Quantized Acoustoelectric Floquet Effect in Quantum Nanowires.

External coherent fields can drive quantum materials into nonequilibrium states, revealing exotic properties that are unattainable under equilibrium conditions-an approach known as "Floquet engineering." While optical lasers have commonly been used as the driving fields, recent advancements have introduced nontraditional sources, such as coherent phonon drives. Building on this progress, we demonstrate that driving a metallic quantum nanowire with a coherent wave of terahertz phonons can induce an electronic steady state characterized by a persistent quantized current along the wire.

"I Want to Tell You Something, but Not Here": Governmental Inspection teams' Challenges in Identifying Mistreatment in Nursing Homes.

This study explores the challenges faced by the Ministry of Health's inspection teams in identifying mistreatment within Israeli nursing homes. Four focus groups with 19 multidisciplinary inspectors revealed two main themes. First, the interaction between nursing home management, staff, and inspectors ranged from denial and concealment of mistreatment to cooperation in reporting it.

Does obesity create a relative sense of excess poverty?

Background: This study investigates the potential relationship between obesity and self-ranking of poverty, as a proxy for self-awareness and happiness. To the best of our knowledge, this issue has not been previously explored based on self-ranking of poverty when income is controlled.

Method: Ordered Probit Regressions.

"I am a guest man in a world of women": The lived experiences of gay fathers utilizing human milk donations for their babies.

This study explores the lived experiences of gay fathers in Israel who receive human milk donations for their infants born abroad through surrogacy. Unlike regulated milk banks, peer-to-peer milk sharing is an informal, unregulated practice often facilitated through online platforms, where health risks and personal trust become central concerns. Using a phenomenological multiple case study approach, semi-structured interviews were conducted with eight families, yielding four main themes: (1) Interruption versus continuity, (2) Lack and compensation, (3) Inclusion and exclusion, and (4) Concrete and symbolic attributes of human milk.

Predicting chronic post-traumatic head and neck pain: the role of bedside parameters.

Traumatic brain injury (TBI) annually impacts 69 million individuals worldwide. Mild TBI constitutes approximately 90% of all TBIs. Chronic pain post-mTBI occurs in 29% to 58% of patients.

The Age-Friendly Cities and Communities Questionnaire: A validation study of the Hebrew version in Israel.

The present study examined the reliability and validity of the Hebrew version of the Age-Friendly Cities and Communities Questionnaire (AFCCQ-IL). The present study was conducted in all four Israeli cities, acknowledged as age-friendly during the time of the study in June-July 2023, namely: Tel Aviv-Jaffa, Herzliya, Kfar Saba, and Jerusalem. A total of 223 Hebrew speakers over the age of 65 participated in the study.

The visual stimuli attributes instrumental for collective-motion-related decision-making in locusts.

Visual interactions play an instrumental role in collective-motion-related decision-making. However, our understanding of the various tentative mechanisms that can serve the visual-based decision-making is limited. We investigated the role that different attributes of the visual stimuli play in the collective-motion-related motor response of locust nymphs.

"As long as they remember me, I am alive": Commemoration and memory through stickers.

This study explores the phenomenon of memorial stickers commemorating victims of the October 7, 2023, massacre and subsequent Israel-Hamas war. Analyzing 600 stickers collected across Israel, we examine how these artifacts shape personal and collective memory of these tragic events. Using content analysis, visual data analysis, and ethnography of texts, we investigate the stickers' distribution, textual content, and visual elements.

Multimodal interpersonal synchrony: Systematic review and meta-analysis.

This systematic review and meta-analysis examined the interplay among neural, physiological, and behavioral interpersonal synchrony. We included studies written in English, comprising human dyads, and reporting data that could be translated to correlation estimates between at least two modalities of synchrony, sourced from PsycINFO, PubMed, and Google Scholar. The initial meta-analysis, examining associations between neural and behavioral synchrony, assessed 37 samples with 1342 participants, revealed a significant medium effect size (r = 0.

Efficacy and Safety of Anti-B-Cell Maturation Antigen Chimeric Antigen Receptor T-Cell for the Treatment of Relapsed and Refractory AL Amyloidosis.

Purpose: The use of anti-B-cell maturation antigen (BCMA) chimeric antigen receptor T-cell (CART) therapy for AL amyloidosis (AL) is limited owing to patient frailty. HBI0101 anti-BCMA CART was the first proof of concept for its applicability to AL. This report addresses the AL patient cohort treated to date within the phase Ia/Ib clinical trial (ClinicalTrials.

Immobility of isolated swarmer cells due to local liquid depletion.

Bacterial swarming is a complex phenomenon in which thousands of self-propelled rod-shaped cells move coherently on surfaces, providing an excellent example of active matter. However, bacterial swarming is different from most studied examples of active systems because single isolated cells do not move, while clusters do. The biophysical aspects underlying this behavior are unclear.

Retreatment of a Failed Regenerative Endodontic Treatment in an Immature Tooth with a Horizontal Root Fracture: A Case Report.

Unlabelled: Regenerative endodontic treatment (RET) has been suggested for the treatment of traumatized necrotic immature teeth. There are only a few reports of using RET to treat a horizontal root fracture. The aim of this paper is to describe successful regenerative retreatment in a tooth with a horizontal root fracture and dens invaginatus.

Circulating Endothelial Progenitor Cells in Patients with Established Cardiovascular Disease Treated with PCSK9 Monoclonal Antibodies.

Background: The role of circulating endothelial progenitor cells (cEPCs) in vascular repair and their association to cardiovascular protection is well established.

Objectives: We examined the effect of proprotein convertase subtilisin kexin type 9 monoclonal antibodies (PCSK9 mAb) on cEPCs in adults with hypercholesterolemia and cardiovascular disease, aiming to establish a pleotropic class effect.

Methods: Non-interventional prospective study in patients with cardiovascular disease treated with either evolocumab or alirocumab.

The Turkish Earthquake: Adapting a Relevant Medical Relief Response Mode.

On February 6, 2023, a Mw 7.8 earthquake struck southern and central Turkey and northern and western Syria. Over 50 000 people were confirmed dead, and nearly 130 000 were injured.

International consensus statement on microbiome testing in clinical practice.

There is growing interest in the potential exploitation of the gut microbiome as a diagnostic tool in medicine, but evidence supporting its clinical usefulness is scarce. An increasing number of commercial providers offer direct-to-consumer microbiome diagnostic tests without any consensus on their regulation or any proven value in clinical practice, which could result in considerable waste of individual and health-care resources and potential drawbacks in the clinical management of patients. We convened an international multidisciplinary expert panel to standardise best practices of microbiome testing for clinical implementation, including recommendations on general principles and minimum requirements for their provision, indications, pre-testing protocols, method of analyses, reporting of results, and potential clinical value.

Biological, as opposed to classic antipsoriatic drug or apremilast, treatment mitigates the risk of death and cardiovascular disease in psoriasis.

Background: Cardiovascular comorbidity increases morbidity and mortality in psoriasis. Systemic treatments, particularly biologics, are effective in alleviating skin and joint inflammation. Conversely, the impact of systemic therapy on cardiovascular disease risk and mortality in psoriasis remains uncertain.

Taking an age-period-cohort perspective to assess changes in the incidence of self-perceptions of aging over time.

Self-perceptions of aging (SPA) are defined as an evaluation of one's own aging. SPA can be positive (e.g.

Enablers to high vaccination uptake among a disadvantaged minority population: a qualitative study of the Arab population of Israel.

Background: Over 1.9 million Arabs live in Israel and constitute 21% of the total population. Despite being a disadvantaged minority population with wide gaps in health indicators, Arabs have higher Human Papillomavirus (HPV) and Measles, Mumps, and Rubella (MMR) vaccination rates compared with the general Jewish population.

A narrative review on emerging issues about war-related trauma in perinatal women: good practice for assessment, prevention, and treatment.

Background: Wars, in addition to causing death and destruction, have a negative impact on mental health, especially on perinatal women. The literature has identified psychological trauma as one of the most prevalent mental health issues associated with wars, but few studies have summarized how to assess, prevent, or treat this problem in perinatal women. To address this gap, the purpose of this study is to provide a narrative review of the current state of assessment, prevention, and treatment interventions of trauma among perinatal women living in war conditions or displaced as a result of a war.