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Cypripedium subtropicum

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

Lifelong health leadership: reframing geriatrics as a model of care for resilient health systems

Abstract Population ageing is commonly framed as a demographic challenge, biological frontier, or economic pressure. Yet these perspectives remain incomplete unless longevity is also understood as a leadership challenge. Gains in lifespan have not been matched by equivalent gains...

Self-organized ventilation defects in asthma: insights and open-source implementation of the Venegas–Winkler model

Abstract The Venegas–Winkler model is a seminal model in asthma pathophysiology, providing both a conceptual and quantitative framework for extending a posited bistability between open and closed states at the level of the individual, terminal airway to the lung as a whole. In do...

Invasive alien plants in riparian ecosystems: a study from two lowland rivers in Eastern Poland

Abstract Riparian ecosystems are biodiversity hotspots but are also highly vulnerable to biological invasions due to strong hydrological connectivity, recurrent disturbance and exposure to nutrient inputs. This study examined patterns of invasive alien plant species (IAS) occurre...

No algorithm can tell how much memory a repeated quantum channel needs

A device that applies a quantum channel over and over must release each output before the next input arrives. How much memory does it need? Suppose every fresh qubit the device receives is maximally mixed. In companion work we showed that the answer then turns on one set: the cha...

Acute Whole-Body Heat Exposure Modulates EEG Microstate Dynamics, Phase-Lagged Connectivity, and Cortical Source Activity

Abstract Acute exposure to elevated ambient temperature affects physiological regulation, thermal perception, and cognitive functioning, yet its influence on the spatiotemporal organization of human brain activity remains insufficiently understood. This study investigated tempera...

Built for bulk: posture, microanatomy and soft tissue shaped gigantism in Sauropoda

Abstract Sauropodomorph dinosaurs show how appendicular skeletal architecture accommodated extreme increases in body mass. Although sauropod gigantism has been linked to columnar limbs, wide-gauge posture, thick articular cartilage and tubular long-bone organization, the biomecha...

Experimental multi-level calibration of a silicon mini solar cell for low-cost solar irradiance measurement

Abstract Accurate assessment of photovoltaic potential is essential for optimizing system integration at specific sites, requiring precise measurement of ground-level solar irradiance. However, commercially available irradiance sensors are often costly, limited in configurability...

Conformality in Hawksmoor's ceiling, the Roman Pantheon and Mercator's projection

Abstract The dome of the Roman Pantheon is coffered with ribs surrounding sunken lacunaria, thus forming a grid. How this is achieved given the curvature of the dome has long been a subject for study and speculation. Although detailed measurements now exist, thus far no single pr...

Apostasia fujianica

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

Policing Survival: The Epistemic Status of Famine Botany in Late Imperial China

Abstract This article examines how Jiuhuang bencao was codified, circulated, marginalized and reactivated in late imperial China, asking what these changes suggest about attitudes toward famine relief and useful knowledge. Compiled in the early Ming by Prince Zhu Su, this treatis...

How Tension Persists: Perceptual Integration and Resistance in Architectural Form

‘Tension’ is common in formal analysis, yet it has rarely been explained at the level of mechanism. One account attributes it to a form’s deviation from a reference form. This paper instead asks whether the integration, in perception, of the parts of a form can be completed. Tens...

Stability of energy-constrained bosonic capacities under extensions of LOCC

Abstract: The energy-constrained two-way capacities of pure-loss and quantum-limited amplifier channels have been determined in a combined treatment using finite-round local operations and classical communication with finite or countable outcomes. We prove that the same vanishing...

Data Physics & Cyber-Physical Systems - Part VI: Thermo-Algorithmic Determinism in Deep-Space AI Architectures: Microgravity Fluid Dynamics, Radiative Entropy Dissipation, and ECLSS Co-Integration

Abstract Part VI extends the Data Physics paradigm from terrestrial hyperscale data centers to deep-space autonomous AI architectures operating in zero-gravity (g → 0) and vacuum environments. In microgravity, classical convective cooling collapses due to zero buoyancy, inducing...

Memory on ice: spatial memory is retained over a 9-month hibernation period in Columbian ground squirrels

Abstract Memory allows animals to utilize ecologically relevant information, yet whether it endures through prolonged metabolic shutdown is poorly understood. We tested spatial memory retention in a long-term, free-living hibernator, the Columbian ground squirrel (Urocitellus col...

Cranial anatomy of the Middle Eocene Egyptian crocodylian Herugavialis cairensis provides new insights into gavialoid diversity in the Mediterranean region

Abstract Gavialoidea is presently composed of only two extant crocodylian species, the Indian gharial Gavialis gangeticus, and the false gharial Tomistoma schlegelii, both from southeast Asia. However, Gavialoidea displays a rich and near-cosmopolitan diversity in the fossil reco...

MACROSCOPE — Case Studies Part One

This preprint presents Case Studies Part One of the Macroscope research program. It applies the fixed Macroscope parameter register to two deliberately contrasting cases: Operation Northwoods as a source-rich but trajectory-poor documentary case, and the visual Mandela effect as...

Stacking ensemble learning and SHAP analysis for predicting CO2 solubility and guiding ionic liquid design

Abstract Excessive CO2 emissions constitute a primary driver of global climate change, creating an urgent need for efficient CO2 capture technologies. Ionic liquids (ILs) are considered highly promising absorbents. However, their vast chemical space poses significant challenges f...

Sn/Zr Mixed-Metal Clusters in MOFs as Lewis Acid Catalysts for Biomass-Derived HMF Synthesis

Abstract The depletion of fossil fuels has spurred the search for sustainable routes to platform chemicals, yet the efficient conversion of biomass-derived fructose to 5-(hydroxymethyl)furfural (HMF) remains challenging. While Sn-based Lewis acids are promising catalysts for this...

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THE UNIFIED COGNITIVE STACK.