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Drug dosing during continuous renal replacement therapy (CRRT) is difficult in critically ill patients because drug exposure is influenced by both the patient and the extracorporeal treatment. This narrative review provides a practical overview of dr...

Short-horizon emergency re-optimization of airport apron ground-support operations works when its objective carries timing stability, and backfires when it does not. Using a new benchmark—89 days of Amsterdam and Chicago ADS-B ground traces inc...

Glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists (GLP-1 RAs) are increasingly used for the management of obesity and type 2 diabetes, including among patients with cancer. Although previous research has mainly focused on cancer incidence, their associations...

Initial teacher education plays a key role in preparing future teachers to integrate science and sustainability into educational practice. However, research on pre-service teachers’ attitudes toward Science Education for Sustainability has paid...

Normozoospermia, defined by semen parameters above the WHO lower reference limits, is conventionally treated as a single category. Increasing evidence suggests that this classification may encompass molecular heterogeneity. This pilot-pooled sequenci...

Rainfall-induced erosion and deformation of soil slopes remain important concerns for long-term slope stability, highlighting the need for effective surface reinforcement methods. This study experimentally investigated the mechanical and rainfall-res...

Background: Prior cohort studies have established average associations between social ties and dietary intake among aging adults, but socioeconomic status (SES) and gender differences remain unclear. This investigation of SES modification identifies...

Sorption drying removes water from seeds at ambient temperature by contact with a granular hygroscopic solid, thereby avoiding thermal stress. We studied the drying kinetics of barley (Hordeum vulgare L.) using granulated kieserite MgSO₄·H₂O a...

Prior research on compassion fatigue and burnout has suggested that understanding and developing compassion and self-compassion has positive effects on mental health. At present in Alberta, Canada, few education programs integrate information about h...

Background/Objectives: Deep endometriosis surgery may require bowel and multiorgan procedures, but reported blood loss and complications do not fully characterize postoperative hemoglobin decline, a relevant consideration for patient blood management...

The remediation of saline-alkali land is jointly influenced by stratigraphic structures, engineering interventions, and temperature fluctuations. In this study, apparent electrical conductivity (ECa) dynamics were monitored across pre-, mid-, and pos...

One-dimensional canopy radiative transfer models are widely used for leaf area index (LAI) retrieval, but their horizontally homogeneous representation can inadequately describe crown clumping, canopy gaps, woody elements, and shadowing in structural...

This study compares different methane chemical combustion mechanisms with varying levels of complexity. The mechanisms studied include the widely used and accepted global mechanism WD2 with 2 reactions, and skeletal and detailed mechanisms SG35, Z42,...

Metabolic syndrome is a cluster of cardiometabolic risk factors in which modifiable dietary factors play a substantial role. This structured narrative review summarizes evidence on biotechnological food reformulation, defined as the modification of t...

Background/Objectives: There is increasing interest in moving selected radiopharmaceutical therapy (RPT) applications toward treatment informed by patient-specific quantitative data. Patient-specific dosimetry supports this transition, but routine im...

This paper investigates several equivalent formulations of the unconditionally p-approximation property. Inspired by these formulations, we introduce a new approximation property, called the weak unconditionally p-approximation property, and develop...

From smartphones to artificial intelligence chips, nearly all modern electronics depend on lithography to drive device miniaturization. Realizing nanoscale linewidths and fabricating intricate patterns remain central challenges for lithographic techn...

Background/Objectives: Heat sensitivity in multiple sclerosis (MS) can worsen neurological symptoms and impair daily functioning and quality of life. As current cooling strategies are largely reactive, wearable technology may offer a proactive approa...

To address the high kernel breakage rate and incomplete threshing of high-moisture maize ears, a low-damage core-splitting–threshing method was proposed, and a maize-ear core-splitting device based on the internal expansion action of a splittin...

Background: Childhood obesity is associated with hypertension (HT), arterial stiffness, and increased cardiovascular risk. Urocortin 2 (UCN2), a member of the corticotropin-releasing factor family, exerts vasodilatory and cardioprotective effects; ho...

White-fruited bitter melon is a rare species of Momordica charantia L., valued for its pearl-like white pericarp. However, limited research is available regarding its supporting cultivation techniques and fruit quality. Two-season field trials were p...

We investigate transmission-mode second-order spatial differentiation in a stack of three twisted black-arsenic (b-As) conducting sheets separated by dielectric spacers. The symmetric twist provides a structural degree of freedom for controlling the...

Overuse of chemical fertilizers and pesticides, along with poor land management strategies, has turned farming practices into a significant source of soil and water contamination [...]

The discrimination of structural isomers remains a central challenge in mathematical chemistry and molecular graph theory. In this work, twenty topological polynomials are evaluated on benzenoid (polyhex) systems containing between four and seven fus...

Bacterial contamination and biofilm-associated infections require antimicrobial materials that combine effective bacterial control with tunable transport, structural stability, and acceptable safety. Zirconium-based metal–organic frameworks (Zr...

Rock fracturing at a certain depth in the subsurface is caused by the weight of overlying strata and elevated fluid pressure in confined formations. It produces tensile fractures, with fracture walls moving against fluid pressure. Given that an indiv...

Precise lithofacies identification is essential for efficient deep shale gas exploration and predictive targeting of reservoir “sweet spots.” However, deep shale reservoirs exhibit strong heterogeneity. In addition, well-log signals are i...

To support data sharing among industrial devices and information systems, blockchain provides a shared, tamper-evident ledger for recording data storage and access in the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT). However, managing heterogeneous IIoT data...

Engineering three-dimensional (3D) microstructures in sensing layers is an effective strategy for improving the performance of flexible pressure sensors. However, most technologies for constructing 3D microstructures involve complex fabrication proce...

Inspired by bio-medical applications, a new mathematical model of the equilibrium of a heterogeneous Timoshenko plate with two thin rigid inclusions connected by a hinge joint is studied. It is assumed that one inclusion is not delaminated from the p...

Background and Objectives: Evidence on the association between sleep duration and obesity phenotypes jointly considering adiposity and metabolic health is limited, particularly in adults without known chronic diseases. We aimed to examine this associ...

Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) and cardiac amyloidosis (CA) are key differential diagnoses in patients presenting with an increase in left ventricular wall thickness. Despite advances in multimodal imaging, both conditions remain underrecognized d...

The increasing integration of renewable energy and energy storage systems presents challenges for microgrid scheduling under uncertain operating conditions and multiple operational constraints. Conventional reinforcement learning methods may generate...

Generative artificial intelligence (AI) shifts educational focus from access to information toward judging machine-generated claims and regulating the division of epistemic work. This conceptual article proposes the SAM model—self-regulation (S...

With the continued development of new-type power systems and intelligent metering infrastructures, field devices such as smart meters, power information acquisition terminals, and fusion terminals have become essential components for energy metering,...

Microplastics (MPs) increasingly accumulate in agricultural soils, yet their effects on soil enzymatic activity remain heterogeneous. Here, a literature-derived dataset was analyzed using an interpretable machine learning framework. eXtreme Gradient...

This study investigated indigenous yeasts associated with the autochthonous Maceratino grape variety (central Italy) evaluating a selection of isolates for their oenological potential and subsequent sequential fermentation trials. A total of 163 yeas...

Electrodeposited nickel-based composite coatings are widely used for corrosion protection and wear resistance in engineering applications. Here, Ni–Ti₃C₂T_x composite coatings were fabricated from a Watts-type electrolyte containing a stable col...

Genomic prediction models in pig breeding should forecast the performance of future selection candidates, yet random cross-validation does not accurately reflect this sequential setting. Here, we introduce an enhanced genomic transformer (EGT) that c...

A closed-loop CO₂-aeration system, with integrated pH feedback, multiparameter sensing, water circulation, RS485 communication, stainless-steel gas-path valves, and fluorinated vessel interiors, was developed for controlled trace-metal size-fractiona...

Secondary control plays a crucial role in ensuring stable and efficient operation of microgrids, but it is also equally vulnerable to false data injection (FDI) attacks. This paper proposes a neural network-driven adaptive predictive compensation (AP...

Hardware reliability priorities may depend on the decision time scale, which a single importance ranking may obscure. A solar-powered unmanned aircraft system (UAS-A) for field-information support is assessed using a 21-event static fault tree, 17 mi...

As a central developmental phenomenon, seed germination is highly vulnerable to abiotic stresses, which strongly influence subsequent plant development and ultimately determine crop establishment and yield. An improved understanding of seed germinati...

Background: The physiological differences between deep dry needling (DDN) and superficial dry needling (SDN) for myofascial trigger points (MTrPs) remain unclear. This randomized clinical trial compared the impact of DDN and SDN on ultrasonographic,...

Background/Objectives: This study aimed to determine the awareness levels of individuals presenting to an orthodontic clinic regarding their orthodontic treatment needs and to identify the various factors contributing to the development of this aware...

Background: Data on outcomes of follicular lymphoma grade 3B (FL gr.3B) and composite lymphoma (FL/large B-cell lymphoma (B-LCL)) are scarce and the effect of obinutuzumab is unknown. Patients and methods: We analyzed outcomes of patients with FL gr....

This study examines heterogeneous energy consumption in Liaoning Province under China’s dual-carbon goals, which operationalize the energy-related Sustainable Development Goals (SDG 7 and SDG 13), extending the sample to 1985–2024. Kernel...

Coeliac disease (CeD) is the most frequent chronic enteropathy, in which intestinal lesions are caused by a dysregulated immune response to gluten proteins. We aimed to investigate whether extracellular vesicles (EVs) from mesenchymal stem cells (MSC...

Rho-associated protein kinase (ROCK) inhibitors reduce cytoskeletal tension in trabecular meshwork (TM) cells, but the mechanisms linking this acute response to sustained extracellular matrix remodelling remain incompletely understood. In this study,...

Weak-layer failure plays an important role in layered snow-slab instability, but how loading-angle-induced changes in the balance between normal and shear loading affect damage evolution and failure behavior remains insufficiently understood. Informe...