Association of Menière's disease with depression and anxiety: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Purpose: The persistent and recurring nature of Menière's Disease may pose psychological challenges for patients. The association between Menière's Disease and depression and anxiety remains inconclusive among pre-existing studies. This study seeks to review and synthesise existing evidence regarding the association between Menière's Disease and depression and anxiety.

Validation of the GPAT - the Global Polypectomy Assessment Tool: European Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (ESGE) Position Statement.

BACKGROUND : Colorectal polypectomy is operator dependent, with variable rates of complete resection. The currently available assessment tools do not provide specific competency-based evaluation of provider technique. We aimed to validate the Global Polypectomy Assessment Tool (GPAT), a novel competency assessment tool for colorectal polypectomy.

Low-Temperature Contacts and the Coulomb Blockade Effect in Layered Nanoribbons with In-Plane Anisotropy.

One-dimensional (1D) nanoribbons (NRs) constitute rapidly advancing nanotechnology with significant potential for emerging applications such as quantum sensing and metrology. TiS nanoribbons exhibit strong in-plane crystal anisotropy, enabling robust 1D confinement and resilience to edge disorder. Nevertheless, charge transport in 1D TiS remains relatively unexplored, particularly at low temperatures, where high contact resistance impacts device performance and fundamentally limits its applications.

The role of psychological distress in understanding the relationship between habitual decision-making and addictive behaviors.

Existing models are currently inadequate in explaining the relationship between habitual decision-making and different expressions of addictive behaviors. The current study investigates the role of psychological distress as a key factor in disrupting decision-making processes in the context of substance and behavioral addictions. A large community sample (N = 668) completed a gamified two-stage task to investigate the link between model-free (habitual) task behavior and a wide range of addictive behaviors.

Pedestrian and Overall Road Traffic Crash Deaths - United States and 27 Other High-Income Countries, 2013-2022.

Road traffic deaths are preventable but remain a major public health problem. Crashes cause more than 40,000 deaths annually in the United States, and traffic-related pedestrian deaths have increased rapidly. To examine change in pedestrian and overall traffic death rates (deaths per 100,000 population) within an international context, CDC analyzed 2013-2022 data from the United States and 27 other high-income countries in the International Road Traffic and Accident Database, as well as early 2023 U.