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The gut microbiome evolves in response to host development, health state, lifestyle, nutrition, and microbial interactions. The survival of gut microbiota depends on its ability to utilize its host-indigestible complex oligosaccharides. Certain gut m...

Pain and variable uptake remain practical barriers to needle-based delivery. Device-level vibration has emerged as a simple strategy for improving tolerability and dispersion, but its fluid-mechanical basis remains incomplete. Using a lattice Boltzma...

A Building Information Modeling (BIM)-based Machine Learning (ML) framework was developed to predict the energy performance of office buildings at the early design stage. The framework provides a reproducible and data-driven workflow that shortens si...

Polarization beam combining (PBC) is an important technology for enhancing laser brightness. The conventional bulk polarization beam combiners are Brewster plates and birefringent polarization prisms. However, in the mid- and long-wave infrared range...

This study presents an in-depth exploration of an innovative monitoring system that contributes to precision agriculture (PA) and supports sustainability and biodiversity. Amidst the challenges of global population growth and the need for sustainable...

Epithelial ovarian cancer is one of the most lethal gynecological malignancies worldwide. Its development strongly depends on several genetic and environmental factors, with metabolic components and cellular redox homeostasis alterations playing a si...

Onboard models serve as the foundation for the advanced control and fault diagnosis of aero-engines. Currently, to address the issues of high computational complexity and insufficient real-time performance in component-level aero-engine models, three...

This study evaluated the protective effects of naringin (NG) against intestinal injury in 7-day-old piglets infected with porcine epidemic diarrhea virus (PEDV). Eighteen piglets (Duroc × Landrace × Large, body weight = 2.58 ± 0.05...

Knowledge distillation (KD) enables the training of lightweight yet effective models, particularly in the visual domain. Meanwhile, reinforcement learning (RL) facilitates adaptive learning through environment-driven interactions, addressing the limi...

In cloud-based distributed systems, trace anomaly detection plays a vital role in maintaining system reliability by identifying early signs of performance degradation or faults. However, existing methods often fail to capture the complex temporal and...

Objectives: The aim of this study was to stratify cardiovascular risk based on the mean and variability of non-high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (non-HDL-C) in patients undergoing hemodialysis. Methods: Data were analyzed for 453 hemodialysis pati...

Major depressive disorder (MDD) is a prevalent mental health condition that requires accurate and objective diagnostic tools. Electroencephalogram (EEG) signals provide valuable insights into brain activity and have been widely studied for mental dis...

Bluetongue (BT) is an arthropod-borne viral disease primarily affecting domestic and wild ruminants. In recent years, several BTV serotypes and genotypes have been detected in Israel almost annually, raising questions about their origin and routes of...

Microgravity (µg)-generated three-dimensional (3D) multicellular aggregates can serve as models of tissue and disease development. They are relevant in the fields of cancer and in vitro metastasis or regenerative medicine (tissue engineering)....

The purpose of this research is to determine whether retinal vasculatures differ between participants with schizophrenia spectrum disorder (SSD) and controls. Ninety participants (51 SSD, mean age 35.8 ± 13.5, and 39 controls, mean age 35.5 &p...

With global energy systems shifting toward sustainable solutions, Dubai faces the challenge of meeting rising energy needs while minimizing environmental impacts. This study explores long-term (LT) strategic planning for Dubai’s power sector th...

Background and Objectives: Renal and metabolic disorders frequently coexist with psychiatric and psychosomatic conditions, forming complex multimorbidity clusters that challenge traditional models of care. Anxiety, depression, and stress-related diso...

Land cover mapping delivers crucial information for land and environmental management stakeholders. This work investigated the use of high-resolution RGB orthophotomaps for land cover mapping in the mountainous protected area of Tatra National Park....

This review highlights the role of temperature sensitivity, a common feature of attenuated virus vaccines, in mediating attenuation. Viral attenuation mechanisms were analyzed by comparing vaccine characteristics and genes with those of wild-type vir...

Hand gesture recognition (HGR) systems play a critical role in modern intelligent transportation frameworks by enabling reliable communication between pedestrians, traffic operators, and autonomous vehicles. This work presents a novel traffic hand ge...

Background/Objectives: Living donor liver transplantation (LDLT) has emerged as an alternative to deceased donor liver transplantation (DDLT) in the circumstance of scarcity of deceased grafts. This systematic review and meta-analysis aims to compare...

Dental caries is a prevalent childhood disease with a multifactorial etiology. The aim of the study is to evaluate the prevalence of extensive dental caries and its association with socioeconomic factors, dietary and daily toothbrushing frequency, an...

Growing demand for computing resources is increasing electricity use and cooling needs in data centres (DCs). Simultaneously, it creates opportunities for decarbonisation through the integration of waste heat (WH) into district heating (DH) systems....

Obesity is a multifactorial disease linked to chronic inflammation, metabolic disorders, and gut microbiota dysbiosis. Bariatric surgery (BS) and endoscopic sleeve gastroplasty (ESG) are effective for sustained weight loss and comorbidity improvement...

Sex differences in stress response continue to be understudied in basic physiological and behavioral research. The current study aimed to investigate the sex-specific effects of chronic stress in wild-derived house mice subjected to chronic unpredict...

Bullous pemphigoid (BP) is the most common autoimmune subepidermal blistering disease. In recent decades, an increasing incidence of BP has been reported. The rationale for this study arises from the limited availability of advanced immunopathologica...

Background: Fluoxetine, a widely prescribed selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor, exhibits significant interindividual variability in pharmacokinetics, largely attributed to pharmacogenomic factors. Objectives: The study aimed to evaluate the impac...

Background/Objectives: Low-grade inflammation and microbial imbalance have been thought to play a role in the pathogenesis of Symptomatic Uncomplicated Diverticular Disease (SUDD). We aimed to assess the efficacy of a cranberry formulation in reducin...

Understanding the forces that shape farmland rental prices in major agricultural regions such as the U.S. Corn Belt is essential for evaluating the economic and environmental resilience of agricultural regions. This study develops an integrated frame...

Domestic donkeys (Equus africanus asinus) are an important livestock genetic resource that is currently considered at risk. The number of donkey breeds worldwide is declining due to their loss of function as working animals in rural communities. Loca...

Grounded in protection motivation theory, this study investigates the influence mechanisms of different instructional media and instructional models on students’ green behavior intentions. Employing a 2 (Instructional Media: Paper-based/Digital...

This study presents an optical and thermal design for a compact 10× periscope zoom lens suitable for smartphones, employing a hybrid thermal compensation scheme to ensure stable imaging performance over a wide range of temperatures. Our propose...

Serine proteases represent a significant family of proteolytic enzymes, characterized by their serine-dependent catalytic mechanism. These enzymes are integral to various biological processes, including fungal growth, development, and pathogenicity....

Sewer corrosion driven by sulfur metabolism threatens infrastructure durability. Current study examined the effect of conductive lining materials on microbial communities and sulfide control under simulated sewer conditions. Three lab-scale reactors...

Aging is an inevitable biological process that affects the function of various organs, including the immune system. Immunosenescence is characterized by diminished immune cell function, weakened immune responses, and imbalances in immune components,...

Background and Objectives: Colorectal cancer caused over 1.9 million new cases and 0.9 million deaths in 2020, ranking third in incidence and second in cancer mortality worldwide. Poor bowel preparation may hide adenomas, increasing the colorectal ca...

Compact heavy-duty skid-steer robots are increasingly used for city logistics and intralogistics tasks where high payload capacity and stability are required. However, their limited maneuverability and non-negligible turning radius challenge conventi...

Teacher occupational health is a critical issue worldwide that COVID-19 has worsened. While previous research has highlighted the impact of chronic work-related stress and limited personal resources on burnout, much of this research relies on cross-s...

Score fusion is a technique that combines the matching scores from multiple biometric modalities for an authentication system. Biometric modalities are unique physical or behavioral characteristics that can be used to identify individuals. Biometric...

The fabrication of thin-walled plastic parts has potential in the automotive industry in terms of sustainability and circular economy targets to decrease any harmful effects on the ecosystems, cost and performance. Injection molding of thin-walled au...

Public open spaces play a vital role in supporting social connection and leisure among residents, enhancing quality of life while contributing to both economic growth and environmental health. The rapid global urbanization underscores the critical li...

Due to the development of the Internet of Things (IoT) and maritime wireless networks, the wireless networking of vessels will be the future trend. Furthermore, long-range (LoRa) technology is widely used in the marine field with the benefits of long...

Dynamic covalent hydrogels exhibiting multi-responsive and antibacterial properties offer significant potential for biomedical applications, including smart wound dressings and controlled drug delivery. Herein, a series of amphiphilic quaternized cop...

The purpose of the study is to investigate the gap between entrepreneurial intention and entrepreneurial action among business administration students with the aim of understanding why many who develop entrepreneurial intentions do not ultimately tak...

Conventional large fleets of Automated Guided Vehicles (AGVs) suffer from issues related to the network environment, including handoff latency and interference. Recently, 5G technology has emerged as a practical tool to resolve these network issues....

Enhancing the social dimension of sustainability is essential for improving the livability of informal settlements, yet its evaluation is often constrained by the absence of reliable socio-economic data. This study addresses this challenge by demonst...

Understanding the local-scale impacts of climate change is critical for protecting water resources and ecosystems in vulnerable agricultural regions. This study investigates the Canagagigue Creek Watershed (CCW) in Southern Ontario, Canada, which is...

The rapid expansion of information on the Internet has rendered recommender systems vital for mitigating information overload. However, existing recommendation models based on heterogeneous information networks (HINs) often face challenges such as da...

Osteoporosis is highly prevalent in postmenopausal women, causing chronic pain, fractures, and limited mobility that burden individuals and society. While resistance exercise benefits bone health, its role in osteoporotic bone injury healing and unde...

Currently, there are limited reports on prediction models of standardized ileal amino acid digestibilities (SIAADs) in soybean meals (SBMs) for medium-growing yellow-feathered chickens. This study firstly analyzed the chemical compositions of 10 SBMs...