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Monoterpenes as biostimulants: dose-dependent effects on metabolic and nutritional traits of lettuce ( Lactuca sativa L.)

Plant-derived substances, particularly monoterpenes, offer eco-friendly biostimulant potential to enhance crop yield and nutritional quality, yet their individual effects remain poorly explored. This study investigated the physiological and metabolic responses of lettuce (Lactuca...

Predicting genome-wide functional constraints with GPN-Star

Abstract Genomic language models have emerged as a powerful approach for learning genome-wide functional constraints directly from DNA sequences 1 . However, standard genomic language models adapted from natural language processing often require large model sizes and computationa...

Predictors of food hygiene practices among street food vendors in Bule Hora Town, West Guji Zone, Southern Ethiopia: implications for informal food safety regulation

Street food vendors contribute significantly to urban food security in Ethiopia. However, inadequate food hygiene practices and improper handling of food can result in contamination by harmful microorganisms, thereby increasing the risk of foodborne diseases and posing serious pu...

Sanitizing Music Listening Histories at Scale: A Reproducible Quality Audit of MLHD+

Music recommendation research depends on large-scale datasets of timestamped listening events, yet such datasets are rarely subjected to rigorous, published quality audits. We present a reproducible sanitization and audit pipeline applied to MLHD+ (Music Listening Histories Datas...

Pollinator Identification Introduction Presentation

This presentation give an overview of the different groups (& orders) of pollinators with easy to identify traits for the different groups. These groups are based on the Fit Count insect groups: https://ukpoms.org.uk/sites/default/files/pdf/UKPoMS-FIT-Count-Guide-CMYK.pdf At the...

Comparative effects of core decompression combined with autologous cell-based strategies on structural outcomes in early-stage osteonecrosis of the femoral head: a systematic review and Bayesian network meta-analysis of randomized and quasi-randomized controlled trials

Core decompression (CD) creates a reparative environment for revascularization and bone repair in early- to mid-stage osteonecrosis of the femoral head (ONFH), but structural outcomes remain heterogeneous and autologous cell-based augmentation strategies are biologically distinct...

Palliative Music Therapy: Disciplinary Identity and Challenges for Clinical Integration

Music therapy in palliative care (PC) has accumulated a growing evidence base over recent decades, yet its integration into interdisciplinary teams remains inconsistent. This article argues that the gap between evidence and practice reflects, at least in part, a deeper conceptual...

A Deep Learning Approach for Bottom Detection in Multibeam Water-Column Data via Full-Swath Spatial Context

Bottom detection and tracking from multibeam echosounder water-column data constitute a fundamental step to 3D seabed mapping. Traditional methods based on amplitude thresholding and phase detection rely heavily on heuristic assumptions and are prone to failure in the presence of...

An Assessment of In Vitro Permeation Testing Finite Dose Methodology

Abstract Pharmaceutical emulsifiers used in topical products are either non-ionic surfactants or anionic surfactants. Non-ionic emulsifiers are preferred because they minimally extract epidermal lipids from the stratum corneum (SC) and are well tolerated when applied topically. D...

The Inflamed Intestinal Barrier as a Formulation Variable in Oral Nanocarrier Design: Evidence-Informed Principles for Mucus Interaction, Epithelial Access, and Translational Testing

Oral nanocarrier development for inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is complicated by inflammation-dependent changes in mucus, epithelial integrity, and immune-cell interactions. This critical narrative review examines comparative evidence from in vitro systems, animal models, and...

On imperial legacies in knowledge building in China: a gweilo’s view

Abstract Asia as method: toward deimperialization argues for learning within and across Asia. As he argues, understanding the role of the west has led to an inapt and unhelpful, obsessive regard for the west, while regional Asian comparisons can be valuable to more understand the...

Black Hole Or Neutron Star? Predictions On The Secondary Mass In GW190814

This paper aims to predict the identity of the secondary mass in gravitational wave event GW190814. The mysterious secondary mass falls between the mass gap of neutron stars and black holes, specifically from 2.5 to 5 solar masses, creating a long-lasting debate regarding the ide...

Complex non-falciparum transmission and widespread insecticide resistance sustain hyperendemic malaria in Penka-Michel, a focus of the Cameroon highlands

A 12-month longitudinal entomological study (September 2023-August 2024) in the Western Highlands of Cameroon (Penka-Michel) investigated malaria transmission dynamics and insecticide resistance markers, including target-site resistance (L1014F, N1575Y, G119S- Ace1 ) and metaboli...

A Robust and Fair Multimodal Recommender System Under Structured Modality Missingness: The Trust-Based Evaluation Framework

The growing complexity of digital real estate platforms demands intelligent recommendation systems (RS) capable of operating in data-sparse and heterogeneous environments. While transfer learning (TL) has proven effective in general RS, its application to real estate (RE) remains...

Nanobubbles in Bulk Solution and Electrosprayed Microdroplets Accelerate Chemical Reactions

Abstract Bulk nanobubbles (NBs) are metastable gas-filled voids in solution, with diameters of nearly 200 nm that exhibit long lifetimes and large surface-to-volume ratios. Recent studies have shown that chemical reactions are significantly accelerated within sprayed microdroplet...

Literary negotiations of grief experiences: a philosophical-narratological analysis of Denise Riley’s Time lived, without its flow

Philosophical grief research frequently draws on literary autobiographical grief narratives to motivate or substantiate assumptions about the phenomenology of grief. Yet, this research has not provided detailed analyses of the aesthetic-artefactual and narrative characteristics o...

Enhancing Sim-to-Real Transfer for a High-Gear-Ratio Quadruped Robot via Extended Actuator Dynamics Identification

Reinforcement learning (RL) has become a powerful tool for quadrupedal locomotion, and a sim-to-real approach is widely adopted to avoid hardware damage during training. However, the “sim-to-real gap” remains a critical challenge, particularly for robots driven by high-gear-ratio...

The Hidden Boundary Zone of the Black-Scholes Formula: A Probabilistic Decomposition

In this article, we present an alternative probabilistic decomposition of the well-known Black-Scholes formula for European call option pricing. This framework clarifies the relationship between classical option pricing theory and the Samuelson-Ito equation by introducing an intu...

The_Eternal_Relativity__Note_20___The_Four_Dimensions_of_Time__V1.1

We propose that reality is not composed of ”3 dimensions of space + 1 dimension of time”, but of 4-dimensional Time. Three dimensions of time in differential flow constitute the emergent phenomenon perceived as space, matter, and motion. The fourth dimension, T 0: Nothingness, is...

First-Line Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors in Older Patients with Advanced Urothelial Carcinoma: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Urothelial carcinoma predominantly affects older patients, who often exhibit frailty, comorbidities, renal impairment, and reduced physiological reserve. We evaluated overall survival (OS) and progression-free survival (PFS) with first-line immune-based strategies in patients age...