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CO2 miscible flooding provides dual advantages in enhancing oil recovery and facilitating geological sequestration, and has become a key technical approach for developing low-permeability oil reservoirs and carbon emission reduction. The pore-scale f...

Breast cancer is the most frequently diagnosed malignancy among South African women and remains a leading cause of cancer-related death, yet the role of occupation as an independent predictor of mortality has not been evaluated nationally. In this un...

We present the case of a Vipera ammodytes ammodytes (Vaa, nose-horned viper)-bitten patient with recurrent thrombocytopenia. A 53-year-old patient envenomated by Vaa experienced three episodes of venom-dependent thrombocytopenia (4, 57 and 11 ×...

Precise distinguishing of maize blends and the evaluation of kernel losses enhances the accurate measurement of harvest loss. To address the low accuracy and poor anti-interference ability of traditional maize kernel detection methods under complex c...

Flexible packaging often consists of multilayer films that combine different materials to achieve high barrier performance, but these structures are incompatible with current recycling technologies. Polyolefins such as polypropylene (PP) offer more r...

Given the limited literature on the association between trade unions and mental health, this study aims to analyse differences between unionised and non-unionised workers in terms of psychological well-being, job satisfaction, and overall life satisf...

Patients with multiple traumas, particularly those with traumatic brain injury (TBI), are among the most challenging cases in intensive care medicine. Although early orotracheal intubation and invasive mechanical ventilation (IMV) are essential for a...

Let G be a simple graph. A general total coloring f of G refers to a coloring of the vertices and edges of G. Let C(x) be the set of colors of vertex x and edges incident with x under f. For a general total coloring f of G in which k colors are avail...

Parabolic dish collectors (PDCs) focus solar radiation onto a small area, minimizing the heat-loss area of the solar receiver and improving the heating of the working fluid. This fluid usually drives a Stirling-like or micro-gas turbine (Brayton-like...

Background: Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a chronic, inflammatory, and demyelinating disease of the central nervous system that predominantly affects young adults, particularly women, and is associated with progressive disability and a wide range of sym...

The U.S. municipal solid waste recycling rate has remained near 32% for two decades, placing the country 30th globally. In response, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has set a national goal of achieving a 50% recycling rate by 2030, yet...

The Tibetan Plateau (TP), known as the “Asian Water Tower,” plays a critical role in regional and global climate systems. However, water resource sustainability is increasingly threatened under climate change and growing demand. While moi...

This paper mainly studies tax inspection decision-making technology, aiming to improve the accuracy and robustness of target recognition, state estimation, and autonomous decision making in complex environments by constructing an application that int...

Amino acid (AA) metabolism and the adaptation of muscles to increased physical performance are interdependent. This field study examined changes in plasma amino acid (PAA) concentrations and two metabolites (ammonia and urea) before and after cross-c...

H5N1 is a highly pathogenic avian influenza virus of major global concern. Since 2023, it has circulated widely among wild and farmed birds, with increasing spillover into mammals, including minks, seals, and cattle, and sporadic infections in humans...

This research tackles the challenge of forecasting nonlinear time series data with stochastic structural variations by proposing the Markov switching autoregressive model with time-varying parameters (MSAR-TVP). Although effective in modeling dynamic...

This study is part of a broader conservation and restoration project of the 17th-century statue “Santissimo Salvatore” attributed to the Bolognese sculptor Gabriele Brunelli (1615–1682). This sculpture was traditionally classified a...

Inter-turn short-circuit (ITSC) faults in motor drives can induce substantial circulating currents and localized thermal stress, ultimately degrading winding insulation and compromising torque stability. To enhance the operational reliability of open...

Introduction: Chronic low back pain (CLBP) with neuropathic components poses a therapeutic challenge due to the limited efficacy and tolerability of conventional pharmacologic options. Botanical extracts such as Acmella oleracea and Boswellia serrata...

Efficient resource allocation is a central challenge in multi-tenant cloud, fog, and edge environments, where heterogeneous tenants compete for shared resources under dynamic and uncertain workloads. Static or purely heuristic methods often fail to c...

Banana harvesting relies heavily on manual labor, which is labor-intensive and prone to fruit damage due to insufficient control of contact forces. This paper presents a systematic methodology for the design and optimization of adaptive flexible end-...

The oral microbiome of apex predators such as grey wolves (Canis lupus) is colonised by complex microbial communities and plays a crucial role in the health of wild mammals, but remains poorly understood. In this study, a single pooled sample mixed f...

Understanding soil respiration (Rs) dynamics in Mediterranean olive groves is crucial for quantifying carbon fluxes under climate change. Soil respiration represents the combined CO2 efflux from root metabolic activity and microbial decomposition of...

Many countries around the world require some or all schools to develop and implement a school improvement plan (SIP), which is a tool intended to guide the identification of school-specific needs for improvement along with a series of priorities, goa...

Celiac disease (CeD) is an immune-mediated enteropathy triggered by gluten in genetically susceptible individuals, with a heterogeneous clinical spectrum spanning classical gastrointestinal symptoms, extraintestinal manifestations, and subclinical fo...

In recent decades, international interest has grown in the design and implementation of evolutionary reactors based on passive systems. The design of such systems requires reliable and validated numerical tools capable of simulating phenomena driven...

In urban underground space construction using shield tunnelling, the geological conditions ahead of the tunnel face are often uncertain. Without timely and accurate classification of the ground type, mismatches in operational parameters, uncontrolled...

YT521-B homology (YTH) domain-containing RNA-binding proteins, the earliest identified and most well-known m6A reader proteins, play important roles in post-transcriptional regulation of plant growth and development as well as stress response by spec...

Overlapping communities are key characteristics of the structure and function analysis of complex networks. Shared or overlapping nodes within overlapping communities can either form subcommunities or act as intersections between larger communities....

System time delays and nonlinear unmodeled dynamics severely constrain the control performance of the Active Suspension Electro-Hydraulic Servo Actuator (ASEHSA). To tackle these challenges, this paper presents a Dynamic Error Differentiation-based M...

As professional development (PD) programs aimed at improving early childhood educators’ teaching efficacy in integrated STEM (science, technology, engineering, mathematics) become more prevalent, understanding how best to evaluate their outcome...

This article explains why the European Union has not replicated Central and Eastern Europe’s (CEE) transformation in the Western Balkans (WB6). Drawing on the original External Incentives Model (EIM) conditions, the article argues that a differ...

Stem strength is a key factor influencing lodging resistance in soybeans and other crops. To identify quantitative trait loci (QTLs) associated with stem strength in soybean, we assessed the peak forces required to break a 20 cm stem base segment for...

Access to nature is fundamental to human health and wellbeing, yet opportunities for direct and frequent engagement with natural environments are often restricted for individuals in the 80+ age category, particularly those in care settings or living...

With the rapid development of unmanned surface vessels (USVs), a vector thruster was designed in this paper to meet their evolving operational demands. The anti-impact capability of the vector thruster, in which the universal joint plays a critical r...

In order to improve the seismic performance of traditional precast lightweight walls, a new precast concrete wall with beam connection and embedded steel support is proposed in this study. Six 2/3-scale specimens were designed for a quasi-static cycl...

The increasing emphasis on sustainability in construction materials has led to a surge of research focused on recycled aggregate self-compacting concrete (RA-SCC). However, the critical gap in predicting the compressive strength of concrete remains c...

Based on the modified Hamilton–Ostrogradsky principle, a mathematical model of a distributed-parameter high-voltage HVAC line that includes lightning shield wires is proposed. A partial differential equation of a five-wire power line is produce...

The wildland fire management system is increasingly complex and uncertain, which challenges suppression actions and increases stress on an already strained system. Researchers and managers have called for the use of strategic, risk-informed decision...

In the present study, the essential oils (EOs) of peels and leaves from the new limonime lime, ‘Eugene’ hybrid, were analyzed for the first time and compared with those of its parental plants, Citrus latifolia var. latifolia (Persian lime...

In the face of population aging, sarcopenia has emerged as a significant muscle disorder characterized by the progressive loss of muscle mass, strength, and function. Chronic inflammation, oxidative stress, and mitochondrial dysfunction contribute to...

Background: Pulmonary embolism (PE) patients are generally admitted to the hospital, which leads to significant burden on healthcare systems. Many PE patients are hemodynamically stable and can be ambulated safely. Direct oral anticoagulants (DOACs)...

Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome (PRRS), caused by the Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome Virus (PRRSV), is a highly contagious viral disease responsible for significant economic losses in the global swine industry. Quercetin,...

Infrared and visible image fusion-based object detection is critical for robust environmental perception under adverse conditions, yet existing methods still suffer from insufficient modeling of modality discrepancies and limited adaptivity in their...

Enhancing system strength to ensure voltage security has become a critical challenge for power systems with high penetration of renewable energy (RE). As China accelerates its clean-energy transition, the conventional grid dominated by synchronous ge...

Background/Objectives: To investigate the non-inferiority of preservative-free (PF) tafluprost eye drops (Taflotan sine®) compared to latanoprost eye drops (Xalatan®) in reducing mean 24 h intraocular pressure (IOP) on the second day of a diu...

A cascade deep learning approach is proposed for optimizing the design and control of a dual-frequency induction heating system used in semiconductor manufacturing. The system is composed of two independent power inductors, fed at different frequenci...

Under cyclic loading, almost immediately after its onset, a surface layer forms where hardening and softening processes occur. The interaction of plastic deformation traces with each other, and with other structural elements, leads to the formation o...

Recent advancements in artificial intelligence have driven significant progress in intelligent anti-jamming communications. However, existing methods still face two major limitations: reinforcement learning-based models often suffer from slow converg...

Limited workspace and singularities are major challenges for parallel mechanisms. This article addresses these issues for a 4-DOF 1-SPS/3-RRRRR parallel mechanism with a circular rail, proposed in our prior work. The mechanism has a 3R1T motion type...