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Adaptive Capacity in the Interregnum: Liquid Institutions, Polycentric Governance, and the Digital Architecture of Youth Empowerment in Bangladesh

Institutional voids in Bangladesh are not temporary absences awaiting hierarchical completion. They are sedimented, densely inhabited arenas in which young people improvise, broker and adapt, and in which youth angst registers as a structured affect that converts into exit: withd...

Temporal Generalizability and Predictive Stability in Municipal Finance: Parallel Evidence from Norway and the United States

This study evaluates temporal generalizability and predictive stability in municipal finance using NorwegianKOSTRA and U.S. Census government-finance data. Norway analyses combine discovery, false-discovery-ratecontrol, official municipality-continuity correction and held-out tem...

Graph hybrid neural network integration for enhanced diabetic retinopathy detection in retinal image

Diabetic retinopathy (DR) is a progressive microvascular complication of diabetes that affects the retina. This study presents a hybrid graph neural network (GNN) architecture that combines a graph isomorphism network (GIN) with GraphSAGE to improve performance and interpretabili...

Empowering OTP’s Use of CPT Code 97533, the Sensory Integrative Techniques

Date presented: April 24, 2026 Primary Author and Speaker: Jayna Niblock, jaynafischbach@gmail.com

Pilot intraindividual secretome profiling of adipose-derived stem cells in multiple symmetric lipomatosis

Abstract Multiple symmetric lipomatosis (MSL) is a rare adipose tissue disease characterized by progressive, non-encapsulated, symmetrical fat accumulation. Its pathophysiology is still not completely understood. Here, we performed the first intraindividual comparison of secretom...

SGLT-2 Inhibitors Versus GLP-1 Receptor Agonists in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: A Propensity Score-Matched Cohort Study Comparing Adherence and Persistence with Specific Reference to Cardiovascular Disease

Background/Objectives: Poor adherence and persistence to sodium-glucose cotransporter-2 inhibitors (SGLT-2is) and glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists (GLP-1 RAs) are a critical issue in the treatment of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM), especially in patients with cardiovasc...

Effect of calcium sulfoaluminate in fly ash–metakaolin blended binders on hydration and mechanical properties

Advancements in sustainable cement technology rely on the use of supplementary cementitious materials to enhance performance and reduce environmental impact. Mineral additives such as fly ash (FA), blast-furnace slag, silica fume and limestone are commonly used to lower clinker c...

Measured, borrowed, and unresolved: the target profile of memantine

Memantine is used to treat Alzheimer's disease and to probe N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptor function. Its label as an NMDA antagonist does not establish which receptor accounts for a clinical or experimental effect. Misassigning that target can turn a drug's success or failu...

Cleft Palate Surgery: Evolving Surgical Techniques and Reconstructive Principles for Oronasal Fistula and Velopharyngeal Dysfunction: A Narrative Review

Background Despite more than a century of surgical innovation, no single palatoplasty technique has demonstrated consistently superior outcomes across the spectrum of cleft palate phenotypes. Objective This review examines the historical evolution of cleft palate reconstruction a...

Almost Congruent Triangles: Geometry, Arithmetic, and Generalizations

We characterize pairs of noncongruent triangles having the same three angle measures and twoequal, noncorresponding side lengths, and study their primitive integer parametrizations, finite chains,and asymptotic counting laws. The golden ratio governs the admissible geometric rang...

Global Mindedness and Pro-Environmental Behaviors in Different Economic, Cultural, and Political Contexts

Addressing global environmental challenges calls not only for international cooperation but also for individuals to transcend national boundaries and identities. Previous research on the relationship between global mindedness and pro-environmental behaviors has yielded inconsiste...

The Effectiveness of Group Aquatic Occupational Therapy Intervention for Children with Sensory Processing Challenges

Date presented: April 24, 2026 Primary Author and Speaker: Kristen Welcome Pataki, kristen.pataki@gmail.com

Associations of North Korean Refugee Mothers’ Parenting Beliefs, Attitudes, and Attachment With Preschool Children’s Moral and Conventional Behaviors

North Korean refugee mothers raise preschool children while navigating new cultural, socioeconomic, and service environments in South Korea. However, little is known about their children’s everyday moral and conventional behaviors. This cross-sectional study examined the associat...

Effect of vasopressin and its analogues on microcirculatory perfusion: a systematic review

Abstract Objective Arginine vasopressin (AVP) is a non-adrenergic vasopressor increasingly used in the management of shock. While it restores arterial pressure, its effects on the microcirculation remain uncertain, with potential for reduced regional perfusion and tissue oxygenat...

Prognostication in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis: A Narrative Review of Pre-Diagnosis and Functional Outcomes

Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) is a very heterogeneous disease, yet some of the most common questions received by physicians in the ALS clinic are “how much time do I have?” and “what can I expect to happen next?” This line of inquiry is not strictly limited to patients; cli...

Comparing Three Delivery Formats of a Fatigue Self-Management Intervention: Findings from a Non-Inferiority Randomized Trial

Date presented: April 25, 2026 Primary Author and Speaker: Matthew A Plow, map208@case.edu

Atomically Dispersed Copper Sites on Nitrogen-Doped Mesoporous Carbon for Efficient Ammoxidation of Aromatic Alcohols to Nitriles

Abstract Catalytic ammoxidation of alcohols has emerged as a preeminent technology for nitrile synthesis, distinguished by its utilization of low-cost, readily accessible alcohols and the circumvention of highly toxic cyanide-based reagents. Herein, we report for the first time a...

Integrating radiomic features and clinical variables from cervical lymph node CT to predict treatment response in advanced-stage nasopharyngeal carcinoma

Abstract Purpose To develop a combined radiomic and clinical model based on pretreatment contrast-enhanced computed tomography (CECT) images of metastatic cervical lymph nodes(CLNs) for predicting complete response (CR) versus non-CR in patients with N2–N3M0 nasopharyngeal carcin...

High-Mobility Enhancement-Mode ITO/ZnO Thin-Film Transistors with an Asymmetric Vertical Channel Architecture

Abstract Oxide thin-film transistors (TFTs) for displays, transparent electronics, and integrated sensors require enhancement-mode operation, high carrier mobility, device-to-device reproducibility, and operational stability. In this work, a 19-nm-thick asymmetric ITO/ZnO channel...

Composite Security Dilemma and Intra-Alliance Debate: How Can We Explain Saudi Arabia’s Simultaneously Strained Relations with Both Its Ally and Adversary?

This paper attempts to explain why Saudi Arabia has strained relations simultaneously with both its ally the United States and adversary Iran in the period of 2010–2020. Saudi Arabia’s position in this situation is analysed through the lens of Snyder’s composite security dilemma...