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Original Research

Accepted on 27 Feb 2026

"I had a feeling the period did not have an opening to come out:" A qualitative assessment of Type III Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting (FGM/C) and menstrual health in Somali communities in Kenya

in Quality of Life

Anne Achieng
Sarah C. Blake
Ramatou Ouedraogo
Caroline Kabiru
Marni Sommer

Frontiers in Global Women's Health

Original Research

Accepted on 27 Feb 2026

Confronting the Economic Burden of Diabetes: Can TCM DRG Payment Reform in China Offer a Viable Solution? Insights from Empirical Research in Western China

in Health Economics

Meng-en Chen
HOU Haojia
Jingyu Yang
Fanxin Kong
Tianzhen Cong
Qian Zhang

Frontiers in Public Health

Original Research

Accepted on 27 Feb 2026

The quality and reliability of short videos about Myocardial Infarction on TikTok: a cross-sectional study

in Public Health Education and Promotion

Shudi Li
Menghe Zhang
Yaoyao Zuo
Lin Zhou
Zhenhai Sun
Tailong LV
Huidan Xie
Shouqiang Chen

Frontiers in Public Health

Case Report

Accepted on 27 Feb 2026

Transit bipartition: early postoperative food tolerance and bowel function

in Clinical Nutrition

Carina Rossoni
Rui Ribeiro

Frontiers in Nutrition

Review

Accepted on 27 Feb 2026

Immune Evasion of Multidrug-Resistant Bacteria: Insights from Lung Innate Immune Cells and Targeted Therapies

in Adaptive & Innate Immunity in Infection

Yingfei Xu
Yongheng Gao
Yujuan Li
Lei Pan

Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology

Original Research

Accepted on 27 Feb 2026

Navigating Opportunities and Challenges of Generative AI in Higher Education: Towards Responsible, Equitable, and Human-Centered Integration

in AI for Human Learning and Behavior Change

Claudiu Coman
Vasile Gherhes
Anna Bucs
Ecaterina Coman
Victoria Rodica Cioca
Diana Cristina Bodi
Raluca Maria Șerbănescu

Frontiers in Artificial Intelligence

Editorial

Accepted on 27 Feb 2026

Editorial: Unlocking Autophagy's full potential: embracing a multidimensional approach for targeted cancer treatment

in Pharmacology of Anti-Cancer Drugs

Valerie R. Wiersma

Frontiers in Pharmacology

Brief Research Report

Accepted on 27 Feb 2026

EV-Planner: Machine Learning Approaches to EV Charging Infrastructure Planning

in AI in Business

Bharath Anand
Ananth Grama

Frontiers in Artificial Intelligence

Original Research

Accepted on 27 Feb 2026

The Impact of Liposomal Bupivacaine Erector Spinae Plane Block on Postoperative Analgesia and Early Functional Recovery in Patients Undergoing Thoracoscopic Lung Cancer Surgery

in Surgical Oncology

Lubin Huang
Kejing Huang
Hong Ning
Chenghai Wang

Frontiers in Oncology

Original Research

Accepted on 27 Feb 2026

Small LLMs Can Be Good Coldstart Recommenders

in Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence

Joseph Noel
Christopher Monterola
Daniel Stanley Tan

Frontiers in Artificial Intelligence

Opinion

Accepted on 27 Feb 2026

Urgent response is needed to address the stimulant-fentanyl related overdose crisis

in Psychopharmacology

Rosalina Mills
Oluwole Jegede
Srinivas Muvvala

Frontiers in Psychiatry

Original Research

Accepted on 27 Feb 2026

Participation, community and affirmation: parent accounts of supporting transgender children in sport and dance participation

in Sports Politics, Policy and Law

Cris Townley

Frontiers in Sports and Active Living

Perspective

Accepted on 27 Feb 2026

Reconceptualizing Negative Endoscopy as a Positive Contextual Indicator for Disorders of Gut-Brain Interaction

in Gastrointestinal Sciences

Wumiao Zhang
He Zeng
Qiannan Ruan
Dakai Zeng

Frontiers in Physiology

Original Research

Accepted on 27 Feb 2026

Gamete activation technology improves clinical and embryological outcomes in patients with repeated ART failures caused by male factors

in Reproduction

Yajie Wang
Fang Shan
Yunxing Fu
Jialing Li
Rong Hu
Lili Ma

Frontiers in Endocrinology

Hypothesis and Theory

Accepted on 27 Feb 2026

Compulsory health insurance in the Central and Eastern European countries: the similarity and the difference with social health insurance

in Health Economics

Sergey Shishkin

Frontiers in Public Health

Original Research

Accepted on 27 Feb 2026

The role of staging laparoscopy before therapy in patients with pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma: A real-world, single-center experience

in Gastroenterology

Koji Kikuchi
Akira Umemura
Hiroyuki Nitta
Daiki Takeda
Taro Ando
Satoshi Amano
Toma Kawashima
Taku Kimura
Taku Kodama
Akira Sasaki

Frontiers in Medicine

Articles

"I had a feeling the period did not have an opening to come out:" A qualitative assessment of Type III Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting (FGM/C) and menstrual health in Somali communities in Kenya

Confronting the Economic Burden of Diabetes: Can TCM DRG Payment Reform in China Offer a Viable Solution? Insights from Empirical Research in Western China

The quality and reliability of short videos about Myocardial Infarction on TikTok: a cross-sectional study

Transit bipartition: early postoperative food tolerance and bowel function

Immune Evasion of Multidrug-Resistant Bacteria: Insights from Lung Innate Immune Cells and Targeted Therapies

Navigating Opportunities and Challenges of Generative AI in Higher Education: Towards Responsible, Equitable, and Human-Centered Integration

Editorial: Unlocking Autophagy's full potential: embracing a multidimensional approach for targeted cancer treatment

EV-Planner: Machine Learning Approaches to EV Charging Infrastructure Planning

The Impact of Liposomal Bupivacaine Erector Spinae Plane Block on Postoperative Analgesia and Early Functional Recovery in Patients Undergoing Thoracoscopic Lung Cancer Surgery

Small LLMs Can Be Good Coldstart Recommenders

Urgent response is needed to address the stimulant-fentanyl related overdose crisis

Participation, community and affirmation: parent accounts of supporting transgender children in sport and dance participation

Reconceptualizing Negative Endoscopy as a Positive Contextual Indicator for Disorders of Gut-Brain Interaction

Gamete activation technology improves clinical and embryological outcomes in patients with repeated ART failures caused by male factors

Compulsory health insurance in the Central and Eastern European countries: the similarity and the difference with social health insurance

The role of staging laparoscopy before therapy in patients with pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma: A real-world, single-center experience