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Tuning the Architecture of High-Density Bottlebrush Block Copolymers to Control Their Photonic Properties

Abstract The backbone rigidity of bottlebrush block copolymers (BBCPs) induced by the dense branches distributed along their polymeric backbones has made them materials of interest for fast self-assembly of photonic materials. Today, the rigidity of BBCPs is limited by the maximu...

Habitat-use flexibility may promote the spread of Asian weatherloaches in Europe

Asian weatherloaches have expanded their range across Europe, potentially increasing competitive pressure on the conservation-dependent native European weatherfish Misgurnus fossilis . Because interspecific interactions are potentially mediated by benthic habitat use, we quantifi...

That’s So Retro: The Gaia-Sausage-Enceladus Merger Trajectory as the Origin of the Chemical Abundance Bimodality in the Milky Way Disk

Abstract The Milky Way (MW) is thought to have experienced a ∼3:1 mass-ratio merger event near redshift z ∼ 2 with a significantly retrograde trajectory. This now-disrupted dwarf galaxy is commonly known as the Gaia-Sausage-Enceladus (GSE). In this paper, we investigate the impac...

Parallel Evolution of Bacteroidota as Long-Term Endosymbionts of Insects

Symbiotic relationships significantly transform both symbiont and host biology. The most visible changes include a massive reduction of the endosymbiont genome and the development of specialized host organs, cells, and compartments for symbiont housing. However, insect symbiosis...

Obtaining maximum information from colony counts with REPOP

Abstract Bacterial counts from native environments, such as soil or the animal gut, often show substantial variability across replicate samples. This heterogeneity is typically attributed to genetic or environmental factors. A common approach to estimating bacterial populations i...

Non-invertible anyon condensation and level-rank dualities

We derive new dualities of topological quantum field theories in three spacetime dimensions that generalize the familiar level-rank dualities of Chern-Simons gauge theories. The key ingredient in these dualities is non-Abelian anyon condensation, which is a gauging operation for...

Facilitating best practices in practicum training in clinical neuropsychology: introducing the North American Association of practicum sites in neuropsychology (NAPSN) organizational training guidelines

INTRODUCTION: The North American Association of Practicum Sites in Neuropsychology (NAPSN) was established in 2023 to support external practicum programs in urban, suburban, and rural areas in the United States and Canada by providing resources for member practicum programs and s...

The impact of the dimensions of digital maturity in Industry 4.0 on the performance of industrial companies in Portugal’s Dão Lafões region

Purpose This study investigates the relationship between individual dimensions of digital maturity in the context of Industry 4.0 and financial and operational performance outcomes. Moving beyond aggregate maturity measures, the analysis adopts a dimensional perspective to captur...

AI-Newton: A concept-driven physical law discovery system without prior physical knowledge

While current AI-driven methods excel at deriving empirical models from individual experiments, a significant challenge remains in uncovering the common fundamental physics that underlie these models -- a task at which human physicists are adept. To bridge this gap, we introduce...

Interplay between store‐operated calcium entry and mitochondrial phosphate handling modulates force and fatigue during exercise

Abstract The dynamics of calcium ions (Ca 2+ ) in skeletal muscles link electrochemical activation and contractile force generation. Recent experimental data suggest that store-operated Ca 2+ entry (SOCE), the process of extracellular Ca 2+ influx upon depletion of Ca 2+ from the...

A phosphoinositide and RAB switch controls early macropinocytosis

Macropinocytosis is a non-selective endocytic process by which cells take up large amounts of extracellular fluid into giant vesicles known as macropinosomes. This mechanism is used by immune cells to sample the surroundings for antigens and can be exploited by cancer cells for n...

Project Overview of the 2023–2024 Production Test of Gas Hydrate on the Alaska North Slope

Abstract A 10-month gas production test from a gas hydrate-bearing sand reservoir was successfully conducted on the Alaska North Slope to better understand reservoir depressurization-based gas production. The JOGMEC-DOE-USGS Collaborative Gas Hydrate R&D Project in Alaska was imp...

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Pyroglutamyl peptide–rich rice protein hydrolysate restores cecal N -acetyl amino acids in high-fat-diet–fed rats, outperforming short-chain fatty acids as early microbial markers

Abstract Pyroglutamyl-leucine (pyroGlu-Leu) is a food-derived modified peptide known to modulate the gut microbiota. This study examined the effects of orally administered rice protein hydrolysate (RPH) containing pyroGlu-Leu in rats fed a 45% high-fat diet that induced mild dysb...

Long-read low-pass sequencing detects a validated structural variant in the equine myostatin (MSTN) gene

Abstract Objectives Low-pass sequencing trades read depth for throughput, an established strategy for genotyping with short-read sequencing. Whether this tolerance extends to structural variant (SV) detection at the level of a single, biologically validated locus has been compara...

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Quinoline-Based Amide Foldamers with One-Handed Chirality Induced by an Asymmetric Plane

Abstract A quinoline-containing cyclophane derivative with planar chirality was rationally designed and synthesized based on [2.2]paracyclophane (PCP) and used as a structural unit to induce the absolute one-handed helical conformation of quinoline foldamers. 1H NMR, X-ray crysta...

A single-cell profile of the porcine immune repertoire: concurrent profiling of T cell receptor and B cell receptor V(D)J sequences in health

Adaptive immune diversity is shaped by the complex organization of T cell receptor (TCR) and B cell receptor (BCR) repertoires across tissues. However, a systematic cross-tissue immune repertoire profiling in healthy pigs is still lacking. In this study, we used 3 14-day-old Duro...

The Need for Revisiting the Law of Defamation in the Cyber Age: An Analysis of the Conflicts, Challenges, and Opportunities in Sri Lankan Law

Abstract In the digital age, the unique characteristics of internet-based communications and online publications can cause unpredictable and irrevocable damage to a person’s reputation at minimal cost. Therefore, revisiting the law of defamation in Sri Lanka to examine its adequa...

Analysis of brain iron deposition in an in vivo model of pediatric autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease

Polycystic kidney disease (PKD) represents one form of chronic kidney disease (CKD) affecting the pediatric population. CKD in early life has been associated with neurocognitive deficits and disturbances in iron metabolism. Excess iron accumulation may exacerbate inflammatory and...