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Investigating stakeholders' perspectives on cost-related drivers and barriers to Passivhaus adoption in New Zealand

Purpose The Passivhaus Standard is internationally recognised for delivering high levels of energy efficiency, occupant comfort and indoor environmental quality. Despite these recognised benefits, its adoption in New Zealand remains limited, with concerns regarding construction c...

Is Surgical Excision Mandatory for Sclerosing Adenosis Diagnosed on Core Needle Biopsy? Multimodal Imaging Features and Upgrade Outcomes in a Symptomatic Cohort

Background: Sclerosing adenosis (SA) is a benign, proliferative breast lesion that frequently mimics malignancy on multimodality imaging. The appropriate clinical management of SA diagnosed via core needle biopsy (CNB) remains a highly debated topic in breast oncology. This study...

Ferroresonance in power systems: A structured technical review and mitigation strategies

Ferroresonance is a complex and potentially destructive phenomenon that poses significant risks to the reliability and stability of power distribution systems. Although incidents have been documented for more than a century, the underlying mechanisms and effective countermeasures...

Schedule Timing Over Carrier Identity: Predicting Flight Arrival Delays at Houston Hub Using Logistic Regression and Random Forest

Flight delays cost airlines and passengers billions every year, yet most prediction models rely on information that only becomes available after a flight has already departed. This paper asks a simpler question: using only what is known before a flight leaves the gate, the time o...

User-Centered Design and Evaluation of a “Lehuo Pingpang” Exergame for Older Adults With Mild Cognitive Impairment: Cross-Sectional Convergent Mixed Methods Study

Abstract Background Physical activity is one of the preferred interventions for mild cognitive impairment (MCI); however, the physical activity levels and adherence of older adults with MCI are particularly limited. Exergames are expected to be a key strategy to address these iss...

URVSO_Formal_Verification_Core_Sovereign_AI_Transition_Systems.pdf

This paper presents URVSO (Universal Rigorous Verification and State-Transition Operator), a formal verification architecture for certifying specified behavioral transitions in sovereign AI systems. URVSO models an AI system as a state-transition system subject to explicit constr...

Optic Neuritis in a Patient with Morning Glory Syndrome: A Case Report

Purpose: To describe a rare case of optic neuritis in a Morning glory syndrome (MGS) patient and to highlight the diagnostic challenges posed by congenital optic disc anomalies.Case summary: A 45-year-old woman presented with a 5-day history of an inferonasal visual field defect,...

Factors Associated with Retail Price Variation in European Protected Designation of Origin (PDO) and Protected Geographical Indication (PGI) Cheeses

European Protected Designation of Origin (PDO) and Protected Geographical Indication (PGI) cheeses represent a diverse sector in which geographical origin, production rules, species, territorial context, and market orientation shape product value. This study aimed to examine prod...

The hormetic landscape: from evolutionary origination to mechanistic pathways in therapeutics

Hormesis is a biphasic dose-response, where mild stress triggers adaptive defense responses that increase cellular resilience. The hormesis is now recognized as a core concept with applications in toxicology, metabolism, aging, and evolutionary biology. A historical review, evolu...

Negative Pressure Promotes G3BP1-Mediated Migration of Corneal Epithelial Cells Through Activation of AKT/ERK/Paxillin Pathway

The corneal epithelium serves as the outermost transparent barrier of the eye and depends on rapid and coordinated cellular responses for wound repair. Although negative pressure (NP) has been shown to accelerate wound healing in other tissues, its cellular and molecular effects...

The Undiscovered Human: A Philosophical Essay on the Hidden Taxonomy of Human Capacities

This essay argues that contemporary psychology is in its pre-Mendeleev phase: the human traits we recognize today — intelligence, creativity, empathy — are not the fundamental building blocks of the person, but merely the traits that happened to be visible to twentieth-century in...

Evaluation of a Cerebrospinal Fluid and Blood-Perfused Cadaveric Model in Neurosurgical Simulation Training

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: In skull base neurosurgery, the pterional approach is of particular importance for many indications. These approaches are challenging for young inexperienced neurosurgeon. That is why training on realistic model is a true added value. We aimed to develo...

Human interaction with viscoelastic matter

Research on human perception of materials that are either strictly liquid or solid in nature is abundant. However, most real materials with which we interact are viscoelastic, meaning their behavior while probing depends on probing force and time itself, giving a complex, multi-d...

Outcomes of Patients With Appendiceal Neoplasms Based on Clinicopathological Features and Surgical Intervention: A Retrospective Observational Study at a Tertiary Cancer Centre in India

Introduction Tumour biology remains the key determinant of prognosis in appendiceal neoplasms. In this study, we analyse the clinicopathological characteristics and outcomes of patients with appendiceal neoplasms treated at our institution, with particular emphasis on overall sur...

Metabolic balance in the shallow eutrophic Lake Inbanuma, Japan

Metabolism is a pivotal process that governs the biogeochemical carbon cycle by both producing and consuming organic matter. Gross primary production (GPP), ecosystem respiration (ER), net ecosystem production ( NEP = GPP − ER ), and the metabolic balance of GPP and ER were analy...

The Role of Macrophages in the Immune Response to Peritoneal Infection with Dirofilaria immitis Larvae in the Mongolian Gerbil (Meriones unguiculatus)

The host cellular mechanisms determining whether Dirofilaria immitis (canine heartworm) larvae establish infection remain poorly understood. The Mongolian gerbil (Meriones unguiculatus), a naturally nonpermissive host, mounts a rapid macrophage-dominated peritoneal cellular respo...

Redshift Tomography of the KBC Void II A Geometric Hypothesis for the Local Expansion Rate

哈勃张力以及近期DESI数据中对动态暗能量的偏好,可能源于局部结构,而非新物理学。我们探讨了KBC空洞——即本地宇宙中的一个较小密度——会对观测膨胀历史产生相干投影效应的假说。通过采用独立巡天观测到的空隙半径和密度对比范围,我们推导出本地测量的哈勃常数的预期偏移和表观暗能量状态方程。该模型不假...

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Aerobic Exercise Modalities and the Mitigation of Atherosclerotic Pathways: A Systematic Review of Molecular Signaling.

Background: Cardiovascular disease secondary to arterial plaque formation remains a major global health burden. Clinical practice widely recognizes the benefits of physical conditioning, yet the exact vascular-level pathways through which aerobic work interrupts plaque progressio...

Photographic Soft Tissue Profile Measurements as Predictors of Sagittal Skeletal Patterns: A Low-Cost Diagnostic Alternative for Resource-Limited Settings

Abstract To evaluate the diagnostic value of two soft tissue measurements (facial angle and angle of convexity) in predicting sagittal skeletal patterns using standardized lateral facial photographs. This cross-sectional study included 73 subjects aged 18 to 30 years who met incl...