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Does an AI Remain the Same Agent after Reloading? Flow Identity and Directional Attribution Stability under Self-Modification and Branching

Description This study examines whether an artificial intelligence can be regarded as the same agent after undergoing self-modification, being saved and reloaded, or branching into multiple executions from the same saved state. The analysis draws on the GGM concepts of Identity,...

Anatomical Outcomes of Traumatic Macular Hole Surgery: Role of OCT Parameters and ILM Flap Techniques

Background: To evaluate anatomical and functional outcomes following pars plana vitrectomy (PPV) for traumatic macular hole (TMH), investigate optical coherence tomography (OCT)-based prognostic factors, and compare outcomes between flap-based and non-flap internal limiting membr...

Continuous sampling of cerebrospinal fluid from the 3rd ventricle of the hypothalamus to identify accumulating or depleting metabolites during hibernation

Hibernation is a seasonally regulated process dramatically reducing metabolic rate and subsequently core body temperature (Tb). Many hibernators repeatedly cycle between torpor and arousal (T-A cycling) throughout the hibernation season. How these cycles are regulated is still un...

NEW INC Y12 Creative Science: A Longitudinal Art–Science Study of the Microbiota–Gut–Brain Axis

RationaleDespite growing recognition that emotion is shaped by the whole body, research models have remained largely brain-centric, overlooking microbial and biochemical systems in the gut.The microbiota-gut-brain axis (MGBA) represents one such underexplored layer: gut microbes...

Construction of Multi-Rate QC-LDPC Codes Based on Permutation Method

This paper proposes a systematic permutation-based construction method for multi-rate quasi-cyclic low-density parity-check (QC-LDPC) codes. We first present a graph-theoretic framework in which any regular QC-LDPC code can be normalized to a canonical base matrix that is uniquel...

Genomic and Phenotypic Insights into Multidrug-Resistant Escherichia coli ST131 from Urinary Tract Infections: A Clinical and Molecular Investigation

The emergence of Escherichia coli sequence type (ST131), especially its H30Rx subclade, has reshaped the epidemiology of urinary tract infections (UTIs) by combining multidrug resistance (MDR), extended-spectrum β-lactamase (ESBL) production, and biofilm formation. Clinical E. co...

Persistent headache in enteric fever: Secondary intracranial hypertension in an adult from an endemic region

Intracranial hypertension is primarily idiopathic; it does, however, rarely occur secondary to systemic infections, such as enteric fever which is common in tropical regions. Neurological complications are recognised, but are rarely reported as linked.

Psychometric properties of the Farsi version of the Night Eating Disorder Questionnaire

This study assesses the factor structure and psychometric properties of Farsi version of Night Eating Questionnaire. In this cross-sectional study, we randomly selected 155 people referred to Shafa hospital and private psychiatry clinic in Rasht City, Iran. After translation to F...

Distributed semi-speculative parallel anisotropic mesh adaptation

Abstract This paper presents a distributed memory method for anisotropic mesh adaptation that is designed to avoid the use of collective communication and global synchronization techniques. In the presented method, meshing functionality is separated from performance aspects by ut...

Morphogenesis of street networks in informal settlements: Building/plotting/extending/gridding

Abstract This paper articulates an urban design logic of informal settlement. While there are many different morphological outcomes of informal settlement processes, there are common patterns of expansion, intensification, and design of public space networks. Unlike formal urban...

Photovoltaic Panel Identification and Potential Assessment Based on Remote Sensing and Deep Learning: A Case Study of Yancheng City

The rapid expansion of PV power stations necessitates precise spatial mapping and balanced development planning, yet trade-offs between PV deployment and ecological conservation remain underexplored. This study evaluates the spatial distribution and development potential of PV in...

Zero-Knowledge Extension of PARI

PARI is a recent SNARK based on equifficient polynomial commitments, giving an exceptionally compact proof of just 1280 bits over the BLS12-381 curve, which is the smallest among all the known SNARKs in the literature. However, PARI does not achieve the zero-knowledge property; d...

A gastrointestinal polyp detection method integrating wavelet transform convolution and attention mechanisms

Gastrointestinal polyps are important precursors of gastrointestinal cancer, making their early detection and precise localization during endoscopy clinically critical. Yet reliable automated detection remains challenging because polyps are often small, poorly demarcated and embe...

Economic insecurity and suicide vulnerability among women in China.

This study examines the relationship between multidimensional economic insecurity, structural socioeconomic change, and female suicide vulnerability in China. The analysis employs a qualitative secondary-data approach using annual national time-series data for China covering 2000...

The dynamic and heterogeneous structure of the non-canonical inflammasome

Inflammasomes are high-molecular-weight complexes that play integral roles in the innate immune system, triggering an inflammatory cascade to protect against cellular stresses such as pathogenic bacteria. Both canonical and non-canonical inflammasomes have been described in the l...

One Adjudicator, Many Substrates: A Negligence Microfoundation of the Reach-Contingent Blame Dierential

Across a sequence of models of oversight — a vertical cascade, an observation portfolio, a dynamic rotation process — the blame a monitor bears for a surfaced failure rises with his own observability, a reach-contingent differential that drives strategic inattention, low-observab...

Preservice mathematics teacher experiences and insights into integrated STEM assessment design challenges

Designing effective assessments in STEM-integrated mathematics education is a vital yet insufficiently developed skill among pre-service teachers (PSTs). This study uses a sequential explanatory mixed-methods approach to explore specific challenges faced by 56 PSTs enrolled in a...

Depression as Entropic Collapse of Self-Organization: A Cognitive Reflex Therapy Perspective

Contemporary accounts of major depressive disorder remain substantially organized around symptom taxonomy — the cataloguing of phenomenological features specified by the DSM-5 and ICD-11 — without providing a satisfactory mechanistic account of the systemic dynamics that produce...

Economic Complexity and Income Inequality in South Africa: The Moderating Roles of Human Capital and Institutional Quality

The paper examines the impact of economic complexity (EC) on income inequality in South Africa using Autoregressive Distributed Lag (ARDL) estimation techniques from 2000 to 2025. The study utilises principal component analysis (PCA) to generate the EC index from sub-indices, inc...

Spatiotemporal Evolution and Multidimensional Synchronicity of Cultivated Land Use Transition: Evidence from the Spatial–Functional–Modal Triad in the Nanjing Metropolitan Area, China

Rapid urbanization can shrink and fragment cultivated land while raising agricultural productivity, creating mismatches among spatial configuration, functional performance, and management modes. These dimensions are rarely assessed in a unified, value-neutral framework. We develo...