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On Loving in Order to Know: Marion and Lonergan on Religious Experience

Abstract In what follows, I consider Lonergan's account of the nature of religious experience in comparison with the work of contemporary phenomenologist and philosopher of religion Jean‐Luc Marion, arguing that despite important differences in philosophical method both authors c...

Parallel Descriptive Assessments of Indoor Radon (2023) and Regional Hospital Cancer Registry Records (2003–2023) in Midwestern Santa Catarina, Brazil

Radon is an established environmental cause of lung cancer, but residential surveillance is limited in Brazil. This study comprised two complementary, analytically independent components: indoor radon monitoring in Caçador, and Hospital Cancer Registry records of tracheal, bronch...

Taxing second homes: recorded stock responses and tax-base reclassification under council tax premiums in England

Purpose This study aims to examine the causal effects of England’s second-home council tax premium, effective from April 2025, on the recorded number of second homes. Design/methodology/approach Using council taxbase returns for 2019–2025 and a panel of billing-authority adoption...

Stacking‐Tuned Phonon Renormalization and Effective Heat Transport in Moiré Semiconductor Superlattices

ABSTRACT Optically driven moiré semiconductor bilayers involve coupled phonon anharmonicity, interlayer interactions, and local heat dissipation, but experimental benchmarks across supported homo‐ and heterobilayers remain limited. Here, we combine temperature‐dependent Raman spe...

Selective Cancer Cell Killing via a Fluorofoldamer‐Based Proton Channel That Triggers Ferroptosis

ABSTRACT We report a new class of aromatic foldamer‐based artificial proton channels incorporating fluorinated building blocks, which exhibit high proton transport efficiency and selectivity. The lead channel, 2 , shows outstanding proton transport activity (EC 50 = 13.1–14.7 nM)...

Optoelectronic‐Driven Multi‐Functional MoS 2 :PVA Flexible Memristor for In‐Sensor Neuromorphic Computing

ABSTRACT This article presents a multifunctional Ag/MoS 2 :PVA/SnO 2 /Pt memristive device that demonstrates resistive memory, synaptic learning, and optical information processing. The device exhibited stable bipolar resistive switching with low operating voltages with SET and R...

OLIY TA'LIMDA BO'LAJAK O'QITUVCHILARNING EPISTEMIK AVTONOMIYASI VA AKADEMIK INTEGRITETINI RIVOJLANTIRISHNING PEDAGOGIK SHARTLARI

Tezisda oliy ta'lim tashkilotlarida bo'lajak o'qituvchilarning epistemik avtonomiyasi va akademik integritetini o'zaro aloqadorlikda rivojlantirishning pedagogik shartlari yoritiladi. Konseptual tahlil asosida manba tanlovini asoslash, muqobil dalillarni muhokama qilish, refleksi...

Queer Visibility in Mainstream Nepali Cinema: Between Stagnation and Progress

Despite Nepal’s international recognition for advancing the rights of sexual and gender minorities, the relationship between queer visibility and cinematic representation in mainstream Nepali cinema remains insufficiently explored. This article focuses on commercially oriented fi...

AeroMaps: A Map-First Interaction Architecture for Pilot-Centered Electronic Flight Bags with Inspectable Decision Support

Electronic Flight Bags (EFBs) have consolidated charts, navigation, weather, performance, traffic, and planning into portable displays, yet the usability of an EFB remains application-specific: pilots can gain rapid access to information while still encountering training, search,...

The procrastination trap: How temperament undermines students’ career readiness in Poland

This study examines links between temperament, procrastination tendencies, and self-perceived employability among Polish university students, addressing a notable gap in research on behavioral postponement effects in European higher education contexts. Cross-sectional survey data...

Black Hole Tomography by Dark Energy Irradiation: Fe/Si/O Stratification and Tachyonic Telegraph Escape

First interior readout of black holes using real LIGO data. Schwarzschild radius scales as Rs ∝ M while tidal acceleration at the horizon scales as ∝ 1/M², implying proportional crushing horizons that preserve internal stratification in supermassive black holes. We report a tri-l...

Diagnosis of prostate cancer by multi-modal ultrasound imaging

To evaluate the diagnostic performance of multi-modal ultrasound imaging, combining transrectal ultrasound (TRUS), shear wave elastography (SWE), and contrast-enhanced ultrasound (CEUS), for differentiating benign and malignant prostate lesions, and to provide new evidence for th...

Mastoid Obliteration in Acquired Cholesteatoma, Importance and Evolution of Surgical Technique Used in Epitympanic Separation of the Middle Ear

Objective: To determine the effect of the obliteration technique applied to divide the epitympanum from the middle ear during cholesteatoma surgery on the recurrence of cholesteatoma. Study Design: Retrospective cohort study in a tertiary referral center. Patients: All patients u...

Design and energy intensification of an ionic-liquid-assisted reactive extractive distillation process for tert-Amyl ethyl ether production

The production of tert -amyl ethyl ether (TAEE) involves a quaternary azeotropic system consisting of ethyl alcohol (EtOH)/ tert -amyl alcohol (TAA)/TAEE/Water, making conventional distillation highly energy intensive. This study proposed an ionic liquid(ILs) based reactive extra...

Association of the Vasoactive-Inotropic Score with Postoperative Intensive Care Unit Stay Following Arterial Switch Operation

Introduction: Transposition of the great arteries (TGA) is one of the most common cyanotic congenital heart diseases in the neonatal period, and arterial switch operation (ASO) is the standard surgical treatment. Postoperative low cardiac output syndrome remains an important caus...

Resolving the mystery of Cyanerpes (Thraupidae) ‘black eggs’, with notes on the breeding and exaggerated displays of Hypocnemoides antbirds (Thamnophilidae)

Between the end of the nineteenth and the middle of the twentieth centuries intermittent reports of ‘black eggs’ belonging to one or more species of Passeriformes in South America were usually attributed to small-bodied tanagers of the genera Cyanerpes and Chlorophanes. Doubts co...

Research trends and hotspots in colorectal cancer screening

Background: Colorectal cancer (CRC), is a highly prevalent malignant tumor worldwide, and early screening is key to improving its prognosis. Currently, CRC screening research is growing exponentially, but its core research hotspots, evolutionary trends, and interdisciplinary feat...

ABO blood group-dependent association of serum retinol-binding protein 4 with eosinophilic inflammation and spirometric parameters in adults with asthma

Growing evidence links retinol binding protein-4 (RBP4) to inflammation; however, its association with inflammatory cell indices and spirometric parameters in asthma remains unclear, and the potential modifying role of ABO blood group has yet to be explored. The main aim was to a...

In Case You Haven't Heard…

Last month the Heather Maurer, executive director of the National Council on Problem Gambling resigned after taking $2 million from Kalshi, a prediction market. The problems of gambling addiction and problem gambling have been growing with online sports betting and prediction mar...

Short-Term Changes in Metabolic Dysfunction-Associated Steatotic Liver Disease (MASLD) and Related Circulating Biomarkers Following a Very-Low Calorie Ketogenic Diet (VLCKD): A Paired Longitudinal Analysis

Background: Metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD) is the most common chronic liver disease worldwide. Its prevalence is constantly increasing, particularly among obese individuals. Lifestyle modifications remain the first-line intervention for the manag...