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Rural community revitalization through disaster tourism in Japan

The Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami (GEJET) in 2011 precipitated a profound socio-economic crisis in the Tohoku region, exacerbating pre-existing depopulation and aging trends. In response, the Japanese government’s “New Tohoku” initiative has prioritized rural community...

“What Was College Made For?” Exploring College Students’ Civic Engagement Outcomes by College Major

Abstract In light of political discourse around return-on-investment (ROI) of obtaining postsecondary degrees, one often overlooked outcome of a college education is students’ development of their civic engagement. We were concerned about whether specific degree programs targeted...

Evaluation and selection of protective agent combinations for freeze-drying preservation of an autochthonous meat starter culture

Freeze-drying is widely used to preserve lactic acid bacteria starter cultures; however, dehydration and storage stresses may reduce cell viability and functionality. This study evaluated different protective agents for freeze-dried Latilactobacillus sakei subsp. sakei ACU-2, an...

Modular and Scalable Alluvial Cells for the Electroconversion of Poorly Soluble l -Cystine

A new cell design for the electrochemical reductive cleavage of l-cystine to l-cysteine has been presented. The so-called alluvial cell exploits the low solubility of l-cystine as a substrate by reducing a cystine suspension at a porous cathode, dissolving only small quantities o...

Nonoperative Management in Patients With Early-Onset Rectal Adenocarcinoma: A Retrospective Cohort Study

BACKGROUND: The incidence of rectal adenocarcinoma is rising in patients < 50 years old compared to those > 50. Nonoperative management and active surveillance have become a standard of care in rectal cancer treatment for those who achieve a complete response to neoadjuvant thera...

Distraction in anterior plagiocephaly: technique, risks, and long-term results

PURPOSE: The purpose of this study is to define the perioperative outcomes and long-term aesthetic outcomes of patients with unicoronal craniosynostosis (UCS) treated with fronto-orbital distraction osteogenesis (FODO) and compare them to a contemporaneous cohort treated with con...

Integrating culture-dependent and culture-independent approaches to explore the diversity of endophytic bacteria associated with Urtica dioica L. in Poland with screening of pigment-producing isolates

Abstract Background Plants can thrive in changing environmental conditions with the help of microorganisms that inhabit their tissues, known as endophytes. However, many endophytes do not grow under standard laboratory conditions, but metagenomic analysis provides insights into m...

Biostimulatory Effect of 3-Acetonyl-3-Hydroxyoxindole on the Growth and Secondary Metabolites of Khaya senegalensis: UPLC–MS/MS Profiling and Molecular Docking Insights

Developing sustainable agricultural biostimulants that simultaneously optimize vegetative growth and specialized metabolic pathways is critical for maximizing plant growth, photosynthetic efficiency, and metabolome reprogramming. In this study, for the first time, the effects of...

Accountable Inference Reputation Protocol (AIRP)

Every conversation a person has with an AI model passes through software on their own screen. In current consumer deployments that software is built and operated by the company that trained the model, so the only component positioned to hold a duty to the user answers instead to...

Proportion of body dysmorphic disorder among medical students in a tertiary care teaching hospital: A cross-sectional study

Objectives: Body dysmorphic disorder (BDD) is a psychiatric condition characterized by excessive preoccupation with perceived defects in physical appearance, often leading to significant emotional distress and impaired functioning. Emerging evidence suggests that young adults, pa...

Phi-Scaled Frequency Comb Induces Fractal Möbius Hierarchy in E8 Root Vector Braiding — E8 Intelligence Research

Driving the 240 E8 root vectors with a geometric frequency comb of 132 Hz × φⁿ (n=0..7) self-organizes the phonon-Weyl lattice into an 8-level fractal Möbius hypergraph, each tier mapping to a distinct E8 simple root direction. The φ-scaled drives open a topological protection ga...

Engaging Black and Latinx Communities in Building Capacity for Behavioral Health

Introduction: COVID-19 affected nearly every aspect of people’s lives worldwide. In the United States, the consequences of closures and quarantine increased stress, worry, isolation, and mental health and substance use problems, leading to behavioral health (BH) problems. These c...

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Single-cell atlas of reproductive endocrine organs reveals transcriptomic responses to type 1 diabetes mellitus in nonhuman primates

Abstract Type 1 diabetes mellitus characterized by insulin deficiency and hyperglycemia is associated with female subfertility. However, how hyperglycemia affects the hypothalamic-pituitary-ovarian-uterine axis remains poorly understood. In this study, we performed single-cell tr...

CD38 Inhibition Enhances FXR Signaling in Male Rats With Diabetic Steatohepatitis Through SIRT1‐Dependent Suppression of NLRP3

ABSTRACT Diabetic steatohepatitis, now clinically framed within metabolic dysfunction‐associated steatohepatitis (MASH), features progressive disruption of hepatic microarchitecture alongside sterile inflammatory microdomains. Farnesoid X receptor (FXR) activity is restrained by...

Pike Use in Megafauna Hunting and Antipredator Defense: Historical Techniques and Paleolithic Research

This paper presents a comprehensive assessment of megafauna confrontation using pikes, as recorded in historical accounts and ethnographic studies depicting techniques of hunter-gatherers, pastoralists, colonial hunters and others. In contrast to the two other basic spear types,...

Architect of Dimensions: Super-Consciousness, the Tapaha Axiom, and the Sovereign Manifestation of Reality

Abstract This research paper introduces the conceptual framework of Super-Consciousness as a state of absolute Data-Independence, transcending the empirical constraints of Ordinary Consciousness and Highly Conscious and Intelligent (HCI) systems. Central to this inquiry is the 'D...

A theoretical model for the ethical use of generative AI tools in higher education assessments

Purpose This study aims to develop a theoretical framework to identify the key factors influencing the ethical use of generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) tools in academic assessments from a student perspective. Design/methodology/approach Grounded in digital literacy theo...

Multi-Agent Reinforcement Learning Game Model for Market Economic Equilibrium Regulation

Market equilibrium regulation constitutes a dynamic decision-making problem on complex networks, where strategic firms, consumers, platforms, and regulators interact under uncertain demand, delayed price information, and networked spillovers. Although existing multi-agent reinfor...

AI-supported cognitive load detection: experimental insights using wearable workload and stress data for enhanced well-being interventions

Rising occupational and academic cognitive demands make real-time monitoring of mental workload a critical priority for occupational health and educational technology. Consumer-grade wearable devices offer a scalable and non-intrusive pathway to operationalize cognitive load (CL)...