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- Biology
Serra do Pires, in the Iron Quadrangle (Southeastern Brazil), is a preserved area of ferruginous campo rupestre in a region marked by intense mineral extraction. Malpighiaceae is represented in the area by 14 species whose pollen grains were analyzed to assess their contribution...
- Health & MedicineOpen access
Fasting proinsulin as a predictor of future glucose tolerance deterioration in Japanese adults
ABSTRACT Aims/Introduction Proinsulin is associated with β‐cell stress and has been linked to subsequent deterioration in glucose metabolism in Western populations, but its predictive value in Asian populations remains unclear. We investigated whether proinsulin is associated wit...
- Materials & EnergyOpen access
The genus Baccharis exhibits high taxonomic diversity and marked morphological plasticity, which complicates the species-level delimitation of closely related taxa. In this study, an integrated characterization of Baccharis glutinosa and Baccharis salicifolia collected in the La...
- Health & MedicineOpen access
Anatomopathological and toxicological analysis of a dog poisoned with methomyl
Abstract A dog with suspected poisoning was submitted for postmortem examination. Generalised visceral congestion was observed in the abdominal cavity, with the liver, kidneys and gastrointestinal tract most severely affected. However, there was no macroscopic evidence of granula...
- Health & MedicineOpen access
Cervical cancer remains a significant global public health concern, particularly affecting younger women. Despite increasing awareness and national initiatives to encourage prevention, cervical cancer screening among Chinese women aged 18–45 remains suboptimal. This study used an...
- Engineering & TechnologyOpen access
Deep peak-shaving operation of coal-fired power units requires heat-exchange equipment to rapidly track varying loads. Indirect air-cooled units are central to power supply in water-scarce regions, and their cold-end system rejects heat to ambient air and possesses substantial th...
- Society & EconomicsOpen access
The Rise of Disconnective Power: How Digitalisation Supports Global Fragmentation
Although often seen as a threat, digital connectivity is increasingly exploited by autocratic regimes to achieve their aims. This essay advances the concept of disconnective power by examining how states use digital tools to foster disintegration at the domestic and global levels...
- Health & MedicineOpen access
Background Stigma is a well-established barrier to opioid use disorder (OUD) treatment initiation and outcomes. However, research has yet to fully describe if and how national public OUD stigma changes over time in the absence of formal intervention. Utilizing a longitudinal, nat...
- Society & Economics
Abstract This paper presents a corpus-based constructional study of the idiom ¡Agarrate, Catalina, que vamos a galopar! (literally ‘Hold on, Catalina, we’re going to gallop!’, meaning ‘Brace yourself!’), which is commonly used in Rioplatense Spanish to warn the interlocutor about...
- Society & Economics
Sustainability as a driver of customer choice: evidence from SMEs in Oman
Purpose This study investigates the impact of sustainability practices on customer choice in the context of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Oman. It further examines the roles of customer trust and subjective norm in explaining how sustainability practices influence...
- Engineering & TechnologyOpen access
Artificial tanning devices expose users to ultraviolet radiation and are associated with an increased risk of skin cancer. To protect users, Swiss legislation, among other requirements based on the SN EN 60335-2-27, limits the total erythema effective irradiance of artificial tan...
- BiologyOpen access
Familial Aplasia Cutis Congenita of Bilateral Lower Limbs: A Rare Variant of Group 7
Aplasia cutis congenita (ACC) is characterized by congenital absence of skin and has a wide clinical spectrum.While scalp involvement is most common, symmetrical limb involvement without epidermolysis bullosa (EB) or other associated anomalies is classified as Group 7 in Frieden'...
- Health & MedicineOpen access
Regulatory Policy Changes and Mifepristone Access Through Pharmacies in Australia
Importance In an effort to improve access, the Australian Therapeutic Goods Administration lifted prescribing and dispensing restrictions on mifepristone in August 2023. Mifepristone is approved for medication abortion up to 63 days’ gestation and is marketed in Australia in a co...
- Health & MedicineOpen access
Manual data entry and curation is the most used method of data collection for real world evidence and clinical trials but is a time-consuming task associated with significant human effort and transcription mistakes. MIRROR is a retrospective study that compared manual data captur...
- Engineering & TechnologyOpen access
A Stable Formulation for Wave‐Induced Fracture in Peridynamics
ABSTRACT The bond‐associated quadrature point formulation is a very accurate peridynamic formulation for elasticity, but modeling fracture by the traditional deletion of bonds can trigger severe numerical instabilities. These instabilities are most pronounced for wave‐induced fra...
- Engineering & Technology
Abstract Beyond simply functional integration, achieving synergistic enhancements in multiplex detection, quantitative robustness, and intelligent analysis remains a key challenge for next-generation biosensing platforms in precision diagnostics. Lateral flow biosensors are attra...
- Engineering & Technology
Adaptive Soft Robot for Complex Multiple Scenes: Navigating Pipelines, Valves, and Pressure Vessels
ABSTRACT Pipelines, valves, and pressure vessels (PVs) are vital components in nuclear, thermal power, and chemical systems, operating under high temperature and pressure over extended periods, leading to safety risks. Ensuring their safe operation requires regular inspections, w...
- Health & MedicineOpen access
Strain elastography is often limited by its relative nature and failure to capture temporal changes. This study aimed to establish a novel quantitative strain index (Q-SI) integrating spatiotemporal analysis and evaluate its utility for assessing liver fibrosis. This prospective...
- Climate & EnvironmentOpen access
The rise of antibiotic resistance cannot be explained solely by antibiotic misuse; inadvertent exposure to naturally occurring antimicrobials such as heavy metals and metalloids may also contribute. Arsenic, a toxic metalloid with antimicrobial properties, has been linked to incr...
- Health & Medicine
Periodontitis GWAS Reveal Immune‐Biased Heritability Without Gingival Cell‐Type Resolution
Three methodologically distinct analyses partition periodontitis common-variant heritability across 27 gingival cell types. They agree on an immune-over-stromal direction but nominate three different top cell types, and a low-power analysis inverts the fibroblast signal; the curr...