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WHERE THE INTERSECTIONS WEAVE — III Observational Search for Projection Inversion in Type Ia Supernova Residuals

Version 2 update:This version preserves the original Version 1 text and adds an addendum evaluating the redshift-dependent sign-reversal structure as a whole. Using the positive and negative redshift bands identified in the original analysis, a 4,000-realization permutation test...

Putting children at the heart of climate change adaptation policies via Allyship, Bias Recognition and Child Centeredness: A global qualitative interview study

Human-induced climate change significantly impacts human health, with children being particularly susceptible to its impacts. National Adaptation Plans serve as the main framework for countries to establish targets and strategies to tackle the health impacts of climate change. Ho...

Weft: Evidence-Gated Version Control for Autonomous Agent Swarms

Version control systems assume that a human reads each change before it is integrated. Commit messages are prose for a reader; pull requests exist to partition work into human-reviewable units; branch protection encodes “someone approved this.” Autonomous coding agents violate th...

Explainable artificial intelligence–driven SHAP-based feature selection for interpreting black-box fuzzy modeling: an autonomous decision-making framework

Purpose Integrating explainable artificial intelligence (XAI) for water quality assessment (WQA) is necessary to protect human health, ensure the availability of clean water and sustainable conservation of the environment. Black-box machine learning (ML) models perform well but l...

Phytoextraction of Cadmium Using Solanum nigrum and Bidens pilosa: Comparative Evaluation and Effect of Planting Distance in Theobroma cacao L. Producing Areas in Northeastern Peru

Cacao (Theobroma cacao L.) is a crop of great economic importance in Peru; however, the presence of cadmium (Cd) in cacao-growing soils limits its production and international trade. The objective of this study was to evaluate the effect of Solanum nigrum (black nightshade) and B...

The power of technology: corporate internet technologies adoption and family firm succession choice

Purpose This study aims to examine whether and how corporate Internet technologies adoption affects family firm succession choice. Design/methodology/approach Based on the data from the nationwide survey of Chinese private firms, the study conducts multiple regressions to examine...

18F-FDG PET/CT-based Metabolic-clinical prognostic model could refine risk stratification in high-risk neuroblastoma

The prognosis of high-risk neuroblastoma (NB) is highly heterogeneous, underscoring the necessity of refining risk stratification to guide precision treatment and improve outcomes. The aim of this study was to construct an 18 F-FDG PET/CT-based Metabolic-clinical prognostic model...

Recombinant Thermostable DNA Polymerases: Current Approaches to Production, Molecular Engineering, and Applications in Biotechnology and Diagnostics

DNA polymerases are crucial for the replication and repair of genetic material. Advances in recombinant DNA technology and protein engineering have enabled the production of enzymes with specific catalytic properties tailored to the requirements of molecular diagnostics, next-gen...

Revisiting the Fragmentation of Ketoconazole by Positive Electrospray Ionization Tandem Mass Spectrometry and Density Functional Theory Calculations

ABSTRACT Rationale Ketoconazole (KCZ) is a clinically essential antifungal and potent CYP3A4 inhibitor. Its gas‐phase fragmentation under positive electrospray ionization tandem mass spectrometry (ESI‐MS/MS) remains poorly characterized, undermining metabolite profiling and struc...

In children requiring emergency vascular access, are intraosseous lines associated with significant long-term complications?

Intraosseous (IO) access is a technique increasingly used within trauma and emergency settings where immediate vascular access is required. It provides an effective alternative to intravenous access, particularly in paediatric patients where intravenous access is difficult, or wh...

Literacy Identity Construction, Negotiation, and Resistance Among Middle School Students of Color in Online Learning

ABSTRACT This qualitative multiple case study examines how middle school Students of Color construct, negotiate, and respond to literacy identities within classroom‐based online learning contexts. Guided by racialized identity development in learning contexts, the study examines...

Rural-Urban Disparities in Contemporary Systemic Therapy for Advanced Prostate Cancer

This cross-sectional study examines the associations of rural-urban residence and race with receipt of systemic therapy for advanced prostate cancer.

CAD2TechSpec: a framework for automating design processes within computer-aided design systems

This article presents CAD2TechSpec, a novel framework for automating design processes within computer-aided design (CAD) systems by leveraging multimodal large language models (LLMs). The framework enables the analysis and generation of detailed design specifications, including t...

Fetal brain five-axial planes and 3D-ICRV cerebral surface imaging from 16 to 36 weeks of gestation

Abstract Background Recent advances in fetal neurosonography have increased interest in prenatal cortical assessment. However, the transvaginal approach, while providing superior resolution, is technically complex and limited to specialized settings. Methods This study utilizes a...

Computational Guided Structural Design for Optimized Pore Size and Shape Metal‐Organic Framework Enabling One‐Step CH 4 and C 3 H 8 Purification From CH 4 /C 2 H 6 /C 3 H 8 Ternary Gas Mixture

ABSTRACT Current natural gas upgrading strategies primarily focus on CH 4 recovery, treating C 2 H 6 and C 3 H 8 merely as impurities, which results in resource wastage. In this work, an advanced industrial operation, simultaneous separation of both pure CH 4 and C 3 H 8 from CH...

Loading-environment coupled prediction of pavement performance based on RIOHTrack data and PSO-XGBoost modeling

This study develops an interpretable pavement performance prediction framework to quantify the coupled effects of loading and environmental factors on rutting and deflection. A high-quality dataset was established through preprocessing. Empirical Mode Decomposition was then used...

The Role of Motivational Instructional Design in Self-Directed Learning and Achievement Motivation in Higher Education

Teaching remains central to higher education, where increasing demands for learner autonomy require instructional approaches that effectively support students’ motivation and engagement. This study examined the relationship between motivational instructional design, based on Kell...

A Scale-Invariant Adaptive Test for IFR Alternatives Based on Cumulative Residual Entropy Under Proportional Hazards

Testing exponentiality against increasing failure rate alternatives is central to reliability theory and lifetime data analysis. This paper develops the Adaptive Cumulative Residual Entropy Test under Proportional Hazards (Adaptive CRE-PH Test), a scale-invariant nonparametric pr...

A Flexible Lifetime Distribution Based on Alpha Power Transformation: Properties, Inference and Data Analysis

The Rayleigh–Logarithmic distribution provides a useful framework for modelling lifetime data by combining continuous lifetime variability with a logarithmic compounding mechanism. This study introduces a three-parameter Alpha Power Rayleigh–Logarithmic (APRL) distribution by app...

2-Ethylhexyl diphenyl phosphate exposure is associated with poorer overall survival in advanced high-grade serous ovarian cancer: Integrated epidemiological and experimental evidence implicating the ITGB1–FAK–AKT axis

Background Organophosphate esters (OPEs) are globally used flame retardants and plasticizers with widespread human exposure. Whether OPE exposure affects survival in advanced high-grade serous ovarian cancer (HGSOC) and the underlying mechanisms remains unclear. We aimed to ident...