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A deep learning-based plant disease classification using image recognition techniques

Abstract Plant diseases significantly threaten global food security, necessitating accurate and automated diagnostic systems. This work presents a modular deep learning framework for systematic benchmarking and comparative analysis of multiple architectures using the PlantVillage...

Parasite hideouts: Preserving native cavity-nesting Hymenoptera through pollinator hotel management

As many pollinator populations around the world decline due to habitat loss, improving management practices for native pollinators becomes a priority. Pollinators are essential to healthy ecosystems and play irreplaceable roles in the global food system. Pollinator hotels can pro...

Investigating the effect of buprenorphine on pain in the acute phase of patients with mild traumatic brain injury: a double-blind clinical trial

INTRODUCTION: TBI is one of the main causes of neurological, behavioral, and physiological disorders. The aim of this pilot research was to assess the efficacy and safety of using buprenorphine in treatment of mild TBI complications. METHODS: This double-blind, randomized clinica...

A Depiction of the Ministry of Presence During African Funerals: The Case of Burials in the Collins Chabane Local Municipality in Limpopo, South Africa

Death is one of the most painful realities of life that is inescapable. In African communities, death is not just an individual loss but a collective community loss and suffering. Therefore, the practice of the Ministry of presence is prevalent during funerals by both the communi...

Asymmetric Posner Molecules Constrain Quantum Coherence Claims in Brain — E8 Intelligence Research

FINDING: Posner molecules (Ca₉(PO₄)₆) are proposed as biological quantum information processors, but their dynamical ensemble is explicitly *not* symmetric — a critical constraint on any quantum-coherence claim in the brain. | MATH: Stoichiometry Ca₉(PO₄)₆ → 9 Ca²⁺ ions, 6 PO₄³⁻...

Exploring the transcriptomic and metabolomic associations with fetal overgrowth in Holstein cattle derived from in vitro embryo production

Calves derived from in vitro embryo production (IVP) often have higher birth weights than those produced by artificial insemination or in vitro embryo transfer. The overgrowth in uterus may increase the incidence of calving assistance and thus, causes the potential health issue f...

Endogenous Functional Group Engineering Enables High‐Efficiency Hard Carbon Anodes for Sodium‐ion Batteries

ABSTRACT Hard carbon is a leading anode for sodium‐ion batteries, but its widespread use is still prevented from low initial Coulombic efficiency (ICE) and unstable electrode‐electrolyte interfaces. In this work, we show that engineering endogenous functional groups can directly...

Tracing Colonial Continuities: Internal Colonialism and Energy Transition in Sardinia

ABSTRACT Internal colonialism provides historical and structural conditions making current forms of energy extractivism possible. Processes through which earlier internal colonisation operated—territorial dispossession, racialised hierarchies, forced modernisation and the constru...

Structure and Property Evaluation of Various Glass Matrices for Containment of Nuclear Waste

Abstract Borosilicate glass is used for the immobilization of high-level liquid waste (HLW). HLW originates in a reprocessing plant during the extraction of U and Pu from spent nuclear fuel. This waste contains high levels of α , β , and γ radioactivity, a wide range of elements,...

Data-calibrated cost-aware freight routing in a mixed diesel-electric railway network: a multi-corridor study from Kazakhstan

Rail freight route choice often combines distance, train-formation and operating rules without making the cost effects of heterogeneous traction explicit. This study evaluates a transparent, data-calibrated route-cost framework for strategic planning on Kazakhstan’s mixed diesel-...

Rounding error in FlashAttention: centered, uncentered, and radial

We bound the forward rounding error of FlashAttention-2 for one query and compare it with two-pass attention. The analysis rests on one identity. An error that hits a key's weight in both the numerator and the normalizer costs only the spread of the values around the output. Most...

Determinants of quality of life in hereditary haemorrhagic telangiectasia: the relative roles of bleeding, anaemia and visceral involvement

Abstract Background and aims Hereditary haemorrhagic telangiectasia (HHT) is a multisystem vascular disorder characterised by recurrent bleeding and visceral arteriovenous malformations (AVMs). Although anaemia and reduced quality of life (QoL) are common, the relative contributi...

Merkel Cell Polyomavirus and DNA Damage Response

Cellular DNA is constantly exposed to endogenous and exogenous genotoxic factors causing mutations. Therefore, safeguarding the integrity of the human genome is a conditio sine qua non for normal cell function. To maintain genomic integrity, complex multiprotein networks, known a...

A receptor-like kinase pair integrates extracellular ATP and salicylic acid signaling to activate plant immunity

Extracellular Adenosine 5′-triphosphate (eATP) is a damage-associated molecular pattern in both plants and animals, playing an important role as a danger signal in response to various environmental stresses. eATP works both independently and in coordination with other signaling p...

A Probabilistic Choreography Language for PRISM

We present a choreographic framework for modelling and analysing concurrent probabilistic systems based on the PRISM model-checker. This is achieved through the development of a choreography language, which is a specification language that allows to describe the desired interacti...

Collective Bargaining and Its Implications for Workers and Employers: An Introduction

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Chern-Weil theory for singular Haefliger foliations

We give a Chern-Weil map for the Gel'fand-Fuks characteristic classes of densely regular foliations, those foliations defined by smooth Haefliger structures with dense regular set. Our characteristic map constructs, out of singular geometric structures adapted to singularities, e...

Cesarean delivery is associated with atopic sensitization to inhalants but not food at age 5

Abstract Purpose Intrauterine and early neonatal exposures, including maternal, obstetric, and postnatal factors, may influence the risk of atopic sensitization in offspring. However, their independent associations with inhalant and food sensitization remain underexplored. Method...

A Comparative Analysis of Generative AI for Architectural Visualization: A Quantitative Comparison Using Objective Evaluation Metrics and the Architectural AI Score (AIS)

This study presents a quantitative metric-based comparison of four state-of-the-art text-to-image generative AI systems for architectural visualization: OpenAI Image Generation, Imagen 4, Midjourney v8.1, and Stable Image Ultra. The models were evaluated using the Architectural P...

Access to and use of improved water and sanitation facilities in Sub-Saharan Africa: Analysis of Demographic and Health Survey Data from 30 countries

Access to and use of improved water sources and sanitation facilities in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) remains a significant public health concern, with notable variations across countries. Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals related to water and sanitation require evidence on...