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HKD∞ Incremental Nash: Exact Equilibrium Computation with Linear-in-N Cycle Reduction in Sparse Potential Games

This paper studies exact pure Nash-equilibrium computation in sparse binary-action exact-potential graphical games. A conventional deterministic best-improvement implementation recomputes every player's unilateral deviation gain after every accepted move. The HKD∞ incremental for...

The platelet-to-high-density lipoprotein cholesterol ratio as a potential biomarker linking tobacco exposure to accelerated reproductive aging in women

Female reproductive aging, commonly reflected by menopausal age and reproductive lifespan, is influenced by environmental exposures and metabolic health, and tobacco exposure has been associated with earlier menopause and shortened reproductive lifespan. Because this association...

Investigation of changes in the profile of fatty acids and growth traits in response to waterlogging/flooding stress

Abrupt climatic changes around the globe have brought serious challenges for agriculturally important crops due to increase in environmental temperature and frequent flooding/waterlogging events. Flooding acts as abiotic stress on plants by challenging the both growth and yield....

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Volume 36 Number 05 August 1958

Contralateral vertebral artery dissection after an unprecedented 14-year interval with a persistent intimal flap: A case report

Background: Bilateral vertebral artery dissection (VAD) is infrequent, and when it occurs, both sides typically dissect simultaneously or within days to weeks. Contralateral dissection after more than 1 year is extremely rare, with previously reported intervals frequently ranging...

AI-Enhanced Tools in Interpreting Practice: A Systematic Review of Methodological Trends and Empirical Evidence

Interpreting is undergoing substantial transformation with the advent of artificial intelligence (AI)-enhanced tools. While empirical research examining their effects has proliferated, review evidence from a methodological perspective remains limited. This systematic review synth...

Weak Cross-Assemblage Concordance of Survey-Round Community Dissimilarity in Korean Lotic Waters: A Matched National Biomonitoring Analysis

National biomonitoring programs increasingly survey multiple biological assemblages, but whether one biological element can serve as a surrogate for the magnitude or ranking of repeated-survey compositional displacement remains unresolved under strict site-year-round matching. We...

When a Boundary Claim Becomes Testable: A Criterion for Adjudicating Scale-Relative Claims, with One Coded Case

Claims that a self-maintaining or cognitive system extends to some scale are chronically underdetermined: in the cases usually discussed the investigator draws the boundary, and can redraw it around whatever is interesting. The standing defence of realism about such boundaries co...

Ectasia to Ecstatic: A Case Report of Immunoglobulin G4-related disease Masquerading as Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis

Immunoglobulin G4-sclerosing cholangitis (IgG4-SC) is a rare fibroinflammatory disease that involves the biliary duct and can often mimic Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis (PSC). It is a chronic disease that has the potential to progress to cirrhosis if left untreated. Obtaining a b...

Digital taylorism and the future of employment relations in India

This study examines the gig economy as a site of contested employment relations, interrogating how algorithmic governance reshapes the social contract between workers and platforms. Drawing on a scoping review of 145 studies, this paper develops a conceptual framework integrating...

Green Synthesis of Functional γ‐Lactams via Metal‐Free Promoted Selective Reductive Amination/Cyclization

Developing a “green” synthetic method to functional γ‐lactam is essential due to their significant importance to numerous fields. In this work, we developed an efficient and highly chemoselective reductive amination/cyclization to access isoindolinones and pyrrolidones from 2‐for...

Access and engagement with comprehensive HIV care : an intersectional examination of the experiences of migrant women living with HIV

Background: Migrant women living with HIV (mWLWH) experience intersecting oppressions that impact their access to and engagement with healthcare services. Despite this acknowledgement, few studies have examined the experiences of mWLWH. Moreover, despite advances in the conceptua...

Multi-Scale Topological Control Theory Based on Rough Operator Algebra (ROA): An Integrated Dynamical Solution for Quantum Error Correction, Blood-Flow Nanobot Swarms, and Geoengineering

This paper proposes an integrated control framework based on Rough Operator Algebra (ROA) that unifies three distinct scales: microscopic (quantum Hilbert space), mesoscopic (blood-flow fluid dynamics), and macroscopic (atmospheric general circulation chaos). Decoherence caused b...

Comics as a tool for teaching alternative energy: effects on cognitive achievement, motivation, attitudes, and learning environment among sixth-grade students

This study examined the effects of comic-based instruction in an alternative energy unit on sixth-grade students’ cognitive achievement, science learning motivation, attitudes toward alternative energy, and perceptions of the classroom learning environment. The study responded to...

Textbook Outcome After Esophagectomy for Esophageal Cancer: Current Evidence and Future Perspectives

Esophagectomy is an essential treatment for resectable esophageal cancer. However, perioperative morbidity and mortality are higher and postoperative hospital stay is longer than other gastrointestinal malignancies. However, quality of perioperative surgical course affects both s...

Long-Term Health-Related Quality of Life Outcomes in Patients With Cellulitis Requiring Hospitalisation

In 94 hospitalised patients with cellulitis, HRQoL was markedly impaired at admission and remained significantly below population norms at 90 days, particularly in patients with persistent pain and oedema. These findings highlight the need for post-discharge follow-up focused on...

What do physiotherapists need to effectively integrate a biopsychosocial approach in treatment of patients with non-specific low back pain? A qualitative analysis

Abstract Background Musculoskeletal disorders, particularly non-specific low back pain, are significant global health concerns with increasing prevalence and a substantial burden on healthcare systems. Physiotherapists in primary care play a critical role in managing these condit...

The Hidden Odd Invariant in the IMO Windmill Problem — E8 Intelligence Research

FINDING: The 2011 IMO windmill problem (Q2) is a deceptively simple combinatorial geometry problem whose solution reveals a hidden invariant — the number of "windmill" states is always odd, forcing a fixed point. | MATH: The problem reduces to: given n points in general position,...

EXTRACTED METHOD: animal_zodiac_mapping — E8 Intelligence Research

rule: Build correspondence table between Göbekli Tepe animal reliefs (fox, boar, crane, scorpion, aurochs) and Mesopotamian zodiac/sumerian god-animals; test if 8 enclosures map to 8 E8 octants or compass directions. source: rlab #205 Author: Andrew Stewart Caldin, Independent Re...

Parametric Multiscale Homogenization and Coupled Thermo-Structural Analysis of Hybrid Al–SiC–Gr Brake Discs via Sequential Micromechanical Modeling

This study presents a hierarchical multiscale homogenization framework to evaluate the thermo-mechanical performance of hybrid aluminum matrix composites (HAMCs) reinforced with Silicon Carbide (SiC) particles and Graphite (Gr) for lightweight automotive brake discs. A sequential...