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- Health & MedicineOpen access
Abstract Colonoscopy can achieve significantly enhanced polyp detection by employing narrowband imaging (NBI) along with conventional white light (WL) imaging. However, problems associated with switching between two modalities during colonoscopy hinder its widespread clinical app...
- Society & EconomicsOpen access
Visual Branding and the Politics of Gentrification: Barcelona through Three Urban Mirrors
When I first arrived in Barcelona, the city seemed unusually aware of its own image. Its pavements, façades, monuments, shopfronts, housing photographs, and museum narratives form a visual system that makes the city easy to recognise and consume. This essay asks what that system...
- Health & MedicineOpen access
Our experience with super-thin anterolateral thigh flap for intraoral reconstruction
Abstract Purpose According to the literature, in our country, the first choice for the reconstruction of extensive defects after the removal of locally advanced oral tumors is free flap reconstruction, which achieves the best functional outcome. We investigated whether the antero...
- Health & MedicineOpen access
Abstract Purpose Percutaneous endoscopic spine surgery and tubular minimally invasive surgery (MIS) each offer distinct advantages but also important limitations. We describe a proof-of-concept study of a hybrid technique—tubular endoscopic spine surgery (TESS)—combining a tubula...
- AI & ComputingOpen access
The case for using flexible healthcare capacity constraints to optimize pandemic control strategies
Abstract During the COVID-19 pandemic, a key challenge was designing control strategies that balance the benefits and costs of public health measures while preventing healthcare systems from becoming overwhelmed. This was often addressed by epidemiological modellers by implementi...
- Materials & EnergyOpen access
Abstract Background Biogenic platinum nanozymes (PtNZs) represent a distinct class of catalytic nanomaterials in which nanoparticle formation and biological functionalization occur concurrently, yielding hybrid systems governed by inseparable core-corona interactions. Despite rap...
- Society & EconomicsOpen access
Abstract In a world where geopolitical tensions strongly impinge on international scientific collaboration and where some scientific information has significant commercial value, the notion of science and practice of it as a global public good are under pressure and so are the wa...
- BiologyOpen access
Spatial structure and growth dynamics of fairy rings formed by Marasmius oreades
Abstract Despite the long-term fascination of fairy ring-forming fungi, many aspects of their biology remain unresolved. It is not known why the mycelium grows as an annular structure, rather than a solid disc, or why it grows radially outwards. Different theories have been sugge...
- Engineering & Technology
Abstract Based on a study of the behavior of several permanently operated stations of the IGS network, the impact of ambient temperature on the heights of these stations is tested and assessed. The studies used relative GNSS determinations of very short baselines, which have very...
- Climate & EnvironmentOpen access
Abstract Variation in daylight hours may shape light-dependent behaviours both across seasons and among latitudinally distinct breeding colonies. We investigated the influence of photoperiod variation on chick provisioning behaviour in a high-latitude seabird, the Manx shearwater...
- Health & Medicine
Futility and Termination of Resuscitation Variation for Pediatric Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest
OBJECTIVES To evaluate agency-level differences in determinations of futility (defined as withholding resuscitative efforts by emergency medical services [EMS]) and termination of resuscitation (TOR) during prehospital encounters for pediatric out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA...
- Climate & EnvironmentOpen access
Abstract The macaw palm ( Acrocomia aculeata ) is a native Neotropical palm with potential for vegetable oil production, particularly for biofuel generation. However, its domestication remains incipient, and information on long-term progeny performance is still limited. This stud...
- AI & ComputingOpen access
Photonic Balanced Ternary Computing: A Perspective on the Post-CMOS Paradigm
Binary logic on CMOS emerged from the two-state operating regime of 1940s vacuum tubes — a historical contingency, not a law of physics. This perspective argues that three developments — the quantum transport physics of photonically gated carbon-nanotube devices, balanced ternary...
- Engineering & Technology
Abstract Lithium/fluorinated carbon (Li/CFx) batteries are promising for mission-critical power sources, but their practical performance is hindered by solvent-dominated Li+ solvation and insulating LiF accumulation. Herein, 2-fluoro-6-methoxyphenylboronic acid (FMPB) is introduc...
- Climate & EnvironmentOpen access
Abstract Changes in animal behaviour are often the first response to environmental change, reflecting a shift in the balance of energetic opportunities and constraints. However, few studies have considered how the ecological consequences of global change shape behavioural pattern...
- AI & ComputingOpen access
Variational Quantum Algorithms (VQAs) and Quantum Neural Networks (QNNs) represent the primary frontier for near-term quantum advantage. However, physical noise channels on Noisy Intermediate-Scale Quantum (NISQ) devices severely degrade classification accuracy and deform optimiz...
- Health & MedicineOpen access
Abstract Background Generative artificial intelligence (AI) is increasingly integrated into health professions education; however, limited research has examined nursing students’ acceptance of generative AI as a task-based creative tool for developing child-centered health educat...
- Health & Medicine
Abstract Influenza A remains a major seasonal public health burden. With the approval of onradivir, PB2 has emerged as an attractive antiviral target due to its unique and conserved structural features. Herein, using onradivir as the lead, we employed bioisosteric replacement str...
- Materials & EnergyOpen access
Role of free volume in governing electrical transport in V2O5–Cu2O–P2O5 glass ceramic nanocomposites
Abstract Glass–ceramic nanocomposites of xV₂O₅–(40−x)Cu₂O–60P₂O₅ (x = 10–40 mol%) were prepared by melt quenching followed by heat treatment at 873 K. XRD analysis confirmed the formation of Cu₂O and V₂O₅ nanocrystalline phases with crystallite sizes in the range of 16–27 nm embe...
- Biology
From policy to plow: Who is getting it right on resilience in Kenyan agriculture?
Purpose This study examined models of success and patterns of fragmentation in the implementation of the Agricultural Sector Transformation and Growth Strategy (ASTGS) 2019–2029 and the National Horticulture Policy (NHP) 2012. Design/methodology/approach This study used a qualita...