Prolonged displacement exposes adolescents to cumulative adversity that standard talk therapies may not address. We adapt a brief narrative exposure protocol for group delivery in community centres and randomize 186 participants aged fourteen to seventeen. Intent-to-treat analysis at three-month follow-up shows greater PTSD symptom reduction than a psychoeducation control, with gains maintained on six-month caregiver reports and no increase in session dropout.

Lightweight magnesium structures corrode rapidly in chloride-rich environments unless surface barriers limit galvanic coupling. We optimize silicate–phosphate electrolyte compositions and pulse regimes to grow dense ceramic layers on AZ31 sheet. Potentiodynamic polarization and salt-spray exposure demonstrate order-of-magnitude current-density reduction versus bare substrate, with cross-section microscopy linking performance to pore sealing and crystalline phase distribution.

National immunization coverage masks district-level pockets of refusal driven by trust and access barriers. We link geocoded household surveys with census covariates in a multilevel logistic framework with spatial random effects. Posterior maps identify municipalities where hesitancy exceeds national averages after adjusting for education and urbanicity, enabling targeted community engagement without over-interpreting sparse direct estimates.

Structural thinning precedes measurable visual-field loss, yet single time-point scans misclassify fast progressors. We derive a composite index from circumpapillary nerve-fibre thickness, ganglion-cell complex volume, and scan-quality metrics in a five-year observational registry. Cox models show the index stratifies conversion risk independently of intraocular pressure, supporting enriched enrolment for neuroprotective trials.

Official transit inventories often omit shared taxis and motorcycle routes that serve peripheral districts. We combine smartphone traces from volunteer drivers with focus-group sketch maps to build a multimodal graph for a city of 420,000 inhabitants. Overlay analysis reveals transfer hubs absent from municipal plans and quantifies access-time gains from hypothetical feeder formalization scenarios discussed with neighbourhood councils.

Integrating nitrogen-fixing legumes into cereal-dominated rotations may rebuild depleted organic matter without heavy fertilizer inputs. After eighteen years of factorial management, particulate and mineral-associated carbon pools respond differently to faba bean inclusion and reduced tillage. Structural equation modelling links macroaggregate protection to slower decomposition of labile fractions, informing extension advice on minimum disturbance paired with pulse crops.

Delayed recognition of sepsis increases mortality in critical care units. We train a lightweight transformer on multivariate vital-sign streams sampled at five-minute intervals from a retrospective cohort of 6,800 admissions. The model flags deterioration six hours before clinician-documented suspicion with higher sensitivity at fixed false-alarm rates than gradient-boosted baselines, suggesting utility as a triage overlay rather than autonomous therapy.

This study evaluated the effects of mannanoligosaccharides (MOS) on gut health, immune response, and productivity in ducks in the context of reducing antibiotic use in poultry production. In vitro experiments demonstrated that MOS (0.1–0.4%) effectively adsorbed pathogenic bacteria, including E. coli O2, P. vulgaris, K. pneumoniae, and C. diversus, indicating their strong anti-adhesive potential against enteropathogens. In vivo, 250 one-day-old ducks were randomly allocated into five groups and fed diets supplemented with MOS at inclusion levels of 0.1–0.4% over a 49-day rearing period. The highest inclusion level (0.4%) significantly improved intestinal microbiota balance by reducing E. coli counts while increasing populations of Lactobacillus spp. and Bifidobacterium spp. (p<0.05), without affecting intestinal pH. Mannanoligosaccharide supplementation significantly enhanced innate immune responses as evidenced by increases in serum bactericidal activity 34.85%, lysozyme activity 33.82%, and phagocytic activity 32.81%. Improvements in growth performance were observed, with a 14.3% increase in final body weight and a 2.5% reduction in feed conversion ratio compared with the control group. These findings demonstrate that MOS act as effective prebiotic feed additives that improve intestinal microbiota composition, strengthen immune function, and enhance productivity in ducks, supporting their potential use as an alternative to antibiotic growth promoters in modern poultry production systems.

The Arctic region is experiencing rapid environmental, social, economic and political change. Increasing uncertainty about geopolitical stability raises the question of whether people living in northern communities experience this a safe and good place to be in the future. We surveyed a sample of local residents in Longyearbyen in Svalbard to examine how they experience ontological security in their everyday life, i.e. have a fundamental sense of individual safety as well as relationships to other people and governing institutions that are characterized by trust. People in Longyearbyen do enjoy living in Svalbard. Barring climate change, most residents express low levels of concerns with external threats, and are largely satisfied with the opportunities Svalbard can offer. However, despite overall high levels of satisfaction, there is dismay with national and local governance systems as well as elements of the social- and community environment. We conclude that ontological security in Svalbard largely concerns predictability about the future. Important issues regarding future employment opportunities, emergency response capacities, environmental regulations and access to recreational opportunities as well as public services are not fully resolved. These are questions potentially affecting future perceptions of ontological security.