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Who declines neurocognitive testing? A cross-sectional study in people with multiple sclerosis

In 334 people with multiple sclerosis, a backward stepwise regression analysis was conducted to identify clinical characteristics that predict who declines neurocognitive testing ( p < 0.05), from demographics, disease-related variables, psychiatric diagnoses, and self-reported c...

An adaptive statistical and clustering-based sensor sleep management framework for energy-efficient IoT networks

Wireless IoT deployments spend most of their energy keeping every node awake even when their measurements are statistically redundant. This paper presents the Adaptive Sensor Sleep Management (ASSM) framework, which analyses temperature and humidity streams online to decide how m...

The Lost Tomb of the Eastern Frontier Commander: A New Discovery at Tell El-Maskhuta/Rod Eskander (Part One)

A newly discovered tomb at Tell el-Maskhuta/Rod Eskander in the Wadi Tumilat region potentially sheds light on Egypt’s military presence during the late New Kingdom. This preliminary report presents findings related to the architecture, burial patterns, and historical implication...

“The Right to Repair”: A systematic literature review and research agenda for an emerging interdisciplinary field

The Right to Repair (R2R) is an important arena in which restrictive repair practices, including limits on access to spare parts, manuals, software, and specialised tools, as well as product designs that inhibit repair, are being contested. Although scholarly interest in R2R is g...

Differential outcomes of ulnar shortening osteotomy in idiopathic ulnar impaction syndrome and distal radius malunion–associated ulnar impaction

To compare the clinical outcomes of ulnar shortening osteotomy (USO) in patients with idiopathic ulnar impaction syndrome (IUIS) and ulnar impaction secondary to distal radius (DR) fracture malunion. This retrospective, single-center matched cohort study included 65 eligible pati...

Synergistic design of an exsolved nano-nickel catalyst layer and fuel electrode architecture toward efficient CO2 hydrogenation in protonic ceramic electrolysis cells

Protonic ceramic electrolysis cells (PCECs) emerge as a promising technology for CO 2 conversion. However, their CO 2 conversion efficiency and stability are limited by conventional fuel electrodes. In this work, highly dispersed Ni nanocatalysts supported on Sm doped CeO 2 are f...

Diabetes‐Related Foot Disease as the Principal Reason for Hospital Admission: 5 Years of Data From a Major Tertiary Hospital in Aotearoa New Zealand

ABSTRACT Objective To examine hospitalisations caused by diabetes‐related foot disease (DFD) at the largest tertiary hospital in Aotearoa New Zealand. Methods We analysed hospital admission data for DFD‐caused hospitalisations from Auckland City Hospital (ACH), from 1 July 2014 t...

Cross-lingual phoneme-aware audio synthesis framework for low-resource Yoruba word generation

The scarcity of annotated data and unique linguistic challenges have made low-resource African languages largely bypassed in the development of high-fidelity TTS systems. This paper presents a novel cross-lingual, phoneme-aware audio synthesis framework for the Yorùbá language, a...

Sharp equilibrium and stable-state capacities of multisite phosphorylation

For the sequential distributive n-site phosphorylation cycle with one kinase and one phosphatase, the maximal number of positive equilibria is 2n-1 and the maximal number of locally asymptotically stable equilibria is n, for every n≥1. The stable-state ceiling includes nonhyperbo...

Genetic isolation and loss of diversity in the broadcast spawning coral, Acropora kenti at Yunbenun (Magnetic Island) on the Great Barrier Reef

Abstract Coral populations on inshore reefs of the Great Barrier Reef (GBR) face increasing pressures from environmental stressors. Genetic diversity and connectivity are key determinants of coral adaptive capacity. Acropora kenti forms at least four genetically distinct clusters...

Aloe-emodin isolated from Rheum ribes induces cytotoxicity and apoptosis in MCF-7 human breast cancer cells

The therapeutic exploration of plant-derived bioactive molecules in oncology has gained substantial momentum in recent years, driven by their diverse mechanisms of action and relatively favourable safety profiles. In this context, the present study investigates the anticancer pot...

Ambient Artificial Intelligent Scribes in Oncology: Impact on Clinician Experience and Documentation Burden

PURPOSE Ambient artificial intelligence (AI) scribes, widely implemented to reduce clinician burden and dissatisfaction, are not optimized for oncology. We evaluated this technology at-scale at a high-volume cancer center. METHODS This prospective mixed-methods study used surveys...

Reparation or Reproduction? Racialized State Contexts and University Engagement in Slavery Reparations

Guided by racialized organizations theory and the afterlife of slavery, this study examines multilevel predictors of reparative engagement among 188 pre-Civil War universities across 33 U.S. states. Using critical race quantitative inquiry (QuantCrit)-informed multilevel discrete...

Predicting global and regional respiratory response in ARDS patients through individualized physics-based computational lung models: a prospective clinical pilot study

Abstract Background Lung-protective ventilation is essential in the management of acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), but current approaches are limited by the heterogeneity of lung pathology and a lack of individualized strategies. Patient-specific computational models m...

Exact Certificate-Aware Nonpreemptive Scheduling with General Availability Calendars and Additive-Frequency Bounds

Nonpreemptive scheduling under fragmented availability is governed by contiguous feasible intervals rather than total available time. We study rational single-machine calendars with arbitrary downtime and the arithmetic subclass defined by the three coupled frequencies a, b, a +...

The ethics of exclusive submission: a narrative review of reciprocity in the author–journal relationship

Exclusive manuscript submission is a longstanding norm of scholarly publishing intended to protect finite peer-review resources, prevent duplicate publication and preserve the integrity of the scholarly record. While the ethical obligations required of authors are well establishe...

Optimization and mechanistic analysis of high-temperature aerobic composting process for dynamic sludge in rotary drums

This study addresses challenges in high-temperature aerobic sludge composting using a rotary drum, particularly material adhesion to the drum wall and low efficiency. Response surface methodology (RSM) was used to develop predictive models for composting period time and seed germ...

Operationalizing systems thinking in water governance: A framework for advancing regional water security

Despite major advances in hydrological science and water management technologies, regional /national water crises persist. This study argues that these challenges arise less from scientific limitations than from fragmented governance systems that hinder coordination across sector...

Physics-guided data-driven learning with active learning for slope stability analysis considering spatial variability

The spatial variability of soil properties significantly affects slope stability and failure mechanisms, introducing uncertainties in the factor of safety ( F s ), deformation responses, and critical slip surfaces (CSS). Traditional Monte Carlo-based random field methods are comp...

Golden Ratio as Canonical Continued Fraction Linking Quasicrystal Inflation and Modular Forms — E8 Intelligence Research

FINDING: The golden ratio φ = [1;1,1,...] is the canonical continued fraction, and its nested radical forms connect to quasicrystal inflation via the self-similarity of its convergents (Fibonacci ratios). | MATH: φ = (1+√5)/2 = 1.6180339…; continued fraction φ = 1 + 1/(1 + 1/(1 +...