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Data as Waves: A Relational Approach to Semiconductor Process Analysis Using Relative Phase

This study investigates a relational representation of semiconductor process data based on relative phase and its progression over time. Rather than treating process data only as collections of individual sensor measurements, the study examines whether relationships formed among...

Health literacy and metabolic syndrome in Korean adults: a nationwide cross-sectional analysis of KNHANES 2023–2024

Health literacy (HL) is a social determinant of health, yet its independent, population-level association with metabolic syndrome (MetS) remains unclear, particularly in Asian populations. Using data from the first Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey cycles to...

Identifying and ranking the predictors of social insurance participation among informal workers: An interpretable machine-learning analysis of China's pension and medical schemes

Voluntary social insurance is a key instrument for extending protection to informal workers, yet participation remains low. This study identifies and ranks the predictors of informal workers' participation in China's voluntary pension and medical insurance schemes. Using panel da...

Assessment of the Relationship Between Circular Supply Chain Management Practices and Sustainable Performance: A Meta‐Analysis of Empirical Evidence

ABSTRACT Given the growing economic, social, and environmental challenges, sustainable performance (SUSP) offers firms a viable pathway to overcome them and gain long‐term, meaningful business value. Several mechanisms, including the circular supply chain management (CSCM), are p...

Environmental conditions associated with active lightning events in April around the Nansei Islands

Abstract A lot of cloud-to-ground lightning flashes sometimes occur around the Nansei Islands in April, while those April lightning bursts (ALBs) have not been investigated. This work aims at elucidating the environments contributing to ALBs through a case study and composite ana...

Contact Resistance at Interfaces Buried Within Organic Transistors Imaged Using Scanning Microwave Impedance Microscopy

Contact resistance has been a consistent challenge in the 40-year history of the organic thin-film transistor (OTFT). The problem arises because contact resistance at the metal electrode/organic interface is an amalgamation of physical phenomena: From ubiquitous defect states and...

Teacher Justice and Students' Engagement: The Parallel Mediation Analysis on the Role of Basic Psychological Needs Satisfaction

ABSTRACT Engagement is a promising path to enhance learners' educational success, and it is a vital index of the learners' process which is related to higher and better educational and social achievement. Teachers' behaviours within the class can influence the learners' engagemen...

Becoming the bull : Structural insights and engineering strategies for ultralong CDR ‐ H3 paratopes from cattle

Cattle produce a subset of antibodies (Abs) with unique architecture. These immunoglobulins feature an ultralong CDR-H3 (uCDR-H3) composed of up to about 70 amino acids that protrudes from the scaffold and folds into a distinct stalk-and-knob structure. The knob is a disulfide-ri...

All Different All Equal: High Polymorphism in Nebela (Amoebozoa: Arcellinida) Revealed by Additional Sampling and Barcoding

Hyalospheniids are a conspicuous group of testate amoebae whose rich morphology has allowed their classification based on the characterization of their shells. However, recent studies showed the occurrence of convergences and phenotypic plasticity, which complicate their taxonomy...

Rural digitalization leverages common prosperity by scenescapes innovation

Purpose Rural digitalization has evolved from infrastructure deployment to endogenous growth empowerment, yet faces a critical paradox: substantial technological investments often fail to guarantee sustainable prosperity. This study integrates resource orchestration theory with s...

Impact of retinal break location on surgical outcomes in primary uncomplicated rhegmatogenous retinal detachment: Superior versus inferior breaks

Abstract Purpose To compare the anatomical and functional outcomes of pars plana vitrectomy (PPV) for primary uncomplicated rhegmatogenous retinal detachment (RRD) with superior versus inferior retinal breaks. Methods This retrospective study included 675 eyes of 675 patients, of...

First-Year Chemistry Connections: Social Bonds and Disciplinary Belonging

Abstract First-year chemistry courses play a pivotal role in shaping student success within science programs, yet they are often characterized by high stakes, large enrollments, and considerable academic challenges. This study explores first-year science students’ sense of belong...

The Framework for Policy Decision on the RTS,S/AS01 malaria vaccine: the use of emerging data to inform global policy on the first malaria vaccine

The World Health Organization (WHO)-coordinated Malaria Vaccine Implementation Programme (MVIP) supported pilot introductions of the RTS,S/AS01 malaria vaccine by the ministries of health through the childhood immunization programmes in Ghana, Kenya and Malawi from 2019 through 2...

Multisensory Environments and College Students’ Perceived Stress, Anxiety, and Environmental Restorativeness

Multisensory environments (MSEs) have been incorporated on college campuses to support student wellbeing, yet limited research has examined which sensory features are most effective for undergraduate students. The purpose of this study was to explore the impact of a multisensory...

Evaluation of Corrosion Progression in X210Cr12 Tool Steel in a Marine-like Chloride Environment Using SEM/EDS and PCA Techniques

Corrosion of high-chromium tool steels in marine environments is a major concern for structural materials, as chloride-rich conditions accelerate material degradation and reduce service life. The corrosion process involves complex interactions among passive film degradation, loca...

Inverse Pickering Emulsion Polymerization of Water-Soluble Monomers: Toward Hydrophilic Microspheres with Tunable Morphology

Abstract The growing demand for efficient recovery of metal ions from secondary aqueous resources requires high-performance hydrophilic adsorbents. Here, Pickering emulsion polymerization technology is extended to inverse water-in-oil (w/o) emulsions, enabling the surfactant-free...

Post Disbursement Coverage Appraisal

To align health benefit package design with post-disbursement, this framework pools payer, provider, and consumer records at the episode-of-care level, generating structured evidence for benefit package revision cycles. It unifies four elements into one architecture: episode of c...

Artian Monitored-Recurrence Reference-Switch Laboratory Protocol: A Preregistered, Activation-Gated A1 Test with First-Detection Resonances

A sealed phase-root test for two time-reference classes Version 2.03 of this preregistration asks one narrow experimental question: after the same monitored quantum system has passed through two physically qualified reference classes, does the location of a first-detection recurr...

Cultural sustainability through kinship networks: A quantitative analysis of marriage strategies in Qing China’s literary lineages (1644–1911)

This study examines how marriage-network position was associated with recorded literary visibility among Qing literary families. Using Xu Yanping’s Genealogical Networks of Literary Lineages in the Qing Dynasty (2010), we reconstructed a reproducible surname–location-level marria...

All Together Now: Complementary Community Roles in Language Creation

The emergence of new languages offers a rare opportunity to observe how linguistic structure arises and evolves. We examine language creation through a developmental lens, focusing on how individuals at different life stages engage in complementary processes of invention, stabili...