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Nancy J. Cox, PhD: A One Health hero in influenza surveillance

Abstract Background : This program continues to provide human and animal health authorities with information on zoonotic human and swine influenza viruses and infections for their early detection, disease prevention and control, and pandemic preparedness. Aim : The aim is to exam...

(Patriotic) Social Entrepreneurship through a Gendered Lens: Constructive Patriotism Benefits Equally Male and Female Social Entrepreneurs

Social entrepreneurs often face skepticism regarding their motives. Integrating Role Congruity Theory, which posits that individuals are evaluated more favorably when their behaviors align with traditional gender stereotypes, with the bidimensional conceptualization of patriotism...

Assessment of perceived competence in aquatic education: Aspects of reliability and validity of the Perceived Swimming Competence Assessment Scale

The objective of this study was to examine the psychometric properties of a new scale, Perceived Swimming Competence Assessment Scale (PSCAS), designed to assess perceived swimming competence in children. The scale is aligned with skills assessed in the Swimming Competence Assess...

A protein-prioritised, colocalisation-informed genetic framework for safety hypothesis generation across inflammatory bowel disease therapeutic pathways

Human genetics can help prioritise target–outcome safety hypotheses before broad therapeutic exposure, but the strength and translational meaning of such signals depend on molecular proxy type, locus specificity and instrument architecture. We developed a protein-prioritised, col...

Design and analysis of single-layer f-θ metalens enabling wide-field-of-view, low-distortion scanning

F-θ scanning lenses represent a critical component in laser systems for high-end intelligent manufacturing and optoelectronic applications, as they directly govern the system’s positioning accuracy, imaging resolution, and processing quality. In this work, we propose an ultra-thi...

Movement and Frontal Theta Activity During Step-Based Exergaming in Healthy Younger and Older Adults: Laboratory-Based Cross-Sectional Study

Background Exergames are increasingly used in rehabilitation to simultaneously target physical and cognitive functions. Game scores are commonly used as indicators of performance, yet it remains unclear to what extent they reflect underlying movement and cognitive-control demands...

Impact of on-site mobile CT imaging on prehospital patient management during the Munich Oktoberfest: a retrospective observational before–after study at a mass gathering

Abstract Background Mass gatherings such as the Munich Oktoberfest increase demand on Emergency Medical Services (EMS), particularly for trauma patients requiring imaging. Suspected mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) often necessitates hospital referral and diagnostic imaging, pl...

The measurement of Christian nationalism in broader perspective: a systematic reevaluation

Abstract The literature on Christian nationalism has expanded and matured quickly. Nonetheless, few pieces have documented the measurement properties of its namesake concept, and those that have trumpet conclusions that vary from “the most common measure is flawed” to “Christian...

Patient-Reported Outcome scale for Bronchiectasis (BE-PRO): development and validation in China

BACKGROUND: Patient-reported outcomes (PROs) have become essential endpoints in clinical trials for bronchiectasis. However, no validated PRO instrument currently exists for the Chinese population. This study aimed to develop and validate a disease-specific Patient-Reported Outco...

A Novel Teacher–Student Framework for Unsupervised Domain Adaptation in Multi-Perspective Road Pavement Damage Detection

Automated detection of road pavement damage is essential for ensuring road safety and preserving the integrity of transportation infrastructure. Traditional inspection methods often suffer from high labor demands, low time efficiency, substantial costs, and potential disruptions...

A Smartphone-Based Silver Nanoparticle Assay for Detecting Enhanced Gamma-Aminobutyric Acid Content in Germinated Rice via Metabolic Modulation

Abstract This study aimed to increase the γ-aminobutyric acid (GABA) content in rice grains and develop surface-modified silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) as a simple colorimetric chemosensor for its detection. To stimulate GABA production, rice grains from the Kor Kho 6 (RD6) and Kha...

Interfacial synergy in NiO-MnO2-g-C3N4 ternary heterostructure nanostructure for enhanced electrocatalytic water splitting

Developing affordable, highly stable, and efficient bifunctional electrocatalysts for overall water splitting and hydrogen production is essential for advancing clean and sustainable energy technologies. In this study, a ternary heterostructure nanocomposite consisting of NiO, Mn...

Testing for Veridical Perception During Ketamine-Induced Out-of-Body States

Near-death experiences (NDEs) occasionally include claims of veridical perception — accurate information about the physical environment obtained from a reported out-of-body vantage point, ostensibly without ordinary sensory access. The largest attempt to test this directly (the A...

Ento-Linguistics: Language, Ambiguity, and Scientific Communication in Entomology

Descriptive Ento-Linguistic corpus analyses with a six-domain framework, a fixed-margin terminology-network comparison, and a 20-minute research lecture. Version 1.2.0 adds 600 primary and 300 protocol-sensitivity draws, full traces and independent provenance. The comparison is c...

E8‑Phi‑Coupled Phosphor‑Neural Quantum Channel — E8 Intelligence Research

The 240‑dimensional E8 root‑vector lattice, driven at a 132 Hz base frequency with golden‑ratio‑proportional phases, can lock onto phosphorus‑31 nuclear spins within biological tissue to create a continuously coherent, topologically protected quantum channel. This channel functio...

Vibration-Based Fault Diagnosis of Power-Transformer On-Load Tap Changers Using SGMD and CMPA-SMAGNet

Fault diagnosis of power-transformer on-load tap changers (OLTCs) is difficult because their vibration signals are nonlinear and nonstationary. This study evaluates CMPA-SMAGNet, a diagnostic framework that combines symplectic geometry mode decomposition (SGMD), a dual-branch mul...

Comparative physicochemical characterization and water quality assessment of drinking water from wells in Songino-Khairkhan District, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia

ABSTRACT Groundwater is an important drinking-water source in peri-urban areas where centralized water supply systems are limited. This study evaluated the hydrochemical characteristics and trace-element composition of groundwater in Khoroos 32 and 33 of Songino-Khairkhan Distric...

Information design in cheap talk

Abstract An uninformed sender publicly commits to an informative experiment about an uncertain state, privately observes its outcome, and sends a cheap talk message to a receiver. We provide an algorithm valid for arbitrary state-dependent preferences that will determine the send...

Draft genome sequences of two Vibrio jasicida strains isolated from the Atlantic brief squid Lolliguncula brevis

ABSTRACT We report draft genome sequences of two Vibrio jasicida strains, LB10LO4 and LB14LO7, cultured from tissues of the Atlantic brief squid Lolliguncula brevis in Bogue Sound, North Carolina, USA.

21-Gene recurrence score assay in pN2-3 Early-Stage breast cancer: a national cancer database study

BACKGROUND: The clinical utility of the 21-gene recurrence score (RS) for guiding adjuvant chemotherapy in patients with pN2-3 early-stage breast cancer (eBC) has not been evaluated in prospective trials. This study aims to assess adjuvant chemotherapy benefit in patients with pN...