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- BiologyOpen access
Primary amoebic meningoencephalitis (PAM) is caused by Naegleria fowleri , a free-living amoeba. It is a fatal infection with more than 95% mortality rate. Even though several combinations of antimicrobial agents were used to treat the condition, the overall survival remains poor...
- Materials & Energy
Abstract The dispersive optical activity of conformationally flexible S-2-methylaziridine (S-2-MeAz) has been investigated experimentally under isolated and solvated conditions to elucidate the impacts of large-amplitude (conformational) and small-amplitude (vibrational) nuclear...
- Health & Medicine
Salivary Cutaneous Fistula Caused by Submandibular Sialolithiasis in an Adolescent
Pediatric submandibular sialolithiasis with a salivary cutaneous fistula is exceptionally rare. A 15-year-old boy presented with a 4-month history of a persistent right submandibular inflammatory lesion with a central opening and hypergranulation despite previous incision and dra...
- BiologyOpen access
Meta-Analysis of Green Manure Incorporation Effects on Soil Aggregates and Organic Carbon
Green manure incorporation is widely used to improve soil structure and enhance soil organic carbon (SOC) accumulation; however, the overall effects on soil aggregate distribution and carbon allocation among different aggregate fractions remain uncertain across diverse field cond...
- Society & EconomicsOpen access
Abstract This paper analyzes dropout, understood as a process of exclusion, of students from two courses from a Brazilian professional higher education institution based on Bourdieu’s sociology. We mapped the students’ relative social positions based on the prosopographic approac...
- AI & ComputingOpen access
Generative artificial intelligence (GAI) adoption in higher education raises questions about the relationships among perceived knowledge, confidence, attitudes, and reported teaching practices. A cross-sectional study of 149 faculty members at an Ecuadorian public university exam...
- Engineering & TechnologyOpen access
Analytical Guidance for Reentry Vehicles Based on Range–Energy Efficiency
To address the reentry guidance problem of hypersonic glide vehicles under complex constraints and terminal area energy management (TAEM), a nonlinear analytical guidance method based on the concept of range–energy efficiency (REE) is proposed. First, a linear energy dissipation...
- Health & MedicineOpen access
Abstract Background Obesity and weight gain after a cancer diagnosis are associated with poorer outcomes. Weight management could help to reduce the risk of mortality and morbidity. We aimed to understand how a cancer diagnosis impacts weight, health-related behaviours, and views...
- AI & ComputingOpen access
KIDO pairs children’s prompted happy and sad drawings with written reflections, creating a multimodal setting in which the text and image channels provide very different evidence for the same labels. We reanalyze KIDO by comparing Turkish, original English, and LLM-generated Turk...
- BiologyOpen access
Quinones have emerged as versatile optical signal transducers in spectroscopic analytical chemistry because of their unique redox activity, electron-transfer capability, reactive oxygen species generation, and tunable photophysical properties. Beyond their traditional roles as bi...
- Engineering & Technology
Abstract Fiber orientation, fiber length distribution, and spatial morphology gradients govern the mechanical performance of injection-molded fiber-reinforced thermoplastic composites. Predicting these features accurately requires modeling frameworks that span flow kinematics, fi...
- Materials & EnergyOpen access
Abstract Water-soluble poly(vinyl alcohol) (PVOH) offers high tensile strength and an excellent oxygen barrier, but its dense hydrogen-bond network places its melting point close to its decomposition temperature, making it difficult to melt-process. Poly(butylene adipate-co-terep...
- Materials & EnergyOpen access
Single-Water Microsolvation Promotes Proton Sharing in a Neutral Formic Acid–Ammonia Complex
Abstract Can single-water microsolvation promote proton sharing in a neutral acid–base complex? We address this question for formic acid–ammonia by isolating its monohydrated complex with broadband rotational spectroscopy and interpreting the resolved 14N hyperfine structure with...
- Engineering & Technology
Nanopore Identification of Nicotine in Cigarette Tobacco and Its Smoke
Abstract Smoking poses a severe threat to global public health. Nicotine, as the predominant addictive constituent existing in both tobacco matrices and inhaled smoke, requires direct and reliable detection for health risk evaluation and tobacco quality control. In this work, we...
- Engineering & TechnologyOpen access
Settlement-informed boundary-adaptive excess pore water pressure prediction during vacuum preloading
Predicting excess pore water pressure (EPWP) fields during vacuum preloading remains difficult because EPWP sensors are sparse and the time-varying vacuum boundary is rarely recorded continuously. This study frames this problem as settlement-informed boundary adaptation rather th...
- Health & Medicine
Objective: Conducted within a collectivist cultural context, this study examined the relationships between breastfeeding self-efficacy, confidence in infant care, maternal role attainment, and excessive postpartum social support during the early postpartum period. Methods: This c...
- Health & MedicineOpen access
Virological Events During Immune Checkpoint Inhibitor Therapy: A Multi-Source Evaluation
Background/Objectives: Virological findings during immune checkpoint inhibitor (ICI) therapy may represent viral loss of control, pre-existing infection, tumour biomarkers, or infection after immune-related adverse event (irAE)-directed immunosuppression. Distinguishing these pos...
- Climate & EnvironmentOpen access
Interpreting Air Temperature Trends Across the Antarctic Peninsula Between 1979 and 2025
Abstract The near‐surface temperature of the Antarctic Peninsula is marked by strong spatio‐temporal variability. In situ observations are scarce and therefore have limited spatial coverage. Furthermore, ERA‐5 reanalysis does not have a sufficient spatial resolution to capture th...
- Engineering & TechnologyOpen access
Abstract Bark is an abundant lignocellulosic side stream from pulp, paper, and wood-processing industries that has recently attracted increasing interest as a renewable resource to produce sustainable chemicals and fuels. However, its heterogeneous composition and relatively high...
- Society & EconomicsOpen access
Abstract With the rapid advancement of artificial intelligence (AI), AI-assisted tools are increasingly integrated into language education. However, empirical evidence on their effectiveness for spoken English in higher vocational colleges remains limited. This quasi-experimental...