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Interfacial OH − Dynamic Modulation by Alternating Current Enables Precipitation‐Suppressed Direct Seawater Electrolysis for Hydrogen Production

ABSTRACT Direct seawater electrolysis (DSE) for H 2 production suffers from severe performance degradation caused by the precipitation of Mg/Ca hydroxides, where OH − generated from the hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) reacts with Mg 2+ /Ca 2+ in seawater. To address this issue,...

A High‐Voltage Mild Alkaline Zinc‐Iodine Battery Enabled by Tailored Redox Couples

ABSTRACT Aqueous zinc–iodine batteries are promising energy storage systems. However, the voltage is limited in mild acidic electrolytes, while alkaline electrolytes lead to severe passivation at both electrodes. Herein, we optimize zinc–iodine battery systems by tailoring the re...

Hepatitis B virus pregenomic RNA is associated with malignant phenotypes and postoperative survival in HBV-related intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma

Abstract Background Chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection contributes to infection-associated liver carcinogenesis. However, the biological and clinical relevance of HBV pregenomic RNA (pgRNA), a marker of residual viral transcriptional activity, in HBV-related intrahepatic c...

Self-reported cannabis use following cash transfer: Estimating the short-term impacts of the Alaska Permanent Fund Dividend

Aims Researchers have hypothesized that cash transfers affect substance use through two competing pathways: relieving financial strain which could reduce use, or expanding spendable income, which could increase use. We tested whether payments from the Permanent Fund Dividend (PFD...

ANTIBODY: An Immune-System Architecture for Long-Horizon AI Agent Oversight (Doctoral Research Proposal)

Long-horizon autonomous agents degrade in ways current oversight cannot catch, and the tools used to catch them are themselves degrading. This proposal investigates an external, model-agnostic oversight layer built on five principles drawn from immunology and reliability engineer...

Critical Audit of OpenAI's Navier–Stokes Proof: Scope of the Mathematical Audit, Independent Audit and Certification Status of the Lean Formalization, and Procedural Readiness for the Millennium Prize

This study presents an independent critical audit of OpenAI's 166-page proof Finite time blowup for Navier–Stokes, its associated public Lean formalization, and the claim-level correspondence with the Clay Mathematics Institute's (CMI) C/D alternatives. The purpose of the audit i...

Spatial heterogeneity in exposure to Brucella suis and pathogenic leptospires in feral pigs across New South Wales

Feral pigs (Sus scrofa) are important reservoirs for zoonotic and livestock pathogens in Australia, but robust information on the spatial distribution of pathogens in pig populations remains limited. We analysed serological data from a systematic, state-wide surveillance program...

Green spaces, new faces: place marketing and neighborhood change. A case study of the Atlanta Beltline

Purpose This study aims to examine how green space references in online real estate listings operate as signals of status and sustainability in gentrifying urban neighborhoods. It situates marketplace behavior within a longer historical trajectory of racialized urban policy, infr...

Uncertainty-Aware Modeling in Integrated Epithelial Transport Networks

While computational mechanistic models can provide insight into the coupled transport of substrates through complex networks of membrane transporters and channels, commonly used deterministic models are often constrained by uncertainty in model structure and in parameters derived...

Th1 and Th17 Responses to LTB and Colonization Factors Following Oral ETEC Vaccination

T helper cells (Th) are central to mucosal IgA induction and key targets for modulation by vaccine adjuvants. To improve understanding of cellular mechanisms underlying mucosal vaccine-induced immunity, we analyzed antigen-specific peripheral blood Th responses elicited by the or...

Busy Beaver Bound: BB(5) Solved, Higher-Order Growth Tied to Arithmetic Hierarchy — E8 Intelligence Research

FINDING: The Busy Beaver function BB(n) — the maximum steps a halting n-state Turing machine can run — has been computationally resolved for n=5 (BB(5) = 47,176,870), and a new paper extends BB to higher-order oracle machines, linking its growth to the arithmetical hierarchy and...

Revealing seismic sequence characteristics in the south-eastern Alps and the Western Dinarides by clustering analysis and refined location

Abstract The characterization of seismic sequences provides key constraints on fault geometry, rupture processes, and seismic hazard. In this study we investigate seismicity recorded between 2015 and 2024 in the south-eastern Alps and Western Dinarides (SEAWD), one of the most te...

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Indications, Techniques and Complications Associated With Pterygoid Implants: A Systematic Review and Meta‐Analysis

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Pterygoid implants represent a graftless option for rehabilitation of patients with posterior maxillary atrophy, engaging the dense cortical bone of the pterygomaxillary complex. Despite clinical growth, a comprehensive synthesis of indications, surgica...

Avoidant/Restrictive food intake disorder in adults within the community: A mixed-method study on individual impairment and progression

Abstract Background While avoidant/restrictive food intake disorder (ARFID) occurs across the lifespan, most previous research focused on children and adolescents. Particularly, individual impairment and progression patterns in adults remain largely unknown. Therefore, this study...

Exploratory analysis of the associations of short-chain fatty acids and their related factors with growth performance in growing pigs using a Bayesian network

We suggested the causal relationships between daily weight gains (DG) and feed conversion ratios (FCR) of growing pigs, and short-chain fatty acids (SCFA) concentrations in digesta and blood, and SCFA-related factors such as intestinal morphology, SCFA transporters and tight junc...

INFLUENZA: A Comprehensive Evidence-Based Analysis of Human, Animal, and Wildlife Mortality

Influenza viruses remain a major cause of respiratory morbidity and mortality and a continuing zoonotic and pandemic preparedness challenge. The global seasonal burden is estimated at approximately one billion cases annually, including 3-5 million severe illnesses and 290,000-650...

Fractal Self-Similarity in Ultrametric Cantor Sets and Computational Limits — E8 Intelligence Research

FINDING: Ultrametric Cantor sets admit a natural scaling factor of 1/2 under base-2 digit truncation, structurally analogous to sexagesimal place-value but with Hausdorff dimension log(2)/log(3) for the classic ternary set — the search results converge on the fractal self-similar...

Compensation of Ambient Variations in a Temperature-Modulated SnO2 Gas Sensor-Based Electronic Nose for Accurate Discrimination of Structurally Similar Volatile Organic Compounds

The cross-sensitivity and limited selectivity of metal-oxide gas sensors in accurately identifying volatile organic compounds (VOCs) become challenging under climatic interferences, particularly when ambient temperature (T) and relative humidity (RH) fluctuate. This challenge was...

GEOPOLITICAL TRANSFORMATIONS IN THE BLACK SEA REGION AND GEORGIA'S SECURITY ENVIRONMENT

The Black Sea and South Caucasus regions are undergoing significant geopolitical transformation resulting from changes in the regional balance of power, the expansion of transportation and energy connectivity, and the growing involvement of global and regional actors. These devel...