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Background and Objectives: Crohn’s Disease (CD) is a chronic inflammatory condition often treated with anti-TNF agents such as infliximab (IFX) and adalimumab (ADA). This study compares the efficacy, immunogenicity, and pharmacokinetics of IFX...

This study investigates the integration of forestry into strategic planning across territorial levels in the context of the bioeconomy, using the Czech Republic as a case study of an EU member state. This is examined through a qualitative content ana...

Wastewater-derived microplastics (WW–MPs) are increasingly recognised as reactive vectors for aromatic organic contaminants (AOCs), yet their role in contaminant fate remains insufficiently constrained. This review synthesises current knowledge...

Thin-walled cellular structures of continuous fiber-reinforced thermoplastic composites (CFRTPCs) have received much attention from both academics and industry due to their superior properties. Additive manufacturing provides an efficient solution fo...

This study presents an assessment scheme for haptic interaction systems based on Hamiltonian energy prediction, which contributes to procedures applied to neurorehabilitation. It focuses on robotic systems involving human participation in the control...

The tensile strength of stabilized clayey soil is a key indicator of its resistance to cracking and directly governs its performance when used as subgrade fill. In this study, ordinary Portland cement and polyacrylate-based super-absorbent polymers (...

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Fiber lasers operating at 1.7 μm have significant application value in fields such as gas detection and material processing due to their characteristics, including compact structure and ease of thermal management. Based on the stimulated Raman sca...

In the present study, numerical simulations were conducted to investigate the behavior of a 60° inclined dense jet discharged onto horizontal (0°) and sloped (5°) bottoms in a stagnant environment. The objective was to evaluate the capabi...

During the recycling process of spent lithium-ion batteries (LIBs), there is a large number of fluoride ions in the leaching solution. These fluoride ions not only affect the quality of lithium products, but they also have adverse effects on the envi...

The integration of movable antenna (MA) and reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (RIS) offers promising potential for enhancing simultaneous wireless information and power transfer (SWIPT) systems. In this paper, we investigate a novel MA-enabled RIS-...

Ground-penetrating radar (GPR) is widely used for thickness or compaction degree detection of asphalt pavement layers, where the dielectric properties of asphalt mixtures serve as a key parameter influencing detection accuracy. These properties are c...

Background: Polyols are widely used as tablet diluents due to their high solubility, favourable taste, and ability to form robust tablets. Thus, commercially available polyols, such as mannitol and isomalt, can be considered for the preparation of lo...

Stalk lodging is one of the major constraints limiting global maize yield. Chemical regulation and fertilization are essential agronomic practices that play critical roles in improving maize yield and lodging resistance. This study aimed to investiga...

Accurate segmentation and classification of kidney pathologies from medical images remain a major challenge in computer-aided diagnosis due to complex morphological variations, small lesion sizes, and severe class imbalance. This study introduces Dia...

Background: Academic burnout significantly impacts students’ cognitive and psychological well-being and may result in adverse behavioral changes. An effective and timely detection of burnout in the student population is crucial as it enables ed...

The global challenge of antimicrobial resistance, as well as the need to develop safe and environmentally sustainable materials, has served to stimulate research interest in antimicrobial technologies. The abundance, degradability and environmental f...

Introduction: Peptide Receptor Radionuclide Therapy (PRRT) with [177Lu]Lu-DOTA-TATE is effective in treating advanced Neuroendocrine Tumors (NETs), yet predicting individual response in this treatment remains a challenge due to inter-lesion heterogen...

Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) is a core enabler of the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT), yet dense deployments suffer from tag collisions and reader interference that degrade reliability and inflate infrastructure cost. This study propose...

This article proposes a novel passive localization framework that leverages detection results from existing distributed radio detectors. The intuition behind this solution is to combine positive (signal detected) and negative (signal not detected) de...

Rapid progress in sustainable and intelligent transportation has intensified interest in smart airport initiatives, driven by the need to support environmentally responsible and technology-enabled aviation development. As complex sociotechnical subsy...

Kittens are born with some maternally derived antibodies (MDA) that, together with maternal gut microbiota, bring some form of early defense against pathogens. However, this protection declines and the rapid changes and challenges the kitten typicall...

Sheep are an economically important livestock species, and reproductive performance is a key trait affecting productivity. The Dorper × Hu hybrid sheep (DHS), widely bred in China, provides a valuable model for studying the genetic basis of pro...

Rural labor transfer is crucial for China’s urbanization and agricultural modernization, yet the role of contracted land assets in this process remains underexplored. Understanding how land tenure arrangements affect labor mobility decisions ha...

Dengue virus (DENV) and Zika virus (ZIKV) are flaviviruses transmitted by Aedes spp. mosquitoes, causing a spectrum of symptoms ranging from mild fevers and joint pain to severe damage to vital organs, including the kidneys, brain, and liver. Unfortu...

In the present study, alginate–silver nanoparticle (Alg-AgNP) nanocomposite hydrogels possessing antibacterial activity were synthesized via an innovative route. A task-specific designed Natural Deep Eutectic Solvent (NADES), composed of glucos...

The Fabaceae family plays a vital role in tropical ecosystems and human livelihoods due to its ecological, nutritional, and medicinal significance. This study provides a comprehensive ethnobotanical assessment of Fabaceae in Maha Sarakham Province, N...

Decellularized tissue scaffolds mimic the native pulp-dentin microenvironment and support the odontogenic development of stem cells. This study investigated the dentinogenic effect of Wharton’s Jelly Mesenchymal Stem Cells (WJMSCs) in decellula...

Background: Biofilm-associated infections remain a major challenge in modern medicine due to their high resistance to antibiotics and immune defences. Advances in materials science, chemistry, and nanotechnology have led to the development of innovat...

The performance of witness-based random search algorithms is highly influenced by the distribution density of witnesses. To optimize this distribution, we propose a novel method based on the symmetric folding of the objective dataset. Our approach in...

To address active voltage control in photovoltaic (PV)-integrated distribution networks characterized by weak voltage support conditions, this paper proposes a multi-agent deep reinforcement learning (MADRL)-based coordinated control method for PV cl...

Glucocorticoid drugs (GCs), while effective in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), cause severe systemic side effects due to lack of tissue-specificity. To overcome this bottleneck, we developed a CD74-directed antibody–drug conjugate (Bud-ADC)...

Composite fiber membranes fabricated via rotational-force spinning have become widely applied in biomedicine, energy, and environmental fields owing to their excellent properties. Improving their functional performance and fabrication quality has the...

Fault diagnosis methods for rolling bearings are frequently constrained to the automatic extraction of single-scale features from raw vibration signals, overlooking crucial information embedded in data of other scales, which often results in unsatisf...

Steel surface defect detection is critical for ensuring industrial product quality and safety. Although deep learning-based detectors like the YOLO series have demonstrated considerable promise, they often struggle with three key challenges under com...

Background: While the 2024 ESC Guidelines provide guidance on utilising incidental CAC findings from non-gated CT scans to enhance risk stratification and guide treatment decisions, there remain gaps in detailed protocols for managing such incidental...

Heat stress caused by global climate change poses a significant threat to agricultural production. Phytohormones, as critical signaling molecules, play pivotal roles in modulating plant responses to heat stress. This review systematically summarizes...

We present a psycholinguistic test battery designed to examine the cognitive and affective processes involved in reading Polish poetry. This toolkit combines reader profiling (vocabulary, memory and reading proficiency) with tasks that assess the inf...

The notion of twist fields has played a fundamental role in many-body physics. It is used to construct the so-called disorder parameter for the study of phase transitions in the classical Ising model of statistical mechanics, it is involved in the Jo...

Hot-melt extrusion produces a solid dispersion (SD) containing a poorly water-soluble drug (k) and matrix polymer surfactant (PS), thereby enhancing k’s solubility. When dissolving the SD, the PS is first dissolved, forming micelles. The amorph...

Articular cartilage possesses limited intrinsic healing capacity due to its avascular and aneural nature, posing a significant challenge for treating focal chondral defects. While regenerative strategies employing biomaterials and stem cells have pro...

Blockchain technology is increasingly adopted in supply chains to record product carbon footprints and environmental attributes on tamper-resistant ledgers. By improving the transparency and verifiability of emission-related information for governmen...

A new bis(cyclopentadienyl) terbium(III) complex with 1,2,4-triphenylcyclopentadienyl and 4,4,4-trifluoro-1-phenylbutane-1,3-dionate ligands was synthesized. Single-crystal X-ray analysis revealed a mononuclear bis(cyclopentadienyl) complex with a di...

Patients undergoing oral surgery are frequently polymedicated and preoperative prescriptions (analgesics, corticosteroids, antibiotics) can generate clinically significant drug–drug interactions (DDIs) associated with bleeding risk, serotonin t...

The determination of trace levels of pharmaceuticals in complex environmental samples requires an appropriate sample preparation stage prior to final determination. Currently, special attention should be paid to pharmaceuticals extensively used on in...

Background: Regulatory T cells (FOXP3+), checkpoint signaling (PD-1), and inhibitory B-cell signaling (CD32B/FCGR2B) may shape recurrence risk after resection of lung adenocarcinoma, but small, stage-heterogeneous cohorts complicate inference. Method...

This paper presents a valve-controlled pipeline humidification system aimed at achieving precise and uniform humidity regulation in the multi-layer cultivation environments of plant factories. Since grafted seedlings require stable humidity condition...

This Vertical-axis wind turbines (VAWTs) are emerging as promising alternatives to conventional horizontal-axis wind turbines (HAWTs) for renewable energy generation, particularly in urban and offshore environments. Despite increasing interest, a com...

Background: Patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), particularly those with lupus nephritis (LN), are at increased risk of severe COVID-19 outcomes due to immune dysregulation and immunosuppressive therapy. Renal transplant recipients with...

Background/Objectives: Land management practices strongly influence soil biochemical processes, yet conventional soil measurements often overlook dynamic small-molecule variation underlying nutrient cycling and microbial activity. This study aimed to...