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This study demonstrates the application of passive seismic interferometry, specifically through single-station autocorrelation, to extract high-resolution P-wave reflections from seismic data acquired during hydraulic fracturing. Using 10 h of contin...

Drought forecasting for basin water management requires accounting for precipitation deficits, climatic water balance, and soil-water storage across appropriate timescales. This study evaluates index timescales, lead times, and five machine learning...

This study evaluates the use of effective saturation as a comparative indicator of the hydraulic response of urban infiltration systems, with particular emphasis on infiltration trench geometry. Effective saturation is an established variable in vado...

Background/Objectives: In Korea, the proportion of preterm and low-birth-weight infants has risen even as total births have fallen, changing the population at risk for eye disease of prematurity. Whether nationwide trends in retinopathy of prematurit...

Skeletal muscle insulin resistance is a major determinant of impaired glucose disposal in type 2 diabetes. The mechanisms underlying insulin resistance in muscles are shaped by tissue architecture, contraction, extracellular-matrix signalling, mitoch...

Knee osteoarthritis (KOA) is a leading cause of disability, and total knee arthroplasty (TKA) improves pain and functional mobility, although gait impairments may persist postoperatively. This study investigated longitudinal changes in patient-report...

Heat stress damages the photosynthetic apparatus of grapevine leaves. It also restricts plant growth and reduces fruit yield and quality. However, natural variation in photosystem II (PSII) thermal stability under heat stress in grapevine and its gen...

Residential indoor air pollution (RESIAPOL) is an important environmental health concern, yet less is known about how rural residents understand and manage indoor air quality risks in everyday household contexts. This qualitative study explored rural...

Luteinizing hormone receptors (LHRs) play important roles in teleost ovarian development and oocyte maturation. In this study, two LHR paralogues, lhr1 and lhr2, were cloned and characterized in spotted scat (Scatophagus argus). Their open reading fr...

Although previous studies have demonstrated that ozone gas can inactivate botulinum toxin in liquid solutions, evidence regarding its effects under in vivo conditions remains limited. This exploratory study investigated whether local ozone injection...

Autonomous driving is a continuous decision-making process in which planning outputs across consecutive planning cycles should maintain temporal consistency and behavioral stability. In recent years, diffusion-based planning methods have demonstrated...

Background/Objectives: The postpartum period is important for mother–infant bonding and breastfeeding self-efficacy. This study compared these outcomes between women receiving midwife-led and obstetrician-led intrapartum care. Methods: A prospe...

We present the case of a 47-year-old woman (gravida II, para II; both deliveries by cesarean section) with a rare case of a ligamentary leiomyoma appearing as a mass lateral of the mons pubis. The lesion had first been noticed approximately seven mon...

Background/Objectives: In current conflicts, the most frequent cause of injury among soldiers is associated with impact by natural fragments from explosives; such injuries can also occur in peacetime following terrorist attacks or accidents. Despite...

High-performance whole-grain ingredients that integrate superior nutritional properties and favorable printability are essential for the advancement of 3D food printing technology. Germinated brown rice (GBR) is rich in γ-aminobutyric acid (GAB...

Background/Objectives: Large language models (LLM) such as ChatGPT have demonstrated competitive performance on standardised medical examinations. Within the Australian urology training pathway, ChatGPT has been evaluated on the Generic Surgical Scie...

Gravity separation tailings generated during barite ore beneficiation represent a potentially valuable secondary source of barite, particularly when BaSO₄ occurs in fine fractions poorly recovered by conventional gravity separation. This study invest...

Digital platform innovation has become increasingly complex as platforms enable product-service innovation, business process transformation, and ecosystem-level value creation simultaneously. However, existing research remains fragmented regarding ho...

Steroid-induced osteonecrosis of the femoral head (SONFH) develops with early microvascular injury, but the systemic signals connecting glucocorticoid exposure to the femoral head remain incompletely defined. We examined whether intestinal epithelial...

The use of virtual platforms to search for information about a tourism destination has become increasingly relevant in developing regions, posing a challenge for Destination Management Organizations (DMOs). This study aims to explore how tourist moti...

Heritage building information modelling requires deciding which scanned points form which element. This single-case study encodes the typological reading of Alaca Çeşmesi, an Ottoman square fountain, as readable point-classification rules...

The Lokbatan field, located in the Absheron Peninsula, represents an important example of the spatial and genetic association between hydrocarbon reservoirs and active mud volcanism. This study investigates the long-term evolution of Horizon VIII of...

Phase change materials can exhibit markedly different thermal responses during cooling, ranging from narrow single-stage transitions to broad or multistage behaviour, which requires the analysis procedure to account for differences in response struct...

Background/Objectives: Glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) remains the most aggressive and treatment-refractory primary brain tumor, with current therapeutic modalities providing minimal survival improvement. Chimeric antigen receptor (CAR)-based immunothe...

This prospective, single-center, randomized, split-face controlled trial evaluated whether a multicomponent investigational cosmetic serum (ISCE) applied immediately after radiofrequency microneedling (RF-MN) provides additional benefit over RF-MN al...

Immunological dysregulation may be involved in pregnancy loss. Regulatory T (Treg) and B (Breg) cells, together with interleukin-35 (IL-35), contribute to maternal-fetal tolerance. This study investigated peripheral regulatory cell populations in hea...

Background: Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) generally follows a milder clinical course in children than in adults. The clinical characteristics of pediatric severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection have evolved throu...

Sustainable land-use management in national parks requires balancing biodiversity conservation with the livelihood and service needs of resident communities. Settlement enclaves embedded within protected areas are critical social–ecological int...

Background/Objectives: Gallbladder cancer (GBC) remains a leading cause of cancer death in Chilean women. Gallstones are present in >90% of GBC cases, but few individuals with gallstones develop cancer, suggesting additional factors are needed. Me...

Background: We report a case to demonstrate that targeted eosinophil depletion with Benralizumab (anti-IL-5 receptor α therapy) can induce the complete functional and structural reversal of advanced EGPA-associated cardiomyopathy. Case Presenta...

Acinetobacter baumannii (A. baumannii) is an important cause of healthcare-associated infections due to its remarkable capacity for environmental persistence and multidrug resistance. The quorum-sensing (QS) network, particularly the AbaI/AbaR system...

Cropland fragmentation remains a major constraint on agricultural mechanization, land consolidation, and cropland protection in hilly and mountainous regions. In terraced landscapes, cropland patches that appear close in planar space may nevertheless...

The thermal decomposition of DLP-printed green bodies containing a cross-linked 1,6-hexanediol diacrylate matrix filled with complex oxide powder of a cerium-activated garnet structure (GYAGG:Ce) was investigated. Non-isothermal thermogravimetric mea...

The southeastern Sarysu–Teniz Uplift in Central Kazakhstan is partly concealed beneath Cenozoic sediments, which complicates the correlation and age assignment of its Paleozoic magmatic rocks. This study combines new zircon U–Pb ages from...

Subalpine conifer forests in South Korea are increasingly exposed to climate-related stress, yet simple and repeatable field criteria for describing tree decline remain limited. Here, we propose a field-based scoring framework for assessing observed...

Rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) is a globally important cold-water aquaculture species, yet the molecular events underlying the transition from embryo to free-living larva remain poorly resolved. In this study, eukaryotic reference-based transcri...

As more students with disabilities access postsecondary education, it is important for the field to understand their post-graduation employment outcomes. A systematic literature review using preferred reporting items for systematic reviews and meta-a...

The diagnosis and treatment of hyponatremia present challenges to clinicians and opportunities to improve our understanding of body water, sodium and potassium homeostasis and disorders. The first step in the diagnosis of every case of hyponatremia i...

Synthetic aperture radar (SAR) supports all-weather maritime surveillance, but variations in ship scale, orientation, and scattering, together with sea clutter and coastal infrastructure, can cause missed small ships and false alarms. We propose DSSA...

Background and Objectives: Electrical cardioversion (ECV) restores sinus rhythm in patients with atrial fibrillation (AF) and requires uninterrupted anticoagulation to prevent thromboembolic events. Despite the predictable pharmacokinetic profile of...

Mortared-stone revetments on the waterside slopes of levees are continuously exposed to flow erosion, environmental variation, and material deterioration during long-term service. Fracture and spalling can therefore occur at the interfaces between st...

Automated operation of urban stormwater pumping stations is a sequential decision-making problem that must prevent detention-basin overflow during intense rainfall while coordinating pump switching, pump use, and dry-running risk. This study proposes...

Food waste represents a renewable carbon resource with considerable potential for the production of bioenergy, platform chemicals, biomaterials, and other high-value products within integrated biorefinery systems. However, the heterogeneous compositi...

Background/Objectives: Circulating biomarkers reflecting distinct aspects of tumor and host biology may provide complementary information in gastric cancer. We characterized serum R-Spondin-1, nesfatin-1, and irisin and explored whether their combine...

Atopic dermatitis (AD) is a heterogeneous, relapsing inflammatory skin disease in which epidermal barrier dysfunction, immune dysregulation, microbial imbalance, genetics, and the environment interact continuously over time. Although a substantial bo...

Background: Accurate evaluation of bone marrow involvement is important for staging and treatment monitoring in pediatric neuroblastoma. This study evaluated flow cytometry for detecting neuroblastoma cells in bone marrow aspirates. Methods: In this...

Background and Clinical Significance: Octreotide is widely used off-label for neonatal postoperative chylothorax, although dosing is not standardised, and the supporting evidence comes mainly from case reports and case series. Somatostatin receptor (...

The functional linear model $Y={\int }_{\mathcal{T}}X\left(t\right){\beta }_0\left(t\right)dt+\epsilon$ is widely used in various fields, including medical image analysis, economics, and climate science. Reliable statistical inference for ${\beta }_0\left(t\right)$ across the domain $t\in \mathcal{T}$ is essential i...

Oxidized graphene quantum dots (o-GQDs) alter viability and cell-cycle progression in breast cancer cells, yet the cellular programs underlying these effects remain incompletely defined. We exposed MCF-7 cells to 10 mg/L o-GQD for 72 h and integrated...

Brewing temperature and duration jointly modulate the sensory perception, functional properties, and chemical composition of herbal tea infusions, yet their integrated effects on Cyclocarya paliurus tea remain poorly understood. Here, cold-brewed (4...