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Carbon fiber-reinforced plastics (CFRP) are widely used in deployable space structures due to their strength-to-weight ratio, yet their inherent brittleness and limited damage tolerance constrain their performance under large deformation. This study...

The whale shark aggregation area in La Paz has given rise to vital wildlife tourism activity since the mid-1990s, which has been consolidated during the first decade of the 21st century. La Paz Bay is one of the three sites in Mexico where whale shar...

Human activity recognition (HAR) lies at the core of digital healthcare applications that monitor different types of physical activity. Traditional HAR methods often struggle to adapt to variable-length, real-world activity data and to generalise acr...

The creatinine/cystatin C ratio (CCR) has emerged as a simple surrogate marker for muscle mass. This study aimed to evaluate the clinical utility of CCR in identifying sarcopenia among patients with hepatitis-C-virus-related liver cirrhosis who achie...

Reinforced concrete (RC) walls are designed to carry vertical and horizontal loads which may need to be rehabilitated and strengthened to enhance their load-bearing capacity due to increased loading demands, environmental factors, or lateral forces....

Lymphovenous anastomosis (LVA) has become an established microsurgical treatment for lymphedema, yet the hemodynamic basis for its efficacy in the lower extremity has not been rigorously examined. Most assessments of anastomotic function are performe...

This study evaluated the effects of the growth retardants daminozide and paclobutrazol on the production of propagation material of Lavandula angustifolia under controlled greenhouse conditions. Cuttings were propagated using three systems (mist, aer...

Valsa canker, caused by Valsa pyri (Vp), severely threatens global pear production. The VAMP72 family modulates plant immunity, but its role in Valsa canker resistance remains unclear. In this study, it was found that PbeVAMP724, encoding a membrane-...

Dysregulation of the deubiquitinating enzyme Ubiquitin-specific peptidase 14 (USP14) is implicated in several neurodegenerative diseases, and IU1, an allosteric inhibitor, has shown neuroprotective effects by reducing protein aggregate toxicity. This...

Background: Motivational text messages can encourage increased physical activity. This study aimed to validate motivational text messages among older adults and care partners and to assess differences in perceived motivational value between the two g...

Since 2022, global outbreaks of monkeypox virus (MPXV) have been repeatedly designated by the World Health Organization (WHO) as a public health emergency of international concern (PHEIC), underscoring the urgent need to elucidate the multidimensiona...

Propelled by the “dual-carbon” strategy, green and intelligent ports are rapidly advancing toward low-carbon and intelligent development. However, the large-scale incorporation of renewable energy and the extensive electrification of tran...

Methane (CH₄) is a potent greenhouse gas, with livestock rumination being a significant contributor to global emissions. This study developed a real-time monitoring system utilizing Off-Axis Integrated Cavity Output Spectroscopy (OA-ICOS) to simultan...

This paper investigates the feasibility of manufacturing hydraulic fittings using additive manufacturing (AM) technologies, specifically Fused Deposition Modeling (FDM) and Stereolithography (SLA). The study addresses the environmental challenge of m...

Because prostate cancer proliferates in an androgen-dependent manner, various inhibitors of androgen production and antagonists of the androgen receptor (AR) are used as therapeutic agents. However, the emergence of castration-resistant prostate canc...

In this study, a comprehensive mathematical method for modeling the operational reliability of mine hoisting equipment under conditions of incomplete and heavily censored data is developed. The analyzed dataset includes 259 observations collected ove...

Biodiesel’s application in compression–ignition engines is mostly limited by the type of methyl esters it contains rather than the total amount of feedstocks. In order to modify the fatty acid methyl ester (FAME) profile for better combus...

Vision Transformers (ViTs) have achieved strong performance in computer vision but suffer from limited inductive bias, high data requirements, and reduced sensitivity to high-frequency visual details. To address these limitations, Frequency-Domain Vi...

Using the seeding method, nickel-based single-crystal superalloy DD6 specimens with different growth orientations were prepared in a liquid metal cooling (LMC) directional solidification furnace. Subsequent standard heat treatment was carried out, an...

Molten Salt Reactors (MSRs) offer significant advantages over conventional reactors but introduce unique modeling challenges due to their circulating liquid fuel and strong coupling among nuclear, chemical, and fluid transport processes. These challe...

The rapid growth of textile waste generation, with more than 87% of discarded textiles worldwide being landfilled or incinerated, together with the extensive consumption of concrete in the construction industry, has intensified research into alternat...

Cardiogenic shock (CS) remains a life-threatening syndrome characterized by reduced cardiac output and end-organ hypoperfusion, most commonly resulting from acute myocardial infarction (AMI). Despite advances in early revascularization and increasing...

The existing forms and evolution mechanisms of carbon impurities constitute the core scientific issue in the optimization of polysilicon purification processes. The depth of research on this issue directly determines the targeting and effectiveness o...

Accurate carbon emission forecasting is essential for China’s dual-carbon targets and mitigation planning. However, many existing models struggle to capture long-range dependencies while remaining sensitive to short-term fluctuations. We evalua...

Energy communities in Denmark, Italy, and Norway were investigated to explore factors that enable or hinder the behavioral and social transformations necessary to achieve a socially just environmental transition, particularly in projects involving vu...

The intensification of wildfires in Portugal has highlighted the urgent need for technical tools capable of supporting more effective risk mitigation decisions. In particular, the lack of explicit criteria for prioritizing the implementation of wildf...

Background/Objectives: Vision language models (VLMs) show strong potential for medical image understanding, but their large scale often limits practical deployment. This study investigates whether a compact VLM can be effectively adapted for dermatol...

Lectins are carbohydrate-binding proteins that specifically bind to sugar groups associated with other molecules. Several studies have reported that these proteins can also modulate the activity of antibiotics against multidrug-resistant (MDR) strain...

Background: Arterial hypertension (AH) and insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (DM) are major comorbid risk factors for accelerated myocardial damage, yet the behavior of key stress-adaptive heat shock proteins HSP70 and HSP90 under combined stress r...

Canine mast cell tumours (MCTs) show highly variable behaviour, and Ki-67 is an established prognostic indicator. Conventional Ki-67 assessment is manual and restricted to small hotspot areas, limiting reliability. This study presents a semi-automate...

Functional food research has long emphasized isolated bioactive compounds, yet such single-target strategies often show limited efficacy against complex, multifactorial processes such as brain aging. In this review, we examine edible bird’s nes...

The limited ductility of the VW63K rare-earth magnesium alloy fabricated via cold metal transfer wire arc additive manufacturing (CMT-WAAM) was targeted in this work. An integrated approach that combines first-principles calculations with experimenta...

Emerging avian avulaviruses (AVVs) have been identified in Antarctic ecosystems; however, their biological properties and current circulation remain poorly understood. This study utilized historical egg-isolated Antarctic penguin avulavirus strains (...

Fermentation utilizing a combination of lactic acid bacteria (LAB) is known to enhance the nutritional value of wheat germ extract via the production of functional bioactive compounds. In this work, fermentation via compound LAB significantly enhance...

Wind disturbance is the major driver of forest damage in Northern Europe, particularly during late autumn and winter when cyclonic activity might coincide with unfrozen soil conditions. We quantified the thermal regime of periodically waterlogged min...

Adrenocortical carcinoma (ACC) is a rare, aggressive endocrine malignancy with poor survival outcomes and high recurrence rates. Whilst surgical resection is the cornerstone of curative treatment, the role of lymphadenectomy remains debated. “N...

Nanoparticles are widely explored in oncology as delivery platforms for cytotoxic drugs and molecularly defined therapeutic agents, including immunomodulators. While advances in nanomaterial engineering have enabled precise control over physicochemic...

Genetic polymorphisms contribute to inter-individual variability in cardiometabolic risk and quality-of-life outcomes, yet their clinical relevance often remains unclear due to population heterogeneity and reliance on single-variant analyses. Integra...

Post-transplant diabetes mellitus (PTDM) is a common complication after liver transplantation. Trimethylamine N-oxide (TMAO), a microbiota-derived metabolite, has been linked to insulin resistance, but epidemiological findings on type 2 diabetes rema...

Experimentally, adsorption is usually described by adsorption isotherms, which present a saturation effect at high enough concentration or pressure of the adsorbate fluid. This well-known saturation effect was first theoretically discussed by Langmui...

The highly efficient endodyogeny of tachyzoites is a key process driving acute infection by Toxoplasma gondii. The centrocone is a specialized and critical structure for parasite cell division, but the regulatory mechanisms of centrocone proteins in...

To improve the efficiency of injecting intensifying chemical slugs into injection wells, new formulations have been proposed. These compositions are based on high-tonnage surfactants combined with industrially produced nanoparticles. Experiments show...

The rapid growth of electronic devices, including wearable sensors, has increased electronic waste, driving interest in sustainable, biocompatible materials. Electrospun biomaterials have emerged as versatile substrates for multifunctional wearable t...

Biodegradable polymers based on poly(lactic acid) (PLA) and polyhydroxybutyrate (PHB) are widely investigated for biomedical engineering applications, particularly for temporary implants and tissue scaffolds fabricated by additive manufacturing. Howe...

Skin-lesion recognition from clinical photographs is clinically valuable yet computationally challenging due to large intra-class variation, subtle inter-class boundaries, class imbalance, and heterogeneous acquisition conditions. To address these co...

Lunar dark mantle deposits (DMDs), formed by explosive volcanic activity on the Moon, are typically composed of glass- and iron-rich pyroclastic materials, with slight variations in color, crystallinity, and TiO₂ concentration by region. This paper p...

Lithographic patterning continues to evolve under the dual pressure of ever-finer features and manufacturable, cost-effective integration. Beyond headline resolution, industrial adoption is increasingly determined by a small set of coupled metrics: t...

Background: Reliable and readily accessible prognostic biomarkers for extensive-stage small-cell lung cancer (ES-SCLC) are still lacking. The neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio (NLR), a marker of systemic inflammation, has shown prognostic relevance in s...

Floods are natural disasters that cause significant socioeconomic and environmental losses in both urban and rural areas. Within the framework of spatial planning, precautionary measures against flood hazards can be developed using analytical approac...

TMR-based magnetic encoders provide sensitive SIN/COS signals, but practical accuracy is degraded by channel mismatch and decoder dynamics. This study evaluates an end-to-end embedded implementation on a PMSM (Permanent Magnet Synchronous Motor) benc...