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New framework to model critical infrastructure resilience

KeAi Communications Co., Ltd.
Peer-Reviewed Publication

The authors identify appropriate key performance indicators of resilience for AI-integrated cyber-physical infrastructures, and develop a comprehensive framework that can be used by researchers and practitioners as a guideline to model the resilience of such infrastructures at macro and micro levels. They illustrate how the framework can be applied by means of a case study.

Journal: Journal of Safety Science and Resilience

Health equity after a colorectal cancer screening program

JAMA Network
Peer-Reviewed Publication

About The Study: In this cross-sectional study, following the implementation of an organized population screening program, colorectal cancer screening participation increased and socioeconomic disparities narrowed over time. Overall uptake in Hong Kong remains low, and some disparities persist in younger age groups (age 50-59 years), single households, individuals with a primary and secondary school education, lower-income groups, and public housing residents. Efforts to increase participation are needed in certain groups to ensure health equity.

Journal: JAMA Health Forum

Antisocial behaviour in young people linked to changes throughout the brain – major global study

University of Bath
Peer-Reviewed Publication

- Study of 14,000+ young people links conduct problems like fighting or bullying to small changes in brain structure throughout the brain.

- Effects seen across the full spectrum of antisocial behaviour, including in youngsters with mild behavioural difficulties – not just in youth with clinically diagnosed conduct disorder.

- This is one of the first studies in this field to take a global approach, with youth from low- and middle-income countries also included.

Journal: Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
Funder: ESRC National Centre for Research Methods

Cerebellar extracellular structures regulate social behavior: New insights into neural mechanisms linked to autism

Kanazawa University
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Researchers at Kanazawa University have identified a previously unrecognized mechanism by which structural changes in the cerebellum influence social behavior. The study demonstrates that disruption of specialized extracellular structures surrounding cerebellar neurons alters neuronal activity across brain circuits involved in social behavior. The findings provide new insight into the neural mechanisms associated with autism spectrum disorder (ASD).

Journal: Translational Psychiatry

Horse owners' personality and attachment style shape how they interact with and care for their horses

University of Turku
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A new study shows that horse owners' psychological characteristics, including their attachment styles and personality traits, are systematically linked to how frequently they ride, train, and spend quality time with their horses, as well as the equipment they choose to use. The findings offer new insights into how human psychology shapes horse welfare and management.

Journal: Anthrozoös

Goosebump moments in archaeological research

University of Bonn
Book Announcement

How did people live centuries ago? How did they see themselves? How were they perceived by others? Today, archaeology uses modern methods to examine skeletons, personal belongings, burial practices, material culture and social and spatial relationships. The book “Human Identities in the Archaeological Record: Interdisciplinary Perspectives from Late Antiquity to the Modern Period” shows how past identities can be reconstructed from this evidence.

Social inequality is linked to faster biological aging

Max Planck Institute for Human Development
Peer-Reviewed Publication

By integrating findings from 140 studies and nearly 66,000 individuals, researchers show that lower socioeconomic status and exposure to discrimination are consistently associated with accelerated biological aging, measured in the epigenome.

Journal: Nature Human Behaviour