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Single-wheel brake failure in electromechanical brake (EMB) systems breaks the left-right symmetry of wheel forces and yaw moments, creating a critical conflict between emergency braking effectiveness and lateral stability. To address this symmetry-b...

Comparative analysis of nanostructured multilayer Cr/(Cr/a-C)ml coatings on HS6-5-2 steel was carried out. The coatings were deposited at various chromium target power values using PVD technology, particularly the magnetron sputtering method. The eff...

Land use and land cover change (LULCC) constitutes a major challenge to sustainability worldwide. This also applies to Japan, where urbanization in coastal lowlands is contrasted with widespread agricultural abandonment in rural landscapes. In this s...

Heat stress is a key environmental factor that adversely affects plant growth, development, and productivity. Nitrate reductase (NR), encoded by AtNIA1 and AtNIA2, plays a crucial role in nitric oxide (NO) biosynthesis, which mediates stress response...

As industrial internet platforms increasingly play a central role in the digital transformation of manufacturing, they have become crucial areas for manufacturing enterprises to pursue digital innovation. Current academic research has paid relatively...

To address the technical bottlenecks of strong background radiation interference and weak target signals in mid-wave infrared (MWIR) hyperspectral mineral detection over complex terrain, this paper proposes a “full-link background radiation sup...

In recent decades, awareness of sexual violence against men has grown, yet research and services remain limited compared to those addressing women’s experiences. This qualitative study examined how male survivors in Canada navigate social conne...

Multi-sensor-based human activity recognition (HAR) models trained with deep learning often exhibit limited generalization when applied to data collected under conditions different from those seen during training. To alleviate this issue, we present...

Cardiovascular imaging is a cornerstone of modern cardiology, yet its clinical impact is limited by operator dependence, inter-observer variability, time-consuming workflows, and unequal access to advanced expertise. Artificial intelligence (AI), par...

This study investigates efficient thermal-image human pose estimation under edge deployment constraints for smart home activity recognition. A single-person thermal dataset of 2500 images was collected and annotated with 17 body keypoints. YOLO11-pos...

This qualitative study examined how a 21-day integrated program fosters interoceptive awareness and mind–body integration among urban adults in mainland China (n = 11). The intervention combined daily nasal breathing regulation, spontaneous man...

Background/Objectives: Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS) is a debilitating pain condition with complex pathophysiology and limited treatment efficacy. Whole-body cryostimulation (WBC) has shown promising results in other chronic pain syndromes, b...

H-NS (histone-like nucleoid-structuring protein) is a global regulator affecting diverse bacterial processes. This study aimed to elucidate the regulatory role of H-NS in the virulence of Klebsiella pneumoniae (K. pneumoniae), particularly in relatio...

Cerebral aneurysms and arteriovenous malformations are life-threatening hemodynamic pathologies of the brain. While surgical intervention is often essential to prevent fatal outcomes, it carries significant risks both during the procedure and in the...

The tourism sector has been increasingly shaped by compounding forces, including those caused by the pandemic’s aftershocks, accelerating climate risks, sociopolitical upheavals, governance and regulatory changes, shifts in market behavior, and...

Gait parameters are commonly reported, but their stability over durations representative of a typical continuous run remains poorly understood. This study investigated the stability and temporal structure of key spatiotemporal and kinetic parameters...

The convergence of climate change, migration, and health represents a critical global challenge, with the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region illustrating acute vulnerabilities while offering insight relevant beyond the region. Increasing expo...

Validated instruments assessing gender stereotype endorsement among adolescents are scarce and often overlook contemporary domains like digital privacy. To address this gap, this study developed and validated the Gender Stereotypes and Roles Adherenc...

Suzuki–Miyaura coupling of 3-chloro-5-[(2-ethylhexyl)amino]-4H-1,2,6-thiadiazin-4-one with phenylboronic acid, at ca. 100 °C, gave 3-[(2-ethylhexyl)amino]-5-phenyl-4H-1,2,6-thiadiazin-4-one in 69% yield. Another nucleophilic substitution re...

Colorectal cancer (CRC) develops through both conventional adenoma–carcinoma and serrated neoplasia pathways, yet noninvasive screening still under-detects the advanced precursor lesions that enable true cancer prevention. Stool-based screening...

Unilateral or bilateral paired data are often encountered when people receive treatment for paired organs or body parts. Compared with using only unilateral or bilateral data alone, the utilization of combined data can provide additional information....

As population aging accelerates, age-related declines in visual sensitivity and attentional control make older drivers more vulnerable to suboptimal in-vehicle interface designs. Head-up displays (HUDs) are intended to reduce gaze shifts by overlayin...

Background: Ribociclib, initially approved for HR+/HER2− advanced breast cancer (ABC) at a 600 mg dose, was recently approved for HR+/HER2− early breast cancer (EBC) at a 400 mg dose based on the NATALEE trial. Differences in dose and pat...

Background: COVID-19 can have adverse effects on individuals’ lung functions for up to 6 months or more after the episode. As a result, people may be reluctant to exercise, and this can have further adverse effects on their lung capacity and fi...

This paper proposes a nonlinear robust H_∞ excitation controller based on an improved slime mould optimization algorithm (ISMA) to enhance the stability and anti-disturbance performance of synchronous generators (SGs) in power systems. First, a...

Enhancing the carrying capacity of the ecological environment serves as a pivotal pathway to achieving sustainable development and also constitutes a concrete response to the UN SDGs. Based on a provincial panel dataset covering 30 Chinese provinces...

Following the establishment of the four molecular subtypes of breast cancer, additional biomarkers are required to further refine prognostication and patient stratification. Krüppel-like factors (KLFs), components of Wnt signaling, estrogen rece...

An alkene-tethered enaminone 7 was synthesized in four steps from bromoacetic acid and 3,3-dimethylallyl alcohol. The enaminone was fully characterized, including UV-Vis spectra. TBADT-catalyzed HAT of the alkene-tethered enaminone initiated a fragme...

In complex driving environments, drivers must continuously detect and respond to critical visual information such as traffic signs and pedestrians. However, important targets may sometimes be overlooked due to high cognitive load during driving. Ther...

This paper aimed to investigate the impact of dry heat treatment and fractionation on white sorghum grain’s chemical and rheological properties. For this, dry heat treatment was applied to sorghum grains of different granulations, integral (I),...

The load transfer method is important for the settlement prediction of axially loaded piles, but in multi-layered complex soils, it lacks analytical solutions. Traditional numerical methods such as the finite element method suffer from strong depende...

Three-dimensional reconstruction using unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) platforms has been extensively utilized in various fields. While conventional techniques such as oblique photogrammetry can produce mesh models with geographical references, they of...

SrTiO₃ has attracted considerable attention owing to its favorable electronic structure and chemical stability among various semiconductor photocatalysts. However, its practical application is hindered by a wide bandgap and rapid recombination of pho...

Biochar is a porous material which can be produced by biomass waste pyrolysis and modified using metal oxide to improve its adsorption performance. Activated biochar (AB) was synthesized from patchouli biomass waste to study the effect of calcination...

Background: Metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD) is a globally prevalent condition with a complex pathogenesis. While both m6A RNA methylation regulators and gut microbiota have been independently implicated in MASLD, thei...

Persistent urban–rural disparities remain a major challenge to inclusive and sustainable development in many developing economies. The digital economy is widely viewed as a potential mechanism for alleviating such inequalities, yet empirical ev...

A dominating set of a graph is a subset of vertices such that every vertex is either contained in the set or adjacent to at least one vertex in it. A dominating set is called k-fair if each vertex not in this set is adjacent to exactly k vertices of...

As critical components of wind energy systems, the structural integrity of wind turbine blades is directly tied to the operational safety and economic performance of wind turbines. With blade designs trending toward larger and more flexible structure...

This paper explores how semantic-space reasoning, traditionally used in computational linguistics, can be extended to tactical decision-making in team sports. Building on the analogy between texts and teams—where players act as words and collec...

Rolling bearings exhibit nonlinear and non-stationary fault signals under complex working conditions, rendering single-modal representation insufficient for accurate diagnosis. To address this limitation, this paper proposes a novel parallel multimod...

Empoasca fabae (Harris) is a destructive migratory pest threatening potato cultivation globally. As climate change may facilitate its invasion into China, the world’s largest potato producer, projecting its potential range is critical for early...

Aircraft icing prediction is crucial for aerodynamic design and airworthiness assessment. Traditional physics-based models struggle with complex multi-physical processes, while existing AI methods (function-based characterization or direct image lear...

Out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) remains a leading cause of sudden death worldwide, with wide variation in reported incidence and outcomes driven by heterogeneity in registries, emergency medical services (EMS) organization, and case definitions...

The manipulation of the electrocatalyst nanoarchitecture, particularly transition metal compounds, regarding size, shape, facets, and composition, significantly enhances the electrocatalytic activity in energy transformations. This study introduces a...

Asphalt rheological properties are fundamental to pavement performance, yet their accurate assessment requires multi-scale characterization due to asphalt’s inherent complexity. This article reviews the connections between asphalt rheology acro...

To reduce the carbon footprint, electric vehicles (EVs) are considered an alternative transportation choice. However, increased use of EVs could lead to overloading the existing power network when accounting for all installed chargers. With the incre...

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Irradiation creep of engineering alloys in nuclear reactor cores differs from the creep that is observed outside of the irradiation environment. It exhibits characteristics like high temperature thermal creep because it occurs in an environment of el...

This study investigated the effects of different application rates of spent mushroom substrate (SMS) from Morchella sextelata on soil properties and microbial communities in a moso bamboo (Phyllostachys edulis) plantation. Three SMS rates (2.4, 4.7,...

Aerial remote sensing efficiently surveys large areas, but accurate direct object-level measurement remains difficult in complex natural scenes. Advancements in 3D computer vision, particularly radiance field representations such as NeRF and 3D Gauss...