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Freshwater Aquaculture Dynamics in China’s Jianghan Plain Revealed by Multi-Source Satellite Imagery

The Jianghan Plain is one of the important freshwater aquaculture regions in China. Accurate information on the spatial distribution and spatiotemporal dynamics of aquaculture ponds is essential for regional ecological management. However, large-scale and accurate identification...

Exploring the relationship between a structured, embodied analogy and students’ conceptual understanding in science

This study presents an innovative educational analogy grounded in a structured, embodied, and associative framework designed to support students’ conceptual understanding in science education. Focusing on secondary school students in Morocco, the study explores the relationship b...

Effect of Austempering on the Microstructure, Mechanical Properties and Tribological Performance of EN-GJS-800-8 Ductile Iron Castings

This study evaluated the effect of austempering on the microstructure, mechanical properties, and dry-sliding wear performance of EN-GJS-800-8 ductile iron produced as cross-step castings with wall thicknesses of 8, 17, 38, and 48 mm. As-cast and heat-treated specimens were exami...

A multi-centre study of belatacept and sirolimus for islet transplantation

Abstract Aims/hypothesis Islet transplantation is an appropriate treatment for selected individuals with type 1 diabetes mellitus and hypoglycaemia unawareness. The gold standard of maintenance immunosuppression to prevent allograft rejection is calcineurin inhibitor-based therap...

Mechanism of Planetary Orbital Precession

For over a century, the residual deviation in Mercury’s orbital precession has been regarded as key observational evidence supporting the spacetime curvature view of General Relativity. Within the Newtonian mechanics framework, researchers have incorporated the gravitational cont...

Imaging of ectopic gastric mucosa in Meckel’s diverticulum: A case report and literature review

Meckel’s diverticulum (MD) is usually asymptomatic, with the most common presentation being painless gastrointestinal bleeding in children under the age of 2 years. We report a case of a 10-year-old male who presented with painless hematochezia and melena, accompanied by several...

Social Critique of Mother (2017): Woman, Earth, and Sacred Rage

Mother! is an allegory in which the house is the Earth and the film's nameless woman is Mother Nature. Jennifer Lawrence herself has said that the film "depicts the rape and torment of Mother Earth"; her character represents the planet Earth, and Javier Bardem, in the role of "Hi...

The Impact of Patient Capital on Innovation Quantity and Quality Among SMEs

Drawing on panel data from firms listed on the SME Board and Growth Enterprise Market (GEM) between 2010 and 2024, this study examines how patient capital influences SME innovation. It considers both the quantity and quality of innovation and investigates the underlying mechanism...

Quantum chemical, spectroscopic, and in silico molecular docking and molecular dynamics studies on thymotrinan, which has immunomodulatory and neuroprotective properties

Thymotrinan is an immunomodulating tripeptide containing the Arg-Lys-Asp sequence.In this study, the structural, vibrational, and electronic properties, as well as the bioactivity of thymotrinan, have been thoroughly examined.The conformational preferences of thymotrinan were eva...

A qualitative study on understanding how early career engineers achieve career sustainability through transversal competencies

This study aims to understand how Early Career Engineers (ECEs) achieve career sustainability through transversal competencies. Constructivist grounded theory methodology was employed, with semi-structured interviews conducted among 50 ECEs, 30 managers, and 20 HR professionals a...

Advocacy and Representation Claims in Social Media Campaigns

Social media has become a central arena for civic activism, yet relatively little attention has been paid to the specific claims activists make to justify their actions and legitimize their public role. This study distinguishes between two complementary forms of claim-making in d...

Prediction and Optimization of Freeform Impeller Machining Parameters Using a Hybrid Taguchi-Artificial Neural Network Model with the Levenberg–Marquardt Algorithm

Freeform machining of impellers involves extended cycle times, leading to high energy consumption and costs necessitating efficient process optimization. This study develops a CAD/CAM-integrated hybrid Taguchi-Artificial Neural Network (ANN) model to optimize machining parameters...

Why Not the Ovenbird? The Minimal Obstruction of the Imaginary

Why is the ovenbird — potter and faithful, the seemingly ideal totem — absent from every Jivaro myth, as Lévi-Strauss himself noted in The Jealous Potter? This paper proposes a structural answer. From two declared commitments — every representation is Imaginary, bounded by an ina...

Prognostic Impact of Kidney Function before Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation - A Nationwide study

Abstract Background Prognosis after transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) keeps improving, yet some high-risk groups persist with chronic kidney disease being one. Contemporary data on the prognostic importance of pre-TAVI kidney function are sparse, leaving uncertainty...

DiaLense: A Framework for Auditing Interactional Bias in Clinical Conversational AI

Objectives. To develop a reusable, model-agnostic framework for auditing interactional bias in clinical conversational artificial intelligence: whether clinically identical simulated patients receive different conversational behaviour from a clinician agent when only communicatio...

Two-terminal Fault Location of MMC-HVDC Flexible Direct Current Transmission Lines Based on WOA-VMD-WSST

Accurate identification of the initial traveling wavefront is essential for two-terminal fault location in modular multilevel converter-based high-voltage direct-current (MMC-HVDC) lines. This study develops a coordinated processing chain that combines a signed-pole modal transfo...

Fermentation of Polygonatum cyrtonema with lactic acid bacteria to improve its flavor, antioxidant, and hypouricemic potential

This study aimed to investigate the transformation of Polygonatum cyrtonema Hua (PCH) by lactic acid bacteria (LAB), including Lactobacillus plantarum (P-5, Z-2, and 28–1) and Lactobacillus pentosus P-7. LAB-fermented PCH (FPCH) altered sugar and acid profiles, along with increas...

Assessing the Need for Right-to-Disconnect Policies to Enhance Work–Life Balance in India

The expansion of digital technologies has fundamentally altered the nature of work, dissolving temporal and physical boundaries between professional and personal life. In India, prolonged working hours, increased smartphone use and the normalization of hybrid and remote work have...

Cognitive and psychiatric outcomes of methamphetamine (Shabu Drug) abstinence: a 6-months longitudinal study in Tanta, Egypt

Abstract Background and objectives Methamphetamine use is increasing globally not only in developed countries but also in developing countries, including Egypt. The adverse impact of methamphetamine use (locally known as Shabu drug in Egypt) on psychiatric condition and cognitive...

Biparental care is a resilient evolutionarily strategy persisting across multiple species of small carpenter bees despite low paternity

Abstract Biparental care is rare in insects and is commonly attributed to genetic monogamy, which yields high fitness benefits for caring males. The discovery of biparental care despite low male paternity in the bee Ceratina nigrolabiata challenges this view. We tested whether th...