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Religious consumerism: conceptualisation, scale development and validation

Purpose Although the intersection between religion and consumerism is multifaceted, complex and dynamic, this study aims to offer a new insight into the amalgamation of religion and consumerism through conceptualising religious consumerism. It also develops and validates a scale...

The reproductive matrix: regulating transmasculine pregnancy and parenthood

This article develops the concept of the reproductive matrix as a material-discursive regime that regulates who can reproduce, through which bodies, and under what conditions of parental recognition. Extending Butler’s account of the heterosexual matrix, and drawing on Barad’s ma...

Beyond family involvement: distinguishing open dialogue from guideline-based family interventions in schizophrenia and psychosis care

Background Open dialogue is sometimes understood by practitioners as a version of family involvement or family intervention. This assumption is understandable because contemporary schizophrenia guidelines recognise the importance of family, carers and other members of the person’...

Validity conditions for an exponential escape law in throughflow-driven systems

An escape law of the form p_b = exp(−1/χ_b), with χ_b the ratio of the free energy delivered to a system within one relaxation time to the barrier separating it from an adjacent configuration, has been proposed for transitions in systems held away from equilibrium by sustained th...

Cultural Color Codes in Animal-Focused Children's Literature: How Vietnamese and Japanese Perceptions of Color Shape Emotional Response and Brand Messaging

This research explores the impact of culturally embedded color meanings, character-based color–emotion linkages, and color branding on children’s emotional reactions to animal characters in picture books, drawing comparisons between young readers in Vietnam and Japan. Grounded in...

Właściwości przeciwbakteryjne i grzybostatyczne modyfikowanych folii polietylenowych

Wydawnictwo SIGMA-NOT wydaje czasopisma fachowe informujące swoich czytelników o najnowszych osiągnięciach naukowych i nowoczesnych rozwiązaniach technicznych w Polsce i na świecie, popularyzuje problemy techniczne oraz poszerza wiedzę i kulturę techniczną.

Disparities in COVID-19 Vaccination and Implications for Hospital-Based Interventions

Abstract Structural inequities and social determinants influence vaccination rates and related health outcomes. In 2025 in the USA, reduced federal funding for state and local vaccination programs and revised FDA COVID-19 vaccine policy have created new logistical and financial b...

Uniqueness of the Canonical Half-Iterate

A companion note (Existence of a Half-Iterate of the Exponential Map) stated, withoutproof, the Trappmann–Kouznetsov criterion singling out a canonical holomorphic half-iterateof exp, and remarked that its uniqueness half has been independently re-derived by twostructurally diffe...

Novel chimeric PD-L1::PD-L2 fusion and immune evasion in lymphoma

We report a novel in-frame CD274::PDCD1LG2 fusion in primary mediastinal B-cell lymphoma. Functional studies using expression constructs and CRISPR-engineered lymphoma cells confirmed formation of a PD-L1::PD-L2 chimeric protein and marked upregulation of PD-L1 surface expression...

Emerging and Re‐Emerging Viral Pathogens in Oncolytic Virotherapy: A Comprehensive Review

Oncolytic virotherapy has recently emerged as a promising immuno-oncological strategy, utilising the natural cytolytic potentials of viral pathogens to selectively target and destroy malignant cells. Although various engineered viruses, such as adenoviruses, vaccinia virus, and h...

EuroMillions Breakthrough Mining — 1962 Sources, 15022 Leads Extracted — E8 Intelligence Research

Mined 1962 lottery+quantum breakthroughs. Extracted 15022 leads across 13 categories. 12935 high-value leads found. Categories: {"CORRIDOR": 1254, "FORMULA": 1094, "GEOMETRIC": 764, "FORWARD_ATTEMPT": 1326, "QUANTUM": 1540, "TIMING": 223, "CELESTIAL": 1179, "GEMATRIA": 1261, "CON...

White Resilience: The Self-Sustaining Architecture of Whiteness Through Mediocrity, Fragility, and Rage

This article introduces the concept of white resilience as a theoretical framework for understanding the self-perpetuating capacity of whiteness as a structural, cultural, and communicative formation. Drawing on and synthesizing critical scholarship on white mediocrity, white fra...

EuroMillions Breakthrough Mining — 1963 Sources, 15033 Leads Extracted — E8 Intelligence Research

Mined 1963 lottery+quantum breakthroughs. Extracted 15033 leads across 13 categories. 12946 high-value leads found. Categories: {"CORRIDOR": 1255, "FORMULA": 1095, "GEOMETRIC": 764, "FORWARD_ATTEMPT": 1327, "QUANTUM": 1541, "TIMING": 223, "CELESTIAL": 1180, "GEMATRIA": 1262, "CON...

Methodological Approaches to Bioavailability of Oral Creatine in Randomized Controlled Trials: A Meta-Research Study

Background: Creatine is one of the most widely used dietary supplements for enhancing physical performance and is increasingly investigated for a range of health-related applications. Although creatine monohydrate is the most commonly used formulation, concerns have been raised r...

Functional Characterization of Trypsin Genes in Spodoptera litura and Their RNA Silencing in Combination with Insecticides

Trypsin is one of the major digestive proteinases secreted by the insect midgut. It plays important roles in digestion, molting, diapause, zymogen activation, innate immunity, reproduction and insecticide resistance. However, the functions of trypsin and its potential as a target...

A systematic review of the fabrication and mechanical properties of 3D-printed composite clay bricks

This review investigates recent developments in 3D-printed composite clay bricks, with a particular focus on material innovation, geometric refinement, and mechanical performance. A systematic review supported by bibliometric analysis of seventy peer-reviewed publications from 20...

Creating collective shared value between clusters: a case study analysis of the Net-Zero Basque Industrial Super Cluster

Purpose This study aims to address the Net-Zero Basque Industrial Super Cluster (NZBISC) in the Basque Country region (Spain) as a relevant case study to explore how clusters and their management organizations collaborate with each other as a response to grand sustainability chal...

Federated Quantum Machine Learning over Satellite Networks: Toward Scalable Distributed Quantum Classification

Federated learning enables multiple organizations to collaboratively analyze data while retaining local control over their datasets, making it attractive for applications such as healthcare. Distributed quantum computing provides a natural framework for such workflows, allowing g...

Sharp Asymptotics for Abelian Covers of Groups with Bounded Noncommutativity

We determine the sharp exponential growth rate of the minimum number of abelian subgroups required to cover a group with bounded pairwise noncommutativity. Let omega(G) denote the largest size of a pairwise noncommuting subset of a group G, let a(G) be the least size of an abelia...

Level of completion of the maternal health care continuum and its determinants among rural women in East Shoa Zone, Eastern Ethiopia: A multilevel analysis

Background The maternal continuum of care (CoC) is a key strategy for reducing maternal and neonatal morbidity and mortality. In this study, CoC completion was defined as receiving at least four antenatal care visits, skilled birth attendance and postnatal care within 48 hours af...