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This study extends the literature on peer effects by revealing that technological linkages drive cross-firm emulation of corporate governance practices, a core determinant of firms’ sustainable development capacity. Using a comprehensive sample...

The transition to sustainable energy systems requires the development of efficient hydrokinetic technologies to increase the reliability and competitiveness of renewable energy generation. Vertical-axis H-Darrieus turbines can improve their performan...

The research employs principal component analysis to construct composite indices for China’s economic policy uncertainty (EPU), the green stock market, and the traditional stock market. Using nonlinear Granger causality tests and a Time-Varying...

The design of robust controllers for complex nonlinear systems remains a formidable challenge, particularly concerning the disparity between simulation performance and real-world implementation constraints. This research investigates the practical im...

To address the limited detection accuracy of casting defects—including pores, inclusions, and looseness—in digital radiography (DR) images, which stems from their small scale, high morphological variability, and interference from complex...

Signal transducer and activator of transcription 3 (STAT3) is a central oncogenic hub in several tumors including the Triple-Negative Breast Cancer (TNBC) subtype, where its constitutive activity supports proliferation, metabolic flexibility, tumor p...

Introduction: Endotherapy is an established minimally invasive treatment for pancreatic necrosis. Aim: This study aims to evaluate the efficacy and safety of direct endoscopic necrosectomy (DEN) performed during transmural drainage in patients with s...

Death domain-associated protein 6 (DAXX) was originally identified as a key regulator of Fas receptor-mediated apoptosis. Recent studies have found that it plays a central role in many biological processes, such as cell metabolism, aging and immunity...

Single-object tracking has progressed rapidly, yet it remains fragile under low illumination, occlusion, and background clutter. RGB-Thermal (RGB-T) tracking improves robustness via modality complementarity, yet many existing trackers do not dynamica...

This work investigates the structural evolution and electrocatalytic activity of the amorphous metal alloy Al₈₇Y₄Gd₁Ni₄Fe₄ during short-term annealing and its effect on the kinetics of the hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) in 1 M KOH. It is shown tha...

Erbium-165 (¹⁶⁵Er) is an Auger electron emitter with 7.2 electrons per decay and very few other emissions, making it an interesting candidate for Auger electron therapy. We present here a procedure for producing ¹⁶⁵Er by the ^natHo(p,n)¹⁶⁵Er nuclear r...

The Neoproterozoic Paraguay Belt (western Brazil), formed by the Brasiliano/Pan-African Orogenic Cycle during Western Gondwana amalgamation, hosts tens of gold occurrences and deposits. This review provides new insights into the metallogeny and tecto...

Background: Sirtuin 1 (Sirt1) is known to regulate stem cell differentiation and cardiomyocyte function, yet its specific role and mechanism in human embryonic stem cell (hESC) differentiation into cardiomyocytes remain unclear. This study aimed to e...

With the expansion of water transportation networks and increasing traffic intensity, maritime accidents have become frequent, posing significant threats to safety and property. This study presents a knowledge graph-driven framework for maritime acci...

Objectives: This research sought to examine the impact of gossypol on cervical cancer tumors that have been transplanted subcutaneously in nude mice, as well as the associated risk of liver damage and its underlying mechanisms. Methods: A subcutaneou...

Common wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) is a staple food crop for humans, yet it primarily accumulates the non-provitamin A carotenoid lutein and exhibits limited natural variation in provitamin A β-carotene among its various accessions. This charac...

Accurate plant recognition in desert grasslands is essential for ecological monitoring, yet existing models face critical limitations: poor generalization in complex natural environments and excessive computational demands for mobile deployment. This...

Large Language Models (LLMs) have successfully performed calculation-based tasks, generated diverse data visualizations, and executed chemometric analyses. This study systematically evaluated the performance of Microsoft M365 Copilot (GPT-5) across 3...

The lack of accessibility in digital gaming platforms remains a significant barrier to equitable user participation. To address this issue, this article presents an inclusive solution developed as a multimedia project designed to promote access to di...

The detection of underwater organisms represents a particularly challenging frontier within the field of computer vision. This paper proposes an underwater organism detection algorithm named the Enhanced Feature Extraction-based Underwater Organism D...

Reaction-bonded silicon carbide (RB-SiC) is the preferred material for space optical systems because of its low density and high specific stiffness. However, its hardness and multi-component properties lead to low efficiency and pit defects during th...

In this study, the effects of carrot juice on performance, egg quality, blood parameters, and intestinal flora in laying hens were examined. One hundred twenty-eight Babcock white laying hens were divided into four random groups, each with four repli...

Targetless LiDAR–camera extrinsic calibration remains challenging due to unreliable cross-modal correspondences and sensitivity to initialization. We present a targetless extrinsic calibration framework based on class-agnostic boundary mask ali...

Forest fires pose a severe threat to ecosystems and human safety in the mountainous Liangshan Prefecture, China. To enhance early warning capabilities, this study constructs a fire risk prediction model by combining FY-4A satellite data, historical f...

Background: Polyphenols—bioactive compounds abundant in plant-based foods—are increasingly recognised for their capacity to modulate the gut microbiota. As the gut microbiome plays a central role in metabolic regulation, immune function,...

Background and Objectives: Paraneoplastic hypercalcemia represents a rare but clinically significant complication of penile squamous cell carcinoma (PSCC); however, limited information is available for this condition. Therefore, this systematically c...

Cerebrovascular damage/dysfunction promote cerebral hypoperfusion early within Alzheimer’s Disease (AD). Cerebral hypoperfusion is also a common consequence of cardiovascular risk factors/diseases, typically manifesting in midlife when AD patho...

We evaluated the effect of ammonium sulfate, a major component of airborne particulate matter, in the quantification of airborne micro- and nanoplastics (AMNPs) by analytical pyrolysis–gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (Py-GC/MS). Analytical...

Background/Objectives: Medical image analysis of vertical root fractures (VRFs) is challenged by limited annotated data, class imbalance, and subtle inter-class differences. To address these issues, we propose an SBMN: a Similarity-Based Memory Netwo...

Porous Ca₂Mg₂Al₂₈O₄₆ (C₂M₂A₁₄) ceramics are highly competitive candidates in the field of critical metal filtration due to their attractive non-metallic-inclusions removal capacity. However, the low mechanical strength and inadequate thermal shock re...

Precipitation data is a primary influencing factor in hydrological modeling. However, the sparse distribution of surface hydrological stations and the lack of available data constrain the development of watershed models and the management and allocat...

Introduction: Forefoot varus prevalence varies widely (8.6–83.67%) and may be attributable to the lack of a gold standard. Clinical methods are limited by subjective positioning and landmark variability. This study established a reliable radiog...

Background: CDKN2A (p16^INK4a^) is integral to the regulation of the RB–E2F cell-cycle checkpoint and is widely acknowledged as a surrogate marker for high-risk human papillomavirus (HPV)-related cervical neoplasia. Nevertheless, its diagnostic...

The development of reliable smartphone-based methods for vascular assessment is limited by the scarcity of large-scale, high-quality, real-world photoplethysmography (PPG) datasets. This work introduces two openly reusable smartphone camera-based PPG...

This work investigates the effect of pre-nitriding treatment before vacuum carburizing on the carburizing efficiency of 20CrMnTi steel. The results show that pre-nitrocarburizing significantly enhances the vacuum carburizing efficiency of 20CrMnTi st...

In this study, we investigate the reduction smelting of antimony concentrate, where sodium antimonate is the primary antimony-bearing component, in alkaline melts. This study aims to reduce the carbon footprint of metallic antimony production. It is...

Infiltrative lipomas involving the upper cervical spine present a significant surgical challenge, as the extensive muscular resection required for tumor control often leads to severe structural instability. This report describes the surgical treatmen...

Background/Objectives: We aimed to identify angiogenesis-related prognostic biomarkers and develop a radiogenomics model to predict overall survival (OS) in clear cell renal cell carcinoma (ccRCC), supporting risk stratification and potential therape...

Lung diseases are among the leading causes of death worldwide. Nowadays, to detect lung diseases, a specialist uses auscultation to make a diagnosis. Newer auscultation devices based on stethoscopes allow these sounds to be recorded for later analysi...

Under the intensifying pressures of climate change and human activities, the characteristics of land-use types and landscape patterns are widely recognized to exert significant influences on river water quality. Nevertheless, in dry-hot valley basins...

This paper presents a comprehensive methodology for developing a numerical model of a masonry wall using the Non-Smooth Contact Dynamics (NSCD) method implemented in the open-source software LMGC90 version 2025. The modeling procedure relies on Pytho...

Let G be a finite group. The vertex set of the prime-power graph of G is defined as $V\left(G\right)=\left\{p^{e_p\left(G\right)}|p\in \rho \left(G\right)\right\}$, where $\rho \left(G\right)$ is the set of all prime divisors of the degrees of all irreducible characters of G and $p^{e_p\left(G\right)}=max\left\{\psi {\left(1\right)}_p\mid \psi \&isi\right\}$...

Conventional tribological materials such as metals, ceramics, and synthetic polymers demand energy-intensive processing and create end-of-life waste. This motivates the search for more sustainable alternatives. Recent research demonstrates that agric...

Dogs can develop chronic inflammatory diseases that induce progressive tissue damage and illness. Delphinidin is a component of maqui (Aristotelia chilensis) and has anti-inflammatory and antioxidant effects. This study evaluated the immunomodulatory...

Cordyceps militaris is an entomopathogenic fungus traditionally used in Asian ethnomedicine and increasingly investigated for its potential health-promoting properties, including immunomodulatory and anti-inflammatory activities. In recent years, it...

As manufacturing organisations work to align their operations with global sustainability expectations, the integration of the United Nations (UN) Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) into production systems has become increasingly important and a cri...

Androgen receptor (AR) signaling is crucial for mediating male-typical behaviors across vertebrates. Enzalutamide (ENZ) and apalutamide (APA) are two second-generation androgen receptor inhibitors (SGARIs) that have been primarily used in the treatme...

Background/Objectives: Retinoids are the gold standard for topical anti-aging treatments; however, their application is frequently limited by skin irritation and poor tolerability, particularly in sensitive or aged populations. Consequently, there is...

It is of great significance to prepare carbon-supported non-noble metal catalysts for hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) via a sustainable method. Meanwhile, the enhanced metal-support interaction (MSI) is vital for promoting the catalytic activity of...

This study aims to develop a “sensing-actuation integrated” intelligent pressurized thigh band to assist the quadriceps, indirectly alleviate knee joint load, and achieve high-precision recognition of movement modes. The system comprises...