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Electric vehicles are becoming more commonplace as we shift towards cleaner transportation. However, current charging infrastructure is immature, especially in remote and off-grid regions, making electric vehicle adoption challenging. This study pres...

Reliable detection of the rotor winding faults in the doubly fed induction generator (DFIG) is crucial for the resilience of the variable speed energy systems. High-resistance connection (HRC) and inter-turn short circuit (ITSC) faults cause current...

Background: Vesicoureteral reflux (VUR) contributes significantly to recurrent childhood urinary tract infections and renal scarring, yet predicting which patients will develop adverse outcomes or benefit from specific investigations or treatments re...

The 4-aminobutyrate (GABA) shunt bypasses 2-oxoglutarate dehydrogenase and succinyl-CoA synthetase in the tricarboxylic acid cycle (TCAC) by diverting 2-oxoglutarate to glutamate and generating GABA via glutamate decarboxylase (GAD), whereas polyamin...

Over the past decade, the frequency and impact of both natural and human-induced disasters have increased significantly, highlighting the urgent need for effective and timely relief operations. Disaster response requires efficient allocation of resou...

The response of cocoa (Theobroma cacao L.) to low oxygen availability in the soil and the possibility of recovery after stress relief are associated with the plasticity capacity of each genotype; however, studies evaluating the influence of rootstock...

Background: In computed tomography (CT), automatic exposure control (AEC) determines the tube current and thus the radiation dose based on scout images. We investigated CT dose modulation using two versions of CARE Dose 4D, Siemens AEC software. Meth...

The transition to environmentally friendly mobility inevitably requires users to use sustainable modes of transport. Rapid urbanization, along with the growing demand for efficient, inclusive, and ecological transport systems, has highlighted the urg...

Drug-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae and related Enterobacterales represent an escalating global public health threat, increasingly limiting therapeutic options in both healthcare- and community-associated infections. This review summarizes how resis...

Efficient monitoring of lower-limb coordination is important for understanding movement characteristics during off-ice speed-skating training. This study aimed to develop an analytical framework to characterize the kinematic–kinetic coupling of...

The Arctic is warming rapidly, with atmospheric rivers (ARs) amplifying ice melt, extreme precipitation, and abrupt temperature shifts. Detecting ARs in the Arctic remains challenging, because AR detection algorithms designed for mid-latitudes perfor...

Background: Despite clear evidence supporting the benefits of outpatient cardiac rehabilitation for acute coronary syndrome survivors, participation rates remain low. Many patients face person-level and system-level barriers for outpatient rehabilita...

Based on a large-signal chip model, this paper designs and implements an L-band broadband continuous-wave 400 W high-efficiency power amplifier fabricated using 0.5 μm GaN High Electron Mobility Transistor (HEMT) technology. The input-matching cir...

(1) Background: As social infrastructures, cemeteries have always played a central role in various human cultures. The changing function of cemeteries and the recognition of their potential as green spaces have resulted in the fact that cemeteries ar...

Gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GISTs) are the most common mesenchymal tumors of the gastrointestinal tract. While imatinib revolutionized first-line therapy, resistance and specific mutation profiles necessitate subsequent generations of tyrosine k...

Carbon materials are very important for the commercial production of supercapacitors and they are crucial electrode materials. The porous carbon prepared with biomass materials as a precursor is of significance due to its sustainability, environmenta...

The problem of the existence of optimal (v,k,1) binary cyclically permutable constant-weight (CPCW) codes has been completely solved for codeword weights k<5. We consider the smallest open cases, namely k=5 and k=6. We present such codes for small...

Background/Objectives: Infectious keratitis represents a major ophthalmological emergency and a leading cause of corneal blindness worldwide. Rapid progression, frequent antimicrobial resistance, and poor therapeutic outcomes make genotypic surveilla...

Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide, with ischemic and structural heart diseases being key contributors. While the 12-lead electrocardiogram (ECG) is a common low-cost diagnostic test, its interpretation i...

Chronic diabetic wounds are often characterized by persistent hypoxia and poor healing outcomes, highlighting the need for regenerative grafts that not only promote tissue repair but also provide insights into the wound microenvironment. In this stud...

The adoption of silicon-graphite composites as anode materials for the next generation of lithium-ion batteries with enhanced specific capacity requires complex technological efforts in order to mitigate the problem of the quick performance fading of...

The construction industry remains one of the main contributors to environmental degradation due to its high material consumption and massive waste generation. This study introduces Granizzo, a hybrid methodological framework that integrates artificia...

This study proposes an intelligent control algorithm for multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) industrial processes. This algorithm is based on the integration of a digital twin (DT), model predictive control (MPC), a genetic algorithm (GA), and a ne...

This paper establishes an integrated framework combining self-induced vibration measurements with deep learning for vibration-based remaining useful life (RUL) prediction of mechanical frame structures in mobile robots. The main innovations comprise...

Acoustic metamaterials are artificially engineered materials composed of subwavelength structural units, whose effective acoustic properties are primarily determined by structural design rather than intrinsic material composition. By introducing loca...

Zein (ZP) is the major storage protein of corn (maize). It is safe, biodegradable, edible, and characterized by unique self-assembly properties. These properties were exploited to prepare ZP microcapsules filled with soybean oil (SO) by ultrasound-as...

The increasing complexity and digitization of scientific research require Electronic Laboratory Notebooks (ELNs) that are adaptable, sustainable, and compliant across heterogeneous laboratory environments. In response to the limitations of proprietar...

This study first heat-treats the surface of plain-woven carbon fibers to remove the surface sizing. The treated carbon fibers were then hot-pressed with polypropylene films to produce a carbon fiber/polypropylene prepreg. The resulting prepreg was su...

Accurate forecasting of China’s Consumer Price Index (CPI) is crucial for effective macroeconomic policymaking, yet remains challenging due to structural breaks and nonlinear dynamics inherent in the inflation process. Traditional linear models...

The success rate of embryo transfer (ET) is influenced by various factors, including embryo quality, environmental conditions, and recipient cows. This study examines the impact of ET on embryo success rates using embryos produced using the ovum pick...

Western North Carolina (WNC), part of the Appalachian landscape, hosts a robust forest product industry but faces increasing challenges like land marginalization, warming temperatures and raw material shortages. This study evaluates the site suitabil...

This study aimed to examine the impact of using sunflower seed meal (SM) on the nutritional, phytochemical, rheological, physicochemical, and sensory qualities of wheat bread. Four bread types were formulated with 0, 10, 20, and 30% SM (CB, SMWB1, SM...

Traditional Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) often provides single-point estimates that lack the statistical rigour required for high-stakes investment decisions in the agri-food sector. To bridge the gap between data uncertainty and actionable management...

Parkinson’s disease (PD) alters both speech and movement, yet most automated assessments still treat these signals separately. We examined whether combining voice with head motion improves discrimination between patients and healthy controls (H...

Background: Chemical Intolerance (CI), Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) and Attention Deficit Hyperactive Disorder (ADHD) are conditions with rising incidence rates not fully explained by greater awareness or changes in diagnostic practices. It is now...

Early and reliable identification of vertebral metastases on computed tomography remains a major challenge in oncologic imaging due to the morphological complexity of metastatic lesions and the high inter-patient variability of spinal anatomy. In thi...

Background: Line-field confocal optical coherence tomography (LC-OCT) is an innovative non-invasive imaging technique recently introduced in dermatology. Its use has been established particularly in the diagnosis of skin cancer. The LC-OCT descriptio...

Lattice-based cryptography stands as one of the most pivotal candidates in post-quantum cryptography. To configure the parameters of lattice-based cryptographic schemes, a thorough comprehension of their concrete security is indispensable. Lattice si...

Background/Objectives: Fever and pain are among the most common symptoms in pediatric infections and chronic diseases, causing significant discomfort for children and concern for caregivers. Effective management is essential to relieve distress while...

Early-life development of immune functions is crucial for calf health, growth, and future productivity. Galacto-oligosaccharides (GOSs) have been reported to facilitate ruminal microbial establishment and improve growth in Holstein dairy calves, but...

Background/Objectives: Combining Whole Slide Imaging (WSI) and Artificial Intelligence (AI) in digital pathology (DP) is accelerating the field of diagnostic pathology by improving analysis metrics accuracy, reproducibility, and speed. AI application...

This study presents a graph-based framework for improving predictive maintenance in nuclear power plants (NPPs), integrating data balancing techniques with a proposed Graph Attention Network (GAT) with a Mutual k-Nearest Neighbor (Mk-NN) strategy, na...

Compressing a mixture of soil, water, and stabilizer forms compressed stabilized earth blocks (CSEBs), a modernized earthen construction material capable of performance similar to that of engineered masonry with added sustainability achieved by usage...

The stability of the Fe/Zn interface during the hot-dip galvanizing process critically influences the coating’s quality and service performance. In this investigation, the impact of silicon atom positioning on the stability, bonding strength, a...

Model predictive control (MPC) has become an attractive solution for doubly fed induction motors (DFIMs) due to its fast dynamic response and multi-variable constraint handling capability. However, the performance of conventional MPC relies on the ac...

This work presents a microstructure-informed pathway for assigning a material symmetry class to distinguish between tensor components and scalar effective thermal conductivity (ETC) values derived from directional measurements. The framework combines...

My article criticizes the view held by many ecologists that species have evolved essentially equivalent levels of fitness, thus permitting their coexistence. I show that a recently proposed version of this view called the “equal fitness paradig...

(1) Purpose: Incoherent processes in production of lepton pairs (dileptons) are studied for the scattering of protons on nuclei. Methods: New quantum mechanical model is constructed on the basis (1) generalization of the nuclear model of emission of...

Business diversity in proximity-based environments is emerging as an important requirement in urban planning, especially with the rise of concepts such as the 15-min city, which aim to enhance urban vitality. While many studies have focused on assess...

This study investigated the population dynamics of Vespa orientalis L. (Hymenoptera: Vespidae) across two consecutive seasons (2023–2024) in selected apiaries, with a focus on nest composition (eggs, larvae, and pupae) and the effectiveness of...