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Cosmological Constraints from Full-scale Clustering and Galaxy–Galaxy Lensing with DESI DR1

Abstract We present constraints on cosmic structure growth from the analysis of galaxy clustering and galaxy–galaxy lensing with galaxies from the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI) Data Release 1. Our analysis includes four samples drawn from the Bright Galaxy Survey (B...

Differential Take-Up of Supplemental Security Income in Florida for Very Low Birth Weight Infants

OBJECTIVE: Supplemental Security Income (SSI) eligibility is automatically granted for the subset of very low birth weight (VLBW) infants born below 1200 g. We estimated the effects of automatic eligibility on SSI take-up among VLBW infants near the cutoff, both overall and for k...

When orders aren't enough: A new model for child‐centered care in cross‐border family conflicts

Abstract Children and adolescents caught in cross‐border custody disputes, including international parental abduction, are at high risk of losing meaningful contact with one parent, often the one with whom they are familiar and comfortable. Such abductions can cause severe and la...

Landowner Perspectives on Restoration in the Wet Tropics: Barriers, Motivations and Opportunities for Participation

Widespread deforestation and habitat fragmentation have critically impacted biodiversity in Australia’s Wet Tropics, where ecological restoration increasingly relies on private landowners. This study explores landowner perspectives on revegetation in the Atherton Tablelands, a re...

Extending the concept of gatekeeping to older families: Intergenerational care and conflict

Abstract Gatekeeping has been extensively examined in the context of coparenting after separation and divorce, but its application to older families has received little attention. This article extends the gatekeeping framework to later‐life family systems, where family members ma...

Improving the Hydrophilicity of the Drugs Paclitaxel, Violacein, and Tetrandrine Using Carbon-Based Quantum Dots

Carbon-based quantum dots and their nitrogen- and sulfur-doped derivatives were used as platforms to improve the aqueous solubility for Paclitaxel, Violacein and Tetrandrine, drugs with known high partition coefficients (Log P). Paclitaxel, Violacein and Tetrandrine showed a sign...

Reproducibility, Replicability, and Research Quality in Homogeneous Catalysis

Abstract Researchers from all sectors of homogeneous catalysis convened in response to concerns regarding reproducibility in science to analyze the issue and provide recommendations. In addition to an in-person workshop, the group engaged the broader homogeneous catalysis communi...

Identifying Orbit Lengths for Promotion

In this work we study Schützenberger's promotion operator on standard Young tableaux via a corresponding graphical construction known as $m-$diagrams. In particular, we prove that certain internal structures of SYT are preserved under promotion and correspond to distinct componen...

Polystyrene microplastics alter the accumulation and elimination dynamics of silver nanoparticles in Daphnia magna

Environmental context Microplastics are widespread aquatic contaminants that can alter the environmental behavior of co-occurring pollutants. This study shows that polystyrene microplastics substantially modify silver nanoparticle bioaccumulation in Daphnia magna, increasing wate...

Reluctant Revolutionaries: Andor, Fallout, and Narrating the Shifting Moral Economy of Armed Politics in the United States

Abstract This contribution to the special issue of the Forum argues that mainstream science fiction can be an important site for narrating a nascent change in the moral economy of armed politics in the United States. While firearm politics remain durably partisan, I show that a n...