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My opinion on originate of universe
No full text"In my opinion, the universe originated from the energy that was already present in the world. The universe is simply a changing form of this existing energy. According to the law of conservation of energy, energy can neither be created nor destroyed, so the universe was formed from energy already present in the world, not from the creation of new energy.
Young-onset diabetes mellitus in Indonesia: a scoping review of evidence on characteristics, classification, complications, and diagnostic approach
No full textThis scoping review aimed to map the existing evidence on young-onset diabetes mellitus in Indonesia, with a focus on: (1) population characteristics; (2) diabetes classification and subtype distribution; (3) reported complications; (4) diagnostic approaches used; and (5) gaps in the current literature
Clinical outcomes of peritoneal dialysis across Southeast Asia and North America: a scoping review protocol
No full textIntroduction:
PD is a well-established kidney replacement therapy delivered across diverse health system contexts. In North America, peritoneal dialysis (PD) is one modality within an established dialysis system supported by extensive registry infrastructure. In contrast, in several Southeast Asian (SEA) countries, PD has been promoted to expand access in the context of limited hemodialysis capacity and constrained resources. These differing policy, organizational, and clinical environments may influence observed clinical outcomes and challenge assumptions regarding the transferability of evidence across regions. Despite a growing literature, PD clinical outcomes across SEA and North America remain fragmented and heterogeneous, with no comprehensive synthesis characterizing patterns and gaps in outcome reporting across these regions. This scoping review aims to map and characterize the existing literature on clinical outcomes of PD among individuals receiving PD in SEA and North America, examine patterns, heterogeneity, and gaps in outcome reporting that may inform future research, clinical practice, and policy development.
Methods and Analysis:
The review will be conducted in accordance with the Joanna Briggs Institute (JBI) methodology for scoping reviews and reported following the PRISMA-ScR guidelines. A comprehensive search strategy will be applied across MEDLINE (PubMed), Embase (Elsevier), and the Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials (CENTRAL), with reference list screening of included studies. Two reviewers will independently screen titles, abstracts, and full texts against predefined eligibility criteria. Data will be extracted using a structured, piloted Excel-based form capturing study characteristics, participant populations, reported PD outcomes, and authors’ interpretations. Results will be synthesized descriptively and presented in tabular and narrative formats, without quantitative pooling. Findings will be analyzed descriptively through mapping and categorization of outcomes by region and clinical domain to identify patterns, heterogeneity, and gaps in outcome reporting.
Ethics and Dissemination:
Ethical approval is not required for this study as it will synthesize data from published literature only. Findings will be disseminated through peer-reviewed publication and presentation at relevant nephrology and global health conferences. The results are intended to inform future research design, enhance the comparability of outcome reporting, and support clinical and policy decision-making related to PD across diverse healthcare system contexts
Bidirectional associations between harsh parenting and bullying victimisation: A longitudinal monozygotic twin difference study
No full textFamily and peer relationships are central to individuals’ socialisation (Grusec & Hastings, 2014) and may influence each other reciprocally (Parke & Ladd, 2016) during adolescence. For instance, harsh parenting may contribute to children’s bullying victimisation, which may in turn affect parenting, forming a “vicious cycle” (Kaufman et al., 2018). Existing evidence supports bidirectional relations between parenting and peer difficulties (Yamagata et al., 2013) as well as between parenting and bullying victimisation (Kaufman et al., 2018).
However, these associations may partly reflect shared genetic and environmental confounding, particularly given that bullying victimisation is moderately heritable (Bowes, 2025; Dahoun et al., 2025; Veldkamp et al., 2019). Therefore, common genetic and environmental factors may influence both harsh parenting and child bullying victimisation. So far, it remains unclear whether the observed bidirectional relations persist once these shared influences are accounted for.
Moreover, although adolescence is an important developmental period for understanding bidirectional associations between family and peer systems (Grusec & Hastings, 2014), most studies on such bidirectional spillover have focused on younger children. Given that heritable influences on bullying victimisation appear stronger in adolescence than in childhood (Dahoun et al., 2025), it is crucial to examine bidirectional associations between harsh parenting and bullying victimisation specifically during adolescence. The current study aims to examine the reciprocal associations between harsh parenting and bullying victimisation during adolescence, while controlling for shared genetic and environmental influences
NIHTB odor identification in African American older adults with and without aMCI
No full textINTRODUCTION: Early detection of amnestic mild cognitive impairment (aMCI) is critical for intervention. While olfactory decline is a promising non-invasive marker of aMCI, research in underrepresented populations is limited. We evaluated the NIH Toolbox Odor Identification Test (NIHTB-OIT) in older African Americans.
METHODS: Participants included 93 healthy agers (81.7% female; Mage=73.85, SDage=5.06) and 52 individuals with aMCI (69.2% female; Mage=74.37, SDage=5.26). NIHTB-OIT scores were analyzed using two-way ANCOVAs, adjusting for age and education. Receiver Operating Characteristic (ROC) analysis assessed diagnostic utility. APOE ε4 status was examined in a subset (64.8%).
RESULTS: Healthy agers scored significantly higher than the aMCI group (p =.019), and females outperformed males (p =.031). ROC analysis showed significant but modest discrimination (AUC=.626, p =.010). An optimal cut-off score of 5.5 yielded 76.3% specificity and 40.4% sensitivity in differentiating aMCI from healthy agers. No significant differences were found by APOE ε4 status or diagnosis-by-sex interactions.
DISCUSSION: The NIHTB-OIT differentiates aMCI from healthy aging in African American older adults. Its brevity, standardized scoring, and high specificity support its clinical utility as a rapid, non-invasive screening tool for community-based cognitive health assessments
Bilingual language control during sentence vs. single word production – A Registered Report
No full textWhenever bilinguals produce language, both languages are activated and compete to some degree. Language control is the process used to minimize this cross-language interference and facilitate the selection of words in the appropriate language. While ample research has investigated language control, the overwhelming majority of studies focus on single word production with little attention to language control during sentence production. The distinction between single word and sentence production is an important one, as the few studies that compared these two conditions have observed language control differences. With this study, we investigated this issue by relying on an index of language control that has not been used to investigate differences/similarities in language control during single word and sentence production, namely the blocked language order effect. The results revealed a robust blocked language order effect reflecting sustained language control following second language use. Importantly, the effect did not differ as a function of the linguistic content of second language use (i.e., single word vs sentence production), suggesting mainly similarities in proactive language control processes across levels of linguistic complexity
The Benefits of and Motivations Behind Large-Team Coordination in Psychology
No full textTo increase coordination in science in areas where this would be beneficial for knowledge generation, collaborative work needs to offer clear benefits to individual researchers. This study investigates the motivations for initiating large-team papers and the potential benefits of these projects in psychology. By qualitatively analyzing 500 papers, we find that large-team collaborations are most often instigated to deal with the practical challenges inherent to complex research questions, but can also be motivated by broader social and or strategic factors. The results from quantitatively analyzing 1,699,513 papers published between 1975 and 2024 indicate that large-team collaborations are more likely to be cited and to appear in higher-ranked journals. Furthermore, their immediate impact on the field, as measured by citation counts within the first 2 years after publication, is on average higher than individually-authored papers. This suggests that contributing to collaborative projects in psychology will likely increase the number of high-rank journal publications to the resume of researchers. Overall, our findings indicate that large-team collaborations can be rewarding for individual researchers both by enabling early scientific impact and by contributing to stronger publication records
Variable agreement constructions in Spanish: between perception modalities and conceptual foregrounding
No full textThis article investigates how cognitive and grammatical mechanisms shape variable singular-plural agreement in Spanish perception-verb constructions, a domain where speakers alternate between agreement with the postverbal NP2 and agreement with the infinitival complement. Building on usage-based and cognitive linguistics approaches, the study examines whether factors related to perceptual modality and conceptual salience underlie these alternations. A corpus analysis of pronominal infinitive constructions with ver and oír reveals divergent patterns across modalities, with visual perception favoring plural agreement and auditory perception favoring singular agreement. To evaluate whether these tendencies reflect deeper linguistic preferences, an acceptability-rating task systematically manipulated modality, agreement, and animacy. The results show no overall interaction between modality and agreement, but they identify a robust effect of animacy: sentences with human referents received higher ratings than those with inanimate referents. Moreover, animacy modulated the influence of modality and agreement in opposite directions, suggesting that speakers’ evaluations are sensitive to the ontological nature of the perceived stimulus. Together, the findings show that agreement variation reflects flexible conceptual construal, and that corpus and experimental evidence offer complementary insights into the interface between morphosyntax, perception and salience in Spanish
SIUC-BIOLOGIC
No full textUnderstanding human systems requires models capable of integrating biologi-
cal, psychological, and social dynamics within a unified living architecture. The
SIUC framework (System for the Integration of Units of Coherence) proposes such
an architecture by describing human functioning through the interaction of four
fundamental components: asymmetries, variants, invariants, and tensions. Rather
than relying on cognitive mechanisms or linear causal models, SIUC conceptualizes
behavior as the continuous regulation of coherence within a living system.
A central contribution of the model is the distinction between natural coher-
ence—emerging from the system’s internal dynamics—and imposed coherence—arising
from social, institutional, or environmental structures. The alignment or conflict
between these fields determines whether the system experiences stability, tension,
or rupture. Rupture is reframed not as a failure but as a protective mechanism that
preserves systemic integrity when thresholds are exceeded.
The framework also formalizes the dynamic organization of coherence through
models of tension circulation, internal attractors, rupture–restoration cycles, and
multi- scale structuring across individuals, groups, and institutions. These dynamics
provide a foundation for analyzing and supporting coherence in diverse human
contexts.
The implications of SIUC extend to behavioral understanding, coherent en-
vironment design, governance, education, collaboration, and the development of
intelligent systems inspired by living dynamics. SIUC opens the path toward a
science of living coherence capable of integrating human, social, and technological
systems within a unified architecture