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In mineral processing and metallurgy, total iron grade serves as a critical indicator guiding the entire production chain from crushing to smelting, directly influencing the quality and yield of steel products. To address the limitations of conventio...

Spatial pattern analysis is essential for understanding forest structure and successional dynamics. Focusing on natural secondary forests in the subalpine region of western Sichuan, China, we established two 1-hectare permanent plots to investigate t...

This paper presents threats emerging from the rise in implementation of emerging technologies, such as smart inverters, on everyday human life and their impact on sustainability. Focusing on household photovoltaic systems, this study provides a detai...

Field measurements of ground vibrations were conducted along the Paris–Brussels high-speed railway (HSR) to systematically analyze vibration characteristics generated by embankment and cutting sections. Utilizing the 2.5D finite element method...

This study systematically investigated the effects of mix design conditions (water–cement ratio) and rubber properties (particle size, surface area, and mixing ratio) on the flowability and mechanical characteristics of rubberized concrete, in...

Fire refugia play an important role in post-fire ecosystem recovery because they preserve areas that represent a persistent legacy in the landscape and serve as propagule sources for forest regeneration. Our objective was to identify the pre-fire top...

Background/Objectives: Suicide is a critical public health issue that leads to premature mortality among young people and requires substantial public health interventions. Demonstrating the importance of developing effective suicide prevention progra...

In recent years, the L-arginine/nitric oxide (NO) pathway has garnered increasing attention across a range of pathological conditions, including skin diseases. NO is an important modulator of skin homeostasis, being actively involved in numerous proc...

Background: Distraction osteogenesis (DO) and the Masquelet technique are currently the preferred treatment options for bone defects larger than 5 cm. Methods: Between January 2019 and December 2023, 19 patients were treated with DO for post-traumati...

Digital evidence custody requires consensus protocols that guarantee immediate and deterministic finality. Legal admissibility depends on proof that no party can alter or delay confirmation of evidence transfers. Conventional Byzantine fault toleranc...

Advanced and Urban Air Mobility (AAM and UAM) represent emerging transportation concepts that involve the use of novel aircraft technologies to transport passengers and cargo within urban, regional, and intra-regional environments. These systems may...

This study introduces a versatile seed 3D reconstruction method that is applicable to multiple crops—including maize, wheat, and rice—and designed to overcome the inefficiency and subjectivity of manual measurements and the high costs of...

Human T-lymphotropic virus type 1 (HTLV-1) infection is associated with a spectrum of clinical outcomes, ranging from lifelong asymptomatic carriage to severe conditions such as HTLV-1-associated myelopathy/tropical spastic paraparesis (HAM/TSP) and...

Cork oak (Quercus suber) forests are threatened by emergent fungal pathogen Diplodia corticola, which causes significant economic and ecological losses. This study evaluates the efficacy of synthetic and natural fungicides, as well as Bacillus antago...

This study investigates how corporate governance and changes in governance rankings influence firms’ cost of capital. Using data from 1723 Taiwanese listed firms, comprising 11,940 firm-year observations between 2017 and 2024, the analysis appl...

Exposure to hypoxia may cause lung injury characterized by hydrostatic pulmonary edema (PE), inflammation and oxidative stress. Norepinephrine (NE) infusion can also induce lung injury with similar pathogenetic characteristics. The main questions of...

Hyperspectral image (HSI) classification requires models that can simultaneously capture spatial structures and spectral continuity. Although state space models (SSMs), particularly Mamba, have shown strong capability in long-sequence modeling, their...

Waldenström Macroglobulinaemia is an indolent disease which is recognised as contributing to a diverse range of disabling symptoms which can impact quality of life. Little data are available in evaluating patient and healthcare professional view...

This study establishes a synergistic Texture–Quota–Salinity (T–Q–S) model to optimize soil water–salt dynamics in arid agricultural systems. Key findings reveal a sand content threshold (S0 = 45.2%) governing salt transp...

Referring Remote Sensing Image Segmentation (RRSIS) aims to accurately locate and segment target objects in high-resolution aerial imagery based on natural language descriptions. Most existing approaches either directly modify Referring Image Segment...

This study aimed to evaluate the diagnostic accuracy of T2 mapping on low-field (0.31 T) MRI for detecting low-grade knee chondropathy, using arthroscopy as the reference standard. Fifty-two patients (mean age 48.1 ± 17.2 years) undergoing art...

Silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) are extensively utilized in cosmetics and healthcare products, creating an urgent need for sensitive quantification methods. We report the first application of a metal–organic framework for electrochemical AgNPs sen...

The conventional OLSR protocol faces substantial challenges in highly dynamic and interference-intensive UAV environments, including high mobility, frequent topology changes, and insufficient adaptability to electromagnetic interference. This paper p...

Background and Objectives: Evidence on epilepsy surgery from Central Asia is limited, reflecting the real-world challenges of developing this service in low- and middle-income settings. We evaluated one-year seizure outcomes after resective surgery f...

Poor air quality can harm human health and the environment. Air quality data are needed to understand and reduce exposure to air pollution. Air sensor data can supplement national air monitoring data, allowing for a better understanding of localized...

Background and Objectives: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a systemic condition in which muscle wasting, malnutrition, and altered fluid balance strongly influence prognosis. While spirometry remains essential for diagnosis and stagin...

In this study, a 38 GHz millimeter wave Yagi antenna was designed and fabricated on a chip using a 0.18 μm CMOS process. The radiation performance of the antenna is improved by using a Yagi antenna with end-fire. The proposed antenna chip measures...

Pain remains a major clinical challenge due to its complex physiopathology and limited treatment options. In this context, several supplements based on palmitoylethanolamide (PEA) and alpha-lipoic acid (ALA) are known for their neuroprotective proper...

Fractional calculus in discrete-time is a recent field that has drawn much interest for dealing with multidisciplinary systems. A result of this tremendous potential, researchers have been using constant and variable-order fractional discrete calculu...

Background/Objectives: Long COVID (LC) causes persistent symptoms, including fatigue, musculoskeletal (MSK) pain, and a lower quality of life. It is hypothesised that chronic low-grade inflammation in LC could impact bone, joints, and muscle microcir...

Lake Salda in Türkiye serves as a valuable Earth analog for studies of the properties of Mars due to its mineralogical and microbiological similarities to Jezero Crater on Mars. This study investigated the role of sulfate-reducing bacteria (SRB)...

In this paper, we propose a cooperative security method for unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) and unmanned ground vehicles (UGVs) based on the Multi-Agent Deep Deterministic Policy Gradient (MADDPG) algorithm to address the scenario of unauthorized rog...

Despite the superior performance of existing anomaly detection methods, they are often limited to single-class detection tasks, requiring separate models for each class. This constraint hinders their detection performance and deployment efficiency wh...

The Apuseni-Banat-Timok-Srednogorie Metallogenic Belt is one of the most important polymetallic metallogenic belts in the western segment of the Tethys, where numerous porphyry-type, skarn-type, and epithermal deposits are developed. However, scholar...

Haze significantly reduces visibility in critical applications such as autonomous driving, surveillance, and firefighting, making its removal essential for safety and reliability. Motivated by the limited robustness of the existing methods under non-...

Intermuscular bones (IBs), unique skeletal features found only in teleost fishes, pose significant challenges to food processing and consumption. While recent studies have identified several key genetic regulators of IB development, the role of mecha...

Above-ground biomass in agroforestry refers to the total mass of living vegetation, primarily trees and shrubs, integrated into agricultural landscapes. It plays a key role in climate change mitigation by capturing and storing carbon. Accurate estima...

Sustainability of animal production requires reducing reliance on soybean meal by identifying viable alternative protein sources. Within the framework of the Italian Agritech National Research Center, seven Italian research groups collaborated to eva...

Cluster of Differentiation (CD) 147, a transmembrane glycoprotein, plays a critical role in monocyte function by regulating invasion, migration and cytokine production. This study explored the impact of CD147 on monocyte chemotaxis and inflammatory r...

Background/Objectives: The terrestrialization of plants has been a significant driver of plant evolution over hundreds of millions of years, and epidermal development plays a crucial role in adapting to terrestrial environments. It is therefore of gr...

The rapid advances in artificial intelligence (AI) and high-performance computing (HPC) are transforming the landscape of engineering design, and the concentrated solar power (CSP) tower sector is no exception. As these technologies increasingly pene...

Agriculture has been widely practiced for food production, yet food insecurity remains a critical issue, especially in Africa. Due to the significant role played by small-scale farmers, urban agriculture has been acknowledged as a viable strategy for...

Background/Objectives: To better understand the mechanisms involved in atherosclerosis, different models have been developed, but these fail when studying the progression of this disease. The purpose of this study was to standardize a new model of at...

Background: The binding of glycosaminoglycans (GAG) to Wnt signaling components plays a key regulatory role in bone formation and regeneration. We previously reported de novo designed chemically modified hyaluronan derivatives, named REGAG (Rationall...

Water quality deterioration is a key challenge for sustainability in river basins under high anthropogenic pressures. This study evaluates the evolution of the Water Quality Index (WQI) in the Biobío River Basin (Chile) between 1994 and 2023 i...

The design of offshore monopile foundations typically follows an iterative process aimed at optimizing key geometric parameters—namely, pile diameter, wall thickness, and embedded length. Among these, selecting an appropriate embedded length is...

Melasma is a commonly acquired hyperpigmentation disorder characterized by symmetrical facial macules, with a notably higher prevalence in women and individuals with darker skin tones. Its etiology involves a multifactorial interplay of genetic predi...

Background/Objectives: Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) significantly affects young children. In 2020, at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, widespread public health measures temporarily interrupted RSV transmission. However, by mid-2021, an at...

Cholesterol is an essential lipid in the human body, involved in critical physiological processes such as cell membrane composition and hormone synthesis. The homeostasis of cholesterol is vital for the normal functioning of the organism. Reverse Cho...

Mammalians are constantly exposed to exogenous and endogenous sources of free radicals that have both favorable and harmful effects on the cellular systems. Oxidative stress (OS) is an imbalance of reactive oxygen species (ROS) and antioxidants in th...