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Verification as an Epistemic Practice: Toward a Philosophical Account of Independent Knowledge Evaluation

Verification occupies a central role in scientific inquiry, historical investigation, legal reasoning, computation, and many other domains of knowledge, yet it has rarely been examined as an epistemic practice in its own right. Philosophical discussions have instead approached ve...

Genome-wide association study reveals putative genetic determinants of longitudinal immune responses to avian influenza and Newcastle disease in chickens

Abstract Background Avian Influenza virus (AIV) and Newcastle disease virus (NDV) are highly contagious immunosuppressive pathogens that cause high mortality rates and economic losses in the global poultry industry. Although vaccination to enhance the host antibody response remai...

Soft-tissue thickness changes following bimaxillary surgery in skeletal class II malocclusion

OBJECTIVES: This retrospective cohort study evaluated regional facial soft-tissue thickness changes after bimaxillary surgery in skeletal Class Ⅱ patients and assessed their associations with skeletal movement and patient-related factors. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Class Ⅱ patients t...

Interaction-AwareGraph Learning for State-of-HealthEstimation of Sodium-Ion Batteries

Abstract Accurate state-of-health (SOH) estimation is critical to the reliable operation and large-scale deployment of sodium-ion batteries (SIBs). However, the complex and nonstationary degradation behavior of SIBs under different charging protocols pose a major challenge to ach...

Enhancing Electrochemiluminescence with Two-ComponentSpontaneously Adsorbed Monolayers and Films

Abstract Multicomponent films offer important opportunities in electrochemiluminescence, ECL, including the possibility to coimmobilize an electron transfer mediator to facilitate the generation of radicals from a coreactant and to enhance indirect ECL at potentials that are lowe...

Quantization Regime and Governed Routing: A 2x2 Study of QAT Q4_0 versus PTQ Q4_K_M for Gemma 4 12B (dense) and 26B MoE under a Fixed Governance Stack

A 2×2 study (quantization regime × released model pair) of governed routing quality for Gemma 4 12B (dense; a clean same-base pair) and a 26B-class MoE released pair on one RTX 5070 Ti, run under a fixed, bit-identical governance stack via Ollama at temperature 0. Within-pair reg...

Moving Upstream: Perinatal Cash Transfers as a Tool to Address Inequities in Birth Outcomes

The United States has an exceptionally high preterm birth rate, which features inequities that impact many Black, Indigenous, and Pacific Islander families. Unconditional perinatal cash transfers, which offer cash assistance to pregnant and postpartum women with no strings attach...

Can MPA programs legitimately signal training in public procurement? A curriculum analysis

Purpose This study aims to examine whether Masters in Public Administration (MPA) programs adequately prepare public administrators for careers in public procurement in the same manner that they prepare students for professional roles in human resources or financial management. I...

Towards sustainable transition in OECD economies: the role of green innovation, energy system, governance, and digital consumption in shaping ecological footprint

Purpose The purpose of this study is to investigate how green innovation, energy system transformation, governance quality, sustainable consumption and digital consumption jointly shape ecological footprints in OECD economies. By using a dynamic panel framework, the study aims to...

Systematic mapping of artificial intelligence and big data architectures for antidiabetic drug discovery from traditional medical systems

Abstract Background Ethnomedical knowledge has contributed to the discovery and development of several contemporary antidiabetic agents. However, the extensive global diversity of medicinal plants, phytochemicals, and traditional therapeutic systems creates a substantial challeng...

Incidence and risk factors for postoperative myocardial infarction following hip and knee arthroplasty

Aims: Hip and knee arthroplasty are among the most commonly performed surgical procedures worldwide but carry a risk of cardiovascular complications, including myocardial infarction (MI). Therefore, this study aimed to assess the long-term incidence of MI following hip and knee a...

Association between rural clinical experience and rural career intentions amongst Slovenian medical students: a national cross-sectional study

Abstract Background Rural medicine is fundamental to primary healthcare in Slovenia, where an estimated 60% of the population resides in rural areas. Despite rural family physician shortages, little is known about Slovenian medical students’ perceptions and interest in rural prac...

A distributed data governance architecture for smart cities based on data unified registration, dynamic catalog, and local LLM data coordination

Abstract Effective governance and secure sharing of data resources remain key challenges in smart-city development, where cross-department collaboration is constrained by data ownership boundaries and compliance requirements. This paper proposes a distributed data governance arch...

Exploring the effect of a science-themed career exhibition on South African children’s perceptions of scientists

Abstract Background The Draw-a-Scientist Test (DAST) has been widely employed to explore individuals' perceptions of scientists, aiming to identify stereotypical images that could influence attitudes towards science-related career decisions. Purpose This study examines young chil...

Effects of sodium hypochlorite concentrations and irrigant activation on postoperative pain after single-visit root canal treatment in asymptomatic molars with chronic apical periodontitis: a randomized clinical trial

Abstract Background This randomized, single-blind clinical trial evaluated whether sodium hypochlorite (NaOCl) concentration and irrigant activation influence postoperative pain after single-visit root canal treatment in molars with chronic apical periodontitis. Methods One hundr...

Screening for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder in Mothers of Premature Infants

PURPOSE: The purpose of this article is to outline a quality-improvement initiative designed to improve screening for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) among parents with preterm infants born less than 30 weeks of gestation into the neonatal ICU (NICU). BACKGROUND: Parents of...

ElectrochemicallyDriven Sorbent-Mediated Recoveryof CO2 in Marine Inorganic Carbon Extraction Processes

Abstract The oceans act as a sink for atmospheric CO2, absorbing more than a quarter of global emissions annually. Technologies for marine inorganic carbon dioxide removal (mCDR) have recently gained attention as a means of leveraging this effect to reduce environmental CO2 conce...

Firms’ aspiration environmental performance gap and persistent green innovation: does CEO green experience matter?

Purpose This study aims to explore the relationship between firms’ negative and positive aspiration environmental performance gap (AEPG) and persistent green innovation (PGI). At the same time, this study explored the moderating role of CEO green experience in the APEG–PGI relati...

Part III Cross-Domain Transfer: How Development in One Domain May Affect Another

Part II of this research program distinguished three functionally differentiated domains within the Human Kingdom model — Heart, Intellect, and Self — and argued that different domains cannot be assumed to respond to identical training methods. It further proposed that functional...

Barriers to the uptake of cervical cancer screening methods in Low- and Middle-Income Countries (LMICs) – a scoping review using framework thematic analysis

Abstract Background Cervical cancer remains a major cause of preventable death among women in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). Despite the availability of effective screening, uptake remains low. Existing reviews have not fully captured the socio-cultural and behavioural...