Increasing Function | List of Frontiers open access articles

Original Research

Published on 12 May 2026

Economic evaluation of school scoliosis screening in Gannan Tibetan autonomous prefecture, Gansu Province: a cost-utility analysis based on decision tree-Markov model

in Health Economics

Shaobo Yang
Juan Wang
Peiji Miao
Chen Zhang
Jin Huang
Xiaoyun Yuan
Yanxiang Zhang
Xiaohui Dou
Zhenheng Zhang
Zhe Liu

Frontiers in Public Health

doi 10.3389/fpubh.2026.1801371

275 views

Review

Published on 12 May 2026

Immunological mechanisms and precision stratification in male infertility: from testicular immune privilege and danger signal amplification to seminal immune biomarkers and mechanism-tailored intervention

in Mucosal Immunity

Jiedong Zhou
Shian Hu
Yong Ouyang
Dong Yang
Zhi Su
Min Liu

Frontiers in Immunology

doi 10.3389/fimmu.2026.1806683

552 views

Study Protocol

Published on 12 May 2026

Efficacy and safety of Songjiao Dihuang Tang decoction for the dynamic/adaptive treatment of immune checkpoint inhibitor-associated myocarditis: study protocol and statistical analysis plan for a stop&go, multicentre, randomized, parallel-controlled, double-blind, superiority clinical trial

in Ethnopharmacology

Jingyi Long
Jiabin Zheng
Zihan Jin
Jie Zhang
Fang Liu
Yanni Lou
Liqun Jia

Frontiers in Pharmacology

doi 10.3389/fphar.2026.1797368

240 views

Original Research

Published on 12 May 2026

Assessing vulnerability and risk of coastal settlements in The Gambia to windstorms: integrating socioeconomic and environmental dimensions

in Climate Risk Management

Bintou Dibba

Frontiers in Climate

doi 10.3389/fclim.2026.1741665

273 views

Original Research

Published on 12 May 2026

Efficacy of SGLT2 inhibitors in patients recently hospitalized for heart failure: an exploratory prespecified pooled analysis of the DELIVER and EMPEROR-preserved trials

in Heart Failure and Transplantation

Xiaomin Xue
Mahong Hu
Jiahua Chi
Jiayan Li
Wei Zhang

Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine

doi 10.3389/fcvm.2026.1816804

327 views

Review

Published on 12 May 2026

Artificial intelligence in STEM education: applications, learning outcomes, and methodological gaps (2016–2025)

in Digital Education

Fernando Erasmo Pacheco-Olea
Carolina Villacís-Macías

Frontiers in Education

doi 10.3389/feduc.2026.1791361

381 views

Brief Research Report

Published on 12 May 2026

Analysis of digital vernier caliper versus digital thickness gauge consistency and user experience in measuring arterial wall thickness: implications for biomechanical assessment

in Biomechanics

Constantin Claudiu Ciucanu
Eliza Russu
Alexandru Mureşan
Alexandra Ioana Asztalos
Alexandru Petru Ion
Réka Bartus
Eliza-Mihaela Arbănaşi
Adrian Vasile Mureşan
Carmen Corina Radu
Timur Hogea

Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology

doi 10.3389/fbioe.2026.1791599

266 views

Original Research

Published on 12 May 2026

Timing–dependent responses of Fusarium graminearum suppression and malting quality in barley following PSP1 elicitor application

in Technical Advances in Plant Science

Mauro Martínez
Juan Izquierdo
Adriana Arrigoni
Germán González
Björn Welin
Rodomiro Ortiz
Sebastiàn Stenglein

Frontiers in Plant Science

doi 10.3389/fpls.2026.1838206

358 views

Review

Published on 12 May 2026

Unlocking the potential: current landscape and future directions of immunotherapy in gastric cancer

in Cancer Immunity and Immunotherapy

Yingfei Zhou
Luling Wei
Luoyang Wang
Bei Zhang
Jie Liang

Frontiers in Immunology

doi 10.3389/fimmu.2026.1742723

117 views

Brief Research Report

Published on 12 May 2026

“If that goes away, the house of cards falls”: challenges and solutions to ensuring CHW sustainability

in Public Health Education and Promotion

Ada M. Wilkinson-Lee
Dana R. Hunter
Katie C. Stalker
Nury Stemple
Flavio Marsiglia
Mary-Ellen Brown

Frontiers in Public Health

doi 10.3389/fpubh.2026.1747834

237 views

Original Research

Published on 12 May 2026

Monocytes and neutrophils promote cardiac fibroblast pro-fibrotic phenotypes through IL-6 and MIF

in Molecular and Cellular Pathology

Zhongxiao Cong
Aleksandar Ivetic
Maddy Parsons

Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology

doi 10.3389/fcell.2026.1830777

237 views

Original Research

Published on 12 May 2026

Comparative biomechanical analysis of volleyball court shoes during sport-specific tasks in competitive adolescent female volleyball players

in Biomechanics and Control of Human Movement

Ava N. Davis
Ariel Huang
Ashley L. Erdman
Josh Riesenberg
Philip L. Wilson
Henry B. Ellis
Sophia Ulman

Frontiers in Sports and Active Living

doi 10.3389/fspor.2026.1824023

402 views

Case Report

Published on 12 May 2026

Ivonescimab monotherapy in an elderly patient with EGFR-TKI-resistant advanced lung adenocarcinoma and pericardial effusion: a case report and literature review

in Cancer Immunity and Immunotherapy

Chen Zhu
Hui Yu
Ying Gu
Tingshu Jiang

Frontiers in Immunology

doi 10.3389/fimmu.2026.1728444

258 views

Original Research

Published on 12 May 2026

Sex- specific interplay of combined lifestyle patterns and their association with depressive symptoms among Chinese adolescents: a school-based cross-sectional study

in Public Mental Health

Yi Lin
Jin-Ying Huang
Zeng-Bao Hu
Richard Rankin
Stuart McDonald
Ke-Qin Ding
Qing-Hai Gong
Guo-Lin Bian

Frontiers in Psychiatry

doi 10.3389/fpsyt.2026.1747059

739 views

Original Research

Published on 12 May 2026

Knowledge, attitudes, and practices toward xylometazoline nasal spray use among adults in Saudi Arabia: a cross-sectional survey

in Pharmacoepidemiology

Fahad H. Baali
Abdullah A. Alshehri
Raghad D. Alsufyani
Hawazin S. Alsufyani
Wadia S. Alruqayb
Abdulkarim Alshammari
Saeed Saad A. Alghamdi
Mohra Aladwani
Fahad M. Alqarni
Ali H. Alwadai

Frontiers in Pharmacology

doi 10.3389/fphar.2026.1818680

282 views

Original Research

Published on 12 May 2026

The long non-coding RNA CidecAS regulates hepatocyte lipid metabolism via the alpha-1 subunit of Na+/K+-ATPase

in Nutrition and Metabolism

Lin Yu
Siqi Liu
Yang Xiao
Jiale Wang
Xingzhen Yang
Qiuchen Cheng
Qiuhua Li
Dan Yin
Yuehui Liang
Xue Liang

Frontiers in Nutrition

doi 10.3389/fnut.2026.1809132

316 views

Articles

Economic evaluation of school scoliosis screening in Gannan Tibetan autonomous prefecture, Gansu Province: a cost-utility analysis based on decision tree-Markov model

Immunological mechanisms and precision stratification in male infertility: from testicular immune privilege and danger signal amplification to seminal immune biomarkers and mechanism-tailored intervention

Efficacy and safety of Songjiao Dihuang Tang decoction for the dynamic/adaptive treatment of immune checkpoint inhibitor-associated myocarditis: study protocol and statistical analysis plan for a stop&go, multicentre, randomized, parallel-controlled, double-blind, superiority clinical trial

Assessing vulnerability and risk of coastal settlements in The Gambia to windstorms: integrating socioeconomic and environmental dimensions

Efficacy of SGLT2 inhibitors in patients recently hospitalized for heart failure: an exploratory prespecified pooled analysis of the DELIVER and EMPEROR-preserved trials

Artificial intelligence in STEM education: applications, learning outcomes, and methodological gaps (2016–2025)

Analysis of digital vernier caliper versus digital thickness gauge consistency and user experience in measuring arterial wall thickness: implications for biomechanical assessment

Timing–dependent responses of Fusarium graminearum suppression and malting quality in barley following PSP1 elicitor application

Unlocking the potential: current landscape and future directions of immunotherapy in gastric cancer

“If that goes away, the house of cards falls”: challenges and solutions to ensuring CHW sustainability

Monocytes and neutrophils promote cardiac fibroblast pro-fibrotic phenotypes through IL-6 and MIF

Comparative biomechanical analysis of volleyball court shoes during sport-specific tasks in competitive adolescent female volleyball players

Ivonescimab monotherapy in an elderly patient with EGFR-TKI-resistant advanced lung adenocarcinoma and pericardial effusion: a case report and literature review

Sex- specific interplay of combined lifestyle patterns and their association with depressive symptoms among Chinese adolescents: a school-based cross-sectional study

Knowledge, attitudes, and practices toward xylometazoline nasal spray use among adults in Saudi Arabia: a cross-sectional survey

The long non-coding RNA CidecAS regulates hepatocyte lipid metabolism via the alpha-1 subunit of Na+/K+-ATPase