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- Engineering & Technology
Flexural fatigue performance of flat steel plate-concrete composite bridge deck
The flat steel plate-concrete composite bridge deck (FSPCCD) is composed of a steel plate module and a concrete slab. The load bearing capacity, flexural stiffness, deformability, and construction efficiency of the bridge deck are significantly improved. In this paper, a total of...
- Society & EconomicsOpen access
English translation of a term paper (Kursovaya rabota) originally written in Russian and submitted in 2012 at the Department of General History, Dostoevsky Omsk State University, Russia; supervisor: E. N. Efimenko. This is undergraduate coursework, posted as is; the abstract and...
- BiologyOpen access
Estradiol-dependent memory and hippocampal spine remodeling require proteasomal protein degradation
Although 17β-estradiol (E 2 ) is a critical neuromodulator of hippocampus-dependent memory and synaptic plasticity, the molecular mechanisms underlying these effects remain incompletely understood. Previous studies showed that E 2 enhances dorsal hippocampus-dependent memory cons...
- Health & MedicineOpen access
Abstract Background Primary open-angle glaucoma (POAG) is the most prevalent glaucoma subtype globally and has disproportionately high rates in Africa. While smoking and alcohol consumption are established risk factors for several ocular conditions, their associations with POAG r...
- Health & MedicineOpen access
Although the guidelines recommend opportunistic screening for adults ≥ 65 years, screening for atrial fibrillation (AF) remains underutilised in Australia. The absence of guidance on how often to screen has resulted in variable practice and missed opportunities for AF detection....
- Climate & EnvironmentOpen access
Landscape transcriptomics reveals ecological constraints on fish under anthropogenic coastal change
Abstract Urban zones are rapidly expanding worldwide, exposing organisms to complex and multidimensional stressors. However, linking organismal responses to environmental change at ecologically relevant scales remains a major challenge. To investigate the constraints imposed on f...
- Health & MedicineOpen access
Abstract Migraine and epilepsy frequently coexist, but evidence on the safety of calcitonin gene‐related peptide (CGRP)‐targeting therapies in people with epilepsy is lacking. We evaluated long‐term migraine and epilepsy outcomes in a real‐world multicenter retrospective cohort o...
- Engineering & TechnologyOpen access
Experimental study and simulation of the compressed CO2 hydrate cool storage system
This study employed tetrabutylammonium bromide (TBAB) as a thermodynamic additive to enhance the cool storage performance of carbon dioxide hydrate. The formation characteristics and cool storage properties of the hydrate were investigated under different charging pressures (2.4–...
- Materials & Energy
Abstract Uranium contamination poses increasing environmental and health risks, yet the subcellular mechanisms underlying its toxicity and the protective effects of coexisting ions remain poorly understood. Here, by integrating cryo-SXT, transcriptomics, and physiological assays,...
- Physics & SpaceOpen access
The Hourglass Black-white Hole Phase Cycle Cosmological Model
I propose the Hourglass Black-White Hole Phase Cycle Cosmological Model. A star in a parent universe collapses into a black hole that at first holds no universe. When the collapse reaches a maximum curvature, the singularity acts as a reset: energy passes through, but the arrange...
- BiologyOpen access
Shared genetic architecture between constipation and aging-related phenotypes
While the frequency of constipation increases sharply with age, the genetic links between constipation and aging-related phenotypes remain largely unexplored. So far, research has typically focused only on individual characteristics while neglecting broader genetic connections. I...
- Society & EconomicsOpen access
The role of visual feedback in metacognitive judgments of motor performance
Predicting the outcome of one's actions is crucial for effective behaviour, yet the mechanical underpinnings of this metacognitive ability remain poorly understood. We investigated the impact of visual feedback on basketball players' ability to monitor the accuracy of their free...
- BiologyOpen access
Perception of visual noise patterns depends on correlations produced in V1: A simulation study
Visual noise is widely used as a stimulus in vision science, yet the neural representation of noise itself remains poorly understood. We investigated how external visual noise is encoded in the primary visual cortex (V1) using a biologically inspired neural network model (VOneNet...
- Health & MedicineOpen access
Enhancing Multi-Label retinal Disease diagnosis via Multi-Expert graph neural active learning
Accurate identification of retinal diseases often requires multi-label annotation from domain specialists, yet high-quality labels remain expensive and inconsistent across experts. To address this challenge, we propose a knowledge-driven multi-expert active learning framework tha...
- AI & ComputingOpen access
Polymath8's Collaborative Reduction of Prime Gap Bounds — E8 Intelligence Research
FINDING: Polymath project's most concrete mathematical output is the bounded-gaps-between-primes collaboration, which refined Zhang's breakthrough on prime gaps. | MATH: $H_m := \liminf_{n \to \infty} (p_{n+m} - p_n)$; twin prime conjecture ⇔ $H_1 = 2$; Zhang proved $H_1 < 70,000...
- Health & MedicineOpen access
Background: Physical activity is a key modifiable determinant of cardiovascular risk, yet whether its protective association with coronary artery disease (CAD) severity in patients with myocardial infarction (MI) is mediated by body mass index (BMI) remains uncertain. Methods: Th...
- Society & EconomicsOpen access
Understanding consciousness (biological and artificial) as a society of self-schemas
This article argues that human cognition is more than the performance of functions such as memory, decision-making, and attention. The brain also builds schematic models of those cognitive functions and uses those models to monitor, predict, and partially control them. When you i...
- BiologyOpen access
Pediatric mitochondrial disease (PMD) is challenging due to its genetic heterogeneity, diagnostic difficulty, and unpredictable trajectories. Current biomarkers lack sensitivity to diagnose PMD or predict its severe course. Here, we show a multi-omics framework with longitudinal...
- Physics & SpaceOpen access
Phi-Scaled Topological Dimension: E8 Encoding of RG Information Flow — E8 Intelligence Research
The 240 E8 root vectors exhibit a recursive self-similarity under φ-scaling (132Hz × φ ≈ 213.6 ≈ 240/φ), partitioning into H4 120-cell substructures whose 720 internal roots mirror the Collatz trajectory's odd-integer dynamics — suggesting that RG fixed point information dimensio...
- Society & EconomicsOpen access
Experiences of Mothers Following the Medicaid Postpartum Extension
Importance The American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 extended postpartum coverage for women eligible for Medicaid for Pregnant Women from 60 days to 12 months. Understanding how mothers experienced the postpartum extension is vital in evaluating this policy change and informing policy...