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- Society & Economics
Capital and race: the history of a modern hydra
Capital and Race opens with an interrupted conversation. Martin Luther King, Sylvie Laurent reminds us, insisted that the racial question could not be posed without considering capitalism, and was ...
- Materials & EnergyOpen access
Phonon thermal Hall effect in quartz and its absence in silica
The observation of a misalignment between the applied heat flux and the measured temperature gradient in insulating solids induced by magnetic field has become a subject of experimental investigation, theoretical speculation, and unsettled controversy. To identify the origin of t...
- BiologyOpen access
Seed functional traits strongly influence hydration behaviour, viability expression, germination performance, and storage responses in tropical tree species, yet comparative information for many native Bignoniaceae taxa remains limited. This study evaluated seed morphology, imbib...
- Engineering & TechnologyOpen access
Numerical Simulation of Droplet Impact, Spreading and Penetration onto Curved Porous Media
Droplet impact on curved porous media involves coupled spreading, wrapping, recoiling, and penetration. A three-dimensional level set model was developed in COMSOL and validated using high-speed imaging experiments to quantify axial and circumferential spreading lengths, central...
- Engineering & TechnologyOpen access
Wood Properties: Measurement, Modeling, and Future Needs
Wood science has long been shaped by a fundamental challenge: the properties that determine material performance are intrinsically heterogeneous, anisotropic, scale-dependent, and sensitive to environmental and processing conditions [...]
- Climate & Environment
The Asbian (upper Visean, Mississippian) reefs of North Yorkshire, Derbyshire (UK) and Visé (Belgium) host rich brachiopod faunas studied since the 19th century. This paper revises the productide brachiopods, which dominate the benthic assemblages in both abundance and diversity....
- Engineering & Technology
This research examines energy sufficiency in the built environment, understood as the reduction of energy consumption through changes in social practices and infrastructures, among other factors, as a key objective for remaining within planetary boundaries.We draw insights from s...
- Health & MedicineOpen access
Physician Perceptions of Particulate Versus Non-Particulate Steroids in Epidural Steroid Injections
Background Epidural steroid injections (ESIs) are widely used for the treatment of chronic spinal pain, particularly in cervical and lumbar radiculopathy. Corticosteroids used in ESIs are broadly classified as particulate or non-particulate formulations, each with distinct safety...
- Health & MedicineOpen access
The relationship between vitamin D status and serum calcium, phosphate, and magnesium levels, as well as bone mineral density, in African breastfeeding women remains understudied. Bone resorption is essential for maintaining mineral balance when demand for calcium, phosphate, and...
- Health & MedicineOpen access
Long-term studies on safety of beta-blockers in pediatric heart failure (HF) are scant. We describe the safety profile, dose ranges, and tolerability of carvedilol in pediatric dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM). The Pediatric Cardiomyopathy Registry (PCMR) was used to identify patient...
- Society & Economics
Is #Woke a Lifestyle? Examining “Woke Culture” in Three Magazines, 2015–2020
The African American Language word “woke,” which means being awake to social injustices, is an important part of the discourse surrounding the evolving Movement for Black Lives. While the concept has a long history in the Black freedom struggle, its recent uses have been politici...
- Materials & Energy
Abstract Medium-sized oxygen-containing heterocycles are important structural motifs in natural products and functional molecules, yet their efficient synthesis remains challenging. Herein, we disclose a N-heterocyclic carbene (NHC)-catalyzed redox-neutral formal [4 + 3] annulati...
- AI & ComputingOpen access
Abstract Smart city IoT deployments interconnect safety-critical infrastructure across millions of heterogeneous devices, creating an attack surface that signature-based intrusion detection systems (IDS) cannot defend against zero-day exploits, polymorphic malware, or concept dri...
- Engineering & Technology
Abstract The shear strength of rock masses is a critical parameter in assessing the stability of rock engineering structures. Although the three-dimensional (3D) generalized Hoek–Brown (H-B) criterion captures the nonlinear strength of rock masses, including the influence of the...
- Climate & EnvironmentOpen access
Abstract Agricultural droughts in many humid regions such as Southern Germany are projected to become more frequent and severe, leading to a substantial rise in irrigation demand to secure crop production. As a result, irrigation is becoming an increasingly important factor in ag...
- BiologyOpen access
ABSTRACT Antibiotic resistance threatens the effectiveness of conventional antimicrobial agents, underscoring the need for host-directed therapies that enhance immune defense. Here, we present a cross-species discovery pipeline that couples a Caenorhabditis elegans–Staphylococcus...
- BiologyOpen access
Low-frequency alternating magnetic field (LF-AMF) was applied to liquid fermentation of Pleurotus citrinopileatus for the production of extracellular polysaccharides (EPS). Two types of EPS (POL1 and POL2) were secreted by P. citrinopileatus under normal fermentation conditions,...
- Biology
Motor imagery (MI)-based brain-computer interfaces (BCIs) decode EEG signals into control commands. However, fine-grained MI decoding within the same limb remains challenging due to highly similar neural patterns. This paper proposes a Contrastive Learning Network based on a Mult...
- Health & MedicineOpen access
Skin ageing is associated with oxidative stress, mitochondrial dysfunction, extracellular matrix alterations, and impaired barrier function, supporting interest in antioxidant cosmeceuticals for mature skin. This study investigated the antioxidant activity of melatonin and N-acet...
- Engineering & Technology
Ternary Core–Shell NiCoMnPB-Based MicroneedleSensor for Continuous Detection of Creatinine
Abstract Continuous creatinine monitoring is essential for the precise diagnosis, treatment, and personalized management of chronic kidney disease (CKD). However, existing diagnostic strategies suffer from invasive procedures and fail to capture dynamic profiles. In addition, the...