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Contested coexistence: How global pressure reshaped labour rights in Lesotho
Lesotho’s garment-sector reforms emerged through a fragile interaction between international private regulation and public law. In this blog, Pauline Jerrentrup explains how foreign economic dependence enabled reform while also creating internal tensions over authority and ownership, and how Lesotho’s unique circumstances offer lessons for scholars and policymakers. In 2019, reports of widespread sexual harassment in… →
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Prognostic value of Murray law-based quantitative flow ratio after percutaneous coronary intervention
CONCLUSIONS: Post-PCI μQFR distributions were similar between treatment groups, but lower values were associated with higher 5-year adverse event risk without significant treatment interaction. Its limited binary discrimination supports use as a continuous metric for post-PCI physiological risk stratification. (ClinicalTrials.gov: NCT03656848). →
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From Pixels to Physical AI: Building the Visual Cortex for Intelligent Robots – OpenCV Live! 232
Live Stream Date/Time: Thursday, November 5th, 2026 @ 9am Pacific. Watch on Patreon Watch on YouTube Watch on Apple Podcasts Watch on LinkedIn Watch on Zoom Watch on Twitch Computer vision has long been about helping machines recognize what’s in front of them. Physical AI raises the bar: robots also need to know where objects… →
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Full-Service Mobile Food Markets and Dietary Quality in Low-Income Housing Communities: A Randomized Clinical Trial
CONCLUSIONS AND RELEVANCE: In this study, satisfaction with the mobile market was high, but the mobile market did not improve diet quality or most outcomes examined. The mobile market was associated with a meaningful sodium reduction that could improve population-level health. →
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Added Value of Preoperative Contrast Enhanced Mammography in Staging of Malignant Breast Lesions (PROCEM): A Randomized Controlled Trial
Background Contrast-enhanced mammography (CEM) is increasingly used in breast cancer diagnostics; however, randomized trials assessing the added value of CEM in preoperative staging of breast cancer beyond digital mammography, digital breast tomosynthesis, and US are lacking. Purpose To assess the added value of CEM for preoperative breast cancer staging in a randomized controlled trial. Materials… →
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Effects of Vitamin D 3 Supplementation on Glycaemic Parameters and Insulin Sensitivity in Pre-diabetic Adults: A Prospective Controlled Interventional Study
CONCLUSIONS: Vitamin D 3 supplementation significantly improved glycaemic control and insulin sensitivity in pre-diabetic adults, supporting its role as a safe, cost-effective adjunct to lifestyle modification in pre-diabetes management. →
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Visual Perceptual Learning Based on Adaptive Contrast Detection Training Enhances Vision and Contrast Sensitivity in Diabetic Retinopathy
CONCLUSIONS: The results reveal significant plasticity in the visual system in DR and suggest that contrast detection training may extend to motion perception tasks. Our study provides additional support for VPL as a potential treatment for DR. →
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Five-year outcomes of the STOP-AD randomised controlled trial: Long-term effects of early emollient therapy in high-risk infants
CONCLUSIONS: Early, short-term emollient use initiated in the neonatal period was associated with lower AD prevalence and severity at 5 years in high-risk children. Although the effect estimate remained similar following multiple imputation, uncertainty due to attrition remained. These findings suggest that brief early-life barrier support may influence longer-term AD outcomes and support further investigation… →
