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Evaluate the thermal performance of green roofs as an urban heat island mitigation strategy under arid climate conditions in Bahrain

Purpose This study aims to evaluate the thermal performance of green roofs as an urban heat island mitigation strategy under arid coastal climate conditions by using Bahrain as a case study. Design/methodology/approach A scenario-based parametric simulation study was conducted us...

Tree Canopy and Self-Reported Mental and Physical Health in Urban Alabama: A Census Tract-Level Ecological Study

Background: Urban tree canopy, the proportion of a city’s land surface covered by trees, has been linked to physical and mental health benefits. This association is understudied in the U.S. Deep South despite its high burden of poor health and environmental inequity. This study e...

How goal orientation shapes service quality: evidence from service and goods contexts

Purpose This study aims to examine how frontline employees’ goal orientations shape customer-perceived service quality and how these effects vary across service and goods contexts. It focuses on performance-prove, performance-avoid and learning goal orientations and their effects...

A Novel Photo-Responsive and Platelet-Compatible Strategy Based on Fe3O4-QCS-PEI-Cu and Aptamer for Targeted Inactivation of Bacterial Contaminants in Platelets

Bacterial contamination remains a critical safety concern in platelet transfusion, and there is an urgent demand for decontamination technologies that eliminate contaminating bacteria without damaging platelet viability and physiological function. Herein, Fe3O4-QCS-PEI-Cu-apt mic...

Psychosocial interventions in childhood dementia: a call for action

Abstract Childhood dementia (CD) is a complex, rare, often under-recognised, and incurable neurogenetic group of disorders with neuromotor-behavioural symptoms and poor survival outcomes. Despite profound impacts, CD remains neglected and underfunded compared to other paediatric...

Genotoxic Activity of Cerastes cerastes Viper Venom Using Alkaline Single-Cell Gel Electrophoresis

In Morocco, Cerastes cerastes snake is responsible for numerous cases of human envenomation, leading to both local and systemic pathophysiological disturbances. This study provides a first preliminary evaluation of cytotoxic and genotoxic effects of its venom on genomic material...

Detection of Canola GMO Events Using Pentaplex Droplet Digital PCR

Efficient detection and quantification of GMO events is necessary due to international regulatory requirements. Digital PCR (dPCR) has been widely used for detection and quantification of GMOs. The objective of this study was to detect and quantify canola GMO events using pentapl...

“Swab-and-Stain” Nanoparticle Assay for Detection of PBP2a-Expressing Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Toward Point-of-Need Environmental Surveillance

Surveillance of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in the environment is crucial for reducing its transmission, particularly in hospitals, nursing homes, and high-contact public areas. Rapid Point-of-Need (PON) tools at healthcare facilities, without involving pro...

Vertical Heterogeneity of Deep Carboniferous Coal Reservoirs in the Northern Part of the Eastern Margin of the Ordos Basin

Deep coalbed methane (CBM) is an important frontier for expanding unconventional natural gas reserves and production in China. Significant vertical heterogeneity in coal reservoirs is a primary constraint on exploration and development, and the conventional interval subdivision b...

Genetic algorithm optimized image segmentation for sports motion trajectory extraction motion abnormality detection and potential injury risk indication

This study develops a genetic algorithm (GA)-optimized U-Net framework for sports motion-region segmentation, trajectory extraction, motion anomaly detection, and potential injury-risk indication. The private dataset consisted of 320 sports video clips recorded at 1920 × 1080 res...

Defect Engineering on Amorphous NiFeB Alloys for the Selective Conversion of KA Oil Into Adipic Acid

ABSTRACT Developing high‐performance electrocatalysts for the efficient conversion of KA oil (a mixture of cyclohexanol and cyclohexanone) to adipic acid holds great significance. Herein, a series of Ni‐based catalysts, including NiM (M = Fe, Cr, and Mn) layered double hydroxides...

Odometry and Mapping for Complex Environment Perception Under Partial-View Sensing

Dense partial-view LiDAR observations are attractive for outdoor perception, but limited overlap and viewpoint sensitivity make odometry and mapping less reliable than with spinning LiDARs. Many recent algorithms for this sensing regime are built as LiDAR-inertial odometry framew...

Landscape Greening Following Unseasonal Precipitation Along a Desert–Alpine Gradient

In seasonally arid systems, where water is a key limiting resource, unseasonal precipitation events may promote landscape greening. Because herbivores track spatial variation in fresh plant growth, dry-season precipitation could be an important catalyst of out-of-season foraging...

Reliability of Root Canal Curvature Measurements and Canal Visibility Ratings over Repeated Calibration Rounds

Objectives: To evaluate the inter- and intra-observer reliability of three methods for measuring root canal curvature and the reliability of canal visibility ratings on periapical radiographs over repeated calibration rounds. Materials and Methods: A total of 360 clinical periapi...

Self‐Stratifying Electrolyte Enables Triple‐Interface Regulation for Highly Reversible Zn Metal Batteries

ABSTRACT Aqueous zinc metal batteries (AZMBs) are challenged by the incompatibility between cathode kinetic demands and Zn‐anode interfacial stability in homogeneous electrolytes. Biphasic electrolytes can spatially decouple the two electrode environments, yet the accompanying li...

Learning to Stay Present: Low-Intensity Dialectical Behavior Therapy, Emotion Regulation, and Professional Agency Among Pre-Service Teachers Working with At-Risk Youth

Teacher education programs increasingly recognize emotion regulation as central to teachers’ professional functioning, particularly in settings serving at-risk youth. Yet less is known about how pre-service teachers learn to apply explicit regulation skills during practicum. This...

Adaptive Stabilized Finite Element Modeling of Advection-Dominated Air Pollution Plumes

Accurate simulation of convection-dominated pollutant transport remains a significant challenge due to the presence of steep concentration gradients and the numerical instabilities associated with standard finite element discretizations. This study presents an adaptive Streamline...

„Follow the Science“? Die Blindstellen der (deutschen) Politikwissenschaft in Fragen von Krieg und Frieden

Zusammenfassung Der Beitrag analysiert Fachtrends und Strukturentwicklungen der Disziplin Internationale Beziehungen (IB) und beleuchtet dabei insbesondere die Lage in Deutschland. Er geht der Frage nach, welchen Wert die in jüngerer Zeit vom Fach hervorgebrachten Erkenntnisse fü...

Regularities No Fluke

Abstract Humean accounts of causality deny the existence of any causal factor that imparts regularity to empirical data. According to the cosmic fluke objection, this makes Humeanism very unlikely, since it must attribute the extensive regularities that we observe to mere chance....

Caring for Young Adults with Breast Cancer: Providers’ Perspectives on Burnout in a Complex Care Landscape

PURPOSE: While challenges faced by young adults (YAs) aged 18-39 years with breast cancer are well-documented, health care providers' experiences caring for YAs are underinvestigated. Given high burnout rates among oncologists, this study explores providers' perspectives about ho...