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MIT / TFE family transcription factors, Mitf and Tfec, redundantly promote pigment cell differentiation and retinal epithelium pigmentation in teleosts

BACKGROUND: Transcription factors of the MIT/TFE family-mitfa, mitfb, and tfec-play essential roles in specifying pigment cells derived from neural crest cells in vertebrates. In teleosts, which possess multiple pigment cell types, these factors exhibit partially redundant but la...

Bureaucratic Domestication and Abstraction Paralysis: How High-Context Corporate Socialization Inhibits Low-Context AI Prompting

Despite the rapid enterprise adoption and technological democratization of generative artificialintelligence (AI), organizations encounter severe operational bottlenecks characterized by poor promptquality and low employee engagement. Standard managerial discourse attributes this...

A comprehensive review on vegetable waste biosorbents for sustainable wastewater treatment

Untreated wastewater, including both municipal and industrial wastewater, contaminates soil, surface water, and groundwater, posing a serious environmental risk. Innovative, economical, renewable, and ecologically safe wastewater treatment solutions are currently required. In ord...

Machine learning framework for predicting ESDD on high-voltage glass insulators with SHAP-based feature optimization

This paper introduces the use of machine learning (ML) models to predict the severity of pollution on high-voltage outdoor glass insulators using equivalent salt deposit density (ESDD). Four ML models, including Support Vector Machines (SVM), Neural Networks (NN), Extremely Rando...

AI-driven circular plastic recycling model based on q-Fractional fuzzy Z-information

This study focuses on creating an AI-based circular plastic recycling decision-making framework to enhance the sustainability and operational efficiency of plastic waste management systems in a decision-making environment with unknown decision conditions. The proposed recycling f...

Clinical and Ultrasonographic Characterization of Proposed Sjögren’s Disease Phenotypes in a Korean Longitudinal Cohort

Background/Objectives: The objective was to determine whether previously proposed Sjögren’s disease (SjD) subgroups can be pragmatically classified using routinely available clinical and laboratory data and to evaluate their associations with salivary gland ultrasonography (SGUS)...

Effectiveness of the Basic Infection Control Skills License (BICSL) Training Program on Nurses' Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices in Makkah, Saudi Arabia

Introduction Healthcare-associated infections (HCAIs) remain a major global health concern. In Saudi Arabia, the Basic Infection Control Skills License (BICSL) program was introduced to standardize infection prevention and control (IPC) training among healthcare workers. However,...

The Discourse-Directive Function of Loci in the Argument Model of Topics

Abstract In argumentation theory, loci - also referred to as topoi - are commonly viewed as abstract sources of inference that guide the invention of arguments. Within the Argument Model of Topics (AMT), loci are analysed as sources of inference underlying individual arguments. T...

A Novel Computational Technique for Fast Modular Inversion

The computation of a multiplicative inverse modulo an integer is a fundamental operation in modular arithmetic and has important applications in number theory, cryptography, and computer science. The Extended Euclidean Algorithm (EEA) is one of the most widely used general method...

Interactive Playback Visualizer to Analyze Joint-Angle Co-Modulation with a Wavelet Approach: Application to Pose-Voice Relationships During Spontaneous Conversation

Deep visual recognition can turn ordinary video into interpretable motor knowledge, yet coordination among the joints of a single body during social interaction remains largely unexplored. We present an interactive playback visualizer that couples markerless pose estimation with...

Perception, coping, and needs of frailty in older patients with COPD: a qualitative study from patient, caregiver, and healthcare provider perspectives

Multidimensional frailty substantially affects health outcomes in older adults with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD); however, its comprehensive management remains insufficiently investigated. Existing research has largely focused on physical frailty from the patient...

Utility of multiplex PCR panels for optimum management of lower respiratory Infections Employing FilmArray Pneumonia Plus Testing—results of the UPLIFT study

Background and Objective: The objectives of this study were to assess the yield of multiplex PCR testing in LRTI and its utility in antimicrobial streamlining. Establishing the microbial aetiology is of paramount importance for tailored antimicrobial therapy in lower respiratory...

Operationalized Self-Research with AI: A Conceptual Position Paper on Person-Specific Empirical Research in Elite Sport

Population-based evidence is indispensable in sport psychology but does not, by itself, establish how performance-relevant processes are organized within a specific elite athlete. This conceptual position paper develops Operationalized Self-Research with AI as a person-specific e...

Microbiota of Polistine Wasps: A Comparison of Four Species From India

Studying the microbiota of closely related species can provide important insights into the essential roles of symbiotic microbes in the physiology of organisms. We have studied the bacterial microbiota of four polistine species (Vespidae: Polistinae), from India, using 16S rRNA a...

Assessing the Impact of Sea Surface Temperature Biases in CMIP6 Coupled Models on the North Pacific Westerly Jet

Abstract This study investigates the impact of sea surface temperature (SST) biases on the latitude of the climatological North Pacific westerly jet using multi‐model analyses and atmospheric general circulation model (AGCM) sensitivity experiments. A comparison of atmospheric‐on...

Emerging nitrogen-driven urban atmosphere control on aerosol iron dissolution for biogeochemical cycles

Iron (Fe) is a critical micronutrient regulating marine productivity and the global carbon cycle, yet its atmospheric dissolution mechanisms remain debated for biogeochemical cycle. The prevailing “iron-sulfur coupling” paradigm has traditionally explained proton-promoted dissolu...

Nipocalimab for warm autoimmune hemolytic anemia: results from the phase 2/3 randomized, double-blind ENERGY study

Warm autoimmune hemolytic anemia (wAIHA) is a rare, life-threatening disease characterized by autoantibody-mediated destruction of red blood cells with no approved treatments. Nipocalimab, an immunoselective neonatal Fc receptor blocker, reduces circulating IgG levels, including...

Constructing Integrative Catalytic Pairs in Carbon Nanohorns for Enhanced Neutral H 2 O 2 Electrosynthesis

ABSTRACT Electrosynthesis of hydrogen peroxide (H 2 O 2 ) via the two‐electron oxygen reduction reaction (2e − ORR) offers a sustainable and decentralized alternative to the anthraquinone process. However, conventional solo‐active‐site catalysts are intrinsically limited by scali...

The Myelin Sheath as a Multilamellar Electromechanical System: Bilayer Stack Analogs, Energy Buffering, and Biological Memory

The myelin sheath has traditionally been viewed as a passive electrical insulator that accelerates nerve impulse propagation. Recent experimental studies, however, indicate that myelin is a dynamic biological material whose structure and hydration state adapt to neuronal activity...

Board Tenure, Sustainability Committees and CEO Duality: Evidence on ESG Performance

ABSTRACT This study examines the association between board tenure, sustainability committees, CEO duality and environmental, social and governance (ESG) performance among Hong Kong‐listed firms from 2007 to 2024. Drawing on stakeholder–agency and resource dependence theories, we...