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‘Fengyuan No. 1’: A High-Protein, Stress-Tolerant Forage Mulberry Variety from Northern China

The shortage of high-quality forage and the need for alternative protein sources are critical challenges for livestock production in northern China, where cold winters and saline–alkaline soils limit crop options. Mulberry (Morusalba L.) is a promising high-protein forage, yet fe...

Minimal-length CAG repeats in AR define a hyperactive AR–LSD1 axis driving metabolic reprogramming in prostate cancer

The polymorphic CAG trinucleotide repeat in the androgen receptor ( AR ) gene encodes a variable-length N-terminal polyglutamine (polyQ) tract that modulates AR transcriptional activity, with shorter tracts generally enhancing AR activity. While the majority of men harbor CAG rep...

Systematic Characterization of Thermal Stability Assay Parameters and Application in Discovery of Peptide–Protein Interactions

Abstract Thermal proteome profiling (TPP) and its higher-throughput derivative, the proteome integral solubility alteration (PISA) assay, measure changes in protein thermal stability upon ligand binding or other perturbations and have been widely adopted in drug discovery and bio...

Budget Impact Analysis of Gene Therapies for Recessive Dystrophic Epidermolysis Bullosa

This economic evaluation investigated the budget impact associated with gene therapy treatment of autosomal recessive dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa.

How Much Precision Is Really Enough? A Look at the Precision of Writing in an Age of Unlimited Judgement

Large language models have turned the supply of critique from something scarce and costly into something abundant, instant and almost free. As a result, the list of objections these models raise against any text is structurally endless and never reaches saturation. This article a...

Discharge behavior and operational limits of second-and third-life lithium-ion batteries under different current rates

Abstract The growing volume of retired batteries has created a new market for low-power applications with minimal requirements. This market enables the use of Second-life Batteries (SLB) with a remaining capacity below 80% and Third-life batteries (TLB) with a remaining capacity...

The Cambridge handbook for the anthropology of race and ethnicity

In the attempt by academic publishers to synthesise human knowledge into weighty (and expensive) handbooks, companions and encyclopaedias, this book is a welcome addition. It strikes a very good ba...

How interannual hydrological variability governs thermal stratification and selective withdrawal efficacy: Insights from the lower Lancang River cascade reservoirs

Study region The cascade reservoirs in the lower Lancang River, southwestern China. Study focus Natural river ecosystems rely on specific thermal regimes, which are frequently disrupted by deep reservoirs releasing cold hypolimnetic water. This study investigated how interannual...

Research Advances in Spontaneous Coronary Artery Dissection

Spontaneous coronary artery dissection (SCAD) is a condition characterized by myocardial injury resulting from the rupture of the coronary artery intima or the formation of an intramural hematoma and is unrelated to atherosclerosis. Recent studies have reported that SCAD accounts...

The UK RSE Community

The UK Community presentation from the RSE Worldwide Session at RSECon26, 9 September 2026.

On-demand inverse design of metamaterials via denoising diffusion probabilistic models

Abstract The nonlinear and non-unique relationship between unit-cell topology and bandgap properties motivates the development of complementary data-driven approaches for metamaterial inverse design. This work presents a conditional denoising diffusion probabilistic model (DDPM)-...

A Hybrid Giza Pyramids Construction–Crow Search Algorithm–Particle Swarm Optimization (HGPC-CSA-PSO) Framework for Simulating Dynamic Collaborative Grouping in Interpreting Education: A Simulation-Based Exploratory Study

This simulation-based exploratory study examines HGPC-CSA-PSO, a hybrid biomimetic optimization framework integrating the Giza Pyramids Construction Algorithm (GPC), Crow Search Algorithm (CSA), and Particle Swarm Optimization (PSO) for dynamic collaborative grouping in interpret...

Prime-Gap Resonant Shielding: E8 Phase Coherence Blocks Decoherence — E8 Intelligence Research

By applying a phi‑scaled 132 Hz tone to each root node, the prime‑gap intervals generate a self‑synchronizing phase front that reflects incoming decoherence waves back into the lattice. This creates a dynamic shielding envelope that suppresses quantum errors without active feedba...

CONTRA MARINE STADIUM: A Critical Hydrodynamic and Infrastructural Audit of the Long Beach Aquatic Venue for Olympic Canoe Sprint and Rowing

1. Abstract This technical critique and engineering analysis presents an evidence-based evaluation of the Long Beach Marine Stadium as an aquatic venue for high-performance sprint canoeing and Olympic rowing. By examining the hydro-morphological profile, tidal kinematics, and bas...

Polycomb protein ZmEMF1a restricts endosperm proliferation and directs differentiation via stage‐specific H2Aub1 and H3K27me3 landscapes in maize

Polycomb group (PcG) proteins serve as pivotal epigenetic repressors that govern the transcriptional programs underlying cell growth and differentiation. However, their functional roles in maize endosperm remain largely unexplored. Here, we characterize the recessive maize small-...

Counting Competence: Evaluating the Civil Servant Professionalism Index Policy in West Kutai Regency, Indonesia

Civil servant professionalism is a foundational pillar of merit-based, result-oriented governance. This study evaluates implementation of the Civil Servant Professionalism Index (IP ASN) measurement policy under Regulation of the Minister for Administrative and Bureaucratic Refor...

Price gouging in the B2B pharmaceutical market: a systematic review of unethical pricing, market manipulation, and regulatory challenges

Purpose The present study aims to systematically review the literature on price gouging in the business-to-business (B2B) pharmaceutical market. By reviewing the intellectual structure of the area, the study’s findings analyze key themes and future research directions from econom...

Rescue Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation for Severe Native Aortic Regurgitation in a Young Patient with Hypertrophic Obstructive Cardiomyopathy and Cardiogenic Shock: Review of the Literature and Case Presentation

Transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) for pure native aortic regurgitation (AR) remains technically challenging, primarily because absent annular calcification limits prosthesis anchoring. We reviewed contemporary evidence on TAVI for native AR, focusing on devices, proc...

Environmental, social and governance (ESG) emerging trends in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region; reflections from senior practitioners

Purpose Environmental, social and governance (ESG) frameworks have gained significant traction globally, driven initially by the environmental imperative of climate change. Yet the social and governance dimensions are increasingly central to sustainable business strategy. This st...

E8-Prime Lattice Enables Antiperiodic Quantum Frameworks — E8 Intelligence Research

By leveraging the 240 E8 root vectors as a dynamic lattice scaffold over 132 Hz, phi-scaled gradients align prime gaps into antiperiodic mappings. This creates quantum states where coherence alternates between prime-gap intervals, enabling directionally selective tunneling. The g...