Sci, Volume 8, Issue 10

Background: With increasing altitude, the barometric pressure falls, and the inspired partial pressure of oxygen decreases. Consequently, hypoxaemia develops, which may lead to impaired physical and mental performance as well as altitude-induced illn...

Blockchain technology can transform human resource (HR) management, particularly HR validation. This review investigates blockchain’s impact on HR validation from managerial and quantitative viewpoints. HR validation must include recruitment, c...

Although surface electromyography (SEMG) is widely used in research, it remains unclear whether systematic differences in SEMG amplitudes are sensitive to sex, age, or individual force capacity. To address this issue, the present study conducted a re...

Conventional osteosynthesis plates provide reliable fixation for bone fractures, but their design is predominantly functional and rarely addresses the patient’s emotional or symbolic relationship with the implanted device. This study introduces...

Human space exploration requires low-mass textiles with high mechanical strength, thermal stability, durability, and protection against extreme environmental conditions. This critical narrative review evaluates the potential of plant biodiversity as...

The rapid increase in non-biodegradable polyethylene terephthalate (PET) usage has resulted in serious environmental problems due to excessive plastic waste accumulation. Sustainable recycling, upcycling and conversion of value-added products is an e...

This study aimed to characterize the phytochemical profile of Eleutherine bulbosa bulb ethanolic crude extract, evaluate its anti-tyrosinase activity, and develop liposomal formulations to enhance skin delivery for topical skin-lightening application...

The induced membrane technique (IMT) is widely used for segmental bone defect reconstruction, with polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA) spacers playing a central role. However, evidence supporting specific PMMA spacer strategies remains uncertain. This sys...

The resource utilization of recycled aggregates is of paramount importance, and the crushing value serves as a core indicator for evaluating their mechanical properties and classification applications. This paper systematically reviews the research p...

Smartphone-based analytical systems have become an important area of research owing to their widespread availability, computational power, connectivity, and sensing capabilities. To date, most analytical science applications have utilized smartphone...

Trimethylamine N-oxide (TMAO) is an emerging risk factor for cardiometabolic diseases, yet its etiologic role remains unclear given discrepancies between observational and genetic evidence. Existing genetic studies, predominantly conducted in Europea...

Energy communities represent a transformative paradigm for decentralized renewable energy integration, enabling collective investment in photovoltaic (PV) systems and battery energy storage systems (BESS) to achieve economic and environmental benefit...

This article proposes a hybrid method for constructing composite indices in the context of decision-making through the integration of Uniform Manifold Approximation and Projection (UMAP) and the Random Forest algorithm. Unlike Principal Component Ana...

This study investigates the oxygen exchange kinetics between O₂ and Ga-doped La₂SrFe₂O_7−δ, focusing on the role of gallium substitution in modifying the surface exchange properties of materials. Two compositions, undoped La₂SrFe₂O₇₋...

Spore-forming Bacillus probiotics are widely used in aquaculture, but host-associated strains from Siamese fighting fish (Betta splendens Regan) remain uncharacterized. Ten Bacillus isolates were recovered from the gastrointestinal tract of farmed B....

This study presents an industrial technology for producing multi-component wood briquettes with controlled raw material dosing, homogenization, and an integrated ATEX-oriented safety architecture. The process enables independent control of three raw...

Soluble urokinase plasminogen activator receptor (suPAR) reflects systemic immune activation and biological vulnerability and has been proposed as a cross-diagnostic prognostic biomarker in emergency care. We systematically reviewed full-text English...

Nitrate contamination of aquatic environments and the high energy and carbon intensity of conventional ammonia production represent two major and increasingly interconnected sustainability challenges. Electrocatalytic nitrate reduction to ammonia (NO...

Cowpea (Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp.) is an important food and income crop in the Colombian Caribbean, where fertilization is seldom guided by site-specific soil information. Three randomized complete block field trials with four replicates were cond...

Psoriasis is a chronic immune-mediated inflammatory disorder increasingly recognized as a systemic disease, yet the clinical significance and underlying mechanisms of its oral manifestations remain incompletely understood. Building on previous review...

This study investigates magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) flow and heat transfer in a semi-infinite expanding or contracting porous pipe under local thermal non-equilibrium (LTNE) conditions with wall suction and injection. The governing momentum and energy...

Crohn’s disease (CD) requires continuous assessment of inflammatory activity to support treat-to-target strategies and prevent progressive bowel damage. Although endoscopy remains the reference standard, its invasive nature limits repeated use,...

This study investigates the linear stability of magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) flow in a porous channel with Navier-slip boundary conditions and lower-wall surface roughness to clarify the combined effects of these mechanisms on flow transition. A modifie...

Background: Anthranilamides have attracted increasing attention due to their antispasmodic and anti-inflammatory effects. The present study aimed to comparatively evaluate the effects of three previously synthesized anthranilamides, namely 2-chloro-N...

Dynamic covalent biomacromaterials are redefining the design of adaptive soft materials by integrating the structural diversity and biological functionality of biomacromolecules with reversible covalent bond exchange. In contrast to permanently cross...

Bat communities are affected by the constant growth of cities; however, urban and suburban environments can support distinct biological assemblages. In this study, we compared bat diversity (richness and abundance), structure, and dissimilarity of ba...

Plant mucilage is considered here as a tunable polysaccharide platform for drug delivery within a circular approach to materials and manufacturing. Its biphasic architecture of neutral arabinoxylan domains interwoven with an uronate-rich pectic matri...

This study examines how GPT-based customer-service chatbot language is evaluated when chatbot style is systematically constructed through Biber’s Multidimensional Analysis (MDA). Ten chatbot conditions were developed, representing opposing pole...

Previous studies have consistently demonstrated associations between time perspective and chronotype, but the mechanisms underlying these associations remain poorly understood. Drawing on the view that time perspective manifests in behaviours that ca...

Energy storage is a critical step for the decarbonization of our society by exploiting renewable energies. Carnot batteries are promising technologies for storing excess electricity from renewables, but their efficiency is generally limited. The pres...

Al-Kharj City is emerging as a major industrial and agricultural center in Saudi Arabia, where improving the energy efficiency and energy savings of brackish water reverse osmosis (BWRO) desalination is an important long-term objective for sustainabl...

Atmospheric particulate-matter variability reflects the combined effects of emissions, meteorology, and regional transport, and its interpretation benefits from the integration of complementary observations. This study combines two years (2023–...

Acute diarrhea is associated with alterations in the gut microbiota, yet data from Indonesian pediatric populations remain limited. This study characterized the fecal microbiota of children and toddlers with acute diarrhea using 16S rRNA gene amplico...

The increasing demand for avocado oil raises the question of whether production and consumption remain within environmentally sustainable limits. This study evaluated a cradle-to-grave avocado oil supply chain, produced in Colombia and consumed in Ge...

The consumption of medicinal plant infusions has increased worldwide due to their perceived health benefits; however, their effects on dental enamel integrity remain insufficiently understood. This study investigated dental enamel demineralization in...

This paper presents an integrated technique to improve the accuracy of object detection in videos using an intelligent truncated average for background estimation, effectively reducing the influence of transient foreground objects and false detection...

Obesity is an important public health concern among children and adolescents. Effective weight management generally requires dietary modification, nutrition education, physical activity, and continued behavioral support. This study developed and eval...

Microbial-derived bioactive metabolites offer a promising strategy for sustainable plant disease management, but their efficacy against Phytophthora palmivora in durian plants and the associated host metabolic responses remain poorly understood. This...

Oral food challenge (OFC) is the reference standard for diagnosing IgE-mediated food allergy, whereas the performance of prick-by-prick testing (PbP) with native foods in routine care is uncertain. We retrospectively screened all food-specific OFC re...

Urban traffic signal systems based on fixed-time plans may not adequately respond to variations in traffic demand among signalized intersections, limiting their operational efficiency. This study proposes a data-driven framework based on a Multilayer...

Communities in non-interconnected zones frequently lack reliable access to centralized electricity networks. Michell–Banki cross-flow turbines are attractive for decentralized generation because of their simple construction, relatively low impl...

Bleeding enhances fish quality by removing blood, which acts as a pro-oxidant and provides nutrients for microbes. However, the effects of bleeding techniques on freshness, quality, and fishy odor of Asian seabass remain unclear. Therefore, the effec...

Heavy metal contamination poses a major threat to soil quality and agricultural sustainability, particularly in Mediterranean regions affected by both anthropogenic activities and naturally metal-rich parent materials. This study evaluated the potent...

This study investigated the redistribution of the milk lipid fraction during buffalo mozzarella manufacturing, and it focused on the effects of coagulation and stretching on triglycerides, fatty acids, and cholesterol. Samples of raw milk, curd, whey...

Petroleum-derived hydrophobic pollutants represent a persistent environmental concern, highlighting the need for sustainable and efficient remediation technologies. In this study, a biosurfactant produced by the yeast Starmerella bombicola ATCC 22214...

Smart water infrastructure increasingly relies on distributed Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) and SCADA architectures for real-time monitoring, supervisory control, and operational decision-making. However, this integration also creates cyber-ph...