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Carbon dots (CDs) have enormous potential in optical sensing applications due to their remarkable physicochemical properties. Benefiting from high specific surface area, rich active sites, bright photoluminescence, high photostability, and biocompati...

Effective network screening methods play a significant role in highway safety management programs and contribute to sustainable mobility by facilitating the reduction in all crashes, including fatalities and injuries across the transportation system....

Pine wilt disease poses a significant threat to forest ecosystems. This study evaluates the efficacy and economic–ecological benefits of its control measures in Weihai City, China, from 2019 to 2022. Employing disaster economics theory and a si...

A novel Lithium triflate-incorporated Solid Polymer Electrolyte (SPE) has been developed by using the optimized blend of Ghatti Gum (GG) and Xanthan Gum (XG) with a biodegradable synthetic polymer, Polyvinyl alcohol (PVA), ethylene glycol as a plasti...

Current methods to reduce air traffic complexity during convective weather conditions are sometimes not sufficient to meet the traffic demand in such situations. The most common strategy deployed by flow management personnel for complexity reduction...

Stem cells maintain tissue homeostasis through precisely regulated self-renewal and differentiation, processes largely dependent on metabolic control. The Drosophila testis provides an ideal model system to study metabolism regulation of stem cell ho...

Bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD) remains a major long-term morbidity among preterm infants. As lung-protective strategies advance and survival of extremely premature neonates improves, BPD has evolved from a ventilator-induced inflammatory and fibrot...

Venous thromboembolism (VTE), including pulmonary embolism (PE) and deep vein thrombosis (DVT), remains a major cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide, with significant clinical challenges in diagnosis and risk stratification. Traditional diagnos...

Stairwells constitute critical escape routes for emergency evacuation during building disasters. The spread of fire smoke and the failure of lighting systems can significantly reduce visibility within stairwells, thereby adversely affecting evacuatio...

Short-term wind power prediction is pivotal for maintaining the stability of power grids characterized by high renewable energy penetration. However, wind power time series exhibit complex characteristics, including local turbulence-induced fluctuati...

Paired electrolysis represents a more environmentally sustainable and efficient approach for converting agroforestry biomass-derived 5-hydroxymethylfurfural (HMF) and furfural (FUR) into valuable fine chemicals and fuel additives. A critical challeng...

Visibility is a critical meteorological factor for ensuring the safety of maritime and bridge transportation, and accurate identification of low-visibility levels is essential for early warning and operational scheduling. Traditional methods such as...

This study evaluated the influence of ripening stage on sanitary status, fruit characteristics, oil content, and quality parameters in four Spanish olive cultivars (‘Arbequina’, ‘Manzanilla Carrasqueña’, ‘Morisca&...

This paper introduces a hybrid two-stage registration framework for reconstructing three-dimensional (3D) kidney anatomy from macroscopic slices, using CT-derived models as the geometric reference standard. The approach addresses the data-scarcity an...

The gibbon was an often-mentioned animal in the elite literati world of China, Japan, and the Korean Peninsula during the twelfth to nineteenth centuries, with a large number of poems and paintings touching on the theme of gibbons. The image of the g...

Barley grass is an emerging forage potentially helping relieve the lack of green forage for livestock, and its nutritive value is influenced by kinds of cultivation conditions. This study was conducted to investigate the effect of cultivation tempera...

Understanding the Holocene environmental history of desert landscapes in northern China contributes to elucidating the mechanisms driving desertification in the mid-latitudes of the Northern Hemisphere (NH). Based on a systematic and comparative anal...

Background/Objectives: Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are persistent environmental pollutants that accumulate in humans through everyday exposure pathways, raising concern about long-term metabolic health effects in exposed populations. T...

With the ongoing transformation of energy systems and the expanding scale of multi-park integrated energy systems, this paper proposes a novel multi-spatiotemporal scale scheduling framework that integrates robust optimization with distributed coordi...

This study investigated antibacterial dentures fabricated by peening titanium apatite onto a polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA) denture base resin using a peening device. The effects of different peening mass flow rates and total peening masses on the de...

Bacterial cellulose (BC) shows high potential for food applications, yet its scalable production using whey-based substrates remains challenging. The aim of the study was to evaluate the influence of whey (40–100% v/v) and sucrose (0–50 g...

Coral aggregate concrete (CAC) is a promising sustainable material for construction on remote islands, but it is often limited by relatively low strength and durability. Fiber reinforcement has therefore been introduced as an effective modification s...

Background: Thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura (TTP) is a rare but life-threatening thrombotic microangiopathy (TMA) caused by severe deficiency of the von Willebrand factor–cleaving protease ADAMTS13. Pregnancy is a recognized trigger for bot...

Direct conversion of CO₂ into fuels or chemicals using solar energy has long been a topic of interest among researchers. However, the severe recombination of photogenerated carriers in photocatalysts often results in low conversion efficiency. To syn...

This study proposes an electromagnetic design strategy to improve the energy efficiency of electric-vehicle (EV) traction motors by defining an operating region with high energy contribution using Urban Dynamometer Driving Schedule (UDDS) data and ta...

Coated tofu is prone to spoilage and degradation during processing, storage, and transportation. As the material basis for gel of coated tofu, proteins determine coated tofu’s unique qualities, such as its colour, flavour, and texture. This stu...

Acmella oleracea (L.) R. K. Jansen (Asteraceae), commonly known as the “toothache plant” or “jambu,” is a significant medicinal plant that has been traditionally used in Brazil and other tropical and subtropical regions for re...

Klebsiella pneumoniae (K. pneumoniae, KP) is a significant opportunistic pathogen responsible for both nosocomial and community-acquired infections. Bacterial adhesion is the critical initial step for host colonization and the establishment of diseas...

This study investigated the nutritional value of enzymolytic soybean meal (ESBM) in growing pigs through two experiments. Experiment 1 evaluated the digestible energy (DE) and metabolizable energy (ME) values using twenty-two crossbred pigs (Duroc &t...

Background: Pulmonary nematodes are an underrecognized cause of respiratory disease in domestic cats, with diagnosis often complicated by nonspecific clinical signs and limitations of fecal-based testing. Methods: This study aimed to assess the preva...

In response to the problems of poor operating stability and easy tipping of small agricultural machinery under the complex terrain of hilly and mountainous areas, this study designed a tracked mobile platform suitable for hilly and mountainous areas...

Much of the patient data recorded in electronic health records is stored as unstructured free text. Extracting medication information from such data is essential, particularly for antidiabetic drugs such as sodium–glucose cotransporter-2 (SGLT2...

Two-dimensional transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDCs) have attracted worldwide attention due to their rich physical and chemical properties. How to regulate their electronic structures to meet different application requirements is a crucial issue....

Equimolar crystals of a high-entropy Ca_0.25Sr_0.25Ba_0.25Nd_0.25F_2.25 (CaSrBaNdF₉) fluoride solid solution were grown from a melt by the Bridgman technique, and their optical, electrical, and thermal properties were studied for the first time. This soli...

RRT*, which augments the RRT with the ChooseParent and Rewire steps, is a widely used algorithm for path planning. RRT*-based algorithms are effective for improving the quality of paths in the Rewire step. However, as the expansion continues, there a...

In The Netherlands, preventive child healthcare (PCHC) has been carrying out neonatal hearing screening in well-babies since 2006. The aim of this study was to examine the relationship between the age of newborns and the false positive referral rate...

Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) remains one of the most hard to treat malignancies, characterised by significant immune evasion and resistance to current systemic agents. Despite substantial progress in understanding tumour immunology across...

Dendrobium officinale (DO) is a traditional medicinal and edible plant whose polysaccharides help modulate gastrointestinal and metabolic functions. Fresh DO is commonly processed into “Fengdou” to prolong shelf life, but the effects of t...

Flavonoids present in plants and fruits have been used in traditional medicine to reduce inflammation under various inflammatory conditions, including colitis. The pharmacological mechanisms that regulate intestinal inflammation are associated with t...

Sea turtles are increasingly being used as bioindicators of marine pollution, yet baseline data on trace elements in the blood are still limited. This study quantified magnesium (Mg), iron (Fe), zinc (Zn), copper (Cu), cadmium (Cd) and lead (Pb) in g...

This study investigates research engagement among teachers specializing in language education for people with refugee and migrant backgrounds in Greece. Given the non-standardized and relatively unstructured nature of language education in such setti...

Diabetes mellitus is one of the fastest-growing non-communicable diseases worldwide. The increasing global prevalence of diabetes has been accompanied by a corresponding rise in the incidence of diabetic micro- and macrovascular complications and rel...

Background/Objective: Pheochromocytomas and paragangliomas (PPGL) lead to marked catecholamine metabolite elevations, whereas the causes of mild increases remain unclear. We aimed to evaluate seasonal and climatic variation in plasma and urinary cate...

Phosphate-solubilizing bacteria (PSB) are pivotal in the cycling of phosphorus within terrestrial ecosystems and hold great promise for sustainable agriculture. In this study, we report the isolation of HRY1—a highly efficient phosphate-solubil...

Background/Objectives: Wernicke encephalopathy (WE) is an acute neurological syndrome caused by severe thiamine deficiency. Early detection is challenging due to the low sensitivity of the classic triad. Methods: This retrospective observational stud...

Objective: This study provides the first systematic synthesis of the burden of Group B Streptococcus (GBS) colonization and invasive disease in Nigeria, with emphasis on prevalence, serotypes, and sequence types (STs). Method: This systematic review...

This study details the validation of a novel microbead beating extraction (MBE) technique for the analysis of polycyclic aromatic compounds (PACs) in sediments. The method’s performance was evaluated against international analytical validation...

In the current era of educational digitalization, Learning Management Systems (LMS) serve as the critical backbone of online learning for content delivery, administration, and communication. This study addresses key limitations in delivering hands-on...

Ultrasmall near-infrared (NIR)-responsive quantum dots (QDs) are highly promising for deep-tissue phototherapy but often face challenges with biocompatibility and clearance. In this study, Cu₂ZnSnS₄ quantum dots (CZTS QDs) were synthesized via a non-...

N-nitrosodimethylamine (NDMA) is a relatively toxic and environmentally persistent carcinogen, posing potential threats to the sustainability of freshwater ecosystems, but relevant research on the toxic effects of NDMA in China is relatively scarce....