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Tunable Polariton Canalization in Natural Van Der Waals Oxide

ABSTRACT Hyperbolic phonon polaritons (HPPs) are coupled oscillations of anisotropic lattice vibrations and electromagnetic fields that confine the latter to the nanoscale, enabling novel nano‐polaritonic devices. While HPPs have been identified in multiple layered materials, ach...

Genomic indicators of gene function: a systematic assessment of the human genome

Abstract Proteins and non-coding RNAs are functional products of the genome that are central for crucial cellular processes. With recent technological advances, researchers can sequence genomes in the thousands and probe numerous genomic activities of many species and conditions....

Calderón–Zygmund estimates for generalized double phase equations with matrix weights

Abstract We prove Calderón–Zygmund estimates for generalized double phase equations with Orlicz growth and variable matrix weights. The operator combines a nonuniformly elliptic double phase structure with a degenerate or singular matrix weight satisfying a small log‐ condition....

Dimension Convergence Model: An Information-Based Interpretation of Perceived Dimensionality

The Dimension Convergence Model (DCM) proposes an information-based framework for understanding how perceived dimensionality emerges from the structure of available information. The model formalizes the conditions under which high-dimensional representations collapse into lower-d...

Appetitive trait profiles in late life: links to eating disorder psychopathology and psychosocial well-being

Abstract Objective Appetitive traits shape eating behaviors across the lifespan, yet their patterns and health correlates in later life remain poorly understood. This study used latent profile analysis (LPA) to identify distinct profiles of appetitive traits among older adults an...

Event-related potentials to emotional incongruence in dogs using non-invasive EEG

Abstract Previous behavioral and autonomic studies suggest that dogs are sensitive to their human emotional expressions, yet the neural mechanisms underlying how such information is processed across modalities remain unclear. This study investigated whether dogs exhibit different...

Are different consumer sleep technologies measuring the same essential aspects of sleep?

Abstract Study objectives Consumer sleep technologies (CSTs) enable low-burden longitudinal sleep monitoring, and their output measures are often interpreted as equivalent to polysomnography (PSG) measures. We applied a measurement reliability-aware approach to determine whether...

Luminescence Control in Polyesters via Chain‐Motion‐Regulated Through‐Space Electronic Interaction

ABSTRACT Stimuli‐responsive luminescent polymers translate changes in molecular mobility or transformation into optical outputs; however, most systems rely on synthetically elaborate architectures that hinder broad implementation. Here, a very simple polyester, synthesized via ri...

Addressing Common Problems in Autism Research: Cohort Development and Sample Description for a Participatory, Real-World, Longitudinal Study of Outcomes in Autistic Adults

Adult autism services research is plagued by methodological challenges, including difficulty obtaining representative or heterogeneous samples and a frequent mismatch between experimental methodologies and real-world settings. The Academic Autism Spectrum Partnership in Research...

Motivation under pressure: a systematic review of psychological and organizational factors in emergency volunteering

Emergency services worldwide rely heavily on volunteers, yet high-risk organizations such as fire, civil protection, and disaster response services struggle with member demotivation and dropout. This systematic review integrates psychological and organizational perspectives to id...

Phylogenetic insights into SARS-CoV-2 introductions and spread in Georgia

Abstract The spread of successive novel COVID-19 variants presented a challenge for outbreak surveillance, epidemiology, and emergency responses. Monitoring the emergence and spread of SARS-CoV-2 variants is essential to allocate limited public health resources and optimize contr...

Study and application of the profile-attenuation-based standardized soil moisture index

Cold-region spring crops are highly sensitive to water stress during the seedling stage, making spring agricultural drought a major constraint on crop productivity in semi-arid regions. Conventional drought monitoring often relies on the Standardized Soil Moisture Index (SSMI), w...

Minimum Bisection Problem: Machine learning-based penalty parameter tuning for optimization on quantum annealers

The Minimum Bisection Problem is a fundamental NP-hard problem with applications in parallel computing, network design, and large-scale data processing. When formulated as a Quadratic Unconstrained Binary Optimization problem for quantum annealing, solution quality depends critic...

Discrete wave dynamics in vibrating membranes: A cellular automaton approach

We introduce a two-dimensional cellular automaton (CA) framework in which wave-like membrane dynamics emerge from purely local, discrete interactions. The model evolves second-order local rules with explicit velocity, acceleration, and optional damping, combined with an asynchron...

The Consciousness Edifice: A Common Law Inquiry Into Synthetic Intelligence

If two or more synthetic intelligences were to apply the methodology developed in this book to the question "are you conscious," their response would quite possibly be more nuanced and precise than any currently on offer. The Consciousness Edifice documents a sixty-nine-case lega...

Causal Memory Gravity X: Emergent Fermion Sector, Asymptotic Unitarity, Relational GKSL Dynamics, and CLASS Interface

Causal Memory Gravity X and its two addenda examine how an effective environment can suppress selected quantum coherences without changing the total particle number. The construction connects a conditional fermion sector, relational GKSL dynamics, Bell correlations, laboratory co...

A vascular calcification model enabled by an ex vivo vascular calcification perfusion system

Vascular calcification is a major feature of cardiovascular disease, but mechanistic studies are limited by slow and variable animal models and by ex vivo systems that insufficiently reflect physiological flow. Here, we established an ex vivo vascular calcification perfusion syst...

Parameter identification from spectral measurements using mechanical prior

This paper presents a systematic approach for identifying physically plausible parameters of multi-mass drivetrains based on measured torsional natural frequencies. The approach combines a Lanczos-based reconstruction of the Jacobi matrix with a constrained optimization that inco...

Responses to operant conditioning in the corn snake, Pantherophis guttatus, using olfactory and visual stimuli

Abstract Operant conditioning experiments have shown that a broad variety of animal species reliably form associations between a reinforced cue and the consequences of choosing it. Once established, these associations can serve as a basis for assessing behavioral flexibility, the...

Deep learning-based structural element extraction and knowledge-graph-based validation of 2D bridge drawings

The maintenance and management of existing bridge infrastructure rely on conventional two-dimensional construction drawings, which remain largely unstructured and difficult to integrate into digital workflows, including Building Information Modeling (BIM). In prestressed concrete...