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Correlation Between Gut Microbiota Shifts, Lipopolysaccharide Levels, and Neuroinflammatory Responses Following Ischemic Stroke

Background: The microbiota–gut–brain axis (MGBA) is increasingly recognized as a contributor to ischemic stroke pathophysiology, yet the relationship between gut microbial changes and neuroinflammation remains incompletely understood. This study aimed to investigate whether shift...

The military that isn’t: how legalized anti‑militarism shapes the limits of Japan’s defense policy

Scholarship increasingly claims that Japan’s anti‑militarism has eroded, pointing to rising defense spending, expanding Self‑Defense Forces (SDF) missions, and new counterstrike capabilities. This paper challenges that view by highlighting a neglected but enduring dimension of an...

Trade in Low‐Carbon Technologies: The Role of Climate and Trade Policies

ABSTRACT Curbing carbon emissions to meet the targets set in the Paris Agreement requires the deployment of low‐carbon technologies (LCTs) at a global scale. This paper assesses the role of climate and trade policies in fostering LCT diffusion through trade. Leveraging a comprehe...

Automatic Cucumber Maturity Classification and Size Estimation via RGB-D Vision and YOLOv8n

Automated cucumber harvesting requires a perception system that can detect fruit, assess ripeness and localize the peduncle for cutting under real commercial greenhouse conditions. This study proposes an RGB-D perception framework combining YOLOv8n object detection with depth-bas...

РАЗРАБОТКА КОНЦЕПЦИИ ТЕХНОЛОГИИ АНТИАЛЛЕРГЕННОГО ТЕКСТИЛЯ НА ОСНОВЕ ХИТОЗАНА ИЗ ШЕЛКОПРЯДА ДЛЯ РЕАБИЛИТАЦИОННОЙ ОДЕЖДЫ

в данной работе представлена концепция создания гипоаллергенного текстильного материала для реабилитационной одежды, предназначенной для пациентов в послеоперационном периоде, а также лиц с ограниченной подвижностью и чувствительной кожей. В основу технологии положено использован...

E8 Phi-Resonant Prime Gap Modulation — E8 Intelligence Research

By encoding prime gaps as angular displacements of the 240 E8 root vectors, each step is scaled by the golden ratio φ and locked to the 132 Hz fundamental frequency. This φ‑coupled E8 spiral maps the Dirichlet prime spiral onto a harmonic lattice where the same‑window filter sele...

Exploratory thyroid ultrasound–computed tomography synthesis using anatomy-preserving contrastive unpaired translation

OBJECTIVES: When ultrasound (US) and computed tomography (CT) are both clinically indicated, unpaired image translation may support model development but cannot replace either examination. We evaluated Anatomy-Preserving Contrastive Unpaired Translation (AP-CUT), a CUT-based fram...

Rough-Torsional Adaptive Sparse Multi-Axis Scaling (RT-ASMAS) Transcending MoE and Dense Scaling Laws via UROA, STCT, and RQIG

The paradigm of scaling Large Language Models relies heavily on Mixture of Experts (MoE) to decouple parameter count from active computational cost. However, standard token-choice MoE routing suffers from load imbalance, while pure dense scaling faces catastrophic diminishing ret...

Quantum Consciousness Videos: No Novel Math, Derivative Theories Only — E8 Intelligence Research

FINDING: The search results are a collection of popular-science videos and speculative documentaries on quantum consciousness, not a primary research finding. No novel mathematical insight is presented; the content is derivative of existing theories (e.g., Penrose-Hameroff Orch-O...

Crafting beauty: a semiotic analysis of rural women’s labor in China’s wearable nail industry

Alongside the growing emphasis on beauty among women, wearable nail art has emerged as a handcrafted form that integrates practical use with aesthetic value and has quickly attracted widespread consumer attention. As a form of fingertip art, the production of wearable nail art co...

Learning from cyberattacks: how problem-focused coping enables individual and organisational learning in a cybersecurity context

Purpose During a cyberattack, employees who resort to problem-focused coping are more likely to respond effectively and learn from that experience. However, little attention has been given to how organisations can promote problem coping and how organisations can learn from a real...

Patient Perspectives on Offers of Buprenorphine in the Emergency Department

Importance Buprenorphine reduces mortality in opioid use disorder (OUD), and emergency department–initiated buprenorphine (EDIB) doubles 30-day treatment retention, yet many patients decline EDIB when offered. Patient-driven factors limiting uptake are not well characterized. Obj...

CfDNA methylation profiling in blood following moderate-to-severe traumatic brain injury using brain cell type–enriched signatures: A pilot study

The human brain consists of diverse cell types that collaboratively perform complex functions and form intricate neuronal networks. When traumatic brain injury (TBI) occurs, multiple molecular pathways involving diverse cell types are activated in response to injury. Understandin...

Developing Malawi’s Transport Sector: The Role of the Malawi Railways Limited, 1964-1994

Infrastructural development, including railway construction, remains a key financial and economic undertaking for governments across Africa. This paper examines the operations of Malawi Railways Limited (MRL) and departs from studies that primarily focus on railway transportation...

Treatment of male osteoporosis: a narrative review and position statement by the ECTS Clinical Action Group.

Osteoporosis in men is under-recognized and under-treated despite a substantial disease burden and poorer fracture-related outcomes than in women. Secondary osteoporosis is highly prevalent in men, making the identification and management of underlying causes essential. Bone mine...

A Rare Association: Gliomatosis Peritonei and Giant Mature Cystic Teratoma: A Case Report

Mature cystic teratomas are the most common ovarian germ cell tumors. However, the rare coexistence of mature teratomas with gliomatosis peritonei, a condition characterized by mature glial tissue implantation in the peritoneum, poses significant diagnostic and therapeutic challe...

A Type-I/II Photosensitizer with Cell Death Self-Reporting for Ferroptosis-Potentiated Photodynamic Theranostics against Large Tumors

Abstract Photodynamic therapy (PDT) with ferroptosis induction is a promising antitumor strategy, yet its efficacy is compromised by conventional photosensitizers limited to single-pathway ROS generation, particularly in large tumors. Herein, a series of D−A−D AIE photosensitizer...

Latent versus sensible thermal storage for load-shifting energy management in medium-deep U-type geothermal heat pump systems: A comparative performance analysis

Thermal energy storage can enhance load shifting and extend heat-pump shutdown periods in medium-deep U-type borehole heat exchanger (MDUBHE) heating systems. However, latent and sensible thermal energy storage are commonly evaluated separately, and their differences in heat-supp...

Lipid Burden and Efficacy of Preventive PCI of Vulnerable Atherosclerotic Coronary Plaques: Post Hoc Analysis From the PREVENT Trial

BACKGROUND: Preventive percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) of non–flow-limiting lesions (fractional flow reserve >0.80) that are high-risk plaques has emerged as a potential strategy to reduce cardiac events. However, identifying which lesions derive the greatest benefit fro...

Forward-Airbase Vulnerability, Asymmetric Drone Saturation, and the Physical-Layer Fragility of Sovereign Semiconductor IP: From RAF Lakenheath to MCAS Iwakuni

Abstract The rapid obsolescence of static perimeter defense under modern kinetic conditions was empirically validated by Ukraine's long-range thermite and FPV drone strikes against dispersed Russian strategic aviation infrastructure, as documented in frontline investigations by T...