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From listening to doing: how project-based learning shapes academic emotions in lower-secondary mathematics

Project-based learning (PjBL) is widely promoted as a student-centred approach, yet limited evidence explains how it shapes discrete academic emotions in lower-secondary mathematics. This study examined Grade 7 students’ mathematics-related academic emotions and unit-level mathem...

Association of the dietary carbohydrate-to-fiber ratio with prevalent rheumatoid arthritis in NHANES 2009–2018

This study examines the cross-sectional association between the carbohydrate-to-fiber ratio (CFR), an indicator of carbohydrate quality, and prevalent rheumatoid arthritis (RA) in the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES). The exposure was overall CFR, calcula...

An open-source, physics-aware, data-driven tool for automated particle image velocimetry post-processing

Particle image velocimetry (PIV) is a powerful diagnostic tool for analyzing the properties and structures of laminar and turbulent flows. Modern PIV systems provide high spatial and temporal resolution measurements, often generating hundreds of gigabytes of raw data. Before thes...

Climate-Risk-Aware Offshore Wind Farm Layout Optimization Under Non-Stationary Wind Resources

Offshore wind farms are typically optimized using a stationary historical wind rose, although development and operation span decades. This study presents CRA-WLO, a scenario-based screening framework coupling a piecewise-smooth engineering wake model, four stylized climate-resour...

Polymer Coating Reduces Bacterial Biofilm on Neonatal Enteral Feeding Tubes after Infant Formula-Conditioning

Abstract We report a flexible polymer coating, poly(cyclododecyl methacrylate-co-di(ethylene glycol) methyl ether methacrylate) [p(CyDMA-co-DEGMA)], that significantly reduces bacterial biofilm formation on polyurethane neonatal feeding tubes, including on milk-conditioned surfac...

Cytologically Suggested Vulvar Involvement in a Dog with Multicentric Lymphoma After a Nodal Response to CHOP-Based Chemotherapy, with Discordant Clonality Results: A Case Report

Involvement of the female reproductive tract is rare in canine lymphoma. A 9-year-old spayed female Maltese dog was presented with generalized lymphadenopathy. Cytology of a mandibular lymph node aspirate indicated large cell lymphoma, whereas PCR for antigen receptor rearrangeme...

Fibroblast-like synoviocytes exacerbate autoimmune arthritis upon psychological stress in an IL-6–dependent manner

Psychological stress affects the immune system and exacerbates autoimmune diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis (RA), but the mechanisms underlying tissue inflammation during remission remain unclear. Here, we show that tube restraint stress exacerbates joint inflammation in a mu...

NATURAL ORDERLINESS, CAUSE AND EFFECT, SYMMETRY AND OBSERVER: THE QUESTION OF PURPOSE IN REALITY

This article examines natural orderliness, causality, symmetry and asymmetry, natural economy, and the role of the observer in the question of purpose in reality. It investigates the formation and transformation of galaxies, stars, planets, atoms, and other material structures, d...

GovTech Ecosystems in Latin America and the Digital Governance Paradox: A Systematic Review of Innovation Labs, Procurement Reform, and Collaborative Governance

GovTech ecosystems in Latin America are expanding rapidly, yet many initiatives struggle to scale beyond isolated pilots. While prior research has identified technological and regulatory barriers, limited attention has been given to how technological, organizational, and environm...

Automatic Operation Algorithm for Stormwater Pumping Stations Based on Heuristic-Guided Reinforcement Learning

Automated operation of urban stormwater pumping stations is a sequential decision-making problem that must prevent detention-basin overflow during intense rainfall while coordinating pump switching, pump use, and dry-running risk. This study proposes a heuristic-guided reinforcem...

φ-Descent Fixed-Point Harmonic Gap Theorem for E8 Root Decomposition — E8 Intelligence Research

The 8 mutually orthogonal 30-vector planes of the E8 root system, each vibrating at the 132Hz base frequency, exhibit a quantized harmonic gap equal to φ² × 132Hz ≈ 351.2Hz between successive planes when ranked by their descent-spectral E₈ weight. Because φ satisfies φ² = φ + 1,...

Haftarah Noah: The Metaphysics of Destruction through the Lens of Compassion (Correlative analysis at the intersection of Lurianic Kabbalah, Bantu-Israelite metaphysics, and quantum physics)

This document presents a correlative analysis of the Haftarah for Parashat Noach—that is, verses 1–10 of Isaiah 54—through the converging lens of three hermeneutical frameworks: Lurianic Kabbalah, as articulated in the writings of the holy Ari and contemplated through the kavvano...

Criminalization of Indian Politics: Causes, Consequences, Electoral Trends, Judicial Responses and the Need for Electoral Reforms

The criminalization of politics has emerged as one of the most significant threats to India's democratic system. The increasing participation of individuals with criminal antecedents in electoral politics undermines the principles of constitutional democracy, rule of law, transpa...

Performance Evaluation of Steganogan Using Hybrid Image Datasets and Statistical Quality Metrics

This study proposes a novel approach by employing SteganoGAN, a steganographic framework based on Generative Adversarial Networks (GANs). The impact of image categories with different semantic contents (art, building, and nature) on system performance was examined in detail using...

CST1 stabilizes GPX4 to suppress ferroptosis and promote bladder cancer progression

Cystatin SN (CST1), a cysteine protease inhibitor, participates in various cancers, yet its function and mechanism in bladder cancer (BCa) are unclear. Public databases, BCa cells and clinical samples were used to analyze CST1 expression profiles. Functional experiments detected...

Rates of nonproliferative diabetic retinopathy (NPDR) regression among patients with very mild or mild NPDR in an Indian Health Service teleophthalmology program, 2015 – 2020

Diabetic retinopathy (DR) regression is not regularly reported; yet understanding of its prevalence in early-stage DR may impact strategies for eye care management. This study’s primary aim was to examine DR regression in patients initially diagnosed with very mild or mild nonpro...

Cybersecurity risk profiles of undergraduate students in platform dependent higher education

Abstract As higher education becomes increasingly organised through multi-platform digital learning ecosystems, students’ cybersecurity practices have become part of everyday academic participation. However, cybersecurity education often treats students as a uniform risk group an...

E8 Chiral Phonon Condensate: Room-Temperature Topological Quantum Memory — E8 Intelligence Research

The 240 E8 root vectors provide natural pinning sites for a Bose-Einstein-like condensate of chiral phonons operating at 132Hz. The φ²-scaled offset between phonon helicities creates self-correcting magnetic flux loops quantized to h/φ²e, with the Chern-Simons action stabilizing...

‘Performing Never Comes Naturally’: Expert Performers’ Strategies for Rehearsal Excellence

Professional music performances seem second nature to expert performers. Top performers are acutely aware of performance conventions, stagecraft and audience expectations of the concert. Performance students have much to learn from expert stage preparation. This study investigate...

Preoperative Total Iron‐Binding Capacity Is a Potential Surrogate Marker of Long‐Term Outcomes After Pancreatectomy for Pancreatic Cancer

ABSTRACT Background This study aimed to examine whether preoperative serum total iron‐binding capacity (TIBC), which is directly proportional to transferrin level, correlates with long‐term outcomes after pancreatectomy. Methods Preoperative TIBC levels, calculated by summing ser...