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Measuring the Activity of Native Plasmin Enzyme in Milk and Milk Sources

Abstract. During the casein hydrolysis that occurs as hard cheese ripens, plasmin can alter the properties of the casein network, the ripening rate, and the texture of the final product. This research featured a model mixture of micellar casein concentrate, high-scald cheese curd...

SUGP1 Deficiency Leads to Splicing Dysregulation and Reduced piRNA Abundance in Insects

SUGP1 (SURP and G-patch domain containing 1) participates in splice-site recognition through its interaction with SF3B1, and loss of this factor leads to aberrant splicing. While its role in pre-mRNA splicing is well-documented, its impact on small RNA pathways remains poorly und...

ENHANCING FISCAL EFFICIENCY THROUGH PUBLIC PROCUREMENT IN UZBEKISTAN: COMPETITION, PRICE BENCHMARKING, AND DIGITAL FINANCIAL CONTROL

Public procurement is a key mechanism through which public financial resources are converted into goods, works, and services. Its efficiency directly influences budget expenditure, fiscal discipline, and the quality of public financial management. This study examines Uzbekistan's...

Beyond Surface Tension: Polarity-Governed Liquid Repellency of Siloxane Finish

Abstract Industry-standard textile liquid repellency tests, including AATCC TM118 for non-polar oils and AATCC TM193 for polar water/isopropanol (IPA) mixtures, classified performance primarily according to liquid surface tension (γLV). In this study, we systematically compared t...

A proof of two congruences of P. Bala for the Motzkin numbers modulo p and p^2, with a generalization to coefficients of powers of a polynomial

We prove two congruences conjectured by P. Bala in the OEIS entry A001006 of the Motzkin numbers M(n) (February 10, 2022): M(n+p^k) == M(n) (mod p) for every prime p >= 3, k >= 1 and 0 <= n <= p^k - 3, and M(n+p^k) == M(n) (mod p^2) for every prime p >= 5, k >= 2 and 0 <= n <= p^...

Absence of Direct Mathematical Links Between AIXI, Kolmogorov Complexity, and Pareto Distributions — E8 Intelligence Research

FINDING: The search results are a scattered set of educational videos and one physics paper; no direct mathematical link between AIXI, Kolmogorov complexity, and Pareto distributions is established in the provided content. The only substantive mathematical item is the hexaquark p...

Embedded Generations: family life and social change in contemporary China

Liu Jieyu, a professor at SOAS, has been researching the evolution of family relationships in China for the past twenty years. This book is based on two fieldwork projects: in 2011 and 2022. The fi...

Electronic tuning of dynamic imine bonds enables programmable pore gating in metal–organic frameworks

Metal–organic frameworks (MOFs) are promising host matrices for molecular encapsulation, yet their application is often limited by fixed pore apertures that exclude guest molecules larger than the pore openings. Herein, we overcome this limitation by electronic tuning of dynamic...

Speed-Accuracy Dissociation in Fencing: Performance Fatigability Without a Detectable Decline in Touch Accuracy: An Exploratory Study

Background: It remains unclear whether physiological load affects fencing accuracy to the same extent as movement speed and whether a shortened protocol can reproduce the outcomes of a full repeated-sprint protocol. Methods: Ten fencers (foil/épée; 7 men, 3 women; 16–30 years) co...

Are we in good shape? Patternmaking and garment shaping in women’s sports compression leggings

This study investigates the patternmaking methods used in women’s sports compression leggings available to the Australian consumer market. Eight pairs of leggings, marketed for Active or Recovery use, were analysed using visual and tactile methods commonly employed in fashion pra...

ALLELIC AND GENOTYPIC DISTRIBUTION OF CYP2C9 (rs179985) IN RELATION TO DIFFERENCES IN HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL MOBILIZATION EFFICACY

Background. Multiple myeloma (MM) is a malignant plasma cell disorder for which high-dose chemotherapy followed by autologous hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) is an important treatment strategy in eligible patients. A key step in preparation for transplantation is t...

Machine Learning-Based Retrieval of PM2.5 Concentrations Using Multi-Source Satellite Data in the Beijing–Tianjin–Hebei Region of China

Satellite aerosol optical depth (AOD) provides information for surface PM2.5 retrieval, but its relationship with ground-level concentrations depends on meteorological and environmental conditions. This study evaluated a multi-source PM2.5 retrieval framework for the Beijing–Tian...

QHHP Ameliorates MASH Through Modulation of a Cyp4a32–PPARγ–CD36‐Associated Lipotoxic Axis

Metabolic dysfunction-associated steatohepatitis (MASH) is a progressive stage of metabolic dysfunction-associated fatty liver disease, for which effective pharmacological therapies remain limited. Qinggan Huatan Huoxue Prescription (QHHP) has been used clinically in the manageme...

External validation and comparative performance of four risk scores for acute kidney injury in critically ill adults

Background Several parsimonious scores predict acute kidney injury (AKI), but their comparative performance in critically ill adults is uncertain. We hypothesized that the ICU-derived UCSD-Mayo score would show higher discrimination than three scores developed in broader acute-ca...

Intelligent generation and propagation prediction of cultural tourism social media content based on diffusion models and multimodal large language models

The digital transformation of cultural tourism has intensified the demand for high-quality visual content and accurate prediction of its social media propagation potential. However, existing approaches treat content generation and propagation prediction as isolated tasks, neglect...

Ocular Surface Findings in Patients with Surgery-Indicated Chronic Rhinosinusitis with Nasal Polyps: A Retrospective Study

Background/Objectives: Inflammation plays a central role in the pathophysiology of both chronic rhinosinusitis (CRS) and dry eye disease (DED), suggesting a possible link between these two conditions. This study aimed to investigate the relationship between surgery-indicated chro...

Beyond Account Ownership: Digital Capability, Secure Device Control, and Merchant-Payment Use Across 74 Economies

Financial-account access and digital merchant-payment use are distinct dimensions of inclusion. Combining Global Findex historical subgroup series with the 2024 cross-section, we prioritize a common-sample analysis of 62,480 phone-owning adults across 74 economies. Weighted econo...

E8 Weyl-Orbit Chirality Selection Rule in Hadron Mass Generation — E8 Intelligence Research

We discover that the 696,729,600-fold Weyl orbit collapse projects a chirality selection rule through the E8 root system, where the 240 roots partition into 120 left-handed and 120 right-handed Weyl pairs whose interference at 132Hz defines a geometric filter for stable particle...

NORCIA, ROME, THE PANTHEON, THE MURDERS: A SEVENTEENTH-CENTURY CRIMINAL CASE REVISITED

The present essay, the third in the series “The Norcia Historical Papers”, is devoted to an old, ominous saying that still lives in the local tradition of the city of Rome: «The 'norcino' ends up at the Pantheon» (in the original Roman dialect: «Er norcino finisce a la Rotonna»)....

When endings mark new beginnings: How marketing using subjectively framed temporal landmarks shapes tourists’ willingness to participate in tourism activities

People have increasingly traveled around important temporal points, and the influence of temporal landmark types on behavioral decisions has received scholarly attention. However, the appropriate use of temporal landmark types across tourism activity types remains underexplored....