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Certified Bounds on Achievable Legibility under a Path Cost Budget

Legible motion is optimised rather than decided, and for good reason: the optimum is intractable. What an optimiser reports is the clarity it found, which does not establish that no clearer trajectory exists, so a question of the form "can any trajectory within this budget be rea...

Chance of live birth in women with recurrent pregnancy loss referred to a French assisted reproductive technology center

Recurrent pregnancy loss (RPL) is a multifactorial condition, with over 50% of cases remaining unexplained. The absence of therapeutic consensus raises questions regarding referral for assisted reproductive technology (ART). To evaluate live birth rates and predictors of success...

Characterisation of liver disease using quantitative MRI: report of the imaging arm of the ELEGANCE study

Evolving disease aetiology and rising prevalence of chronic liver disease are driving an increase in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). Non-contrast quantitative MRI (qMRI) has shown promising capability for characterising liver health and risk of liver related outcomes, but has not...

120-year spatiotemporal evolution of water–settlement interactions in Xinjiang, China

Understanding the long-term co-evolution of water systems and human settlements in arid regions is essential for water security and climate-adaptive planning. This study reconstructs the spatiotemporal dynamics of hydrographic network density (HND) and settlement density (SED) in...

Effects of proprioceptive neuromuscular facilitation on flexibility and neuromuscular performance in gymnastics: a systematic review

The purpose of this review is to describe the available evidence on proprioceptive neuromuscular facilitation interventions in gymnastics and to identify the limitations of the current evidence base. A comprehensive search of PubMed, EBSCO, Scopus and SPORTDiscus identified five...

Reduction of postoperative care unit observation time following carotid endarterectomy: a targeted approach

To evaluate the safety and feasibility of reducing the postoperative care unit (POCU) observation period from four hours to two hours following carotid endarterectomy (CEA) for asymptomatic, high grade carotid stenosis. Monocentric, retrospective-prospective observational cohort...

Manual therapy versus home exercise in the treatment of bruxism: a randomized controlled trial with ultrasonographic, elastographic, and electromyographic assessment

Bruxism is a prevalent condition associated with pain, functional limitations, and neuromuscular alterations. Although non-invasive physiotherapy approaches such as manual therapy (MT) and home exercise (HE) are widely used, randomized controlled trials integrating both clinical...

Diffusion-weighted chemical exchange saturation transfer MRI in the human brain at 7T

Metabolite diffusion provides information on unique intracellular environments that are not captured by water diffusion. Conventional diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance spectroscopy (DW-MRS) is a useful tool for probing metabolite diffusion, but lacks spatial information. In t...

Bioelectrical Impedance in Cardiovascular Health

Bioelectrical impedance (BI) is gaining significant attention for its potential in cardiovascular health monitoring and early disease detection. On the basis of the principles of tissue conductivity and body composition, BI operates by applying a low-amplitude alternating current...

Where will the cat cross the road? Comparing camera and GPS-based models for identifying wildlife corridors

Designing effective wildlife corridors is a critical conservation challenge in fragmented landscapes. GPS-based step selection functions strongly predict dispersal corridors and connectivity, but GPS collaring can be expensive and invasive. Camera-based occupancy models are widel...

Social welfare optimisation under institutional reward and punishment

Institutional incentives are widely used to promote cooperation among autonomous, self-regarding agents, from human societies to multi-agent and AI systems. Existing work typically treats incentive design as a bi-objective problem: minimise institutional cost while achieving a hi...

Dysbiosis of gut fungi and bacteria in patients with HBV with low-level viremia compared with sustained virologic responders and healthy controls

Although bacterial dysbiosis in chronic hepatitis B (CHB) is well established, the role of the gut mycobiome-particularly its functional interplay with bacteria during virological remission versus treatment failure remains unexplored. In this study, the gut bacteriome and mycobio...

Comparative effectiveness of cognitive behavioral therapy versus group-based optimism training on psychological outcomes in hemodialysis patients: a randomized controlled trial

Patients undergoing hemodialysis (HD) face significant psychological challenges that affect their well-being. Nevertheless, no comparative investigation has yet examined the efficacy of cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) versus group-based optimism training on psychological outco...

Exploring the dynamics of symbiont Enterobacter aerogenes expressing Cry1Ac for potential biocontrol of Helicoverpa armigera

Paratransgenesis, the use of genetically modified symbiotic microbes to deliver bioactive molecules, offers a promising strategy for sustainable pest management. However, the colonization dynamics and ecological interactions of such engineered microbes remain insufficiently under...

Patient-Specific Sensitivity of Osteotomy Interface Modelling in Mandibular Reconstruction

This study systematically investigates the influence of different interface modelling assumptions on biomechanical predictions using patient-specific models and evaluates their agreement with postoperative configurations. Five mandibular reconstruction cases using vascularised os...

Porous biochar confined Ru nanocatalysts: Dual defense mechanism enables ultrahigh SO2 tolerance for methane dry reforming

Methane dry reforming (DRM) can convert greenhouse gases into valuable syngas, while sulfur dioxide (SO 2 ) in feed gas easily poisons Ru-based catalysts. Herein, 1Ru/C, 1Ru/MgO and 1Ru/TiO 2 catalysts were synthesized and evaluated for DRM in the presence of SO 2 . Characterizat...

Floral biomass as a platform for next-generation nanostructured materials: A review

Floral biomass, an underutilized and seasonally abundant biowaste, has recently emerged as a promising sustainable precursor for the synthesis of nanostructured materials. Rich in carbonaceous compounds, natural pigments, and heteroatom-containing biomolecules, floral residues en...

Risk factors for acute ischemic stroke of small vessel occlusion in elderly patients with cerebral small vessel disease and establishment of a prediction model

Cerebral small vessel disease (CSVD) accounts for 25% of ischemic stroke causes, yet risk factors for acute ischemic stroke (AIS) in elderly CSVD patients remain unclear. This study aimed to identify these risk factors and establish a prediction model. This single-center retrospe...

Unmasking aminated graphene quantum dots neurotoxicity in freshwater planarian: Dopaminergic disruption and reversible motor dysfunction at sublethal doses

Despite their favorable biocompatibility profile, the neurotoxic potential of aminated graphene quantum dots (A-GQDs) remains poorly characterized, especially concerning their environmental impact. Utilizing the planarian Dugesia japonica , a freshwater invertebrate model with a...

New insights into the diet and economy of the central and northern Transjordan during the Iron Age: Zooarchaeology and stable isotopes analysis of recent excavations (Amman Citadel, Tell Zira’a, Tell Bleibil, and Tell Ushayer)

We investigate the diet and economy of the central and northern Transjordan during the Iron Age (c. 1,200 – 332 BCE). We present four new datasets from recent excavations providing results from zooarchaeology and stable carbon and nitrogen isotope analysis on animal remains: Amma...