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The roles of symmetric and asymmetric parental histone recycling in cell fate, development, and disease

Replication of the epigenome occurs concurrently with DNA replication. A major component of epigenetic memory is contained in histones, and this memory is preserved via recycling of parental histones onto the leading and lagging strands of the replication fork. The histones of on...

An enhanced model for accurate fish keypoint detection and tracking in intensive aquaculture

Monitoring fish growth is critical for intensive aquaculture, yet traditional manual weighing methods are labor-intensive and inefficient. This study proposes FishPose-tracking, an enhanced deep learning model that automates keypoint detection and tracking of fish, improving the...

The incidence of clinically diagnosed chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in patients with spondyloarthritis compared to matched population-based references: a register-based study

INTRODUCTION/OBJECTIVE: To estimate and compare the incidence of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) in patients with spondyloarthritis (SpA) to matched population-based references. METHODS: Patients with ≥ 1 SpA-diagnosis from an outpatient department of rheumatology/in...

A Modified Delphi Study on the Ethics and Governance of Live Injecting at Aesthetic Conferences. Is There a Better and Safer Alternative?

BACKGROUND: Live clinical demonstrations at aesthetic medicine conferences is common, yet concerns regarding patient safety, commercial influence, and ethical governance. This study established a consensus-based governance framework for live injecting and compared expert and atte...

Learning behaviour is consistent across time and tasks in Formica fusca ants

Abstract Research on interindividual behavioural and cognitive variability has gained momentum over the last few decades. Most studies focused on vertebrates, revealing that individual cognitive performance can be stable across time and tasks and linked to other behavioural trait...

Volatilomic and transcriptomic analyses uncover the mechanisms underlying flavor-related VOC changes during the harvest period of Citrus reticulata ‘Chachi’

Harvest timing is a critical determinant of the quality of Citrus reticulata ‘Chachi’ (CRC), the sole raw material for Guang Chenpi. However, the molecular mechanisms underlying the dynamics of flavor-related volatile organic compounds (VOCs) across the commercial harvest period...

Experimental study of pressure drop in traditional and modified labyrinth seals of Francis turbine

Abstract Labyrinth seals are primary non-contact seals used to minimise leakage losses between high and low-pressure regions in Francis turbines. This paper describes the development of an experimental setup (consisting of piping method and pressure sensors) for measuring the pre...

Selective removal of zinc, lead, and arsenic from zinc production sludge via roasting and room-temperature leaching

Hydrometallurgical zinc production generates large quantities of iron-rich sludges that pose a hazardous waste challenge due to their heavy metal content. This study presents a method for the selective removal of heavy metals from jarosite-type sludge through optimized roasting f...

Human balance as a resonance-governed system: targeted modal attenuation via passive mass coupling

Human postural control during quiet standing has often been modelled as a lightly damped dynamical system in which low-frequency modes contribute to sway behaviour. Reduced effective damping may increase amplification of these modes, potentially contributing to instability. In en...

Associations of health literacy and eHealth literacy with cyberchondria: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Abstract Background Health literacy and eHealth literacy are related but conceptually distinct constructs that may influence how individuals engage with online health information. However, observational studies have reported positive, negative, and null associations with cybercho...

A phase-based analytic hierarchy process–decision–making trial and evaluation laboratory approach for prioritizing building information modelling–enabled digital transformation criteria in geotechnical projects: the case of Türkiye

Abstract Building information modelling (BIM) has become increasingly important for Türkiye's large-scale geotechnical projects; however, its adoption remains limited owing to inconsistent data-sharing standards, varying organizational readiness and challenges in integrating geol...

Oozing characteristics in screw extrusion additive manufacturing

Abstract Additive Manufacturing (AM) is a non-conventional manufacturing process that enables the physical realization of components through layer-by-layer material deposition. Among the different AM techniques, Screw Extrusion Additive Manufacturing (SEAM) uses an extruder screw...

Structurally conditioned autonomy and assisted dying: health equity, vulnerability, and end-of-life decision-making

Assisted dying is frequently justified through appeals to individual autonomy and self-determination. However, contemporary end-of-life decision-making occurs within broader social, economic, and institutional conditions that may significantly shape experiences of suffering and t...

KHEX™ — The Universal Digital Exchange

For centuries, the bureau de change has answered a simple question: “I have value denominated in System A. I need to use it in System B.” The digital economy has outgrown this institution, but no equivalent has emerged to replace it. Cryptocurrency exchanges convert between digit...

Parents as partners? Parental engagement in Catholic schools in England and Wales

Parental engagement is widely recognised as a key contributor to children’s academic success, and is also often associated with faith-based schooling. However, little is known about how clergy, alongside parents and staff within Catholic schools, conceptualise and support this en...

Consensus Bayesian Network Learning for Market Basket Analysis in Indonesian Retail Transactions

Understanding relationships among products in retail transactions is essential for supporting strategic decisions such as product placement and cross-selling. However, traditional market basket analysis is limited to pairwise associations and cannot capture complex conditional de...

Gravitational instability in planet-forming discs

During the earliest phases of star and planet formation, a young star is surrounded by a disc that can become gravitationally unstable. Indeed, if the protoplanetary disc is sufficiently massive, its self-gravity triggers the formation of large scale spiral arms, transporting ang...

Regulation-aware combinatorial optimization of energy community formation under geographic proximity constraints

Renewable Energy Communities (RECs) enable collective self-consumption by allowing geographically proximate households to share locally generated renewable energy. While most existing studies optimize the operation of a pre-defined community, the prior problem of how to partition...

Numerical Solution of 2D Advection-Diffusion for River Pollutant Transport using the Finite Element Method

Pollutant dispersion in rivers is governed by advection, diffusion, and the physical characteristics of the channel. This paper models two-dimensional pollutant transport using the advection-diffusion equation and solves it numerically with the Finite Element Method (FEM) under f...

Optimal Control of an SEIRS Epidemic Model for Online Shopping Addiction Dynamics among University Students

Online shopping addiction is a growing behavioral problem among university students, driven by the rapid development of e-commerce platforms. This study constructs, analyzes, and applies optimal control to an SEIRS (susceptible--exposed--infected--recovered--susceptible) mathemat...