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Anxiety and Self-Care in Adolescents with Type 1 Diabetes

Abstract Purpose: We aimed to explore the interrelationships among demographic characteristics, sleep quality, diabetes self-care behaviors, and diabetes-specific quality of life among adolescents with type 1 diabetes and anxiety symptoms. Study Design and Methods: We conducted a...

Modulating Phase-Selective Dealloying and Structural Stability of a Self-Supporting Nanoporous CuZrAl MG Electrode via Trace Pd Decoration

Abstract Combining high mechanical integrity with optimized catalytic kinetics remains a critical bottleneck for exploiting Cu-based nanoporous materials in the hydrogen evolution reaction (HER). In this work, a self-supporting nanoporous Cu-based metallic glass modified with tra...

Net carbon emission accounts, drivers, and mitigation measures in China, 1980–2020

Mitigating net CO 2 emissions under socioeconomic development and climate variability is essential for climate action and sustainable development goals. Here, focusing on anthropogenic emissions and terrestrial ecosystem sinks, we construct a national-scale account of China's net...

A Novel Bioengineering Approach to Breast Cancer Invasion In Vitro Through Enhancing the Value of Existing Breast Cancer Epithelial Lineages

Breast cancer incidence is rising globally. The emerging literature implicates cancer cell interactions with their surrounding microenvironment as a clinically significant driver of cell migration and metastasis. Current in vitro modelling approaches often rely on basic two-dimen...

Heat as a Located Constraint on Grain Production in a Humid Basin: Implications for Climate-Adaptive Land Management

In humid agricultural regions, where heat and water deficit are decoupled, temperature acts on crops in two opposed ways: moderate warmth advances development, whereas extreme heat damages it, and land management must distinguish them. This study examined the temperature response...

Wound healing and recurrence in head and neck cancer: a narrative review

There is a growing body of evidence showing that the postoperative wound healing response shares molecular machinery with tumor pathways. Within larger surgical fields such as breast or colorectal cancer, strong preclinical and clinical evidence exists demonstrating a link betwee...

The relationship between family functioning and adolescent depression: a systematic review and three-level meta-analysis

Abstract Background Depression is a common mental disorder worldwide, particularly among adolescents. Although previous studies have identified a correlation between family functioning and adolescent depression, the influence of family functioning’s core dimensions is still uncle...

From a Single Axiom to Four-Dimensional Spacetime: A Readout Mechanism for Discrete Ontology

This work establishes a discrete ontological framework whose sole starting point is a single axiom: *zero never stays still*. No manifold, metric, probability, or action is introduced. Words, graphs, divergence identities, zero-sum conservation, and integer multiplicities are all...

Changes in Mineral Profile of Portulaca oleracea L. Under Foliar Treatment with Sodium Selenate

The mineral composition of edible plants often changes as a result of selenium biofortification, which affects plant species tolerance and adaptability to Se supply, as well as nutritional value. To reveal the peculiarities of macro- and microelements in root–leaf–seed distributi...

Adaptive deanonymization of blockchain transactions leveraging integrative neural architectures in decentralized networks

Abstract The pseudonymous nature of decentralized networks like Bitcoin presents tremendous obstacles for regulatory compliance, forensic auditing, and cybercrime investigation. Traditional heuristics and single-modality machine learning (ML) frameworks provide partial transparen...

Influences of Nanostructuring and Densification Processes on the Lattice Thermal Conductivity of n -Type Indium Antimonide

Abstract Indium antimonide (InSb), an n-type narrow-band gap semiconductor, has attracted considerable interest in intermediate-temperature thermoelectric (TE) applications due to its excellent electronic transport properties; however, its relatively high lattice thermal conducti...

Adaptive Integral Sliding-Mode Control for UAV Hovering with Conditional Anti-Saturation

This paper develops conditional anti-saturation integral sliding-mode control for quadrotor hovering subject to bounded generalized control authority, external disturbances, and model uncertainties. A state-dependent Boolean mechanism conditionally modifies the bounded restoring...

Advancing nutrient circularity in agriculture: Critical perspectives on recycling-derived bio-based fertilisers, production, and adoption challenges

Recycling-derived bio-based fertilisers (RD-BBFs) are an emerging sustainable solution for nutrient management in agriculture, addressing the pressing need to reduce reliance on mineral fertilisers sourced from finite resources. This paper reviews journal articles and EU legislat...

Soluble O16-antigen LPS complex delays T4 bacteriophage adsorption to Escherichia coli K-12 MG1655

MG1655 is an Escherichia coli K-12 strain that does not express O-antigen, a distal sugar component of lipopolysaccharide (LPS) on Gram-negative bacteria. DFB1655 L9 is an isogenic strain of MG1655 with O16-antigen expression restored. Studies have shown that DFB1655 L9 is resist...

Operational Reality across Scales of Resolution and Noise

In information theory, how much an observation reveals about a specified physical event in a system such as a particle, a dynamical system or a sensor network can be measured by Theil's uncertainty coefficient (Theil's U), a known statistical quantity. This fraction is called the...

Visible-Light-Induced Metal-Free Regioselective C–H α-Carbonyl Alkylation of 4-Aminocoumarins Using 10-Phenylphenothiazine

Abstract We report a visible-light-induced photoredox method for the regioselective C3 α-carbonyl alkylation of 4-aminocoumarin derivatives. The protocol avoids transition metals and uses 10-phenylphenothiazine (PTH) as an efficient, inexpensive organic photocatalyst in place of...

A Novel Acoustic Diffraction Search Algorithm for Global Path Planning of Orchard Transport Robots

A novel heuristic search algorithm, the Acoustic Diffraction Search Algorithm (ADSA), is proposed to address the global path planning problem for orchard transport robots. By simulating the diffraction characteristics of acoustic waves around obstacles, ADSA constructs a search m...

In Vivo Blood Kinetics and Transcript Integrity of Three mRNA–Lipid Nanoparticle Vaccines in Humans

Abstract mRNA–lipid nanoparticle (LNP) vaccines are detectable in human blood after vaccination, but platform-specific differences in systemic persistence and transcript integrity remain poorly defined. We analyzed serial blood samples from 73 participants receiving Moderna mRNA-...

Elevated Blood Lead Levels in Children With Sickle Cell Disease

ABSTRACT Background Although prior reports suggest sickle cell disease (SCD) as a risk factor for lead poisoning, this association remains understudied. This paper assesses the relationship between SCD and elevated blood lead levels (BLLs) in New York City children. Methods We co...

Volumetric mass transfer coefficient (kLa) study with Pressure Swing Rotating Bubble Cap (PSRBC) sparger in a semi-batch bubble column

The present investigation is focused on evaluating the effect of sparger rotation on the mass transfer performance in terms of volumetric mass transfer coefficient ( k L a ) in a semi-batch Bubble Column equipped with a Pressure Swing Rotating Bubble Cap (PSRBC) sparger. In semi-...