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Reliability-Centered Maintenance and Cost Optimization Strategies for Heavy-Duty Commercial Vehicle Fleets: A Comprehensive Review

Heavy commercial vehicle fleets play a crucial role in transportation, logistics, mining, and construction sectors, where vehicle reliability and maintenance efficiency directly influence operational performance and profitability. The increasing complexity of fleet operations, co...

Power: Making a passage possible.

What has come about, without you, thanks to you?" Power is making a passage possible, without taking it. Against the tradition that measures power by constraint, this essay defines it as the operation that adds to the world a cause that does not belong to you, and gives the crite...

Informality, power and governance in the global value chain of Brazil nuts in Brazil and Bolivia

Purpose How does governance in global value chains (GVC) work when their main coordination and control mechanisms rely on power asymmetries rather than formal institutions? This study aims to examine a case study set in a context typical of informality and institutional fragility...

Defect-Regulated Co/CeO2 Catalysts for Selective Hydrodeoxygenation of Lignin-Derived Phenolics: Unravelling the Interfacial Hydrogenation C–O Cleavage Synergy

Lignin-derived chemicals are important renewable building blocks for a sustainable chemical industry, and their selective hydrodeoxygenation (HDO) into cyclohexanol offers a promising route to high-value products; however, efficient C–O bond cleavage over non-noble-metal catalyst...

Recent Progress in the Synthesis of Sulfonylmethyl Compounds Using Diverse Sulfonylmethylating Reagents

Sulfonylmethyl motif is widely present in many organic compounds and has shown important application in pharmaceutical chemistry, organic synthesis, and materials science. In recent years, considerable attention has been devoted to the development of efficient methods for constru...

Effects of triply periodic minimal surface porous media structures on combustion and heat transfer characteristics of low-concentration methane

Porous medium burners can improve the combustion efficiency of low concentration methane, promote the utilization of low grade energy sources, and reduce greenhouse gas emissions. As a new type of porous medium, it is of great significance to investigate the effects of different...

The Diversity of Hymenoptera on Pummelo (Citrus maxima (Burm.) Merr.)

Hymenoptera play important ecological roles in agroecosystems as parasitoids, predators, and pollinators. This study investigated the species composition and diversity of Hymenoptera in a conventionally managed pummelo (Citrus maxima (Burm.) Merr.) orchard in Xishuangbanna, Yunna...

Clinical outcomes of 1PN- and 3PN-derived blastocysts in the absence of transferable 2PN embryos: A retrospective analysis

Objective We aimed to determine the blastocyst formation rates, preimplantation genetic testing for aneuploidy (PGT-A) results, and pregnancy rates of embryos derived from 1pronucleus (1PN) and 3 pronuclei (3PN). Methods A total of 150 patients who developed 1PN and/or 3PN embryo...

Paeoniflorin Alleviates Oxygen–Glucose Deprivation/Reoxygenation Injury by Mediating Crosstalk Between Neurons and Endothelial Cells Through the VEGF/PI3K-AKT/mTOR Pathway

Background/Objectives: Cerebral ischemia–reperfusion injury (CIRI) poses therapeutic challenges because of oxidative stress, blood–brain barrier disruption, and neuronal apoptosis, limiting current treatments. Paeoniflorin (PF) from Paeonia lactiflora has neuroprotective potentia...

Recoarctation after neonatal hypoplastic aortic arch repair: impact of patch material

Background:Recoarctation remains a frequent complication after neonatal aortic arch repair. This study aimed to identify risk factors for recoarctation, with particular emphasis on the patch material used for aortic enlargement.Methods:All neonates who underwent aortic arch repai...

Rethinking Complement in Homeostasis and Disease

The complement system, traditionally viewed as a central component of immune defense, is now recognized to play diverse roles in morphogenesis, tissue regeneration, cellular metabolism, and intercellular communication. This expanded perspective highlights the spatially distribute...

Collatz Conjecture Unresolved Amid Lean Bug and Ergodics — E8 Intelligence Research

FINDING: Collatz remains unsolved; recent work explores topological/ergodic reformulations, while a Lean kernel vulnerability caused a temporary false disproof. | MATH: Collatz map T(n) = n/2 if n even, (3n+1)/2 if n odd; ergodic approach uses Borel σ-algebra and thermodynamic fo...

Elacestrant in Combination with Everolimus for Estrogen Receptor-Positive, HER2-Negative Previously Treated Advanced Breast Cancer: Results from ELEVATE

PURPOSE: Treatment options for progression on first-line endocrine therapy (ET)+CDK4/6i for ER-positive/HER2-negative (ER+/HER2-) advanced breast cancer (ABC) include ET plus targeted agents (CDK4/6i or PI3K/AKT/mTOR-pathway inhibitors). Elacestrant is the first single-agent oral...

Impact of Technology Integration on Student Engagement and Learning Outcomes in Secondary Education

This research study examined how integration of technology influences students’ engagement with respect to their learning outcomes focusing on secondary schools. The growing engagement of digital tools in education has shifted classroom practice away from mainly teacher-led instr...

A Comprehensive Review on The Recent Trends in Advancement of Use of Anti-Bacterial Agents

Bacterial infections remain a major global health challenge, driving continuous innovation in antibacterial therapy. Traditional agents such as β-lactams, aminoglycosides, and fluoroquinolones have provided decades of clinical success, yet the rapid emergence of multidrug resista...

Clinical Characteristics and Risk Factors of Pediatric Thyroid Eye Disease

Purpose: To characterize the natural history and clinical characteristics of thyroid eye disease (TED) in a pediatric population and identify risk factors contributing to disease onset and severity. Methods: A retrospective cohort study was conducted among children diagnosed as h...

Epstein–Barr Virus DNA Detection Without Detectable Expression of Selected Viral Transcripts in Pediatric Patients with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus

Background: Epstein–Barr virus (EBV) has long been linked to systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), mainly through molecular mimicry, altered B-cell biology, defective antiviral immune surveillance and intermittent viral reactivation. However, the detection of EBV DNA in clinical sa...

Self-rankings as a predictor of scientific impact beyond peer review

Abstract Peer review in academic research aims to ensure factual correctness and identify work of high scientific potential, but rapid submission growth has made this increasingly difficult. Here we investigate an additional measure for identifying high-impact research: authors’...

Phase Evolution and Diffusion Behavior of PM-HIP-Processed Ni-Mo Bimetallic Cladding

Ni–Mo alloy claddings were fabricated on low-carbon steel substrates using powder metallurgy combined with hot isostatic pressing (PM-HIP). The interfacial microstructure, elemental interdiffusion, phase composition and microhardness distribution of the bimetallic composite were...

Effect of probiotic, prebiotic, and synbiotic supplementation on anemia in hemodialysis patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials

Anemia is common in hemodialysis patients and reduces quality of life. Gut dysbiosis may contribute. Biotic supplements (probiotics, prebiotics, synbiotics) could help, but evidence is uncertain. This review evaluated their effects on hemoglobin, hematocrit, ferritin, and TIBC. W...