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The transition towards a circular economy has significantly increased the use of recycled construction materials, including products intended for interior applications. While the environmental benefits of material recycling are well recognised, consi...

Agricultural compression-ignition engines require decarbonization strategies that can reduce fossil-diesel demand without replacing robust power units already operating in the field. This study experimentally evaluates an autonomous hydrous-ethanol p...

Conventional indicators such as out-of-pocket expenditure (OOP), catastrophic health expenditure (CHE), and impoverishing health expenditure (IHE) capture important dimensions of financial hardship but do not fully represent the structural conditions...

Generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) has increased in popularity in recent years, providing enhanced experiences to users and advancing many fields [...]

Protecting-group-free glycosylation reduces the steps needed to convert native sugars into glycosides, but selectivity and product isolation remain major limits. This review examines methods published mainly from 2024 to August 2026. It compares dono...

Accurate prediction of anchorage support parameters is important for the design of underground caverns. However, the limited availability of engineering cases makes it difficult to establish reliable data-driven prediction models. In this study, a ne...

High-frequency transient events in power systems are becoming increasingly significant due to lightning impulses, growing penetration of renewable energy sources, high-voltage direct current (HVDC) transmission systems, and power-electronic-interface...

Objective: To explore the incremental prognostic information of fetal Doppler measurements beyond maternal and fetal biometric characteristics for adverse perinatal outcomes in pregnancies with suspected fetal smallness. Methods: This retrospective c...

Allergic contact dermatitis (ACD) is a prevalent condition traditionally diagnosed using standardized patch testing, a method limited by subjective visual skin evaluation and delayed skin reaction manifestations. This study introduces a novel “...

The article examines progress in the system integration of renewable energy sources in China over the period 2020–2026, focusing on the challenge of integrating rapidly expanding renewable energy capacity into the power system. The study adopts...

Ice cream, a favorite among consumers of all ages, is a dairy product highly suitable for experimenting with new formulations to meet nutritional and health demands, and for enriching its nutritional profile with microalgae. In this context, in the p...

Listeria monocytogenes causes listeriosis, a relatively rare but severe disease associated with high mortality rates, particularly among in high-risk populations. To reduce its presence in food production environments and increase the microbiological...

Obesity in the 21st century has become a global epidemic owing to its heterogeneous aetiology and clinical presentation, as well as the development of associated comorbidities such as cardiovascular disease, type2 diabetes, hypertension, dyslipidaemi...

Vegetation-induced temporal decorrelation limits the reliability of time-series InSAR measurements over densely vegetated areas. Existing empirical models generally use NDVI from a single acquisition and therefore cannot represent vegetation changes...

Reliable visual sensing is important for UAV-assisted monitoring of live-line power operations, where workers, personal protective equipment (PPE), temporary insulation, and electrical structures appear under large-scale variation, occlusion, and bac...

Background: Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) and acute cerebral infarction (ACI) are globally prevalent diseases that impose substantial public health burdens. While gut microbiota (GM) is increasingly recognized to regulate metabolic and immune homeo...

Salmonella infection of chickens can cause persistent intestinal inflammation, intestinal microbiota disorder, and growth obstruction, which is an important bacterial disease causing significant economic losses in poultry farming. Phages, as an alter...

Objectives: This umbrella review synthesized and critically evaluated evidence from systematic reviews examining the effectiveness of Robot-Assisted Therapy (RAT) and Computerized Training (CT) for individuals with dementia and Mild Cognitive Impairm...

For robotic ultrasound targeting developmental dysplasia of the hip (DDH), reconstructed infant body-surface meshes should preserve the target surface while excluding bed, support, and background geometry. This study proposes a structured vision&ndas...

Background/Objectives: OFF episodes in Parkinson’s disease (PD) include motor and non-motor manifestations, but their resolution after on-demand therapy may not be synchronous. We examined within-patient temporal dynamics of motor and non-motor...

Chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) is a progressive tauopathy associated with repetitive head impacts (RHIs) and is currently confirmed only at autopsy. The absence of a validated antemortem diagnostic limits individual risk assessment, clinical...

Background: High-load resistance training is the primary intervention to counteract sarcopenia; however, it may be contraindicated or poorly tolerated in some older adults. Low-load resistance training with blood flow restriction (LL-BFR) has been pr...

Nitrate, as a core component of water pollution, poses a severe threat to the ecological environment and human health. Electrochemical ammonia synthesis via nitrate reduction (NO₃RR) is a highly promising sustainable technology, yet the simultaneous...

Background/Objectives: To analyse trends in online information-seeking behaviour for five major cancers in Hungary, compare them with global trends, and assess changes during the COVID-19 pandemic, cancer-related awareness campaigns, and major cancer...

Background: Patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) are important after hip fracture but can impose respondent burden. A simple global measure may provide complementary information about a patient’s overall perception of hip normality. The No...

Korea’s steel structure fabrication plant certification system requires applicants to submit a self-assessment form before certification assessment. This study evaluated the screening effectiveness of this mandatory self-assessment and its pote...

Artificial intelligence is widely used in network intrusion detection, but evidence regarding operational architecture remains fragmented across model families, fusion patterns, deployment environments, and evaluation practices. We conducted a PRISMA...

Pleuropulmonary blastoma (PPB) is a rare, paediatric, mesenchymal, pulmonary neoplasm that can be highly aggressive. To date, there are only two reports of PPB in animals. We describe the finding of pulmonary neoplasms with PPB-like features in two u...

Introduction: Surgical treatment for partial-thickness rotator cuff tendon (RCT) tears often involves open or arthroscopic conversion to a full-thickness tear. A novel method has been developed that utilizes sutureless bone-to-tendon fixation using a...

Background: Surface modification may influence tissue–implant interactions. This exploratory study compared the biomechanical, coating-integrity, and histological responses associated with uncoated titanium and carbon- or niobium-containing sur...

Background/Objectives: Breast cancer (BC), particularly aggressive subtypes such as triple-negative TNBC, remains a significant clinical challenge due to treatment resistance and therapeutic toxicity. This study evaluated the antitumor potential, ant...

Automated recognition of worker posture–structure relationships at scaffold platform edges is constrained by the scarcity of unsafe work-state images and bias associated with imaging conditions. We re-audited a single public dataset comprising...

Purpose: To investigate whether quantitative nuclear morphology from routine H&E images can be used as a biomarker for glioblastoma (GBM) biology and prognosis. Methods: Nuclear eccentricity, circularity, density, and heterogeneity were measured...

Background: Astrocytes play an important role in depression. However, their specific mechanisms, especially their subcellular mechanisms, remain unclear. Objective: We aimed to identify key genes associated with mitochondrial dynamics and astrocytes...

Structural deformation of large-scale phased-array antennas under complex service environments seriously degrades the electromagnetic performance of radar systems. It is critical to achieve high-precision full-field deformation reconstruction of ante...

Bovine coronavirus (BCoV) is an important pathogen of cattle and has also been detected in several non-bovine ruminants. Although BCoV infection has been reported in sheep, virus isolation and genomic characterization from this host have not been des...

All mammalian cells, which include cancer cells, express sugar chains on their cell surfaces. These sugar chains bind with proteins, lipids, and RNAs. These chains consist of as few as two or three monosaccharides in the shortest chains, and as many...

This study investigated the tolerance level and mechanism of a glyphosate-tolerant Abutilon theophrasti population (T2784) collected from a glyphosate-resistant soybean field. Whole-plant dose–response, EPSPS sequencing, gene expression analyse...

Traditional food knowledge is a cornerstone of community resilience, cultural identity, and food security, yet it is increasingly threatened worldwide by habitat loss, land-use change, and urbanization, which both clears wild food habitats and draws...

As physical rehabilitation and fitness monitoring increasingly shift toward autonomous and home-based healthcare, accurate and intelligent posture assessment systems have become essential for supporting personalized rehabilitation and clinical decisi...

This article addresses the output feedback control of nonlinear systems via a fuzzy affine model-based method and observer design technique. To acquire the estimation of the unmeasurable system states, a piecewise affine observer is first devised. By...

Arid inland river basins are ecologically fragile zones where habitat status is jointly shaped by anthropogenic land use interference and water-resource constraints; however, the combined effects of land use change and multi-scale hydrological condit...

Farmland ecosystems provide multiple ecosystem functions and ecosystem services and underpin regional ecological security and integrity. Despite substantial progress in FESFS research, integrated syntheses linking ecological mechanisms, multiple ecos...

Diabetic Foot Ulcers (DFUs) pose a serious health risk to people with diabetes, with a high risk of recurrence following the first DFU and a risk of foot amputation or death. It greatly impacts patient quality of life and costs the NHS up to 0.7% of...

This study quantified irrigation–yield trade-offs in Northern Xinjiang under contrasting temperatures and evaluated the interannual performance of candidate irrigation schedules. We coupled APSIM-Cotton, calibrated and validated with field obse...

Hydrogen blending and biogas upgrading are usually treated as separate routes for decarbonizing gas networks. This work investigates their direct combination through a nonlinear optimization framework for the compositional design of natural gas (NG),...

The mechanical responses of five rice cultivars were measured to support the calibration of a bonded-particle discrete element model for shearing. Geometric measurements and shear, three-point bending, radial compression, and axial tensile tests were...

Background/Objectives: Restoration of anterior column support in the lower thoracic spine and thoracolumbar junction can be challenging in the setting of segmental kyphosis, particularly when endplate integrity is compromised. A conformable mesh inte...

Web openings in cold-formed steel members modify not only individual stiffness components but also the interactions between bending, shear, torsion, and warping. Capturing these effects in a compact structural model is essential for repeated assessme...

Hydroponic crop production in smart greenhouses requires accurate nutrient monitoring and reliable control, especially in recirculating systems. This review critically examines sensing principles, data acquisition, control strategies, actuation, feed...