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- Society & EconomicsOpen access
Background Globalization plays a pivotal role in shaping adult and higher education across the regions of the world, driven by rapid technological advancement, the diffusion of knowledge, and expanding cross-border educational practices. This study examined globalization of adult...
- Society & EconomicsOpen access
Beyond the machine: risk, fear, optimism and the foundations of public trust in AI
Abstract What drives public trust in artificial intelligence (AI)? This study examines the individual and institutional foundations of AI trust across two contrasting democracies: Japan and the United Kingdom. Drawing on original survey data ( N = 3235), we test a set of hypothes...
- Health & MedicineOpen access
What we know about executive function research in Africa: A scoping review
The developmental literature has seen an increase in studies on children's executive function (EF) across diverse populations, given its importance for early childhood development and later-life outcomes. However, a small but increasing number of studies have focused on children'...
- AI & ComputingOpen access
Life is a Pressure Cooker: How and Why Stress Directs Consumers to Act Unethically
Abstract Unethical consumer behavior, such as deceptive product returns, digital piracy, shoplifting, and falsifying online reviews, is a growing concern with significant economic and ethical implications. However, its psychological antecedents remain underexplored. This research...
- AI & ComputingOpen access
This paper proposes a specific, falsifiable statistical test for a relational term between the two members of a binary compact-object system. The core proposal is to test whether a reproducible joint contribution remains after established physics and observational effects are acc...
- Physics & SpaceOpen access
Quantum-corrected thermodynamics and phase structure of AdS Euler–Heisenberg black hole
Abstract We investigate the thermodynamic behaviour of an AdS black hole arising from nonlinear electrodynamics-corrected gravity, incorporating quantum effects through thermal fluctuations. From the Einstein–Euler–Heisenberg framework, we consider the modified black hole solutio...
- Materials & EnergyOpen access
After an isothermal hold, a relaxor ferroelectric may look nearly unaged when it is cooled further, yet recover the earlier aging signal on reheating. Several holds can leave several such signals. This behavior follows from a simple model in which the measured polarization is cou...
- Materials & EnergyOpen access
Ultra-Wideband Optically Transparent Absorbing Metasurface Based on Multilayer ITO Films
Traditional microwave-absorbing metasurfaces struggle to integrate optical transparency with ultra-wideband and high-efficiency microwave absorption, severely limiting their deployment in optoelectronics-compatible electromagnetic protection. To address this constraint, we propos...
- Health & MedicineOpen access
Background/Objectives: Cognitive stimulation and cognitive training are used as non-pharmacological approaches to support people living with Alzheimer’s disease, but Alzheimer-specific evidence is dispersed across heterogeneous intervention formats. This scoping review mapped str...
- AI & ComputingOpen access
This paper discusses the world of zero-day cyberattacks, which exploit unknown vulnerabilities that often slip past traditional defenses that rely on signatures. This situation has led to a push for behavioral detection methods that can adapt to new attack patterns. However, many...
- AI & ComputingOpen access
Numerical Valuation of Time Fractional Black–Scholes Equation in Financial Markets
The time-fractional Black--Scholes equation (T-FBSE) is formulated to analyze option price dynamics within a coupled fractal diffusion system. The T-FBSE provides a mathematical basis for valuing both European and American call and put options on stocks that do not pay dividends....
- Physics & SpaceOpen access
Slow Cosmic-Ray Diffusion in Supersonic and Super-Alfvénic Turbulence
Abstract Extended TeV–PeV gamma-ray halo observations imply cosmic-ray (CR) diffusion that is both substantially slower than the Galactic mean and only weakly anisotropic despite the presence of a large-scale Galactic magnetic field background. We investigate whether such transpo...
- Materials & EnergyOpen access
Physics‐Grounded Materials Artificial Intelligence for Reliable Materials Discovery
ABSTRACT Artificial intelligence (AI) is transforming materials discovery, yet conventional data‐driven approaches often suffer from limited interpretability, poor extrapolation, and inconsistency with physical laws. Since materials behavior is fundamentally governed by thermodyn...
- AI & ComputingOpen access
Let f(x) be a monic integral polynomial of degree n and p a prime number for which f(x) is fully decomposable modulo p. Let integers r1,...,rn be the roots of f(x) mod p with 0 ≤ r1 ≤ ··· ≤ rn < p. Inthis series of papers, we have investigated the distribution of the points (r1,....
- Engineering & TechnologyOpen access
Near-seabed contact operations with underwater hexapod robots can require one leg to execute a contact task, which reduces the stability of the remaining asymmetric five-legged support. To address this problem, this study proposes a five-legged asymmetric coordinated stability co...
- Society & EconomicsOpen access
Version 1.1d. A standing measurement practice attaching three distributional quantities to each use case within a named business subdomain, over a mined dependency graph: metered unit cost as a coefficient of business volume, monetary risk as loss distributions, and a flexibility...
- BiologyOpen access
Relationships Among Hearing, Auditory Processing, and Cognition: A Study of Older Adults
Background/Objectives: Beginning in mid-life, age-related cognitive decline may negatively affect overall hearing health. Thus, understanding the relationship between hearing and cognition is of critical importance. Although the relationship has received considerable attention, a...
- AI & ComputingOpen access
Renting Intelligence: Vendor Concentration Risk and the Pricing of AI Dependency
Abstract A firm that puts artificial intelligence into a product must either license models from a provider or train and serve its own. Providers are widely reported to price inference below the cost of serving it, so a firm that rents holds an input priced by another company’s s...
- BiologyOpen access
Improving access to new technologies: An experiment with Kenyan input sellers
Abstract Agrodealers play a critical role in rural economies, selling essential inputs for agricultural production, stocking new products, and providing farmers with technical advice. However, uncertainty can discourage them from stocking newer, less familiar products, limiting t...
- Climate & EnvironmentOpen access
Sex-specific adjustments of bird migration phenology to climate change are understudied. We analysed blackcap migration timing using spring (26 March–16 May) ringing data from Bukowo–Kopań (N Poland) in 1982–2025. We assessed the influence of large-scale climate indices in winter...