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- Engineering & Technology
Durability Performance of Waste Rubber Fiber-Reinforced Geopolymer Concrete Using the Taguchi Method
Abstract This study investigates the durability performance of waste rubber fiber (RF)-reinforced geopolymer concrete (RGPC) by evaluating the effects of rubber fiber content, ground granulated blast furnace slag (GGBS) percentage, and curing temperature (CT) using an L 9 ( 3 3 )...
- Health & MedicineOpen access
Background/Objectives: This single-patient retrospective study evaluated the technical feasibility of serial infrared thermography (IRT) for intraoperative and postoperative surface-temperature documentation of free-flap skin islands and its descriptive concordance with clinical...
- Materials & EnergyOpen access
PPM-Level Palladium-Catalyzed Sonogashira Coupling Promoted by Fe3(CO)12 and α,β-Ynone Ligands
The development of sustainable cross-coupling methodologies that drastically reduce reliance on precious metals represents a central challenge in modern synthetic chemistry. Here we report a synergistic Pd/Fe bimetallic catalytic system for Sonogashira coupling that operates at a...
- Materials & EnergyOpen access
Weak Superconducting Anisotropy in 4 H b ‐Nb 0.95 Ti 0.05 Se 2 With 1 T /1 H Heterostructure
ABSTRACT Heterostructures of layered transition metal dichalcogenide (TMD) exhibit rich physical properties by the combination of strong electronic correlation effects in 1 T layer and superconductivity in 1 H layer. But the limited number of bulk TMD materials with such heterost...
- Health & MedicineOpen access
Abstract Background/Objectives Patients receiving hemodialysis (HD) are at risk of malnutrition due to the considerable time required to attend dialysis, which may reduce food intake on dialysis days (DDs). We assessed dietary intake on one DD and two non-dialysis days (NDDs) and...
- Society & Economics
As the United States ponders 250 years of nationhood, I have returned to my 2021 H. Paul Douglass Lecture, delivered at the Religious Research Association’s Annual Meeting, to help contextualize where the nation stands today. As I argued then, America’s citizenry, researchers, an...
- Society & EconomicsOpen access
Apparently, English is the dominant language for scientific writing. Globally, non-native English-speaking researchers (N-NESRs) often experience being viewed as having deficiencies in the quality of the English language of their scientific papers. Given this, N-NESRs often exper...
- Physics & SpaceOpen access
This paper is a special paper of the Construction Layer · Achievement Elevation of Yuanxian Theory. It anchors each of Edward Witten’s core landmark achievements—the positive-energy theorem (1981), the Seiberg–Witten equations (1988), Chern–Simons knot theory (1989), and M-theory...
- Society & EconomicsOpen access
Iron production at the Zhujiazui site of the late Tang dynasty in Ezhou, South China
This study investigates iron production at the Zhujiazui site in Ezhou, Hubei Province, dating to the late 8th to the early 10th century AD. Macroscopic classification, metallographic analysis, and SEM-EDS examination of slags and iron artifacts were combined with reassessment of...
- Engineering & TechnologyOpen access
Current source inverters (CSIs) have exhibited significant potential in variable-speed motor drive applications, attributed to their superior dynamic response and robust anti-interference capabilities. Space vector pulse-width modulation (SVPWM) is renowned for its exceptional pe...
- Health & Medicine
INTRODUCTION: Immunotherapy resistance is mediated by mechanisms distinct from those underlying conventional chemotherapy, including tumor-intrinsic alterations, an immunosuppressive tumor microenvironment, and other host factors, that collectively constrain durable responses. AR...
- Materials & Energy
ABSTRACT The electronic properties of active M(O)OH catalysts can be effectively modified by tailoring the characteristics of their corresponding precatalysts. Herein, we report a coordination site‐modulated precatalyst to access active catalysts for efficient electrocatalytic ur...
- BiologyOpen access
ABSTRACT Pea protein isolate (PPI) suffers from poor solubility, weak gel‐forming ability, and undesirable sensory attributes that limit its wider adoption in plant‐based food products. This study reports a novel three‐stage process for producing plant protein microparticulate by...
- Society & EconomicsOpen access
The dropshipping market: transforming the risk environment
An analysis was conducted of the current risks faced by participants in the dropshipping market in the context of the transformation of e commerce and the growth of digital platforms. The relevance of the study is substantiated; the steady growth of the global dropshipping market...
- Health & MedicineOpen access
Risk factors for seroma formation following abdominoplasty: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Abstract Background Seroma is the most common complication following abdominoplasty. However, the risk factors associated with its development remain unclear, with inconsistent findings across studies. Objective To systematically evaluate and quantitatively synthesize risk factor...
- Health & MedicineOpen access
ABSTRACT Melia azedarach Linn. (chinaberry), a medicinal plant native to tropical Asia, is a rich source of diverse bioactive compounds with reported pharmacological activities and promising therapeutic potential. Despite its recognized phytochemical richness and biological prope...
- AI & ComputingOpen access
Multi-agent reasoning for authentic traditional Chinese painting synthesis
Generating Traditional Chinese Paintings (TCPs), also known as Guohua, remains challenging because such paintings are governed not only by visual appearance but also by culturally grounded principles of composition, brushwork, and symbolic intent. Contemporary text-to-image (T2I)...
- Health & MedicineOpen access
This double-blind, placebo-controlled, phase II trial (NCT04766723) investigated the efficacy and safety of incobotulinumtoxinA (Xeomin®) in the treatment of essential tremor (ET) of the upper limb (UL). Adults with ET of the UL were randomized 2:1 (n = 78) and treated (n = 77) w...
- Society & Economics
Generative AI is increasingly used in academic writing, although many studies compare only human-written and AI-generated text. This within-subjects study examined manual, AI-revised, and AI-generated extended abstracts in a graduate human factors course. Text analyses included 9...
- Health & MedicineOpen access
Attractive targeted sugar baits (ATSB) are a potential new class of vector control tool that act through an “attract and kill” mechanism on mosquitoes. We conducted a meta-analysis using data from three large-scale Phase III trials of the Westham Sarabi v1.2 ATSB (0.11% dinotefur...