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Rapid non-destructive evaluation of the moisture content of freshly harvested paddy rice in the field is essential for determining the optimal harvest timing, ensuring high-quality rice production and energy savings. This study developed a non-destru...

Against the backdrop of China’s rural revitalization, understanding the factors influencing farmers’ agricultural technology adoption behavior is crucial for enhancing such adoption. Therefore, exploring the decision-making logic behind f...

Probiotics are live microorganisms that, when administered in adequate amounts, confer health benefits to the host. The present study aimed to evaluate the protective effects of a probiotic against experimentally induced gastric ulcers in rats. Male...

The State of Health (SOH) of a battery is an important indicator for measuring the performance degradation of batteries. In view of the deficiencies of existing SOH estimation methods in feature processing and model accuracy, this paper conducts rese...

Background: Spatial granularity plays a central role in the analysis of environmental hazards, yet its influence on health impact assessment remains overlooked. This study explicitly treats spatial aggregation level as a methodological variable and e...

Accurately evaluating fracability is crucial for improving shale gas fracturing efficiency. This study proposes a new mechanical deformation modulus to characterize rock fracture modes under coupled effects of stress conditions and mechanical paramet...

Attitude control of unmanned aerial vehicles is a problem that needs to be solved in a reliable manner. The research presented in this paper examines a systematic approach to the design of an LQR state feedback controller for the three-DOF hover syst...

The transport of dangerous goods (TDG) produces serious risks, particularly in urban areas, due to the high presence of people and sensitive infrastructures from a social, environmental and economic point of view. Transport Risk Assessment combines o...

Adult neurogenesis, the process of generating new, functional neurons in the mature central nervous system, represents a key mechanism of brain plasticity and a potential source of regeneration. This process occurs primarily within specialised neurog...

Evapotranspiration and crop coefficients are key variables for designing efficient irrigation strategies in tree crops, yet standard tabulated coefficients derived for mature, fully covering orchards often fail to represent the water use of young, hi...

To address the inherent inaccuracies of the classical beam theory (which overestimates the flexural stiffness) and the “quasi-plane section method” (which neglects the shear deformation) in the deflection analysis of steel truss web&ndash...

Methane oxy-combustion is a promising carbon capture pathway due to the high CO₂ concentration in the exhaust; however, combustion in pure oxygen produces excessively high flame temperatures that impair ignition and operational stability. To mitigate...

Rising atmospheric CO₂ levels have increased the demand for robust, scalable adsorbents for practical CO₂ capture and separation. Porous organic polymers (POPs) are attractive candidates because their pore architecture and binding site properties can...

Modern microgrids increasingly rely on learning-based energy management systems (EMSs) for real-time decision-making, yet remain vulnerable to cyber–physical disturbances, sensor tampering, and model uncertainty. Existing resilient control and...

This paper develops a rigorous mathematical and computational framework for four-dimensional chess defined on the discrete hypercubic lattice $\{1,\dots , 8{\}}^4$. We formalize piece movement using displacement sets in ${\mathbb{Z}}^4$, define adjacency via the C...

Vitamin D is a pleiotropic secosteroid with endocrine and intracrine actions that influence key phases of allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation. Epithelial barriers, antigen-presenting cells and effector lymphocytes express the vitamin D...

Autotrophic denitrification using sulfur compounds is considered an alternative to heterotrophic denitrification for the treatment of organic carbon-deficient wastewaters. However, the stoichiometric characteristics of denitrification using different...

Brassicaceae plants are generally considered non-mycorrhizal; however, recent studies have challenged this non-host status, suggesting occasional colonization during reproductive stages or by overlooked fungi such as Mucoromycotina Fine Root Endophyt...

Background/Objectives: Post-cesarean section scar niche pregnancy is one of the rarest forms. It is characterized by implantation of the gestation sac within the scar niche and is often associated with chorionic villi adhesion into the thinned cesare...

Pump-turbines are critical for maintaining power grid stability, but they frequently suffer from flow instabilities induced by cavitation due to frequent operating condition changes. This study employs numerical simulations to systematically analyze...

Despite concern over air pollution, fine-scale spatial and demographic disparities in exposure remain largely unquantified in Australian cities due to sparse monitoring and coarse models. In Greater Melbourne, this gap limits neighbourhood-level asse...

This study addresses the problem of improving the efficiency of fine grinding of bulk materials in an original-design double spring–rotor grinder equipped with a separating diaphragm with a variable discharge orifice. The purpose of the work is...

Cryptosporidium spp. and Giardia duodenalis are globally important intestinal protozoa causing diarrheal disease in humans and animals, with significant zoonotic potential. This study aimed to investigate the prevalence, molecular diversity, and pote...

The shipping sector is responsible for a considerable share of global CO₂ emissions and is under pressure to reduce emissions and adopt carbon-neutral fuels. Among the proposed alternatives, methanol produced from green hydrogen and biogenic CO₂ repr...

In electric vehicle (EV) charging systems, DC series arc faults, due to their high concealment and severe hazard, have become one of the important causes of electric vehicle fire accidents. An improved hybrid arc fault model of a charging system was...

Sustainable competitiveness has increasingly become an important policy objective for OECD countries, as economic performance is expected to be balanced with environmental protection, social well-being, and effective governance structures. The aim of...

Fungal spores are the main active ingredients in fungal preparations. In this study, we evaluated vegetative spore (oidia) production of the Latvian isolate of Phlebiopsis gigantea PG 182 using liquid-surface (LSF) and solid-state (SSF) fermentation...

Energy poverty remains an important challenge for sustainable development in China, with pronounced regional disparities and evolving temporal dynamics that require accurate and interpretable prediction tools. This study develops a provincial panel-b...

Pareidolia is often framed as a viewer-side illusion: a tendency to perceive meaningful forms—especially faces—in ambiguous inputs. This Concept Paper argues that pareidolia can also be deliberately engineered and therefore provides a tra...

Suspended sediment concentration (SSC) strongly influences estuarine erosion–deposition processes, navigation safety, and coastal engineering stability. However, conventional remote sensing techniques are limited to surface SSC and cannot chara...

From an active-health perspective, regular walking is a key pathway for mitigating chronic disease risks and promoting sustained health benefits. Existing studies have primarily assessed urban walkability using static or aggregated measures of walkin...

Although research findings have indicated that obesity is associated with suicide behavior, especially in females, scant research has examined mediators in this relationship. Moreover, although suicides have increased in young Latina adults in the Un...

Introduction: Microalgae are emerging as a biotechnological platform driving innovation in the bioeconomy, AgriHealth, and Food Health sectors, producing high-value compounds such as omega-3 fatty acids, proteins, pigments, and antioxidants, while en...

The objective of this study was to evaluate the influence of sage (Salvia officinalis L.) in various forms on the quality and shelf life of fresh cheese. We hypothesized that incorporating ground sage, its essential oil (EO), and supercritical fluid...

Background: Epididymo-orchitis can be caused by sexually transmitted pathogens, including Neisseria gonorrhoeae, Chlamydia trachomatis, and Mycoplasma genitalium, or entero-bacteria. The aim of this study was to explore the demographics, microbiologi...

Background: The senescence-associated hepatic gene set (SHGS) is critical in metabolic-dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD) progression. However, causal links between SHGS genes and liver diseases remain unclear. Methods: Mendelian...

Background/Objectives: This technical report introduces an innovative hybrid digital workflow that integrates diagnostic plaster-cast scanning with intraoral scanning to produce an accurate 3D-printed model for fabricating distal-extension removable...

Programmed Death-Ligand 1 (PD-L1) promotes tumor progression through several mechanisms, including its intrinsic effect on breast cancer cell proliferation via the S-Phase Kinase-Associated Protein 2 (SKP2)–p21^Cip1/p27^Kip1 (SKP2-p21/p27) axis....

This study is a detailed study of unit J-shaped distributions which establishes and examines the unit Topp–Leone distribution. The proposed study presents a mathematically tractable model of bounded data with strong skewness and boundary effect...

Bridge structural health monitoring (BSHM) systems are essential for assessing the operational performance and safety of long-span bridges. However, monitoring data are often affected by factors such as sensor malfunctions, environmental disturbances...

Vital pulp therapy comprises a group of procedures whose use in the primary dentition is increasingly supported in pediatric dentistry. The clinical management of pediatric patients requires biomaterials that provide precision, ease of handling, and...

Parasitoids use different signals to locate their hosts, and these signals can modulate their behavioral decisions. Thus, patch selection and foraging in patches with different characteristics depend on their ability to gather and use such informatio...

This study investigates the influence of tunnel span on the dynamic response of rock masses with high integrity under intense dynamic load, analyzing an unlined circular tunnel excavated in intact surrounding rock with a uniaxial compressive strength...

Infected URLs are always regarded as a serious threat to cybersecurity, serving as pathways to phishing, maliciousness, and other offenses. Although transformer-based models have demonstrated good performance in malicious URL detection, their high co...

Background/Objectives: Klebsiella pneumoniae is one of the major causes of severe infections in cancer patients. The rapid and accurate typing of isolates is essential for tracking transmission routes and implementing infection control measures....

Accurate detection of cardiac arrhythmias from electrocardiograms remains challenging for rare rhythm classes due to class imbalance and morphological variability. We present a hybrid deep learning framework combining per-lead convolutional encoders...

In real-world data, the structural symmetry of time series across temporal scales is often disrupted by the entanglement of trend, seasonal, and high-frequency components. This poses significant challenges to reliable time-series forecasting (TSF) in...

Liquid metal embrittlement (LME) during hot stamping of Zn-coated high-strength steels poses significant challenges to the long-term durability of automotive components. This study investigates how ~30 μm deep LME cracks affect the mechanical beha...

Accurate urban green space (UGS) mapping is essential for assessing urban ecosystem health and supporting sustainable development planning. However, deep learning-based UGS segmentation from Red–Green–Blue (RGB) remote sensing imagery fac...

Post-recycling plastic waste contamination in freshwater ecosystems represents an escalating environmental threat, while algal blooms continue to generate vast quantities of underutilized biomass. Addressing both challenges, this study investigated t...