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Sequential Dual Catalysis Merging Enantioselective Cu-Catalyzed Conjugate Addition with Intramolecular Pd/Ir-Catalyzed Allylic Alkylation

The combination of asymmetric conjugate addition and allylic alkylation has emerged as a powerful strategy for the stereocontrolled construction of complex molecules. However, such transformations have been largely limited to intermolecular processes and have not been explored on...

Closing the Gap in Maternal Healthcare in Nigeria: Are Women with Low Socioeconomic Status Still Left Behind?

Despite global and national efforts to improve maternal health, Nigeria continues to record high maternal mortality rates, primarily driven by the underutilization of essential maternal health services. This study examines the association between women’s socioeconomic status (SES...

Side‐Step Cutting Foot Biomechanics and Intrinsic Foot Muscle Sizes in People With Chronic Ankle Instability

ABSTRACT Introduction Lateral ankle sprains commonly occur during directional changes and often lead to chronic ankle instability (CAI) associated with altered movement patterns, muscle weakness and atrophy. This study aimed to compare foot joint biomechanics during cutting among...

Machine Learning on Heterogeneous, Edge, and Quantum Hardware for Particle Physics

The next generation of particle physics experiments will face an era of challenges in data acquisition, due to unprecedented data rates and volumes along with extreme environments and operational constraints. Harnessing these data for scientific discovery demands real-time infere...

Topology-preserving mesh adaptation for sharp-interface multiphase PFEM

This paper presents a robust, fully Lagrangian framework based on the Particle Finite Element Method (PFEM) capable of simulating multiphase flows with an arbitrary number of immiscible phases. Interface-capturing methods can suffer from numerical diffusion, while interface-track...

Shedding light on the cancer cell death mechanism in photodynamic therapy

Photodynamic therapy (PDT) employs the interaction of a photosensitizer, light, and molecular oxygen to generate reactive oxygen species, which induce regulated cell death pathways that contribute to tumor eradication and immune modulation. Despite its clinical utility, the deter...

Surface Quadrilateral Meshing from Integrable Odeco Fields

Abstract We present a method for generating orthogonal quadrilateral meshes subject to user‐defined feature alignment and sizing constraints. The approach relies on computing integrable orthogonal frame fields, whose symmetries are implicitly represented using orthogonally decomp...

Phase control of interfering stimulated Raman pathways in the XUV regime

Abstract Coherent control uses interference between quantum pathways to enhance or suppress transitions to a target quantum state. In stimulated Raman excitation, such control can be achieved through interference between two indistinguishable pathways connecting the same initial...

Who mimics nature? Disciplinary asymmetry in biomimetic and bioinspired research teams

Abstract Biomimetics is generally viewed as inherently interdisciplinary, yet the disciplinary composition of biomimetic research teams has not been systematically quantified. We analysed 74 407 biomimetics-related publications from the past two decades and classified 436 010 aut...

Premedication practices prior to neonatal laryngoscopy: a nationwide observational study in Belgian NICUs

Intubation or less invasive surfactant administration (LISA) in neonates both require laryngoscopy, a stressful and painful procedure. This study aimed to document premedication practices before laryngoscopy in Belgium and explore reasons for absence of premedication. Sub-analysi...

Early-stage leaf litter decomposition of miombo tree species is more strongly driven by leaf litter chemistry than by charcoal-induced disturbance in forests around Lubumbashi, DR Congo

Litter decomposition is a key ecosystem process because it regulates carbon storage and nutrient availability, yet it remains poorly documented in miombo woodlands. This study assessed how leaf litter quality affects decomposition rates and whether these effects are modified by c...

From Norms to Behavior: Examining the Mechanisms of Change in a Social Norms Anti-Bullying Intervention Among Early Adolescents

Social norm interventions offer a promising approach to bullying prevention, yet the mechanisms through which they operate remain unclear. Using a parallel mediation structural equation model, this study examined potential mediators of a classroom-based social norms intervention...

Entropic Phase Separation in Polymer–Vitrimer Melts

Abstract Traditional plastics demand a choice between durability (thermosets) and reprocessability (thermoplastics). Vitrimers are a recent class of polymer network combining both of these qualities. Their increased cost of production can be offset by mixing them with a tradition...

Lorentz-equivariance without limitations

Lorentz Local Canonicalization (LLoCa) ensures exact Lorentz-equivariance for arbitrary neural networks with minimal computational overhead. For the LHC, it equivariantly predicts local reference frames for each particle and propagates any-order tensorial information between them...

Curriculum development in midwifery education: a systematic literature review

Midwifery has undergone a significant transformation in recent decades, evolving from vocational training to university-based education. Despite international recommendations supporting competency-based education and professional regulation, little is known about how midwifery cu...

Synergism Between Krameria lappacea (Dombey) Burdet & B.B.Simpson Extracts and Gentamicin Against Gram-Positive Bacteria

Background: Combination therapy is increasingly explored as an alternative approach to manage bacterial infections and limit the emergence of antibiotic resistance. Building on traditional medicinal knowledge, this study aimed to investigate the potential synergistic antibacteria...

Evolution and Controls of the Large-Scale Surface Freeze-Back Onset in Siberian Permafrost Regions with the ERA5-Land Reanalysis

Permafrost is a defining feature of the Arctic and sub-Arctic environments. The extent of the permafrost region accounts for about a quarter of the Northern Hemisphere’s terrestrial surface. While most research on permafrost has focused on the summer season—when the active layer...

Accelerated lowland thermokarst development revealed by UAS photogrammetric surveys in the Stordalen mire, Abisko, Sweden

Organic matter decomposition in permafrost soils depends on factors such as soil pH, temperature, and redox conditions. Over lowland permafrost soils, these conditions are shaped by microtopography, which evolves with physical degradation, i.e., lowland thermokarst development. A...

Delivering the EU Safe Hearts Plan: the essential role of laboratory medicine in cardiovascular health

Abstract The European Union Safe Hearts Plan provides an opportunity to strengthen cardiovascular prevention, early detection, treatment, and monitoring across Europe. This EFLM position paper argues that laboratory medicine must be recognized as a central component of its implem...

Unlocking the agroecological transition in intensive farming systems

A system-wide transformation of dominant intensive farming and food systems is strongly needed to address their high sanitary, environmental, and social costs. Here we argue that simultaneously addressing lock-ins across the entire food system is essential to enable such a transf...