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Background: During social foraging, individuals typically adopt one of two mutually exclusive strategies: (1) producing, which involves searching for, discovering, and acquiring resources, or (2) scrounging, which entails exploiting resources previou...

Aim: To investigate the impact of pain on some electroencephalographic (EEG) features at term equivalent age (TEA) and, second, to assess if the proposed EEG analysis may be predictive of the neurodevelopmental outcome at 24 months corrected age. Met...

Global concerns regarding microplastics emerging in the environment have been raised recently. Using samples collected during the OceanXplorer mission in Aqaba, we explored the depth-based and regional variations of microplastics across pelagic and b...

As sustainability marketing research advances, conceptual debates persist regarding relevant stakeholders, motivations, and the integration of sustainability into marketing. However, these debates are not always consistently reflected in empirical wo...

Background/Objectives: The widespread development of anthelmintic resistance in gastrointestinal nematodes constitutes a major production-limiting factor in grazing ruminants. Resistance mechanisms often involve drug efflux transporters like P-glycop...

Accurate forecasting of citywide electric vehicle (EV) charging load is critical for alleviating station-level congestion, improving energy dispatching, and supporting the stability of intelligent transportation systems. However, large-scale EV charg...

Background: Individuals with mental health conditions frequently experience stigmatization and discrimination. Among the primary objectives in the fight against stigma is to examine groups that play a crucial role in addressing it, such as healthcare...

The Atlantic bluefin tuna (Thunnus thynnus) is a high-value species subject to strict catch quotas and seasonal closures in the Mediterranean Sea. However, detecting illegal, unreported, and unregulated fishing remains challenging, particularly for s...

Background: Radon exposure has been recognised as a risk factor for developing lung cancer and other health issues. The mutagenic changes associated with long-term radon exposure take 10–30 years to manifest, which may lead to a lower observed...

Background: Cefiderocol, a siderophore cephalosporin, is approved for the treatment of infections caused by multi-drug-resistant Gram-negative bacteria (MRGN). At present, few data are available on the pharmacokinetics of this substance in critically...

We develop a digitization-based analysis workflow for characterizing the entropy and correlation structure of truncated bosonic quantum fields after embedding them into small qubit registers, and illustrate it on the steady state of a coherently pump...

Machine tools are the major consumers of industrial energy, but their energy efficiency remains low, posing a serious challenge to sustainable manufacturing. The current literature predominantly focuses on isolated subsystems or specific operational...

In the rubidium-87 atomic fountain clock, the laser collimating and beam-expanding telescope plays a key role in atomic cooling and manipulation, as well as in realizing the cold-atom fountain. To address the bulkiness of conventional laser collimati...

Background/Objectives: Epidemiological and clinical studies have linked both hypothyroidism and hyperthyroidism to adverse cardiac outcomes, including heart failure and myocardial fibrosis. Triiodothyronine (T3), a biologically active thyroid hormone...

In the era of globalization, Chinese firms increasingly leverage sequential cross-border mergers and acquisitions to navigate complex international environments. Understanding the sustained impact of this strategy requires a holistic view beyond isol...

With the rapid development of multi-modal large models, the Visual–Language–Action (VLA) model has gradually become a new paradigm for autonomous robot operations. The VLA model encodes experimental images and text instructions separately...

The natural generalization of the XLindley distribution is proposed. The mathematical properties of the generalized XLindley distribution are derived. The importance of the proposed model is evaluated on the first-order autoregressive process, and co...

This study synthesizes the evidence on effective interventions for the prevention of breastfeeding-related nipple-areolar injuries. A systematic review was performed and guided by the evidence synthesis manual of the Joan Briggs Institute, carried ou...

This paper presents the design and implementation of a novel autonomous underwater robot with fully vectored propulsion based on model predictive control (MPC) to rapidly respond to the position and attitude required for autonomous operation. Specifi...

Objective: This study characterized Spanish occupational therapists’ knowledge of the national Code of Ethics and perceptions of professional ethics and examined associations with sociodemographic and educational variables. It quantified knowle...

This paper introduces modulation spaces with variable smoothness and integrability, defined via frequency-uniform decomposition operators and mixed Lebesgue-sequence spaces. Since the conventional dyadic decomposition is replaced by a uniform one, a...

Imaging is the gold standard for diagnosing osteoarthritis (OA). However, it remains challenging to precisely assess OA in murine models. The aim of this study is to establish μCT-based geometric indices for assessing the disease severity of post-...

In the context of sustainable logistics planning, carbon emission costs have become a critical factor influencing distribution decisions. Meanwhile, the time-dependent characteristics of urban road networks and simultaneous pickup–delivery oper...

Computer systems research faces significant challenges in reproducibility because of toolchain fragmentation and the rapid evolution of the RISC-V ecosystem. Many research artifacts stay as `digital tombstones’ because they lack stable build en...

Ion chromatography (IC) serves as a pivotal technique in trace ion analysis, and the separation performance of IC is largely determined by the properties of stationary phases. In contrast to silica-based matrices, polymer-based stationary phases have...

Immune checkpoint proteins including PD-1, CTLA-4, LAG-3, TIM-3, and TIGIT regulate T-cell functions, which are essential for anti-tumor immunity. Over-expression of these immune checkpoint proteins leads to T-cell exhaustion and a significant impair...

Multiband imaging (MBI) is a non-invasive, portable digital technique that has become increasingly widespread in the technical study and condition assessment of paintings, owing to its affordability and ease of use. This paper presents an experimenta...

In this work, the He and Ar triplet autoionizing states have been studied using a non-monochromatic electron beam and a high-resolution electrostatic analyzer at low incident electron energies and three ejection angles: 40°, 90°, and 130°...

This study examined the association between bullying and cyberbullying, both in victims and aggressors, and students’ perceived competence in English as a foreign language. A cross-sectional study was conducted with 444 Spanish students (50.00%...

Pleurotus ostreatus, a globally cultivated oyster mushroom, is susceptible to viral infections that threaten yield and quality. This study reports the identification and characterization of three novel viruses from a symptomatic P. ostreatus strain K...

The rapid expansion of generative artificial intelligence across educational, professional, and societal domains has intensified the need for a clear understanding of generative artificial intelligence literacy. Although scholarly interest in this to...

Background: Phytocannabinoids such as cannabidiol (CBD) and cannabigerol (CBG) have received increasing attention in the context of inflammatory and intestinal disorders. However, direct comparisons between their individual and combined effects, as w...

Background/Objectives: Prostate cancer is the most commonly diagnosed cancer in men and a leading cause of cancer-related mortality, highlighting the need for delivery systems capable of efficiently transporting both chemotherapeutic drugs and therap...

The growing demand for resources for production in intensive livestock farming requires research to operate with an environmentally sustainable perspective and respect for animal welfare, promoting circularity in the livestock industry. In this conte...

Commercial pedestrian streets serve as vital urban public spaces for residents’ daily leisure and social interaction. However, amid rapid urbanization, many such streets exhibit a tendency towards homogenization, raising practical concerns abou...

High-sensitivity, high-resolution electric field sensors (EFS) find extensive applications across multiple domains, including atmospheric monitoring, aerospace, power grid management, and industrial automation. While conventional electric field measu...

Let ${\mathcal{O}}_n\left(A\right)$ be the order-preserving and A-decreasing finite transformation semigroup on $X_n=\{1,2,\dots ,n\}$. It is known that ${\mathcal{O}}_n\left(A\right)$ has zero element if and only if $1\in A$. In this paper, we investigate zero-divisor graphs of ${\mathcal{O}}_n\left(A\right)$ where $1\in A$ and...

Self-compacting concrete (SCC) offers significant advantages in construction due to its superior workability; however, optimizing SCC mixture design remains challenging because of complex nonlinear material interactions and increasing sustainability...

Langer–Giedion syndrome (LGS), also known as trichorhinophalangeal syndrome type II (TRPS II; OMIM #150230), is a contiguous-gene deletion disorder caused by haploinsufficiency of TRPS1 and EXT1. Cornelia de Lange syndrome (CdLS) is genetically...

The fast-paced utilization of innovative Internet of Things (IoT) applications emphasizes the critical role that routing protocols play in designing an efficient communication system between network nodes. In this context, the lack of adaptive routin...

Objective: Accumulating evidence demonstrates that melatonin is involved in modulating granulosa cell function and follicular development. lncRNAs (long non-coding RNAs) and circRNAs (circular RNAs) have been reported to participate in multiple biolo...

The numerical analysis of dissipative energy in dynamic problems involving impact and contact phenomena relies on the physical principles of classical thermodynamics and on the constitutive equations of the material, supplemented by some additional c...

Ammonia (NH₃) is a promising carbon-free energy carrier for low-carbon power generation. However, in turbulent ammonia–methane (NH₃-CH₄) premixed swirling flames, operating at lean conditions to limit NO_X, emissions can trigger strong thermoaco...

Background: The four-compartment (4C) model is a criterion method for evaluating body composition tools like bioelectrical impedance analysis (BIA). This systematic review assessed the clinical equivalence of BIA devices compared to the 4C model and...

This study investigates ultrasonic wave propagation in carbon fiber reinforced polymer (CFRP) composites containing foreign object debris (FOD) by introducing a novel method to characterize the depth and size of FOD, from a single captured waveform g...

Large-scale collection and annotation of sensitive facial data in real-world traffic scenarios face significant hurdles regarding privacy protection, temporal consistency, and high costs. To address these issues, this work proposes an integrated meth...

The study analyzes the long-term development prospects of the Latvian dairy sector until 2032, using an integrated modeling approach that combines the AGMEMOD partial equilibrium model with the TOPSIS multi-criteria evaluation method. The study addre...

Bernsteinpolynomials on simplices provide a powerful framework for approximation, geometric modeling, and numerical analysis. A fundamental structural feature of their coefficients is the inclusion–isotone property: under subdivision of the dom...

Bortezomib is a 26S proteasome inhibitor used to treat multiple myeloma and systemic amyloidosis. While effective in prolonging survival, bortezomib has been increasingly associated with cardiovascular adverse events (CVAEs), including cardiac failur...

During jacking construction of prefabricated utility tunnels, asynchronous jack output and interface friction may induce internal force redistribution and deformation amplification at the leading end. Taking a triple-cell prefabricated utility tunnel...