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Group size and composition of brown howler monkeys (Alouatta guariba) in three fragments of Araucaria Pine Forest in southern Brazil

Brown howler monkeys (Alouatta guariba) are increasingly threatened by habitat loss, sylvatic yellow fever, and negative human interactions. In southern Brazil, brown howlers still inhabit some fragments of the endangered Araucaria Pine Forest (APF), but basic information on thei...

Operationalization of Equity Through a Quantitative Analysis of Stakeholder Salience

The incorporation of human values into software engineering processes is increasingly recognised as crucial, yet there is still a lack of practical methods to ensure their inclusion. A key challenge in this area is to identify a representative set of stakeholders while maintainin...

Medial calcaneal neuropathic pain clinically diagnosed in a child initially considered to have Sever’s disease: a case report

Abstract Background Sever’s disease is a common cause of pediatric heel pain and usually improves with conservative treatment. However, persistent pain with allodynia and difficulty in heel contact may indicate a neuropathic mechanism. Case presentation A 9-year-old boy developed...

Framing Displacement, Forcing Perspective: Black Visual Geographies and the Crisis of Homelessness in Oakland

ABSTRACT While Black and visual geographies have examined the image's racial and spatial power, more work is needed to analyze how racial frames of view become spatially embedded. This paper advances such a practice by analyzing news images of homelessness in Oakland. Methodologi...

CFD Analysis of Drag and Internal Volume Tradeoffs in a Compact AUV with a Myring Forebody and Flat Stern

Low-slenderness-ratio, flat-ended autonomous underwater vehicles must balance hydrodynamic resistance against internal volume retention, yet classical slender-body criteria do not fully represent their coupled forebody wake response. A generalized Myring forebody was assessed for...

Pyramidal cell types and circuit organization of the mouse insular cortex reveal functional specializations

Abstract The insular cortex integrates interoceptive and exteroceptive information to mediate bodily homeostasis, emotion and learning. However, the cellular and circuit substrates governing insular functions are poorly understood compared to primary cortices. Here we quantify de...

Optimization of surface roughness and tool life during the milling of zirconium alloy using response surface methodology and machine learning model

Abstract Commercially, zirconium alloys are beneficial for nuclear power generation with the capacity to increase electricity output. This study employed the Response Surface Methodology (RSM) and Machine Learning (ML) model validated by physical machining experiments to investig...

Impact of granulocyte colony-stimulating factors on cytokine release syndrome during bispecific antibody initiation in relapsed/refractory multiple myeloma

Bispecific antibody (BsAb) treatment in multiple myeloma can be associated with adverse events including cytokine release syndrome (CRS), cytopenias, and infections. While granulocyte colony-stimulating factors (G-CSF) can be used to treat neutropenia, little is known about their...

Helicase Mutations in United States Isolates of SARS-CoV-2 Altered Protein Stability and Binding Dynamics

Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus-2, which causes Coronavirus 2019, has resulted in the deaths of more than 7 million people. The helicase, encoded by non-structural protein-13 in the virus genome, plays a critical role in the virus's life cycle and is at the heart of...

Double Pair – Double Impair: An Educational and Strategic Board Game Combining Mathematics, Strategy, and Ivorian Cultural Discovery

Double Pair – Double Impair is an original educational and strategic board game designed to transform mathematical learning into an interactive, engaging, and meaningful experience. The game is based on the concepts of even and odd numbers, numerical comparison, logical reasoning...

Isolation, Characterization and Reverse Genetic System Establishment of a Highly Virulent PEDV Strain

Porcine epidemic diarrhea virus (PEDV) G2c variants have recently emerged, posing significant challenges to swine health management. As a major coronavirus affecting the swine industry, PEDV exhibits extensive genetic variability, which has greatly complicated disease control. Cu...

Optimizing Motor Skill Acquisition in Laparoscopic Surgery With Automated Gaze-Based Feedback

Gaze-based training has shown promise for laparoscopic surgery, but personalized gaze feedback to support skill acquisition remains underexplored. This study recruited 30 college students to practice the peg transfer task across two sessions using a prototype system delivering pe...

The COM Essay Assessor

Providing timely and actionable feedback on student writing is a known challenge in large English as a Second Language (ESL) classrooms, where instructor workload often limits the depth and consistency of feedback. This article presents the development and calibration of the COM...

The Tetractys-E8 Fractal Resonance Protocol for Non-Linear Market Fluctuations — E8 Intelligence Research

By mapping the Tetractys generative matrix onto the 240 E8 root vectors, we derive a stochastic periodicity where market order-flow volatility is treated as a phase-locked vibration. This protocol uses the 132Hz base frequency to identify "Triangular Harmonic Spikes," where price...

Seminal Plasma Kisspeptin‐1 and Kisspeptin‐54 Levels Are Associated With Semen Parameters and Oxidative Stress in Male Infertility

ABSTRACT Objective Kisspeptin‐1 and Kisspeptin‐54 are key regulators of the hypothalamic–pituitary–gonadal axis and may play a role in male reproductive function. This study aimed to evaluate the association between seminal plasma kisspeptin levels and male infertility, and to ex...

Kinetic Flat-Histogram Simulations of Non-Equilibrium Stochastic Processes

To our knowledge, there is no flat-histogram algorithm to sample the stationary distribution of non-equilibrium stochastic processes. The present work addresses this gap by introducing a generalization of the Wang-Landau algorithm, applied to non-equilibrium stochastic processes...

The Vaccination Protocol: Epistemic Friction, Sycophancy, and Bidirectional Cognitive Cost in Human-LLM Interaction

Large language models are commonly optimized not only for task performance but also for helpfulness, social acceptability, safety, and user preference. A growing literature shows that these objectives can conflict: human and preference-model feedback can reward agreement over tru...

Engineered desialylated platelet membrane camouflaged liposomes for the regulation of kupffer cells and hepatic stellate cells in treatment of liver fibrosis

The intercellular crosstalk and reciprocal activation between Kupffer cells (KCs) and hepatic stellate cells (HSCs) are critical drivers of liver fibrosis progression. Nonetheless, the co-regulation of KCs and HSCs is hindered by their distinct anatomical locations and the pathol...

Joint scheduling of distributed mixed-line high-speed train bogie maintenance: a multi-agent hierarchical deep reinforcement learning approach

Distributed mixed-line reassembly has emerged as a vital paradigm for high-speed train bogie maintenance. However, spatio-temporal heterogeneity complicates the joint scheduling of line assignments, operations and heavy component transportation. Because reassembly and transport c...

E8‑Golden‑Ratio Quantum Lattice Communication Protocol (E8‑GQCP) — E8 Intelligence Research

By mapping each of the 240 E8 root vectors to a distinct sub‑carrier at 132 Hz and locking their phase relationships through the golden‑ratio coupling (φ), the protocol creates a self‑referential interference lattice that can simultaneously transmit orthogonal quantum information...