Research works

Mobile apps for cancer patient education: a technology foresight analysis

Abstract Purpose To identify and classify free mobile applications for adult cancer patient education available in the App Store and Google Play. Methods A technology foresight study was conducted in four phases (preparation, pre-prospecting, prospecting, and post-prospecting). S...

Targeting AHNAK ameliorates osteonecrosis of the femoral head and affects adipogenic pathways involving Smad/PPARγ

Aims This study aimed to investigate the role of AHNAK in patients with osteonecrosis of the femoral head (ONFH) and its association with bone adipogenesis. Non-traumatic ONFH, primarily driven by steroid use and alcohol consumption, results in an imbalance between osteogenesis a...

A Fractional p-Adic Perturbation Bridge for a Supercongruence of Long

This preprint proves the modular hypergeometric supercongruence stated by Ling Long as Conjecture 5, equation (14). It establishes the conjecture for every prime at least seven by constructing a direct congruence bridge from Long’s nonintegral hypergeometric datum to a standard R...

Structural causal influence captures the forces of social inequality in models of infectious disease

Abstract Mathematical models are central to understanding disease transmission for host–pathogen systems across the biosphere. However, most existing frameworks do not explicitly treat host population heterogeneity as a formal driver of variation in transmission dynamics. This ga...

PUBLIC PARTICIPATION MECHANISMS IN ENVIRONMENTAL GOVERNANCE IN NIGERIA

The significance of public participation in environmental governance is inherent in its ability to validate, legitimate and democratize environment-related decisions made or intended to be made by public authorities in exercise of their powers to approve construction projects, ma...

Singular limit problems on the minimal travelling wave speed of the Lotka–Volterra competition model

Abstract We investigate singular limits of the minimal travelling wave speed in a Lotka–Volterra competition-diffusion system. We identify several singular regimes and determine the corresponding speed selection mechanisms. The main difficulty arises from the lack of monotonicity...

A Fractional p-Adic Perturbation Bridge for a Supercongruence of Long

This preprint proves the modular hypergeometric supercongruence stated by Ling Long as Conjecture 5, equation (14). It establishes the conjecture for every prime at least seven by constructing a direct congruence bridge from Long’s nonintegral hypergeometric datum to a standard R...

Beyond memories: A narrative review on the role of amygdalo-hippocampal complex in social cognition

Abstract Social cognition, essential for interpreting and responding to social contexts, is frequently impaired in neurological and psychiatric disorders. Multiple brain regions, organized in large-scale brain networks, represent the neurobiological substrate of social cognitive...

Analysis and identification of gas–liquid two-phase flow pattern based on variational mode decomposition and mutual information complex network

Abstract The identification of gas–liquid two-phase flow patterns is crucial to fluid dynamics research and industrial applications. This study proposes a novel flow pattern identification framework that integrates variational mode decomposition (VMD), complex network analysis, a...

Femoroacetabular Impingement: Current Concepts and Evolving Management Strategies in 2025

Abstract Purpose of Review Femoroacetabular impingement (FAI) syndrome is an important, yet underdiagnosed, etiology of hip pain in adolescents and young adults. This paper reviews our current understanding of the diagnosis and management of FAI syndrome, emphasizing recent updat...

The Paradox That Consumes Reality: The Fully Exhausted Carlo Hybrid Singularity Paper

This work presents the complete Carlo Hybrid paradox engine — a fully exhausted, multi‑domain, total‑collapse structure built from the Self‑Erasing Explanation Paradox and expanded through its meta, hyper, lattice, singularity, and post‑end forms. Beginning with the premise that...

Constructing a molecular interaction and spatiotemporal regulation map of inter-species grafting

Grafting is a form of asexual reproduction technology that has been widely applied in agriculture and forestry. It can enhance the stress resistance of crops, alter plant architecture, and preserve the excellent traits of the scion variety. However, the compatibility in grafting...

Synthesis Notes on Generating Bimetallic 243Am Complexes Using Inherent Lewis Acidity and the TPT Cryptand

Abstract Tris(pyridinediimine)bis(tren) (TPT) was employed as a proligand in reactions with 243Am(NO3)3·nH2O in methanol generating several product types consistent with observations from analogous reactions with the lanthanide series. [Am(TPT)][Am(NO3)6] (1) was identified along...

Empiric MRSA Coverage for Children with Osteoarticular Infections: 2015 to 2024

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Staphylococcus aureus is the most common causative pathogen for children with acute hematogenous osteomyelitis (AHO) and acute bacterial arthritis (ABA). National guidelines recommend empiric coverage for methicillin-resistant S. aureus (MRSA) at hospita...

Revisiting the association between musical expertise and second-language proficiency

Abstract Musical expertise is frequently correlated with second-language (L2) proficiency, but it remains unclear whether this association generalizes across languages and measures. Here, we examined links between musical expertise and L2 proficiency among native speakers of Port...

Board characteristics and market power

I assess the extent to which board structure and composition affect market power. I focus on Italian listed banks over the period 2008–2022. I use a two-stage procedure: I first estimate bank-level Lerner indices, then I regress these market power indicators on a set of variables...

Food quality-driven variation in the link between innovation and survival in semi-natural populations of wild mice

Abstract Innovation underpins adaptation to environmental challenges, yet its link to fitness remains unclear. This may reflect context-dependent effects, with fitness benefits emerging primarily under poor environmental conditions or among individuals in poorer condition. Howeve...

Multivariate statistical assessment of critical and trace elements in fly ash from a municipal solid waste incineration plant in southern Poland

Municipal solid waste incineration fly ash (MSWI-FA) is both an environmentally significant residue and a potential secondary source of critical and valuable elements. This study investigated the distribution and inter-element relationships of 24 trace, critical and rare earth el...

Sex ratio shapes female response to sexual conflict in the wild

Abstract Chronically male-biased sex ratios are predicted to intensify sexual conflict and reduce female fitness. Yet empirical tests of female responses in natural settings are rare. We tested how female reproductive performance depends on social environment in the field using t...

Active trachoma prevalence among Yemeni children in previously highly endemic districts following three rounds of mass drug administration: progress toward eliminating trachoma as a public health problem

<title>Abstract</title> Background This study estimated the prevalence of trachomatous inflammation–follicular among children aged 1–9 years (TF _1–9 ) in previously highly endemic districts of Yemen following three rounds of mass drug administration (MDA) and identifie...