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The relationship between systemic inflammation and thyroid nodule size has received less attention than its role in malignancy. This retrospective study evaluated the associations of the neutrophil-to-lymphocyte (NLR), platelet-to-lymphocyte (PLR), l...

Rainfall-based models are widely used to support territorial landslide early warning systems, in which the occurrence of one or more landslides is assessed over predefined warning areas rather than at individual, known slopes. Their development, howe...

Background/Objectives: Narcolepsy type 1 (NT1) results from loss of hypothalamic orexin neurons. Selective orexin-2 receptor (OX2R) agonists now permit direct receptor-level restoration of deficient signaling, but recent broad reviews do not fully in...

Background/Objectives: Keratinocyte carcinoma (KC) treatment is guided primarily by tumor characteristics, but sociodemographic factors may also influence care. We examined associations of age, sex, marital status, and educational level with treatmen...

Public health messaging inconsistency (PHMI), meaning contradictory, mixed, or rapidly changing health information, can foster confusion and erode trust, yet little is known about college students’ perspectives on and experiences with PHMI. Thi...

Long-term continuous cropping of Ophiopogon japonicus leads to continuous cropping problems, and this practice threatens the long-term viability of O. japonicus production. Currently, the intrinsic relationship between the deterioration of soil physi...

The effect of nitrogen (N) (0, 75, 150, 225 and 300 kg N ha⁻¹, N0-N4) on the yield, photosynthetic properties and nitrogen-use efficiency of forage oat (Avena sativa L.) was studied in the Horqin Sandy Land in northern China. Mantel tests and c...

Post-consumer polypropylene (PP) waste is a growing environmental liability in developing economies with limited recycling infrastructure. This study presents an integrated kinetic-to-reactor approach for the catalytic pyrolysis of three compositiona...

This study aimed to estimate the prevalence of positive screening for common mental disorders (CMD) and identify associated factors among workers at Government-supported Popular Restaurants in Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil. This cross-sectiona...

Magnesium salts such as gluconate, citrate, and sulfate exhibit free radical scavenging and deactivation activity. This was studied using the galvinoxyl radical and DPPH (2,2-diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl) assays, which are rapid spectrophotometric metho...

The journal retracts the article titled “Dexras1 Induces Dysdifferentiation of Oligodendrocytes and Myelin Injury by Inhibiting the cAMP-CREB Pathway after Subarachnoid Hemorrhage” [...]

Objective: This study aimed to assess the prevalence and technical quality of nonsurgical root canal retreatment procedures performed by undergraduate dental students in a university clinical setting. Methods: A retrospective study was conducted on e...

Sorption-based atmospheric water harvesting (SAWH) performance depends on the integration of heat and mass transfer, condensation, and cycle operation, yet improvements in individual components do not necessarily translate into higher net water produ...

Alzheimer’s disease has recently been redefined as a complex clinical–biological entity by the International Working Group (IWG), and while the cognitive symptoms associated with the disease progression have been thoroughly investigated,...

Thraustochytrids attract biotechnological interest because of their ability to synthesize carotenoids and lipids rich in long-chain omega-3 poly-unsaturated fatty acids: specifically, eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) and docosahexaenoic acid (DHA). These...

Higher education institutions are undergoing rapid digital transformation. This transformation affects teaching, learning, research, and governance. As digital technologies reshape academic environments, digital academic leadership has become increas...

This study evaluated the effects of protected and non-protected black soldier fly larvae oil (BSFLO), palm oil (PO), and rice bran oil (RBO) on ruminal fermentation characteristics and nutrient digestibility using an in vitro gas production technique...

Absenteeism-related workforce uncertainty complicates logistics scheduling. This study evaluates a leakage-aware predictive–prescriptive proof of concept, using 740 observations from 36 workers in the Brazilian UCI Absenteeism at Work dataset....

Porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome (PRRS), caused by PRRSV, remains a major threat to the global swine industry, and current control relies mainly on vaccination. GP5a, encoded by ORF5a, is a newly identified non-glycosylated envelope stru...

Impact-Echo (IE) testing is a promising nondestructive evaluation technique for concrete structures, but interpreting its frequency response in cylindrical bridge piers remains challenging because structural geometry, propagation paths, and internal...

When large language models participate in scientific inquiry, the wording of a request helps shape the knowledge claims presented for appraisal. This conceptual article examines the interpretive demands that follow. Technical improvements cannot remo...

Background/Objectives: Early diagnosis and therapy stratification represent central factors in the management of critically ill patients, today often assisted by clinical scores, which also include laboratory testing results. The aim of this study wa...

Based on Social Cognitive Theory, this study examines the relationship between generative artificial intelligence competence and entrepreneurial intention, with entrepreneurial self-efficacy and opportunity recognition as mediators. Despite growing i...

Advances in genomics and proteomics have greatly expanded our understanding of plant biology by providing comprehensive insights into the molecular mechanisms underlying growth, development, and adaptation to environmental challenges [...]

Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) and unmanned surface vehicles (USVs) provide complementary maritime observations, but heterogeneous viewpoints, duplicate detections, and intermittent visibility complicate cooperative object tracking. This paper prese...

Background and Objectives Sleep disorders (SDs) negatively affect psychophysical well-being and quality of life and may be associated with temporomandibular disorders (TMDs), which involve pain, limited mandibular mobility, and joint sounds. However,...

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Background/Objectives: Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a chronic, progressive neurological disease with profound effects on physical functionality, psychosocial adaptation, and quality of life. This study aims to examine the perceptions, experiences, and...

Soil salinity substantially modulates soil nitrogen (N) transformation processes, yet how soil texture mediates the salinity-induced changes in soil nitrogen transformation remains poorly quantified. To evaluate the interactive effects of soil identi...

The digital transformation of tourism and hospitality businesses has been studied mainly as a matter of business models, platforms, and technology adoption, while the cognitive and organizational-learning processes that determine whether the workforc...

Background/Objectives: The present study aimed to compare the improvement in lower-extremities local muscular endurance following moderate-intensity resistance exercise performed either as two sets to momentary failure or as four repetition-matched n...

The 2023 amendments to IAS 7 and IFRS 7 require buyers to disclose the liabilities covered by supplier finance arrangements, the part already paid to suppliers by finance providers, and payment-term ranges. Taking the disclosure objective of IAS 7.44...

Eye-tracking corpora integrate authentic linguistic materials from natural reading contexts with eye-movement data. They provide a new methodological paradigm for investigating cognitive processing during reading with relatively high ecological valid...

Antioxidant active packaging delays lipid oxidation by transferring a bioactive compound from the polymer to the food, so the rate of that transfer is the property that matters. Poly(vinyl alcohol) (PVA) is a biodegradable, non-toxic film-former, but...

The recent expansion of conversational artificial intelligence has driven the integration of intelligent chatbots into various digital spaces, progressively transforming how people interact with technology-based services and platforms, particularly w...

Developing countries face mounting pressure to undertake environmental transformation. At the same time, technological, financial, and institutional constraints complicate policy design, leading many governments to experiment with demonstration-based...

Background: As part of the National Health Service England new chest pain pathway implementation project, we tested the impact of an artificial intelligence (AI)-based, CariHeart risk score-based new pathway (NP) compared with the current pathway (CP...

We have developed a scaling law from both theoretical and numerical perspectives to evaluate the far-field encircled radius of a truncated Gaussian beam propagating through atmospheric turbulence. First, a convolution-based approach is proposed to de...

We report the first fossil record of the family Cracidae in Uruguay from the Sopas Formation of the Late Pleistocene (Paso del Buey Negro locality, Arapey Chico River, Salto Department). The ulnar morphology of the genus Penelope does not allow defin...

The intermetallic compound YNi₃ was synthesized using high-temperature electrochemical synthesis from a NaCl-KCl fluoride–chloride melt (50–50 mol%) at 973 K. Working electrodes were pressed from YNi₃ powder (90%) with phenol–formal...

Understanding long-term land-use change is essential for interpreting Mediterranean cultural landscapes. This study reconstructs the landscape and agroecosystem dynamics of the former royal estate of Monteagudo-Cabezo de Torres (Murcia, SE Spain) fro...

Mobile payments in Latin America have grown rapidly, but gender gaps in their adoption persist and are not fully understood. This study examines how gender moderates the determinants of intention to accept mobile payments in Peru and Ecuador, using a...

Shear-capacity predictions for beams with fiber-reinforced polymer (FRP) longitudinal bars and stirrups can be biased, while data-driven corrections can introduce inconsistent parameter responses. Using 106 published tests, six design methods were ev...

To investigate fire-induced smoke transport in continuous inclined evacuation passages of deep-buried metro stations, a 1:15 reduced-scale model was constructed according to the Froude similarity criterion. Experiments were conducted using nominal fi...

The xyloglucan endotransglucosylase/hydrolase (XTH) gene family plays key roles in plant cell wall remodeling and aluminum (Al) stress responses. However, a systematic genome-wide identification and functional characterization of the XTH gene family...

Performance above aspirations can support favorable stakeholder evaluations, but it may also create pressure to sustain them. Drawing on temporal comparison theory and social comparison theory, this study examines how performance above historical and...

Coagulation factor VIII (FVIII) is a key therapeutic protein for hemophilia A, an inherited bleeding disorder caused by FVIII deficiency or dysfunction. The development and production of FVIII-based therapeutics remains challenging due to the intrins...

Drought affects meteorological forcing, root-zone water availability and land-surface functioning at different spatial and temporal supports. We evaluated Uruguay’s 2020–2023 drought using an observational 2016–2024 panel of 1423 SM...

Finite-resolution phase-only antenna synthesis is a constrained, multimodal combinatorial search problem in which small changes in digital phase codes can substantially alter interference suppression. This study applies the Enhanced Rüppell&rsqu...

Background: An increasing number of patients and consumers using health-related products are affected by lactose intolerance or follow vegan diets. These individuals seek pharmaceutical products, nutraceuticals, and dietary supplements that are free...