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Higher education assessments in the age of GenAI: a systematic review

Abstract Assessment in higher education has long centered on core principles such as validity, authenticity, and alignment with learning outcomes, alongside ongoing debates about how best to support academic integrity and meaningful feedback. The emergence of generative artificia...

Deterministic Prime Bases for Regev's Algorithm

Regev's quantum factoring algorithm reduces the number of gates per quantum call, but its correctness for the original deterministic prime bases rests on a number-theoretic assumption. We prove that the first ⌈√n⌉ primes work unconditionally for almost all n-bit composite inputs,...

Comparing Genetic Algorithms and LLMs for Research-Hypothesis Generation: Mainstream Convergence of LLMs, Wider Hypothesis Exploration by Combinatorial Search, and the Limits of Literature-Distance Novelty Metrics

Large language model (LLM)-based creative AI systems tend to produce plausible rather than novel research ideas. This study compares two ways of generating research hypotheses: a genetic algorithm (GA) that recombines Method, Problem, and Goal elements under a fitness function re...

Inelastic Flexural Behaviour and Ductility Characteristics of Steel-Encased Composite Beams Incorporating Normal and High-Strength Concrete Under Out-of-Plane Actions: Nonlinear Finite Element Investigation

Abstract This study presents a rigorous investigation into the inelastic flexural response of steel-encased composite reinforced concrete beams incorporating out-of-plane segmental configurations fabricated from normal strength concrete and high-strength concrete. A total of thir...

Neurological Manifestations in People Living with Human Immunodeficiency Virus (PLHIV) in India: A Scoping Review and the Need for a National HIV-Neurology Special Interest Group

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Despite a low national prevalence of 0.20%, India's absolute burden of 2.544 million people living with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) presents clinicians with varied neurological complications. While combination antiretroviral therapy (ART) has ext...

Mellin Transform Bridges Modular Forms and Apéry Numbers via L-Functions — E8 Intelligence Research

FINDING: Mellin transform bridges Dirichlet series and modular forms via integral representations, with Apéry numbers emerging as special values of modular forms' L-functions. | MATH: Mellin transform \( \mathcal{M}[f](s) = \int_0^\infty f(x) x^{s-1} dx \); for modular form \( f(...

Turkey haemorrhagic enteritis live vaccination controls disease and field virus circulation: molecular, clinical and pathological evidence in field longitudinal studies

Haemorrhagic enteritis (HE) is a viral disease affecting turkeys. Live haemorrhagic enteritis virus (HEV)attenuated vaccines have recently been introduced in Italy. In this study, longitudinal field trials were conducted to assess the efficacy and safety of the live HE vaccine. T...

Design and Replication of Micro- and Nanotextured Polymer Surfaces: A Height-to-Pitch Criterion to Predict Hydrophobicity Enhancement

Abstract The present study examines how the replication of micro- and nanotextures on polymer surfaces enhances their hydrophobic properties and defines a geometric parameter required to obtain functional surfaces at an industrial scale. Nickel shims were fabricated by lithograph...

Therapeutic-scale CAR-NK microrobots with programmable swarm navigation for targeted solid tumor therapy

An urgent requirement in chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) immune cell therapy [e.g., CAR–natural killer (NK) cells] for solid tumors is to engineer the cells for precise tumor targeting. Meanwhile, medical microrobots can be navigated toward specific target sites using external ma...

Forecasting South Africa’s Consumer Price Index Using Seasonal ARIMA, LSTM, Support Vector Regression, and Gradient Boosting Models

Accurate forecasting of the Consumer Price Index (CPI) is essential for effective monetary policy, inflation targeting, and macroeconomic planning. This study evaluates the forecasting performance of a traditional statistical model, Seasonal Autoregressive Integrated Moving Avera...

A multi-mode active frequency support strategy for a grid-friendly integrated PV-ES system

The integration of photovoltaic (PV) and energy storage (ES) is an effective solution to mitigate PV output fluctuations and enhance solar energy utilization. However, existing PV-ES coordination schemes are often limited by insufficient consideration of source-side support capab...

Association between timely and standardized nursing pain management and outcomes in terminal cancer patients

Effective pain management is essential for terminal cancer patients in emergency settings, yet nursing protocol adherence remains suboptimal. This study aimed to evaluate the association between key nursing process indicators and pain relief outcomes in terminal cancer patients p...

Pain Coping Strategies Among Adult Patients with Degenerative Disc Disease

Background/Objectives: This cross-sectional observational study aimed to investigate how individuals with lumbar degenerative disc disease (DDD) cope with pain and its association with their affective state, especially in relation to the symptoms of anxiety and depression. The st...

An Open Data Approach for Comparing CO2 Sorbents

Abstract The rapid growth of research on CO2 capture has led to the development of hundreds of novel sorbents. Their direct comparison is challenging because the reported metrics, testing conditions, and data formats vary across studies. This study examines developments reported...

Ratiometric Copper Iodide Scintillators for Temperature‐Resolved X‐Ray Imaging

ABSTRACT Multifunctional X‐ray imaging that simultaneously resolves structural and thermal information is highly desirable under thermally dynamic and extreme conditions. Yet conventional systems require separate temperature sensors, which increases complexity and limits direct s...

Benchmarking CAPRIX pin behaviour under irradiation with high plutonium content: comparison with experimental data

This paper presents the results of the second phase of the benchmark exercise in the Plutonium Management for More Agility project (PuMMA), which aims to enhance the reliability of fuel performance codes (FPCs) for Mixed Oxide (MOX) fuels with high plutonium content. This phase i...

Identification of Calcium-Sensing Receptor (CAS) as a Phytaspase Interactor: Implications for the CAS Trafficking Pathway

Proteolytic enzymes play important and diverse roles in regulating protein homeostasis in living cells. Phytaspase, a member of the plant subtilisin-like protease family possessing a ‘caspase-like’ selectivity and specificity of hydrolysis of its targets, is a cell death-related...

Nitrogen deposition does not alter the temperate forest soil carbon pool: A 14-y experiment on varied nitrogen fertilization

Soil carbon (C) pools in nitrogen-limited temperate forests are critical to the global C cycle, but there are no long-term experiments examining soil C, with various nitrogen (N) forms. Here, a 14-y experiment (100 kg N ha −1 y −1 ), with added N simulating atmospheric deposition...

EuroMillions Breakthrough Mining — 10458 Sources, 101866 Leads Extracted — E8 Intelligence Research

Mined 10458 lottery+quantum breakthroughs. Extracted 101866 leads across 13 categories. 98164 high-value leads found. Categories: {"CORRIDOR": 8909, "FORMULA": 8649, "GEOMETRIC": 1729, "FORWARD_ATTEMPT": 9363, "QUANTUM": 9618, "TIMING": 665, "CELESTIAL": 8713, "GEMATRIA": 9140, "...

Accelerated Degradation of Polypropylene Mitigated by Cooperative Effect of n-SiO2 and Rosemary Extract

This study analyzes the stabilization effects of silica nanoparticles and rosemary extract on polypropylene during accelerated degradation caused by exposure to γ-rays. The accurate procedures involved in the mitigation of oxidative degradation (isothermal and nonisothermal chemi...