19 October 2026
Similarly well-formed welds can differ markedly in service performance, yet the metallurgical origin of this difference has rarely been quantified. Bead-on-plate welds were prepared on AA6061 with an ER4047 filler by pulsed gas metal arc welding (P-G...
19 October 2026
Background: Furcation involvement (FI) represents one of the most challenging conditions in periodontal therapy due to the anatomic complexity of multi-rooted teeth and the progressive interradicular attachment loss that compromises long-term tooth s...
Occlusion disrupts visual tracking of unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) targets and makes their reappearance difficult to predict. We propose Forward-Seed to extract the foreground occluder boundary associated with a tracked target. The method combines t...
Frosty pod rot (FPR), caused by Moniliophthora roreri, severely constrains cacao production in the Neotropics, yet evidence supporting molecular breeding for resistance remains fragmented and is often conflated with findings from witches’ broom...
Straw return is an important practice for replenishing soil organic matter (SOM) and recycling agricultural residues. This review synthesizes straw decomposition characteristics, drivers, and agroecological effects across China’s four major gra...
Forest carbon projects have become increasingly relevant for climate mitigation, yet integrated evidence regarding their territorial distribution, governance arrangements, carbon-market performance, and environmental integrity remains limited in Peru...
Visible corrosion on coated steel bridge surfaces is manifested through irregular changes in color, texture, apparent roughness, and boundary morphology. RGB inspection images can record these surface appearance features, but they do not directly mea...
Chitin, mainly derived from marine organisms, is the second-most abundant natural polysaccharide. Notably, marine sponge-derived chitin has recently emerged as a highly promising resource due to its unique naturally pre-organized three-dimensional na...
Distributed antenna layouts optimized for nominal demand may deteriorate under changing hotspots and correlated shadowing. We present SA-MOBO-DAS, a scenario-aware multi-objective Bayesian optimization framework for placing four shared LTE/5G remote...
Gas-lift operation in weakly consolidated sandstone can increase drawdown and aggravate sand-related completion impairment, while sparse surveillance often prevents mechanism attribution. This study develops an evidence-graded, field-constrained work...
Background/Objectives: The optimal cervical carotid strategy during thrombectomy for anterior-circulation tandem occlusion remains uncertain. We compared emergent carotid stenting, balloon angioplasty alone, and no targeted acute cervical revasculari...
Background: Subtotal colectomy (STC) with end ileostomy (EI) is usually the first surgical stage for patients with ulcerative colitis (UC) who fail medical treatment, most often with biological agents. Is there a difference in surgical outcome after...
Accurate forecasting of bridge settlement is important for structural health monitoring and maintenance decision-making, particularly when monitoring responses exhibit nonlinear and non-stationary characteristics. This study proposes a hybrid forecas...
Aberrant DNA methylation in peripheral blood has been proposed as a marker of breast cancer (BC) susceptibility. To determine whether BRCA1 promoter methylation reflects a broader constitutional methylation state, we performed genome-wide DNA methyla...
The interface between asphalt and aggregate acts as a key link in load transfer and damage development; its shear mechanical behaviour has a decisive influence on the fatigue cracking and durability of bituminous pavements. In this study, SBS-modifie...
Gluten proteins are widely used in the food processing industry, but their low purity, poor water solubility, and limited thermal stability restrict broader applications. Ultrasound is a non-thermal physical technique that can modify protein function...
Population-based lung cancer screening with low-dose computed tomography (LDCT) is expanding across Europe, including a publicly funded Polish programme starting in October 2026. Because screening-eligible individuals share substantial tobacco-relate...
In sixth-generation (6G) space–air–ground integrated networks, risk-neutral reinforcement-learning-based routing methods for low Earth orbit (LEO) satellite networks remain susceptible to severe tail latency. To address this issue, this p...
Precipitation may condition the relationship between urban vegetation and air quality across contrasting climates. Using a balanced panel of 14 cities in China’s Pearl River Delta and Hexi Corridor from 2015 to 2023, we examined associations be...
Quadruped robots are increasingly used for industrial inspection because they can traverse stairs, clutter, and uneven terrain built for people. This paper presents a Systematic Literature Review (SLR), following the Preferred Reporting Items for Sys...
Background: Genotype-resolved data on human papillomavirus (HPV) are almost absent for Venezuelan indigenous women. Methods: We studied 260 women from La Guajira (Wayuu, n = 94), Maniapure (Eñepa, n = 141), and Delta Amacuro (Warao, n = 25), p...
This study examines the relationship between economic growth and the Load Capacity Factor (LCF) in 37 OECD countries from 2005 to 2023 within the Load Capacity Curve (LCC) framework, focusing on the threshold role of water use efficiency (WUE) and th...
Human–wildlife interactions can threaten rural livelihoods and complicate wildlife conservation in agricultural landscapes. We combined community surveys and camera-trap monitoring as complementary sources of information to assess human–A...
Background: The skin is a crucial barrier between the body and the external environment; however, its natural healing ability may be compromised in deep injuries. This study aimed to explore the topical therapeutic effects of phonophoresis of 4-amino...
High-performance perception systems for autonomous vehicles (AVs) commonly use LiDAR, RADAR, and multiple cameras. These sensors provide useful information, but their cost and computational requirements can be difficult to justify for small prototype...
Background/Objectives: Lung cancer remains a leading cause of global cancer-related mortality, necessitating the development of new therapeutic candidates. In this study, we aimed to design, synthesize, and biologically evaluate novel adenine-based h...
Disruption of the wound microenvironment by bacterial infection and excessive inflammation severely delays tissue repair, making multifunctional hydrogels that combine infection control and immune regulation highly desirable. Building on our previous...
N-methyl-2-pyrrolidone (NMP) is a widely used industrial solvent that can enter industrial wastewater, creating a need for efficient and low-cost treatment methods. In this study, biochar prepared from waste Procambarus clarkii shells was used as an...
The trade-off between accuracy and computational efficiency of dynamic response analysis methods for structures with non-proportional damping is an important topic in engineering research. In this paper, a two-degree-of-freedom seismically isolated s...
Studies of corrective congestion management, including solver benchmarking, operator training, security assessment and data-driven control, require a collection of operating points in which one or more branches are overloaded. Such cases are scarce i...
Background: The inflammation of the mammary gland, known as bovine mastitis, is a major challenge for the dairy cattle industry globally. The main organisms responsible for mastitis are bacteria, classified as either contagious, such as Staphylococcu...
Background/Objectives: Induction chemotherapy offers limited survival benefit before definitive concurrent chemoradiotherapy in locally advanced esophageal squamous cell carcinoma. We compared induction chemoimmunotherapy followed by concurrent chemo...
Background: Gallstone ileus is an uncommon cause of mechanical intestinal obstruction that predominantly affects older adults. It results from migration of a gallstone through a biliary–enteric fistula, most commonly a cholecystoduodenal fistul...
Background/Objectives: Regulatory rheumatoid factor (regRF) is a recently discovered population of natural anti-idiotypic antibodies carrying a shared paratope specific to the PD-1 molecule. Normally, regRF exerts a cytotoxic effect on PD-1-expressin...
In 2005, the known insect fauna of the United Arab Emirates comprised approximately 800 species. Through the Invertebrate Inventory Project, initiated by the Environment Agency–Abu Dhabi (EAD), a comprehensive inventory of insect diversity with...
This review summarizes carrageenan (CGN)-induced immune inflammation and thrombosis, route-dependent effects, and studies conducted in animal models, distinguishing experimental conditions from human dietary exposure. PubMed, Web of Science, and CNKI...
This article examines Ursula K. Le Guin’s Lavinia (2008) through a tripartite framework drawn from classical Daoist cosmology, particularly the relational dynamics of Dao, Yin-Yang, and Qi. Moving beyond binary interpretations of gender, agency...
Renal cancer is a fatal disease and ranks among the 14 common cancers in the latest WHO ranking. Background/Objectives Renal cell carcinoma (RCC) prediction not only diagnoses the disease at early stages but also prevents patients from suffering pain...
The corrosion behavior of 316L stainless steel joints brazed with three commercial nickel-based filler metals (Ni-7Cr-2.8B-4.5Si, Ni-14.3Cr-3.5B, and Ni-18.5Cr-9.8Si) was comparatively investigated. The B-containing joints form dispersed CrB-type bor...
This study investigated association of three hTERT promoter polymorphisms (rs2735940, rs7712562, rs2853669) with leukocyte relative telomere length (RTL) and clinical characteristics, in patients with type 1 (T1DM) and type 2 (T2DM) diabetes. Covaria...
Pancreatic cancer (PC) is among the most lethal malignancies with slower progress in overall survival and treatment options compared to other cancers. The 2025 Canadian National Pancreas Conference (NPC)—the third biennial event of its kind&mda...
Reliable completion-stage design in heterogeneous shale oil reservoirs requires integration of geological and mechanical information along horizontal wells, where continuous core coverage is often limited. Cuttings characterization and digital rock a...
Visceral hypersensitivity (VH) is a hallmark of irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), establishing a reliable VH model is vital for investigating the disorder. While the impact of chronic stress on bile acid (BA) metabolism remains unclear. The exploratory...
Artificial Intelligence (AI)-enabled systems are now increasingly deployed across safety-critical, mission-critical, and socio-technical domains. Existing engineering disciplines offer mature approaches to human and software assurance; however, AI-en...
Periprosthetic femoral fracture (PFF) is an increasingly recognized complication following cemented total hip arthroplasty (THA); it is associated with substantial morbidity and mortality and often occurring several years after implantation. Although...
Albanian olive genetic resources remain under-characterised despite their potential for differentiated oil production. We evaluated 11 authenticated cultivars conserved in the Vlorë germplasm collection under common field, maturity and standardi...
Existing nanoindentation methods for residual-stress evaluation often require a stress-free reference and inadequately account for constitutive differences. This study proposes a reference-free model based on elastic unloading work. A two-dimensional...
Endometriosis (EMs) is a common chronic gynecological disorder characterized by the ectopic implantation and growth of endometrial-like tissue. The abnormal survival of ectopic endometrial cells, including their reduced susceptibility to apoptosis, p...
As a fundamental component of the Earth’s climate system, snow cover critically mediates surface radiative forcing, terrestrial water storage, and large-scale atmospheric momentum exchange. Its long-term trends are a direct fingerprint of globa...
Differentiated tax regimes assume that a class of firms can be identified in advance and that membership predicts the constraint the policy is meant to relieve. This paper examines that premise using the accounting effective tax rate, defined as inco...
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