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ANTIQUITIES DEALERS IN BAGHDAD AND CUNEIFORM TABLETS FROM KISH IN THE EARLY 20TH CENTURY

When Kish began to be excavated by the French archaeologist Henri de Genouillac in 1912, cuneiform tablets from Tell Uhaimir had already been in circulation on the antiquities market since 1910. Offers made by dealers in Baghdad and Paris in this period indicate that the site was...

The DESI Y1 RR Lyrae Catalog. I. Empirical Modeling of the Cyclic Variation of Spectroscopic Properties and a Chemodynamical Analysis of the Outer Halo

Abstract We present the catalog of RR Lyrae stars (RRLs) observed in the first year of operations of the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI) survey. This catalog contains 6240 RRLs out to ∼120 kpc from the Galactic center and over 12,000 individual epochs with homogeneous...

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...

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...

Interactions of land use and climate change disproportionately impact Lepidoptera of the five major insect orders

Abstract Land use and climate change are two major environmental pressures that interact to impact insect biodiversity. The wide ecological diversity, including life histories, among insects suggests that some groups will be more sensitive to these pressures than others, and it i...

The Maxillofacial Academic Practice (MAP) study phase 1: oral and maxillofacial surgical trainee research engagement.

The British Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons (BAOMS) funded Maxillofacial Academic Practice (MAP) study aims to define the current state of research and academic training within UK Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery (OMFS). Phase One of the study, the OMFS Trainee Resea...

Diaphyseal zonal fixation in revision total knee arthroplasty

The concept of zonal fixation for the distal femur and proximal tibia has revolutionized our understanding of how to best achieve durable fixation in revision total knee arthroplasty. However, the diaphyseal zone covers most of the femur, and achieving durable diaphyseal fixation...

The theoretical basis of reservoir pressure in arteries

The separation of measured arterial pressure into a reservoir pressure and an excess pressure was introduced over 20 years ago as a heuristic hypothesis. Since then it has gained some traction through epidemiological studies that show that various measures of reservoir and excess...

Can't Stop: How Context and Individual Traits Influence Effectiveness of Different Gradual Interventions for Infinite Scrolling on Short-Form Video Platforms

Infinite scrolling on short-form video platforms like TikTok encourages prolonged engagement and post-usage regret. Interventions aim to mitigate such behavior, but their effectiveness may depend on the interplay between intervention type, contextual factors, and individual trait...

B lur D riving : Investigating How Personalized Blur Techniques Impact Drivers' Performance in Virtual Reality

Distracted driving remains a major safety concern, motivating approaches that aim to reduce visual overload before attention breaks down. However, visual overload varies across individuals, making it difficult to determine appropriate interventions for each driver. We investigate...

OphthoEvidence Report: Comparative effects of treatments for geographic atrophy secondary to age-related macular degeneration: A protocol for a living systematic review and network meta-analysis

Background Geographic atrophy (GA), an advanced form of age-related macular degeneration (AMD), leads to legal blindness in approximately 16% of affected individuals within 6 years. Numerous trials have evaluated interventions to slow GA progression, and many studies are ongoing....

Risk factors of post-COVID-19 symptoms, a cross-sectional study in patients with asthma and chronic obstructive lung disease

Post-COVID-19 symptoms are common following COVID-19, but risk factors of persistent symptoms in patients with asthma and chronic obstructive lung disease (COPD) remain unclear. We aimed to assess the frequency and risk factors of post-COVID-19 symptoms in patients with asthma an...

On the modelling of oblique firehose instabilities in regularised kappa plasmas using ALPS

In situ measurements in space plasmas indicate that the velocity distributions of charged particles are not in thermal equilibrium, deviating from a standard Maxwellian mainly due to anisotropies and suprathermal populations which enhance high-energy tails. Although the standard...

Accumulating safety data for remote ischemic conditioning in acute pediatric neurological conditions

Acute encephalopathy with biphasic seizures and late reduced diffusion (AESD) is the most common infection-triggered encephalopathy in East Asian children and one for which existing neuroprotective strategies are limited. Despite the use of therapeutic hypothermia (TH) or targete...

Social welfare implications of policy reform for dog shelters in the United Kingdom

Statistics suggest that the policies currently in place to manage free-roaming dog numbers in the United Kingdom have met with limited success, and more innovative alternatives should be considered. This paper explores potential policy reform options that could reduce welfare los...

Understanding the Owner/Operator Perspective on Location-enabled Digital Twins for Operation & Maintenance in Transportation Infrastructure

Nowadays, infrastructure networks face numerous challenges that originate from the finite – but extensive - lifespan of infrastructure elements, the progressively reduced maintenance budget with the anticipation to provide better results and the environmental implications due to...

Mapping disappearance: spatial analysis of vulnerable coastal destinations

Abstract Many coastal regions around the world face increasing risks from both natural and anthropogenic drivers, including climate change, rising sea levels, and rapid, unauthorized urbanization. This study presents an integrated geospatial approach to evaluate the coastal vulne...

Interpretable substructure-based screening of multi-property polymer dielectrics with prompt-ready rules for rational design

Abstract High-performance polymer dielectrics remain difficult to discover because transparent connections between molecular substructures and macroscopic properties are lacking. Existing machine-learning approaches often rely on black-box representations that obscure the chemica...

Understanding the scope of oral and maxillofacial surgery and its influence on referral behaviour among healthcare professionals in Saudi Arabia: a cross-sectional study

Abstract Background Oral and maxillofacial surgery (OMS) is a recognized surgical specialty within Saudi Arabia, yet its scope remains inconsistently understood among healthcare professionals, with implications for referral accuracy and appropriate access to care. Aim This study...

Hypokinesia and bradykinesia in Parkinson’s disease are consistent with reduced motor vigour, not an impaired capacity to generate and transmit neural drive to muscle

Abstract Hypokinesia and bradykinesia in Parkinson’s disease have been attributed to reduced motor vigour, an account that assumes the neural drive to muscle is intact but inappropriately scaled; an alternative is that generation of the drive is itself impaired. We recorded high-...