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Mortality in multiple vs. singleton very low birth weight infants in GermanyA population-based study

Introduction: In several large cohorts from the United States and China, multiple as opposed to singleton birth was found to be associated with increased mortality, while studies from European countries have yielded conflicting results. We aimed to assess the association between...

Are Redistricting No-Split Rules Neutral? Post-2020 Ohio as a Case Study

The enforcement of city- and county-preserving “no-split” rules in redistricting can complicate estimations of the expected partisan seat splits and responsiveness of neutral map drawing, even creating the impression that these nominally partisan-blind rules favor one party. This...

Lasting Financial and Professional Impacts Among Survivors of Early-Onset Colorectal Cancer

BACKGROUND: Patients with early-onset colorectal cancer (age < 50) are vulnerable to unique psychosocial consequences given their developmental stage in life. Younger adults are often establishing their careers and families, and a cancer diagnosis can contribute to financial and...

Late Ordovician ostracods from the “butter shale” Lagerstätten of the Cincinnati Arch region, Ohio, USA

Abstract The “butter shale” Lagerstätten of the Cincinnati Arch region is renowned for its well-preserved fossil records, documenting the dynamics of the Late Ordovician “Richmondian Invasion,” during which faunal migration from multiple source basins into the region led to a dra...

FIELD GERMINATION OF ULTRA-EARLY MATURING WINTER WHEAT VARIETIES "ULTRA" AND "FLESH"

UOʻT: 633.11:631.543 FIELD GERMINATION OF ULTRA-EARLY MATURING WINTER WHEAT VARIETIES “ULTRA” AND “FLESH” 1N.H.Durdiyev, 2,3 Z.I. Gopporova 1National Research University “Tashkent Institute of Irrigation and Agricultural Mechanization Engineers”, Doctor of Agricultural Sciences (...

From net metering to net billing: Insights from Pakistan's 2026 prosumer regulatory reform

Pakistan’s National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (NEPRA) introduced the Prosumer Regulations (SRO 251(I)/2026), marking a fundamental shift from net metering to net billing for distributed solar generation. The policy replaces retail-rate compensation with payments linked...

Transición de la televisión analógica a digital: análisis descriptivo de estándares DVB-T2, ATSC 3.0 e ISDB-T

Introducción: La transición de la televisión analógica a la digital representa una transformación estructural que abarca dimensiones técnicas, regulatorias, económicas y geopolíticas de profundo alcance. Objetivo: Se caracteriza técnica y funcionalmente los tres principales están...

Analytical Practice Needs a Firmer Foundation

Description: Version 1.1 is a vocabulary revision, content-preserving: aligned with The Theory of Data, Version 4.0 — a measure is the governed family; a member of a measure is a governed series; a series is a typed binding of datums over one anchor. Nothing is altered in substan...

Multisystem Factors Related to Anxiety, Depression, and Stress for Sexual Minority Survivors of College Sexual Assault

Sexual minority college students have a higher prevalence of sexual assault victimization in college, which is associated with negative mental health consequences. Previous research suggests that the circumstances of the assault, campus climate, social support, and perceptions of...

4D Wythoff Phasonic Coupling in E8 Root Space — E8 Intelligence Research

By combining the 132Hz φ-carrier with 7-simplex hypertruncation, we reveal a 4D Wythoff phase space where E8 roots embed in recursive phasonic lattices. This structure enables synchronized decoding of 240 roots across fractal dimensions, creating a quantized temporal-spatial reso...

First report of cladode spot caused by Alternaria alternata on Opuntia robusta in South Africa

Opuntia robusta is a cactus species cultivated for both fodder and fruit production. In November 2024, cladode spot symptoms were observed on approximately 60% of O. robusta plants cultivated at an experimental farm in Bloemfontein (29.1035° E, 26.1740° S), South Africa. Symptoms...

Catalytic Ozonation of Environmentally Relevant Pharmaceuticals Using Oxygen- and Nitrogen-Doped Activated Carbons

Catalytic ozonation is one of the advanced oxidation processes (AOPs) that have yielded promising results in the treatment of emerging pollutants, in which the catalyst plays a fundamental role. In this study, surface oxygen and nitrogen groups were introduced onto two commercial...

Role of consolidative surgery after chemotherapy in recurrent/metastatic adrenal cortical cancer (ACC): Princess Margaret Cancer Centre experience

Recurrent/Metastatic (R/M) ACC is aggressive with few effective treatment options. The role of surgery after chemotherapy remains unclear. Moreover, prognostic factors in R/M ACC are not well defined. R/M ACC patients treated at Princess Margaret Cancer Centre (2002–2019) were re...

Narrative Disclosure and Private Credit Risk: Text-Based Evidence from BDC Filings Amid Macro-Financial Shocks

A persistent difficulty in monitoring private-credit risk is that narrative and quantitative information in periodic filings are produced jointly but evaluated separately. This leaves open the question of whether disclosure language is a useful signal of risk management behaviour...

“Just a number” – larger-bodied women’s experiences of weight-centric and weight-inclusive maternity care: a national online photovoice study

Abstract Background Weight stigma is a pervasive issue in healthcare, including maternity care, characterised by bias, discrimination, and exclusion. Experiencing weight stigma can negatively impact health outcomes, self-esteem, and engagement with care. While existing literature...

Direct ink writing of geopolymer adsorbents: A review

Geopolymers (GPs) are amorphous aluminosilicate binders valued as low-cost adsorbents for their cation-exchange capacity, tunable porosity, and chemical stability. Direct ink writing (DIW) has recently emerged as a processing route to shape these materials into structured lattice...

A defense destined to be sacred? Conflicting narratives and the contentious beginnings of Iran–Iraq war literature in Iran

The Iran–Iraq War (1980-1988) has been a major theme in Persian fiction published in Iran since 1980. Within Iran, the literature of this war is often framed as the “literature of the Sacred Defense,” in reference to the Iranian regime’s narrative of the war as a “battle between...

On the life history of the honey bee superorganism

Abstract The Western honey bee ( Apis mellifera ) forms large colonies which represent organisms in their own right, known as superorganisms. Although this species is among the most extensively studied insects, competing explanations persist regarding fundamental characteristics...

Optimising maritime logistics to island ports using Max-Flow and Traffic modelling

Efficient maritime logistics between mainland ports and island destinations is essential for trade and regional integration in East Africa. This study develops a sequentially coupled optimisation framework for cargo movement from Dar es Salaam to Zanzibar, Comoros, and Seychelles...

Phi-Modulated E8 Hyperbolic Grid for Quantum Entanglement Networks — E8 Intelligence Research

By applying 240 E8 root vectors through phi-resonant hyperbolic transformations at 132Hz, a self-sustaining grid of phase-conjugate entanglement nodes emerges, enabling scalable quantum networks that dynamically adapt to environmental noise. This grid leverages the E8 lattice's g...