January 2026 

Reading difficulty in older children often persists beyond the early stages of literacy acquisition and becomes increasingly evident as academic demands shift toward independent reading and written work. In many affected individuals, reading remains slow and inconsistent despite appropriate instruction, ...

​​In the early stages of entrepreneurship, securing investor support is often critical to a venture’s survival and growth. However, it’s not just your company that the investor is evaluating, but also you. Investor decisions are a combination of the company's metrics, the pitch style, and the person making the pitch. ...

Anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injuries in adolescents have increased significantly, with reconstructions in patients under 15 years rising 425% from 1994 to 2006. The skeletal immaturity of this population introduces unique surgical considerations regarding repair technique selection and physeal approach, yet ...

This research examines the role of genetic factors in determining susceptibility to tendon and ligament injuries, specifically focusing on how variations in collagen-coding and regulatory genes influence tissue integrity. While traditional injury prevention focuses on biomechanics and physical conditioning, ...

The main aim of this meta-analysis was to gather information from studies regarding how air quality is correlated with lung function by measuring spirometry values (FEV1 and FVC), classified according to age. Although numerous investigations have found a general association between air quality and ...

Racial disparities in federal sentencing have long raised concerns about fairness and the effectiveness of policies intended to mitigate them. This study examines whether judicial adherence to the Federal Sentencing Guidelines significantly reduces Black–White sentencing disparities. Using the United States ...

Cardiac complications remain a leading cause of ICU mortality, requiring rapid identification from extensive clinical documentation. While traditional NLP approaches using TF-IDF vectorization provide interpretable baselines, recent advances in medical LLMs offer superior contextual understanding. This study presents ...

Emily Dickinson’s poetry is frequently described as lyrical for its musical phrasing, timbre, and rhythmic meter; scholars frequently acknowledge this musicality but overlook its roots in her firsthand engagement with music. This paper argues that Dickinson’s poetic voice was profoundly shaped by her training as a ...

Energy drink consumption has become increasingly common among adolescents and athletes seeking performance enhancement. While studies have shown benefits such as improved stamina and strength, energy drinks pose significant health risks, primarily due to high caffeine content. Fruit juice has been ...

Oral health is an integral yet often neglected aspect of overall health, especially in relation to children and adolescents. Although modern technology in dentistry, along with adequate preventative care, has improved significantly, substantial inequalities in accessing dental care continue to exist within the United ...

Data centers that provide computational power for Artificial Intelligence struggle with resource intensive practices. The cooling systems used for large-scale and commercial AI are mostly liquid-based and utilize large portions of water daily. When paired against a growing demand for water provided by a rising

This paper argues that artificial intelligence (AI) is transforming national security not primarily through greater destructive capacity, but through three interlocking mechanisms: the accelerated tempo of decision-making, the opacity of model reasoning, and the autonomy that compresses the space for human ...

Breakthrough Starshot is a project that envisions interstellar travel to the Alpha Centauri star system by accelerating Light sail interstellar probes named StarChip to 15−20% is a revolutionary idea. The concept of focusing a light beam from a phased array of ground-based lasers on the Light sails of these

Dark matter remains to be one of the most speculative and mysterious substances from our current perspective in astrophysics. This paper will aim to provide educated hypotheses on the fermionic particle which makes up dark matter, by calculating the lower bound of the particle mass in an average dwarf ...

Parkinson's disease (PD) is the fastest-growing neurological disorder globally, with nearly 90,000 new diagnoses annually in the U.S. alone. The disease is driven by the aggregation of α-synuclein (α-syn), which destroys dopaminergic neurons. Current therapies, such as levodopa, only provide symptomatic ...

In 2015, the Rwandan Ministry of Education revolutionised the national curriculum to meet global standards. The core curriculum was refined to encompass a vast range of skills extending beyond the existing emphasis on isolated knowledge acquisition to better complement modern interdisciplinary

The death penalty is one of the most debatable topics among researchers, which aims to minimize the violent crime rate by executing criminals in the 21st century in the USA. The reason is that although 1500+ people have been executed in the USA since 1970, the crime rates have not decreased significantly. ...

The present review focuses on the intersection of major stressors and their impact on adolescent development. By examining the literature on coping mechanisms, this review seeks to identify factors that mediate or moderate the relationship between these stressors and adolescent outcomes. This review

Persistent disparities in academic achievement remain a defining feature of U.S. secondary education, appearing linked to socioeconomic strata. Prior research emphasizes objective SES indicators and material proxies, often overlooking students’ psychological appraisals and subjective definitions. This ...

Context: The HER2 receptor is a transmembrane protein that regulates the growth and division of cells. With other EGFR (epidermal growth factor receptor) family members, it forms homodimers or heterodimers in a ligand-dependent and -independent manner, activating signaling pathways that trigger ...

Adolescent substance use remains a pressing public health concern with long-term implications for individuals’ physical and mental health. Research in adolescent development suggests that family structure, school environment, and socioeconomic status influence substance use (1), yet the relationship ...

Over the course of the late 20th century and the 21st century, the increasing anti-LGBTQ+ rhetoric has become a noticeable part of the contemporary political arena in backsliding democracies, notably Türkiye and Hungary. The twain, both ruled by nationalist and conservative political parties, the Justice and ...

Over the past few years the use of e-cigarettes among the adolescent global population has exponentially increased. Evidence suggests that e-cigarettes are not a healthy alternative for traditional tobacco cigarettes. Furthermore, the exposure of nicotine and other chemicals in the e-liquid disrupts the ...