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Fault-Diagnosis-Aware Adaptive Policy Switching for Robust Map-Free Mobile Robot Navigation Under Sensor and Control Degradation

Heterogeneous sensor and control degradation can destabilize direct sensor-to-action navigation. This study presents a fault-diagnosis-aware adaptive policy-switching framework that combines a calibrated seven-class temporal health-state classifier with hysteretic routing among n...

Measurability and Convergence for some Functionals of Fuzzy Random Variables

In practical applications of fuzzy set theory, a fuzzy set is produced by some process and very often its information is summarized in the form of one or several numbers (e.g., if a clear-cut decision needs to be taken which depends on a single value). While those fuzzy sets are...

Formation Mechanisms of Laminae in Continental Shales and Their Controls on Differential Shale Oil Enrichment

Laminae are fundamental structural units of heterogeneity in continental shales and significantly influence organic matter accumulation, hydrocarbon generation and retention, reservoir evolution, fluid redistribution, and fracture propagation. This review critically synthesizes e...

Oxygen Plasma-Activated PES Ultrafiltration Substrates for Constructing High-Performance Mg2+/Li + Separation Nanofiltration Membranes

Abstract Positively charged polyamide (PA) nanofiltration (NF) membranes hold great potential for Mg2+/Li+ separation, but their performance is strongly affected by the surface properties and pore structures of the substrate. In this study, a PES ultrafiltration substrate was pre...

Test Co-Evolution and Coding-Agent Adoption in Open-Source Software Repositories

This artifact accompanies the study “Test Co-Evolution and Coding Agent Adoption”, which investigates the relationships between coding-agent adoption, production–test co-evolution, and post-adoption corrective maintenance in open-source repositories. It includes datasets covering...

Efficacy of Submucosal Hydrocortisone Injection Versus Normal Saline in Third Molar Surgery

Background: It is well recognized that corticosteroids lessen edema, fluid transudation, and inflammation. These substances, which are released by the adrenal glands, are important for sustaining metabolism. Their anti-inflammatory properties are among their most important functi...

Constraining Fault Kinematics and India‐Tarim Convergence Partitioning in Southwestern Tibet With Geodetic Block Modeling

Abstract How the convergent strain between the India Plate and the Tarim basin is partitioned by active faults and off‐fault deformation in southwestern Tibet is poorly understood due to limited knowledge of strain localisation and fault kinematics. In this study, we derive high‐...

Green dynamic capabilities, climate change management, and business performance: evidence from metal-mechanical industries in Southern Brazil

This study examines how green dynamic capabilities, understood as a firm's capacity to sense environmental change and to integrate and reconfigure resources in response to it, influence climate change management and business performance in metalworking industries. A survey of top...

Comparative assessment of image-derived mesh topologies for kinematic limit analysis of irregular masonry with rigid and dissipative elements

Abstract The mechanical response of irregular masonry is strongly influenced by the geometrical arrangement of blocks and joints, as well as by the regions and interfaces where dissipation is allowed to occur. This contribution investigates these aspects using kinematic limit ana...

Differential Impacts of Proxy Archives on Paleoclimate Reconstruction Performance

Abstract Reconstructing past climates is challenging because pre‐instrumental observations are geographically sparse and proxy records are noisy; data assimilation offers one approach to address these limitations. Although such reconstructions are now widespread, the extent to wh...

Enhanced biomass production by engineering gibberellin signaling in Populus

Tao Yao, Sanskriti Dwivedi, Lindsay P Brown, Rohit Kousika, Natalie G Aldrich, Margot S S Chen, María A Ortega, William P Bewg, Brent Lieb, McKenna Coile,

A Sign Is Not a Lock: Why AI Agents Need Access Limits, Not Just Instructions

An AI agent that drafts a customer review may also be able to change the case status. An agent's promise to wait for approval is evidence about model behaviour. It does not show that the action is prevented. This article proposes a two-pass test. The first pass exercises the perm...

The ArcProof Verification Framework™: Evidence-Based, Predictively Valid Skill Verification for an AI-Mediated Labor Market

This paper introduces the ArcProof Verification Framework: a four-stage model for defining a skill claim, eliciting performance evidence, scoring that evidence with appropriate safeguards, and examining whether the resulting credential relates to outcomes over time. Five commitme...

Interpretable Models vs Post-Hoc Explanations: True Cost Comparison for Enterprise AI

Research article: Interpretable Models vs Post-Hoc Explanations: True Cost Comparison for Enterprise AI

Aggressive PK/PD Target Attainment With Beta-lactams in critically Ill Pediatric Patients Having Suspected or Documented Gram-negative Infections—Prevalence, Risk Factors of Nonattainment and Impact on Clinical Outcome

Objective: To perform a systematic review with meta-analysis for evaluating the prevalence of aggressive beta-lactams pharmacokinetic/pharmacodynamic (PK/PD) target attainment, identifying predictors of aggressive PK/PD target nonattainment, and assessing the impact of attaining...

Comparative transcriptional network analysis reveals ecological specialization in infant-associated species of Bifidobacterium

ABSTRACT Bifidobacterium species are important microorganisms in the infant gut microbiota displaying substantial genomic diversity, yet how this variability is reflected in transcriptional regulatory architecture remains an open question. Here, we integrated pangenome analysis w...

Imputed Rare‐Variant Aggregate Analysis Is a Powerful Approach to Detect Genetic Associations

ABSTRACT Imputation can cost‐effectively generate genotypes for millions of variants. This study evaluated the power of performing rare‐variant aggregate association tests using imputed genotypes. UK Biobank exome‐sequence data and variants obtained via imputation using the HRC (...

A Study of Variability in Brief Assessment of Transactional Success in Aphasia Story Retelling Performance Using Generalizability Theory

Purpose: This study used generalizability theory (G-theory) to assess the reliability of the Brief Assessment of Transactional Success in aphasia (BATS) and whether reliability can be maintained with more efficient study designs. Method: G-theory was applied to a data set from BA...

Network-Based Walk-Access Coverage of an Integrated Metro–Bus System: Measurement Sensitivity and Distributional Outcomes in Riyadh

Walk access determines the effective catchment of a transit system, yet coverage statistics are still commonly derived from straight-line buffers, and no network-based estimate exists for Riyadh’s newly integrated metro and bus system. This study quantifies walk-access service co...

On ARX modeling with the ASYM method for errors-in-variables problems

ARX models are often used in system identification. Using high-order ARX models one can well describe arbitrary output noise. Combining high-order ARX models and model reduction techniques, several two-step identification methods are formed, such as the asymptotic method (ASYM) (...