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Background: Central venous occlusive disease is a major challenge in hemodialysis patients who have exhausted conventional vascular access options and may lead to long-term dependence on tunneled central venous catheters. The Hemodialysis Reliable Ou...

Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is highly relevant among professional drivers; however, self-reported symptoms may not reflect the objective disease burden. This cross-sectional study examined the relationship between subjective sleep complaints and th...

Impact investing requires the assessment of social and environmental outcomes alongside financial returns, yet impact measurement remains methodologically fragmented and heterogeneous in purpose and use. This systematic review synthesizes the scholar...

Background/Objectives: Stenotrophomonas maltophilia is a common cause of lower respiratory tract infection (LRTI) in critically ill patients, but differences between ventilator-associated tracheobronchitis (VAT) and ventilator- or hospital-acqui...

Acute lung injury (ALI) is a severe inflammatory pulmonary disorder with high morbidity and limited treatment options available in clinical settings. Mogrosides, natural products derived from Siraitia grosvenorii, have been shown to exhibit protectiv...

Two series of co-precipitated FeO_x@MO_y catalysts with variation of the second component (M = silica, alumina, ceria, zirconia) prepared using CTMABr or Pluronic 123 templates were investigated to assess the effect of the composition and synthesis in...

This study examines the acoustic correlates of accentedness and comprehensibility in Cantonese checked syllables produced by Mandarin-speaking learners. Forty learners produced four checked syllables (luk6, cat1, baat3, and sap6), which were evaluate...

Rainfall-induced surface erosion of aeolian loess slopes in open-pit coal mines threatens slope stability and ecological reclamation, whereas conventional rigid protection and ordinary soil stabilizers can hardly reconcile soil reinforcement, imperme...

The global community has become aware of the importance of reducing the consumption of primary resources to safeguard our planet and ensure the long-term economic sustainability of our society [...]

This study investigated hot air-assisted radio frequency (HARF) heating for drying and roasting fresh in-shell peanuts in a single operation. In a 10 kW, 40.68 MHz HARF system with 100 °C hot air, the estimated RF output power increased with samp...

2-Phenylchromen-4-one–based compounds (e.g., flavones and flavonols) have emerged as privileged scaffolds in anticancer drug discovery owing to their ability to modulate multiple molecular targets involved in tumour initiation, progression, met...

Background/Objectives: Blood-based biomarkers may help prioritize patients for confirmatory amyloid testing. We compared amyloid positron emission tomography (PET) utilization and diagnostic yield between memory-clinic periods before and after plasma...

Background: T-2 toxin, a highly toxic Fusarium-derived mycotoxin, frequently contaminates feed and poses significant risks to livestock production and food safety by inducing severe apoptotic damage in the liver, which is the primary organ responsibl...

This study experimentally investigates the immersion behavior of steel and titanium cylinders in spherical and cylindrical heterogeneous particle beds saturated by a Newtonian liquid. The effects of cylinder density, different particle-bed systems, l...

Artificial intelligence and big data are transforming chemistry: the field is shifting from a discipline in which observations are mainly interpreted after experiments into a domain in which data, models, and experimental research form a unified, int...

Background/Objectives: Caring behaviors are central to professional nursing practice and the delivery of high-quality, patient-centered care. Structural empowerment concerns nurses’ access to information, resources, support, and opportunities,...

One of the key stages of faba bean processing is dehulling, the removal of the husk surrounding the core, which consists of the cotyledons and embryo. This process influences the digestibility, color, functional properties, and quality of the final p...

Submarine groundwater discharge (SGD) delivers land-derived nutrients to coastal waters, but its effects on benthic microbial communities in tropical coral reef intertidal sediments are largely unknown. We studied the Duzaiping Marine Protected Area...

Artificial intelligence in corporate boards refers to the use of data-driven computational systems, including machine learning, predictive analytics, natural language processing and generative models, to support the work of boards of directors in one...

Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a complex autoimmune disease (AD) characterized by chronic inflammation and multi-organ damage, driven by a combination of genetic, hormonal and environmental factors. Ample evidence links specific environmental...

Utilizing agro-industrial by-products such as sugar beet pulp (SBP) in black soldier fly (Hermetia illucens L.) rearing is an attractive strategy for circular feed production; however, its consequences on larval chemical composition and cuticular min...

Net primary productivity (NPP) plays a central role in biological carbon pump (BCP) and global carbon cycling, but NPP estimates in high-latitude regions remain highly uncertain despite their disproportional contribution to the global carbon sink. Pr...

Phloroglucinol (PG) is a naturally occurring phenolic compound and the fundamental monomeric unit of marine phlorotannins, yet its effects on adipocyte differentiation and browning remain incompletely understood. This study investigated whether PG in...

Engineering firms are central to the green transition, yet sustainability ambition does not automatically translate into organisational practice or wider transition outcomes. This article presents a structured synthesis of five coordinated studies co...

This study proposes a novel cutting method named “Nano-Pecking” for high-efficiency machining of high-precision functional surfaces with micro/nano textures, mainly V-grooves. Although Nano-Pecking can be categorized as ultrasonic vibrati...

Postoperative wound infection in rabbits can be complicated by self-trauma, pain, anorexia, and gastrointestinal stasis. An 8-month-old female Lionhead rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus) was referred on Day 0 with a severe ventral abdominal wound infecti...

A waste dump at a copper–molybdenum mine in Chifeng, Inner Mongolia, China, was investigated. Direct shear tests, three-dimensional finite element analysis, and field monitoring were used to investigate the effects of moisture-induced strength...

Membranes produced by 3D printing represent a groundbreaking technology for industrial and municipal wastewater treatment, enabling the fabrication of complex, customized architectures tailored to specific environmental challenges. Compared to conven...

With the depletion of oil and gas resources and increasing exploration difficulty, dynamic well inclination measurement has become increasingly important. Near-bit dynamic well inclination measurement can improve borehole trajectory calculation accur...

Siraitia grosvenorii (monk fruit) is a cucurbitaceous plant endemic to China that serves as both food and medicine. Its fruit accumulates mogrosides, zero-calorie natural sweeteners approximately 300-fold sweeter than sucrose that are widely used in...

Fatigue is one of the most prevalent and debilitating symptoms in sarcoidosis, yet its mechanisms remain poorly defined and therapeutic responses are often unsatisfactory. Given its multifactorial nature and the limitations of uniform treatment strat...

Background/Objectives: Machine learning applied to MALDI-TOF mass spectra can flag antimicrobial resistance days before conventional susceptibility testing, but models rarely retain accuracy in a new laboratory. We asked whether this failure can be r...

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Marine stromal proteins represent a promising but underexplored source of natural emulsifiers for developing functional emulsions. This study investigated the effects of high-intensity ultrasound (HIU) on the physicochemical characteristics, interfac...

Artificial intelligence (AI) is reshaping library services worldwide, yet little is known about its integration into South African academic libraries. This study analyzed AI-assisted services and emerging practices in South African university librari...

The dispersive behavior of ionic rare earth tailings restricts their potential reuse as engineering fill materials due to particle detachment and hydraulic erosion. This study investigated the effectiveness of rice straw fiber (RSF)-reinforced microb...

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Physical Unclonable Functions (PUFs) are widely adopted in wireless sensor networks (WSNs) to implement low-cost authentication strategies to allow access to network resources only for legitimate nodes. PUFs exploit process parameter variations occur...

Recent trends in the welding and joining of advanced high-strength steels (AHSSs) increasingly focus on understanding and controlling the relationships among welding process parameters, thermal history, microstructural evolution, and the resulting me...

Background/Objectives: Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS), named polyendocrine metabolic ovarian syndrome by a 2026 global consensus, combines metabolic, dermatological and psychological features. We examined which clinical, anthropometric and symptom-...

Background: Spinal gout is an uncommon manifestation of chronic hyperuricemia caused by the deposition of monosodium urate (MSU) crystals within axial skeletal structures. Although gout predominantly involves peripheral joints, axial deposition withi...

The agricultural sector is one of the largest generators of organic residues, but these materials also represent a valuable source of nutrients for soil [...]

Natural lipid-based conjugates have emerged as a strategic approach to enhance cell membrane permeability, facilitate site-specific intracellular distribution, and achieve controllable drug release. In this work, we facilely synthesized four structur...

Background: Surgical management of colorectal cancer (CRC) in elderly adults presents complex clinical challenges due to baseline multimorbidity and frailty. This study aimed to evaluate short-term surgical safety and postoperative outcomes in carefu...

Physical inactivity and hypokinesia are major contemporary challenges for health and well-being [...]

Definitive diagnosis of chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) requires postmortem neuropathology, but in vivo tau positron emission tomography (PET) is beginning to change what can be studied in living people. Tau-PET studies in former American foot...

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The Florida citrus industry has declined by >90% in two decades, driven primarily by Huanglongbing (HLB) disease transmitted by the Asian citrus psyllid (ACP). While physical barriers such as citrus under protective screen systems effectively excl...

Animal Physiology Laboratory requires students to integrate physiological knowledge, experimental procedures, animal handling, real-time signal interpretation, and post-class reflection. To address the fragmentation of conventional laboratory teachin...

This paper considers the influence of used vegetable oil (UVO) and 10W-40 waste motor oil (WMO) used as agents for restoring the physical and mechanical properties of aged BND 100/130 bitumen. The aging process was simulated in a Rolling Thin-Film Ov...