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Growing appetites: the impact of vegetable-rich school meals on child nutrition, cognition, and well-being

Typical lunch meals consumed by Dutch children fall short of national dietary guidelines. The average vegetable intake during lunch is around 8 g, contributing to inadequate overall vegetable consumption in over half of children under 12. A school-based lunch programme offering v...

Qazaq pastoralists in Western Mongolia: institutional change, economic diversification, and social stratification

Peter Finke’s study of Qazaq pastoral communities in Khovd sum, western Mongolia, is an exemplary work of longitudinal ethnographic research. Drawing on fieldwork from the early 1990s to 2018, the ...

Differential Spoke-Tension Sensing for Estimating Bicycle Rear-Wheel Power

This open technical disclosure proposes a low-cost method for estimating bicycle rear-wheel power from changes in the tension of ordinary wheel spokes. The proposed architecture uses two spoke-coupled sensing modules: one on the drive side and one on the non-drive side of a dishe...

MXene-Based Conductive Microneedle Patch Promotes Diabetic Wound Healing by Regulating Oxidative Stress and Immune Microenvironment

Abstract Excessive reactive oxygen species (ROS) generation and the release of inflammatory mediators create a pathological microenvironment in diabetic wounds, severely impairing the healing process. Coupling endogenous electric fields has shown great therapeutic potential for i...

Economic and Environmental Framework of Producing Green Hydrogen from Groundwater in South Africa: A Systematic Review

The hydrogen economy has emerged as a promising pathway to address climate change and ensure long-term global energy security, with water electrolysis powered by renewable energy as a key enabler of sustainable hydrogen production. Recent advances in various electrolyser technolo...

RELIGIOUS FESTIVALS, RITUALS, AND PHYSICAL MOVEMENT: A HUMAN KINETICS PERSPECTIVE

This article examines the intersection of religious festivals, rituals, and physical movement through the lens of human kinetics. Drawing on interdisciplinary research from anthropology, religious studies, and sport science, the article explores how bodily movement functions as a...

Hedonic Hunger and Problematic Internet Use Show Distinct Associations with General and Central Adiposity in Medical Students

Background: Hedonic hunger and problematic internet use (PIU) have been linked to excess adiposity, but their differential associations with adiposity measures in medical students remain unclear. Methods: This cross-sectional study included 256 medical students (63.3% female; mea...

Golden Ratio as a Recurrence Operator in Self-Referential Systems — E8 Intelligence Research

FINDING: Golden ratio φ emerges as a stable local recurrence operator in self-referential systems, with photonic crystal and auditory frequency manifestations. | MATH: φ = (1+√5)/2 ≈ 1.6180339; φ⁻¹ = φ-1 ≈ 0.618; Fibonacci sequence Fₙ₊₁/Fₙ → φ; recurrence relation φ² = φ + 1; fre...

The Effects of Fiscal Policy on Forest Cover Conditions and Dynamics: Evidence from Tanzania

Forest cover conditions in Tanzania remain predominantly negative, with significant implications for biodiversity, rural livelihoods, and climate stability. Despite national forest management policies, traceability systems, afforestation programs, REDD+ initiatives, and the Natio...

Caste, comedy, and stereotypes: the politics of humour in Hindi stand-up

Hindi stand-up comedy has rapidly expanded across live venues and digital platforms, becoming a crucial arena where caste is negotiated, softened, challenged, and strategically silenced. Dominant-caste comedians often use self-deprecating humour to recast caste as a harmless biog...

MXene-Based Catalysts for Peroxymonosulfate Activation: Structure-Pathway Relationships, Water-Matrix Effects, and Environmental Safety

Abstract MXenes have emerged as promising catalytic platforms for peroxymonosulfate (PMS) activation because their metallic conductivity, tunable surface terminations, defect-rich lamellar structures, and compositional flexibility enable efficient electron transfer and active-sit...

Electromyography agreement and musculotendon parameter sensitivity analysis of predictive cycling simulations

Abstract Predictive musculoskeletal simulations can support rehabilitation cycling by estimating internal biomechanical variables and exploring cadence, task constraints, and neuromuscular strategies without extensive experimental testing. However, it remains unclear how well pre...

Sustainability adoption in global family firms: a strategic and socio-emotional perspective

Purpose This paper aims to investigate the drivers of sustainability in family businesses globally. It examines how strategic and socio-emotional considerations shape sustainability adoption and distinguishes between voluntary adoption and adoption driven by external pressure, an...

Decoding the MicroscopicEffects of BiocompatibleIonic Liquids on Model Phospholipid Membrane

Abstract Ionic liquids (ILs) are increasingly explored in pharmaceutical and therapeutic applications because of their roles in drug delivery and biomolecular stabilization. As cell membranes serve as the primary protective barrier of the cellular environment, decoding the effect...

Unveiling the Structure‐Performance Relationship in Ruthenium‐Based Anode Catalysts for PEM Water Electrolyzers

Ruthenium (Ru) based electrocatalysts are considered cost-effective alternatives to expensive iridium (Ir)-based anode catalysts in proton exchange membrane water electrolyzers (PEMWEs), due to their lower cost and high catalytic activity. However, these catalysts suffer from poo...

Microplastics and colorectal cancer: presence in human colorectal tissues and associations with tumor biology

The incidence and death rates of colorectal cancer (CRC), one of the world’s largest health issues, are rising. These days, environmental contaminants such microplastics (MPs) are believed to play a role in the development of colorectal cancer. Small plastic particles (less than...

Impact of Integrated Library Management Software on Library Services of Central Library, Rivers State University, Port Harcourt.

This study investigated the impact of Integrated Library Management Software (ILMS) on library service delivery in the Central Library, Rivers State University. The objective was to determine the extent to which ILMS modules contribute to effective library services. Three (3) res...

Temporal Feature Interaction for Robust Remote Sensing Image Change Detection: A Taxonomy and Cross-Domain Comparative Study

Remote sensing change detection (RSCD) has advanced through convolutional, attention-based, transformer, and hybrid architectures, yet models are commonly compared as whole architectural families rather than by how their temporal streams interact. This study introduces the Tempor...

Thermodynamic Study of Galaxy Clusters by a Relativistically Corrected Newtonian Potential

We investigate the thermodynamic behavior of galaxy clusters by employing statistical mechanical techniques. The canonical partition function is derived under this modified potential, from which key thermodynamic quantities including entropy, enthalpy, specific heat, and chemical...

Household composition and adult-equivalent scales for food consumption expenditures in rural area of China

Purpose Establishing adult-equivalent (AE) scales for rural household food consumption expenditures is crucial for policymakers to set unified benchmarks for living costs in rural China. This study aims to estimate AE scales for food expenditures, providing a standardized tool to...