Early childhood education centres are key settings for fostering self-regulation skills related to food through responsive feeding environments. The CELEBRATE Feeding coaching intervention aimed to support early childhood educators in implementing these practices across eight centres in two Canadian provinces. Using the RE-AIM framework, quantitative and qualitative data from coaching logs, pre- and post-intervention surveys, observations, interviews, and a 6-month post-intervention survey were analysed as part of the process evaluation. The intervention reached a diverse range of educators and children, resulting in improvements in responsive feeding behaviours, with observation scores significantly increasing (38.2-45.8 on a 63-point scale, P < .001) from baseline to post-intervention. Interviewed centre staff (n = 37) reported engaging more frequently in responsive feeding practices and observed positive changes in children's food intake and independence. Most surveyed educators (>90%) found the 6-month duration and monthly visits appropriate, with strong support from their coach. Educators valued expert guidance and practical resources and felt motivated and capable in adopting responsive feeding practices. Challenges included communication, scheduling barriers, and educator turnover. Follow-up data indicated that all centres continued key practices, though some barriers remained. Overall, the intervention had a positive impact, though addressing logistical barriers is crucial for long-term sustainability.
Psychiatry is a distinct medical specialty that integrates biological, psychological, and social sciences to diagnose, treat, and prevent psychiatric disorders. Despite major advances in neuroscience, pharmacological treatments, psychotherapy, and service delivery, psychiatry often remains insufficiently recognized within the broader mental health discourse. Public awareness efforts have largely focused on mental health in general, while psychiatry as a medical discipline has received comparatively limited visibility. This has contributed to ambiguity regarding its identity and role within modern medicine. Many medical specialties have dedicated international observance days that strengthen professional identity, public awareness, and advocacy. In contrast, psychiatry currently lacks a dedicated global day of recognition. We therefore propose the establishment of a World Psychiatry Day, to be observed annually on February 20, the birth anniversary of Johann Christian Reil (1759-1813), the physician who coined the term Psychiatrie in 1808 and advocated for psychiatry as a distinct branch of medicine. The proposed observance would reinforce psychiatry's status as a core medical specialty, promote integration of psychiatric care with general healthcare, reduce stigma, strengthen advocacy and policy engagement, encourage research and innovation, and highlight the global burden of psychiatric disorders. Ultimately, World Psychiatry Day could enhance the visibility of psychiatry within medicine and reaffirm its indispensable role in improving health and wellbeing worldwide.
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Since 2017, the European Journal of Neuroscience has featured interviews with 27 female neuroscientists to showcase and celebrate their excellent scientific contributions and to hear their personal stories and advice for younger neuroscientists. Although these women represent different fields in neuroscience, countries, and levels of seniority, their stories share some remarkable commonalities, which we briefly discuss in this editorial. Highlighted topics include: the circuitous route of some of the careers; the importance of having good mentors and belonging to networks; the role of "good fortune" versus abilities and skills; the upsides and downsides of an academic career; some of the aspects in which women's academic careers may differ from those of men; and the advice the interviewees would like to pass on to the next generations. Although it is clear from these personal accounts that some aspects of women's careers in neuroscience have improved over the past decade, other elements seem stagnant. The European Journal of Neuroscience remains committed to equity and will continue to feature the stories of women in neuroscience to inspire future generations.
The Genetics Society of America Medal honors an individual member of the Society for their contributions to the field of genetics at the midcareer level (up to 15 years since starting an independent position). The society established the GSA Medal in 1981 to recognize members who exemplify the ingenuity of the GSA membership through elegant and highly meaningful contributions to modern genetics. Joseph Schacherer is being recognized for his impactful contributions to the field through the study of population genomics in the model Saccharomyces cerevisiae and other less well-studied species, the genetic basis and architecture of complex traits, and mitochondrial genome evolution in yeast. This award also celebrates Schacherer's work leading the 1000 Yeast Genomes Project, which has provided a reference framework for studying genetic diversity and domestication, and efforts to train and support a diverse group of early career scientists.
Knowledge exchanges between Indigenous and scientific communities occur regularly, with researchers frequently seeking and benefiting from Indigenous Knowledge holders. These exchanges inherently demonstrate the value and authority of Indigenous Knowledges within academia; however, the traditional academic system lacks formal processes for crediting and citing such Knowledges. Given the complexity, diversity, and uniqueness of Indigenous cultures around the world, different approaches to assigning appropriate credit are required for different cultural groups-there is no "one size fits all" approach. In Australia, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander (First Nations) communities have knowledge traditions reaching back millennia, with high diversity in knowledge reproduction, partitioning, access, and governance among nations. We demonstrate the complexity of crediting and citing Indigenous Knowledges across Australia, so that other regions of the world can adapt to their own contexts; the structural complexity of First Nations groups requires careful, considered, and context-specific approaches. In this Perspective, we highlight important components that should be considered and implemented when citing Indigenous Knowledges, with the aim of supporting discussion within relevant communities. Prior to citing Indigenous Knowledges, certain prerequisites must be established and met: (i) clear definitions of "Knowledges" and free, prior, and informed consent that is neither constrained nor coerced, (ii) an established relationship between the relevant First Nations group and the researchers (the latter being either non-Indigenous or Indigenous), (iii) a clear understanding of the two-way benefits of the Knowledge transfer, (iv) an acknowledgement that citation does not replace co-authorship and the legal rights the latter confers, (v) acknowledgement that Indigenous Knowledges are dynamic, including the ways that Knowledge holders want to exercise sovereignty over their data and resources, and (vi) institutional infrastructure to support the citation process. Crediting approaches must also be available to account for heterogeneity within and across First Nations groups, such as different authorities of Knowledges, "Country" itself as an authority, as well as gendered, initiated, sensitive, or sacred Knowledges. Maintaining autonomy is essential-First Nations groups must retain the ability to retract shared information if they so desire. As such, the accompanying digital object identifier (DOI) or data repository holding the cited information must be managed within the relevant country (here, Australia) or by an organization that can meet these requirements. A homogeneous citation solution within Australia, or elsewhere, seems unlikely and potentially undermines the celebrated diversity among First Nations. We therefore suggest the development of a dynamic citation protocol, where a decision tree can assist researchers in partnering with First Nations communities to cite information in ways that support the data sovereignty aspirations of First Nations peoples, rather than a static citation protocol. Although elevating the status of Indigenous Knowledges within academia, the citation process also provides the opportunity to enhance transparency and deepen relationships between researchers and First Nations Knowledge holders in Australia and globally.
The history of hearing aids is rife with examples of deaf invention, "sonic skills," and other expertise on the parts of deaf and hard of hearing people-whether they were celebrated figures like Thomas Edison, forgotten deaf scientists and engineers, or lay experts. This article, a contribution to the roundtable from the field of history of science, examines correspondence about hearing aids in the Edison archives to argue that Edison and his deaf interlocutors have much to tell us about deaf acoustics: the innovations or insights offered by deaf and hard of hearing people that have contributed to the suite of scientific approaches to sound (i.e., acoustics) including engineering, architecture, physiology, and psychology.
For many years, early autism interventions were developed without the involvement of autistic people. This review explores the views and experiences of autistic adults regarding psychosocial/educational interventions for young autistic children. Four databases (Web of Science Core Collection, Education Resource Information Centre, Education Database and PsycINFO) were searched; 19 studies were identified. Quality appraisal was performed using the Quality Assessment with Diverse Studies tool. Qualitative data were analysed using thematic synthesis. Quantitative data were analysed using descriptive narrative synthesis, including textual description, tabulation and a visual representation. Five themes were developed among studies with qualitative data: Hear the child's voice, Let the child be a child, Celebrate autistic lives, Understand autistic challenges and, finally, a cross-cutting theme, Damage done, on negative experiences of autistic people who underwent early interventions. In studies with quantitative data, autistic people endorsed well-being, adult support/accessibility and reducing harmful behaviours, and did not endorse outcomes related to reducing autism traits. We conclude that, according to autistic adults, early interventions should take an autism-affirmative approach, be developmentally appropriate and foster self-determination. Given that the present research included studies from varied cultures and backgrounds, further research is required to examine how individual differences influence perspectives on interventions.Lay AbstractOur study aimed to understand what earlier studies found when they asked autistic adults for their views on intervention and support for young autistic children. We were interested in the views of autistic adults whether they had taken part in early interventions or not. After searching through online records, we found 19 relevant studies. We evaluated the quality of the studies and then separated qualitative (text-based) and quantitative (number-based) data. In studies with qualitative data, we found five themes. Hear the child's voice talks about child's assent, Let the child be a child addresses support being play-based and fun, Celebrate autistic lives focuses on autism acceptance and Understand autistic challenges examines making society more accessible. Damage done outlines the negative experiences of autistic people who took part in early interventions. Studies with quantitative data were very different to each other, so we described their similar aspects. In four quantitative studies, autistic people rated intervention goals based on how good or important the goal is for the child. Autistic people said the best/most important goals focused on safety, child well-being and adult support. The worst/least important goals focused on changing autism characteristics such as stimming and eye contact. A graph was made to show this. We need more research on intervention practices and contexts and more research where we ask diverse autistic people: autistic parents, autistic children, men, people of colour and people with higher support needs. Researchers and practitioners can use these findings to develop and provide support that aligns with autistic people's priorities.
Healthcare continues to celebrate individual clinical excellence while overlooking the practical and ethical power of truly interdependent care. Drawing on theories of professional "flow" and virtue ethics, this essay argues that the physician-pharmacist relationship represents an underutilized model for safer, more effective primary care in Canada. It contrasts hierarchical, siloed structures with collaborative, duobased models that better reflect the complexity of modern patients and medication management. Evidence from Canadian primary care settings demonstrates improvements in safety, patient understanding and system performance when pharmacists and physicians work as equals. The paper concludes with pragmatic, low-cost recommendations to operationalize this virtuous partnership.
Over the last decades, we have built an empire around the anterior cruciate ligament (ACL). We measure stability in millimetres and celebrate isokinetic symmetry and congratulate ourselves when the pivot shift falls silent. For decades, this has defined success-a stable knee that no longer gives way. Yet, while we were perfecting the graft choice, the technique, the fixation and the biology of the graft, another story has been quietly unfolding. The patellofemoral joint-the true translator of quadriceps power into motion-is the forgotten joint of the ACL reconstruction era.
The celebrated analogy between the pressure-temperature phase diagram of a liquid-gas system and the field-temperature phase diagram of a ferromagnet has long been a cornerstone for understanding universality of phase transitions and critical phenomena. Here we extend this analogy to a highly frustrated antiferromagnet, the spiral Ising compound Nd_{3}BWO_{9} with kagome layers. In its phase diagram, we identify a metamagnetic transition line with a critical endpoint (CEP) located at μ_{0}H_{c}≃1.04  T and T_{c}≃0.3  K. Above the CEP, an Ising supercritical regime emerges with crossover lines that follow a universal scaling law, as evidenced by the specific heat, magnetic susceptibility, and magnetocaloric measurements. Remarkably, we observe critically enhanced magnetic cooling near the emergent CEP, characterized by a divergent magnetic Grüneisen ratio Γ_{H}∝1/t^{β+γ-1}, with β+γ≃1.563 the sum of critical exponents of the 3D Ising universality class and t≡(T-T_{c})/T_{c} the reduced temperature. Adiabatic demagnetization from 2 K and 4 T reaches a minimum temperature of 195 mK, via a self-cascading process that combines supercritical and topological cooling. Our findings open a new avenue for studying supercritical phenomena and magnetic refrigeration with the frustrated rare-earth compounds RE_{3}BWO_{9} and, more broadly, in Ising-anisotropic antiferromagnets such as spin ices.
In 2017, EJN launched the Profiles of Women in Science series to showcase and celebrate outstanding research conducted by women, while also highlighting their personal journeys and perspectives. We are pleased to present this latest addition to this series.
Science Immunology celebrates its first 10 years and looks ahead.
The European Society for Photobiology (ESP) was founded in 1985 and celebrated its 40th anniversary in 2025. This review summarizes the events that have triggered interest in the interactions between light and biologically relevant matter, and how this has developed into research fields on photobiology and photomedicine. In turn, this stimulated the need for meeting arenas to communicate and discuss photobiological, photochemical, photophysical and photomedical topics. ESP has become one of the largest societies in the photobiology field of research. It organizes conferences, stimulates educational activities, and has initiated the founding of specialized peer-review journals and book series for publishing photobiology-relevant literature, among many other related initiatives. In this way ESP contributes significantly to stimulate photobiological research. This review highlights some of the events and observations in modern times, i.e., in the last 150 years, that have promoted photobiological and photomedical research, and which contributed to the founding of ESP. In tandem, the review traces the pathway to the establishment and development of ESP as a society and its role in scientific communications and strengthening of photobiological research in Europe and worldwide.
Critical scholarship documents how health communication campaigns reinforce inequalities by promoting individualized behavior change while erasing structural contexts. Drawing on the culture-centered approach (CCA), this study inverts dominant campaign logic by examining how households negotiating poverty in Singapore interpret and respond to the state-led "Let's Beat Diabetes" campaign. Through in-depth interviews with 39 low-income residents, we document how marginalized voices render visible the gaps, erasures, and structural barriers embedded in technocratic campaign design. Findings reveal two key dynamics. First, structural conditions-illiteracy, food insecurity, healthcare costs, and digital divides-determine who can access and interpret campaign messaging, creating systematic exclusion despite campaign claims of universal reach. Participants identify contradictions between campaign advice (eat healthy food) and structural realities (food charity systems delivering predominantly unhealthy processed foods). Second, communicative infrastructure gaps manifest in lack of campaign awareness, perceived irrelevance of messages, inaccessibility of digital platforms, and absence of structural solutions in campaign content. The technocratic rationality celebrated as efficient systematically misses those most affected by diabetes risk. This study makes three contributions to CCA. Methodologically, it demonstrates how marginalized communities can interrogate hegemonic campaigns, inverting traditional formative/evaluative research. Substantively, it documents how communicative infrastructure itself becomes a structural barrier in technocratic governance. Theoretically, it extends CCA by foregrounding communicative inequality as a dimension of structural violence. Ultimately, voices from the margins teach that addressing diabetes among the poor requires confronting the structural conditions that produce health inequalities, not nudging individuals to make better choices.
The Alzheimer's Disease Neuroimaging Initiative (ADNI) recently celebrated its 20th anniversary, reflecting two decades of major contributions to Alzheimer's research through open data sharing and longitudinal multimodal assessments. This review synthesizes 122 high-impact studies using ADNI data or biospecimens from 2023 to mid-2025 to clarify mechanisms of Alzheimer's disease (AD) progression. Studies describe impairment of glymphatic clearance and the impact of cerebral small vessel disease, trajectories of amyloid beta and tau deposition, inflammation, metabolic disturbances, synaptic dysfunction, and neurodegeneration, leading to cognitive impairment and neuropsychiatric symptoms. Multifactorial contributions from genetic and epigenetic influences, co-pathologies and comorbidities, and mechanisms of resilience modulate disease progression. Finally, heterogeneity of clinical presentation and disease course is described in the context of multiple contributing factors, highlighting the complexity of AD. By integrating imaging, fluid biomarkers, genetics, and clinical measures, ADNI provides a comprehensive research dataset for unraveling mechanisms underlying AD progression.
Cell Structure and Function (CSF), the official journal of the Japan Society for Cell Biology (JSCB), celebrates its 50th anniversary in 2025. This essay traces the scientific evolution of CSF from its founding in 1975 to the present, drawing on bibliometric data retrieved from OpenAlex at ten-year intervals. Over five decades, CSF published 1,737 articles, with the Field-Weighted Citation Impact (FWCI) showing a consistent upward trend, even as total output declined following the journal's shift to electronic publication in 2005. A decade-by-decade analysis of the five most-cited articles reveals a clear evolution in research themes: early issues were dominated by plant cell biology and methodological papers in microscopy and biochemistry, while subsequent decades saw increasing focus on autophagy, the unfolded protein response, and intracellular membrane trafficking-fields in which Japanese researchers have played globally recognized pioneering roles. The turn of the millennium marked a peak in absolute citations, with landmark papers on bafilomycin A1, SNARE proteins, and a review of autophagy co-authored by Nobel Prize laureate Yoshinori Ohsumi. Two major milestones-electronic publication in 2005 and gold open-access adoption in 2016-fundamentally transformed the journal's publishing model. Looking ahead, the essay considers the role of artificial intelligence in peer review, arguing that while AI can assist in assessing novelty and reproducibility, the judgment of a manuscript's scientific significance must remain a human responsibility. CSF remains committed to disseminating reliable, foundational cell biology to the international community.Key words: Cell Structure and Function (CSF), bibliometrics, open access, artificial intelligence in peer review.
The Goods and Services Tax (GST), introduced in India on July 1, 2017, was envisioned as a landmark reform to unify indirect taxation, enhance transparency, and reinforce fiscal federalism. While celebrated for its efficiency, its uniform application to research‑related activities has generated significant concern across academia, medicine, and public health. Conference registration fees and continuing medical education (CME) costs have risen sharply, restricting opportunities for skill development among doctoral students, postdoctoral fellows, clinicians, and public health professionals. Escalating publication charges and subscription cancellations in state universities, teaching hospitals, and research institutes have curtailed access to international medical literature, limiting evidence‑based practice, policy formulation, and equitable knowledge dissemination. Procurement delays in national laboratories and medical research centers further impede innovation, slowing translation of discoveries into improved diagnostics, therapeutics, and preventive strategies. From the government's perspective, uniform taxation prevents loopholes, curbs misuse of exemptions, and ensures consistency in revenue collection, with GST revenues earmarked for infrastructure, healthcare, and education. Yet, the imposition of an 18% GST on research and CME activities clashes with the lived experiences of researchers and healthcare professionals, who view it as undermining accessibility, equity, and timely adoption of global best practices. The downstream effects include weakened epidemic preparedness, delayed integration of innovations into healthcare delivery, and widening disparities in public health outcomes. Formal petitions from scientific academies, medical associations, industry bodies, and state assemblies underscore the urgency of reform. International comparisons reveal alternative fiscal models that balance efficiency with recognition of research and CME as public goods. This editorial argues for targeted reforms, such as concessional rates, exemptions for academic medical services, and sector‑specific subsidies, to align fiscal policy with India's innovation and public health goals, ensuring taxation does not become a barrier to advancing healthcare equity and outcomes.
Cryptic speciation is widely documented in marine gastropods, particularly in groups lacking distinct morphological characters. Carrier snails of the family Xenophoridae have long been celebrated by naturalists for their behavior of collecting and affixing foreign objects to their shells. We present the first molecular species delimitation of carrier snails (family: Xenophoridae), using cox1 sequences from 562 specimens encompassing 81% of valid species and all genera in this family. Integrating alpha-taxonomic data, we formalize five new species in descriptions-Xenophora simulans sp. nov., Xenophora brevis sp. nov., Onustus procellosus sp. nov., Collector altissimus gen. nov. et sp. nov., Collector alienus gen. nov. et sp. nov.-and recommend further investigations into other promising clades with potentially undiscovered species, pending corroboration from nuclear loci. This case study highlights the potential of species discovery using single-locus delimitation methods. We established a baseline framework for morphological species delimitation in Xenophoridae, showing that specimens distinguished only by subtle morphological characters often interpreted as intraspecific variation can exhibit species-level genetic divergence.