27 October 2026
Saudi Arabia’s citizen population is undergoing demographic transition, while its large non-Saudi population is shaped by international migration. Using official GASTAT estimates for 2010–2024, this study quantifies Saudi–non-Saudi...
27 October 2026
Contrast-enhanced voiding urosonography (ceVUS) is a radiation-free technique for evaluating pediatric vesicoureteral reflux (VUR), although urethral catheterization is required. This narrative review summarizes its technical principles, diagnostic p...
Porosity is increasingly used to engineer solvent-free solid and quasi-solid polymer nanocomposite electrolytes for Li-, Na-, and Zn-based batteries, but its transport role is often obscured by retained liquids, polymer plasticization, interfacial ch...
This study investigates topology-driven reinforcement strategies in monomaterial textile garments through the integration of origami-based metastructures. We hypothesize that fold geometry, rather than material addition, can provide localized mechani...
Drought and flood catastrophes threaten water security in the Yellow River Basin, yet prediction is hampered by sparse extreme event records. This study couples catastrophe series extraction via GM(1,1), Weibull extreme value modeling, and bootstrap...
Measuring the timing of photoionization requires understanding how light-driven electron motion is encoded in the detected electron distribution. In this work, we present a theoretical study of a laser-assisted attoclock, in which a short extreme-ult...
Electric vehicle hosting capacity (EV-HC) is increasingly important for distribution-system planning, yet existing reviews provide limited guidance on how mature distributed-generation hosting-capacity (DG-HC) concepts should be transferred to mobili...
Background/Objectives: To evaluate the diagnostic accuracy of different imaging modalities in patients with pathologic nipple discharge. Methods: This is a single-centre retrospective analysis of patients with pathologic nipple discharge. All perform...
Chloroplast-genome variation below the species level remains insufficiently characterized in Brassica, because most previous studies have relied on only one or a few representative plastomes. To determine whether dense within-subspecies sampling coul...
Cervical cancer and breast cancer represent two serious challenges in modern gynecological oncology. Despite their anatomical accessibility for screening, significant investments in research, and the development of therapeutic strategies, their globa...
With the increasing penetration of renewable energy into power systems, distributed energy storage systems (DESSs) have become essential flexible resources for enhancing renewable energy accommodation and ensuring secure and reliable system operation...
Although infill masonry walls in frame structures are classified as non-structural components, they can still resist a portion of seismic forces during earthquakes. Historical earthquake damage indicates that infill masonry walls in frame structures...
Saxidomus purpuratus (S. purpuratus) is an economically important bivalve along the northern coast of China, where intensifying fishing pressure threatens its wild stocks. Its genome-wide population genetic variation remains poorly characterized. We...
Intensive urbanization and the transformation of historic urban environments require broader approaches to the digital documentation of architectural heritage. Existing digital platforms predominantly document individual architectural objects, while...
To determine dietary metabolizable energy (ME) and crude protein (CP) levels of Hy-Line Brown male chicks and compare response surface methodology (RSM) with artificial neural network (ANN) modeling, a total of 2160 birds were assigned to a 4 ×...
The ratio of medians serves as a key metric for comparing two positively skewed populations and is especially appropriate for log-normal data, where the median more accurately represents the central tendency than the mean. This study introduces two A...
Despite growing evidence showing that oral narrative-based interventions support language learning, research on multilingual classroom contexts remains limited. This study investigates the effectiveness of a nine-session classroom-based multimodal na...
Novel and high-efficiency corrosion inhibitors are indispensable in acidizing stimulation, which is a key operation to increase oil production. In this study, a novel corrosion inhibitor, alkynyl bisquinolinium quaternary ammonium salt (ABQ) containi...
Background/Objectives: Cognitive impairment in alcohol use disorder (AUD) may reflect alcohol exposure, withdrawal, nutritional disruption, systemic illness, and social vulnerability. We evaluated prioritized human-adult evidence linking nutritional...
We study stationary entropy production as a measure of irreversibility in a two-allele Wright–Fisher population, comparing the finite-population chain with its diffusion, fixed-point Gaussian, and sequential weak-mutation reductions. Whole-gene...
Brucella invades the reproductive systems of various animal species, inducing abortion, infertility, and other reproductive disorders. Although attenuated vaccines are routinely used for livestock prophylaxis, their limitations underscore the urgent...
This study evaluates the current-injection transient electromagnetic method (CITEM) driven by a pulsed current to identify seepage-related anomalies in earth–rock embankment dams. We used a theoretical model of a seepage channel under injected-...
Scheduled public transit constrains both when a traveler can reach a point of interest and whether enough time remains to visit it. We study the Keyword-Coverage Optimal Route Search on Temporal Transportation Networks problem, which returns the top-...
User-pay public–private partnership (PPP) infrastructure projects operate as socio-technical systems in which institutional conditions, project viability, contractual governance, and stakeholder behaviour jointly determine whether service value...
This article presents a deep learning algorithm for classifying local material inhomogeneities in aluminum alloy castings based on signals recorded using a self-excited acoustic system (SAS). The aim of this study is to evaluate the potential of usin...
1-Aminopyrene, as a transformation product of the priority pollutant 1-nitropyrene, has raised increasing concerns due to its carcinogenic, mutagenic, and bioaccumulative properties in marine environments. A rapid and sensitive method for trace 1-ami...
Androgen signaling plays a central role in the development and progression of androgen-dependent prostate disorders, particularly benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) and prostate cancer (PCa). The conversion of testosterone (T) to dihydrotestosterone...
This study presents a comprehensive transient Computational Fluid Dynamics–Discrete Phase Model (CFD-DPM) investigation of aerosol and droplet transport in an air-conditioned office containing one infected occupant and three susceptible occupan...
Highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) A (H5N1) remains an important threat to poultry production and wildlife health in Europe. This study aimed to characterise the spatial, temporal, and genetic patterns of HPAI A (H5N1) outbreaks in Bulgaria dur...
Sustainable Irrigation Practices and Technologies (SIPTs) can increase water use efficiency and enhance agricultural resilience to water scarcity and climate change. However, their adoption remains uneven and is affected by many economic, regulatory,...
Wavelength-conditioned remote sensing foundation models accept flexible spectral configurations, but compatibility does not ensure effective spectral utilization. We investigate this issue for hyperspectral remote sensing salient object detection and...
Rapid urbanization and industrial expansion in energy-intensive regions continue to hinder the simultaneous mitigation of air pollutants and CO2 emissions, yet effective synergistic mitigation pathways remain poorly understood because highly industri...
Atrial fibrillation (AF) and post-gastrectomy dumping syndrome share overlapping symptoms, such as palpitations, dizziness, and chest discomfort, making them clinically difficult to distinguish. We report a case where anchoring bias led both the pati...
Indium arsenide (InAs) quantum dots (QDs) offer a promising Pb- and Hg-free material platform for infrared optoelectronics owing to their narrow bulk bandgap, strong quantum confinement, and size-tunable optical response. However, surface defects, li...
Alexandrium pseudogonyaulax is an increasingly recurrent harmful algal bloom species in Northern European waters, making reliable detection, including of low-abundance populations, important for monitoring. This study evaluated droplet digital PCR (d...
Organic solar cells (OSCs) are attractive photovoltaic technologies due to their mechanical flexibility, low weight, and compatibility with low-cost solution processing. Power conversion efficiencies above 20% have recently been achieved, largely thr...
This study proposes a novel Adaptive Fermatean Fuzzy Set (AFFS) structure for multi-criteria decision-making problems characterized by high levels of uncertainty and hesitation in expert opinions. Unlike the fixed-exponent structure used in classical...
Tunnel construction adjacent to a water-filled karst cave is very prone to sudden water and mud inrush and to other geological hazards. This paper presents a numerical study of the damage that the blasting of the tunnel face causes to the rock pillar...
Treatment options for non-metastatic rectal adenocarcinoma include total neoadjuvant therapy, selective radiotherapy omission, watch-and-wait, and mismatch-repair-guided immunotherapy. Prediction studies often conflate pathological and clinical compl...
Background/Objectives: Ketamine has rapid antidepressant effects through NMDA receptor antagonism and downstream neuroplasticity. Combined with structured psychotherapy, it is a promising but still experimental option for patients who have not respon...
Background: Oxidative stress, dietary antioxidant intake, and body fat distribution have been implicated in the development and progression of coronary artery disease (CAD). However, studies simultaneously evaluating serum oxidative status, dietary t...
Uterine leiomyomas (ULMs) are common benign gynecological tumors associated with estrogen signaling and metabolic–endocrine pathways. This study investigated the associations of CYP19A1 (cytochrome P450 family 19 subfamily A member 1; rs2414096...
Calcium sulfoaluminate cement (CSA) offers potential performance and environmental benefits to cementitious mixes. Regardless, the joint behavior of CSA cement together with fly ash blended portland cement (PC) remains insufficiently understood. Ther...
This paper proposes a Remaining Useful Life (RUL) prediction framework combining Kolmogorov–Arnold Network (KAN), LSTM and BiLSTM to improve prediction accuracy and interpretability for turbofan engines. The proposed framework uses KAN to perfo...
The lung is a key organ for oxygen uptake and gas exchange and plays an important role in adaptation to hypoxic environments at high altitudes. RNA modifications represent an important layer of epitranscriptomic regulation and participate in cellular...
Although Acinetobacter baumannii, Klebsiella pneumoniae, and Pseudomonas aeruginosa are all classified as carbapenem-resistant, they differ in how they control antibiotic access to its targets. This narrative review concerns resistant clinical isolat...
Einstein’s general theory of relativity predicts that a difference in the gravitational potentials between two locations in a gravitational field would introduce a redshift or blueshift for a light ray travelling from one location to another. H...
Polyendocrine Metabolic Ovarian Syndrome (PMOS) is one of the most commonly diagnosed endocrine disorders among women of reproductive age. The proposed term more accurately reflects the pathophysiology of the condition, emphasizing its multisystem na...
Adequate drainage is central to the management of cryptoglandular anal abscess and fistula, yet anatomical patency of a residual pathway does not quantify its functional drainage capacity. We investigated how tract length, effective diameter, and out...
Background/Objectives: McKittrick–Wheelock syndrome is a rare entity secondary to colorectal tumors, characterized by chronic diarrhea, electrolyte and acid–base disturbances, and impaired kidney function; its pathophysiology and biochemi...
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