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Differential Game Analysis of Cross-Border E-Commerce Supply Chains Under Dual Trade Barriers

This study examines a two-echelon cross-border e-commerce (CBEC) supply chain under the joint constraints of technical barriers to trade (TBTs) and tariffs. To capture the cumulative nature of foreign-market access, the degree of trade barrier breakthrough is modeled as a continu...

How metacognitive architectures remember their own thoughts: a systematic scoping review

Abstract Metacognition has gained significant attention for its potential to enhance autonomy and adaptability of artificial agents but remains a fragmented field: diverse theories, terminologies, and design choices have led to disjointed developments and limited comparability ac...

Natural variation in the PmbHLH162 promoter regulates anthocyanin biosynthesis and accumulation in Prunus mume

Anthocyanin accumulation is a vital agronomic and ornamental trait, as it not only contributes to adaptation to environmental stress but also enhances ornamental value. In this study, a genome-wide association study (GWAS) was conducted using 328 accessions of mei (Prunus mume) t...

‘My Soul of Combined Saltpeter’. The Penal Colony Journal of Jean Claude Romand

Having fought in the Lyon uprising of November 1831, tailor and republican activist Jean Claude Romand (1798–1874) was sentenced to the Toulon penal colony from 1833 to 1838. There, the man who would later claim credit for coining the Canut motto – ‘Live working or die fighting’...

Biological Control and Biological Security

This policy research article examines biological control as both a resilience instrument and a purposeful ecological intervention within contemporary biosecurity and health-security governance. As biological risks increasingly intersect with food-system stability, ecosystem integ...

Prevalence of Mental Disorders in Parents With Intellectual Disabilities: A Systematic Review

ABSTRACT Background Research indicates that an increasing number of adults with intellectual disabilities (IDs) are becoming parents. Parents with ID face multiple challenges that increase their mental health risks. In order to ensure better detection and tailored care for parent...

Opening the black box of democracy in international business: polity, politics, and policy distances

In the current context of democratic backsliding, different political systems, such as democracies and autocracies, as well as political differences between democracies, play an important role in shaping economic relationships. Yet, studies of political factors in international b...

Three Solution Approaches for Single-objective and Multi-objective Intuitionistic Fuzzy Matrix Games: a Two-level Optimization Framework and its Applications

Intuitionistic fuzzy sets (IFSs) enhance traditional fuzzy sets by introducing a hesitation margin-the difference between one and the sum of the membership and non-membership degrees-capturing uncertainty more effectively. This added flexibility makes IFSs particularly suitable f...

Postbiotics in functional foods: Emerging bioactive metabolites, mechanisms of action, gut microbiome modulation, and health benefits: A review

Postbiotics are preparations of inanimate microorganisms and/or their components that confer a health benefit on the host, as defined by the International Scientific Association for Probiotics and Prebiotics (ISAPP). They have emerged as a distinct category of functional food ing...

Integrating global crop models with knowledge graphs: Evolution, comparison, and future directions

Crop models leverage mathematical methods to simulate plant growth and environmental responses, forming a powerful and critical tool for agricultural decision support in research, management, and policy–making. However, a comprehensive review that systematically integrates global...

The synergistic immobilization mechanism of Cr(VI) and Ni(II) in red mud-based ceramsite fabricated by multi-waste co-sintering

Confronting the dual crisis of hazardous waste accumulation and heavy metal pollution, this study employs a sustainable co-sintering technique at 1150°C for 15 min to transform red mud (RM), excavated soil (ES), and steel slag (SS) into high performance ceramsite. The occurrence...

Motor control exercises with and without the McKenzie method of mechanical diagnosis and therapy for fear-avoidance beliefs in chronic low back pain: a two-arm, parallel-group superiority randomized controlled trial protocol

Chronic low back pain (CLBP) is a major cause of disability and is commonly associated with psychological factors such as fear-avoidance beliefs and reduced pain self-efficacy. Motor control exercises aim to improve spinal stability, while the McKenzie method of mechanical diagno...

The PROTECT-study (PROsthesis TElerehab Care Trial), home-based telerehabilitation in post-operative care after shoulder arthroplasty compared to usual care: study protocol for a randomized clinical trial

Total shoulder arthroplasty (TSA) has become a commonly used procedure for patients with degenerative shoulder complaints such as severe osteoarthritis, cuff tear arthropathy and for revision surgery. After surgery, patients are generally referred to a physical therapist for reha...

Integrating Non-Local Neural Networks into Deep CNN Image Denoising via Residual Learning

본 논문에서는 Non-Local Block을 DnCNN의 중간층에 삽입한 하이브리드 아키텍처 NL-DnCNN을 제안한다. DnCNN(Zhang et al., 2017)은 잔차 학습과 배치 정규화를 결합하여 강력한 기준 성능을 확립하였으나, 3×3 합성곱의 국소 수용 영역 한계로 장거리 의존성을 포착하지 못한다. 본 논문은 Non-Local...

Analysis of Performance and Resource Utilization for FPGA-Based QR Decomposition Architectures

본 논문은 MIMO 통신 및 레이더 신호 처리 등 고속 연산 시스템의 핵심 요소인 QR 분해를 실시간으로 처리하기 위한 FPGA 기반 아키텍처를 제안하고, 주요 알고리즘별 성능 및 리소스 효율성을 비교 분석한다. 본 연구에서는 QR 분해를 수행하는 대표적인 방식인 CGS(Classical Gram-Schmidt), MGS(Mod...

“They could …distance themselves from me claiming I still had Ebola”: experiences of Ebola virus disease survivors in Central Uganda

Ebola continues to be a great public health challenge in Uganda where it is vulnerable to future Ebola outbreaks. Survivors are likely to continue experiencing the after effects of Ebola during the recovery period. The study was conducted to explore experiences of Ebola survivors...

A phase III clinical trial of PXT3003 in Chinese patients with Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease type 1A

Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease type 1A (CMT1A) is the most common inherited peripheral neuropathy and currently lacks disease-modifying therapy. PXT3003, a low-dose oral combination targeting PMP22 overexpression, has shown efficacy in two trials, while one recent confirmatory trial...

Multichamber Myocardial Strain for Cardiovascular Risk Stratification in Liver Transplant Recipients Using Interpretable Machine Learning

BACKGROUND: Cardiovascular events are a leading cause of mortality after liver transplantation (LT), and existing risk scores incompletely capture myocardial vulnerability. OBJECTIVES: The objective of the study was to evaluate whether pre-LT myocardial strain improves machine-le...

Effect of renal denervation in chronic kidney disease: a systematic review, time-stratified meta-analysis and meta-regression of blood pressure and renal outcomes

Hypertension in chronic kidney disease (CKD) is frequently resistant to pharmacologic therapy, with sympathetic overactivity contributing to both elevated blood pressure (BP) and renal disease progression. Renal denervation (RDN) targets renal sympathetic nerves and may provide d...

A commentary on “Rising incidence of central precocious puberty in Thailand: a nationwide population-based study before, during, and after the COVID-19 pandemic (2018–2024)”

Key messageNationwide Thai data showed that central precocious puberty (CPP) incidence rose sharply during the COVID-19 pandemic and plateaued, whereas premature thelarche (PT) continued to increase postpandemic, particularly among girls aged 7-8 years.Because progression from PT...