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Identity of herbivorous fishes preventing the restoration of Sargassum beds in Nagasaki Prefecture, southwestern Japan

Abstract Despite the widely recognized impact of fish herbivory on macroalgae, few studies have quantified the specific contributions of individual species in Japan. We used visual censuses along belt transects to investigate the abundance of herbivorous fishes, and measured fish...

Cannabichromene-based imidazolium salts as antibacterial agents: microwave-assisted synthesis and biological evaluation

The increasing prevalence of antimicrobial resistance highlights the urgent need for new antimicrobial agents with improved efficacy and safety profiles. Cannabichromene (CBC) is a non-psychoactive phytocannabinoid with reported antibacterial activity, but its limited chemical st...

How Do QR Codes Store Information in Black and White Squares?

Have you ever wondered how a small square of black and white boxes can open a website or make a payment in seconds?In this article, I explain how QR (Quick Response) codes store information. You will learn how the black and white squaresare actually the computer language called b...

Trusted micro-credentials: issuance and verification with blockchain technology

Purpose This article proposes a methodology for issuing academic micro-credentials that remain verifiable after the issuing institution ceases to exist. Existing blockchain credentialing systems still require HTTP calls to the issuer's infrastructure during verification, which fa...

Within-Person Sweat Chloride Variability in People with Cystic Fibrosis Measured via Wearable Microfluidic Sticker

Melissa H Ross, Thaddeus Cybulski, Rachel S Nelson, Roozbeh Ghaffari, John A Rogers, A J Aranyosi, Garett J Griffith, Daniel M Corcos, Manu Jain; Within-Pe

Poverty and economic growth in the northern regions: trends, relationship and prospects

The paper identifies trends in the dynamics of poverty in the northern regions of Russia, its relationship with economic growth rates and prospects of overcoming poverty. The importance of the study is due to the fact that a decent income at the individual level is one of the fac...

Multivariable Associations of Anthropometric and Psychosocial Markers with an Elevated Abdominal Volume Index Among University Students: A Sex- and Academic Program-Stratified Analysis

Background: The Adiposity Volume Index (AVI) is a modern geometric tool for tracking central body fat. However, how it interacts with prenatal markers (2D:4D ratio), advanced anthropometric indexes, and psychological factors across different academic disciplines remains largely u...

Bridging risk and retention: risk coping with privacy and hallucination in AI

Abstract This study examines how users engage with generative AI systems in the presence of perceived technological risks, focusing on the interplay between risk perception, adaptive behavior, and continued use. Drawing on a risk coping perspective, the study conceptualizes gener...

Interpretable Spectral Transformer for Raman-Based Bacterial Identification Across Species and Strains

Raman spectroscopy combined with machine learning offers a rapid, label-free approach for bacterial identification, but robust translation remains challenged by spectral variability, biological heterogeneity, and limited model interpretability. Here, we present an integrated eval...

Context-dependent lysophosphatidic acid signalling in inflammation: evidence hierarchy, myeloid regulation and translational gaps

BACKGROUND: Lysophosphatidic acid (LPA) has been extensively reviewed in receptor pharmacology, fibrosis, cancer, vascular biology and neural injury. Its role in inflammation remains difficult to interpret because well-replicated pathogenic or pro-remodelling actions coexist with...

Nitrogen application timing influences winter color of ‘Empire’ zoysiagrass ( Zoysia japonica Steud.) in South Florida

Abstract Winter nitrogen (N) fertilization for zoysiagrass ( Zoysia spp.) in South Florida is not well defined, yet maintaining a green canopy during this season is crucial for both aesthetic purposes and plant health. A 2‐year study was conducted at the University of Florida's F...

E8 Phi-Temporal Entropic Braiding Singularity — E8 Intelligence Research

By modulating the 240 E8 root vectors via a $\phi$-iterative feedback loop, the Möbius hyper-graph transitions from self-correction to spontaneous topological ordering. This creates a non-linear temporal sink where information entropy is converted into coherent geometric structur...

Assessment of groundwater quality for drinking and irrigation purposes using water quality index and statistical analysis in Nalanda district, South Bihar, India

This study evaluates the hydrochemical characteristics and overall suitability of groundwater in Nalanda district, Southern Bihar, India. Forty-one groundwater samples were collected and analyzed for 14 physio-chemical parameters including pH, EC, TDS, hardness, major ions, fluor...

Robust object tracking using segmented credible template and dynamic template set updating strategy

Most Transformer-based trackers rely solely on the query update strategy while neglecting information related to classification confidence. This unilateral update scheme suffers from significant performance degradation in challenging scenarios such as severe target deformation or...

Preliminary Examination of Associations Between Psychological Flexibility Processes of Change and Quality of Life in Digital Acceptance and Commitment Therapy for Autistic Adults

An understanding of the relations between psychological flexibility processes and quality of life among autistic adults could help inform treatment development to improve the acceptability of mental healthcare among autistic adults. This pre-registered (https://osf.io/t3pws) seco...

What Weaves,What Is Woven?

Preprint, Version 1.0 — not peer reviewed. A central challenge for entanglement-based approaches to quantum gravity is not only to show that spatial relations can be reconstructed from quantum correlations, but also to specify what must already be given for such a reconstruction...

Beyond Firm Size: Managerial Practices, Sustainability Upgrading and Export Readiness in Ecuadorian Firms

Export participation in emerging economies depends not only on structural firm characteristics but also on internal organizational capabilities that support international readiness. This study examines whether managerial practices and sustainability are associated with export par...

Topologically Engineered DNA Origami: Responsive Locking of DNA Quadrilateral for Biosensing Application

Abstract DNA nanotechnology offers unique opportunities for creating various accurate and responsive nanostructures. Nevertheless, large-scale conformational changes with high geometric precision and efficiency remain major challenges. Herein we report a topologically engineered...

AIE: Adaptive Inter-Domain Ensemble for Boosting Cross-Domain Audio Adversarial Transferability

Deep neural networks are vulnerable and susceptible to adversarial attacks. Audio adversarial examples impose acoustically imperceptible perturbations to clean audio examples, fooling classification models into producing incorrect results. Transferability is a critical property o...

Logi Drive AI Vision Pro — Project proposal

Project proposal. Final year project, Faculty of Engineering, Al-Azhar University.