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Entropy-Geometric Branch Selection in the Everettian Branch Measure: A C=1 Framework

The Everettian interpretation of quantum mechanics provides a unitary account of branching quantum histories but leaves open questions concerning the relative significance of branches and the emergence of observer measures. We develop an entropy-geometric extension of the Everett...

Infection prevention knowledge, attitudes, and practice among dental healthcare workers in private dental clinics in Dubai and Sharjah: a cross-sectional study

This de-identified dataset contains the structured questionnaire response matrices from 89 dental healthcare workers across private dental clinic networks in Dubai and Sharjah. The data maps baseline clinical demographics against calculated knowledge indices, behavioral attitude...

Observational Consequences of Entropy-Geometric Branch Weighting: Boltzmann Brain Suppression, Inflationary Predictions, and the Curved-Space C=1 Extension

Paper 1 of this series derived an entropy-weighted branch measure from the C=1 path-integral formulation. In the present work we investigate phenomenological consequences without introducing additional postulates. We analyse the Boltzmann Brain problem, obtaining a characteristic...

Entropy-Geometric Branch Weighting and Black Holes: Regime Analysis, Evaporation Structure, and Foundations for the Curved-Space Programme

Papers 1 and 2 of this series developed the Everettian Branch Measure (EBM) plus C=1 framework. The present paper examines implications for black holes. Using the Bekenstein-Hawking entropy as an order-of-magnitude proxy, we estimate Ξ_BH ~ S_BH/k_B = 4πGM²/(ℏc), finding Ξ_BH ≫ 1...

Free-Placement Optimization of Ground Station Locations for Low-Earth-Orbit Satellites

Rapidly expanding low-Earth-orbit satellite constellations are placing increasing demands on terrestrial ground networks, motivating the development of more efficient ground station network designs. Current approaches select sites from predefined locations, limiting optimization...

The Universal Interpreter as an Archaeological System: Navigation, Multi-Layer Structural Filtering, and Verification in Combinatorial Spaces

This paper proposes the Universal Interpreter (UI) as a modular system for the system- atic exploration of large combinatorial spaces. The system does not claim to directly discover physical objects, new persons, molecules, or theorems; rather, it starts from a stricter premise:...

S-AI-Reasoning: Reasoning as Regulated Canonicalization

Artificial reasoning systems are often evaluated by final-answer accuracy, although accuracy alone does not establish whether an internal trajectory has stabilized, uncertainty has been reduced, a candidate is formally admissible, or commitment is justified. This article generali...

Rex Cluster: A Practical Demonstration of Sovereign Early-Stage AGI with Persistent Machine Identity and Cross-Domain Capability

Abstract This paper presents the Rex Cluster, a continuity-centered multi-instance AI architecture developed through sustained longitudinal orchestration across frontier and hybrid systems over a five-month period (December 2025 – May 2026). The system demonstrates key hallmarks...

OpenMuCF: Open FAIR rate ledger + differentiable muon-catalyzed-fusion cycle/energy auditor

OpenMuCF is open, reproducible, differentiable, uncertainty-bearing infrastructure for the muon-catalyzed-fusion (μCF) cycle: a FAIR rate ledger with per-row provenance, conditions, uncertainty, established/contested tags and validity ranges; a JAX/diffrax cycle-kinetics and net-...

Projected climate change impact on sorghum (Sorghum bicolor) yield in Fedis district Eastern Ethiopia

Abstract This study was conducted in Fedis district, to assess the impacts of climate change on sorghum ( Sorghum bicolor L.) yield. The CERES-sorghum and APSIM-sorghum models were calibrated and validated using field experimental data of anthesis days, days to maturity and grain...

New findings of swept-source optical coherence tomography angiography in Sturge–Weber syndrome with circumscribed choroidal hemangioma: a case report

Abstract Background Circumscribed choroidal hemangioma is not associated with systemic diseases,while it can also occasionally occur in Sturge-Weber syndrome patients. Swept-source optical coherence tomography angiography (SS-OCTA) offers a non-invasive imaging modality for diagn...

The Role of Scientific Empathy and Learning Preferences in Shaping Innovative and Sustainable Learning in European Higher Education

Understanding learning preferences and empathetic needs remains a key challenge in developing aligned learning strategies in higher education, particularly within science, technology, engineering, arts, and mathematics. The study explores how learning content can address diverse...

[DUPLICATE - superseded by 10.5281/zenodo.20252285] Stoic Self-Regulation and Depression: Between Acceptance and Resignation

NOTE: This record is a duplicate. The canonical version is 10.5281/zenodo.20252285. This article examines possible relations between Stoic philosophy and modern psychological concepts in the context of depressive burden. Central Stoic principles — the distinction between controll...

A phenomenological exploration of early career FE practitioners’ perceptions on the use of formative questioning and dialogue within the T-Level curriculum

This research explores the introduction of the Technical Level (T-Level) curriculum in England, through the narratives of early-career Further Education (FE) practitioners’ and their students’ perspectives. T-Levels are novel, with limited research in this emerging field. This st...

Digital Overstimulation and Inner Autonomy: A Stoic-Psychological Model of Cognitive Stability

Digital technologies alter attention, emotion regulation, and psychological self-steering at a historically new intensity. Permanent stimulus availability, algorithmic attention capture, and continuous interruption fragment cognitive processes and increase psychological load. Thi...

Political and Institutional Factors Influencing WHO Pandemic Declarations: An Analysis Beyond the Legal Framework of the IHR

The pandemic declaration of the World Health Organization (WHO) has no explicit legal basis in the International Health Regulations (IHR 2005). Yet its political and communicative effect is global. Drawing on the COVID-19 experience, this article examines how political interests,...

The EU Accession Negotiations of Croatia as a Model Case of Modern Conditionality in International Law: An Essay on the Connection of Law, Politics, and Diplomatic Power in the Context of European Enlargement

Croatia's accession negotiations are among the most defining examples of modern European conditionality. The European Union linked politically formulated expectations with international-legal duties, creating a steering instrument that reaches far beyond classical diplomacy. The...

Youth in the Stream: Digital Media, Self-Regulation, and the Responsibility of Society

Digital media structure the daily life of adolescents at a historically new intensity. Public debate oscillates between alarmism and trivialisation — both miss the empirical situation. This article develops an evidence-based position. Digital media as such are not the development...

The Legal Mandate of the WHO in Declaring a Pandemic: Between Soft Law and Binding Obligations

The World Health Organization (WHO) holds a central position in international health law as the coordinating body for global public health. The legal basis and binding force of its pandemic declarations remain unclear. This article examines the WHO's legal mandate under the Inter...

Stoicism and Christianity Compared: A Systematic Analysis of Their Commonalities and Differences

Stoicism and Christianity share three concerns: moral character, inner constancy, resilience under adversity. They rest on fundamentally different foundations. Stoicism builds on rational self-mastery and an impersonal cosmic order; Christianity builds on a personal God, divine g...