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Why Do Dietary Saponins Produce Inconsistent Responses in Ruminants? A Review

Saponins are structurally diverse plant-derived glycosides that have attracted increasing interest as phytogenic feed additives for improving the efficiency and sustainability of ruminant production. This narrative review critically examines the structural characteristics, biolog...

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Mined 10228 lottery+quantum breakthroughs. Extracted 99855 leads across 13 categories. 96273 high-value leads found. Categories: {"CORRIDOR": 8730, "FORMULA": 8495, "GEOMETRIC": 1658, "FORWARD_ATTEMPT": 9153, "QUANTUM": 9418, "TIMING": 621, "CELESTIAL": 8560, "GEMATRIA": 8951, "C...

Reduction of off-flavour formation and improved α-oligoglucoside utilization enable use of Saccharomyces eubayanus as a novel lager brewing yeast

Abstract Lager beer, made by fermentation of barley malt using the hybrid yeast Saccharomyces pastorianus, is extremely popular worldwide. The low genetic variation of S. pastorianus strains limits the scope of development for novel lager beer types. The wild ancestor Saccharomyc...

Mitochondrial carbonic anhydrase–VB inhibition rescues brain endothelial stress and memory in Alzheimer’s disease models

Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is a devastating neurodegenerative disorder with no effective cure, characterized by the cerebral parenchymal and vascular accumulation of aggregated amyloid-β (Aβ) and hyperphosphorylated tau. Cerebrovascular and mitochondria dysfunction are early causal...

Material Intersectionality Through Travel Stories

The notion of intersectionality seeks to bring visibility to the law. However, of the many attempts to operationalize the concept, few have focused on the image’s potential to expand the metaphor. The article uses films on travel stories to observe the relationships composed with...

“What's the point?”: A Case Report on Music Therapy and Terminal Cancer

Palliative care (PC) helps to improve quality of life and alleviate suffering for those who are faced with a terminal cancer diagnosis. Music therapy (MT) is a type of expressive arts therapy that may be beneficial for PC patients to help manage physical symptoms as well as addre...

Beyond Methodological Noise: Robust Gut Microbiota Signals in Parkinson’s Disease via a Heterogeneous Multi-Algorithmic Framework

Background: Recent research has highlighted the role of gut microbiota dysfunctions in Parkinson’s disease (PD), which may occur decades before the onset of motor symptoms. However, methodological variability across studies and complex host–microbiota interactions limit conclusio...

Integrating public health with other medical disciplines in university context: a qualitative study from Türkiye

Introduction A gap has been observed between public health and other medical disciplines, yet the nature and underlying causes of this gap remain insufficiently understood in the literature. These different perspectives can create challenges in developing a shared understanding o...

Diversity climate and experiences of discrimination in higher education: quantitative assessment of students’ perceptions

Purpose Demands for diversity recognition and equal opportunities are increasing in German higher education, accompanied by growing research interest in diversity climate and discrimination. Diversity climate refers to the collective perception of how diversity is acknowledged an...

Holding on or Letting Go? Alpinists and Their Reactions to Climate Change in the Austrian Mountains

This study researched how alpinists perceive the changes climate change is bringing to the Austrian Alps and how they are adapting their behaviour. Data were collected through an online questionnaire, resulting in 199 responses included in the analysis. Based on substitution beha...

Optimization of atmospheric pressure plasma treatment for enhanced adhesion performance of microporous EVA

Atmospheric pressure plasma treatment (APPT) is a versatile technique for modifying polymer surface properties and improving adhesion in industrial applications. This study investigates a specific and industrially relevant system: microporous ethylene-vinyl acetate (EVA) bonded t...

Deep hydrous melting of the mantle wedge recorded by Mg isotopes

Subduction zones govern Earth’s deep volatile cycle. The slab-mantle interface is a key locus of volatile exchange between the subducting crust and the overlying mantle wedge, yet whether and how chemical reactions at this interface affect arc magmatism remains poorly constrained...

Hybrid Renewable Energy System Connected to the Grid with Demand Response Optimization: Case Study of Iraq and Baghdad

Due to the electricity shortage in the power system, it is essential to provide solutions considering optimal economics and environmental protection. Utilizing renewable energy resources (RERs) for production within existing grid infrastructure contributes to a more efficient and...

Evaluating the Pathogenicity of Chondrostereum purpureum and Fungi Obtained from Dying Buckthorn on Common and Glossy Buckthorn

Common buckthorn (Rhamnus cathartica) and glossy buckthorn (Frangula alnus) are large shrubs that are invasive to Eastern North America. Currently available removal techniques, such as uprooting and systemic herbicides, can be too laborious to conduct over broad acreage or have t...

Practitioner perceptions of human factors contributing to DNA contamination risk in forensic practice: a cross-sectional survey

Abstract Background Modern forensic DNA methods can recover low-level, trace, and mixed profiles, increasing the importance of contamination control, background DNA, and secondary-transfer-aware interpretation. This cross-sectional online survey of 100 forensic practitioners, con...

Flexural performance and failure mechanisms of 3D-printed corrugated-core sandwich panels reinforced with glass fibers

Purpose This study investigates the flexural performance and failure mechanisms of additively manufactured sandwich panels featuring 3D-printed corrugated cores and face sheets reinforced with E-glass fibers. The research aims to quantify the effects of core geometry, thermoplast...

A Uniform Bound for Free Pairs of Bicyclic Units and for Free Points at Algebraic Integers

Gonçalves and del Río asked two questions in the problem session of Oberwolfach Report 55/2007 (Problem 28); the first is also the first half of Question 5.4 of their paper in J. Group Theory 11 (2008). A nonzero complex number z is a free point if the matrices (1 1; 0 1) and (1...

Multi-Frame Reconstruction via Clutter Filtering for Computational Contrast-Enhanced Ultrasound Microflow Imaging

Objective: Existing computational reconstruction methods for plane-wave ultrasound imaging (PWI) often neglect the interference of strong tissue signals with weak flow-related scattering signals in microflow imaging. This study aims to develop a multi-frame computational ultrasou...

Fractional q-Starlikeness in Mittag–Leffler and Limaçon Domains

In this paper, we use a normalized fractional q-derivative operator, constructed by combining Jackson’s q-difference operator with a fractional q-integral, to introduce two subclasses of normalized analytic functions in the open unit disk whose fractional transforms are starlike...

Factors Influencing Coping Difficulties After Hospitalization of Caregiving Among Stroke Family Caregivers

Background: Disability in stroke survivors often forces family members to suddenly step into the role of primary caregiver. A lack of experience and preparation for this new role poses significant challenges to caregivers’ adjustment in the initial period after the patient is dis...