Background: While a large body of evidence indicates changes in alcohol and other drug use among young people as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, there is a lack of evidence around changes in sexual practices and how the pandemic may be impacting the potential spread of blood-borne viruses and sexually transmissible infections (BBVs/STIs). Most o...
Published in Frontiers in Psychology
Judges are typically tasked to consider sentencing benefits but not costs. Previous research finds that both laypeople and prosecutors discount the costs of incarceration when forming sentencing attitudes, raising important questions about whether professional judges show the same bias during sentencing. To test this, we used a vignette-based exper...
Published in Frontiers in Neuroscience
Homeostatic control with oral nutrient intake is a vital complex system involving the orderly interactions between the external and internal senses, behavioral control, reward learning, and decision-making. Sodium appetite is a representative system and has been intensively investigated in animal models of homeostatic systems and oral nutrient inta...
Pet ownership is becoming popular throughout the world and hence the pet food industry has been growing. New Zealand’s contribution to the global pet food industry is significant as the country has the second-highest proportion of households with pets in the world. The purpose of this study was to explore the factors that build brand loyalty among ...
Modern manufacturing engineering requires quick and reasonable solutions during the production planning stage, ensuring production efficiency and cost reduction. This research aims to create a scientific approach to the rational choice of a locating chart for complexly shaped parts. It is an important stage during the manufacturing technology and f...
Published in Frontiers in Sports and Active Living
With the World Anti-Doping Agency's International Standard for Education (ISE) coming into effect in 2021, the clean-sport movement is at a pivotal stage. Through this conceptual paper we juxtapose the sector-wide anti-doping education as set out in the ISE on the decision-making process at the individual level. We discuss three critical issues for...
Published in Frontiers in Oncology
Background The chances of second surgery due to positive margins in patients receiving breast-conversing surgery (BCS) were about 20-40%. This study aims to develop and validate a nomogram to predict the status of breast-conserving margins. Methods The database identified patients with core needle biopsy-proven ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) or in...
Published in Journal of Applied Gerontology
During the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, there was a shortage of SARS-CoV-2 diagnostic tests, and testing patients with mild symptoms (low-threshold testing) was not recommended in the Netherlands. Despite these guidelines, to protect those who were most at risk, low-threshold testing was advocated and offered to the majority of long-term ca...
Published in Frontiers in Global Women's Health
Background Contraceptive use in Nigeria has been consistently low despite its many benefits and several efforts by government and development partners to increase its uptake. According to the Nigeria Demographic and Health Survey, the use of any modern method staggeringly increased from 4 to 12% over 28 years (1990–2018). Studies have identified fa...
Published in Frontiers for Young Minds
Humans typically make thousands of movements every day, which allow us to navigate and interact with the world around us. The brain controls the body’s movements and, amazingly, can instruct the body to move in just a split second. Even though the brain can rapidly move the body, most of our movements appear very smooth and efficient. While some mo...
