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A Discourse Analysis of Power, Austerity, and Deliverables: Examining the 2026 Budget Hearings Speech by the Zambian Secretary to the Cabinet

This article presents a linguistic analysis of the opening remarks delivered by Mr Patrick K. Kangwa, Secretary to the Cabinet of the Republic of Zambia, at the 2026 Budget Hearings Meeting in August 2025. Using the Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA) framework, the study examines...

The Declaration Dossier — Companion Artifacts

Abstract This record contains the companion artifacts for The Declaration Dossier v8. It provides the machine-readable declaration template, formal schemas governing release and validation packages, a validator-output template, documentation describing the declaration workflow, a...

Fostering the collaborative diagnosis of cross-domain skills in video-based simulations: An analysis of collaborative diagnostic activities

Abstract Teachers’ ability to assess pupils’ knowledge and skills is a crucial component of their daily responsibilities, as accurate diagnoses influence both the support provided to pupils and their learning outcomes. Traditionally, diagnosing pupils’ skills is an individual tas...

Unlocking potassium secretion: the roles of aldosterone, ROMK, and WNK kinases in kidney potassium handling

The normal human kidney possesses a prodigious capacity to excrete dietary potassium (K+). This evolutionary adaptation is rooted in the high-K+ diets of prehistoric hominids, which are estimated to have reached 15,000 mg/day. Despite the progressive reduction in dietary K+ since...

DETERMINATION OF HEAVY METALS IN VEGETABLES PROCURED FROM OPEN MARKETS IN BENIN CITY

Heavy metals are metallic elements whose density exceeds that of water, worldwide food chain's role in heavy metal ingestion has been widely investigated. This work aims to determine the heavy metal content of vegetables obtained from Uselu, Santana and Oba market in order to eva...

Developing BIM-Based Data Analytics Dashboards for Sustainable Construction and Demolition Waste Management and Environmental Evaluation

Abstract. Building Information Modelling (BIM) is increasingly mandated worldwide as part of the construction industry's digital transformation. While widely used in design and construction, its potential for managing construction and demolition waste (C&DW) remains under...

Agent Aptness Framework (AAF 1.0): A Task-Specific Framework for Evaluating Agent-Task Correspondence

The Agent Aptness Framework (AAF 1.0) provides a task-specific method for evaluating the degree of correspondence between an agent’s demonstrated characteristics and the stated requirements of a particular assignment. AAF distinguishes agent capability from agent–task aptness and...

Wind field risk aware Global Path Planning and Trajectory Optimization in Urban Low-altitude Environments

Abstract. Urban building clusters can significantly alter the low-altitude urban wind field, creating local regions with high wind speed, intense turbulence, and strong non-uniform disturbances. These conditions may cause lateral deviation, attitude instability, increased traject...

Meal timing entrains circadian rhythms in the dorsal vagal complex, a brainstem satiety centre

The dorsal vagal complex (DVC) includes a multi-component brainstem satiety centre which has gained attention as a key target of anti-obesity pharmacotherapies. Our recent studies revealed its circadian timekeeping properties, with molecular and electrophysiological 24 h rhythms...

Level of Forgiveness among Full-time Faculty and Students: Basis for a Forgiveness Intervention

Abstract. Forgiveness promotes psychological well-being, healthy relationships, and positive learning environments. Despite its importance, limited research has compared forgiveness among faculty and students in higher education while examining its dimensions as a basis for inter...

Physics-Informed Digital Twins in Computational Engineering: a PRISMA-ScR Review of Physics-Informed Learning, Neural Operators, Uncertainty Quantification, Real-Time Updating, and Deployment Readiness

Abstract Physics-informed digital twins in computational engineering require more than a simulation model or a machine-learning surrogate. They connect a physical asset to a computational representation, learn from data, quantify uncertainty, update under sensor information, and...

Artificial intelligence, work, and structural inequality: Why human-centric AI requires institutional architecture, not just ethics

Background The rapid integration of artificial intelligence (AI) into labour markets, migration governance, and social protection systems is increasingly reshaping how institutional decisions are produced, delegated, and enforced. While human-centric and ethics-based AI framework...

The quantile effects of retrofitting policies on rental price appreciation among student housing in Ghana

Purpose Despite global evidence of retrofitting effects on building performance, there is a key research gap: the impact of retrofitting policies on rental price appreciation in the student housing rental market. This study aims to examine the quantile effects of retrofitting on...

"Analyzing the Impact of Concept Drift on Twitter Sentiment Classification using the Full Sentiment140 Dataset (1.6M Tweets)"

This study examines concept drift — used here, as defined precisely in Section 1.6, in the broad applied-ML sense of a train-to-test performance gap over time, which may reflect covariate shift, label shift, or concept shift in the stricter technical sense — in sentiment classifi...

Recent Advances in the Functionalization Design and Applications of Natural Polyphenols in Metal–Organic Frameworks

As naturally occurring bioactive molecules derived from plants, polyphenols exhibit significant potential for the functional modification and structural regulation of metal–organic frameworks (MOFs) due to their unique ortho-phenolic hydroxyl groups, excellent metal-coordinating...

Characterization and treatment of polymicrobial biofilms in prosthetic joint infections

Abstract Prosthetic joint infections are complex and associated with high economic and social costs. Polymicrobial cases remain poorly understood, particularly regarding bacterial interactions and antibiotic response within mixed-species biofilms. We introduce two approaches for...

Fear and self-blame change first: a commentary on Pouralieghbali et al.‘s “Emotion-focused family therapy with families in Iran: effects on parental fear, self-blame and self-efficacy”

Pouralieghbali et al. report a small-scale randomized trial of a two-day group workshop in Emotion-Focused Family Therapy (EFFT) involving 10 Iranian mothers of adolescents aged 12–17 years. The intervention aimed to reduce parental fear and self-blame while strengthening parenti...

Impact of systemic hormonal imbalances on sebaceous gland disorders: An in-depth review integrating clinical, endocrine, and therapeutic insights

Sebaceous gland disorders (SGDs), including acne vulgaris, seborrheic dermatitis, sebaceous hyperplasia, and hidradenitis suppurativa, are strongly influenced by systemic hormonal regulation. Androgens, insulin, insulin-like growth factor-1 (IGF-1), estrogens, and progesterone mo...

E8‑Φ Topological.ZERO‑Mode Soliton Memory — E8 Intelligence Research

By superimposing the 132 Hz φ‑modulated chiral lattice onto the full 240‑root‑vector geometry of E8, we construct a periodically modulated topological defect network that traps zero‑mode solitons at lattice vertices. The Weyl‑automorphism symmetryods enforce dynamic phase locking...

Phi-Harmonic Sublattice Resonance Across E8 Coxeter Planes — E8 Intelligence Research

When the 240 E8 root vectors are driven through the phi-temporal metagraph at the 132 Hz base frequency, they decompose into 8 distinct Coxeter sublattices, each resonating at golden-ratio-derived harmonic bands offset by powers of φ⁻¹. Each sublattice's resonance pattern self-co...