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When stable performance misleads: A formal model of compensation-dependent systems

Background. Reliable performance in sociotechnical systems depends on continuous human adaptation. Resilience engineering and Safety-II established adaptation as the mechanism through which systems remain safe, yet governance monitors its products — accidents, mortality, delays,...

Graphene as a Tunable Nonradiative Bath for Moiré Excitons

A minimal theory of nonradiative energy transfer from a two-dimensional (2D) moiré exciton to a nearby graphene layer is presented. From Fermi’s golden rule the transfer rate is the overlap of the exciton near-field spectrum with the dissipative density response of graphene, weig...

Streamlined durability monitoring of DuraNet® Plus and Interceptor® G2 insecticide-treated nets in Northern Region, Cameroon: assessment results in two sites from 2022 to 2025

Abstract Background Insecticide-treated nets (ITNs) are a critical vector control and malaria prevention tool. Routine monitoring of ITN physical and chemical durability is key to assessing their performance under real-world conditions. A streamlined ITN durability monitoring met...

A Finite Element Model of Pregnancy Derived From Maternal Sonography: Effect of Uterine And Cervical Structural Properties on Cervical Mechanical Loading

Identification and treatment of pregnancies at risk for preterm birth is a central challenge in obstetric research. Many of the known causes of preterm birth originate from mechanical failure in reproductive tissues. To better understand the biomechanical environment of the gravi...

Morphology‐Driven Ternary Pattern Space Spans Shallow Marine Clouds

Abstract Marine shallow clouds exhibit a variety of patterns, which have been the subject of extensive research. In this study, we introduce a new approach for their continuous classification using Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) true color imagery. This met...

Semi-invisible hyperon decays in the effective Lagrangian approach

Abstract We systematically investigate the semi-invisible decays of hyperons (hyperon $$\rightarrow \pi (/\gamma )\ +$$ → π ( / γ ) + invisible( $$\psi $$ ψ )) in the Mesogenesis mechanism by the effective Lagrangian approach. The one-loop hadronic contribution of triangle diagra...

Comparison of clinical efficacy and gut microbiota characteristics in children with ASD treated with fecal microbiota transplantation and ketogenic diet

Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) is a neurodevelopmental disorder characterized by impairments in social communication and interaction, along with restricted, repetitive patterns of behavior. It is often accompanied by gastrointestinal dysfunction and gut microbiota dysbiosis. Feca...

Does the selective bolding of characters within words improve reading performance in skilled adult readers? Evidence from eye movements

Abstract Reading is core to functioning in our daily lives. Therefore, it is not surprising that numerous tools have been developed to help maximize reading efficiency in both skilled and less skilled readers. In this registered report, we examined the potential of selective bold...

Cardiolipin deficiency disrupts electron transport chain and drives steatohepatitis

Metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD) is a progressive disorder marked by lipid accumulation, leading to metabolic dysfunction-associated steatohepatitis (MASH). A key feature of the transition to MASH involves oxidative stress resulting from defects in...

Impact of calcined clays additions on phase assemblage and mechanical strength of autoclaved low-clinker fiber cement matrices

Calcined clays are promising constituents for use in low-clinker autoclaved fiber cement production. Previous studies on the use of calcined clays in autoclaved fiber cement matrices have shown that their behavior is complex and sometimes counterintuitive. This study investigates...

Hierarchical sparse Bayesian multitask learning for disease prediction in pooled microbiome studies

Abstract Background: Microbiome-based disease prediction across pooled studies is challenging because the data are high dimensional, heterogeneous, and often too limited to support reliable study-specific models. We propose a hierarchical sparse Bayesian multitask logistic regres...

Black–Hole Echo Resonance Spectra and Source Dependence in a Controlled Transfer–Function Model

Echo models phenomenologically encode possible near–horizon structure by replacing the purely ingoing horizon–side condition with an effective reflecting inner boundary near the would–be horizon. We study this idea in a controlled transfer–function model consisting of a compactly...

Spoilage-Associated Bacteria in Fresh Cow Cheeses: Diversity, Spoilage-Related Changes, Quantification and Identification Approaches—A Scoping Review

Fresh cheeses are highly perishable dairy products due to their high moisture content, pH, and other intrinsic characteristics that support microbial growth. This scoping review synthesized the available evidence on spoilage-associated bacteria in fresh cow cheeses, the physicoch...

Study on High-Temperature Fatigue Properties and Notch Sensitivity of Haynes 230 Alloy TIG-Welded Joints

This study investigates the high-temperature high-cycle fatigue behavior of TIG-welded Haynes 230 alloy using smooth and notched specimens (Kt=3) at 850–950°C. Both elevated temperature and notch effect significantly degrade fatigue performance. As temperature increases, thermall...

Bycatch risk of threatened and protected marine species in China’s seas and adjacent waters

Large marine animals face severe threats from industrial fisheries globally, with bycatch recognized as a primary driver of population declines. This challenge is particularly pronounced in China’s seas and adjacent waters—a region of extraordinary biodiversity yet intense fishin...

Real-time nuclear–electronic orbital time-dependent density functional theory with a constrained traveling proton basis

Nuclear quantum effects and non-Born-Oppenheimer effects play a vital role in many chemical and biological processes, motivating the incorporation of such effects into dynamical simulations. In real-time nuclear-electronic orbital time-dependent density functional theory (RT-NEO-...

Evaluating a sexual violence primary prevention program at an Australian University: a realist protocol comprising a cluster non-randomized controlled trial and realist interviews

Abstract Background Sexual violence is highly prevalent in university settings, yet there remains limited evidence on what prevention interventions work, for whom, and under what conditions. This article outlines the protocol for a mixed method realist evaluation of an Australian...

Prevalence of Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae in tonsils of domestic pigs and wild boars in Sweden

Abstract Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae (ER) causes erysipelas in multiple animal species and may persist in the environment or be carried asymptomatically. Tonsils are a recognized reservoir in domestic pigs. This study aimed to determine the prevalence of ER in tonsils of healthy...

Free-particle Green’s function matrix elements over spherical Gaussian and plane-wave-modulated Gaussian basis functions

Free-particle Green's function plays a central role in the theoretical description of electron scattering and autoionization processes in quantum physics and chemistry. Recently, Gaussian basis set approaches have become increasingly important in applications to unbound and metas...

Metagenome-scale modeling to assess microbiome metabolic complementarity for precision microbiota transplantation therapies

Fecal microbiota transplantation (FMT) holds therapeutic promise beyond recurrent Clostridioides difficile infection, but clinical outcomes remain unpredictable, in part because existing computational models do not fully capture the metabolic compatibility between donor and recip...