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Cultural variations in the relationship between school belonging and social-emotional skills: a multi-group structural equation modeling (SEM) analysis

Abstract Background Social-emotional skills are vital for student development but show a marked global decline during secondary education, underscoring the need for effective interventions. While school belonging is hypothesized to support such development, whether its role is un...

Over reliance on prior expectations in relapsing remitting multiple sclerosis

Abstract Cognitive impairment is a common and disabling feature of multiple sclerosis (MS). Bayesian models of perception and action provide a powerful framework to better understand how cognitive processes are altered in MS. In this case-control study, we employed a time reprodu...

An Analysis of Decision Problems for Relational Pattern Languages under Various Constraints

Patterns are words with terminals and variables. The language of a pattern is the set of words obtained by uniformly substituting all variables with words that contain only terminals. In their original definition, patterns only allow for multiple distinct occurrences of some vari...

EOS 1.0-3.0: Experimental Validation of Coherence Phase Transitions in Large Language Models

Version 1.2 (August 2026) — reference audit. Version 1.1 corrected one erroneous bibliographic entry and committed the author to resolving every remaining entry in the reference list against its source. That audit is complete. Of 25 remaining entries, 20 were confirmed as cited a...

The Effects of Environmental Forcing on the Water Quality in Ke‘ehi Lagoon O‘ahu, Hawai‘i

ABSTRACT The Ke‘ehi Lagoon Beach Park is situated on the south shore of O‘ahu, Hawai‘i, USA; it is located to the east of the Daniel K. Inouye International Airport and south of the Nimitz Highway. For over 15 years, Keʻehi Lagoon, Hawai‘i, and the two streams that discharge into...

Time series learning in a many-body Rydberg system with emergent collective amplification

Abstract Interacting Rydberg atoms constitute a versatile platform for the realization of non-equilibrium states of matter. Close to phase transitions, they respond collectively to external perturbations, which can be harnessed for technological applications in the domain of quan...

Hybridizing sisters: Evidence of bluegill-pumpkinseed hybridization in modified habitats at the confluence of two major Canadian waterways

Urbanization and shoreline development are reshaping aquatic ecosystems, creating conditions that promote hybridization among fishes. This study investigates the potential hybridization between bluegill (Lepomis macrochirus) and pumpkinseed (Lepomis gibbosus) at the confluence of...

Predicting methylation-based replication timing from whole slide images

Abstract Replication timing is a costly but powerful tool for characterizing cellular mechanisms that underlie chromatin organization, cancer epigenetics, and genomic instability. Genome-wide replication timing profiles reflect the temporal order of DNA synthesis during S phase a...

A \({(2+\varepsilon )}\)-Approximation Algorithm for Metric \({k}\)-Median

Abstract. In the classical NP-hard (metric) [Formula: see text]-median problem, we are given a set of [Formula: see text] clients and centers with metric distances between them, along with an integer parameter [Formula: see text]. The objective is to select a subset of [Formula:...

How can carbon quota pledge financing contribute to the two-stage production and carbon abatement of emission-dependent remanufacturing firms?

Due to the severe environmental pollution problem and the guidance of carbon emission reduction (CER) policies by the government, firms conduct carbon abatement investment (CAI) through different CER paths to realize low carbon production, in which capital constraint may be a sig...

Higher-Dimensional Cosmology in the Framework of Generalized Chaplygin Gas: an Approximation Method

We present a higher-dimensional cosmological model with a generalized Chaplygin-type gas to explain the late-time acceleration of the Universe. The model admits dimensional reduction and reproduces the standard $4D$ Chaplygin cosmology for $d=0$. Using Hubble-$57$ data, we obtain...

Transient Laser‐Induced Periodic Surface Structures Revealed by Time‐Resolved EUV Diffuse Scattering

ABSTRACT The formation of permanent laser‐induced periodic surface structures (LIPSS) on solid surfaces under impulsive laser irradiation above the damage threshold has been the subject of extensive research. Here, we report the formation of transient quasi‐periodic surface modul...

The effect of an in-person mindfulness program on compassion in nursing care among undergraduate nursing students

Abstract Background and Objective: Compassion is a central value in nursing, involving humanity, empathy, love, and wisdom. As nursing is closely tied to care, students’ clinical experiences shape their compassionate skills. Mindfulness improves self-awareness and may foster comp...

A mathematical justification to apply the secular approximation to the Redfield equation

Abstract Quantum master equations are widely used to describe the dynamics of open quantum systems. All these different master equations rely on specific approximations that may or may not be justified. Starting from a microscopic model, applying the standard Born and Markov appr...

Stacks, Monodromy and Symmetric Cubic Surfaces

ABSTRACT We investigate monodromy groups arising in enumerative geometry, with a particular focus on how these groups are influenced by prescribed symmetries. To study these phenomena effectively, we work in the framework of moduli stacks rather than moduli spaces. This perspecti...

Using explainable machine learning for early detection of diabetic kidney disease in Rwandan diabetic patients

Abstract Background The global prevalence of diabetes is increasing, often leading to complications such as diabetic kidney disease (DKD). Uncontrolled blood glucose and hypertension are key risk factors that progressively impair kidney function, potentially resulting in kidney f...

Generalizing the Shell Theorem to Constant Curvature Spaces in All Dimensions and Topologies

A gravitational potential has the spherical property when the field outside any uniform spherical shell is indistinguishable from that of a point mass at the center. We present the general potentials that possess this property on constant curvature spaces, using the Euler-Poisson...

Krylov complexity of supersymmetric SYK models

A bstract We study the effect of supersymmetry breaking on Krylov complexity in the $$ \mathcal{N}=2 $$ N = 2 SYK model under irrelevant and mass deformations of the Hamiltonian. The irrelevant deformation breaks $$ \mathcal{N}=2 $$ N = 2 supersymmetry down to $$ \mathcal{N}=1 $$...

Importance of hydrated aerosol particles for aerosol–fog relationships in the Italian Po Valley

Abstract. Air pollution and fog are closely connected, influencing both visibility and human health. As relative humidity rises, aerosol particles absorb water and grow hygroscopically, potentially activating into fog droplets when supersaturation is reached. Distinguishing betwe...

Field investigation about thermal requirements area under local heating for rural house in Northwest China

Indoor heating zone could not be represented by architectural area. Precise heating control for the actual heat demand area is important for energy efficiency during heating period. Continuous whole-spatial heating will bring high energy consumption and serious energy waste as bu...