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The proliferation of air travel demand necessitates innovative solutions to enhance passenger experience while optimizing airport operational efficiency. This paper presents the pilot-scale implementation and evaluation of an AI-powered service robot...

In recent decades, the mitigation of carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions represents one of the most urgent scientific and technological challenges [...]

Background/Objectives: This study developed a macitentan (MAC)–tadalafil (TAD) dry powder inhalation preparation using suspension-based spray drying to enhance pulmonary delivery and reduce systemic exposure to oral combination therapy in patie...

The present study evaluates the impact of cavitation on the performance of the chemical refining of rapeseed oils and the enzymatic interesterification of fat blends using a powerful UP400S ultrasonicator (400 W, 20 kHz). Ultrasound-assisted alkali n...

Background: Root canal sealers may come into direct contact with periapical tissues, particularly in cases of apical extrusion, potentially influencing periapical healing and treatment outcomes. Cytotoxicity assessment represents a clinically relevan...

To address issues of residual stress concentration and deformation in large-scale multi-seam laser welding of tube-to-tubesheet, we established a 12 mm thick Q235 steel simulation model. The model considers the material’s high-temperature perfo...

In the operation mode arrangement of bulk power systems, unreasonable reactive power injection data at nodes tend to result in power flow calculation non-convergence. Owing to the extremely high dimension of the variable space and the heterogeneous i...

Polymer composites reinforced with nanofillers, synthetic fibers, and inorganic fillers have progressed rapidly, yet recent advances remain fragmented across filler-specific studies and often lack unified mechanistic interpretation. This review addre...

Dog-assisted interventions (DAIs) are an established procedure to support military staff, but their implementation during active warfare has not yet been systematically studied. In addition, the welfare of therapy dogs participating in DAIs during wa...

We present the design and characterization of a fully automated free-standing liquid crystal (FSLC) film holder, enabling remote and precise control of liquid crystal (LC) volume release, wiping speed, and temperature. Using 4-octyl-4′-cyanobip...

Background: The characteristics and prognosis of HIV-associated Kaposi sarcoma (KS) among people living with HIV (PLWH), and their association with HHV-8 viral load are not well understood in Japan. Methods: We conducted a retrospective study of PLWH...

Noncontact, high-fidelity data acquisition has enabled terrestrial laser scanning (TLS) to be widely adopted for bridge geometry measurement and condition monitoring. In TLS applications, point cloud registration directly affects data quality and the...

Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is increasingly recognized as a significant comorbidity in people living with HIV (PWH), contributing to increased morbidity and mortality. Epidemiological studies indicate that PWH have a 1.2–2-fold higher risk of...

Due to the indiscriminate use of antimicrobial drugs in the treatment of infectious diseases, human pathogenic bacteria have developed resistance to many commercially available antibiotics. Medicinal plants such as Convolvulus arvensis represent a re...

Background: Gilles de la Tourette syndrome is a neurobehavioral disorder that typically begins in childhood, subsides during puberty, and may reappear in adolescence. Treatment is primarily conservative, involving psychological and pharmacological th...

The storage tank plays a key role in solar thermal installations, as thermal stratification allows high temperatures to be maintained in the upper region while keeping the return temperature to the collectors low. This study analyses the influence of...

This study investigates the technological and chemical causes of early zinc-coating degradation on cold-formed steel sections produced from DX51D+Z140 galvanized coils. Commercially manufactured products exhibiting early corrosion symptoms were used...

Queuing is almost inevitable in tourist service experiences, but most tourists are reluctant to wait. Drawing on prospect theory, this study examined how comparative framing influences tourists’ waiting intention. Across three scenario-based ex...

Lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) are essential for electric vehicles, consumer electronics, and grid storage, but their rapidly increasing demand is paralleled by growing waste volumes. Current disposal methods remain costly, complex, energy-intensive, a...

In this work, we discuss recent results obtained with the application of the medium separation scheme (MSS) in different contexts where a clear violation of the conformal limit for the speed of sound at finite density has been observed in Quantum Chr...

Non-Intrusive Load Monitoring is an effective method for disaggregating the power consumption of individual appliances from the aggregate load data of a building. The advent of smart meters, Internet of Things devices, and artificial intelligence tec...

The traditional Chinese medicinal herb Gynura segetum is increasingly recognized for its hepatotoxic potential, primarily attributed to its pyrrolizidine alkaloid (PA) content. PAs are a leading cause of herb-induced liver injury (HILI) in China and...

To address the significant deterioration in the performance of traditional drilling slurries due to seawater intrusion, this study developed a novel salt-tolerant polymer slurry (MXC) utilizing grafting modification techniques. The performance of MXC...

Background/Objectives: Iron-deficiency anemia (IDA) is a common condition in children and is frequently attributed to nutritional causes. However, gastrointestinal (GI) pathology may be present even in the absence of overt GI symptoms. The diagnostic...

Plastic pollution, particularly in marine environments, has become a major global concern; therefore, monitoring and controlling these contaminants is essential to safeguard ecosystem integrity and human health. This study evaluates the ability of Po...

Traditional polysaccharide extraction suffers from low efficiency and high energy consumption, while deep eutectic solvents (DESs) are promising sustainable solvents. This study used DES ChCl-LA (1:2) with ultrasonic assistance to extract polysacchar...

Background/Objectives: Cerebral angiography is a cornerstone diagnostic and therapeutic procedure for cerebrovascular diseases; however, its potential effects on vascular integrity and cellular homeostasis remain incompletely elucidated. This systema...

Multiple Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) collaborative coverage path planning is widely applied in fields such as regional surveillance. However, optimizing the trade-off between deployment costs and task execution efficiency remains challenging. To ba...

Seawater electrolysis offers a promising route for sustainable hydrogen production in coastal areas, leveraging solar energy while reducing freshwater consumption. Yet, chloride-induced corrosion severely limits conventional electrodes such as titani...

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Metabolic associated fatty liver disease (MAFLD), redefined from non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), is a global health concern driving the search for dietary interventions based on natural compounds. Phloroglucinaldehyde (PGA), a primary phen...

By addressing the challenges of management difficulties, insufficient integration of driver analysis, and single-dimensional analysis in the governance of illegal land use and illegal construction (collectively referred to as the “Two Illegalit...

Background/Objectives: Alveolar macrophages represent the main path of defense in the peripheral pulmonary tissue, though their role in chronic inflammatory lung diseases shows that their protective function can turn pathological. This study focused...

Brilliant blue G is a chemical compound with many important applications in various domains, from dye manufacturing to biotechnologies and medicine. Despite the fact that it is used mainly in solutions, a solvatochromic study of this compound has nev...

Background/Objectives: Long-term exposure to polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), including the mixture of PCBs in Aroclor1260 (Ar1260), results in metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD) in mice and humans. While the effects of...

Accurate measurement of material mechanics parameters is crucial for evaluating process quality and product reliability and is a major challenge in the development of 3D heterogeneous integration technology. Aiming to perform high-accuracy measuremen...

Background/Objectives: Pelvic exenteration is a radical procedure performed for recurrent gynecologic cancers. The goal of exenteration is to prolong survival, but this procedure also results in extensive tissue loss and consequently high morbidity....

Power supply for traction substations (TSs) of AC railways has traditionally been provided by 110–220 kV overhead transmission lines (OHL). These OHLs can be damaged during strong winds and ice formation. Furthermore, these lines generate signi...

This paper is dedicated to long-term atmospheric corrosion behaviour of magnesium alloys. Five different magnesium alloys, namely, AZ31, AM60, AZ61, AZ80, and AZ91, were exposed for 4 years under harsh conditions at the marine corrosion site of Brest...

This study investigates the vegetation dynamics and phenotypic differentiation of five triticale (×Triticosecale Wittm.) varieties under the region-specific agroecological conditions of Southern Dobruja, Bulgaria, across two growing season...

Late embryogenesis abundant (LEA) proteins play an essential role in plant growth under various abiotic stresses. In this study, we identified 23 RcLEA genes in Rosa chinensis ‘Old Blush’ and subsequently grouped them into eight clades ac...

Methanol is a promising alternative marine fuel due to its favorable combustion characteristics and potential to reduce exhaust emissions under increasingly stringent International Maritime Organization (IMO) regulations. This study presents a three-...

Phosphogypsum (PG) is the main by-product of wet-process phosphoric acid production. Its annual global production reaches about 200 million tons, yet its utilization rate remains low. Consequently, long-term stockpiling of large PG volumes poses imme...

Introduction: Gestational hypoxia (GH) increases the risk of cardiovascular diseases by inducing oxidative stress and vascular dysfunction. This study investigates whether prenatal melatonin can mitigate these effects in guinea pigs. Methods: Pregnan...

Ensuring sustained driver attention is critical for intelligent transportation safety systems; however, the performance of data-driven driver distraction detection models is often limited by the high cost of large-scale manual annotation. To address...

The predictive accuracy of the Bekker–Wong model for wheel traction is highly dependent on the precision of the wheel–soil contact angle parameters. These parameters are typically identified through extensive and costly single wheel&ndash...

Background/Objectives: Enhancing excipient functionality through environmentally friendly and scalable processing methods is essential for improving the manufacturability and performance of orally disintegrating tablets (ODTs). Microwave-assisted wet...

This study investigates the unsteady motion of a slender body in a fluid beneath an ice cover, both in the presence and absence of the ocean waves propagating through the ice–water system, using the Fourier and Laplace integral transforms. The...

The increasing heterogeneity of wheeled mobile robot (WMR) architectures, including differential-drive, Ackermann, omnidirectional, and reconfigurable platforms, poses a major challenge for defining a unified, scalable kinematic representation. Most...

Therapeutic drug monitoring of the intravenous formulations of infliximab in particular, but also vedolizumab, has become an important means of optimising these agents to minimise primary and secondary loss of response. More recently subcutaneous for...