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Remediation technologies for heavy metal-contaminated water resources

Abstract Heavy metals, including arsenic, lead, cadmium, chromium, mercury, copper, nickel, and zinc, are common contaminants in global water resources. Their occurrence stems from both natural geogenic and anthropogenic sources, such as industrial, mining, or urban activities. H...

The Function of Logic in Tahāfut at-Tahāfut: Ibn Rushd on Demonstration, Causality and the Principle of Non-Contradiction

This article reads Ibn Rushd's Tahāfut at-Tahāfut not as a theological rejoinder but as a work whose organising centre is logic. Its central claim is that the weight of Ibn Rushd's objections falls not on the falsity of particular theological theses but on the misidentification o...

Context-dependent interactions between immune checkpoint and epithelial-mesenchymal transition programs shape the tumor microenvironment in esophageal squamous cell carcinoma

Abstract Background Immune checkpoint (ICP) and epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT) pathways are key biological processes implicated in the progression of esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC). However, their transcriptional interplay and interactions with the tumor immun...

Tissue-stiffness–driven platelet activation emerges as a potential target for breast cancer prevention and treatment

Abstract Background High mammographic breast density is a strong independent risk factor for sporadic breast cancer, yet involved mechanisms remain poorly defined. The extracellular compartment plays a critical role in the intercellular communication during tumor initiation and p...

Exploring configurational pathways to AI-powered regenerative practices in the cultural and creative industries

Abstract Recent advances in artificial intelligence (AI) have accelerated organizational experimentation with new forms of value creation across cultural and creative industries. While prior research has examined AI adoption, creative augmentation, and ethical concerns, limited a...

Reducing Emergency Department Observation Time for Patients with Low-Risk Anaphylaxis

OBJECTIVE Historically, patients with anaphylaxis are observed for at least 4 hours after receiving epinephrine to monitor for biphasic reactions. In April 2020, the Joint Task Force on Practice Parameters (JTFPP) released updated anaphylaxis guidelines, recommending a 1-hour obs...

An Economic Case for Erasure-Biased OAM Front-Ends in Programmable Photonic Quantum Buffers

Programmable photonic quantum buffers—systems that synchronize, store, and route photonic qubits using active quantum memory—are an active area of both academic and commercial development, with several published memory protocols now demonstrated at useful efficiencies. Two compan...

Shear-Sliding Model of Reinforced Concrete Shear Walls with Construction Joints under Cyclic Lateral Loading

Abstract In reinforced concrete walls with low aspect ratios and construction joints, shear-sliding is a critical failure mode under earthquake loading. In this study, a backbone curve model was developed to capture the nonlinear response of walls with shear-sliding failure mode....

The ‘how long’ question: EAL students’ progression through phases of English language development in Australian schools

Abstract This article addresses the question of how long it takes students who are learning English as an additional language (EAL) in the Australian context to develop the level of English necessary for equitable participation in the curriculum. Extensive previous international...

Effect of a phthalocyanine mouthrinse after connective tissue graft surgery for root coverage: a randomized split-mouth clinical trial

Abstract Objectives To evaluate effects of self-activating phthalocyanine mouthrinse on recipient sites of subepithelial connective tissue graft (SCTG), considering clinical outcomes, professional and patient assessments and quantitative somatosensory changes. Materials and metho...

Outdoor workers and skin cancer in Australia: are our workplace policies sufficient?

Australia has one of the highest rates of skin cancer globally, and outdoor workers represent a key high-risk population due to prolonged occupational sun exposure. Despite a robust legislative framework mandating comprehensive workplace sun protection, evidence indicates subopti...

DFT Study of Iron-Catalyzed[4 + 4] Cycloadditionof 1,3-Dienes: Mechanism and Diastereoselectivity

Abstract The mechanism of diastereoselective [4 + 4] cycloaddition of 1,3-dienes catalyzed by Fe complexes bearing 2-(imino)pyridine (PI) ligands was investigated using density functional theory calculations. The results reveal that the reaction proceeds via diene coordination, o...

Structural Lemmas for the First-Prime Window of the Weil Quadratic Form

We prove six structural results for the local Weil quadratic form Q_W^L on L^2(-L,L) in the first-prime window (half*log2 < L < half*log3), the minimal interval where only the prime n=2 contributes to the Weil explicit formula. Our main technical contribution (Theorem 5.1) is an...

Assessment of financial protection mechanisms for tuberculosis services in seven priority countries of the Western Pacific Region: a cross-sectional mixed-methods study

Abstract Background Tuberculosis (TB) remains a major public health and socioeconomic challenge in the Western Pacific Region. Despite the expansion of universal health coverage (UHC), TB-affected households continue to face financial hardship. This study aimed to assess and comp...

Resident Perspectives on Post-Rounds Communication With Families Using Diverse Languages

OBJECTIVE To explore pediatric residents’ experiences communicating with families after rounds and identify barriers and facilitators to communication with families using languages other than English (LOE). METHODS We conducted a qualitative study using semi-structured interviews...

Transition Windows and the Enabling of Organizational Re-selection

Document status This is a post-corpus derived temporal hypothesis within the Human Restoration Theory (HRT) research program. It does not revise the bounded 14-publication canonical HRT architecture. It specifies a narrow, falsifiable question: whether functional transitions crea...

Initial growth of fires in eucalypt litter, from ignition to quasi-steady-state rate of spread: A.G. McArthur’s field experiments

Background There are currently no operational fire spread models intended for predicting nascent fire spread such as of point ignitions or spotfires in Australia. Aims To determine if previous findings from point ignition experiments in dry eucalypt litter in a combustion wind tu...

Principle Physics: A Unified Axiomatic Deduction System Based on Energy Noumenon and Complex Conjugate Spacetime

This paper proposes a fundamental axiomatic physical system based on energy noumenon, complex conjugate spacetime and three-constant constraints. Within the framework of complex Hermitian geometry, it provides a unified description of the four fundamental interactions—gravitation...

Neuro-symbolic constraint verification for LLM-driven internet finance transaction execution

Abstract Large language model (LLM) agents cannot guarantee that their outputs satisfy the hard business rules that govern financial transactions. We present the Verifier-Actor Neuro-Symbolic Framework ( VA-NSF ), a dual-layer architecture that separates natural language understa...

Where the Body Can Dwell: Multimodal Metaphors in Institutional Digital Communication

This article examines video-based multimodal metaphors in institutional digital communication, focusing on short videos produced by public administrations to represent motor disability. The article builds on previous empirical research on institutional video communication and dev...