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Metaphor in population-based AI

Abstract English serves as the primary source language for Artificial Intelligence terminology, playing a pivotal role in shaping the metaphorical expressions that underpin specialized lexicons and facilitate knowledge transfer. This study investigates the patterns of metaphorica...

County-Level Geographic Access and Cardiovascular Disease Outcomes in Washington State

BACKGROUND: Geographic access to specialized cardiac care varies widely, yet how these disparities relate to population-level cardiovascular disease (CVD) outcomes remains poorly understood. OBJECTIVES: The objective of the study was to evaluate county-level disparities in geogra...

Acceptability of oral health care: a scoping review of reviews to inform framework development

Abstract Background Canada launched the Canadian Dental Care Plan (CDCP) in 2023 to improve access by reducing cost barriers. Data from September 2025 indicate that only about half of enrollees had accessed services, highlighting that addressing affordability alone may not be suf...

Formal Multi-Agent AI System Architecture: Generic AI Framework Development under Solvency II and AI Act in Austria and Germany

Version 1.0.1: This version removes an inadvertently duplicated passage in the protocols section. No results, claims or references were changed. This paper proposes a formal multi-agent architecture for implementing enterprise AI in regulated insurance firms, integrating economic...

65 TOPS optoelectronic multi-core computing unlocking multi-feature fusion enhancement

The rapid progress of artificial intelligence demands scalable, energy-efficient hardware with massive parallelism and high throughput. Although optical computing offers a promising post-Moore solution, current implementations face speed limitations and multi-core integration cha...

Associations of asthma with obesity phenotypes and dyslipidemia among Korean adolescents: a secondary data analysis of the Eighth Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey

PURPOSE: This study investigated the association of asthma with obesity phenotypes and dyslipidemia among Korean adolescents. METHODS: This secondary analysis included 1,723 adolescents aged 10-18 years, using data from the Eighth Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination S...

Landscape of industry-sponsored oncology trials across the Thai Society of Clinical Oncology (TSCO): a 12-year multicenter analysis

Cancer remains a major global health challenge and is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality in Thailand. Industry-sponsored oncology trials (ISOTs) provide critical access to innovative therapies, including targeted agents, immunotherapies (IO), and antibody–drug conjugates...

Metabolic deterioration in a patient with refractory status epilepticus complicated by refeeding syndrome: a case report

A 50-year-old moderately built woman with hypothyroidism presented with acute-onset headache, neck pain, vomiting, and transient confusion. She developed seizures in the emergency department requiring intubation. She was subsequently reintubated for refractory status epilepticus,...

Objective Correlates of Activity Limitation in Korean Adults: A Combined Complex-Survey Regression and Explainable Machine-Learning Analysis of KNHANES 2019－2021

Background/Objective: This study aimed to identify objective, potentially intervention-relevant correlates of activity limitation in Korean adults using complex-survey logistic regression and explainable machine learning.A secondary aim was to examine how inclusion of self-rated...

High temperature fretting wear behavior of CMT-based wire arc additive manufactured AA4043 alloy

The AA4043 is an established aluminum alloy known for its exceptional weldability, corrosion resistance, and high strength-to-weight ratio. This makes it ideal for aerospace, marine, and automobile applications where maintaining structural properties in harsh environments is esse...

FGF21-dependent and -independent liver transcriptomic adaptations to low-protein feeding during aging

Aging is a risk factor for the development and progression of metabolic impairments. Dietary protein restriction (DPR) is protective against obesity- and age-related metabolic decline by the induction of the fibroblast growth factor (FGF21), which regulates body weight, lipid han...

The evolved roots of pro-environmental tourism behavior

Understanding pro-environmental behaviors is a research priority for tourism scholars, yet existing research has largely ignored the role of ultimate motives in influencing such behaviors. This research therefore seeks to highlight and analyze the untapped potential of applying e...

Cerebral nocardiosis caused by Nocardia spp diagnosed using metagenomics nextgeneration sequencing of the cerebrospinal fluid

To evaluate the application and significance of next generation metagenomic sequencing technology in the early diagnosis and treatment of Nocardia brain infection, this study analyzed the clinical characteristics and high throughput sequencing results of three patients with Nocar...

Integrating Ecological and Social Dimensions of Ocean Connectivity for Assessment MPAs: A Systematic Review and Future Directions

Abstract：Ecological and social connectivity have become central concerns in marine conservation, particularly in the context of global policy frameworks such as the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF) and the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 14 (SDG 1...

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Between education and employment: How apprentices navigate commuting mobility challenges across spatial contexts in Austria

This study examines how Austria’s dual education system generates unique commuting demands. Apprentices must regularly navigate educational travel to vocational schools as well as employment-like commuting to often spatial dispersed training companies, while facing youth-related...

Adoption of ‘decentralized’ clinical trial terminology: a systematic review of self-identified decentralized clinical trials

Abstract Importance In recent years, trials have leveraged digital tools and remote methods to improve patient access and diversity, streamline operations, enhance data collection, and reduce costs and timelines. Regulatory terminology has defined these as decentralized clinical...

And the Path — the pattern and its three axes: space, time, probability

Companion document to "The Bearing" (INFLUXION — The Pattern and Space). An exploration notebook, neither proven nor refuted: spacetime is read as a pattern of quantum correlations (entanglement), on three axes — space (the pattern held, reconstructed via mutual information and M...

Multi-omics and cultivation reveal laminarin-degrading PVC bacteria in the deep sea

The deep sea is home to a vast and largely unexplored microbial biosphere, along with large amounts of complex organic matter (COM). However, the functional capacity of the deep-sea microbiome to metabolize organic matter across diverse regions remains poorly understood. Here, we...

Accuracy of Pedicle Screw Placement at the Cervicothoracic Junction (C7–T2) : A Comparative Study of O-arm Navigation versus C-arm Fluoroscopy

Objective: To compare pedicle screw accuracy at the cervicothoracic junction (CTJ; C7-T2) between O-arm navigation and C-arm fluoroscopy and identify level-specific malposition mechanisms through quantitative trajectory analysis. Methods: We retrospectively reviewed 187 screws in...