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Collective Bargaining and Its Implications for Workers and Employers: An Introduction

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Constraints on new theories using Rivet: CONTUR version 3 release note

The CONTUR toolkit exploits RIVET and its library of more than a thousand energy-frontier differential cross-section measurements from the Large Hadron Collider to allow rapid limit-setting and consistency checks for new physics models. In this note we summarise the main changes...

Perceived quality and significance of Early Childhood Care and Education in Pakistan: a scoping review of evidence from the point of view of practitioners, parents and children

Quality in Early Childhood Care and Education (ECCE) is deemed important and yet complex, as it standardizes ECCE against universal assessments and measures. There is a need to explore how contextually meaningful understanding of quality is being considered. To fill this gap, a s...

Implementation of electronic signposting to interventions that prevent cancer: A realist review

Uptake of evidence-based interventions that prevent cancer is very low. Electronic signposting using digital messages sent via electronic healthcare systems is increasingly utilised to improve service reach and uptake. However, theory for optimising the implementation of electron...

Three-year outcomes of combined surgical peripheral iridectomy, goniosynechialysis and goniotomy for advanced primary angle-closure glaucoma: a multicentre study

Aims To assess the 3-year efficacy and safety of combined surgical peripheral iridectomy (SPI), goniosynechialysis (GSL) and goniotomy (GT) for advanced primary angle-closure glaucoma (PACG) without cataract. Methods This was a multicentre prospective observational study with ext...

Vernacular housing and spatial logic: a space syntax analysis in Évora

This study examines the spatial logic of vernacular housing in Évora, Portugal—a UNESCO World Heritage city—by introducing a systematic space syntax framework into a heritage context where configurational analysis has remained limited, particularly in Portuguese vernacular resear...

Limits of Memory-Assisted Coherence in Cavity-Embedded Molecules

Abstract Strong light–matter coupling in optical cavities is being widely explored as a strategy for modifying molecular dynamics and enhancing coherence. At the same time, structured vibrational environments can exhibit non-Markovian memory that promotes information backflow and...

Developing Sustainable Chemistry with AI

Conspectus Today we are experiencing an unprecedentedly rapid transformation of science, driven by advances in computing and artificial intelligence (AI). At the same time, there are growing cumulative pressures of climate change impacts that not only affect economies but are cre...

Human CD1c-autoreactive T-cells recognise Mycobacterium tuberculosis-infected antigen-presenting cells and display cytotoxic effector programmes

Tuberculosis (TB), caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb), remains the leading cause of death from infection globally yet the contribution of non-classical T-cell pathways to human immunity remains poorly defined. CD1c-autoreactive T-cells, which recognise self-lipids present...

Visual crowding in infantile idiopathic nystagmus is not reduced by differences in target-flanker elements

Foveal vision in individuals with infantile idiopathic nystagmus syndrome (IINS) is impaired by reduced acuity and elevated crowding (the disruption in object recognition from clutter). In typical peripheral vision, acuity can be improved by temporal variations (flicker), while c...

Rethinking diabetic retinopathy: Homeostatic mechanisms for retinal clearance

Abstract Aims Diabetic retinopathy (DR) is a sight‐threatening consequence of diabetes. DR disrupts cell‐to‐cell communication in the retinal neurovascular unit (NVU), impairing blood flow which leads to vascular complications. Here, we propose an integrated framework of DR patho...

Navigating equity tensions and enacting agency in Chinese TESOL practicums

This qualitative study examined how 38 preservice TESOL teachers placed in Chinese middle schools identified, navigated, and challenged perceived pedagogical inequities during a brief practicum. Using a critical sociocultural framework, reflective papers ( N = 38) and focus group...

Climate change and marine diversity in the high latitudes: Holocene insights from the Baffin Bay-Labrador Sea region

Anthropogenic climate change has already caused shifts in Arctic species distributions, but regional patterns of diversity change are complex. We examine ecosystem responses during the Holocene, based on micropalaeontological community composition and Shannon diversity index anal...

Customized chatbot for patient education in vitreoretinal diseases

Abstract Purpose To develop and evaluate the accuracy and safety of a customized, domain-restricted chatbot providing postoperative patient education after vitreoretinal surgery. Methods We evaluated a domain-restricted GPT-4 chatbot accessed through the OpenAI API and implemente...

Understanding Understanding: Reconnecting Theories of Human Semantic Knowledge

At the close of the twentieth century, human semantic memory was thought to be organized around dedicated, domain-specific modules operating independently of one another and of perception, action, and much of language. The intervening years have marked a transition toward a more...

Visual Impression of Urban Space: A Systematic Review of Empirical Findings, Challenges, and Opportunities

Studies of visual impression seek to link the visual features of urban spaces with users’ subjective experiences (e.g., perceiving and describing a space as “inviting”). By revealing the relationships between visual characteristics and users’ experiences, such studies can inform...

Neurodegenerative disease risk associated with gene expression in peripheral monocytes across ancestries

Abstract It is hypothesised that peripheral immune states responding to regional environmental triggers contribute to central neurodegeneration. Region-specific genetic selection pressures require this hypothesis to be assessed in an ancestry-specific manner. Here, we utilise gen...

Freshwater Salinization and Its Contribution to Urinary Electrolyte Excretion in Coastal Bangladesh

Abstract To evaluate the role of drinking water salinity in electrolyte excretion, we analyzed household-stored drinking water and 24-hour urine samples collected during 9,748 person-visits across three cohort studies in southwest coastal Bangladesh. We fit three-level hierarchic...

Granthi: Higher-Order Quantum Programming via Unitary Wiring

Existing quantum programming languages confine higher-order structure to a classical host while restricting the quantum layer to first-order operations on qubits. This paper presents Granthi, a purely unitary higher-order quantum programming language built on three design commitm...

The DESI Y1 RR Lyrae Catalog. II. The Metallicity Dependency of Pulsational Properties, the Shape of the RR Lyrae Instability Strip, and Metal Rich RR Lyrae

Abstract RR Lyrae stars (RRLs) are valuable probes of both Milky Way assembly and stellar-evolution physics. Using a sample 6240 RRLs obtained in the first year of the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI) survey, we investigate the metallicity of RRLs and its correlation w...