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Indigenous Forest Management Practices and localized conflict in forest dependent communities in Central Cross River State, Nigeria

This study, "Indigenous Forest Management Practices and Localized Conflict in Forest-Dependent Communities in Central Cross River State, Nigeria," investigates the critical disconnect between traditional resource stewardship and modern government conservation policies. The aim wa...

An Associative Pathway Enables Highly Controlled Ring‐Opening Polymerization of Cyclosiloxane with ppm‐Level Organocatalyst

ABSTRACT Precise control over molar mass and structure of polysiloxane is critical for its applications. Here, we report ring‐opening polymerization (ROP) of cyclotrisiloxane using anionized 1,3‐diphenylurea (UA1) as the catalyst. With a bulky tetra‐ n ‐butylammonium counterion,...

The Engineering Prophecy of Colossus

Colossus: The Forbin Project (1970) is usually filed under Cold War paranoia and dated hardware. Read as engineering rather than as drama, it laid out a coherent, mechanism-by-mechanism path to general artificial capability containing no spark and no supernatural awakening, and t...

An Innovative Study of Searching for Enhanced High-End Equipment Manufacturing Capacity, GDP Systems, and Scientists' Behavioural Judgment for Sustainable Development VI

Abstract The high-end making, new energy &AI (artificial intelligence) robot will occupy the new reformation field so that the much R &D (research and development) and investment is to be added continually by our government, maker &university. On the other hand, the expertise res...

Skeletal muscle H3K18 lactylation inhibits hepatic gluconeogenesis through IL-6 mediated interorgan communication

The mechanisms underlying the dynamic interplay between skeletal muscle and systemic glucose homeostasis in type 2 diabetes remain elusive. Increased lactate level has long been noticed in diabetes, however, whether the elevated lactate is a cause or consequence of impaired gluco...

Isometric bending discriminates intrinsic from extrinsic curvature coupling of nematic order in skin

Oriented structures in skin — hair and feather follicle axes, collagen bundles, elongatedepithelial cells — can be coarse-grained into a tangential nematic order parameter on acurved surface. Such a field couples to geometry in two physically distinct ways: intrinsically,through...

Warum finanzielle Anreize verpuffen: Verhaltensökonomische Perspektiven auf wirtschaftspolitische Maßnahmen in der Energiekrise

Zusammenfassung Vor dem Hintergrund der Energiekrise 2022/23 und der Gefahr einer Gasmangellage suchte die deutsche Wirtschaftspolitik das Verbrauchsverhalten der Haushalte durch finanzielle Anreize zu beeinflussen. Markus Dertwinkel-Kalt und Matthias Sutter analysieren, warum hi...

A film of tuberose polysaccharide supports normal epidermal keratinization by suppressing cytokine release induced by external stimuli

Abstract Objective To clarify the efficacy of Tuberose Polysaccharide (TPS) as a skin moisturizer and to elucidate its mechanism of action. TPS is known to form a long‐lasting, smooth film that protects the stratum corneum (SC) from external stimuli. Methods A 12‐week randomized,...

Evaluating Retrieval-Augmented Generation Strategies for Repository-Level Code Understanding

Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) is increasingly employed to ground large language models in vast code repositories. However, performance degrades when resolving repository-level dependencies and multi-file code contexts. This study evaluates dense, sparse (BM25), and hybrid...

Modulating Local Coordination in Single‐Atom Catalysts: From Fundamental Concepts to Emerging Breakthroughs in Electrocatalysis

ABSTRACT Single‐atom catalysts (SACs) have attracted significant interest due to their maximized atom efficiency, structural precision, and unique catalytic properties. While the central metal atom in SACs serves as the primary active site, its catalytic behavior is strongly infl...

EuroMillions Breakthrough Mining — 1369 Sources, 9184 Leads Extracted — E8 Intelligence Research

Mined 1369 lottery+quantum breakthroughs. Extracted 9184 leads across 13 categories. 7277 high-value leads found. Categories: {"CORRIDOR": 745, "FORMULA": 597, "GEOMETRIC": 677, "FORWARD_ATTEMPT": 776, "QUANTUM": 989, "TIMING": 179, "CELESTIAL": 685, "GEMATRIA": 730, "CONSTANT":...

Mismatches Between Environmental Performance and Sustainable Investments as Signals of Misleading Green Corporate Messaging

This study investigates the misalignment between ESG environmental (E) scores and actual sustainable investment activities, addressing a critical gap in the literature regarding the reliability of ESG metrics. While prior research has highlighted concerns about greenwashing, few...

Light states in real 3HDMs with spontaneous CP violation and softly broken symmetries

Abstract Scalar sectors with several Higgs doublets, a CP invariant potential, and a CP violating vacuum, possess a mass spectrum in which, unexpectedly, new scalars cannot have masses much larger than the electroweak scale once perturbativity requirements are imposed on the quar...

Diurnal asymmetry in heat stress intensification across Bangladesh, 1985–2024: Accelerated nighttime warming and emerging urban risk

Bangladesh’s rapidly growing cities are becoming hotter, but how heat stress is changing over the day–night cycle has remained unclear. Using 40 years (1985–2024) of hourly Universal Thermal Climate Index (UTCI) data from ERA5-HEAT, we examined long-term changes in physiologicall...

Ocean Governance and Marine Conservation: Institutional Work as a Lever for Ocean Sustainability

ABSTRACT Ocean governance presents one of the most complex environmental policy challenges of our time, requiring coordinated action across multiple scales, sectors and stakeholder groups. This paper applies institutional work theory to systematically examine how actors create, m...

Hand hygiene versus continued glove use in simulated nursing care: a crossover study on microbial kinetics and unintended transmission

Healthcare workers’ (HCWs) hands are primary vectors for pathogen transmission. While non-sterile examination gloves (NSG) are intended to protect against contamination, they are often perceived as a substitute for hand disinfection (HD). This crossover simulation study in studen...

Tunable Oxygen Connectivity in Carbaporphyrinoid Polymers on Metal Surfaces

ABSTRACT Controlling oxygen‐mediated connectivity at metal surfaces offers a powerful route to engineer covalent and metal–organic architectures with atomic precision. Here, we demonstrate tunable oxygen‐based connectivity in carbaporphyrinoid polymers on Au(111) under ultrahigh...

Effects of Ageism, Depression, Physical Resilience, and Frailty on Quality of Life Among Older Women

In Taiwan, as a super-aging society, older women face unique challenges that affect their health and quality of life (QoL). The present 1-year longitudinal study was conducted to examine changes in physical and psychosocial health and the relationship between these factors and Qo...

The tumour microenvironment influences long-term tamoxifen benefit in postmenopausal ER+/HER2− breast cancer patients: a secondary analysis of the randomised Stockholm Tamoxifen (STO-3) trial

Abstract Background The tumour microenvironment (TME) influences breast cancer progression and treatment response. We investigated whether TME composition predicts tamoxifen benefit in postmenopausal women with oestrogen receptor-positive, HER2-negative (ER+HER2-) breast cancer....

MicroRNAs as Biomarkers for Adenomyosis: A Systematic Review

Background/Objectives: Adenomyosis is a chronic gynecological disorder characterized by the presence of endometrial tissue within the myometrium, causing pelvic pain, abnormal uterine bleeding, and infertility. Despite its high prevalence, the molecular mechanisms underlying dise...