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Agricultural and livestock activities play a central role in global food production and economic development but are also associated with environmental impacts such as deforestation, land-use conversion, and fires. Agroforestry systems (AFSs) can red...

The long-term inclusion of migrant-background youth can be framed, following the social-sustainability literature, as part of the social pillar of sustainability and of the Sustainable Development Goals on inclusive quality education (SDG 4) and redu...

Thermostatically controlled appliances are major electricity consumers in residential buildings, yet conventional home energy management systems (HEMSs) often model them as fixed-power loads, neglecting thermal dynamics. This paper presents a multi-o...

Energy-powered spore-launching strategy is an evolved feature of many fungal species, facilitating dispersal into the surrounding environment, thereby contributing to reproductive success and completing their life cycle. With a focus on the underlyin...

Rice–frog co-culture is an organic farming practice known to effectively reduce nitrogen (N) loss from paddy fields. Ammonia-oxidizing archaea (AOA) and bacteria (AOB) mediate the rate-limiting step of nitrification; however, their relative con...

Quantum dot light emitting diodes (QLEDs) have attracted considerable attention as next-generation display devices because of their high color purity, wide color gamut, and high luminous efficiency. Their performance is governed not only by the quant...

The growing importance of identifying environmental, social and governance (ESG) risks is driven by increasing regulatory requirements and stakeholder expectations. However, information asymmetry, disclosure–performance gaps and potential green...

Dendritic cells (DCs) coordinate antigen presentation and immune-effector activation, but vaccine-induced immune responses have not consistently translated into clinical benefit. This focused narrative review evaluates therapeutic vaccination in esta...

Background/Objectives: Shock index (SI) and modified shock index (MSI) are simple hemodynamic indices derived from routinely available vital signs, but their perioperative prognostic relevance in coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) remains incompl...

Microplastic pollution is a significant and growing environmental concern. Polyethylene terephthalate (PET) is one of the most prevalent microplastics, posing substantial risks to aquatic ecosystems. A promising removal technique is magnetic extracti...

Amygdalin is a cyanogenic diglycoside whose hydrolysis links plant defense with cyanide exposure in animals and humans. This review examines its activation, metabolism and associated stress responses. In intact plant tissues, cyanogenic glycosides ar...

Many of the processes studied in plant physiology, including stomatal regulation, responses to drought, formation of graft unions, interactions with pathogens, floral thermogenesis and freezing, are dynamic but difficult for students to observe direc...

People on the autism spectrum and other neurodivergent people may experience sensory-rich environments as distressing, while teachers and care professionals must often identify and respond to environmental discomfort with limited objective informatio...

Oxidative DNA damage in noncancer tissues can perturb transcription, compromise telomere integrity, and impair mitochondrial function. DNA glycosylases initiate base excision repair (BER), but their biological consequences also depend on lesion recog...

Atopic dermatitis (AD) has been linked to osteoporosis and fractures, but the strength, mechanisms, treatment implications, and clinical significance of this relationship remain uncertain. This review critically assesses epidemiological and osteoimmu...

Background: Advances in spinal deformity surgery have expanded treatment options for pediatric and adolescent patients, but neurological complications remain among the most serious adverse events. Intraoperative neuromonitoring (IONM) enables early d...

Marine microorganisms, particularly members of the marine Roseobacter-group, participate in chemically mediated associations with phytoplankton, macroalgae, and marine invertebrates. This review examines structurally characterized, host-associated me...

This study assesses physics-informed neural networks (PINNs) for the unsteady two-dimensional flow past a rotating circular cylinder confined in a channel (blockage ratio 0.2) at Reynolds numbers of 50, 200 and 500. The networks are trained on the no...

Video anomaly detection is critical for information security in IoT-based intelligent surveillance, where heterogeneous sensors continuously measure the physical environment and anomalies manifest as deviations from learned normal behavior. Existing...

Natural-language access to structured manufacturing data could let plant personnel query batch records without structured query language (SQL) expertise, yet realistic multi-table industrial schemas remain hard for text-to-SQL systems, and regulated...

The increasing deployment and decommissioning of wind turbines (WTs) generates growing end-of-life (EoL) wind turbine blade (WTB) material streams for which no single circular pathway is suitable. This structured narrative review applies an adapted R...

Bone metastases are traditionally regarded as late manifestations of breast cancer progression. However, increasing evidence suggests that systemic skeletal alterations may emerge before overt tumor dissemination, raising the possibility that osteoim...

Modeling epileptic syndromes co-occurring with movement disorders in mice often fails to fully recapitulate human phenotypes due to distinct gene-specific and anatomical mechanisms. This review categorizes these translational barriers into three prim...

The classical DiPasquale–Wheaton model has long served as a fundamental framework in real estate economics. However, its implicit assumption of market homogeneity limits its application to the renter-occupied housing market. This paper addresse...

Coastal reclamation ecological restoration is critical for mitigating nearshore ecosystem degradation; however, achieving robust ecological assessment and effectively improving ecological health remain challenging for governance and sustainable devel...

Hen eggshell is an abundant, calcite-rich food waste that is usually valorised by calcination at 800–1000 °C, an energy-intensive step that releases its carbonate CO₂ and destroys its biogenic microstructure. Low-temperature routes that kee...

Ammonia is a promising carbon-free marine fuel, but accidental underwater releases of pressurized liquefied ammonia involve complex multiphase flow and phase-change behavior. This study numerically investigated the effects of tank volume on liquefied...

Background and Objectives: Adherence to oral therapies in inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is a critical determinant of treatment outcomes. Janus kinase inhibitors (JAKis) are an important therapeutic advancement in IBD management, offering oral, sma...

Galvanic corrosion between 42CrMo steel and 410 stainless steel in low-conductivity Yangtze River freshwater was investigated using electrochemical measurements and secondary current distribution modeling. Experimental polarization data were used to...

The premature failure (service life ≈ 4 months) of AISI 321 steel plungers due to galling in critical dosing pumps at a thermoelectric power plant significantly compromises system reliability. This study identifies the root cause of this recurr...

Comparative studies of essential oil recovery from cold atmospheric microplasma (CAmP)-pretreated laurel (Laurus nobilis L.) leaves were performed using hydrodistillation, steam distillation, hexane extraction and subcritical CO₂ extraction. CAmP-pre...

Background and Objectives: Secondary bloodstream infection in patients hospitalized with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) can lengthen admission and increase antimicrobial exposure, yet pathogen-specific evidence from the Omicron period is scarce....

In 2019, bacterial antimicrobial resistance was associated with 4 [...]

Background/Objectives: Avocado (Persea americana Mill.) seed is an agro-industrial by-product with significant pharmacological potential. This study aimed to conduct a preformulation assessment of aqueous seed extracts from Criollo (M1) and Hass (M2)...

Educational resource allocation requires the simultaneous consideration of regional demand heterogeneity, spatial adjacency, and nonlinear prediction relationships. This study presents an integrated framework that combines Spatially Constrained Entro...

To promote the large-scale recycling of reclaimed inorganic aggregates (RAI) generated from highway reconstruction projects, the effects of RAI content, reclaimed asphalt pavement (RAP) incorporation, RAI pretreatment, standing time, curing temperatu...

This article is the second part of a review devoted to spacetime singularities in classical general relativity. While Primer I developed the mathematical framework for defining, classifying, and proving the existence of singularities, the present wor...

In longwall mining, conventional centralized fluid-supply systems generally operate at a fixed flow rate and therefore cannot respond effectively to the highly time-varying and overlapping demands of multiple hydraulic supports operating in coordinat...

Lung transplantation remains a key treatment option for patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) who continue to deteriorate despite targeted medical therapy. However, lung transplant remains underutilized in PAH, and these patients have a...

Curcumin is a natural polyphenol with diverse pharmacological activities, but its poor aqueous solubility and rapid alkaline degradation severely limit its application. In this study, a series of gemini quaternary ammonium surfactants with different...

Multiple sclerosis (MS) lacks minimally invasive biomarkers that reliably reflect disease-associated pathophysiological alterations, particularly during the progressive stage of the disease. Because blood platelets contribute to thrombo-inflammatory...

Chromone is an important structural motif in numerous biologically active natural and synthetic compounds. The aim of the present study is to synthesize and characterize a series of novel chromone derivatives bearing imidazole and pyrazole moieties....

Background/Objectives: Two novel heteronuclear Ru(II)-p-cymene complexes bearing ferrocenyl thioether ligands were synthesized and evaluated for their anticancer and antimicrobial potential. Methods/Results: Both complexes exhibited pronounced antipr...

AI-assisted systems redistribute cognitive work before final decisions are made, yet broad labels such as assistance, automation, and human involvement do not fully describe these arrangements. This theory-led structured narrative review connects Fun...

Chronic hyperactivity of the sympathetic nervous system and remodeling of β-adrenergic receptors represent core pathophysiological mechanisms in heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF) and in the emergence of ventricular arrhythmias...

Drawing on China’s Green Factory initiative and data from Chinese A-share listed manufacturing firms in the Shanghai and Shenzhen from 2012 to 2024, this study employs a staggered difference-in-differences model to examine the effect of green i...

This paper proposes a noise-aware, iterative methodology for enriching an initial mobility clustering through the sequential addition of explanatory variables. The framework separates one-off density-based cluster discovery from scalable characterisa...

This paper presents a model for assessing the risk level of power grids under manipulation of demand via Internet of Things (MaDIoT) attacks. The model uses a multilayer framework that starts by assessing the compromise probability of each device fro...

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Machine learning (ML) has emerged as a transformative tool in geotechnical engineering, offering data-driven alternatives to traditional empirical and analytical approaches. This paper presents a critical narrative review of recent advances in theory...