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Engineering yttrium doped CuO/BiOBr heterostructures with tunable electronic structure for multifunctional environmental remediation and antibacterial activity

Contamination of water by the effluents containing industrial dyes and pathogens is still a major environmental and public health concern, prompting the development of multifunctional materials that can solve these problems concurrently. Although CuO/BiOBr heterostructures and ra...

LLM-based Structured Intermediate Representation for building regulation encoding

Automating the encoding of building codes into formal representations is a critical step for compliance checking, yet it is often hindered by the linguistic complexity of regulations. This paper develops a two-stage pipeline that utilises Large Language Models (LLMs) to generate...

Unified energy-flow framework for crack-induced modulation and multi-frequency damage identification in beams and plates

Cracks fundamentally alter the pathways and intensity of vibration energy transfer within load-bearing structures, making accurate modeling of their modulation effects essential for structural health monitoring and dynamic energy analysis. This study develops a unified energy-flo...

Expectations, emotional responses, and early experiences with a newly introduced autonomous metro

Rapid advances in automation are transforming transport systems worldwide, with autonomous technologies increasingly being deployed in public transport. This study examines public perceptions of a newly introduced autonomous metro system during its initial phase of operation in T...

Multi-response prediction and tension warning for a dual-rotor TLP wind turbine

To improve short-term multi-response prediction for a dual-rotor tension-leg-platform wind turbine, multi-source time-series data were generated using STAR-CCM + under regular-wave, irregular-wave, and an additional representative wind–wave–current condition. A parallel feature-f...

Tobacco use moderates associations between cannabis use, psychiatric symptoms, and cognitive performance in psychosis spectrum disorders

Tobacco and cannabis use are highly prevalent among individuals with psychotic disorders. Tobacco use has been consistently linked to poorer clinical and cognitive outcomes, whereas findings regarding cannabis use remain mixed. The present study was a secondary analysis of cross-...

Health insurance and MOUD: predicting OUD treatment success

Opioid use disorder (OUD) is a chronic condition with low rates of treatment success; use of medication for OUD (MOUD) is inconsistent across treatment settings. The purpose of this study was to examine the independent and interactive associations of MOUD and health insurance sta...

Simplified calculation method for settlement of necking piles accounting for pile-soil interaction in the necking zone

Existing calculation methods often neglect the pile-soil interaction within the necking zone, leading to inaccuracies in predicting the settlement of necking piles. Through transparent soil model tests, the deformation mechanism of the soil around necking piles was investigated....

Protocol for genome-wide differential methylation using long-read DNA sequencing in the cortex of a mouse model of Alzheimer’s disease

Third-generation sequencing enables direct detection of genome-wide 5-methylcytosine without bisulfite conversion. Here, we present a protocol for generating long-read DNA sequencing from mouse cortex and performing genome-wide differential methylation analysis. We describe steps...

Rights configuration in China's governance of low-altitude airspace for drone operations: A bundle-of-rights analysis

Against the backdrop of the rapid expansion of low-altitude drone operations and emerging urban air mobility, this study examines the configuration of rights in China's governance of low-altitude airspace for drone operations, with particular attention to whether the existing leg...

ipRGC-sensitive blue light exposure combined with exercise alleviates cognitive disorders and reverses pathological oscillations in mice

Non-pharmacological interventions including ipRGC-sensitive flickering blue light and physical exercise exert beneficial effects on cognitive function. However, whether their combined application confers additional benefits within a short intervention window where single interven...

Magnitude of tracheal stenosis and contributing factors among adult intubated patients in intensive care units in Northern Ethiopia

Tracheal stenosis is a potentially life-threatening complication of endotracheal intubation associated with significant morbidities. However, its burden is not well studied in developing countries. This study aimed to assess the frequency of clinically detected tracheal stenosis...

Frictional characteristics and drag-reduction optimization of flexible drill strings in offshore ultrashort-radius sidetracking wells

Offshore ultrashort-radius sidetracking is an important re-entry and infill-drilling technique for exploiting remaining reserves in mature offshore fields and improving platform-based field redevelopment efficiency. However, in offshore sidetracking wells with large local curvatu...

Thermal optimization of an air-cooling system of 2 kAh battery module for energy storage systems

Effective thermal management is crucial for ensuring the safety and longevity of lithium-ion battery energy storage systems (ESSs) by preventing localized heat accumulation and thermal runaway. In this study, an optimized air-cooling strategy was investigated for a 2 kAh commerci...

HoLEP Versus Mini-HoLEP: A Long-term Follow-up Prospective Randomized Controlled Trial

Background and objective Holmium laser enucleation of the prostate (HoLEP) is increasingly performed with miniaturized instruments, aiming to reduce postoperative urinary incontinence (UI). Evidence for mini-HoLEP (MiLEP) using a 22-Fr resectoscope remains largely retrospective o...

PredKlebAMR: A machine learning framework prioritizing sensitivity in Klebsiella pneumoniae resistance profiling

The global increase in carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae (CRKP) has undoubtedly changed the management of infectious diseases. Meropenem resistance in K. pneumoniae is a response to bacterial strategies, these includes production of carbapenemases (KPC, NDM, OXA-48), a r...

Patch fragmentation accelerates alpine meadow degradation through altering soil water migration

The bidirectional coupling of hydrological and ecological processes is pivotal for maintaining ecosystem stability. Fragmented patch patterns are widespread in degraded alpine meadows worldwide, redistributing soil hydrothermal resources and potentially exacerbating ecosystem deg...

Uncovering the hidden resource cost of urbanization: A globally scalable open-source framework for urban housing vacancy monitoring

Rapid urbanization often outpaces population growth, creating massive resource inefficiencies. Quantifying this structural mismatch between housing supply and actual occupancy remains a global challenge due to costly censuses and imprecise proxy data. Here, we present a globally...

Travel distance to tertiary healthcare reflects disease severity and medication access in Italian systemic sclerosis patients: a geographical study on adult-onset rare diseases from SPRING-SIR registry

Systemic sclerosis (SSc) is a rare, multiorgan disease in adults that requires specialized care. Commuting to tertiary medical centers poses a considerable burden and incurs significant costs, potentially affecting management choices. This study aims to describe the healthcare co...

Sensitivity of municipal heatwave vulnerability assessment to population density: Urban-rural spatial shifts in South Korea

As heatwaves become an increasingly recurrent hazard, accurate assessment of local heatwave vulnerability has become increasingly important. This study examined the sensitivity of the heatwave vulnerability index to the inclusion of population density in terms of entropy weights,...