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Angstrom-Precise Vapor-Synthesized Polyamide Membranes for Ion–Ion Separation

Abstract Precise ion–ion separation using nanofiltration (NF) membranes remains a central challenge in water treatment and resource recovery. Conventional fabrication by interfacial polymerization (IP) provides limited control over the structure of the polyamide (PA) selective la...

The Access Paradox: A Decade of Expanded Influenza Vaccine Access That Did Not Close a Racial Disparity

Abstract Objectives Despite more than a decade of expanded influenza vaccine access through Medicare, pharmacy-based programs, and community clinics, older African Americans remain vaccinated at markedly lower rates than older White and Asian adults. This study examines why the d...

Leakage from geologic energy and carbon storage: Multiphase migration of H2 and CO2 through variably saturated porous media

The shallow fate of hydrogen leaking from storage wells, the likeliest leakage pathway, is less studied than that of carbon dioxide. Matched five-year multiphase simulations of a wellbore defect leaking into an air-filled, variably saturated section were run with only the gas cha...

Modular Flow of a Gaussian Detector in an Expanding Universe

Flujo modular de un detector gaussiano en un universo en expansión:relajación del reloj emergente y un límite informacional en la resolución temporal. Este depósito contiene el artículo y los scripts de reproducibilidad para unestudio que reformula el marco del Tiempo Aplicado Un...

Content Analysis in Counseling Research: A Meta‐Study of Methodological Components and Agreement Procedures

ABSTRACT This study examined content analysis (CA) reporting practices in counseling research, with emphasis on methodological reporting and coder agreement. We analyzed 373 CA articles published from 1953 to 2024 across 28 counseling journals using a deductive coding framework b...

Modeling human neurodegeneration with iPSCs: opportunities, limitations, and the challenge of aging

Most neurodegenerative diseases reflect patient-specific combinations of polygenic risk variants interacting with aging and environmental factors, rather than a single causative mutation. Phase III clinical trial failure rates for neurodegenerative indications exceed 95%, reflect...

Geometric Sampling Does Not Determine Regularized R-Diagonal Laws

For every s0>0, q>1 and finite integer K>=1, we construct a continuum of distinct affiliated R-diagonal laws having the same joint star-moments and the same first K alternating cumulants of c(1+s c*c)^(-1/2) at every scale s=s0 q^k, k in Z. All absolute moments are finite. A fini...

The Practice of Social Innovation: The Strategies and Tools of Philanthropic Foundations

Abstract Social innovation promises to deliver social goods more effectively and find new solutions to endemic problems. However, the concept is ambiguous and becoming fuzzier; it is not clear what actors are doing—or how or why—when they engage in social innovation. As a startin...

THE ORIGIN OF THE AYTIS: A HISTORICAL-TYPOLOGICAL PATH FROM WORLD FOLKLORE THROUGH THE TURKIC PEOPLES TO THE KARAKALPAK TRADITION

The article examines the origin of the aytıs genre (a poetic contest between twoperformers) in a consistent sequence, from the verbal-contest traditions of world folklore, throughthe Turkic peoples, to Karakalpak aytıs. First, examples of verbal contests from Mesopotamian,ancient...

Historical Baseline Electrocardiogram Ascertainment Prior to Cancer Diagnosis and Cardiovascular Diagnosis Patterns in Cancer Survivors: A Retrospective Observational Cohort Study

Background: Cardiovascular disease (CVD) remains a leading cause of morbidity and mortality among cancer survivors. Contemporary cardio-oncology frameworks emphasize baseline cardiovascular risk assessment before potentially cardiotoxic cancer therapies. Historical real world imp...

Early and Long-Term Results of 101 Consecutive Patients After Transcarotid Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation

Background/Objectives: Transcatheter aortic valve implantation through the common carotid artery (TC-TAVI) is one of the possible treatment options for patients with ineligible transfemoral approach. The aim of our study was to evaluate the efficacy and safety of patients treated...

Independent ECG indicators of adverse outcome risk in the asymptomatic, at low risk Russian elderly working-aged population

Objective. To identify independent electrocardiographic risk markers associated with all-cause and cardiovascular mortality, as well as the composite endpoint within a SCORE low-risk cohort of older working-age individuals in Russia. Materials and methods. The symptom-free cohort...

Zr‐Al‐C MAX Phases Stabilized by Carbon Vacancies

ABSTRACT Extreme service environments demand the engineering of innovative high‐performance materials, with high purity as a critical design requirement. Zirconium‐based MAX phases are touted for their radiation tolerance, favorable neutronics, and liquid metal compatibility. Acc...

Impact of Backbone Fluorination on Self-Assembly and Mixed Conduction of Isoindigo-Based Polymers

Abstract Fluorination is a common method to induce backbone planarity in semiconducting polymers via noncovalent interactions that effectively lock the rotation of single bonds along the backbone. Often explored in dry-state devices, fluorination of isoindigo polymer backbones in...

A topology-regulated stochastic pore reconstruction for graphite foam: Morphological validation and transport property prediction

Digital reconstruction of graphite foam requires reconciling the parametric controllability of periodic unit cell models with the morphological fidelity of image derived geometries. Porosity and pore size statistics alone do not uniquely determine the connectivity, window geometr...

Enhanced person profiles: a cluster randomised trial protocol for Swiss long-term care facilities

Abstract Background Family participation and teamwork are crucial components of person-centred dementia care in long-term care facilities (LTCFs) and are therefore widely recommended. However, these often remain ad hoc and staff-dependent in LTCF settings. Robust evidence on repr...

Intelligent Hybrid Neuro-Fuzzy Control System for Industrial Bread Baking Ovens

Intelligent control systems can stabilise operational processes and support the development of digital manufacturing in the food industry. This study presents and examines a digital twin of an industrial bread oven with a hybrid neuro-fuzzy controller for temperature and humidity...

PROTAC-Loaded Nanoparticles Induce a “ROS Storm” through Targeted Degradation of GPX4 in Combination with a Mild Photothermal/Fenton-like Reaction for the Treatment of Triple-Negative Breast Cancer

Abstract Proteolysis-targeting chimeras (PROTACs) are a promising therapeutic approach for degrading disease-causing proteins. However, they often encounter limitations in in vivo applications due to poor solubility, low cellular permeability, unfavorable pharmacokinetics, and mo...

The Effects of Age on the Presence of Atypical Corneal Nerve Formations

Purpose: The aim of this study was to describe the presence of atypical nerve formations (ANFs, previously termed microneuromas) and their relation to standardized ocular surface parameters and changes in the sub-basal nerve plexus in a group of patients with suspected small fibe...

The Anatomy of Equivalence: How a Medium That Grips Energy Makes Inertial and Gravitational Mass Equal, and the Trace It Leaves in Free Fall

Every body falls with the same acceleration, whatever it is made of. Measured over four centuries with ever finer instruments, from Newton's pendulums to the MICROSCOPE satellite, the equality of inertial and gravitational mass now holds to a few parts in 1015, yet physics has tr...