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AN EXACT RATIONAL COUNTEREXAMPLE TO ERDŐS'S SQUARE-PACKING CONJECTURE f(k²+1)=k (PROBLEM #106)

This preprint gives an explicit exact rational counterexample to Erdős's square-packing conjecture f(k²+1)=k, catalogued as Erdős Problem #106. The primary-source formulation of Erdős and Graham (1975) uses total circumference instead: if F_EG(n) is the maximum total circumferenc...

THE IMPACT OF SUSTAINABILITY REPORTING ON FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENT: EVIDENCE FROM LISTED COMPANIES IN GHANA

The growing call for corporate transparency, accountability, and sustainable business practices is reshaping how organizations report their activities around the globe. Sustainability reporting has become a key way for companies to share their environmental, social, and governanc...

From garden city planning to World Heritage property: the cultural significance of the nature–culture relations of Tel Aviv

Abstract This paper identifies how the cultural significance attributed to nature–culture relations evolves over time and among institutions, using the White City of Tel Aviv as a case study. It compares how nature–culture relations, conceptualised as valued attributes in Patrick...

Resonant Geometric Confinement in a Finite-Approximation Kakeya Fractal

This manuscript presents a theoretical framework for a charged particle confinement mechanism based on a finite-iteration approximation of the Kakeya (Besicovitch) fractal. The core proposal is that a particle guided along the discrete slides and pivots of the Perron tree—under a...

Effort-Reward Imbalance Model and Turnover Intention among Nigerian Health Workers: A Conceptual Analysis.

Turnover intention among healthcare professionals remains a major challenge for healthcare organizations because of its implications for employee retention, service quality, and organizational sustainability. Among the factors associated with turnover intention is employees' perc...

AN EMPIRICAL STUDY OF LANGUAGE USE IN GOVERNANCE, CRISIS RESPONSE, AND RISK MANAGEMENT COMMUNICATION: EVIDENCE FROM SELECTED MARKET WOMEN IN LAGOS STATE, NIGERIA

Language serves as a critical governance instrument, shaping public trust, comprehension, and behavioral compliance during administrative and emergency situations. Despite increasing attention to public communication, limited empirical research addresses the interconnected roles...

The Shadow Is Consciousness: Ego, Self-Deception, and the Architecture Revealed by The Red Book

This theoretical and phenomenological paper proposes a revisionary account of Jung’s shadow. Rather than locating the shadow primarily within an unconscious domain, it argues that shadow phenomena may arise within consciousness itself when phenomenally present experience exceeds,...

Algebraic Approaches to Bose-Einstein Condensation

Abstract We review two recent applications of operator-algebraic methods to the analysis of homogeneous Bose gases at finite temperature. The first part concerns the semiclassical description of Bose–Einstein condensation in the framework of Weyl $$C^*$$ <mml:math xmlns:mml="http...

NUMERICAL SIMULATION OF HYDROMAGNETIZED BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW EQUATION WITH VISCOUS DISSIPATION EFFECT ON A PLATE UNDER VARIABLE TEMPERATURE

With variable temperature and viscous dissipation, this paper considers a classical problem of an MHD boundary layer flow over a rectangular plate in a uniform stream of fluid. By using similarity transformation, the governing nonlinear PDEs have been transformed into a set of OD...

WORK ETHICS AND BEHAVIOUR OF STAFF IN WORKPLACE: A STUDY OF BAYELSA STATE HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT BOARD (HMB)

This study examined the work ethic and behavior of staff in the Bayelsa State Hospital Management Board (HMB) and their impact on service delivery. The specific objectives were to assess the common behavioral patterns of staff, examine the factors influencing staff work ethic and...

The Paradox of Growth Without Jobs: A Qualitative Analysis of Employment Policies and Unemployment Trends in Kenya

This study examines the paradox of sustained economic growth alongside persistently high unemployment in Kenya, particularly among the youth. Despite notable GDP expansion driven largely by capital-intensive sectors such as infrastructure and services, job creation has not kept p...

A Defect–Convexity Filtration for Regular-Simplex-Faceted Polytopes: Exact spectra, gaps, re-entry, and quantitative realization thresholds

We propose a two-parameter framework for organizing convex polytopes whose facets are regular simplices or controlled perturbations thereof. The framework separates metric regularity of the edge set from strict convexity of the gluing. For a convex simplicial polytope P, we intro...

Faithful, Query-Aware Compression of LLM Agent Tool Output

Tool outputs—web pages, JSON API responses, logs, CSV exports—are the largest andmost-ignored token sink in LLM agent loops. A single verbose tool result can dwarf the agent’sinstructions, and the standard mitigation, blind truncation, silently discards the fact the agentneeds. W...

Effort-Reward Imbalance Model and Turnover Intention among Nigerian Health Workers: A Conceptual Analysis.

Turnover intention among healthcare professionals remains a major challenge for healthcare organizations because of its implications for employee retention, service quality, and organizational sustainability. Among the factors associated with turnover intention is employees' perc...

Daily Provisions: Tracing a Longue Durée of Feeding Archaeological Workers and Paths of Sustenance for the Future

Abstract Providing sustenance for archaeological workers has been a logistical and social challenge from the earliest stages of the discipline. Food preparation involved a constellation of workers, from gardeners to ingredient purchasers, and from cooks and chefs, who were often...

Phase II Non-Randomised Trial of Oral Chlorophyllin in Haemorrhagic Cystitis from Radiation Therapy (CLARITY Trial): clinical and quality-of-life outcomes with exploratory proteomics

Abstract Chronic Haemorrhagic Cystitis (cHC) affects 5–15% of patients after pelvic radiotherapy. Sodium-copper-chlorophyllin, a semi-synthetic chlorophyll derivative, has shown promise in preclinical models. The phase II CLARITY trial evaluated oral chlorophyllin for radiation-i...

Floods and Food Security in Rural South Africa: Lived Experiences of Households, Farmers, and Food Entrepreneurs in Hamakuya Village

Abstract Floods disrupt food and nutrition security by affecting food availability, accessibility, utilization, and stability. This study examined the effects of flooding on household food accessibility, availability, and stability, and identified coping and adaptation strategies...

EVALUATING THE CONTRIBUTION OF OFF-GRID SOLAR POWER KIOSKS FOR SUSTAINABLE ENERGY SOLUTIONS FOR RURAL AREAS IN SOUTHWEST NIGERIA

Lack of access to electricity is one of the major impediments to the growth and development of rural economies in developing countries like Nigeria. Energy in particular is critical in achieving virtually all the sustainable development goals; it can be used to support important...

Predicting Risky Behavior Among Pregnant Women in Eastern African countries using Pooled Demographic and Health Survey (DHS) Data: An Explainable Machine Learning Approach

Abstract Introduction Consumption of unhealthy substances such as tobacco use, and engagement in unsafe sexual activity are the major contributors to morbidity and mortality for pregnant women and the fetus. Although, risky behavior among pregnant women was complex and multifacto...

Evaluating the efficacy of a novel endometrial receptivity test in improving pregnancy outcomes for Chinese in vitro fertilization patients: a single-center retrospective study

Abstract Background Current evidence on whether endometrial receptivity tests improve pregnancy outcomes among in vitro fertilization (IVF) patients remains conflicting and limited. This study aimed to evaluate the efficacy of HerRecepta, a novel transcriptomic endometrial recept...