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Embedding architectural prototype knowledge in interpretable deep learning for morphological similarity evaluation of traditional villages

Prototypes are inherited spatial rules that allow village morphology to persist through migration while adapting to local environments. Conventional studies of village morphology remain limited in large-scale comparison. Although remote-sensing-based deep learning enables large-s...

Reporting of justifications for withholding established effective interventions in randomised placebo-controlled trials: a systematic review

Randomised-controlled-trials (RCTs) are crucial for assessing the efficacy of new treatments. Some RCTs are placebo-controlled, which is uncontroversial when there is no established effective intervention or when a placebo is added to one. However, withholding an established effe...

MassCas tabletop game as a training tool in mass casualty incidents for undergraduate medical students: a quasi-experimental study with knowledge assessment at 6-month follow-up

Mass casualty incidents (MCI) require a coordinated prehospital response from multiple healthcare teams. Undergraduate medical students rarely receive systematic MCI training, and some of the methods that have shown good results so far, full-scale simulations and extended reality...

Barriers and facilitators to advance care planning implementation: a qualitative interprofessional study in the Spanish public health and social care system

Advance Care Planning (ACP) is essential for improving the quality of end-of-life care. Despite having a well-established legal framework, the implementation of ACP in Spain is limited and largely bureaucratic. The existing literature has primarily focused on knowledge deficits a...

Making residential energy retrofits work: How local intermediaries connect municipal policy and household-level action to advance the energy transition in Madrid

Municipalities play a central role in driving urban sustainability transitions but often struggle to engage critical actors necessary for implementing local climate policy objectives. These challenges are especially visible in the slow uptake of household energy retrofit policies...

The descent into AI dictation: A framework for AI in the organization of information for information literacy instruction

This article proposes a conceptual information literacy framework titled “The Descent into AI Dictation” to integrate generative AI within the broader ecosystem of information organization alongside traditional library discovery systems. The proposed framework addresses the need...

Hybrid VAE-GAN generative framework for multi-objective spatial performance optimization of residential landscape morphology

Designing residential landscape morphology means negotiating simultaneous trade-offs among microclimate comfort, visual quality, functional accessibility, and ecological service provision—objectives that experience-driven workflows rarely balance in any systematic way. We propose...

The Effectiveness of Using Augmented Reality (AR) Technology in Developing Visual-Spatial Thinking in Geometry

هدفت هذه الدراسة إلى التعرف إلى فاعلية استخدام تقنية الواقع المعزز (AR) في تنمية التفكير البصري المكاني في مادة الهندسة، كذلك هدفت التعرف إلى تأثير بعض المتغيرات الديمغرافية مثل الجنس، والصف ومستوى التحصيل الدراسي، حيث استخدمت الباحثة المنهج الوصفي التحليلي، واعتمدت الاستبيان كأد...

The Reality of Using Alternative Assessment Strategies to Improve Learning from the Perspectives of Teachers in Jerusalem Schools

هدفت الدراسة إلى الكشف عن واقع استخدام استراتيجيات التقويم البديل في تحسين التعلم من وجهة نظر معلمي مدارس مدينة القدس، والتعرّف إلى درجة استخدامها وفاعليتها وأبرز معوقات تطبيقها، فضلًا عن بيان الفروق في تقديرات المعلمين تبعًا لمتغيرات الجنس والمؤهل العلمي وسنوات الخبرة. واعتمدت ا...

Neutronic and kinetic performance of thorium–U-233 and thorium–Plutonium fuel cycles in the SMART integral PWR

Thorium-based fuel cycles have attracted increasing interest as a potential alternative to conventional uranium fuels, particularly in small modular reactors (SMRs), due to their favorable neutronic characteristics and resource sustainability. In this work, a comparative neutroni...

A survey of contrastive clustering research: algorithms, applications and challenges

Contrastive clustering, which leverages contrastive learning to enhance clustering performance, has made significant progress in recent years. The emergence of numerous diverse and valuable research outcomes highlights the necessity of systematically summarizing and analyzing the...

Immobilization method dictates the photoelectrochemical glycerol oxidation performance of semiconductor catalyst assemblies

Photoelectrochemistry provides a direct route to convert sunlight into valuable chemicals. However, high-performance photoelectrode architectures often require complicated synthesis steps and expensive instrumentation. Although physical immobilization (e.g., spray coating) of cat...

CALCOM: An integrated techno-economic and life-cycle environmental framework for electric vehicle assessment in Sri Lanka

Electric vehicle (EV) adoption is accelerating worldwide, creating a need for comprehensive frameworks that assess economic feasibility and environmental performance. This study presents a context-adaptive levelized cost of mileage (CALCOM) framework to evaluate the economic and...

Cardiovascular adaptation to spinal anesthesia-induced hypotension during scheduled cesarean section: the paradigm of ionized calcium and nitric oxide in a prospective cohort study

Maternal arterial hypotension occurs in 55–90% of cesarean sections performed under spinal anesthesia. While sympatholysis and aortocaval compression are conventional explanations, refractory cases suggest possible biochemical contributors beyond sympatholysis. We hypothesized th...

The impact of preoperative radiological paraspinal lumbar measures on the postoperative satisfaction of patients following lumbar fusion surgery– a retrospective case-control study

Paraspinal muscles have been reported to associated with postoperative outcomes in patients undergoing lumbar spine surgery. This study aimed to determine whether preoperative radiological measures of lumbar paraspinal muscles could predict postoperative patient satisfaction. A t...

Infants use physical size, but not prior possession, to predict conflict outcomes, and do not prefer prior possessors over contenders

Ownership is a pervasive feature of human social life, yet its developmental origins remain unknown. One influential proposal is that human ownership psychology is built on an early-developing and evolutionary ancient sensitivity to first possession: Across species, conflicts ove...

Competitive crystallization‑orchestrated gypsum cryogels for next‑generation building envelopes

The growing demand for climate-resilient and functionally reliable buildings requires envelope materials to integrate thermal regulation, mechanical integrity, fire safety, environmental stability, and electromagnetic protection within lightweight porous structures. Herein, we re...

Comparative evaluation of periodontal biocompatibility of pediatric crowns using clinical parameters and GCF biomarkers

This study aimed to evaluate clinical and biochemical periodontal responses associated with different crown materials used in primary molars. A total of 21 children with full crown indication in primary molars ( n = 84) were treated with prefabricated zirconia crowns (PZCs), stai...

A network approach with motion sequencing reveals hidden patterns of repetitive behavior in a pre-clinical model of epilepsy

Epilepsy is the 4th most prevalent neurological condition with 50 million cases worldwide. Patients with epilepsy bare a disproportionate burden of cognitive decline and psychiatric disorders which remain poorly understood and go unaddressed by current anti-epileptic treatments....

Inspiration or instigation? Bidirectional links between body-focused content, body image, and disordered eating urges

Using ecological momentary assessment (EMA), we examined the bidirectional relationship between body-focused inspiration content and body image and disordered eating urges, as well as the potential moderating effect of gender on these relationships. Undergraduate men and women (n...