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The dynamic changes of rumen bacterial and fungal microbiota in free-ranged Gangba plateau sheep

Abstract Gangba sheep is an important sheep breed in Xizang plateau; however, little information is available about its rumen microbiota. This study revealed the composition and characteristics of rumen bacterial and fungal microbiota in free-ranged Gangba sheep. For bacterial an...

Patch–Terrain Coupling and Resistance-Based Connectivity Adjustment for Assessing Contiguous Cropland Consolidation Potential in Hilly Terraced Regions: A Case Study of Huangzhong District, China

Cropland fragmentation remains a major constraint on agricultural mechanization, land consolidation, and cropland protection in hilly and mountainous regions. In terraced landscapes, cropland patches that appear close in planar space may nevertheless be difficult to connect becau...

Experimental investigation of salt removal from medium-grade Zubir Mushref crude oil using ultrasonic and chemical methods: process optimisation and performance assessment

Crude-oil desalting limits the movement of inorganic salts into refinery equipment and therefore supports corrosion control and reliable operation. In this laboratory study, crude-oil demulsification was examined using RP6000, ultrasonic treatment, and a combined ultrasonic–chemi...

Visual Entropy Score (VES): A Perceptual Complexity Metric for Video Content Assessment Across Sensitive Populations

Existing video content standards address photosensitive epilepsy risk through flash frequency thresholds (Harding PSE test; W3C WCAG 2.1), but no unified, publicly accessible metric characterizes the full perceptual complexity of video content across diverse sensitive populations...

Dietary nanoencapsulated A-Ghrelin improves growth performance and health status in juvenile Siberian sturgeon

This study evaluated a novel multi-functional feed supplement for juvenile Siberian sturgeon ( Acipenser baerii ), combining an acetylated ghrelin analog (A-Ghrelin) with a chitosan-alginate-iron oxide (Fe₂O₃) nanoparticle delivery system. Over 60 days, 240 fish (initial weight:...

Mineralogy, Particle-Size Distribution and Cement Dosage as Joint Controls of the Physico-Mechanical, Microstructural and Water-Transport Response of Some Cement-Stabilised Lateritic Soils from Western Cameroon in Road Construction

Lateritic soils are widely used in tropical road infrastructure, yet their response to cement treatment depends strongly on the properties of the untreated material. This study examines three lateritic soils collected at Ndandut, Kafeng and Bantoum III, in western Cameroon, under...

Polyethylene Glycol Crowding Enhances Protease-Mediated Albuminolysis with Distinct Surface Tension Dynamics

Abstract Macromolecular crowding profoundly influences biomolecular interactions and enzymatic processes through excluded volume effects, providing opportunities to optimize enzymatic reactions for diverse applications. To this end, albuminolysis is particularly important for var...

The German-American Reisch family in British Bengal

Abstract: This presentation introduces a private digital humanities project dedicated to reconstructing the historical footprints of the German-American Reisch family in British Bengal. Operating at the intersection of migration history, colonial microhistory, and modern technolo...

Sustainable Approach to Thermoplastic Polyurethanes Stabilization: Vanillin as a Natural Additive in Melt-Processing

Thermo-oxidative degradation during high-temperature processing remains a major challenge limiting the performance of thermoplastic polyurethanes (TPUs). This study evaluated vanillin (4-hydroxy-3-methoxybenzaldehyde), a bio-based phenolic compound, as a primary thermo-oxidative...

Self-reflection in managers’ collaborative learning

While traditionally viewed as a private internal dialogue, explicitly shared self-reflection holds significant potential to drive managers’ collaborative learning. Although collaborative learning has been studied extensively, the role of self-reflection in managers’ collaborative...

c-Myc Links TGF-β Signaling to Metabolic Control of HIV Reactivation in OM10.1 Cells

Background/Objectives: Antiretroviral therapy (ART) suppresses HIV replication but does not eliminate persistent viral reservoirs, which can rapidly reseed viremia following treatment interruption. We previously showed that blockade of transforming growth factor beta (TGF-β) sign...

Acute ischemic stroke despite NOAC therapy in atrial fibrillation

Acute ischemic stroke (AIS) can occur in patients with non-valvular atrial fibrillation (AF) despite treatment with non-vitamin K antagonist oral anticoagulants (NOACs). This study evaluated clinical, treatment-related, inflammatory, and echocardiographic factors associated with...

Comparative Evaluation of Power-Law and Viscoelastic Hemolysis Models in the FDA Nozzle Benchmark Geometry

Abstract Purpose The mechanical damage of red blood cells (hemolysis) remains a key challenge in the design of blood-contacting medical devices. This study aims to compare the predictive performance of the empirical power-law model and the physiologically motivated viscoelastic m...

Grain Inspection Probe

Stored grain can deteriorate when moisture and temperature conditions encourage fungal growth, insect activity, or other biological processes. Manual inspection generally provides limited information about conditions deep within a grain mass, while fixed sensors monitor only thei...

Can a learned score see the margin of the arrow of time?

An observer who sees a Hamiltonian ensemble through a Gaussian window of width σ(t) = σ₀e^{rt} finds that the coarse-grained entropy grows if and only if r exceeds a critical rate R of the state, and R stays below the largest strain rate κ of the flow by a margin proportional to...

High Bleeding Risk Patients Undergoing Percutaneous Coronary Intervention: How to Choose the Optimal Antithrombotic Therapy, Its Duration and the Right Stent; A Comprehensive Review of the Current Literature and Proposed Treatment Algorithms

High bleeding risk (HBR) patients represent a significant proportion of those who undergo percutaneous coronary interventions (PCI). The accurate diagnosis of the HBR population is essential because they suffer significantly higher rates of mortality and bleeding compared with no...

Hunger, Famine and Eating Habits

This paper explores how hunger and famine affect various eating habits, including commensal relations within households, shared attitudes toward eating with unfamiliar people, and typical ways of expressing appetite. Drawing on data collected from 124 societies worldwide, it prov...

Prime-Defined Approximations and Zero-Free Boundaries for the Completed Zeta Resolvent

We construct an entire function from finitely many von Mangoldtcoefficients whose locally uniform limit is the pole-regularized logarithmic derivativeof the Riemann zeta function on every fixed zero-free half-plane. The construction isexplicit, including its endpoint correction a...

Rapid development of durable bacterial blight resistance in African rice through marker-assisted pyramiding of four resistance genes

Abstract Bacterial blight of rice causes substantial crop losses in Asia and Africa. The recent introduction of Asian strains into African countries has led to two independent outbreaks detected in 2019, causing severe damage in Madagascar and Tanzania. The strains are highly vir...

A Simple Empirical Method for Estimating Extreme Air Velocities from CFD Mean-Flow Statistics: Validation Using ISS Columbus and CASA Ventilation Data

Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) simulations based on Reynolds-Averaged Navier–Stokes (RANS) models are widely used for spacecraft cabin ventilation design; however, they primarily provide mean-flow quantities and often underestimate velocity extremes relevant to crew comfort,...