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From Photosynthesis to Polyphenols: Caffeine Enhances Fruit Quality, Ripening, and Secondary Metabolism in Olive (Olea europaea L.) cv. ‘Leccino’

Despite growing interest in caffeine as a potential plant biostimulant, its effects on perennial crops such as olive remain poorly understood. This study investigated the effects of low-dose caffeine application on leaf gas exchange and photosynthetic activity, fruit ripening, an...

Phenotypically diverse Klebsiella pneumoniae urinary tract infection isolates consistently cause pyelonephritis

ABSTRACT Urinary tract infections (UTIs) are a significant public health burden that impact millions of people every year and are highly prevalent among hospital-acquired infections. Klebsiella pneumoniae is globally the second most common cause of UTIs after uropathogenic Escher...

Hydropeaking Catalyzes Redox Reactions in Impacted Aquifers: A First Field Evidence

Abstract Hydropeaking indicates the sudden and frequent fluctuation of river stage caused by the operation of hydropower plants. This river alteration affects numerous physical, chemical, biological, and ecohydrological processes in surface water bodies. The impact of hydropeakin...

Climate-Resilient Smart Beta Indexes

An increasing number of extreme weather events have hit the United States in recent years as a result of rising temperatures linked to climate change. But, so far, asset owners and asset managers have mostly ignored the impact that extreme climate hazards have on their investment...

Closer to the gods: Residue analysis of chalices from Tomb 89, Pella, Jordan

Tomb 89 from Pella, Jordan, was an undisturbed communal tomb of 82 individuals dating to the late Iron IB − early IIA period (c. 1000 – 900 BCE). This article discusses the results of organic residue analysis performed on seven chalices that accompanied individuals into the tomb...

Circular Economy, Environmental Responsibility, and Eco‐Design for Sustainable Performance Under Regulatory Pressure in China

ABSTRACT Drawing on the Natural Resource Based View and institutional theory, this study examines how circular economy practices (CEP), corporate environmental responsibility (CER), and eco‐design orientation (EDO) influence sustainable organizational performance (SOP) in Chinese...

Characterization of In Vitro Performance and Hemocompatibility of a Novel Hemofilter for Continuous Kidney Replacement Therapy

Performance and hemocompatibility are the main focus areas in the development of new hemofilters for continuous kidney replacement therapy. The novel multiFlux hemofilter features a polysulfone membrane with increased hydrophilicity to improve performance stability and hemocompat...

Steering phosphorus reactivity with π-donor substituents

Substituent effects are a powerful handle to modulate the structure, reactivity, and function of phosphorus compounds. Strong π-donor substituents such as N-heterocyclic imines increase electron de...

Explaining Local Government Fiscal Policy Making in the United States

Many scholars have viewed the financial crisis of 2008 as a turning point in local government fiscal policy making. In this study, this notion is examined by testing the propositions of three current theories of local government fiscal policy making—neoliberal theory's austerity...

Advanced Nanostructured Materials for Solar-Driven CO2 Photocatalytic Conversion: Progress, Mechanisms, and Future Perspectives

Solar-driven photocatalytic carbon dioxide (CO2) conversion offers a sustainable pathway for mitigating anthropogenic CO2 emissions while simultaneously producing value-added fuels and chemicals using renewable solar energy. However, practical implementation remains constrained b...

The Inka Khipu and Yupana : A Reply to Zen Vasconcellos and Rojas Gamarra (2026)

ABSTRACT A new analysis by Zen Vasconcellos and Rojas Gamarra offers a novel interpretation of the Inka devices used for calculating ( yupana ) and recording ( khipu ) numbers. They claim the Inka devices represented numbers neither positionally , with place value, as most resear...

SPLICE: When a Weaker LLM Ranker Helps a Strong Sequential Recommender

Can a large language model improve a strong sequential recommender even when it ranks worse on its own? We show that it can with SPLICE (Single-Pass LLM-Informed Candidate Evaluation), which keeps a sequential recommender frozen as the retriever and adds an open-weight LLM decisi...

Working Memory Relates to Second Language American Sign Language Comprehension in Deaf Adults, But First Language English Reading Does Not

Purpose: This study examined relationships among English reading comprehension, nonverbal working memory, and American Sign Language (ASL) receptive comprehension in prelingually deaf adults who acquired English as an early first language (L1) and learned ASL as a second language...

CrossAcclimation and Endurance Performance Following Adaptation to Dry and Humid Heat

Purpose: To examine the influence of hot-dry and warm-humid heat acclimation (HA) on endurance performance and the cross-acclimation benefit between environments. Methods: In a cross-over design, trained male cyclists completed a 30-min time trial in hot-dry (Dry-TT; 42°C, 25% RH...

Epidemic Trends and Associated Factors of the Double Burden of Malnutrition Among Children and Adolescents in Xizang: Based on Five Cross-Sectional Surveys from 2019 to 2024

Introduction: The population-level double burden of malnutrition (DBM), characterized by the coexistence of undernutrition and overnutrition, presents a complex public health challenge. Xizang (Tibet), with its extreme high-altitude geography, rapid economic growth, and targeted...

Exact Traveling Wave Solutions of Extended Kadomtsev–Petviashvili Equation via Modified Rational Sine–Cosine and New Extended Direct Algebraic Methods

This paper investigates the (2 + 1)–dimensional extended Kadomtsev–Petviashvili equation (eKPE), importantly describing multidimensional nonlinear wave phenomena. Its exact traveling wave solutions are constructed using the modified rational sine–cosine method and the new extende...

Addition of chemotherapy to radiotherapy promotes progenitor-exhausted CD8⁺ T-cell clonal dominance in head and neck cancer

Abstract Concomitant chemoradiotherapy (CRT) is a standard-of-care treatment for unresectable locally advanced head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (LA-SCCHN), but its immune effects, particularly relative to radiotherapy (RT) alone, remain incompletely understood. Using syngene...

Severe MDMB-4en-PINACA toxicity following use of an electronic vaping device

Dear Editor,Drug toxicity associated with electronic vaping devices is an increasingly recognised phenomenon [1]. Synthetic cannabinoid receptor agonists, controlled substances in the United Kingdo...

Visual trust signals in digital financial marketplaces: eye-tracking evidence from verification badges

Purpose This study examines when a platform-issued verification badge affects consumer choice in a high-uncertainty digital financial marketplace. Integrating signaling theory and attention-based choice research, it distinguishes signal assignment, item-card visual consideration,...

Governing linguistic unity and diversity: ideological legitimation and philosophical repertoires in Chinese language planning

Language governance in multilingual societies often involves negotiating tensions between linguistic unity and diversity. In the Chinese context, language planning has long drawn on multiple intellectual traditions that provide justificatory resources through which such tensions...