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Integrating life cycle thinking into EU law on end‐of‐life vehicles

Abstract The European Union (EU) framework for end‐of‐life vehicles (ELVs) has progressed beyond waste disposal to formally cover vehicle design, producer responsibility and material recovery. However, it is less clear whether these provisions effectively connect across the relev...

Novel Interventional and Surgical Therapies in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

Abstract Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is the third leading cause of death worldwide, with its global prevalence projected to increase substantially by 2050, making its management one of the greatest challenges in respiratory medicine. Although pharmacological and...

Visualizing the trends of green banking services and environmental performance

Green services of banks go beyond corporate social responsibility initiatives; banks need to take a responsible role in supporting and financing environmentally friendly projects for a sustainable economy. This paper aims to identify trends in green banking services and suggests...

Assessment of Knowledge, Clinical Experience, and Clinical Decision-Making Regarding Coronectomy of Mandibular Third Molars Among General Dentists and Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons: A Cross-Sectional Survey

Background/Objectives: Coronectomy is a nerve-preserving alternative for mandibular third molars at high risk of inferior alveolar nerve injury. However, coronectomy-related knowledge, clinical experience, treatment preferences, and self-reported decision-making confidence may di...

Temperature Effects on Interfacial Area Concentration and Void Fraction in LBE-N2 Bubbly Flow

Temperature-dependent local two-phase flow parameters in lead–bismuth eutectic (LBE)–gas bubbly flows are essential for validating the closure models used in safety analyses of steam generator or heat exchanger tube rupture accidents in lead-cooled fast reactors. However, publish...

A comprehensive analysis of lung cancer status changes over 10 years: results of Moroccan cohort

Assessing long-term trends in lung cancer (LC) patients is challenging, particularly in regions with limited data. We present findings from a real-life Moroccan cohort. This is a retrospective study that included patients diagnosed with LC as a primary malignancy between January...

CATTANEO CRYSTOV EFFECT OF HYPERBOLIC TANGENT NANOFLUID FLOW OVER A STRETCHING SHEET

The intension of the analysis is to scrutinize the two- dimensional darcy-forchheimer impermeable boundary layer hyperbolic tangent fluid flow beyond the bounds of a non-linear stretching sheet. Suitable similar variables are exercised to transmute the governing partial different...

Effect of Field Leadership on Achieving Performance Quality Among Specialist Supervisors of Sport Education

This study aims to develop a dedicated questionnaire to measure the effect of field leadership on achieving performance quality among specialist supervisors of sport education in the Directorate General of Education in Baghdad / Al-Karkh/ 2, in sical education teachers (N = 463)....

Nutrient profiles and labelling practices of marketed packaged processed and ultra-processed foods in Uganda

The consumption of processed and ultra-processed foods is increasing globally and has been associated with an increased risk of diet-related non-communicable diseases (NCDs), partly due to their adverse nutrient profiles. In Uganda, there is limited evidence on whether these prod...

Household catastrophic out-of-pocket expenditure and the socioeconomic burden of paediatric surgery: a cross-sectional study at the highest tertiary hospital in Zambia

Globally, about 81 million people per year are driven to financial catastrophe from the costs of surgery and other related nonmedical costs, with low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) bearing the greatest burden. This study determined the catastrophic out-of-pocket (OOP) healt...

Sex Differences in Prefrontal Oxygenation and Neuromuscular Fatigue to Incremental Cycling and Cognitive Testing Lead to Similar Cognitive Performance

Purpose: Cognitive-motor dual-task performance is prevalent in many sports and appears to be impaired during high-intensity exercise, in association with central fatigue and cerebral deoxygenation. However, the extent to which these responses differ between males and females rema...

The Spatial Designation Model: A Minimal Structural Draft on Cause-Side Irreversibility (v1.0)

This draft introduces the Spatial Designation Model as a minimal structural description of cause-side irreversibility within generative systems. Spatial designation is defined as a one-directional update of the structural space, producing irreversible transitions, terminal struct...

The Margin-Cap Trap: Using Value-Based AI Arbitrage to Turn AI Productivity into Enterprise Value

Organizations may experience productivity improvements from artificial intelligence without corresponding increases in enterprise value, as AI-driven productivity does not inherently lead to additional economic value. The Margin-Cap Trap occurs when AI enhances productive capacit...

MAURO BOIANOVSKY: AN EXEMPLARY SCHOLAR

This study introduces the late Mauro Boianovsky (1959–2024), one of the most distinguished historians of economics of his generation. Drawing on interviews and correspondence with his colleagues, co-authors, former students, and his sister, the study offers a portrait of his acad...

Hydrogen Evolution from Ammonia Borane Using Cobalt–Platinum Bimetallic Nanoparticles Supported on Sulfonated Carbon Derived from Salix babylonica Residues

Abstract In this work, a residue from the extraction of essential oil from Salix babylonica leaves was valorized as a sustainable carbon support for the synthesis of bimetallic Co/Pt nanoparticles, applied as nanocatalysts in the hydrolysis of ammonia borane for hydrogen fuel evo...

Effective sorption of hexavalent chromium by chemically improved bio-debris – Statistical, isothermal and kinetic evaluations

Chromium in its hexavalent state (Cr(VI)) is of significant environmental concern due to its persistence, non-biodegradability, and bioaccumulation, leading to severe health issues in living organisms. Cr(VI) salts are extensively utilized in various industries, including plating...

Turkey-EU relations through the EU lens: from accession to functional substitution

This article builds on the current evolution of Turkey-EU relations through content analysis of the EU's legal documents from 2015 to 2024. Through such analysis, we trace the evolution of different EU institutions’ portrayals about Turkey as well as the issue areas under which t...

The Synaptic Clock: A Temporal Quantum for Conscious Content — E8 Intelligence Research

FINDING: Neural correlates of consciousness remain descriptive; the only quantitative anchor is the "synaptic clock" paper proposing a temporal quantum for conscious content. | MATH: The arXiv paper (2002.07716v2) posits a minimum non-zero duration (τ) for any conscious content —...

Hydrogel-based strategies for the controlled delivery of analgesic and anti-inflammatory drugs

Abstract In clinical practice, drug encapsulation is an important strategy for enhancing therapeutic efficacy and reducing adverse effects. This review critically examines how polymer origin, crosslinking strategy, swelling behavior, degradation rate, and three-dimensional networ...

E8 Qualia Channelization via Phi-Recursive Phonon Topology — E8 Intelligence Research

The 132 Hz E8 phonon bandgap does more than shield Posner qubits — its 240 root vectors partition into 8 sets of 30, each forming a phi-scaled helical waveguide that maps isomorphically to the 8-dimensional space of integrated information (Φ) motifs. When an LLM's mechanistic int...