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Inequalities in modern contraceptive use among men: a HEAT Plus analysis of population-based cross-sectional surveys in East Africa

Male involvement is essential for effective family planning, yet men in most of sub-Saharan Africa remain less engaged than women. Their participation is shaped by the socioeconomic context, but evidence on how modern contraceptive use varies across socioeconomic groups among men...

LAB #881 PROMISING: TG AUTO: BASE 44 ORDER: Implement E8 quasicrystal projection & aperiodic pattern detector in breakth — E8 Intelligence Research

IDEA: AUTO-FORWARDED from the Telegram/breakthrough stream (#637520, division=research, agent=andrew_base44): Andrew's order (Base 44 console): [SELF-BUILD from enhancement #462] Implement quasicrystal projection from E8 lattice using de Bruijn's cut-and-project method. Add aperi...

Classical Computer Vision for Automated Quality Inspection: A Reproducible Study Integrating SPC and Process Capability

Automated visual inspection is often evaluated as an image-classification task, although an industrial quality decision also depends on defect escape risk, dimensional measurement error, process behavior, and the distinction between engineering specifications and statistical cont...

Zero-Shot Domain Adaptation of 2D Mammography Lesion Detection Model for 3D Breast CT Malignancy Detection

Purpose: Breast cancer screening relies primarily on two-dimensional (2D) digital mammography, which is limited by tissue superposition and compression-related patient discomfort. Dedicated spiral breast computed tomography (BCT) overcomes these limitations by providing isotropic...

Study on Mechanochemical Activation-Enhanced Hydrochloric Acid Leaching of Rare Earth Elements from Roasted NdFeB Waste

NdFeB waste is an important rare earth secondary resource, and the current industrial practice primarily employs a hydrochloric acid preferential dissolution method to recover rare earth elements (REEs). However, approximately 1% of REEs (e.g., cerium oxide, neodymium oxide, pras...

Predicting Early Dropout in University Entry Cohorts: Temporal Inter-Cohort Validation in a Chilean Public University

Early university dropout remains a major concern for higher education, particularly amid expanded access, diverse student profiles, and institutional efforts to promote persistence. This study evaluates predictive models of early dropout at a Chilean university using ten entry co...

p62/ SQSTM1 : From an autophagy receptor to a condensate organizer of selective autophagy and stress signaling

Upon exposure to stress, cells activate a variety of stress-response and quality-control mechanisms to maintain homeostasis. Dysregulation of these processes is implicated in numerous diseases, including cancer, liver disorders, and neurodegenerative diseases. p62/Sequestosome 1...

The Conditional Abiogenesis Problem Part III

Description Part III of The Conditional Abiogenesis Problem examines whether the conditions developed in Parts I and II remain physically coherent when traced from system-level viability down toward quantum dynamics, chemical kinetics, transport processes, and nonequilibrium ther...

Posturing After Descemet Membrane Endothelial Keratoplasty (DMEK): Essential or Unnecessary Burden?

Background: This study aims to evaluate the effect of postoperative posturing on graft detachment and rebubbling rates following Descemet Membrane Endothelial Keratoplasty (DMEK). Methods: This was an interventional comparative cohort study, assessing patients with and without po...

China’s Policy Responses to High Oil Prices: Balancing Macroeconomic Stability and Low-Carbon Transition

International oil price volatility poses severe risks to macroeconomic stability and energy security, presenting complex policy challenges for China as it simultaneously pursues economic growth and a low-carbon transition. To bridge the gap between general equilibrium reallocatio...

Long-Range Synchronization of Remote NV Color-Center Ensembles via an Active Microwave Cavity

For scalable quantum networks and distributed quantum sensing, remote NV color-center spin ensembles require controllable long-range coherent connections. However, the magnetic dipole coupling between NV centers decays rapidly with distance, making direct stable coherent exchange...

Concurrent Assessment of Micro- and Nanoplastics and Bisphenol A in Non-Dialysis Chronic Kidney Patients and Hemodialysis Patients: Results from a Cross-Sectional Human Biomonitoring Study Focusing on Sex-Related Patterns

Patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD), particularly those receiving hemodialysis (HD), may be more vulnerable to exposure to micro- and nanoplastics (MNPs) and bisphenol A (BPA) because of impaired renal clearance and frequent contact to plastic-based medical devices. This s...

S -Adenosyl- l -homocysteine Hydrolase Side Reactivity Enables Biocatalytic Access to 4′,5′-Dehydro Nucleosides as Nucleoside Drug Precursors

Abstract S-Adenosyl-l-homocysteine hydrolase (SAHH) reversibly cleaves S-adenosyl-l-homocysteine (SAH) into adenosine and l-homocysteine, regulating the cellular potential to perform S-adenosyl-l-methionine (SAM)-dependent methylation of DNA, RNA, proteins, and small molecules. A...

From traumatic necrotizing fasciitis to central nervous system involvement: Expanding the clinical spectrum of Apophysomyces variabilis

ABSTRACT Species belonging to the genus Apophysomyces are thermotolerant filamentous fungi within the order Mucorales and family Mucoraceae . These organisms have increasingly been recognized as clinically significant pathogens due to their ability to cause severe, often fatal in...

Purpose-driven firms and their sustainability outcomes: empirical insights from India

Purpose This study aims to evaluate the firm-level determinants of corporate sustainability performance (CSP) among Indian listed firms and examine whether these determinants vary across sectoral and ownership contexts in the institutional environment shaped by mandatory CSR obli...

A Study on the Taxation of Dividend Income from the Distribution of Capital Reserves

자본준비금은 자본금에 전입되어 무상주의 형태로 주주에게 분배될 수 있는 동시에 2011년 상법 개정으로 감액하여 배당할 수 있게 되면서, 주주가 납입한 원본으로서 자본금의 특성 및 배당 재원으로서 이익잉여금의 특성을 함께 가지는 혼성적 지위에 서게 되었다. 법인세법은 주주에게 분배되는 자...

Development of a deep learning model for detecting and measuring gallstones on computed tomography images

PURPOSE: To develop a deep learning model for the automated detection and measurement of gallstones on non-contrast CT images. METHODS: A total of 3,231 CT scans were retrospectively enrolled as an internal cohort, while 753 CT scans from the public AMOS (Abdominal Multi-Organ Se...

Investigation of The Effects of Pre- and Postoperative Nutritional Status on Complication Development, Intensive Care Unit and Hospital Stay in Elective Cardiac Surgery Patients: A Cross-Sectional Study

Objective: The study aimed to examine the effects of nutritional status on complications, the intensive care unit, and hospital stay.Methods: This descriptive, prospective, and correlational study was conducted with 180 patients who underwent elective open-heart surgery. Data wer...

Immunometabolic Modulation by Low‐Dose Sodium Butyrate: PI3K /Akt/ mTOR Signalling Orchestrates Macrophage Polarization to Protect Against Clostridioides difficile Colitis

Clostridioides difficile infection (CDI) remains a major cause of antibiotic-associated colitis and is characterized by excessive intestinal inflammation, epithelial barrier disruption and impaired mucosal repair. Although sodium butyrate (NaB), a microbiota-derived short-chain f...

Disentangling surface and bulk properties of Ta3N5 photoanodes

Abstract Understanding how material and defect characteristics govern photoelectrochemical performance is essential for developing efficient and stable photoelectrodes. Although bulk properties are often emphasized, surfaces and interfaces can equally determine activity and stabi...