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Unlocking the genetic potential of sugarcane: gene discovery for molecular breeding

Sugarcane is a globally important crop for sugar production and bioenergy generation. However, its highly complex allopolyploid genome has greatly hindered conventional breeding, making cultivar development a lengthy and labor-intensive process that often requires more than a dec...

Proximity Vitalism: Consequences of the Commitments

Proximity Vitalism (PV) rests on three commitments (3C): private experience occurs (EE), public anchors are required for experience (PE), and differences between experiences imply differences in their public anchors (the Proximity Principle, PP). Many Theories of Mind (TOM) accep...

Digital communication and occupational well-being in 25 European countries

Abstract This paper examines the association between digital communication at work and employee well-being, moderated by occupational status and the fulfillment of basic psychological needs. Two studies were conducted to investigate these relationships. Study 1 utilized data from...

School-to-work transitions into hospitality and tourism for people with intellectual disabilities: a sustainable career perspective

Purpose This exploratory study examines the employment of people with intellectual disabilities (PwIDs) in the hospitality and tourism (HT) industry through a sustainable career lens incorporating multiple-stakeholder perspectives. It explores convergent and divergent views of ed...

Inclusion Complexes Between α-Cyclodextrins and Xenon: Molecular Dynamics Simulations and Experimental Study

Xenon (Xe) is an inert noble gas receiving increasing attention in medical research due to its anesthetic properties, ability to regulate metabolic processes, and broad organoprotective effects. Due to its small size and non-covalent intermolecular interactions, Xe can be encapsu...

Bottom-up computational design of a hybrid tricopter agricultural spray UAV: propeller, nozzle, tank and airframe CFD optimization

Purpose This paper aims to develop and validate a hybrid tri-agri-copter (TAC) unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) for precision agricultural spraying using a bottom-up computational fluid dynamics (CFD)-first design methodology that sequentially evaluates each sub-system before full-v...

Policy learning and democracy aid in the EU’s Southern Neighbourhood

Abstract The EU has continued to use aid to support democracy in its Southern Neighbourhood, despite deepening authoritarianism in the region since the Arab Uprisings. The democracy narrative remains prominent in EU policy documents and the EU has continued to fund democracy prog...

Counting intersections of rational cyclic grids: an application of Smith normal form

Choose two points from equally spaced grids on a circle. How many choices put both their sum and their difference on specified target grids? A small example leads from fractions to integer congruences. We then use classical Smith normal form to obtain the exact count, carefully a...

Bridging the green gap through understanding the role of perceived risks in sustainable consumption decisions

Despite growing environmental awareness and positive attitudes toward green products, a significant gap persists between consumers’ intentions and their actual sustainable purchase behavior. This study investigates how perceived risks contribute to this “green gap” by identifying...

Integration of Photonic Crystal Nanolasers with V-Shaped Nanoslots into Silicon Waveguides

Abstract This study demonstrates an end-coupling configuration that integrates a III–V slotted nanobeam (NB) laser into an air-clad silicon-on-insulator waveguide. This integration is realized by simultaneously assembling and wedging two identical NBs into a waveguide notch in a...

MoO3 Doping Modulates CeO2/TiO2 Catalysts for Simultaneous NO x Reduction and Toluene Oxidation in Alkali-Rich Flue Gas: Unraveling the Microscopic Electronic Origin via DFT Calculations

Abstract CeO2/TiO2 catalysts are prone to severe deactivation in KCl-enriched flue gas environments derived from biomass or solid waste combustion during the removal of NO and toluene. While MoO3 doping significantly improves their resistance to KCl poisoning, the microscopic int...

The Influence of the Composition of Lead Cakes on the Extraction of Osmium and Rhenium During Their Hydrometallurgical Processing

The processing of lead cakes containing osmium and rhenium is complicated by the significant variability in their elemental and phase compositions. The aim of this study was to determine the effects of lead cake composition on acid consumption and the recovery of Os and Re during...

Atrophic Papulosis: A Systematic Review of Pediatric Cases

BACKGROUND: Atrophic papulosis is a rare occlusive vasculopathy that can present with isolated cutaneous disease or with systemic involvement. Pediatric cases are uncommon, and existing reports are heterogeneous, limiting understanding of disease patterns, timing of organ involve...

Adverse drug reactions associated with anti-tubercular therapy: A proof-of-concept pharmacovigilance analysis using an open-source Python analytic pipeline

Objectives To characterize the pattern, causality, severity, and seriousness of adverse drug reactions (ADRs) in patients receiving anti-tubercular therapy (ATT); to examine factors associated with ADR seriousness; and to demonstrate, as a proof of concept, that an open-source Py...

When is a rigid pelvis–trunk approximation sufficient? An output-specific model-reduction protocol applied to lumbar mobility in multibody biomechanics

This preprint presents an output-specific computational model-reduction protocol for evaluating when simplified lumbar mobility is sufficient in multibody biomechanics. The primary study compares mass-equivalent exact-lock, axial-yaw-only and three-coordinate lumbar architectures...

Phytotoxic impacts of microplastic pollution on cellular redox homeostasis and antioxidant defences in plants: a multilevel meta-analysis

Abstract The rapid build-up of plastic pollution in land-based ecosystems is a serious abiotic stressor that directly threatens cellular redox balance in plants. To precisely evaluate the risk of oxidative stress associated with microplastic exposure, a meta-analysis was conducte...

History Is Not Memory: Stake, continual learning, and persistent AI agents

The preprint of History Is Not Memory: Stake, continual learning, and persistent AI agents, with the verifiable records that stand behind every number in it. Persistent AI agents keep memories, update their weights and carry self-descriptions from one session to the next, which m...

A novel repurposing opportunity for valsartan: angiotensin II type 1 receptor blockade dampens muscle-to-brain sensitization in fibromyalgia by targeting lncRNA H19/miR-29a-3p, inflammatory mediators, AKT/CREB signaling, neurotrophic factors, and amyloid–Tau pathology

Fibromyalgia (FM) is a debilitating nociplastic pain disorder increasingly recognized to involve skeletal muscle as an active contributor to peripheral nociception and central sensitization rather than a passive target of disease. Although angiotensin II promotes pain signaling t...

Near-neutral flotation of microfine ilmenite

Conventional ilmenite flotation strongly relies on sulfuric acid to improve the selectivity between ilmenite and associated gangue minerals, resulting in high reagent consumption, equipment corrosion and difficulties in process water recycling. In this study, a ternary Fe-BHA/NaO...

Interfacial reconstruction toward a C60–Zn–Bi sandwich architecture for ultra-stable zinc anodes

Severe dendrite growth and interfacial instability hinder the practical application of aqueous zinc metal anodes. Herein, we develop a self-reconstructed Fullerene–Zinc–Bismuth (C 60 –Zn–Bi) sandwich architecture to regulate Zn deposition and stabilize the electrode/electrolyte i...