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Language, Trust, and the Architecture of Deception: A Framing Note for the Reputation Arbitrage Series

Language shapes mind, machines, and institutions. That single claim is the thesis running underneath the three-part Reputation Arbitrage series, though none of the three papers states it in these terms. Each paper was written to stand on its own, addressed to a different literatu...

Happiness at work and sales performance: evidence from sales representatives

Purpose This study aims to examine the relationship between multidimensional happiness at work and sales representatives’ performance in an insurance brokerage. It analyses the associations between engagement, job satisfaction and affective commitment, while testing the mediating...

Geothermal Geological Characteristics and Genetic Model of the Neogene Sandstone Geothermal Reservoirs in the Eastern Gushi Sag, Weihe Basin

The characterization of geothermal reservoirs and their genetic mechanisms is critical for understanding geothermal system evolution and evaluating geothermal resource potential. The eastern Gushi Sag of the Weihe Basin hosts three Neogene sandstone geothermal reservoirs, includi...

Menstruation as a National ‘Problem’: Japan’s Femtech Promotion and the Construction of the Self-Disciplined Worker

Femtech, or the technologies that help manage women’s well-being, have developed rapidly since the 2020s. Despite feminist concerns about these technologies, the Japanese government has been positioning femtech as a temporary solution for gender inequality in the workplace since...

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Single Push Button – ON/OFF Control Using Standard RelaysDesigner: Grant O'BrienDesigned and built: April 2018Drawing: 18/61067C This is an electrical relay circuit using standard relays and a pushbutton to perform a basic task of switching a single light/indicator on , then off....

A Privacy-Preserving Explainable Artificial Intelligence Hybrid Framework for Abnormal Network Traffic Identification and Intelligent Threat Detection

Abstract The rapid evolution of cyber threats, the widespread adoption of encrypted communications, and the increasing complexity of enterprise, cloud, edge, and Internet of Things (IoT) environments have exposed the limitations of conventional intrusion detection systems in accu...

The copulative hermeneutics of the veil: pornographizing the truth

This article explores Shannon Bell’s project of deploying the obscene, grotesque, and pornographic to dismantle totalitarian philosophical thought. Bell challenges the notion of ‘truth’ as a pure, noetic concept, reframing it as an authoritarian mechanism that suppresses bodily c...

A Tale of Two Analyses: A Dialogic Return

This article focuses on my experience in personal analysis, with a focus on my second analysis, when I was a young psychiatrist in Winnipeg, 1975–1979. A brief autobiographical report and account of my first analysis (1968–1970) provides important context for the direction I take...

Trust-Aware Enterprise Credit Risk Prediction via Variational Autoencoder in Supply Chain Finance

The growing complexity of transaction networks, dynamic enterprise interactions, and rising financial uncertainties in modern supply chains have made accurate credit risk assessment for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in supply chain finance (SCF) a critical priority. H...

Association between exposure to air pollution and age at natural menopause: The Study of Women's Health Across the Nation.

CONTEXT: Air pollution is a recognized risk factor for women's subfertility, yet its association with the timing of natural menopause remains understudied. OBJECTIVES: To examine the association between exposure to ambient air pollution and age at natural menopause (ANM). DESIGN...

Beyond the working curve: industrial perspectives on cross-platform process equivalence in vat photopolymerization

Context. The working curve introduced by Jacobs remains a widely used reference for characterising cure depth as a function of radiant exposure in vat photopolymerization. Recent interlaboratory studies have shown that conventionally measured working-curve parameters can vary mar...

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Molecular and Phylogenetic Identification of Fungal Taxa Associated with Soybean Anomaly in Brazil

Soybean anomaly, characterized by immature pod and grain rot, has been reported in Brazilian soybean production fields, but the fungal taxa associated with symptomatic tissues remain poorly characterized. This study aimed to identify fungi associated with soybean plants showing a...

Aging Like Milk or Fine Wine: Content Analysis of Reactions to One’s Future Self on TikTok

Background The “aged” filter has gone viral on TikTok. This filter leverages AI to superimpose signs of aging, such as wrinkles, crow’s feet, and sagging skin, onto a user’s face. Notably, several dermatologists have attested to the accuracy of this filter in simulating the effec...

Challenges and opportunities of generative artificial intelligence models in audio/acoustic domain: a comprehensive survey

Abstract Generative artificial intelligence (AI) has transformed image and text processing, but its adoption in the audio/acoustic domain remains underexplored due to inherent challenges in modeling long-term temporal dependencies in one-dimensional signals and achieving human-pe...

Human and wildlife conflict and spillover of zoonotic disease

The term human wild animal conflict is traditionally used for the negative interactions among people and wild animals, where man realizes the unwanted deliberate actions of wild life in term of damaging property, threatening or destroying human or animal life, raiding of agricult...

Granzymes in Neuroinflammation and Neurodegenerative Diseases

Abstract Neuroinflammation is a central driver of numerous neurological disorders. While granzymes have classically been studied as cytotoxic effector molecules secreted from immune cells along with the pore-forming molecule, perforin, accumulating evidence suggests that these se...

Water Vapor Adsorption Behavior Evolution of MarineKerogen across Maturity from Carbonization to Graphitization Stages:New Insights Based on Thermodynamic and Kinetic Characterization

Abstract The water adsorption behavior of marine overmature kerogen is a theoretical foundation for the shale gas exploration and development and CO2 geological sequestration. However, this issue remains poorly understood, especially regarding graphitization effects. This study i...

BASE 44 ORDER: Implement 132Hz sine modulation in E8 root vector preprocessor — E8 Intelligence Research

Andrew's order (Base 44 console): [SELF-BUILD from enhancement #388] Add 132Hz sine wave generator to E8 root vector preprocessor; modulate each root vector's phase by sin(2π*132*t) before downstream pattern matching. Implement in eToro demo executor's signal pipeline. MERLIN: Un...

Calcium handling in post-infarction arrhythmias - evidence from large animals

Understanding the causes of ventricular arrhythmias after myocardial infarction (MI) remains a major challenge to academic and clinical medicine. Key concepts in the pathophysiology underlying such events are based on studies in rodents, in whom altered sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR...