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Good Governance as Responsible Sovereignty: Francis Deng and the Conflict–Development Nexus

The South Sudanese UN official, diplomat, and scholar Francis Deng is widely recognized for his intellectual contributions to the Responsibility to Protect (R2P) principle, most notably through his 1996 coauthored publication, Sovereignty as Responsibility: Conflict Management in...

Does Supply-Chain Digitalization Policy Reshape Supplier Selection? Evidence from China’s Supply Chain Innovation and Application Pilot Program

Although government-directed supply-chain programs increasingly seek to enhance firms’ operational capabilities, their downstream effects on supplier selection—and the firm-level conditions that shape these effects—remain underexplored. Using China’s 2018 Supply Chain Innovation...

Artificial Intelligence in Banking: A Bibliometric Analysis of Research Trends, Intellectual Structure, and Performance-Related Themes

Purpose: This study provides a comprehensive bibliometric analysis of AI integration in banking, mapping research trends, intellectual structures, and performance-related themes. While AI’s growing importance in financial services has attracted scholarly attention, bibliometric s...

Unravelling the genetic structure and genetic relationships of indigenous Greek sheep breeds using SNP markers

Abstract Background Indigenous sheep of Greece represent important genetic resources shaped by long-term adaptation to diverse environments. However, many populations face demographic decline, genetic erosion, and their genomic diversity remains inadequately characterized. This s...

Development of Periodontal Organoid-like Constructs Using Human Periodontal Ligament and Gingival Epithelial Cells: Comparison of Two Assembly Strategies

Periodontal organoid research remains underdeveloped, largely due to the lack of standardized fabrication protocols and multicellular constructs capable of reproducing epithelial–mesenchymal interactions relevant to periodontal biology. In particular, it remains unclear whether d...

Crack mitigating and microstructure engineering through in-process mechanical work in wire directed energy deposited Invar alloy

Abstract Wire-based directed energy deposition (WDED) of Invar alloys is prone to cracking due to high thermal stresses and microstructural anisotropy. In this study, in-process machine hammer peening (MHP) was integrated into WDED to mitigate cracking and control the microstruct...

A New CRT-based Fully Homomorphic Encryption

The idea of computing on encrypted data without decryption dates back to the notion of privacy homomorphisms introduced by Rivest, Adleman, and Dertouzos (1978). Their proposals built using the elegant structure of Chinese Remainder Theorem (CRT), were later shown to be insecure...

Numerical Investigation of Differential Speed Coupling Mechanisms in a 600 L Eccentric Four-Shaft Mixer for High-Viscosity Polyurethane Adhesives

Polyurethane adhesives often suffer from high viscosity, poor flowability, and limited mass transfer efficiency, making it challenging for conventional single-shaft or twin-shaft mixing systems to achieve uniform mixing in large-capacity equipment. This study investigates the dif...

Mortality in multiple vs. singleton very low birth weight infants in GermanyA population-based study

Introduction: In several large cohorts from the United States and China, multiple as opposed to singleton birth was found to be associated with increased mortality, while studies from European countries have yielded conflicting results. We aimed to assess the association between...

Are Redistricting No-Split Rules Neutral? Post-2020 Ohio as a Case Study

The enforcement of city- and county-preserving “no-split” rules in redistricting can complicate estimations of the expected partisan seat splits and responsiveness of neutral map drawing, even creating the impression that these nominally partisan-blind rules favor one party. This...

Lasting Financial and Professional Impacts Among Survivors of Early-Onset Colorectal Cancer

BACKGROUND: Patients with early-onset colorectal cancer (age < 50) are vulnerable to unique psychosocial consequences given their developmental stage in life. Younger adults are often establishing their careers and families, and a cancer diagnosis can contribute to financial and...

Late Ordovician ostracods from the “butter shale” Lagerstätten of the Cincinnati Arch region, Ohio, USA

Abstract The “butter shale” Lagerstätten of the Cincinnati Arch region is renowned for its well-preserved fossil records, documenting the dynamics of the Late Ordovician “Richmondian Invasion,” during which faunal migration from multiple source basins into the region led to a dra...

FIELD GERMINATION OF ULTRA-EARLY MATURING WINTER WHEAT VARIETIES "ULTRA" AND "FLESH"

UOʻT: 633.11:631.543 FIELD GERMINATION OF ULTRA-EARLY MATURING WINTER WHEAT VARIETIES “ULTRA” AND “FLESH” 1N.H.Durdiyev, 2,3 Z.I. Gopporova 1National Research University “Tashkent Institute of Irrigation and Agricultural Mechanization Engineers”, Doctor of Agricultural Sciences (...

From net metering to net billing: Insights from Pakistan's 2026 prosumer regulatory reform

Pakistan’s National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (NEPRA) introduced the Prosumer Regulations (SRO 251(I)/2026), marking a fundamental shift from net metering to net billing for distributed solar generation. The policy replaces retail-rate compensation with payments linked...

Transición de la televisión analógica a digital: análisis descriptivo de estándares DVB-T2, ATSC 3.0 e ISDB-T

Introducción: La transición de la televisión analógica a la digital representa una transformación estructural que abarca dimensiones técnicas, regulatorias, económicas y geopolíticas de profundo alcance. Objetivo: Se caracteriza técnica y funcionalmente los tres principales están...

Analytical Practice Needs a Firmer Foundation

Description: Version 1.1 is a vocabulary revision, content-preserving: aligned with The Theory of Data, Version 4.0 — a measure is the governed family; a member of a measure is a governed series; a series is a typed binding of datums over one anchor. Nothing is altered in substan...

Multisystem Factors Related to Anxiety, Depression, and Stress for Sexual Minority Survivors of College Sexual Assault

Sexual minority college students have a higher prevalence of sexual assault victimization in college, which is associated with negative mental health consequences. Previous research suggests that the circumstances of the assault, campus climate, social support, and perceptions of...

4D Wythoff Phasonic Coupling in E8 Root Space — E8 Intelligence Research

By combining the 132Hz φ-carrier with 7-simplex hypertruncation, we reveal a 4D Wythoff phase space where E8 roots embed in recursive phasonic lattices. This structure enables synchronized decoding of 240 roots across fractal dimensions, creating a quantized temporal-spatial reso...

First report of cladode spot caused by Alternaria alternata on Opuntia robusta in South Africa

Opuntia robusta is a cactus species cultivated for both fodder and fruit production. In November 2024, cladode spot symptoms were observed on approximately 60% of O. robusta plants cultivated at an experimental farm in Bloemfontein (29.1035° E, 26.1740° S), South Africa. Symptoms...

Catalytic Ozonation of Environmentally Relevant Pharmaceuticals Using Oxygen- and Nitrogen-Doped Activated Carbons

Catalytic ozonation is one of the advanced oxidation processes (AOPs) that have yielded promising results in the treatment of emerging pollutants, in which the catalyst plays a fundamental role. In this study, surface oxygen and nitrogen groups were introduced onto two commercial...