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Effects of Dietary Curcumin Supplementation Under High-Level Fishmeal Replacement with Clostridium autoethanogenum Protein in Penaeus vannamei: Growth Performance, Immunity, Intestinal Health, and Transcriptome Responses

Clostridium autoethanogenum protein (CAP) offers a sustainable fishmeal alternative, but high inclusion may impair shrimp growth and health. This study evaluated the responses associated with dietary curcumin (CUR) supplementation in Penaeus vannamei fed a diet in which 50% of th...

A hydro-mechanical mechanism for cyclic ratcheting of embedded cantilever retaining walls in saturated sand

Saturated backfills behind embedded cantilever walls deform through coupled hydro-mechanical processes that pseudo-static methods cannot capture. Three 40 g dynamic centrifuge tests are presented to isolate how the pre-seismic static state, set by wall flexural stiffness, togethe...

Extracellular Vesicles as Emerging Tools in Canine Mammary Tumors: Potential Applications and Perspectives

Breast cancer is one of the most prevalent malignancies in women worldwide and the most common malignant tumor in unspayed female dogs, highlighting the comparative relevance of this disease across these species. The release of EVs is increased in mammary tumors compared to norma...

Interface engineering enables fast bainitic transformations with minimal alloying

Abstract Fine microstructures in steels are commonly produced by the low-temperature decomposition of austenite. Bainite is one such microstructure, combining high strength and excellent toughness, but its formation kinetics is sluggish. Here, we demonstrate a strategy to acceler...

Nickase-based suppression of self-ligation in long sticky-end adapters for next-generation sequencing library preparation

The correctness and efficiency of the adapter connection are important factors affecting the quality and yield of the libraries in next-generation sequencing (NGS). Lengthening the sticky ends of the adapters and the targets can effectively improve the efficiency of ligation, how...

Stress-Induced Protein Networks in Extremophilic Prokaryotes: Integrating Proteomics and Functional Genomics

Extremophilic prokaryotes survive salt, temperature, and pH extremes by coordinating stress-induced protein networks that preserve macromolecules, sustain energetics, and repair damage. This review integrates recent proteomics with functional genomics to resolve both network stat...

A Lightweight Dynamic Gesture Recognition Model Driven by Meta-Learning Under Small Sample Conditions

Dynamic gesture recognition under small-sample conditions remains challenging due to the large variations caused by users, viewpoints, motion patterns, and hand configurations. This study proposes a lightweight dynamic gesture recognition framework that integrates meta-learning,...

Disentangling theFluorescence Origin in Flame-FormedCarbon Dots

Abstract Flame synthesis provides a sustainable and continuous route for producing carbon dots (CDs) with tunable photoluminescence; however, the fluorescence origin in flame-formed CDs remains poorly understood, limiting their rational design. In the present paper, we elucidate...

A novel optimized deep ensemble for monkeypox lesion detection using transfer learning and ABC algorithm

Monkeypox, a reemerging zoonotic disease, has become a serious global health concern that requires rapid and accurate diagnostic methods. The increasing prevalence of skin lesion images highlights the scope of automated deep learning solutions. However, current approaches face ch...

Adaptation to Malay Culture among Non-Malays: The Psychometric Properties of the Vancouver Index of Acculturation (VIA)

Introduction The VIA assesses acculturation through two dimensions: (1) retention of one’s heritage culture and (2) adaptation to mainstream (host) culture practices. Objective To validate the VIA English version for assessing acculturation among Malaysian non-Malays and non-Mala...

Ablation removal of transport-blocking defects in surface-electrode ion traps

We demonstrate in situ removal of a transport-blocking defect on a surface-electrode ion trap device using a Q-switched Nd:YAG 532 nm pulsed ablation laser. This approach eliminates the need to vent and rebake the vacuum system, providing a low-overhead defect-remediation techniq...

Effects of Extraction Methods on Inulin, Fructooligosaccharides and Microbial Inulinase Production from Stevia rebaudiana

In this study, Stevia fractions (root, leaf, stem and their mixture) were used for inulin extraction using aqueous extraction, enzyme-assisted extraction and enzyme-assisted decanter extraction. The extracts were used as carbon sources in submerged (SmF) fermentation, whereas the...

Implementation gaps and policy priorities for viral hepatitis elimination in India

Viral hepatitis remains a major public health challenge globally, with India bearing nearly 11.6% of the world’s chronic infections. To align with the World Health Organization’s target of eliminating viral hepatitis as a public health threat by 2030, India launched the National...

Feasible geological carbon dioxide storage projections require updated cost and geological potential assumptions

Integrated Assessment Models project large-scale deployment of carbon dioxide geological storage across many climate change mitigation pathways. However, the feasibility of these projections - particularly concerning near-term scale-up rates - has been criticised. Here, we examin...

Interfacial Mechanisms and Shear-Key Improvement for an Assembled Integral Multi-Ribbed Composite Floor System

A novel assembled integral multi-ribbed composite floor system consisting of precast panels and a cast in situ topping has previously been validated through full-scale one-way and two-way slab experiments. Although the global load capacity of the system was initially verified, th...

Crosstalk between SELENOF and the unfolded protein response in breast epithelium dictates cell fate

Abstract SELENOF is an understudied selenoprotein that contains selenium in the form of selenocysteine. Our previous findings indicate that SELENOF likely functions as a tumor suppressor in breast cancer; however, its precise molecular role and regulatory mechanisms remain poorly...

In Situ High Shear Perturbation of Surface MolecularLayers with Neutron Reflectivity

Abstract We present the effect of in situ imposed shear on two adsorbed molecular layers using a flow cell that enables access to shear rates of up to 2 × 105 s–1 (shear stress: 2 × 102 Pa). The response of these molecular layers to shear is determined by the relative strength of...

Consent Is More Than “Multi-Factor Authentication”: From Intuited Cues to Communicative Accountability

To the Editor,Forrest and Ford (2026) make an important contribution by showing how young heterosexual men move between the formal language of affirmative consent and the less orderly realities of ...

Pyrazolo[3,4-b]pyridine: a privileged scaffold for the synthesis of anti-Alzheimer’s agents

Abstract Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is known to be the most prevalent neurodegenerative disorder that results in dementia and causes a variety of cognitive symptoms. There are many important aspects of AD that should be considered, even though the exact sequence of events is unclea...

Passages

Richard P. Gabriel's Patterns of Software: Tales from the Software Community is the kind of book that Passages, as a column, aspires to bring back to the attention of the software community. I am fairly sure this book, from 1996, is largely forgotten, but I think it deserves a wi...