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Spirituality, subjectivity, and idividuality in the experience of yoga and meditation practitioners

The article analyses the process of otherness and identity construction in yoga and meditation practices, through the ethnography of a middle-class group of Vedanta students in Rio de Janeiro. The tensions involved in the processes of ‘expanding’ the inner world through technique...

Novel design and accelerated construction for long-span extradosed cable-stayed bridges

Over the past two decades, the construction of long-span extradosed cable-stayed bridges (CSBs) has experienced rapid growth, with numerous innovative designs and construction methods emerging in recent years. This study presents a comprehensive synthesis of innovative designs an...

Built to last: the enduring nature of bank brand personality across a decade of change

Purpose This study aims to examine the temporal stability of bank brand personality perceptions over a decade marked by digital transformation, addressing a critical gap in the branding literature, where longitudinal evidence remains virtually absent. Design/methodology/approach...

EuroMillions Breakthrough Mining — 2743 Sources, 23030 Leads Extracted — E8 Intelligence Research

Mined 2743 lottery+quantum breakthroughs. Extracted 23030 leads across 13 categories. 20806 high-value leads found. Categories: {"CORRIDOR": 1949, "FORMULA": 1786, "GEOMETRIC": 851, "FORWARD_ATTEMPT": 2067, "QUANTUM": 2277, "TIMING": 255, "CELESTIAL": 1876, "GEMATRIA": 1971, "CON...

An interpretive, population-structure-centred forensic analysis demonstrating how Y-STR population differentiation affects evidential robustness and database choice

Y-chromosomal short tandem repeats (Y-STRs) are widely used in forensic genetics, yet the robustness of evidential interpretation depends not only on marker diversity but on the degree of population differentiation underlying reference database selection. This study evaluates Y-S...

Comparative antioxidant recovery evaluation of ultrasound and supercritical CO₂ Yemeni red onion peel extractions with LC-ESI-MS/MS profiling of ultrasound-assisted extracts

Yemeni red onion ( Allium cepa L.) peels of the local Yemeni cultivar ‘Ba Fatim’ represent an underutilized agro-waste rich in bioactive compounds with significant antioxidant potential. This study aimed to comparatively evaluate ultrasonic-assisted extraction (UAE) and supercrit...

Dual General Position in Lexicographic Products with a Complete First Factor

Let G be a nonempty finite simple graph. For every m ≥ 2, we prove gp_d(K_m ∘ G) = m q_2(G), where q_2(G) is the maximum size of a set A ⊆ V(G) for which both G[A] and G[V(G) ∖ A] are complete, with value zero if no such set exists. This answers the published complete-first-facto...

A multimodal deep learning assisted uncertainty-aware MPC framework for fault tolerant control of aviation piston pumps

Aviation piston pumps are critical components of aircraft hydraulic systems. The progressive wear can significantly degrade system reliability, control accuracy and operational safety of piston pumps. Conventional fault-tolerant control (FTC) methods generally rely on fixed syste...

FFCS-Net: controlled multi-prior interaction via decoupled residual gating for lightweight defect detection

Embedding domain priors can compensate for the limited capacity of lightweight defect detectors, yet existing methods implicitly treat prior stacking as beneficial, overlooking the nonlinear interactions—synergy, perturbation, or conflict—that may arise when heterogeneous inducti...

Single-nuclei RNA sequencing reveals obesity-associated rewiring of estrogen signaling in endometrioid adenocarcinoma

Endometrioid adenocarcinoma has one of the strongest body mass index associations of any solid tumor. This is widely attributed to amplification of estrogen-driven signaling via increased production of unopposed estrogen in peripheral adipose tissue. However, there is little evid...

Impacts of the ‘Cost-of-Living Crisis’ on UK-Based Owners of Pandemic Puppies

Since 2021, United Kingdom (UK) residents have faced a decline in disposable income termed the Cost-of-Living Crisis (COLC). For pet owners, this has been compounded by the costs of veterinary care rising faster than the rate of inflation. Animal welfare charities have reported i...

Nothing new under the sun: Agentic AI and the automated, connected catalog

The emergence of agentic AI is an important technology trend, and its implications for technical services librarianship have the potential to be profound. Agentic AI is introduced and distinguished from generative AI through its capacity to pursue goals, coordinate specialized ag...

Characterization of the Topological Structure of the Asphalt Mixture Skeleton Main Force Chain Based on the Complex Network Theory and Discrete Element Method

Abstract The main force chain (MFC) serves as an important tool for analyzing the effective load transfer capacity within the skeleton of asphalt mixture. However, existing studies have not adequately considered the interactions among different MFCs, meaning that the effective tr...

Frequency control of superconducting resonators using integrated interferometers

Predictable frequency trimming of superconducting resonators at liquid-helium temperatures requires a tuning element whose usable range remains well defined despite screening currents and hysteresis. Here, we realize flux-controlled λ/4 coplanar-waveguide resonators terminated by...

Bionic Protein Bond Constraint‐Reinforced and Enriched Multifunctional Hydrogel Coating for Invasive Medical Devices

ABSTRACT Dual‐targeted strategies addressing both infection and trauma from invasive devices are imperative. Herein, we developed a bionic protein bond constraint strategy to construct multifunctional quaternary ammonium hydrogel coatings (BEAC). Inspired by the secondary bonds s...

Decomposing Daily Baltic Sea Thermal-Anomaly Evolution into Rearrangement and Residual Change Using Unbalanced Optimal Transport

This repository provides the complete analysis code and supporting datasets for the manuscript “Decomposing Daily Baltic Sea Thermal-Anomaly Evolution into Rearrangement and Residual Change Using Unbalanced Optimal Transport.” It includes the reproducible Python analysis workflow...

Primary intervention with hypermetropic spectacles: Factors influencing improvement in esotropia

PURPOSE: To evaluate whether factors observed at initial clinical examination are predictors of the ability to achieve motor alignment with single vision spectacles in hypermetropic children with esotropia. METHODS: Prospective case series. Thirty-eight children with esotropia fr...

Candida auris uses nutrient sensing to modulate virulence and host immune responses

The emergence of Candida auris as a pathogen required host adaptation and evasion of mammalian immunity, but the mechanisms are poorly understood. We discovered that C. auris uses nutrient sensing to tune its virulence traits and modulate immune activation in changing environment...

Entrepreneurship And Innovation

Entrepreneurship and innovation play a vital role in driving economic growth, creating employment opportunities, and improving the quality of life in society. In today's rapidly changing business environment, entrepreneurs are not only creators of new businesses but also innovato...

Assessment of Teachers' Service Delivery in Private Secondary Schools in Abi Local Government Area, Cross River State - Nigeria

This study assessed teachers’ service delivery in private secondary schools in Abi Local Government Area of Cross River State, Nigeria, with particular focus on instructional practices and classroom management. Two research questions guided the study. A de scriptive survey resear...