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This paper mainly conducts research on the electrode distribution of the multi-electrode electromagnetic flow measurement system. Through simulation work, the weight function of the area to which the electrodes on the pipeline cross-section belong wi...

Green spaces (GS) play a pivotal role in promoting ecological sustainability and enhancing public well-being. However, traditional park green spaces (PGS), characterized by centralized layouts, often fail to meet the spatially diverse needs of urban...

Essential oils are widely used in cosmetic products and are valued for their antimicrobial properties. In this study, the in vitro antimicrobial activity of five pure essential oils (EOs) and five commercially available EO blends was comparatively ev...

In this study, we investigated the electrochemical properties and performance characteristics of Co_xS_y and silicon–carbon-based heterostructures synthesized on nickel foam substrates for energy storage applications. Cobalt sulfide films were su...

Contemporary artificial intelligence (AI) achieves remarkable results in data processing, text generation, and the simulation of human cognition. However, it appears to lack key characteristics typically associated with living systems—conscious...

We propose a fast L2-1${}_{\sigma }$ finite element method for solving the time fractional Keller–Segel equations with a Caputo fractional derivative of $\alpha \in (0,1)$. Firstly, the fast L2-1${}_{\sigma }$ scheme on the graded mesh is used to discretize...

Objective: Bilateral cleft lip and palate (BCLP) is a craniofacial malformation often associated with anatomical and functional impairments, including a shallow oral vestibule in the premaxillary region. This condition requires a vestibuloplasty to r...

Background/Objectives: Human-driven environmental change can promote cancer development in wild species, yet the pathophysiology of wildlife cancers remain largely unexplored. Urogenital carcinoma (UGC) in the California sea lion (CSL) (Zalophus cali...

This paper publishes 735,000 historical passenger entries from the German North Sea port of Bremen, created between 1830 and 1939, and now structured, enriched, and processed into a research-ready database. It provides an overview of the original arc...

Self-report surveys were conducted in Australia between May 2020 and April 2024, allowing for an analysis of perceived psychological resilience in those with and without suicidal ideation (SI) during and after the COVID-19 pandemic. Linear mixed mode...

Three-dimensional bioprinting revolutionized tissue and organ replacement by enabling the precise deposition of living cells and biomaterials, making it ideal for biomedical applications. Natural polymers are commonly used as bioink for their biocomp...

Anurans are among the most threatened vertebrates worldwide, yet their acoustic ecology in fragmented habitats remains understudied. This research investigated acoustic overlaps and resource partitioning among amphibian species inhabiting Maceira Pon...

Urban built environments face unprecedented challenges in resource management and sustainability, necessitating innovative approaches that integrate circular economy principles with construction technologies. This study addresses the critical researc...

Invasive pneumococcal disease (IPD) results from the dissemination of Streptococcus pneumoniae to normally sterile anatomical sites such as the bloodstream or cerebrospinal fluid. One of the primary roles of pneumococcal conjugate vaccines (PCVs) use...

Background: Atrial fibrillation (AF) is closely linked to endothelial dysfunction, yet its mechanisms remain unclear. Extracellular vesicles (EVs), including exosomes, are released by most cell types and mediate intercellular communication. We theref...

This research focuses on the analysis of the viscoelastic (VE) behaviour of panel paintings (PPs), which are artworks made of various materials. Each PP is different from others because of their unique assembly, the changes due to the passage of time...

ingInfrastructure-as-Code (IaC) is a systems management practice that involves managing and provisioning computing infrastructure through machine-readable definition files, rather than physical hardware configuration or interactive configuration tool...

During the lifespan of domestic animals, specific pathologies may arise in relation to their intended use. With the aim of increasing knowledge about the uses of animals in past urban contexts, a number of archeozoological studies conducted on faunal...

Research in implant dentistry has predominantly focused on bone regeneration, osseous volume maintenance, and successful osseointegration. However, soft tissue healing, which influences implant functional sealing, long-term stability, and esthetic in...

Polygon Boolean operations are widely used in integrated circuit (IC) layout processing tasks such as design rule checking (DRC) and optical proximity correction (OPC). Single-threaded Boolean algorithms cannot meet the efficiency demand of modern IC...

This study proposes a new formalized approach to the stabilization of linear transformations in artificial neural networks, based on discrete algebraic properties. In contrast to existing stability methods that rely on spectral norms, regularization...

Under binding resource constraints and rising environmental pressures, enabling poor smallholders to raise incomes while reducing chemical input use remains a key policy challenge in many developing economies. Drawing on two waves of household survey...

In the Seoul Metropolitan Area of Korea, ongoing urban expansion continuously increases commuting demand toward Seoul, resulting in severe congestion in the urban core due to the large inflow of interregional buses. In response, the government propos...

Background/Objectives: Sesamin is a bioactive lignan with well-documented anti-inflammatory activity but limited therapeutic application due to poor aqueous solubility and low bioavailability. This study developed phosphatidylcholine-based sesamin-lo...

Breast cancer ranks among the most prevalent malignant tumors globally, underscoring the urgent need for efficient and low-toxicity treatment strategies. In this study, a novel nanomedicine (BBR-SA) was constructed based on the self-assembled of berb...

Adversarial examples are crucial tools for assessing the robustness of deep neural networks (DNNs) and revealing potential security vulnerabilities. Adversarial example generation methods based on Generative Adversarial Networks (GANs) have made sign...

Video footage of a recent California wildfire confirmed that dangerous fire spread can lead to unsurvivable foreground conditions. This process thus needs enhanced awareness across the wildfire sector. The fire moved sideways, downwind of a ridgeline...

This study systematically measured gross hair weight and hair length traits across five body regions of 759 Tianzhu White Yak individuals. The BSL trait exhibited moderate heritability, while the BL trait demonstrated high heritability (h² = 0.450)....

The work provides novel insight into the development of advanced antibacterial surfaces using the combination of essential oils, cinnamon oil, thyme oil, and tea tree oil, as well as their active compounds, including cinnamaldehyde, thymol, and terpi...

After making a lineup decision, eyewitnesses may be asked to indicate their confidence in their decision. Eyewitness confidence is considered an important reflector of accuracy. Previous studies have considered the confidence-accuracy (CA) relationsh...

Fibromyalgia (FM) is associated with increased suicidal behavior (SB). This critical review integrates the ideation-to-action models—Interpersonal Theory of Suicide (IPTS), Three-Step Theory (3ST), and Integrated Motivational–Volitional (...

Phase change materials (PCMs) have attracted significant attention for their capacity to store and release large amounts of latent heat in response to ambient temperature variations, offering an effective strategy for thermal regulation in buildings....

Spaceborne Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) interferometry provides long-term displacement measurements, but the quality of Persistent Scatterer (PS) time series depends critically on temporal coherence. Low-coherence points often exhibit auto-uncorrel...

This study examines public debt sustainability in the Eurozone by estimating fiscal reaction functions that assess how fiscal balances respond to rising public debt under heterogeneous macroeconomic conditions. Using annual panel data for 20 EU count...

Background/Objectives: Alginate-based rafts are typically used for antacids and provide a floating, gastric-retaining gel in the stomach that acts as a barrier to the entrance of stomach acid into the esophagus. Various technologies have been develop...

Root cause fault diagnostic reasoning is critical for ensuring the safety and reliability of airborne systems, where timely and accurate fault isolation can significantly reduce downtime and maintenance costs. However, the inherent complexity of faul...

Accurately forecasting Bitcoin’s conditional variance is essential for reliable Value-at-Risk (VaR) estimation yet remains challenging due to nonlinear dynamics, volatility clustering, and heavy-tailed return distributions. This study developed...

Background: The incidence and prevalence of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) has been increasing worldwide recently. Diabetic retinopathy (DR) is a major ocular complication of diabetes mellitus, and it is the leading cause of blindness and visual imp...

Caffeoylquinic acids (CQAs) are polyphenolic compounds widely present in daily diets, but their bioactivities are limited by poor intestinal absorption, the mechanisms of which remain incompletely understood for various isomers. This study investigat...

Introduction: Semaglutide, a glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonist (GLP-1RA), has demonstrated unprecedented efficacy in the treatment of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) and obesity. However, its rapid clinical widespread use has ignited a debate...

Background/Objectives: Sleep is an important factor for recovery and performance in endurance sports, yet its role in ultra-endurance events remains unclear due to extreme physical and cognitive demands and disrupted sleep patterns. This systematic r...

The use of large language models (LLMs) to automate the generation of medical case-based multiple-choice questions (MCQs) is increasing, but their accuracy, reliability, and educational validity are still not well understood. This study in a comparat...

This paper presents a hybrid AI framework for rescheduling tasks within UAM vertiports. This scheduling challenge is approached as a resource-constrained project scheduling problem (RCPSP), typically solved via mixed-integer linear programming (MILP)...

The growing clinical demand for positron-emitting radionuclides has increased the need for accurate nuclear data and optimized production routes for medical applications. Iodine-124 (¹²⁴I), owing to its relatively long half-life and suitability for i...

Background. Virtual reality (VR) is emerging as a non-pharmacological tool to support rehabilitation and self-management. Evidence of its effectiveness, however, remains fragmented. This umbrella review synthesized systematic reviews and meta-analyse...

Over the past decade, clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats (CRISPR) and CRISPR-associated (Cas) proteins, originally identified as adaptive immune systems in bacteria and archaea that defend against invading nucleic acids, have r...

Mycoplasma pneumoniae is traditionally recognized as a leading cause of community-acquired pneumonia, yet growing evidence demonstrates that its clinical impact extends far beyond the respiratory tract. Increasing reports of neurologic, cardiac, hema...

The in vivo production of specialized metabolites in response to external stimuli can be genus- and species-specific and involves the activation of linked metabolic pathways. In Arabidopsis thaliana, oxidized galactolipids containing oxo-phytodienoic...

As buildings are responsible for an important share of the energy use and related greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in Europe, renovation of the building stock is a key priority in the coming decades. As these large-scale renovations will require a vast...

Remote towers are increasingly deployed at small-to-medium airports globally for cost efficiency, yet safety optimization for large airport remote apron control remains underexplored. This study proposes a human error identification framework for air...