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Background: White Portland cement (PC) is compositionally related to mineral trioxide aggregate (MTA) and provides an experimental platform for evaluating targeted modification of calcium silicate materials. This study investigated the effects of gra...

Pearl mussel (Hyriopsis cumingii) meat is an underutilized byproduct. In this study, the effects of ultrasonic pretreatment (0–600 W) and protease type (flavorzyme, alcalase, bromelain, and trypsin) on the physicochemical, bioactivity, and func...

Syndromic testing, defined as the simultaneous nucleic acid amplification-based detection of multiple potential pathogens and antimicrobial resistance (AMR) determinants directly from clinical specimens, has transformed laboratory diagnosis of infect...

Developmental Language Disorder (DLD) and developmental dyslexia are among the most prevalent neurodevelopmental disorders affecting children’s language, literacy, academic achievement, and social participation. Although traditionally conceptua...

Food insecurity persists globally despite growing public investment—a pattern that points to the potential role of governance and accountability mechanisms in shaping how resources are managed and allocated. While supreme audit institutions (SA...

Algae and aquatic macrophytes are increasingly recognized as valuable bioresources with applications in environmental monitoring and sustainable agriculture. The present study investigates algae collected from Romanian and Bulgarian coastal areas (St...

Background/Objectives: Patient portals and patient-facing information technologies are now routine channels for healthcare delivery, but healthcare organizations need practical ways to monitor whether these channels are equitably accessible and used....

The quality of welded joints is critical to the safety, reliability, and durability of engineering structures in manufacturing, energy, transportation, and shipbuilding. Advances in non-destructive testing (NDT) have enabled the collection of large d...

Background/Objectives: Hemodialysis requires sustained patient participation in demanding treatment and self-management routines. Spiritual well-being may be a patient-centered psychosocial resource relevant to adherence and self-management, but its...

Textual accounts establish essential context for port disruptions but can bias large language model synthesis before independent observations are examined. We present Port Agent, a remote-sensing agent that aligns Automatic Identification System (AIS...

Nautical area scattering coefficient (NASC) data from small coastal acoustic surveys are strongly zero-inflated and spatially autocorrelated. We analysed 3324 integration intervals from 19 surveys in Jinhae Bay, Korea: May–September 2023 and Ma...

This study aimed to evaluate the effects of different average daily gains (ADGs) in dairy heifers during gestation on the subsequent performance of their female calves. Sixteen 3/4 Holstein × 1/4 Gyr female calves, originating from two maternal...

Fruits of Eugenia uniflora L. are rich in phenolic compounds and flavonoids, highlighting their potential as a source of bioactive compounds for nutraceutical development; however, extraction conditions can substantially influence the chemical compos...

Aim: This study aimed to examine the relationship between lower urinary tract symptoms and sexual function among pregnant women and to evaluate variations in these outcomes according to demographic, obstetric, and sexual characteristics. Methods: Thi...

The development of online investor–firm interaction platforms has transformed listed firms from relatively closed organizations into digital open systems, enabling continuous information exchange with external stakeholders through these online...

Background: The purpose of this study is to develop a valid and reliable measurement tool to assess sleep quality and sleep perceptions in the context of exercise among adults who engage in regular exercise. Methods: In line with this aim, the Exerci...

This study aimed to explore the effects of different host tea cultivars on population fitness, as well as the abundance and diversity of gut bacteria of Ectropis grisescens Warren. The feeding preference, survival rate, body length and body weight of...

Reliable characterization of dependent wind–wave extremes is essential for offshore wind engineering in monsoon- and tropical-cyclone-affected seas. Using a 2002–2020 COAWST hindcast for an offshore site in the northern South China Sea, w...

Salt-marsh vegetation is jointly influenced by episodic hydrological exposure and the hydrogeomorphic setting in which inundation occurs, yet their roles may differ across temporal and spatial scales. Here, we examined these scale-dependent associati...

Background/Objectives: Sports medicine systems require evidence-informed prioritization of medical, rehabilitation, preventive, and organizational interventions. This study aimed to assess and rank stakeholders’ perceived importance of proposed...

Lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) are considered a pivotal enabling technology for the advancement of transportation electrification, the development of stationary energy storage systems, and the integration of renewable energy sources. Despite continuous...

Background/Objectives: Cesarean delivery is essential when clinically indicated, but socioeconomic differences in utilization may reflect differences in access, care pathways, preferences, provider practice, or facility characteristics. This study es...

Patescibacteria, also known as the Candidate Phyla Radiation (CPR), are among the most diverse yet functionally reduced bacterial lineages whose diversity in agricultural soils remains poorly characterized. We applied single-cell genomics to bulk soi...

The global prison population has expanded over recent decades, straining correctional systems and positioning detention facilities as critical, yet frequently overlooked, sites of health inequity. With an estimated 11.5 million people currently incar...

Infrastructure organisations must reduce carbon emissions, improve resource efficiency, and maintain service performance across large ageing asset portfolios. However, circular-economy interventions in infrastructure are often organised around indivi...

Uncertainty may affect the effectiveness and feasibility of berthing trajectory planning for unmanned surface vessels. To enhance the disturbance-rejection capability and robustness of unmanned surface vessel berthing trajectory planning under uncert...

Forward ownership allows upstream suppliers to internalize part of downstream profit, but its implications for strategic trade policy under competition between independent supply chains remain unclear. This paper develops a three-stage third-market m...

This study examined whether direct pre-ozonation changes inhibition-zone diameters and selected chemical properties of endodontic irrigants. Sodium hypochlorite (NaOCl; 5.25%), chlorhexidine digluconate (CHX; 2%), ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid (EDT...

Follicular lymphoma (FL) is an indolent B-cell malignancy typically associated with favourable outcomes and prolonged survival. However, histological transformation (HT) occurs in a subset of patients and significantly worsens survival outcomes, mark...

Background: Programmed cell death protein 1 (PD-1) inhibitor-based immunochemotherapy is a standard treatment for advanced esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC), but accessible blood-based biomarkers associated with both treatment efficacy and th...

This study examines how the Galápagos Islands can better meet the needs of the rapidly expanding senior travel market. Using a sequential exploratory mixed-method design, the study combined qualitative input from senior tourists and tourism co...

The PI3K plays a crucial role in cancer progression, and the development of PI3K inhibitors has always been a hot research direction in oncology. Through virtual screening and docking, potential lead compounds were identified. ADMET prediction reveal...

Aging populations worldwide face increasing burdens from physiological deterioration. Bioactive peptides derived from milk proteins have attracted interest for their biological activities, yet systematic evidence against aging remains limited. Here,...

Segmental bone loss after fracture-related infection (FRI) may require biological reconstruction, endoprosthetic replacement, or amputation. This narrative review examines antimicrobial management, surgical selection, and outcomes of megaprosthetic r...

Automated micromanipulation enables precise, repeatable interaction with single cells and subcellular structures. This review examines four platform archetypes defined by their dominant interaction mechanism: field-mediated optical tweezers, flow-med...

Connection of a storage installation to the distribution system can result in a reduction in power line losses. However, the effect of the operation of an identical energy storage within different system nodes will be varied. This is particularly not...

Hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection remains a major global public health burden, primarily due to the persistence of covalently closed circular DNA (cccDNA) in infected hepatocytes. Toll-like receptor 3 (TLR3) has been suggested to be a promising thera...

Conventional lime mortars are commonly described as composite systems based on the functional separation between binder and aggregate. However, some historical mortars show microstructural features suggesting that both functions may derive from a sin...

Background: Pregnancy and the postpartum period are unique stages in a woman’s life, characterised by profound physiological, psychological, and social changes that require continuous adaptation. During these periods, women frequently seek reli...

The growing interest in point-supported cross-laminated timber (CLT) floor systems and the desire for open space designs led to the development of on-site adhesive solutions such as the TS3™ system, which joins panels along their minor-axis dir...

A primary goal of criminally prosecuting corporations that violate federal environmental laws is to promote specific deterrence. The idea is that once a company is successfully prosecuted it should be deterred from committing a new environmental law...

High organic pollutant load and salinity pose major challenges for the biological treatment of industrial wastewater. This study evaluated an air-cathode microbial fuel cell (AC-MFC) inoculated with halophilic microorganisms for the simultaneous trea...

Silica nanoparticles treated with the hydrophilic triblock copolymer Pluronic F-127 were used to stabilize Pickering emulsions in water/eucalyptol mixtures. The particle–polymer dispersions were employed without removal of unadsorbed polymer, s...

Meat adulteration, particularly the substitution of duck with chicken, threatens food authenticity, consumer trust, and regulatory compliance. However, converting DNA copy number measurements into meat mass fractions remains challenging. This study d...

This study investigated relationships between low-income children’s food insecurity and five factors: social disorganization, social structural factors, social relationships, health/mental health, and access to services. A sample of 12,215 low-...

A generalized $(3+1)$-dimensional Hirota-type nonlinear wave equation is investigated by combining Lie point symmetry analysis, invariant reductions, exact traveling-wave construction, and the direct multiplier method. A potential formulation is introd...

Coordinated maintenance at dry bulk terminals requires balancing maintenance execution with the stability of available operating capacity. This study formulates a bi-objective scheduling model that maximizes maintenance-duration workload and minimize...

Automated system architecture generation is a key task in Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE), where requirement and functional models need to be transformed into a physical architecture composed of selected components and port-level connections....

Owing to high surface inertness and insufficient active sites, traditional carbons cannot anchor and disperse metal species evenly, restricting catalytic activity. Via polymer precursor design, the components, functional groups and pore architecture...

Instance Image Navigation (IIN), an embodied navigation task, requires an agent to autonomously explore unknown environments and navigate to the vicinity of a target object indicated by an image. The core challenges are efficient semantic exploration...