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Universidad Nacional
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- Society & EconomicsOpen access
English translation of the Spanish-language preprint (original version): https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.23273378 Introduction: The use of artificial intelligence (AI) in scientific-academic writing continues to grow steadily, with and without editorial policies regulating it. A d...
- Health & MedicineOpen access
Gamma irradiation offers a simple and reagent-free strategy for tailoring the physicochemical properties of starch for the development of functional biomaterials, although its application in protein delivery systems remains largely unexplored. In this study, starch was irradiated...
- AI & ComputingOpen access
Security policies in quantum computing: a systematic review of literature
Abstract The rapid evolution of quantum computing introduces significant challenges for information security, particularly in governance, risk management, and the resilience of existing cryptographic mechanisms. This research reports the results of a systematic literature review...
- Climate & EnvironmentOpen access
Microbiome Dynamics During Translocation of the Critically Endangered Frog Craugastor ranoides
ABSTRACT Amphibian populations are declining, and species are going extinct due to habitat loss, climate change, and emerging infectious disease, prompting the increasing use of translocations as a conservation tool. Skin‐associated bacterial communities play a key role in amphib...
- Climate & EnvironmentOpen access
Accessing the deep subsurface biosphere remains a major challenge in Earth and planetary sciences. Drilling provides direct access but is costly, spatially restricted, and difficult to deploy at the scales required to investigate interactions between geological processes and micr...
- BiologyOpen access
Integrated Crop–Livestock–Forest (ICLF) systems have emerged as a key strategy for sustainable agricultural intensification by simultaneously enhancing productivity, ecosystem services, and climate resilience in tropical environments. This review synthesizes current knowledge on...
- Society & EconomicsOpen access
Background: Mental health has become a fundamental component of the sports world. Although previous studies have addressed psychological aspects of women’s soccer, no comprehensive review has mapped both mental health symptoms and adaptive psychological resources and psychophysio...
- Materials & EnergyOpen access
This exploratory study examines how scientifically literate stakeholders in Costa Rica evaluate food-related nanotechnology under conditions of technical uncertainty and uneven regulatory visibility. The term food-related nanotechnology is used here as a domain-level category tha...
- Materials & EnergyOpen access
Abstract The green synthesis of gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) from plant extracts offers a sustainable route to obtaining functional nanomaterials. However, establishing robust relationships between structure and properties remains challenging due to the inherent heterogeneity of na...
- Engineering & TechnologyOpen access
Agricultural residues represent an abundant renewable resource for sustainable lignocellulosic biorefineries, offering opportunities to produce value-added biopolymers while mitigating the environmental impacts associated with conventional disposal. This study evaluated the techn...
- BiologyOpen access
The replacement of synthetic dyes with natural food colorants has become a priority for the food industry, as emerging evidence from in vitro and animal studies on the potential neurotoxic and pro-inflammatory effects of certified dyes converges with consumer pressure for clean-l...