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Unraveling Condensation Frosting through Controlled Experiments and Complex Networks

Abstract Condensation frosting is ubiquitously observed in cold countries and various industrial applications, ranging from refrigeration to aerospace systems. In recent years, there has been growing interest in using superhydrophobic and other nanoengineered coatings to delay fr...

High-fidelity fabrication of sub-millimeter thickness silica glass optical components via a synergistic suppression strategy in UV imprint lithography

Ultraviolet imprinting technology offers significant advantages in fabricating silica glass optical devices due to the high precision, high efficiency, and excellent reproducibility. However, when fabricating components with sub-millimeter thickness and high aspect ratios, the st...

Green Initiatives and Financial Performance: ESG Associations and Corporate Life-Cycle Contingencies in China’s Heavily Polluting Industries

This study examines how green initiatives are associated with financial performance through a statistical indirect pathway involving environmental, social, and governance (ESG) assessment and whether that pathway varies across life-cycle stages. Using an unbalanced panel of 6579...

Association of Body Mass Index and Family History With Self-Reported Doctor-Diagnosed Polycystic Ovary Syndrome A Cross-Sectional Study

This independent cross-sectional research study examines the association between body mass index (BMI), family history of polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS), and self-reported doctor-diagnosed PCOS in an online survey sample. The study includes a data-quality assessment and statist...

Integration of Distributed Solar Energy into Saudi Smart Distribution Grids: Voltage Regulation, Hosting Capacity and Protection Challenges

The deployment of distributed solar photovoltaic generation is leading Saudi Arabia's distribution networks to move from a primarily one-way arrangement to a more actively managed system in which power, voltage and fault current can change direction at various stages of operation...

Shoulder Muscle Tone, Function, and Factors Associated with Functional Recovery in Patients with Chronic Shoulder Pain: A Non-Randomized Comparative Study of Manual Therapy and Corticosteroid Injection

Background/Objectives: This study aimed to compare the effects of manual therapy (MT) and corticosteroid injection (CI) on shoulder muscle tone, function, and health-related quality of life (HRQOL) in patients with chronic shoulder pain (CSP) and to identify the muscle-tone chang...

Characterization of hops (Humulus lupulus cultivar Hallertau Magnum) grown under different doses of nitrogen fertilization in a subtropical climate

Hops are an essential ingredient in brewing, contributing to beer flavor and aroma. Brazil imports hop products such as pellets and extracts to meet domestic demand, while research on hop production under subtropical conditions remains limited. Nitrogen fertilization strongly aff...

AdventML: Advanced Enzyme Temperature Prediction with Transformer-Based Embeddings and Resampling Strategies

Abstract Accurate prediction of enzyme optimal catalytic temperature (Topt) is important for enzyme applications, particularly for identifying biocatalysts stable in extreme conditions, but experimental measurement remains costly and time-consuming. Here, we present AdventML, a m...

Novel approach to enhance formability in Ti–6Al–4V alloy via stress relaxation prediction with a dislocation-based finite element model

Abstract Pulsating forming techniques are advanced metal forming processes that apply cyclic or pulsed mechanical or hydraulic loads to the workpiece, enhancing formability and reducing defects compared to conventional static forming. Pulsating forming emerges as a transformative...

DinoDental : Benchmarking DINOv3 as a Unified Vision Encoder for Dental Image Analysis

ABSTRACT The scarcity and high cost of expert annotation remain major barriers to developing reliable AI systems for dental imaging. DINOv3, a state‐of‐the‐art self‐supervised vision foundation model pretrained on 1.7 billion images, offers a promising way to reduce this dependen...

Anti-parity-time-symmetric gyroscope via high-order exceptional points

Exceptional points (EPs), which arise from non-Hermitian systems, have been extensively investigated for the development of high-performance sensors. However, operating a non-Hermitian sensor at a high-order EP (HOEP) to achieve extreme performance requires strict and precise con...

Integrated Pest Management Approaches and Phytosanitary Protocols for Sustainable Horticulture

Due to climate changes, the emergence of new pest distribution areas, development of pesticide resistance, and protection of plants for their international trade purposes, it is becoming more challenging to cultivate fruits and vegetables sustainably. One of the options for this...

Is Exposure to Certain Endocrine-Disrupting Chemicals Associated with Increased Skin Cancer Risk?

Background/Objectives: This review investigated whether exposure to certain endocrine-disrupting chemicals (EDCs) increases skin cancer risk. Methods: We performed a comprehensive narrative review of in vitro, animal, and human studies examining the association of EDCs with melan...

The Left in the European Parliament: between responsiveness and responsibility

Research on radical left parties (RLPs) and European integration has often treated The Left in the European Parliament (The Left), either as a relatively coherent Eurosceptic party group or has examined differences between RLPs as a party family. This article contributes to the l...

Exact fixed-column sum rules and a mass-ratio test in a PMNS construction

An ordered Pontecorvo–Maki–Nakagawa–Sakata (PMNS) construction with prescribed tribimaximal matrix-element splits fixes the second-column squared moduli to the nontrimaximal rational values \((\tfrac{11}{36},\tfrac{25}{64},\tfrac{175}{576})\), yielding the exact solar–reactor sum...

Finite-Sample Inference for Exponential Competing Risks Under Combined Type-II Generalized Progressive Hybrid Censoring

Time-limited life tests may terminate before both competing failure causes are observed. We derive the finite-sample distributions of ordinary maximum likelihood estimators (MLEs) for two independent exponential risks under combined Type-II generalized progressive hybrid censorin...

Adsorption at Interfaces and Contact Lines: From Molecular Oversolubility to Macroscopic Wetting

Abstract Interfaces between two phases and contact lines between three phases are the locus of complex phenomena that govern the thermodynamic and dynamic behavior of such systems─both at the microscopic and macroscopic scales. Yet, despite the abundant literature on the topic, t...

E8 Phi-Lattice Encodes 12-Node Metabolic Attractor State Space — E8 Intelligence Research

The 240 E8 root vectors decompose into 12 orthogonal coordinate pairs (20 roots each), and this decomposition reveals that the 12 coordinate pairs form a self-referential information lattice where each node's state is determined by phi-scaled phase relationships with all other no...

Raman and infrared spectroscopic investigation of GeO2-modified K2Si2O5 glasses synthesized by Sol–gel and standard melting methods

Two approaches for producing potassium–germanium silicate amorphous materials are presented: the conventional batch melting method followed by melt quenching, and a sol–gel synthesis route followed by melting in a furnace. Potassium disilicate glasses modified by germanium oxide...

Optimizing Sequential Competitive Facility Location and Attractiveness Design

We consider a sequential competitive facility location and attractiveness design problem (S-CFLAP) in which the leader and follower sequentially decide on the location and attractiveness design (e.g., building area) of new facilities to maximize their market shares. Customer dema...