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Intelligent Safety Assessment of Island Longwall Roadway Integrating Asymmetric Physical Features and Cost-Sensitive Learning

Roadways serving island longwall panels are highly susceptible to severe asymmetric deformation under extreme eccentric loading from multiple adjacent goafs. To address the difficulties in characterizing the surrounding rock load imbalance and the high false-negative rates of con...

Side‐by‐side long‐term performance assessment of GFRP ‐ and steel‐reinforced concrete bridge decks

Abstract The corrosion‐induced deterioration of steel‐reinforced bridge decks is a service life concern, especially in cold regions, where the use of deicing chemicals is common. To address this issue, glass fiber‐reinforced polymer (GFRP) reinforcement has received growing atten...

Dataset Construction of CO2 Flux over Shifting Sand in the Taklimakan Desert and Assessment of Carbon Sequestration Capacity

Desert ecosystems, which cover extensive global regions, play an essential yet often-overlooked role in sequestering atmospheric CO 2 at substantial yet gradual rates, primarily due to insufficient monitoring, data scarcity, and limited research attention. Current assessments of...

Functional Mining of Echinocactus grusonii: Impact of Ethanol Solvents on the Recovery of Phenolic Acids and Radical Scavenging Potency

Echinocactus grusonii (Golden Barrel Cactus; GBC), a cactus native to central Mexico, is gaining attention for its phytochemical content, which is high in compounds like lutein, flavonoids, phenolic acids, chlorophylls, and betalains. Many of these substances have antioxidant, an...

AI-Driven Digital Twin Framework for Long-Term Photovoltaic Integration in Smart Cities: An Eleven-Year Comparative Study of Silicon Photovoltaic Technologies Under Semi-Arid Climate Conditions

The reliable long-term prediction of photovoltaic (PV) system performance is essential for optimizing operation, maintenance, and energy management in smart cities. Digital Twin (DT) technology has emerged as a promising approach for real-time monitoring and predictive analytics...

Governing artificial intelligence in strategic communication: institutional enablement and communication effectiveness in digitally mediated environments

Purpose Artificial intelligence is increasingly embedded in strategic communication infrastructures, yet limited empirical research has examined the institutional conditions under which AI contributes to communication effectiveness. This study develops and tests a socio-technical...

A New Flavonoid Glycoside from the Stem Bark of Albizia saponaria: Isolation, Structural Elucidation, and In Silico Evaluation as a Potent α-Glucosidase Inhibitor

Background/Objectives: In the search for potent non-sugar α-glucosidase inhibitors with improved safety profiles, a novel flavonoid glycoside was isolated for the first time from the stem bark of Albizia saponaria (Fabaceae). The objective of this study was to elucidate its chemi...

Gestational diabetes in multifetal versus singleton pregnancies: A multicenter cohort study

Abstract Introduction Gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) is associated with increased neonatal morbidity in singleton pregnancies, but evidence in multifetal pregnancies is limited. Current diagnostic thresholds are largely extrapolated from singleton data; It remains unclear wh...

Conflict-Driven Action Boundary Generation for Emergency Group Decision-Making: A Constructed Association-Proxy Approach

Earthquake rescue priorities are often determined from incomplete evidence that is partly shared across information channels. Under such conditions, an apparently plausible mean score may conceal substantial directional conflict. This study investigates whether that conflict can...

Mammalian Predators and Red-Legged Partridge (Alectoris rufa) Releases: A Case Study

We performed a before–after control–impact (BACI) experiment to assess the impact of red-legged partridge releases on mammalian predators, a common game management measure. During three consecutive years (2014–2016), 100 farm-reared red-legged partridges were kept every year for...

Risk of hepatitis B reactivation following corticosteroids for tuberculous meningitis

Abstract High-dose corticosteroids may cause reactivation or relapse of hepatitis B virus infection. We investigated the virologic and clinical consequences of 6-8 weeks dexamethasone in hepatitis B virus infected/exposed/unexposed HIV-negative adults with tuberculous meningitis...

Testing for functional adaptation in a genital bone: baculum size, shape, and microstructure show little plastic response to mating across five rodent species

Abstract Plasticity—the ability of a genotype to produce different phenotypes in response to environmental input—can provide insight into the mechanical forces experienced by biological structures. Bones are particularly plastic, remodeling in response to sustained and repetitive...

A review of bias detection and fairness auditing techniques in LLMs

The rise of large language models (LLMs) has sparked worries about inherent social biases and issues related to fairness. Earlier studies have investigated bias identification in word embeddings, interventions aimed at fairness in algorithms, and frameworks for auditing at the sy...

Heat transfer/pressure drop correlations and core optimization of airfoil tube heat exchangers

Abstract This study proposes a methodology for acquiring heat transfer and pressure drop correlations for compact heat exchangers (HXs), leveraging modern manufacturing techniques such as additive manufacturing to enable unconventional geometries and to support preliminary design...

Co‐Optimized Potassium Deposition and Interfacial Stability Enabled by 3D‐Printed GO/ATP Hosts for Durable Dendrite‐Free Potassium Metal Anodes

ABSTRACT Potassium metal batteries (PMBs) are promising candidates for next‐generation large‐scale energy storage owing to their high energy density and cost‐effectiveness. However, their rate capability and cycling stability are severely hindered by sluggish K + transport kineti...

Myometrial Microbiome in Uterine Fibroids: Functional Dysbiosis Versus Limited Taxonomic Change

Background: Uterine fibroids (UFs) are the most common benign tumors in women of reproductive age and are associated with abnormal uterine bleeding, infertility, and impaired implantation and endometrial receptivity. However, the contribution of the myometrial microbiome (MM) to...

Shame, Stigma and Indebtedness in Gambling-Related Harm: A Rapid Review of Help-Seeking and Suicidality

Background: Gambling-related harm is recognised as a public health concern, yet limited synthesis has examined how shame, stigma and indebtedness shape help-seeking and suicidality across gendered and cultural contexts. This review addressed the following question: among individu...

Leveraging human-trained neural networks for cross-species chromatin regulation annotations

Abstract Analogous to the Encyclopedia of DNA Elements (ENCODE) project, the Functional Annotation of ANimal Genomes (FAANG) consortium has produced chromatin annotations for domesticated animals, albeit in smaller amounts. Although acquiring experimental data is more accessible...

Trace characterizations and quantitative centrality via alternative mean inequalities

Abstract We study trace characterizations arising from comparisons between arithmetic, harmonic, and alternative means of positive definite matrices. For arithmetic mean comparisons, we prove that every alternative mean lying strictly below the arithmetic mean yields a characteri...

Free Fibula Flap With Chimeric Skin Paddles: Technical Tips and Clinical Experience

Introduction: Advanced tumors and trauma may cause composite oromandibular defects involving the mandible, intraoral mucosa, and skin. Although these defects involve multiple components, they can be reconstructed simultaneously with a single flap. The free fibula flap with chimer...