Adult-onset Still’s disease (AOSD) is a rare systemic autoinflammatory disorder. The diagnosis relies on clinico-biological criteria after exclusion of infectious, autoimmune, and neoplastic causes. We report the exceptional case of a 37-year-old man initially managed for typical AOSD with a favorable response to corticosteroids and methotrexate. One year after diagnosis, the occurrence of an atypical inflammatory relapse, associated with deterioration of the general condition, led to the ...

Rheumatology 

This article assesses the political economy factors shaping Zimbabwe’s capacity to meet its obligations under the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA). It examines how structural conditions, formal and informal institutions, national incentives, actors, agency, governance, and decision-making processes shape Zimbabwe’s readiness for deeper continental integration. The analysis focuses on tariffs and non-tariff measures as political-economy instruments that reflect revenue dep...

Sociology 

Against the backdrop of ongoing national strategies for “common prosperity” and “Digital China,” clarifying the mechanisms through which the digital economy affects urban-rural income inequality is of both theoretical and practical significance. It helps assess the effectiveness of high-quality development and informs the optimization of income distribution policies. Drawing on theories of digital inclusion and technology bias, this study constructs an “access-use-b...

Business Management  Business Finance and Investment 

Quantifying carbon (C) sequestration in soils is necessary to help better understand the effect of agricultural practices on the C cycle. The estimated contribution of agricultural carbon dioxide (CO₂) and methane (CH₄) to global warming potential (GWP) has a wide range. The underlying causes of this huge uncertainty are the difficulties in predicting regional CO₂ and CH₄ losses due to lack of experimental evidence on CO₂ and CH₄ ...

Soil Science 

Ethnobotanical use value can guide the selection of medicinal plants for laboratory phytochemical documentation. This study characterized the qualitative phytochemical profiles of 33 medicinal plants selected from an ethnobotanical dataset in Camarines Sur, Philippines. Plant materials were extracted by 72-h cold maceration in ethanol (1:10, w/v), and extracts were screened for alkaloids, flavonoids, glycosides, phenolics, phytosterols, phlobatannins, steroids, terpenoids, and saponins using est...

Medicinal Chemistry  Pharmacology 

Background: Youth mental health is an important and growing public health priority in Canada. Recent evidence indicates increasing mental health needs among adolescents and young adults, while many continue to experience delays, unmet needs, and difficulties navigating primary and community-based mental health services. Objective: This narrative literature review examines barriers to timely access to primary and community-based mental health care among youth aged 12 - 24 years in Canada and eval...

Psychiatry & Psychology  Public Health 

This article examines the socio-economic impact of Bakiga migration on indigenous Banyoro communities in western Uganda from the 1940s to the present, focusing on Kibaale, Kagadi, and Kakumiro districts. Using a historical research design, the study draws on data from 300 respondents collected through key informant interviews, focus group discussions, semi-structured interviews, and documentary review. Guided by Migration Theory, Political Economy Theory, Social Change Theory, and Dependency The...

History 

Mistranslation is an inherent and inevitable phenomenon in literary translation, essentially an external manifestation of the tension between translation norms and practical objectives. Rooted in Merton’s Anomie Theory and adopting Fu Jingmin’s derived classification framework that divides mistranslations into four patterns, and they are innovation-driven deviation, conformity-oriented drift, alienated evasion and rebellious reconstruction, this paper takes Xu Chi’s Chinese ver...

Literature 

Background: Breast cancer is the most common malignancy among women worldwide and a growing public-health challenge in Southeast Asia. Mammography has reduced sensitivity in many Asian populations because of a high prevalence of dense breast tissue and an earlier peak age of onset. Circulating cell-free DNA (cfDNA) and circulating tumour DNA (ctDNA) have emerged as non-invasive biomarkers for detection, monitoring and precision management. Objective: To synthesise current evidence ...

Oncology 

Against the backdrop of the deep integration of artificial intelligence into higher foreign language education, this study selects undergraduate talent training programs for foreign language majors from four Chinese universities as research samples: Beijing Foreign Studies University, Shanghai International Studies University, East China Normal University, and Shanghai Jiao Tong University. And it conducts a comparative analysis of their 2024-2025 talent training programs. The findings reveal si...

Linguistics  Artificial Intelligence