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Crafting beauty: a semiotic analysis of rural women’s labor in China’s wearable nail industry

Alongside the growing emphasis on beauty among women, wearable nail art has emerged as a handcrafted form that integrates practical use with aesthetic value and has quickly attracted widespread consumer attention. As a form of fingertip art, the production of wearable nail art co...

Learning from cyberattacks: how problem-focused coping enables individual and organisational learning in a cybersecurity context

Purpose During a cyberattack, employees who resort to problem-focused coping are more likely to respond effectively and learn from that experience. However, little attention has been given to how organisations can promote problem coping and how organisations can learn from a real...

Patient Perspectives on Offers of Buprenorphine in the Emergency Department

Importance Buprenorphine reduces mortality in opioid use disorder (OUD), and emergency department–initiated buprenorphine (EDIB) doubles 30-day treatment retention, yet many patients decline EDIB when offered. Patient-driven factors limiting uptake are not well characterized. Obj...

CfDNA methylation profiling in blood following moderate-to-severe traumatic brain injury using brain cell type–enriched signatures: A pilot study

The human brain consists of diverse cell types that collaboratively perform complex functions and form intricate neuronal networks. When traumatic brain injury (TBI) occurs, multiple molecular pathways involving diverse cell types are activated in response to injury. Understandin...

Developing Malawi’s Transport Sector: The Role of the Malawi Railways Limited, 1964-1994

Infrastructural development, including railway construction, remains a key financial and economic undertaking for governments across Africa. This paper examines the operations of Malawi Railways Limited (MRL) and departs from studies that primarily focus on railway transportation...

Treatment of male osteoporosis: a narrative review and position statement by the ECTS Clinical Action Group.

Osteoporosis in men is under-recognized and under-treated despite a substantial disease burden and poorer fracture-related outcomes than in women. Secondary osteoporosis is highly prevalent in men, making the identification and management of underlying causes essential. Bone mine...

A Rare Association: Gliomatosis Peritonei and Giant Mature Cystic Teratoma: A Case Report

Mature cystic teratomas are the most common ovarian germ cell tumors. However, the rare coexistence of mature teratomas with gliomatosis peritonei, a condition characterized by mature glial tissue implantation in the peritoneum, poses significant diagnostic and therapeutic challe...

A Type-I/II Photosensitizer with Cell Death Self-Reporting for Ferroptosis-Potentiated Photodynamic Theranostics against Large Tumors

Abstract Photodynamic therapy (PDT) with ferroptosis induction is a promising antitumor strategy, yet its efficacy is compromised by conventional photosensitizers limited to single-pathway ROS generation, particularly in large tumors. Herein, a series of D−A−D AIE photosensitizer...

Latent versus sensible thermal storage for load-shifting energy management in medium-deep U-type geothermal heat pump systems: A comparative performance analysis

Thermal energy storage can enhance load shifting and extend heat-pump shutdown periods in medium-deep U-type borehole heat exchanger (MDUBHE) heating systems. However, latent and sensible thermal energy storage are commonly evaluated separately, and their differences in heat-supp...

Lipid Burden and Efficacy of Preventive PCI of Vulnerable Atherosclerotic Coronary Plaques: Post Hoc Analysis From the PREVENT Trial

BACKGROUND: Preventive percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) of non–flow-limiting lesions (fractional flow reserve >0.80) that are high-risk plaques has emerged as a potential strategy to reduce cardiac events. However, identifying which lesions derive the greatest benefit fro...

Forward-Airbase Vulnerability, Asymmetric Drone Saturation, and the Physical-Layer Fragility of Sovereign Semiconductor IP: From RAF Lakenheath to MCAS Iwakuni

Abstract The rapid obsolescence of static perimeter defense under modern kinetic conditions was empirically validated by Ukraine's long-range thermite and FPV drone strikes against dispersed Russian strategic aviation infrastructure, as documented in frontline investigations by T...

Exposure to residential greenness and subsequent risk of common mental disorders among individuals with COVID-19 in South Korea: A nationwide cohort study

Background Residential greenness is considered protective for mental health, but its impact on clinically diagnosed psychiatric disorders following COVID-19 remains unclear. This study investigated the association between residential greenness and risk of common mental disorders...

Catalytic asymmetric dearomatization of (hetero)aromatic frameworks

Abstract Catalytic asymmetric dearomative cycloaddition provides a powerful route to polycyclic chiral frameworks, yet the precise control of selectivity in such cycloadditions remains a formidable challenge. Herein we report a mechanism-guided strategy that harnesses the unique...

Systematic opto-mechanical design approach for meter-long Nano-AKB mirror system at HEPS

A systematic opto-mechanical design approach is developed for a long Nano-AKB mirror system aimed at stable sub-50 nm hard X-ray nanofocusing. The approach integrates deformation–stiffness-balanced mirror clamping, hierarchical precision alignment, and thermomechanical stability...

Predictors of self-rated health in older adults: insights from an anchoring vignettes study

Abstract Self-rated health is one of the most used measures of subjective health in research. At the same time, it presents several methodological challenges. Self-rated health requires individuals to translate their complex, multifaceted health experiences into a single response...

Effects of transcutaneous electrical diaphragmatic stimulation on diaphragmatic function and clinical outcomes in severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease exacerbations: a randomized controlled trial

Abstract Background Diaphragmatic dysfunction plays a central role in respiratory failure during acute exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Transcutaneous electrical diaphragmatic stimulation (TEDS) has emerged as a potential modality to enhance respirat...

Eco infrastructures and memoryscapes: exploring the intersection of sustainability, politics, and commemoration in Bavaria

Infrastructures, understood as tools and processes enabling social phenomena, play a crucial role in memory and commemoration. This paper examines environmental infrastructures shaping the ‘memoryscape’ in Bavaria, Germany. Drawing on approaches from environmental history and lan...

Choosing Not to Eat Meat: What Characterizes Independently Vegetarian Children?

A growing body of research has aimed to map the characteristics of extraordinary altruists-such as those who have donated a kidney to a stranger. However, this research has primarily focused on adults, and we know little about the development of extraordinary altruism. While chil...

Weak Tensor Transfers, Finite Tensor Closure, and Coherence from Restricted Triple Products

Description We construct a finite-exception weak tensor operation for fixed automorphic representations of general linear groups by combining restricted triple-product harmonic analysis with converse-theorem methods. The analytic construction uses the proved affine-$\Psi$ Fourier...

Redefining leptomeningeal metastasis in non–small cell lung cancer: From terminal complication to molecularly managed disease

Leptomeningeal disease (LMD) is one of the most devastating complications of advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), historically associated with profound neurologic morbidity and poor survival. Advances in cerebrospinal fluid (CSF)-based diagnostics, improved molecular char...