Individuals with mental health difficulties (MHD) have a substantial reduction in life expectancy compared to the general population. It is increasingly recognised that mental health services need to improve physical healthcare as a priority. Sexual health, including consideration of high-risk sexual behaviours, medication side effects, and challenges in romantic relationships, is a further important but under-recognised aspect of overall health. We discuss some of the current issues relating to physical and sexual health, with a particular focus on youth with MHD and how we might implement holistic care in Ireland. Prioritising the resourcing of these issues could facilitate the implementation of a Shared Model of Care as recommended in Ireland’s National Mental Health Policy, Sharing the Vision.

This study aimed to evaluate the impact of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection and inactivated virus vaccination on intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI) outcomes in infertile couples. A retrospective case–control study was conducted at the Royan Institute from August 2020 to March 2022. The study included 90 couples in the COVID-19 infection phase and 31 in the vaccination phase. A total of 30 infected but unvaccinated couples were compared to a control group of 60 couples with no COVID-19 infection or vaccination history. Additionally, 31 couples underwent treatment before and after receiving the Sinopharm inactivated vaccine. Key variables analysed included sperm parameters (concentration, motility, progressive motility and morphology), ovarian parameters (antral follicle count, oocyte retrieval), embryological outcomes and pregnancy outcomes. SARS-CoV-2 infection significantly reduced sperm motility (P = 0.02) and progressive motility (P = 0.01) compared to controls. Sperm concentration and morphology showed non-significant declines. Post-vaccination analysis revealed similar but statistically insignificant changes in sperm parameters. Ovarian stimulation parameters and embryological outcomes remained unaffected by both infection and vaccination. Although biochemical, clinical pregnancy and live birth rates were lower among the infected group, these differences did not reach statistical significance (p = 0.16, 0.08 and 0.09). SARS-CoV-2 infection has been associated with impaired sperm progressive motility, which may negatively influence ICSI outcomes. In contrast, vaccination with an inactivated virus does not appear to impact fertility outcomes. These findings provide crucial guidance for physicians and infertile couples managing treatments during and after the pandemic, suggesting the need for extended recovery periods before ART procedures following COVID-19 infection.

Deterministic and stochastic processes are of great importance in influencing the composition of communities. Here, we tested if deterministic and stochastic processes have the same force of influence on functional traits of tiger moth communities. Specifically, we hypothesised that the functional traits of the tribe Arctiini would be more strongly influenced by stochastic processes (associated with spatial variables), given that these moths are primarily diet and habitat generalists within a highly diverse clade. They also exhibit high morphological trait dissimilarity and are capable of occupying a wide range of vegetation habitats. On the other hand, we hypothesised that the functional traits of the tribe Lithosiini would be more influenced by deterministic processes (associated with environmental variables), given that these moths are primarily diet and habitat specialist moths and tend to occur in more specific vegetation types. In agreement with our hypotheses, the functional traits of Arctiini species were better explained by variables related to stochasticity, while the functional traits of Lithosiini were explained by deterministic processes only. Thus, the processes shaping moth distributions across communities may vary according to species’ functional traits and interspecific relationships.

In a normal pregnancy, glucocorticoids (GC), such as cortisol, play an essential role in early heart development. GC concentrations surge in late gestation to facilitate the maturation of fetal systems in preparation for birth. However, pregnancy complications related to stress, lifestyle factors, disease, and commonly used antenatal care treatments (GC therapy and artificial reproductive technology) can lead to prematurely increased GC concentrations that are detrimental to the heart before it is mature enough to benefit. These findings underpin the hypothesis that GC play a double-edged role that benefits normal heart development but is potentially harmful when dysregulated. However, the mechanisms by which both physiological and pathological elevations in GC concentrations influence the fetal cardiometabolic pathways that lead to detrimental long-term cardiovascular outcomes remain unclear. This review will, firstly, describe how cortisol regulates different aspects of cardiac development and, secondly, compare findings from different animal models that have provided mechanistic insight into how excess cortisol/GC during pregnancy impacts cardiac health across the life course.

The dating of the qameṣ shift (*/aː/ > [ɔː]) in the Tiberian tradition of Biblical Hebrew has long been a scholarly puzzle. In this article I present possible evidence for this shift in the Greek transcriptions of Origen’s Hexapla, datable to the first half of the third century ce in Palestine. While the evidence is limited both in attested tokens and in grammatical scope, it is suggested that lexical diffusion may account for the gradual spread of this shift, as recorded in different stages of the transmission of Biblical Hebrew.

This paper studies the effect of gender imbalance on assortative matching and household income inequality. Using data across prefectures in China, we show that a higher sex ratio in the marriage market is negatively associated with both assortative marriage and household income inequality. Motivated by empirical evidence, we develop a heterogeneous-agent model to study the mechanism behind the pattern. The quantitative results of the model match the empirical evidence: a higher sex ratio is associated with a lower degree of assortative matching, which leads to a decrease in household income inequality. When we allow men and women to choose their level of education endogenously before entering the marriage market, we find that a higher sex ratio leads to a higher level of education investment among both men and women, with men investing more significantly than women.

Many archaeology graduate students pursue advanced degrees in the hope of undertaking an academic career. Job-listing websites often serve as the first port-of-call for students seeking academic positions. We examined tenure-track job advertisements over the past decade to gain insights into the academic job market for archaeologists. Using data from the community-edited Academic Jobs Wiki for Archaeology, we examined changes in the academic job market over time. We investigated the editing dynamics of the Wiki to understand its users and their biases. We then analyzed the text of 431 job ads posted from 2013 to 2023. Our analysis addresses the question of how archaeological topics, methods, and geographic regions specified in archaeological job ads have shifted over time. We also explored whether the labor burden for applicants has changed over time: do institutions request more information and documents from applicants at the initial stages of application, compared to a decade ago? Finally, we assessed the influence of sociopolitical factors on the changing focus of research topics in the field. We conclude with implications for archaeology students, graduates, and advisors seeking to understand the dynamics of the academic job market and the requirements of employers.

La reciente excavación arqueológica efectuada en el centro provincial inka de Tambo Viejo, en el valle de Acarí, Perú, resultó en el hallazgo de una pequeña construcción de forma rectangular y semisubterránea. En su interior encontramos hojas y semillas de coca en asociación con arena limpia. Esta evidencia sugiere que la pequeña construcción sirvió para el almacenamiento de las hojas de coca, las que habían sido cubiertas con arena limpia para garantizar su preservación. La arena tiene propiedades térmicas que crean condiciones relativamente frías y que son óptimas para la preservación de productos orgánicos.

We report the first detections of Otiorhynchus albidus Stierlin (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) in North America. The first specimens of O. albidus were found inside a home in Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada, in June 2022, and additional specimens from the same location were collected throughout 2023 and 2024. Otiorhynchus albidus is of European origin. It is known to attack tree fruits and ornamental plants. Otiorhynchus albidus sometimes co-occurred with O. raucus (Fabricius), an already established weevil species in British Columbia that is a pest of tree fruits, grapes, vegetables, and ornamental plants. To test different surveillance methods and understand the seasonal occurrence of O. albidus, surveys for adult weevils were conducted in 2023 and 2024 with pitfall traps (outside the home) and sticky traps (inside and outside the home) in 2023. Both O. albidus and O. raucus were recovered with pitfall and sticky traps and were found in both years. We provide a key and reference DNA barcodes (from the cytochrome c oxidase subunit 1 region) to distinguish O. albidus from similar species present in Canada. Otiorhynchus albidus has the potential to become a pest of tree fruits and ornamental plants in North America, as well as a nuisance pest for homeowners.