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A supergene and genomic mosaicism are associated with phenotypic evolution in Galápagos tree finches

Abstract Adaptive radiations provide powerful models to study the origins of phenotypic novelty and species diversity. Darwin’s finches constitute a classic example of adaptive radiation, in which beak morphology is a key trait related to fitness. Here, we focus on Camarhynchus t...

Multiple phonological access pathways and their creation: The case of number words

Background Accumulating evidence shows that the phonological production of words follows not one but multiple pathways, separated by the word’s category (e.g. number versus non-number words).Aims We demonstrated that even the same word can follow different phonological production...

Structure-Graph Priors and Topology-Consistency Regularization for End-to-End Audio World Models: A Risk-Sensitive Protocol for Embodied Auditory Interaction

Embodied robots increasingly rely on hearing for timely and safe responses in open environments. We propose an end-to-end Audio World Model (AWM) in a Dreamer/RSSM style with (i) a replaceable structure-graph prior on discrete cluster transitions, tested against random, wrong-map...

Sequence‐Controlled Copolymers Through Selective Ring‐Opening Polymerization of Multiunit Macrolactones

ABSTRACT A new strategy for the synthesis of sequence‐controlled polymers (SCP), in which increased ester reactivity by the introduction of neighboring glycolate units within a multiunit macrolactone, was developed. DFT calculations and model reactions show that the proximity of...

Preoperative Anxiety Among Patients Undergoing Cardiac Procedures and Surgery: A Cross-Sectional Study in A Tertiary Care Hospital

Background and Objective: Patients undergoing cardiac procedures and surgery may experience substantial psychological distress related to their illness, anticipated procedure, anaesthesia, potential complications, and recovery. Preoperative anxiety may influence perioperative exp...

Failure‐Guided Coupling of Interphase and Solvation Chemistry for Durable Aqueous Zn–S Batteries

ABSTRACT Aqueous Zn–S batteries offer high theoretical energy density and intrinsic safety, but iodine‐mediated sulfur conversion introduces severe chemical and electrochemical instability at Zn anode. Herein, life‐cycle‐resolved three‐electrode measurements reveal that, although...

Reducing antibiotic burden in gram-negative bacteraemia: duration optimization and early oral transition

PURPOSE OF REVIEW: Gram-negative bloodstream infections have traditionally been managed with prolonged and intravenous antibiotic therapy. This review aims to summarize the evidence supporting strategies to reduce antibiotic burden through shorter treatment durations and/or oral...

Programming Hydrophobic Nanocavity of DNA Frameworks for Ultrastable Fluorescent Imaging

ABSTRACT Fluorescent proteins (FPs) are widely used in biological imaging, yet their limited programmability restricts adaptability for advanced nanoscale applications. Synthetic molecular containers offer designable cavities but struggle to simultaneously achieve large dimension...

Extended Technical and Reproducibility Report for ``From Product Evidence to Access Rights: Auditing and Routing Non-Firm Grid Connections''

This report documents the data, formulations, numerical experiments, andreproducibility checks underlying the main paper. The main paper states theresearch question and principal findings; the purpose here is to make eachstep of the evidence-to-access pipeline inspectable and rep...

Dynamic Covalent Prodrug Nanocomplex for Ultrasound‐Triggered Oxidative Stress Amplification and Synergistic Sonochemotherapy

ABSTRACT Essential micronutrient Vitamin B 2 (VB 2 ) is a bioactive compound with sonodynamic activity; however, it suffers from hydrophilic limitations. Herein, a dynamic prodrug nanocomplex (PTX‐PBA/VB 2 ) was constructed via phenylboronic acid‐diol interaction between VB 2 and...

University Hospital Volunteer Commons: Institutional Mediation, Relational Proximity, and Generative Value Circulation

This paper examines the conditions under which university hospital volunteer commons might connect independently accessible disciplinary inquiry, authorised voluntary service, and separately authorised research involving people or restricted information, without conflating their...

Search Results Reveal Gap: No Direct Proof of Fu-Kane-Mele Z2 Invariant — E8 Intelligence Research

FINDING: The search results are dominated by pedagogical videos on eigenvalue equations and parity, with only one direct reference to the Fu-Kane-Mele invariants (a lecture by De Nittis) — no actual proof or derivation of the Z2 invariant is retrieved. The core mathematical conte...

E8 Sexagesimal Quantum Factorization via 132Hz Phi‑Coupled Lattice — E8 Intelligence Research

The 240 root vectors of E8, resonant at a base 132 Hz and mutually phi‑coupled, generate an icosidodecahedral memory lattice that projects a sexagesimal divisibility graph, extending Babylonian base‑60 arithmetic into a dynamic quantum‑computational framework. By aligning this 60...

Effect of Laser Shock Peening on the Fatigue Life of Inconel 792 Superalloy After High‐Temperature Hot‐Corrosion Exposure in a Molten‐Salt Environment

ABSTRACT This study investigated the effect of laser shock peening (LSP) on the fatigue behavior of Inconel 792 nickel‐based superalloy after exposure to hot corrosion. Specimens were first subjected to corrosion in a molten salt bath containing 75 wt% Na 2 SO 4 + 15 wt% NaCl + 1...

From Tool Calling to Loop Engineering: A Survey of Control, Feedback, Acceptance, and Self-Improvement in LLM-Based Agents

Agents built on large language models (LLMs) combine a model with tools, memory, verifiers, and software that decides when work starts, stops, and changes. This survey traces how these responsibilities moved from the model's response into the surrounding harness between 2020 and...

Tri-Encoder Disentanglement with Dynamic Preference Gating for Cross-Domain Recommendation

Modeling user intent across heterogeneous domains remains a central challenge in cross-domain sequential recommendation (CDSR). Although cross-domain sequences naturally embed richer behavioral cues that traverse multiple domains, existing approaches often struggle to disentangle...

Explainable multi-scale health index learning for non-destructive condition monitoring and wear severity assessment of aviation piston pumps

Reliable condition monitoring of aviation piston pumps is essential for operational safety and predictive maintenance. This study proposes an Explainable Multi-Scale Health Index Learning (EMHI-L) framework integrating multimodal sensor fusion, multi-scale representation learning...

When a Trace Becomes an Ingredient · The FDA's 2026 Threshold-of-Regulation Proposal and the Scientific Limits of Exposure-Based Food Authorisation

An August 2026 U.S. Food and Drug Administration proposal, brought into renewed public debate on 10 October, would extend the Threshold of Regulation (TOR) exemption from substances migrating out of food-contact materials to substances added directly to food. It would also replac...

Sperm Whale Coda Communication: Acoustic Structure, Turn-Taking, and Sequential Response Patterns

Sperm whales communicate using patterned sequences of clicks known as codas, but understanding how these signals are organized during interaction remains challenging. This independent computational research project investigates acoustic structure, turn-taking, and sequential resp...

When Is Ontological Suspension Legitimate? Newtonian Restraint and Quantum Understanding

Quantum mechanics is often presented through a forced choice: either a physical theory becomes intelligible only after it specifies what reality is intrinsically, or predictive and operational success is all the understanding physics can legitimately seek. This article rejects th...