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Disturbed granite residual soil slopes are highly susceptible to rainfall-induced erosion because loose surface particles can be rapidly detached and transported by runoff. Polymer-film treatment and vegetation establishment are both used for surface...

To address the modeling and stability analysis of large-scale renewable energy plants, this paper proposes a K-means-based multi-device clustering and equivalent-model simplification method. A plant comprising 1000 MW wind turbines, a 250 MW/1000 MWh...

We developed and evaluated a decoupled, three-layer AI architecture to audit and optimize corporate sustainability. On the basis of a layered documentary protocol, we established 15 computational determinants in the data, predictive, and governance l...

Background/Objectives: Temporal bone pneumatisation and paranasal sinus variations have mostly been studied separately. This study evaluated temporal bone pneumatisation with frontal, ethmoid and sphenoid sinus variations using cone-beam computed tom...

Compassion for self and others could be among the most important indicators for thriving, sustainable relationships. This could be especially true in midlife, when substantial relational renegotiations often occur among women, their children, and agi...

Urban work-zone safety monitoring requires integrating operational records with road-incident information collected through different reporting systems. This study examines sign loss, data-source compatibility, and monthly associations between operat...

Progressive wear of the cutting structure degrades the performance of polycrystalline diamond compact (PDC) drill bits during deep and ultradeep drilling. Current designs primarily delay wear through improved material wear resistance and structural o...

In the digital era, computing power deployment has emerged as a strategic resource for building enterprise innovation resilience; however, the mechanisms through which it exerts such effects remain unclear. Drawing on dynamic capability theory, this...

Concerns about weight gain may influence hormonal contraception selection, satisfaction, and discontinuation, yet no validated patient-centered instrument assesses perceived weight-related effects across methods. We developed the Perceived Changes wi...

Background: Cardiac implantable electronic device (CIED) infections require transvenous lead extraction, followed by 2–6 weeks of antimicrobial treatment. Case presentation: This series describes CIED infection cases treated with the long-actin...

Cryptocurrency markets combine persistent volatility, heavy tails, and recurrent stress episodes. This study asks whether portfolio optimization is sufficient to manage these risks for Bitcoin, Ethereum, Binance Coin, Solana, and XRP, using 1454 dail...

Marine benthic ecosystems comprise diverse communities living on or within the seafloor, spanning habitats from coastal environments to the deep ocean [...]

The effect of the reaction medium pH value on the rate and yield of enzymatic transglycosylation catalyzed by Escherichia coli purine nucleoside phosphorylase (EcPNP) and Lactobacillus leichmanii type II nucleoside deoxyribosyltransferase (LlNDTII) w...

Türkiye holds the world’s largest natural stands of Lebanon cedar (Cedrus libani A. Rich.) and extensive Crimean juniper forest (Juniperus excelsa M. Bieb.), together comprising 884,361 ha of closed, drought-exposed forest. Both assimilate...

Hydrometeorological extremes reflect rainfall intensity, persistence, and interactions among atmospheric variables. Quality-controlled daily observations from Chã de Macela (São Miguel Island, Azores; 2011–2023) were used to exami...

Object tracking and recognition are key technologies in Industry 4.0, enabling automated systems to perform tasks such as quality control, defect detection, material identification, and process monitoring. Many industrial vision solutions rely on hig...

The increasing power consumption and intensified thermal coupling in next-generation high-speed optical interconnect modules present severe thermal management challenges. To address these issues, we propose a high-precision lumped-parameter thermal m...

Safe and reliable carbon capture and storage (CCS) requires long-term monitoring to verify secure CO₂ containment. Distributed acoustic sensing vertical seismic profiling (DAS-VSP) provides a practical approach for subsurface monitoring due to its pe...

Background and Objectives: The genetic architecture underlying myocardial infarction with nonobstructive coronary arteries (MINOCA) remains incompletely understood. While genetic research in coronary artery disease has largely focused on individual v...

Low redox potential (Eh) leads to low bioavailability and utilization efficiency of several nutrients, including selenium (Se), in paddy soil. Applying oxidants with a slow-release function to maintain soil Eh at a sufficiently high level during the...

Background/Objectives: Identification of cell-surface receptors on cancer tissues that are absent in the corresponding normal tissue provide an opportunity for target-specific diagnostics and drug delivery. The cholecystokinin-B receptor (CCKBR) was...

Background/Objectives: Severe extravasation injuries require prompt, agent-specific intervention to prevent avoidable tissue loss, yet they are often first assessed by surgeons with no structured training in their management. This study aimed to iden...

Background/Objectives: Heat stress is one of the most economically and physiologically important constraints on pig (Sus scrofa domesticus) production, affecting welfare, reducing feed intake, growth, and reproductive efficiency, while increasing mor...

Silicon carbide (SiC) devices used in space and nuclear environments are exposed to radiation that creates displacement defects (DDs), but the effect of DDs near the gate oxide/SiC interface has not been analyzed systematically. Using technology comp...

Generative artificial intelligence (AI) can alter final second-language (L2) texts, yet cognitive differences may shape which changes emerge. This exploratory study examined 38 upper-intermediate learners of Russian who each produced one composition...

Biofloc technology (BFT) promotes nutrient recycling through microbe-mediated carbon–nitrogen transformations. However, the roles of heterotrophic and nitrifying bacteria in biofloc systems remain incompletely understood. This study examined th...

Speech enhancement on edge and wearable devices operates under strict power budgets; generative enhancers buy quality through repeated on-device evaluations. On a Jetson Orin NX, we characterize solver truncation and solver-free retraining for a 65.5...

Methane is a major greenhouse gas that plays a critical role in climate change. Accurate monitoring of methane at the regional scale is essential for understanding its spatiotemporal dynamics and underlying processes. Here, a machine learning-based f...

Background: Water exchange, image-enhanced endoscopy (IEE), and computer-aided detection (CADe) address different reasons why colorectal lesions may be missed. Whether their benefits add up when the techniques are combined remains unclear. Objective:...

Background/Objectives: Experimental animal models are fundamental to developing and translating strategies for preventing postoperative mediastinal adhesions. Rabbits are widely used in adhesion research; however, the anatomical and technical suitabi...

China expanded population access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking from approximately 40.3% in 2000 to 88.7% in 2023. Nevertheless, the national-level health returns from this transition for population mortality remain unestimated. This stu...

Mesenchymal stem/stromal cells (MSCs) have been widely investigated in recent decades because of their multipotent differentiation abilities. In fact, MSCs are able to differentiate not only into mesodermal cell lines (adipocytes, chondrocytes, osteo...

Nearly ten million U.S. students receive their education in rural schools, including students who receive special education and related services. Despite the important role that rural schools play in educating students with disabilities, rurality is...

Lycium ruthenicum Murr. polysaccharides (LRP), the major constituents of black goji berry, exhibit diverse biological activities. Pulmonary fibrosis (PF) frequently arises as a long-term consequence of acute lung injury and is marked by progressive s...

Background: Gram-negative bacterial infections represent an increasingly relevant challenge in orthopedic surgery, particularly in complex patients exposed to major trauma, revision procedures, prolonged hospitalization, previous antimicrobial therap...

Background/Objectives: Maxillary sinus floor elevation is a well-established procedure for enabling implant placement in the posterior maxilla when residual bone height is insufficient. Minimally invasive transcrestal techniques, including the use of...

Higher-order thinking skills (HOTS) are increasingly emphasised in English as a second language (ESL) reading, yet less is known about how Chinese postgraduate TESOL students recognise HOTS and regulate related reading strategies. This mixed-methods...

Background: Children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) experience substantial oral health challenges associated with behavioural, sensory, and dietary factors. Technology-assisted preventive dietary education tailored to neurodiverse learners remai...

Background/Objectives: Early-life exposures, including maternal psychosocial profile, can shape an individual’s lifelong development. There is growing interest in the effects of prenatal exposures on cardiometabolic health through childhood. Th...

Microbial exopolysaccharides (EPSs) are functional biopolymers of growing scientific and industrial interest because of their structural diversity, biocompatibility, and rheological properties. Microbial β-(1→3)-glucans are of particular bi...

We critically reexamine traveling-wave solutions and Benjamin–Feir instability for a Schrödinger–Hirota equation with power-law nonlinearity. A traveling-wave reduction, Hamiltonian phase-plane analysis, direct substitution, and symb...

Thelephora ganbajun is a highly valued edible ectomycorrhizal fungus, but the relationships between its natural distribution and growth and soil environmental conditions remain poorly understood. In this study, mycosphere soils and adjacent control s...

Geomechanical models often retain systematic errors after calibration, but sparse observations may support several competing corrections. We present an evidence-gated symbolic regression framework that retains an existing baseline and evaluates expli...

Background/Objectives: Faecal immunochemical test (FIT)-based colorectal cancer (CRC) screening generates many colonoscopy referrals without advanced neoplasia. We evaluated RAID-CRC Screen, a qPCR-based faecal bacterial signature, as second-line tri...

Over the past 24 years, research on trace metal contamination along the Algerian Mediterranean coast has grown substantially, yet its findings remain fragmented. This review compiles and analyses data from 111 samples reported in 24 independent studi...

River basins constitute a suitable natural territorial unit for the integrated management of natural resources. The El Fuerte River basin (EFRB) in northwestern Mexico is located on the western slope of the Sierra Madre Occidental. Its importance lie...

Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) states have pledged to achieve net-zero emissions between 2050 and 2060, yet their cities remain among the world’s most carbon-intensive, shaped by extreme heat, near-continuous cooling, desalinated water, car-dep...

Electrical products of reusable launch vehicles (RLVs) face corrosion problems that expendable rockets never encounter: sea/land recovery introduces salt-fog and damp-heat exposure; repeated flights bring thermal-cycling-driven “breathing&rdquo...

Eelgrass (Zostera marina L.) is a marine angiosperm exposed to substantial salinity fluctuations, yet the transcriptional mechanisms associated with its salinity adaptation responses remain incompletely understood. To characterize the NAC transcripti...

Growing pressure to make aquaculture more sustainable has renewed attention on bioactive feed ingredients obtained from natural sources. In the present work, juvenile FFRC-strain common carp (Cyprinus carpio L.) were used to examine how graded dietar...