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Effect of generative artificial intelligence training on the competencies of border guard agents.

This study assessed whether a generative artificial intelligence training model develops the professional competencies of border guard agents in training more than traditional instruction. A quasi-experimental pretest and posttest design was applied to 168 agents at a training sc...

Comparison of a single dose of follitropin alfa administered before or after clomiphene citrate in the treatment of unexplained infertility

Objective: To evaluate the efficacy of a single 150 international unit (IU) dose of follitropin alfa (FA), administered either before or after clomiphene citrate (CC), in women with unexplained infertility.Methods: This prospective interventional study included 105 patients alloc...

Mapping generative AI governance readiness in Kurdistan Region universities

Abstract Generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) is reshaping higher education by challenging established ideas of plagiarism, authorship, academic integrity, assessment, disclosure, digital literacy, and institutional responsibility. Many universities already have plagiarism...

Predictable Information Across Galactic and Cosmological Scales: An Inquiry

A previous rotation-curve study found that galaxy discrepancies contain predictive information that transfers robustly across galaxies. We ask whether comparable organization appears in the large-scale peculiar-velocity field. Using 36,506 Cosmicflows-4 galaxies within 270 Mpc, w...

A global sagittal deviation index (GSDI-5) incorporating upper cervical alignment: initial construct validation in forward head posture

Abstract Purpose Forward head posture (FHP) is commonly assessed using isolated cervical measures, potentially overlooking its relationship with global sagittal alignment. This study introduces the Global Sagittal Deviation Index (GSDI-5), a composite measure integrating multireg...

Cypripedium singchii

Cypripedium singchii (Orchidaceae) is an important orchid species. This project reportedthe chromosome level reference genome of Cypripedium singchii based onPacBio, lllumina and Hi-C data. These data are helpful to clarify the ecologicalfunction of Cypripedium singchii and the e...

The emergence of egocentric biases when comparing others is independent of whether groups or individuals are being compared

Abstract Flexible social comparisons require transforming information across reference frames, a process thought to depend on map-like computations in the hippocampal formation. Previous work has shown that egocentric social biases—an implicit reliance on self-knowledge—emerge wh...

THE MYTH OF ‘ABANDONMENT’: FINDING (SEMI-)NOMADIC INHABITATIONS OF ANATOLIAN ANTIQUITIES AMIDST THE LIMITATIONS OF LONG-NINETEENTH-CENTURY TRAVELOGUES

Descriptions of abandoned ruins abound across the pages of travelogues created by European visitors to Ottoman Anatolia during the long nineteenth century. Yet, remnants of ancient architecture were often less devoid of inhabitation than these authors presented. Some of the most...

Evolution of Research on Satellite-Based Monitoring for Algal Blooms in the African Great Lakes

Abstract Algal blooms pose significant environmental and economic challenges worldwide. As their impact increases, there is an urgent need to improve forecasting models that predict their occurrence, development, and trends. Understanding recent research developments in satellite...

What Persists Matters More Than What Changes

A reusable world model need not reproduce every future observation exactly. What matters is which distinctions remain stable when forecasts, tasks, or trained instances change. Independently trained models may give different values yet preserve the same relation among matched int...

On the potential for crop yield increases to spare land: the role of rebound effects

Abstract This essay discusses the economic mechanisms determining when yield growth spares land and when it drives expansion. The source of growth matters: technical change raises output with a fixed set of inputs, lowering production costs, whereas intensification requires more...

3D articular knee shape drives increased anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) loading in young, active individuals with ACL injury and females

Abstract Background ACL rupture is a common, debilitating injury in young, active individuals. Some individuals sustain ACL injury while others do not, despite similar activity exposure. Young, active females have more than twice the ACL injury risk of males. Interactions among t...

Are Higher Suspicious Transaction Report Volumes Associated with More Future Money-Laundering Convictions?

Abstract Almost all countries require banks to file suspicious transaction reports (STRs) to help authorities detect and prosecute money laundering. The number of STRs filed in a country is an often-cited metric in international anti-money laundering (AML) compliance evaluations....

Baryon transition current structure (N(1520) longitudinal amplitude) revisited: Insights from Patterson function analysis

The transition current associated with the N(1520) longitudinal amplitude is examined using a Patterson-function approach applied directly to empirical GC transition form-factor data. Because the reconstruction is based solely on experimental input, the resulting spatial distribu...

Cold Dissection in Hostile Surgical Fields Using a Non-energized Electrocautery Blade Tip: A Novel Technique

Abstract Background: Hostile surgical fields are irradiated, infected, or previously operated regions, characterized by fibrosis, loss of normal anatomical planes, and reduced tissue resilience. In such settings, critical structures may lie immediately beneath adherent or necroti...

Trophic position structures physiological trade-offs between metabolic and detoxification pathways in sympatric passerines

Abstract Resource use links ecological context to organismal performance, yet whether dietary breadth or trophic position is more closely associated with physiological state in wild birds remains unclear. We used a natural trophic gradient in a sympatric passerine assemblage to t...

Durable treatment response to Trastuzumab deruxtecan in two patients with recurrent grade III anaplastic ependymoma

Abstract Background Anaplastic ependymoma is a rare and aggressive central nervous system malignancy for which effective systemic treatment options are limited. Trastuzumab deruxtecan (T-DXd), an antibody–drug conjugate targeting human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2), h...

A simplified and clinically applicable prediction model for early identification of bacteremia in febrile patients with solid tumors in the emergency department

Abstract Background Bacteremia is a serious and potentially life-threatening complication in patients with cancer, requiring prompt recognition and early initiation of treatment. However, early identification of bacteremia in febrile cancer patients presenting to the emergency de...

Harnessing macrogenomics to study changing marine ecosystems under global climate change

Abstract Climate change is reshaping marine ecosystems at an accelerating pace. Predicting its impacts on biodiversity and ecosystem functions is therefore crucial to developing effective conservation strategies. Integration of genomic tools, habitat modelling and simulations off...

Primary and Secondary Emissions from In-Service Compacted Hot Mix Asphalt Pavement

Abstract Hot Mix Asphalt (HMA) pavement has been proposed as a significant urban source of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) and intermediate volatility organic compounds (IVOCs), yet its true atmospheric impact remains poorly understood. In this study, emissions were measured fr...