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Effects of dietary quality on type 2 diabetes risk and the mediating role of inflammatory markers

Abstract This study aimed to explore the association between multiple dietary quality indices and diabetes risk and investigate the potential role of systemic inflammatory markers in such relationships. Data were obtained from 21 476 participants in the Fuqing Cohort Study who co...

Student AI Personal Assistant

This work presents the Student AI Personal Assistant Using Multimodal Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG), a student-oriented application designed to simplify access to academic information stored in PDF documents and lecture materials. The documented system includes a React and...

From Notice to Contestable Grounds: Necessary Informational Conditions for Algorithmic Contestability

Notice, explanation, and an appeal procedure can leave an affected party unable to investigate an institution’s determination. Where contestability is independently required or promised, this article develops the Necessary Informational Conditions framework to identify what infor...

Engineering Intramolecular Hydrogen Bond Networks to Access Ensembles of Conformational Isomers of 24-Atom Macrocycles: Computation Corroborates Assignments and Predicts Structure

Abstract Intramolecular hydrogen bond (IMHB) networks contribute to the shape and physical properties of macrocycles. Understanding and ultimately engineering these networks represents a challenge to the field, both experimentally and computationally. Here, 24-atom triazine macro...

Analysis of Triple-Frequency PPP Ambiguity Resolution with Different Ambiguity Fixing Methods

Accurate ambiguity resolution (AR) is critical for precise point positioning (PPP). Triple-frequency observations enable longer wavelength combinations, improving AR performance. This study evaluates four AR algorithms, Integer Least Squares (ILS), Partial Ambiguity Resolution (P...

A Triadic Programme Combining Universal Design for Learning, Multilevel Instruction and Manipulative Mathematics in Second-Grade Primary Education: A Quasi-Experimental Study of Mathematical Competence and Attitudes

Evidence on programmes that combine manipulative mathematics, Universal Design for Learning (UDL) and multilevel instruction is scarce, particularly for primary students with and without specific learning difficulties (SpLD). This study examined whether a six-session triadic prog...

Energy Transition as a Local Development Priority: Implications for Municipal Investment Activity in South-Eastern Poland

The article contributes to the discussion on the determinants of local governments’ engagement in energy transition-related investment. It aims at identifying the position of the energy transition among the development priorities of local authorities and at assessing the extent t...

The instrument-subject alternation in the dialect of Reggio Emilia

Abstract This paper is dedicated to a cross-linguistic comparison of the Instrument-Subject Alternation in Italian and the dialect of Reggio Emilia. This phenomenon lies at the interface between semantics and syntax. It is syntactic in nature but ruled by two main semantic constr...

A Novel Weighted Log-Kumaraswamy Distribution: Mathematical Characterization, Statistical Inference, and Reliability Applications

Primary technique: Construction of a new Weighted Log-Kumaraswamy lifetime distribution using the weighted general family of distributions. In this paper, a new three-parameter lifetime model, called the Weighted Log-Kumaraswamy Distribution (WLKD), is proposed by incorporating t...

Phase Integrability Bound: E8 Source of Tsirelson Limit — E8 Intelligence Research

The 40-step φ-scaled Coxeter triplet resonance cascade reveals that quantum non-locality's 2√2 Tsirelson bound emerges as a phase integrability constraint inherent to E8's 240-root vector lattice. As the 40 Coxeter operators accumulate φ-scaled phase increments θ_n = 2π·φⁿ/132, t...

Switched output feedback H∞ control for T-S fuzzy systems via privacy protection

This paper studies the problem of dynamic output feedback H ∞ control for a class of T-S fuzzy systems with time-varying membership functions. For the fuzzy Lyapunov function, this paper constructs first-order and second-order membership-dependent Lyapunov functions, and divides...

PFEP for Glucagon and Other Aggregation-Prone Linear Peptides

Glucagon illustrates a central formulation conflict: acidic conditions support initial dissolution but prolonged aqueous storage can produce chemical degradation, aggregation, gelation, and fibrillation, while near-neutral operation may be required in pumps or mixed-hormone devic...

Nouns and nominalization as choices of style

John Eric Bellquist examines nominalization and noun strings as choices of style in professional writing. Through examples from nursing literature, he shows how nouns can name useful concepts while verbs, possessives, and prepositions can clarify actions and relationships. The be...

Slope position controls on methane uptake and emissions in a temperate mountainous forest in Japan

Abstract Upland forest soils represent the second-largest global sink for atmospheric methane (CH 4 ), but accurate estimation of this sink is hindered by the high spatial heterogeneity of CH 4 fluxes, particularly in complex mountainous terrain. This study investigated the mecha...

Lightweight Mortars Incorporating LECA, Perlite, and Crumb Rubber: Influence of SBR–PPF Modification on Material Performance

Developing lightweight cementitious materials incorporating recycled constituents while maintaining appropriate functional performance requires a balance between density, mechanical resistance, durability-related properties, and thermal efficiency. This study comparatively evalua...

Can digital-real integration effectively curb urban sprawl? Evidence from China using double/debiased machine learning

Urban sprawl (URS) has become a major challenge to China’s sustainable development under the backdrop of rapid urbanization. Digital-real integration (DRI) provides a new pathway for urban spatial governance, yet its concrete impacts and mechanisms remain insufficiently tested. B...

Different prompts – different online learning behavior? Investigating generic, specific, and adaptive specific prompts

Purpose In digital learning environments, learners need to regulate their learning, yet many do not engage in effective self-regulated learning strategies. Prompts can scaffold these processes, but their effectiveness may depend on their specificity and alignment with learners’ o...

Cullin-5 RING E3 ligase limits CD8⁺ T-cell persistence and effector responses during chronic antigen stimulation

Abstract T-cell exhaustion limits durable antitumor responses and remains a barrier to adoptive cell therapies (ACT) in solid tumors. To identify regulators of T-cell persistence, we performed genome-wide CRISPR knockout screens in primary human CD8⁺ T cells expressing an NY-ESO-...

Ca2+-Triggered Reinforcement of Polyacrylamide/Sodium Alginate Composite Nanogel Spheres for Regulating Multiphase Transport in Low-Permeability Heterogeneous Porous Media

Low-permeability heterogeneous porous media commonly exhibit preferential flow through high-permeability channels and persistent residual-oil trapping in small pores and dead-end regions, limiting effective multiphase transport and residual-oil mobilization. Herein, Ca2+-responsi...

The first three Kaluza–Klein masses do not uniquely determine the one-loop Wilson-line curvature

We study whether three low-lying fermion masses determine a finite Wilson-line response in a five-dimensional Abelian theory on a circle. A neutral angular field generates a periodic fermion mass profile on a winding minimum of a local energy with two cosine couplings. Together w...