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Hope Dies Last: An Analysis of Humanitarian Resilience and Women's Rights under Taliban Rule
(2025)While international NGOs demonstrate resilience amid bureaucratic constraints and pressures of international scrutiny, their ability to effect transformative change is often limited despite access to greater resources and ... -
Foundation Models: Evaluating Alternatives, Benefits, and Challenges in Automating Claims Processing in the Insurance Industry
(2025)With millions of users across the globe, the popularity of Large Language Models gave rise to questions about how companies could utilize these models effectively. Despite great interest, a gap remains in effectively applying ... -
Title: Anti-Obesity Medications: Evolution, Regulatory Challenges and Social Impact
(2025)Obesity has been declared a 21st-century epidemic, and over the past 50 years notable advancements have been made in treating obesity-associated comorbidities, including hypertension, type 2 diabetes, and hypercholesterolemia. ... -
Early versions in software development
(2025)The development of early versions in software plays a crucial role in the software engineering process, allowing teams to test concepts, validate ideas and collect user feedback before committing to full-scale development. ... -
Astronomical Cycles Controlled the Formation of Late Ediacaran Sedimentary Alternations (~547 Ma): A Drone-Based Cyclostratigraphic Analysis of the Kuibis Subgroup (Nama Group, Namibia)
(2025)The Ediacaran Period (~635–538 Ma) saw major climatic and biological transitions, including the emergence of early multicellular life. Understanding how astronomical forcing influenced climate and sedimentation during this ... -
Effect of offshore windfarms on the behaviour of harbour porpoises (Phocoena phocoena) in the North Sea : A review
(2025)The demand of green energy has increased in the last decades, as fossil fuels are being phased out. Due to limited landmass, wind energy is moved to the sea. However, noise pollution due to construction of offshore wind ... -
"GG <3": Player perceptions on in-game positivity and commendation systems
(2025)Disruptive behavior in online multiplayer games is widely accepted and normalized, negatively impacting players and the gaming community. While gaming companies have implemented punitive systems to minimize toxicity, ... -
Wind Gusts in a Changing Climate: A Case Study using a Convection Permitting Model (HCLIM)
(2025)Severe wind gusts pose substantial risks to transmission towers and the electric grid. With the ongoing energy transition and global warming, these risks are likely to increase. Despite this, there is a lack of research ... -
Mortality Impacts of Temperature Extremes: Insights from Climate Model Projections and MIMOSA Model Integration
(2025)Temperature extremes have a significant impact on mortality, yet most Integrated Assessment Models (IAMs) fail to account for them. Recently, age-dependent mortality-temperature response functions were developed to address ... -
Effects of Plant Growth Promoting Rhizobacteria on Plant Traits Enhancing Growth through Improved Nutrient Uptake
(2025)Sustainable agriculture its main challenge is to increase crop yields in an environmental-friendly way. Plant Growth Promoting Rhizobacteria (PGPRs) have emerged as a promising solution to stimulate plant growth, without ... -
Modelling gene therapy efficiency in mosaic airway organoids for treatment of cystic fibrosis
(2025)Worldwide over 100,000 people suffer from cystic fibrosis (CF), a recessive genetic disease caused by functional defects of the Cystic Fibrosis Transmembrane Conductance Regulator (CFTR) protein. This disease is characterized ... -
Addressing the palatability challenges of liquid nicotinamide formulations
(2025)Nicotinamide (NAM), commonly known as vitamin B3, has emerged as a potential therapeutic agent for juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA). However, its inherent bitterness poses a challenge, particularly for pediatric patients ... -
Observing equine lameness through the eyes of a veterinary professional
(2025)Background Veterinary professionals often disagree on and misdiagnose lameness in horses. Finding a gazing behaviour pattern of a veterinary professional that can be linked with a correct lameness evaluation will hopefully ... -
Finding and classifying the different cognitive stages in dual tasks
(2025)This study investigates the neural processes involved in dual-task performance, specifically focusing on the psychological refractory period (PRP) effect. The central bottleneck theory, resource sharing theory, and response ... -
Investigating Graviton Dynamics During the Electroweak Transition
(2025)Understanding gravitational perturbations is the key to much of our knowledge of the early universe. In this thesis, we explore the dynamics of gravitons in the context of the electroweak transition, using scalar electrodynamics ... -
The effects of discontinuation versus continuation of ACE-inhibitors and ARBs on kidney function, mortality and length of hospital stay in patients with acute kidney injury
(2025)Abstract Background/Introduction Researching the effects of ACE-inhibitors (ACEi) and angiotensin receptor blockers (ARBs) discontinuation versus continuation in patients with acute kidney injury (AKI) on kidney function, ... -
Investment Opportunities in the Emerging Market of Hidradenitis Suppurativa
(2025)Hidradenitis Suppurativa (HS) is a serious skin condition that affects approximately 0.40% of the population. Many moderate to severe patients lack access to effective treatments, creating a significant unmet medical need. ...