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Development of a Lightweight SAR Semantic Segmentation Framework with ASFEM for Monitoring Pastoral Ecosystems

Abstract Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) provides reliable land-cover observations under varying illumination and weather conditions, but semantic segmentation remains challenging because of speckle noise and heterogeneous backscatter. This study adapts the lightweight PP-LiteSeg...

Assessing the environmental aging behaviour of antioxidant modified bitumen via chemo-mechanical analysis

Antioxidants can mitigate bitumen aging, improving asphalt durability. This study evaluates the aging prevention performance of zinc diethyldithiocarbamate (ZDC). Three laboratory aging methods (extensive thermal (3xPAV), thermo-chemical, and photo-thermal aging) were compared wi...

Mapping transdisciplinary sustainability education across scales, geographies, and educational contexts: developing and piloting a framework

This article introduces a novel conceptual and methodological framework for mapping, comparing, and evaluating transdisciplinary sustainability education initiatives across diverse scales, geographies, and educational contexts. Addressing a key gap in sustainability education res...

SYNTHESIS AND BIOLOGICAL EVALUATION OF NOVEL PYRAZOLE-BARBITURATE HYBRIDS AS ALPHA-GLUCOSIDASE INHIBITORS

Objective: Type 2 diabetes is a global health problem marked by chronic hyperglycemia. α-Glucosidase inhibitors help regulate postprandial glucose levels, but current drugs have side effects and limited efficacy. This study aimed to develop novel pyrazole–barbiturate hybrids as m...

Best Case/Worst Case: A Multisite Randomized Trial of Scenario Planning for Patients With Late‐Stage Kidney Disease

BACKGROUND: Best Case/Worst Case (BC/WC) is a communication tool to support nephrologists and older adults with advanced chronic kidney disease with decisions about dialysis. We compared the effectiveness of training nephrologists to use BC/WC versus usual care on receipt of pall...

Exploring generalizability and explainability of LLMs in classifying clinically rated suicidal ideation using heterogeneous data

Abstract While artificial intelligence (AI) and large language models (LLMs) have shown promise in identifying and classifying suicidal ideation, their generalizability and equity in the presence of heterogeneous clinical data remain largely unexplored. This study hypothesized a...

Collatz Conjecture Remains Unsolved; Recent Work Explores Topological Reformulation — E8 Intelligence Research

FINDING: Collatz remains unsolved; recent work focuses on topological/ergodic reformulation and a Lean formalization exploit, not a genuine disproof. | MATH: Collatz map T(n) = n/2 if n even, (3n+1)/2 if n odd; the arXiv paper (2601.03297v6) introduces a topology on the Collatz o...

Structural Operational Closure Framework: A Topological Approach to the Explanatory Gap

The explanatory gap between physical neural processes and subjective experience remains a primary hurdle in consciousness science. Here, we present the Structural Operational Closure Framework, a topological and information-theoretic account proposing that this gap is an observat...

Effect of Continuous Professional Development on Accountants' Job Performance in Ogun State

Continuous Professional Development (CPD) has become increasingly important for enhancing accountants' competencies and improving job performance amid rapid technological advancement, evolving accounting standards, and changing regulatory requirements. This study examined the eff...

PREVALENCE AND CONSEQUENCES OF STREET BEGGING AMONG CHILDREN IN OGBOMOSHO METROPOLIS

This paper examined the prevalence of street begging among children in Ogbomosho Metropolis, Oyo State, Nigeria, together with the level of awareness of social protection policies and the consequences that child begging holds for the children involved and for the wider community....

Prophylactic intra-aortic balloon pump in gastrointestinal cancer surgery: a potential approach to mitigate perioperative ischemic risk in severe coronary artery disease

Patients with severe coronary artery disease (CAD) requiring time-sensitive gastrointestinal cancer surgery face a dual challenge: perioperative myocardial ischemia and surgical bleeding. The optimal management strategy in this setting remains undefined. This single-center retros...

EuroMillions Breakthrough Mining — 3376 Sources, 29310 Leads Extracted — E8 Intelligence Research

Mined 3376 lottery+quantum breakthroughs. Extracted 29310 leads across 13 categories. 26893 high-value leads found. Categories: {"CORRIDOR": 2496, "FORMULA": 2322, "GEOMETRIC": 953, "FORWARD_ATTEMPT": 2649, "QUANTUM": 2876, "TIMING": 298, "CELESTIAL": 2405, "GEMATRIA": 2538, "CON...

Certified Convergence Spaces: The Principle of Naturality, Part II

When several reasoning systems — the parties to a conflict, rival theories, distinct cognitive architectures — deploy the same problem from their own premises, we have mathematics to compare words, propositions and opinions, but not reasonings. This work presents a calculus that...

Beyond The Classroom: Project-Based Learning and English Language Competence in Uganda's Secondary Schools

English occupies a central position in Uganda’s education system as the official language of instruction from upper primary onwards and as a compulsory subject at secondary level, yet national assessments repeatedly show that many learners progress through the system without secu...

Numerical and experimental study of perforated-ring inserts for water-cooled tube heat transfer

Thermal losses in absorber tubes constrain the efficiency of water-cooled photovoltaic-thermal systems. This work presents an absorber tube fitted with perforated-ring inserts, coupling high-resolution Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) optimization with experimental thermohydrau...

Explicit Selmer Groups for Jacobians of Cyclic Prime Covers via Local Cohomology — E8 Intelligence Research

FINDING: Explicit Selmer group computation for Jacobians of cyclic covers of P¹ of prime degree p, via local cohomology data, is the only substantive mathematical result in this set. | MATH: For isogeny φ: J→J on Jacobian J of cyclic p-cover of P¹, Sel^φ(J,k) ⊂ H¹(Gal(k̄/k), J[φ]...

Artificial Intelligence in Echocardiography and Point-of-Care Ultrasound: Applications, Clinical Integration, and Future Directions

Artificial intelligence (AI) is increasingly used in echocardiography and point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) to support image acquisition, view recognition, image-quality assessment, segmentation, automated quantification, disease classification, reporting, and bedside decision sup...

Firm-Specific Factors Affecting Dividend Policy of Selected BSE Listed Oil and Gas Companies of India

The dividend policy of an organization is one of the most crucial financial decisions related to the distribution of the profits earned by the firm in the form of payment of dividends to its shareholders and retention of profits for further investment. The decision becomes more c...

“Not only standing for, but standing up for diversity”: an intersectional qualitative analysis of how university students embody and resist discrimination

Abstract Background Universities are key social institutions that shape student health, wellbeing, and future trajectories. However, they are also embedded in, and contribute to, existing social inequities. Students holding marginalised positions consistently report experiences o...

Mild deficit irrigation: A water-saving strategy for enhancing fruit quality and water production of wolfberry

Soil salinization, exacerbated by water scarcity in arid and semi-arid regions, represents a major constraint on the sustainable intensification of commercial wolfberry production. Appropriate irrigation management offers an approach to reducing water demand, mitigating salt stre...