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Endothelial Cell Proteins as Biomarkers in Susac Syndrome

ABSTRACT Objective Susac syndrome (SS) is a rare CD8 + T cell–mediated microangiopathy affecting the brain, retina, and auditory labyrinth. Endothelial injury is thought to be a central mechanism; however, no circulating disease biomarkers are known. We performed targeted proteom...

Social and Physical Activity Participation Among Older Adults With Disability: The Interplay of Senior Housing and Perceived Social Cohesion

Residential environments are critical factors influencing activity participation among older adults with disabilities. We examined whether living in senior housing (i.e., retirement communities or independent living) is associated with participation in social and physical activit...

Manipulating acoustic waves in wavevector domain by using nonlocal metasurfaces: Analog differentiation and extreme acoustic detection

Conventional acoustic metasurfaces have shown exceptional capability through spatial wavefront engineering, but the degrees of freedom in the wavevector domain remain to be unlocked. Here, we shift the manipulation paradigm from the spatial domain to the wavevector domain via non...

Difference betweenConduction Band Minimum and Flat-BandPotential in Mott–Schottky Analysis of Anatase TiO2

Abstract Mott–Schottky analysis is widely used to estimate the band structures of semiconductors, including anatase TiO2, a representative photocatalyst. However, the conduction band minimum (CBM) derived from the flat-band potential (Vfb) in Mott–Schottky analysis often differs...

Non-orientable Möbius Algebra and the Computable Origin of the Standard Model

Starting from the intuition that a Möbius strip has "one side marked 0 and the other marked 1," this paper sews zero and infinity together along a meridian via 0 ≅ ∞, and explicitly relaxes four implicit assumptions on which Hurwitz's theorem relies — that zero is a global absorb...

No Direct Evidence Found for Microtubule Golden Ratio or Quantum Vibration Claims — E8 Intelligence Research

FINDING: No direct research on microtubule 13-fold symmetry, golden ratio helical pitch, or quantum vibration frequencies was found in the provided YouTube/arXiv links. The results are predominantly esoteric audio tracks (binaural beats, tuning forks) and an unrelated arXiv paper...

Not All Praise Is Equal: How AI Shopping Assistants' Praise Target Shapes Consumer Behavior

ABSTRACT Generative AI has led many e‐commerce firms to adopt AI shopping assistants that advise consumers much as human salespeople do. In offline retail, salespeople often praise either the consumer or the product to encourage a purchase. Although praise is among the most commo...

Special and General Educator Working Conditions During and After COVID-19

The onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in March 2020 was highly disruptive to the ways in which students and teachers experienced school. While nearly all schools responded to the start of the pandemic by shifting to virtual instruction, the return to in-person and hybrid learning fo...

Phase-Space Formulation of Shock-Containing Irrotational Barotropic Euler Flow

We develop a KvN/Weyl/Wigner/Moyal phase-space formulation for shock-containing compressible, irrotational, barotropic Euler flow. Smooth branches are represented by branchwise Wigner distributions, while piecewise-smooth entropy-admissible shocks generate an interface-supported...

The construction of royal charisma and de-accountability: the Thai monarchy under King Bhumibol (1948–1980)

This article examines how Thailand’s King Bhumibol Adulyadej constructed royal charisma and employed political practices prior to the Prem era to distance himself from political crises involving student movements, military governments, and episodes of state violence. It argues th...

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The Role of Pyrrolidine in Antibacterial Drug Discovery: Clinically Approved Antibiotics, Novel Derivatives, and Future Perspectives

Antimicrobial resistance is a major global health challenge that has created an urgent need for new antibacterial agents capable of overcoming emerging resistance mechanisms. Among nitrogen-containing heterocycles, pyrrolidine has been widely investigated in medicinal chemistry d...

Obstructive shock from delayed blunt cardiac injury after chest trauma

Blunt cardiac injury (BCI) is a rare but serious presentation in emergency departments (EDs) nationwide. These injuries arise in trauma and may be accompanied by confounding injuries that complicate the clinical picture. Timely recognition is crucial, as BCI may lead to complicat...

Managing risk, producing default: African agricultural loan schemes in colonial Kenya, 1948–1959

This article examines the design and implementation of agricultural loan schemes extended to African farmers in colonial Kenya between 1948 and the late 1950s. Drawing on administrative correspondence, district returns, loan records, and financial statements from the African Land...

The impact of Socratic method on middle school students achievement in non-routine problem solving and their attitudes toward mathematical problem solving

Non-routine problems play a significant role in mathematics learning due to their potential to foster students’ reasoning, inquiry, and critical thinking skills. Students, however, often experience difficulties in solving these problems and may experience negative attitudes towar...

Iron-induced demethoxylation of lignin as an important source for methanol and its oxidation products in the environment

Abstract Lignin, the largest reservoir of aromatic carbon in plants and soils, undergoes well-characterized biological demethylation by fungi and bacteria, and is industrially processed under harsh conditions to generate bio-based aromatics. However, the abiotic fate of lignin-de...

Prediction of Three-Dimensional Soft Tissue Changes Following Mandibular PEEK Implantation (Proof of Concept)

Background/Objectives: Polyetheretherketone (PEEK) implants are increasingly being used for mandibular reconstruction and augmentation, yet predicting the resulting facial soft tissue changes remains challenging. Accurate pre-operative prediction of soft tissue deformation is ess...

BASE 44 ORDER: Integrate root-vector oscillator into E8 FPGA and route to rectenna leaflet array — E8 Intelligence Research

Andrew's order (Base 44 console): [SELF-BUILD from enhancement #766] Add root-vector oscillator module to E8 engine FPGA; route output to on-chip rectenna leaflet array. Connect leaflet DC bus to low-latency signal path. Validate with eToro replay bench under variable load. MERLI...

Incidence and Risk Factors for Progression of Pachychoroid Subtype

Importance The incidence and determinants of progression across the pachychoroid subtype remain incompletely characterized, limiting risk stratification and follow-up strategies. Objective To evaluate progression, diagnostic transitions, and associated risk factors in eyes with p...

Wnt Pathway Agonism as a Therapeutic Strategy for Retinal Vascular Diseases: A Narrative Review of Evidence to Date

Breakdown of the blood–retinal barrier (BRB) is implicated in many blinding retinal diseases, including diabetic macular edema, neovascular age-related macular degeneration, and retinal vein occlusion. Anti-vascular endothelial growth factor (anti-VEGF) therapies or laser photoco...