by Nadia A. Abdelmegeed Abdelwahed  and Muhammad Sufyan Ramish

Received: 20 October 2024;  Published: 25 February 2025;  doi: 10.21926/obm.neurobiol.2501271

Brain development (BD) is an important factor. To effectively enhance BD, institutions employ digital tools, technology, and innovative digital competencies to improve students’ entrepreneurial ambitions. The present paper examines the role of digital technology in developing BD among entrepreneurial ambitions in Egypt. The study modes are quantitative and cross-sectional to collect data from the entrepreneurial aspirations of Egyptian universities where business, management, economics, and commerce students [...]

by Carlos Armenta-Déu

Received: 04 February 2025;  Published: 11 July 2025;  doi: 10.21926/aeer.2503025

The study aims to evaluate the progressive increase in energy systems pollutant emissions due to the efficiency loss and continuous deterioration in the energy conversion process. The paper analyzes the GHG, nitrous oxide, sulfur dioxide, and fine particle emissions from vehicles, residential and commercial heating systems, public buildings, health centers, and industrial conglomerates, with the servicing time and degradation level. The analysis applies to various emitting gases or small particle systems, which gen [...]

by Recent Progress in Materials Editorial Office

Received: 04 January 2024;  Published: 05 January 2024;  doi: 10.21926/rpm.2401001

The editors of Recent Progress in Materials would like to express their sincere gratitude to the following reviewers for assessing manuscripts in 2023. We greatly appreciate the contribution of expert reviewers, which is crucial to the journal's editorial process. We aim to recognize reviewer contributions through several mechanisms, of which the annual publication of reviewer names is one. Reviewers can download a certificate of recognition directly from our submission system. Additionally, reviewers can sign up t [...]

by Rodolfo Pessina  , Fabrizia Colmegna  , Massimo Clerici  and Ester di Giacomo

Received: 26 December 2023;  Published: 13 June 2024;  doi: 10.21926/obm.icm.2402034

Therapeutic termination of pregnancy (TToP) is performed for maternal health risks or severe fetal malformations. Research focuses on women's psychopathological outcomes after TToP, noting that 10-22% of women experience psychiatric disorders, especially depressive symptoms and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). However, little is known about paternal mental outcomes. This study analyzed biological fathers' mental health at a 1-year follow-up after TToP. Results indicate biological fathers show no alarming psyc [...]

by Koré Monsterrat Moreno-Calderón  , Alfredo Saavedra-Molina  , Mariana Gómez-Barroso  , Donovan Javier Peña-Montes  , Christian Cortés-Rojo  , Alain R. Rodríguez-Orozco  , Omar Ortiz-Ayala  and Rocío Montoya-Pérez

Received: 08 January 2024;  Published: 10 July 2024;  doi: 10.21926/obm.icm.2403040

An excess of adipose tissue characterizes obesity; it is associated with complications such as diabetes and cardiovascular diseases due to an alteration in the lipid profile; this condition affects all tissues; even skeletal muscle is the most affected, causing its malfunction and bringing more significant consequences. Exercise has been described as one of the best treatments to combat obesity. At the same time, E. carlinae is a plant proven to have lipid-lowering and hypoglycemic effects, improving the function o [...]

by Jessica Palacios  , Odin Ramírez-Fernández  and Esmeralda Zuñiga-Aguilar

Received: 22 August 2024;  Published: 07 March 2025;  doi: 10.21926/obm.transplant.2501240

Tissue engineering offers alternatives when it comes to health problems such as trauma or pathologies. One of them is the scaffolds, which provide a favorable architecture, mechanics, and biocompatibility for the fixation of cells. Therefore, the following research aims to design and simulate scaffolds with mixed geometric structures to create a hybrid architecture for osseointegration while maintaining structural properties similar to subchondral bone and hyaline cartilage. Three scaffolds were designed for this p [...]

by Sara Evans  , Ariba Moin  and Ashwini Arjuna

Received: 13 June 2024;  Published: 09 April 2025;  doi: 10.21926/obm.transplant.2502246

Varicella-zoster virus (VZV) significantly impacts the central and peripheral nervous systems, particularly in immunocompromised individuals. This case report details a rare presentation of VZV meningoencephalitis in a 42-year-old woman with interstitial lung disease and connective tissue disease undergoing lung transplant evaluation who presented with a thunderclap headache and a new-onset seizure. Despite normal initial MRI findings, further investigation with PCR of the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) revealed the pre [...]

by Garzain Bint e Attar  and Mohd. Ashif Khan

Received: 15 May 2025;  Published: 31 December 2025;  doi: 10.21926/obm.transplant.2504262

Bone grafting remains a cornerstone technique in orthopedic and reconstructive surgery, yet achieving successful graft integration continues to pose significant challenges, particularly in conditions such as osteoporosis, diabetes mellitus, and large bone defects. Traditional graft materials such as autografts, allografts, xenografts, and synthetics, often encounter limitations including immune rejection, poor vascularization, and insufficient osteogenic support. Emerging pharmacological strategies have shown promi [...]

by Giulio E. Lancioni  , Gloria Alberti  , Chiara Filippini  , Nirbhay N. Singh  , Mark F. O’Reilly  , Jeff Sigafoos  and Serafino Buono

Received: 14 October 2024;  Published: 12 February 2025;  doi: 10.21926/obm.neurobiol.2501268

People with severe-to-profound intellectual disability and blindness tend to be sedentary and detached, given their orientation and mobility problems, often combined with their limited interest in their surroundings. An approach to address this problem may involve the use of technology systems guiding the participants through mobility and occupational activity (object use) with a combination of spatial/orientation cues, basic instructions for the responses required by the activity, and positive stimulation during t [...]

by Robert Marx

Received: 24 April 2024;  Published: 20 August 2024;  doi: 10.21926/obm.icm.2403047

It is an axiomatic in secular mindfulness that to become present is to direct attention away from thinking to physical sensation. While this can be a useful strategy to manage depressive rumination, as an automatic default position, it risks demonising our fundamental human capacity to purposefully think about the causes of suffering and how to reduce it. Many approaches within Mahayana Buddhism in particular explicitly use reflection on key ideas as necessary pre-requisites to meditation, and in these traditions, [...]