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Mistaken actions: Davidson’s enduring dilemma

Abstract This essay is about a variety of action errors I call “Mistaken Actions” and a puzzle they pose for Causal Theories of Action. I begin with Davidson’s version of the Causal Theory and pose the puzzle as a dilemma: if his theory explains what makes a mistaken action mista...

Electrical insulation enhancement of the Al 2 O 3 composite films at high temperature by oxygen vacancy suppression

Abstract The electrical insulation film is critical for the reliable operation of Ultra-high temperature thin-film sensors (UTTSs) at elevated temperatures. However, the resistance of the insulation film easily decline at high temperatures due to the formation of the oxygen vacan...

Baseline anti-PLA2R antibody titer predicts treatment response and renal outcomes in rituximab-treated membranous nephropathy

Abstract Introduction As rituximab (RTX) has become a first-line therapy for idiopathic membranous nephropathy (IMN), identifying baseline predictors of treatment response is crucial for personalized management. This study was conducted to evaluate whether baseline anti-PLA2R tit...

Technorhetoric Version 3.0 as a Structural OS for AI-Era Technical Communication (Gateway Paper, Zenodo Canonical Edition)

Technorhetoric Version 3.0 (Kataoka Method) is introduced as the first fully formalized structural OS for technical and academic documents. Built on forty years of clinical, educational, and engineering practice, Version 3.0 establishes deterministic rules—one word = one meaning®...

Evaluating OpenEvidence Across Pediatric Subspecialties: A Guideline-Anchored Expert Review

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the quality, safety, and citation characteristics of OpenEvidence across pediatric subspecialties. METHODS: Guideline-anchored clinical questions spanning high, moderate, and low evidence certainty across 6 pediatric subspecialties were submitted to OpenEvi...

De-escalation of Axillary Surgery in Early Breast Cancer

OBJECTIVE: To prospectively evaluate how often axillary staging can successfully be omitted in postmenopausal HR+/HER2- patients. BACKGROUND: Three randomized trials showed no difference in recurrence or survival outcomes with omission of sentinel lymph node biopsy (SLNB) in cT1-...

Tailoring configurational entropy and phase evolution in (La 0.2 Ce 0.2 Nd 0.2 Sm 0.2 Eu 0.2 ) 1 – x Bi x VO 4 ceramics for high-performance C-band dielectric resonator antennas

Abstract Achieving a near-zero temperature coefficient of resonant frequency (τf) while maintaining an ultra-high quality factor (Q×f) remains a critical challenge for microwave dielectric ceramics in next-generation 5G/6G communication systems. Herein, we report a configurationa...

A multifunctional Tb3+–salicylic acid hydrazide phosphor for anti-counterfeiting, forensic fingerprint visualization, and biological applications

Abstract A novel terbium(III) complex, Tb(SAH) , derived from salicylic acid hydrazide ( SAH ), was successfully synthesized and fully characterized. Stoichiometric analysis confirmed a 1:2 metal-to-ligand ratio. X-ray diffraction and microscopic studies revealed a polycrystallin...

NEW SEXUAL PUNS IN PLATO’S SYMPOSIUM : HICCUPS, SNEEZES AND PAUSANIAS

Abstract No consensus has been reached about the humorous banter in the sneezing and hiccups passages in Plato’s Symposium (185d2–e5, 189a1–c1). Drawing on the work of Craik, Henderson and others, as well as new evidence from the Hippocratic Corpus and Aristophanes’ plays, this a...

Search Readiness and Direct-Booking Infrastructure on Independent Restaurant Websites in the United Kingdom: A Cross-Sectional Audit of 1,000 Sites

Background. Independent restaurants depend on being found and chosen online, yet little measured evidence exists on how their own websites present the information that search engines and diners use. Methods. We drew a seeded random sample of 1,000 independent UK restaurants with...

Invasive Bacterial Infections Other Than Escherichia coli and Streptococcus agalactiae in Febrile Infants Younger Than 90 Days

BACKGROUND: Invasive bacterial infections (IBIs) in febrile infants ≤90 days are mostly caused by Escherichia coli and Streptococcus agalactiae. However, data on IBIs caused by other pathogens remain limited. METHODS: We conducted a multicenter retrospective study of febrile infa...

Adolescent Worry About Experiencing Firearm Violence and Its Association With Mental Health

OBJECTIVE: To examine the associations between worrying about experiencing firearm violence, past-month psychological distress, and past-year suicide ideation among California adolescents. METHODS: Cross-sectional analysis of a representative California adolescent sample (n = 215...

Mathematical Properties, Stability Theory, and Experimental Validation of the Double Exponential Activation Function in Complex-Valued Neural Networks

Complex-valued neural networks (CVNNs) can naturally process complex signals, phase information, and two-dimensional data, and have been widely applied in various fields. However, Liouville's theorem states that a bounded entire function must be constant, which implies that there...

Heuristic Diagnostic Indices for Audit Independence, Evidence Verification, Project Deterioration and Budgetary Rigidity

This paper proposes five heuristic diagnostic indices for organisational and financial vulnerability: the Financial Independence Erosion Index (FIEI), the Field Verification Gap Index (FVGI), the Sunk Cost Depletion Index (SCDI), the Budgetary Iterative Rigidity Index (BIRI) and...

The degree-28 polynomial of a genus-4 linearised operator, the quadratic-form torsor, and the symplectic monodromy Sp_6(F_2)

Let q = 2^k and let 𝔮_λ(x) = T(x) + 2 Tr(λ9 x⁹ + λ5 x⁵ + λ3 x³ + λ1 x) be the Z/4-valued quadratic form attached to the supersingular genus-4 curves y² + y = λ9 x⁹ + λ5 x⁵ + λ3 x³ + λ1 x over F_q, where T is the Witt-vector trace of the Teichmüller representative. Its polar opera...

Lessons learned from the management of unusual scrofuloderma extending to the chest wall in an adolescent male: case report

Abstract Background Cutaneous tuberculosis is a rare manifestation of extrapulmonary tuberculosis in children. Scrofuloderma is the most common manifestation of cutaneous tuberculosis in developing countries. It results from the direct extension of tuberculosis infection from an...

Increased concurrent immunoreactivity of macrophage markers and HSP47 in the uterus of old multiparous cows

CONTEXT: Declining fertility in aging cows is associated with impaired uterine function, but the relationship between immune remodeling and fibrosis-associated uterine changes remains poorly understood. AIMS: We hypothesized that the uterus of old multiparous cows exhibits coordi...

Augmenting colonoscopy with artificial intelligence and robotic assistance: a human-factors scoping review toward a task-based shared autonomy paradigm

Colonoscopy is central to colorectal cancer prevention but remains a high-demand psychomotor and cognitive procedure, characterized by operator dependency, variable performance, and substantial physical and mental workload. Increasing evidence links procedural quality and safety...

Molecular characterization of colorectal cancer liver metastases with pure desmoplastic versus non-pure desmoplastic histopathological growth patterns using a targeted gene expression panel

The histological growth pattern (HGP) at the interface of colorectal adenocarcinoma liver metastases (CRCLM) and liver parenchyma provides important prognostic information. This study aimed to identify transcriptomic signatures underlying the predominant HGPs in CRCLM. We retrosp...

Divergent Genomic Architectures and Immune Microenvironments of BCOR-altered versus YWHAE-rearranged HGESS

High-grade endometrial stromal sarcoma (HGESS) is a rare and aggressive uterine mesenchymal neoplasm characterized by recurrent YWHAE::NUTM2 fusions and BCOR alterations. In this study, we performed integrated genomic and transcriptomic profiling of 45 HGESS and 23 low-grade endo...