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Systemic aging fuels heart failure: Molecular mechanisms and therapeutic avenues

ESC Heart Failure, Volume 12, Issue 2, Page 1059-1080, April 2025.
Abstract Systemic aging influences various physiological processes and contributes to structural and functional decline in cardiac tissue. These alterations include an increased incidence of left ventricular hypertrophy, a decline in left ventricular diastolic function, left atrial dilation, atrial fibrillation, myocardial fibrosis and cardiac ...
Zhuyubing Fang, Umar Raza, Jia Song, Junyan Lu, Shun Yao, Xiaohong Liu, Wei Zhang, Shujuan Li   +7 more
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How Changing Narratives About the Future Shape Policymaking for the Long Term

European Policy Analysis, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT How can we explain decisions by governments to engage in policy investments—accepting short‐term costs in return for anticipated gains in the longer term—after previously sustaining the status quo? Our article examines the role of narratives in changing expectations about the future as a key driver of intertemporal policymaking. In light of an
Pieter Tuytens, Charlotte Haberstroh
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Contention Resolution Techniques for Optical Networks

Contention Resolution Techniques for Optical Networks
2010
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Digital Rights Activism in Multilevel Governance

European Policy Analysis, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Multilevel governance (MLG) without a clear hierarchical structure can create power imbalances among various actors, particularly in settings with overlapping jurisdictions and policy areas. This dynamic is especially pronounced in Internet governance, which faces a complex interplay of domestic laws, state interdependence, and heightened ...
Alison Harcourt
wiley   +1 more source

Building the Plane While Flying It: How Projects Serve to Implement, Pilot and Co‐Create EU Policy

European Policy Analysis, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article theorizes how projectified governance enables bottom‐up policy shaping in the EU, using the European Universities Initiative (EUI) as a case study. It develops a framework that combines bottom‐up Europeanization with resource exchange theory to explain how project networks influence EU policymaking.
Alina Felder‐Stindt
wiley   +1 more source

Are single‐item global rating scales the same, better, or worse than multi‐item scales in epilepsy: A scoping review and meta‐analysis

Epilepsia, EarlyView.
Abstract Objective To examine the performance of single‐item global ratings (SIGRs) and multi‐item scales (MISs) in epilepsy research, and assess the influence of diverse constructs, study designs, and statistical methods. Methods Systematic scoping review following Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic reviews and Meta‐Analyses (PRISMA) and Joanna ...
Ann Subota, Mandavi Kashyap, Samuel Wiebe   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Caught in the fire: An accidental ethnography of discomfort in researching sex work

Feminist Anthropology, EarlyView.
Abstract Drawing on fifteen years of engagement with researching Israel's sex industry, this article uses accidental ethnography to propose discomfort‐as‐method for feminist anthropology. I argue that discomfort is not a by‐product of fieldwork but a constitutive condition that disciplines researchers and shapes what can be known.
Yeela Lahav‐Raz
wiley   +1 more source

Pandemic Im/mobilities, reproductive injustices, and assisted reproductive technology use among Taiwanese LGBTQ parents

Feminist Anthropology, EarlyView.
Abstract This article examines how mobility restrictions imposed by governments during the COVID‐19 pandemic intensified reproductive and mobility injustices. It traces shifting configurations of privilege and inequality within marginalized groups whose reproductive desires remain legally and socially unrecognized.
Sara L. Friedman
wiley   +1 more source

Recent advances in multifunctional soft robots: A materials–structures–systems co‐design perspective for synergistic integration

FlexMat, EarlyView.
Abstract Soft robots, engineered from highly compliant materials, offer superior adaptability and safety in unstructured environments compared to their rigid counterparts. Recent advancements, fueled by bio‐inspiration and material programmability, have led to the rapid co‐evolution of their core modules: actuation, sensing, protection, energy, and ...
Qiulei Liu, Zicao Peng, Chong Sun, Haitao Yang   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Balance of Power: A Contemporary Framework for Enhancing Shared Governance in Higher Education

New Directions for Higher Education, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This analysis explores power allocation within traditional shared governance models at colleges and universities, focusing on who makes which decisions according to classical theories as well as through evidence from real‐world leadership. Examining existing governance structures, roles, and responsibilities of various stakeholders, this study
Roger Ward, Leandra Cate
wiley   +1 more source