chimeric antigen receptor (CAR)-T cell therapy, ACT remains limited by severe toxic ...

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Author(s): Alicia Estefania Antonio Figueroa

This work implements deep learning models to capture non-linear and complex data behavior in aluminum price data. Deep learning models include the long short-term memory (LSTM) and deep feedforward neural networks (FFNN). The support vector regression (SVR) is employed as a base model for comparison. Each predictive model is tuned by using two different o ...

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Author(s): Maïano C; Swami V; Tylka TL; Aimé A;

Scholars are increasingly focused on women's positive, embodied "breasted experienced", which includes breast appreciation. This positive body image facet is assessed using the 9-item Breast Appreciation Scale (BrAS; Swami et al., 2022), but assessments of its psychometric properties in diverse cultural communities are limited. Here, we repo ...

Article GUID: 41740327

Author(s): Kwok C; Sacco S; Lister NB; Alberga AS; Baur LA; Booij L; Carrière K; Garnett SP; Jebeile H;

Background: Pediatric obesity is associated with co-occurring psychosocial conditions, which may be impacted by obesity treatment. Past systematic reviews have shown positive effects for specific psychosocial outcomes following behavioral interventions. This review aimed to extend these findings ...

Article GUID: 41736559

Author(s): López-Manzano C; Mahdjoub H; Arce-Valdés LR; Khelifa R;

Urban environments accumulate large volumes of fecal waste from superabundant wildlife, yet few circular strategies exist to convert this biomass into useful products. We assessed the potential of black soldier fly (BSF) larvae to bioconvert feces from the Canada goose, a common bird that creates significant fecal pollution in parks and green spaces. Fiel ...

Article GUID: 41719861

Author(s): Jeanningros A; Côté M; Forouhar V; Aimé A; Lavallière M; Blackburn P; Maïano C; Alberga AS; Baillot A;

Objective: This study aims to explore the factors associated with weight bias (WB) among university students in psychosocial, health and education programs. Participants and Methods: WB attitudes were assessed among 585 university students using the Anti-Fat Attitudes (AFA) Questionnaire. Socio-d ...

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