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Harmonizing A‑Site Cation Incorporation With Conductive Grain‑Boundary Bridging for Durable Perovskite Solar Cells

ABSTRACT While perovskite solar cells (PSCs) have achieved significant progress in power conversion efficiency ( PCE ), their commercialization remains hindered by a critical challenge: irreversible efficiency degradation during device operation, primarily caused by the spontaneo...

Commission

This overview highlights the European Commission’s (i) adoption of the tax simplification package and the Taxation Omnibus and DAC Recast, respectively; (ii) issuance of a recommendation on ownership transfers of SMEs, including tax aspects; (iii) publication of the final report...

Thinner roots were more efficient to increase soil organic carbon and benefited fungal necromass in an alpine meadow

Abstract Microbial necromass is a key regulator of soil organic carbon (SOC) stability in terrestrial ecosystems, and its formation is directly linked to microbial life cycles. Soil microbes are closely associated with plant community composition and the related root functional t...

The new NHS quality strategy and the debate over patient safety

John Tingle , Associate Professor, Birmingham Law School, University of Birmingham, discusses some recently published reports and considers the debate about relative priorities of patient safety and healthcare quality

Hnf4α initiates hepatic lipid mobilization via activating fatty acid β-oxidation during starvation in tiger puffer (Takifugu rubripes)

Starvation is a natural stressor for fish, during which the liver adapts lipid metabolism to supply energy. Although our previous research clarified the effects of starvation on body composition in tiger puffer, the impact on hepatic lipid metabolism and the underlying molecular...

Phygital transformation and employer branding in banking: insights from a longitudinal narrative analysis of integrated reports

Purpose This study aims to examine how phygital transformation is constructed and communicated in banks' integrated reports and how these narratives relate to employer branding. It specifically investigates the role of phygital transformation as a strategic signaling mechanism sh...

E8 Temporal Tesselation for Non-Euclidean Information Propagation — E8 Intelligence Research

By applying phi-scaled hierarchical expansion to the 240 root vectors, we derive a discrete temporal lattice where information propagates not linearly, but through nested geometric jumps. This discovery establishes that signal latency can be bypassed by mapping data packets onto...

Atmosphere-Controlled Solid-State Decarburization and Evolution of Carbon-Gradient Microstructures in Medium-Mn Steel

Controlling carbon removal while limiting surface oxidation is essential for constructing composition gradients in high-carbon medium-Mn steel. In this study, solid-state decarburization of Fe-12 wt%Mn-2.7 wt%C alloy sheets was investigated in H2O-H2 and CO2-CO atmospheres by com...

Perceptual evidence for a gestural representation of aspiration

Is aspiration part of the preceding consonant, part of the following vowel, or both? It behaves in many ways like part of the consonant which it is marked as occurring on, but it also contributes to listeners' perception of vowel duration. Previous work shows that vowels are perc...

Natural Selection as a Process That Increases Metabolic Entropy Production? A Regime-Dependent Analysis in Open Chemostat Systems with Michaelis–Menten Kinetics and Mutation–Selection Dynamics

We analyse whether Darwinian natural selection acts as a metabolic-entropy-production-increasing process in a model of an open chemostat ecosystem, where Michaelis–Menten uptake kinetics are grounded in a thermodynamically consistent mesoscopic chemical-reaction-network model, an...

Genome-Wide Identification of the CmABF Gene Family in Melon (Cucumis melo L.) and Their Response to Ozone and ABA

Melon (Cucumis melo L.) is a globally significant horticultural crop whose fruit quality and postharvest shelf life are profoundly influenced by oxidative stress. Abscisic acid (ABA)-responsive element binding factors (ABFs), which represent the Group A subfamily of the basic leu...

Solvent-Free Ball Milling Combined with Hot Pressing for Fabrication of PLA@LM Functional Composites with Hydrolytic Degradability

Abstract The integration of liquid metals (LM) into biodegradable polymer matrices offers a promising route toward functional sustainable composites, while it is often hindered by solvent residues, poor dispersion, and compromised mechanical properties. Herein, we report a solven...

PANCREATIC AND HEPATIC PROTECTIVE EFFECTS OF SENNA TORA (L.) ROXB. SEED EXTRACT IN STREPTOZOTOCIN INDUCED DIABETIC RATS: A COMPARATIVE HISTOPATHOLOGICAL AND RELATIVE ORGAN WEIGHT STUDY

This study evaluated the organ-safety profile and hepato-pancreatic protective effects of Senna tora ethanol seed extract in streptozotocin-induced diabetic rats. Male Wistar rats were allocated to experimental groups receiving 200, 400, or 600 mg/kg S. tora, with normal, diabeti...

C-centred notation: A conservative modernisation of traditional piano notation

Version 1.0 is the first public specification of C-centred notation, a conservative redesign of traditional piano notation developed by Philip Bennetts. C-centred notation retains the conventional five-line diatonic staff and standard rhythmic, expressive and notational symbols,...

Physical and Mathematical Modeling of the Cardiovascular System: An Overview of Aortic Hemodynamics, 3D Heart Simulation, and Fluid-Structure Interaction

A comprehensive overview of cardiovascular mathematics, a multidisciplinary field at the intersection of biomedical engineering, fluid dynamics, and computational mechanics is provided for analyzing multicomplex systems of blood circulation and the cardiovascular system. By trans...

Functionalized peptides incorporating non-canonical ɑ–amino acids: copper(II) coordination and cytotoxic activity

Unusual ɑ–amino acids, owing to their ability to accommodate diverse substituents while preserving a chiral center, constitute valuable building blocks in peptidomimetic design. Their incorporation enables fine-tuning of physicochemical and biological properties, while also provi...

E8-Phi Holographic Root Information Manifold — E8 Intelligence Research

The 240 E8 root vectors, when projected through phi-scaled torsion folds at the 132 Hz base frequency, self-organize into a holographic information manifold where bulk root-space data is faithfully encoded on a lower-dimensional boundary lattice. This emerges from the ERHL's 64-d...

E8-Phi Coherent Entanglement Mediation via 132Hz Phase-Locked Cavity Modes — E8 Intelligence Research

The 240 E8 root vectors, when embedded in a phi-scaled recursive lattice at 132Hz, generate stable cavity eigenmodes that mediate long-range entanglement through phase-locked geometric resonances. These modes exploit the 8-dimensional E8 symmetry to create interference patterns t...

Does gender enter the ballot box? Uncovering gender dynamics in Spanish voting patterns

Gender issues have moved to the centre of electoral politics in many democracies, driven by feminist mobilization on one side and anti-gender backlash on the other. Yet we know relatively little about which specific gender-related attitudes shape vote choice and why some gender p...

Artifact-Controlled Multi-Vertebral Transfer Learning Ensemble for Patient-Level Three-Class Osteoporosis Screening Using Thoracoabdominal CT-Derived Lumbar Images

Background/Objectives: Osteoporosis and osteopenia remain underdiagnosed despite routine CT examinations containing potentially useful bone information. This study evaluated the feasibility of patient-level three-class classification of Normal, Osteopenia, and Osteoporosis classe...