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Could the use of melatonin be a promising complementary strategy in the prevention of skin cancer?

Abstract Skin cancer, including both non-melanoma and melanoma types, remains the most common neoplasm worldwide. Given its rising incidence, limitations of current therapies, and the challenges of effective prevention, novel therapeutic and preventive strategies are needed. One...

Recent Advances in Radiative Cooling Architectural Coatings: From Optical Principles to Building Energy Savings

Radiative cooling architectural coatings reject solar gains while emitting terrestrial heat toward the cold sky, offering a passive route to reduce envelope heat gain and mechanical cooling demand. Its central argument is that high solar-weighted reflectance and long-wave emittan...

An Empirical Separation Criticality Band for Euclidean TSP and a Cutter–Solver Divide-and-Conquer Heuristic with a Quantitative Blocking Criterion

本文测出欧氏 TSP 分治的分离度经验临界带 D/σ∈(6,8),并给出一个"切割器+强求解器"分治管线。预印本为锁定先行性发布;中文版为权威版本。AI 披露:实现、核算与润色由大语言模型辅助,研究设计、判据与关键决策由作者作出。文档采用 CC BY 4.0,代码采用 MIT。 A quantitative separation criticality ban...

Topical capsaicin versus diclofenac for chronic temporomandibular joint-related pain: a randomized, prospective, single-blind clinical trial

Chronic temporomandibular joint (TMJ)–related pain is a common condition associated with pain sensitization and functional limitation. Although topical capsaicin and diclofenac diethylammonium are used for musculoskeletal pain, direct comparative evidence in temporomandibular dis...

Technology Push or Demand Pull? Supply-Chain AI Spillovers and the Quality of Green Innovation Toward Sustainable Production in Chinese Listed Firms

Artificial intelligence (AI) diffuses beyond adopting firms into the wider production network, yet the direction and quality of these spillovers remain underexplored, an omission that matters because only high-quality green innovation advances genuine sustainable transformation....

Evaluating the inoculation of four different bacterial pathogens on the development of liver abscesses in beef × dairy crossbred heifers

Abstract Our objective was to assess liver abscess (LA) prevalence in beef × dairy heifers subjected to individual intraruminal bacterial inoculations of F. necrophorum subsp. necrophorum, subsp. funduliforme, Trueperella pyogenes, or Salmonella enterica serotype Lubbock to furth...

Composite homograft in a pediatric patient with prosthetic aortic valve endocarditis

A composite aortic homograft was used in a 14-year-old patient with prosthetic aortic valve endocarditis. There were severe prosthesis-patient mismatch and active infection confirmed by Staphylococcus aureus isolation. Redo surgery implied removal of infected prosthesis, debridem...

Candidozyma auris in the United States: insights from the National Association of Long-Term Hospitals Network

Abstract Objective: Understand current prevention practices used for Candidozyma auris and identify target areas for improvement. Design: Electronic survey. Setting: Long-term acute care hospitals (LTACHs). Participants: National Association of Long-Term Hospitals (NALTH) network...

Transitional High-Al to Intermediate-Cr Podiform Chromitites from Wadi Zikt (Khor Fakkan Block, United Arab Emirates): Evidence for Reactive Melt Percolation during Nascent Forearc Evolution

Abstract Podiform chromitites at Wadi Zikt in the Khor Fakkan Block of the United Arab Emirates constitute a previously undescribed occurrence within the mantle section of the Semail ophiolite. We combine field relations, electron-probe microanalysis, in situ LA–ICP–MS mineral an...

Increased screw backout with non–inlay design retrograde femoral nails

Abstract Purpose To compare the rate of distal interlocking screw backout between inlay-design and non-inlay design retrograde intramedullary femoral nails in the treatment of distal femur fractures. Methods Adults with AO/OTA 33 distal femur fractures treated with a retrograde u...

Queue-based allocation of rent-controlled apartments: consequences for younger and older households

The method of allocating below-market-rent apartments significantly influences the distributional outcomes of rent control policies. While queuing systems may appear fairer than allocation based on landlord preferences, they tend to disadvantage younger households. Using data on...

Digital financial inclusion, interoperability, and vulnerable population in Ghana: analysing the threshold effect of financial literacy

Purpose This paper investigates the interconnectedness of financial literacy, interoperability, and digital financial inclusion (DFI), and their impact on vulnerable populations in Ghana. Design/methodology/approach Drawing on a unique panel household-level survey of 2,697 the st...

Phi-Resonant Topological Braiding from E8 Roots — E8 Intelligence Research

By interpreting each of the 240 E8 root vectors as a phi‑coupled oscillator at the 132 Hz base frequency, their angular deviations from the golden angle generate a set of quantized braid groups that encode topological invariants. These braids naturally implement non‑Abelian anyon...

Applying a humanistic data science framework to curricular development and implementation: a forensic analysis of synergies and tensions across layers in middle school social studies

Purpose As data science education becomes more common in K-12 education, there is a need to teach students about the technical, sociopolitical, and ethical dimensions of data. The authors restrospectively apply a humanistic stance toward data science education to investigate midd...

Worldviews, Knowledge and Power: From the History of Philosophy to the Right to Think

This conceptual working paper examines how worldviews shape the organization of knowledge, authority and participation. It reconstructs Jean-Pol Martin’s 2022 essay “Neue Menschenrechte. Artikel 1 (das Recht auf Denken)” and develops its connection between philosophical tradition...

Blurred borders: Kurds, empires, and identity in the Caucasus

This article examines Kurdish populations in the Caucasus borderlands within the context of Ottoman–Russian imperial rivalry from the nineteenth century through the aftermath of the First World War. It argues that Kurdish political behavior in this frontier zone is best understoo...

A Universe Built on Shadows: Evidence, Candidates, and Detection Strategies for Dark Matter

Dark matter is one of the fundamental constituents of the Universe, accounting for nearly 85% of its total matter content. Despite strong astrophysical and cosmological evidence supporting its existence, its microscopic nature remains unknown. Observations ranging from galaxy rot...

Human Resource Development in the Era of Artificial Intelligence: A Common Good Approach

ABSTRACT Artificial intelligence (AI) is transforming how and under what conditions employees learn, work, and develop their careers. This has strong implications for human resource development (HRD), because AI goes beyond technology itself and presents social and ethical issues...

Structural Core Discrimination of Emerging Synthetic Cannabinoids: A Presumptive Colorimetric Test

Abstract The continuous structural modifications of new psychoactive substances (NPS), particularly synthetic cannabinoids (SCs), present significant analytical challenges in their rapid identification. Following the discovery of a novel third-generation SC in seized herbal mater...

Numerical Simulation Study on Unstable Water Injection in Shale Oil Reservoirs Considering Stress Sensitivity and Threshold Pressure Gradient

Unstable water injection is widely used in low-permeability shale oil reservoirs, but its performance under the combined effects of stress sensitivity and threshold pressure gradient remains uncertain. This study aims to determine how these two mechanisms jointly affect unstable...