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The effects of pelleting a total mixed ration (TMR) for dairy sheep were investigated in an experiment involving 24 lactating Assaf ewes, which were assigned to two groups and fed the same TMR ad libitum, offered either in pelleted (PTMR group, n = 1...

Meteorological data from automatic weather stations (AWS) in tea plantations is critical for agricultural management, but is often compromised by sensor errors and physical implausibilities that traditional quality control (QC) methods fail to detect...

Accurate processing of low-probability-of-intercept (LPI) radar signals poses a critical challenge in electronic warfare support (ES). These signals are often transmitted at very low signal-to-noise ratios (SNRs), making reliable analysis difficult....

Southern Patagonia in Argentina possesses a world-class wind resource; however, its remote location challenges long-term monitoring. This study presents the first long-term Doppler LiDAR-based wind characterization in the region, analyzing six months...

Pedestrian trajectory prediction plays a vital role in autonomous driving and intelligent surveillance systems. Graph neural networks (GNNs) have shown remarkable effectiveness in this task by explicitly modeling social interactions among pedestrians...

Intergenerational trauma significantly affects the health and mental health of African American families, particularly women whose lives are shaped by systemic inequities and historical oppression. This scoping review examines how trauma and resilien...

Pipeline leakage is a common issue in many pressurized pipeline systems, with significant hazards, making it a current research hotspot. To reveal the fundamental characteristics of leakage in straight pipelines and 90° elbows transporting differ...

Background/Objectives: The tumor microenvironment (TME) of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) is characterized by an enriched stroma, hampering the effectiveness of therapy. This co-clinical study aimed to (1) provide insight into early post-tre...

Background: Large language models (LLMs) are increasingly used in clinical medicine, yet their ability to interpret advanced intraoperative hemodynamic monitoring—particularly in the context of liver transplantation—remains largely unexpl...

The main purpose of this research is to examine the significance of green bonds and green banking loans as financing tools for ecologically sustainable projects in the face of increasing worldwide environmental issues. This research seeks to uncover...

Deleterious variants in SCN5A lead to a wide clinical spectrum that includes pathologies characterized by life-threatening cardiac events (CEs). In the pediatric population, early identification, management, and risk stratification of these pathologi...

Accurate prediction of the shear strength of rock discontinuities requires accounting for surface roughness, which is a factor neglected in the classical Mohr–Coulomb criterion. This study proposes a fractal-enhanced Mohr–Coulomb model th...

Phased array speakers are often designed with uniform element spacing, which limits beam steering capability and sidelobe control under practical aperture and hardware constraints. This study presents an optimization-driven modelling framework for pa...

Background: Post-COVID-19 syndrome (PCS) is defined as the persistence or development of new symptoms 3 months after the initial infection with the SARS-CoV-2 virus, these clinical aspects being most often associated with functional respiratory chang...

This study evaluated the feasibility of using recycled plastics (PP, HDPE, and PET) for sustainable construction applications. Materials were collected, processed, and extruded following a structured methodology, and their physico-mechanical and envi...

The increasing demand for sustainable and functional plant-based foods has driven interest in 3D food printing technologies, which require bioinks with tailored rheological and structural properties. This study investigated the effects of transglutam...

Despite the growing adoption of hybrid energy systems integrating solar photovoltaic (PV), pumped storage hydropower (PSH), and battery energy storage (BES), comprehensive studies on their dynamic stability and interaction mechanisms remain limited,...

Accurate wave detection is essential for reliable ship motion prediction and the safety of offshore operations. Wave buoys are widely deployed as key instruments for capturing wave characteristics. However, buoys drift due to the waves and currents,...

Neuronal synapses are the functional units of communication in the central nervous system. This review describes the molecular mechanisms regulating synaptic transmission, plasticity, and circuit refinement. At the presynaptic active zone, scaffoldin...

The accurate simulation of sub-GeV particle detectors is essential for interpreting experimental data and optimizing detector design. This work identifies and addresses several critical aspects in modeling such detectors, taking as a case study the H...

Background/Objectives: Despite clonal expansion during a primary immune response, or after subsequent antigen encounters, the frequency of memory B cells (Bmem) specific for an antigen remains low, making their detection difficult. However, unlike se...

Influenza A viruses exhibit broad host tropism, infecting multiple species including humans, avian species, and swine. Swine influenza virus (SIV), while primarily circulating in porcine populations, demonstrates zoonotic potential with sporadic huma...

This study examines the influence of a firm’s digital footprint (organic and paid traffic) on its performance, assessing a sample of 151 Russian firms between 2017 and 2020. It shows a curvilinear association between a firm’s digital foot...

This study presents a multimodal framework that uses smartphone motion sensors and generative AI to create audio comics from live news headlines. The system operates without direct touch or voice input, instead responding to simple hand-wave gestures...

This study investigates water-based gel and gel-like cleaning treatments on Superficie 553, an oil painting on canvas by Giuseppe Capogrossi, using portable NMR to assess their impact. The objective was to evaluate the effects of four cleaning system...

Edge cracks in hot-rolled sheets of industrial grain-oriented electrical steel significantly affect the yield rate and pose substantial challenges to cold rolling fabrication. Eliminating such structural defects through hot rolling requires a thoroug...

Liver cancer remains a significant global health challenge, with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) being the most prevalent form. Despite advancements in treatment, high recurrence rates and the limited efficacy of conventional therapies highlight the n...

Accurate heading estimation is crucial for the autonomous navigation of small-to-medium tractors. While dual-antenna GNSS systems offer precision, they face installation and safety challenges. Single-antenna GNSS integrated with a low-cost Strapdown...

Thermal anomalies serve as potential earthquake precursors and are crucial for understanding the mechanisms underlying seismogenic mechanisms and geodynamic perturbations. To address the limited understanding of the polarity evolution of thermal anom...

Tauroursodeoxycholic acid (TUDCA), a bile acid conjugate, has been suggested to improve cognition in models of Alzheimer’s disease (AD), although its underlying mechanisms remain unclear. This study aimed to evaluate the effects of TUDCA and it...

The Immersive Decentralized Digital space (IDDs), derived from blockchain technology and Massively Multiplayer Online Games (MMOGs), enables real-time multisensory interactions that support social connection under metaverse concepts. Although recogni...

The pharmacologic management of patent ductus arteriosus (PDA) presents a challenge to clinicians due to the interindividual variability in drug response to available medications. There is evidence that CYP2C9 is associated with the response to PDA t...

To achieve accurate voltage sag prediction and early warning, thereby improving power quality, a hybrid voltage sag prediction framework is proposed by integrating Kernel Entropy Component Analysis (KECA) with an improved Northern Goshawk Optimizatio...

In extreme scenarios, to prevent the leakage of jamming coordination information, the jammers must proactively terminate their communication functions and implement jamming resource scheduling via Non-Networked Cooperation. However, current research...

Background: Salmonella is a major zoonotic foodborne pathogen. Conventional poultry vaccines may present limitations in terms of efficacy, safety, and practicality. Objectives: This study focuses on enhancing the immunogenicity and improving the safe...

Aluminum, the primary structural material used in spacecraft, operates in low Earth orbit (LEO). It is subjected to high-energy electron irradiation with energies ranging from 0.1 to 10 MeV, which produces significant irradiation damage. Understandin...

Driven by the globalization tide, urbanization and cross-border economic cooperation have intensified challenges to ecological conservation, with border regions increasingly confronting irreversible habitat degradation risks. As a globally recognized...

Background: In recent years, electronic patient-reported outcome (ePRO) systems on electronic devices, such as smartphones, have been employed to collect patients’ self-assessments and symptom reports. However, these studies were limited to you...

The family Capitellidae performs critical roles in bioturbation and sediment remediation within global marine benthic ecosystems. However, they are a taxonomically challenging group due to their simple morphology and a ‘morphological mosaic&rsq...

The transition to renewable energy technologies is one of the most important ways to achieve the sustainable development goals (SDGs) of affordable and clean energy (SDG7); industry, innovation and infrastructure (SDG9); responsible production and co...

This study aimed to examine the seasonal dynamics of non-structural carbohydrates in pasture and their relationship to metabolic indicators in horses with a history of laminitis. Thirty Hucul mares were divided into a laminitis group (LG, n = 15) and...

Mechanical deep fertilization is an efficient fertilization method. However, the effects of different types of nitrogen fertilizer on rice grain yield and nitrogen use efficiency under deep-application conditions remain unclear. In this study, field...

This study investigates the relationship between apparent electrical resistivity (ER) and key material parameters governing moisture and pore-structure characteristics of concrete. An experimental program was conducted using six concrete mix designs,...

This study critically examines the relationship between neoliberal environmentalism and green certification systems by quantitatively analyzing LEED-certified buildings in Istanbul. It explores how green building practices intersect with market-orien...

Sizing is a critical operation in woven fabric production, as it enhances weaving efficiency by improving warp yarn performance. Conventional sizing agents include maize starch, polyvinyl alcohol (PVA), and commercial carboxymethyl cellulose (CMC). I...

Cryopreservation of bovine ovarian cortical tissue offers a promising strategy for preserving female fertility and genetic resources, yet outcomes remain variable and influenced by both protocol and tissue size. This study investigated how slow freez...

This paper takes the interaction between late-Ming Jesuits and Chinese City God (chenghuang, 城隍) worship as a case study, employing the “Great Tradition/Little Tradition” framework to examine the confrontation between &ldquo...

The advancement of automated driving technologies offers potential safety and efficiency gains, yet safety remains the primary barrier to higher-level deployment. Failures in automated driving systems rarely result from a single technical malfunction...

This paper examines the contrasting yet complementary approaches of the Constrained Disorder Principle (CDP) and Stefan Hell’s deterministic optical nanoscopy for managing noise in complex systems. The CDP suggests that controlled disorder with...

In the context of advanced BRAF-mutant melanoma, the treatment landscape has undergone a paradigm shift due to the impact of immune checkpoint inhibitors and BRAF/MEK inhibitors. This article presents three clinically illustrative melanoma cases that...