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Hepatocellular carcinoma in the hepatitis B likely vaccinated and likely unvaccinated age groups in The Gambia: a prospective cohort study

The Gambia started Hepatitis B vaccination in July 1986 and achieved nationwide coverage in February 1990. However, not much is known about its effect on Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) in The Gambia. We assess the differences in the features of HCC in both the Hepatitis B likely...

Mine Tailings as Supplementary Cementitious Materials: Properties, Performance, Mechanochemical Activation, and Challenges

The environmental impacts associated with Portland-cement production have driven decades of research into sustainable supplementary cementitious materials (SCMs). An emerging alternative, mine tailings, has been gaining attention lately due to its large availability, environmenta...

Disability, Fatigue and Mental Health in Acute Versus Chronic Spinal Pain in the Gaza Strip: A Comparative Cross‐Sectional Study

ABSTRACT Background Spinal pain is a major contributor to disability, but evidence comparing multidomain outcomes across acute and chronic stages remains limited in conflict‐affected settings. This study aimed to compare disability, fatigue, psychological distress and sleep distu...

Enhancing Knowledge Management in Green Building Engineering: A Hybrid Retrieval-Augmented Generation Approach to Support Project Assessment

Abstract Green building assessment relies heavily on manual queries of complex engineering regulations, making the introduction of knowledge management theories crucial for improving assessment efficiency. However, the inherent characteristics of engineering regulations—dense ter...

Did Congress Trade Ahead of the 2026 Iran War? Disclosure Delays and the Value of Early Entry

Did Congress trade ahead of the 2026 Iran War? We examine 135 disclosed transactions made by members of Congress in ten geopolitically exposed industries during the escalation. Members traded heavily in industries that subsequently rose, and congressional trading volume peaked ro...

(Short Paper22) Chemical Intervention Mechanism of the Glial OS in the In Vivo Analog Quantum Synchronizer (Bio-QPU) Paradigm: Optimization Model of Emotion and Selective Deco herence Based on Phase Noise Rejection and Chemical Triggers

While theories that overcome the metaphor of viewing the biological system as a “computer” computing specific algorithms and regard it as an “in vivo analog quantum synchronizer (phase synchronizer: Bio-QPU)” have elucidated the ultra-high-speed phase tuning mechanisms by nerve c...

AI & Data-Driven Inventory Management for Improving Medicine Availability at Jan Aushadhi Kendras

Abstract: The rapid expansion of the Pradhan Mantri Bhartiya Janaushadhi Pariyojana (PMBJP) has significantly enhanced access to affordable generic medicines across India through a growing network of Jan Aushadhi Kendras (JAKs). However, the long-term success of this network reli...

Impact of Hurricane Melissa on neurosurgery care in Jamaica: implications for disaster preparedness

BACKGROUND: Natural disasters, including hurricanes, are becoming increasingly severe as a result of climate change, and can have a devastating impact on healthcare systems. In October 2025, a category five hurricane struck Jamaica and caused extensive damage throughout the islan...

MANAJEMAN PENYELENGGARAAN HAJI DAN UMRAH DI KANTOR KEMENTERIAN HAJI DAN UMRAH KOTA TASIKMALAYA

This study aims to analyze the effectiveness of Hajj and Umrah management at the Ministry of Hajj and Umrah Office in Tasikmalaya City following the institutional separation as stipulated in Law No. 14 of 2025, using George R. Terry's Grand Theory of Planning, Organizing, Actuati...

Quasi-zero stiffness TPU interlayer for aluminium–polymer pipe-in-pipe systems: design, modeling and multifunctional performance

An architected thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU) interlayer is proposed for aluminium pipe-in-pipe (PIP) systems to combine load-bearing capacity with vibration attenuation. The interlayer is designed to exhibit a quasi-zero stiffness (QZS) response through geometric deformation....

Coupled Effects of Filler Aspect Ratio and Interfacial Characteristics on the Mechanical/Thermal/Electrical Properties of Graphene Nanocomposites

ABSTRACT Owing to interfacial defects and filler‐size effects, mechanical/thermal/electrical experimental performances of graphene‐reinforced polymer nanocomposites frequently deviate greatly from theoretical predictions. This study develops a cross‐scale multi‐physics effective...

Electron spin resonance in scanning probe microscopy: From single‐spin spectroscopy to atomically engineered quantum operations

Abstract Electron spin resonance (ESR) is one of the most powerful spectroscopic methods for probing systems with unpaired electronic spins. Conventional ESR has usually relied on the detection of large spin ensembles, thereby averaging over local environments and suppressing mic...

Characterizing End-User Auditing of Recommender System Behaviors Affecting Music Discoverability: a Diary Study

Recommender systems shape what people encounter online, yet their role in facilitating or constraining music discoverability is rarely examined from the listener’s perspective. To help address this gap, we present a two-week diary study with nine Italian young adults who reported...

Empagliflozin and Metformin Combination Therapy Attenuates Oxidative Stress and Inflammation in Experimental Cardio–Kidney–Metabolic Syndrome

This study evaluated the therapeutic effects of the empagliflozin+metformin (E+M) combination on cardio–kidney–metabolic syndrome (CKMS) using an experimental model. Animals were fed a Paigen-type (high-fat) diet supplemented with sugar-sweetened beverages to induce the CKMS phen...

Hypergraph-Augmented Reconstruction and Adaptive Metric Aggregation Network for Few-Shot Fine-Grained Image Classification

Few-shot fine-grained image classification aims to recognize unseen fine-grained categories from very few labeled examples. The task is difficult because visually similar classes may differ only in subtle details, while images from the same class can vary considerably. Useful evi...

LAB #3957 NEUTRAL: LEDGER BENCH: Apply filter: Quarterly phase = DISTRIBUTION — improves win rate from 32.5% to 37.6% ( — E8 Intelligence Research

IDEA: Adjustment made to the live model — verify against the backtests: Apply filter: Quarterly phase = DISTRIBUTION — improves win rate from 32.5% to 37.6% (+5.2pp, n=109) SAME-WINDOW EFFECT: Applying the DISTRIBUTION-phase filter to the current 10-trade window would have blocke...

Recent Advances in Functional Polyisoprene: From Precision Synthesis to Smart Elastomers

Polyisoprene is an important elastomer with a tunable microstructure and a hydrocarbon backbone analogous to the rubber component of natural rubber. However, conventional synthetic polyisoprene lacks the complex intermolecular interactions associated with non-rubber components in...

Golden Ratio Modulated E8 Lattice Resonance for Biological Coherent States — E8 Intelligence Research

The E8 lattice's 240 root vectors exhibit phase-coherent oscillations when embedded in a Fibonacci-chain spaced quasicrystal framework, creating a cascade of self-similar resonant frequencies that are modulated by the golden ratio φ. At the 132 Hz base frequency, these oscillatio...

The Relativistic Orange vs. The Electron: Topological Complexity and the Hardware Limits of Special Relativity

The question of whether a macroscopic bound object (e.g., a 150-gram orange) can be accelerated to relativistic speeds (e.g., 0.8) remains an untested assumption in modern physics. The mainstream view asserts that such acceleration is merely an engineering problem, extrapolating...

Influence of sensory processing patterns on stress and sleep in musicians

Date presented: April 23, 2026 Primary Author and Speaker: Megan C. C. Chang, megan.chang@sjsu.edu