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Developmental Trajectories of Alcohol, Mental Health and Physical Health among American Indian and First Nation Adolescents: Understanding the Role of Land-Based Cultural Engagement, Family, and Peers

We applied the Indigenous Traditional Ecological Knowledge (ITEK) framework to understand patterns of wellbeing among American Indian and First Nation (AI/FN) adolescents; risks and protective factors associated with alcohol use, mental health, and physical health that can be tra...

Economic and Social Determinants of Life Expectancy: Evidence from a Cross-Country Panel, 2010–2023

We study how income, schooling, health spending and unemployment relate to life expectancy in an unbalanced panel of 142 countries observed over 2010–2023 (1,649 country-year observations, World Bank data). Pooled OLS shows large associations for every variable, but these mostly...

‘Are there no foxes in the human soul?’ A Midgleyean Metaphysics for Mixed Communities

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共存アーキテクチャとしてのHuman-in-Command:境界画定・機能的分化・アルゴリ ズム単一栽培の抑止による調和的共生論 Human-in-Command as Coexistence Architecture: Boundary Demarcation, Functional Differentiation, and the Prevention of Algorithmic Monoculture

概要 / Abstract(日本語) 本論文は、自律システムの統治における「Human-in-Command(人間の指揮・統御権限)」概念を単なる消極的な安全ブレーキから拡張し、複雑な社会技術生態系における平和的共生と多元的秩序を成立させるための基礎的構造(共存アーキテクチャ)として再定義する。現代の技術社会は、...

マルチモデルの相互連環と上流リスクの伝染:エンタープライズAIオーケストレーションにおけるサプライチェーン責任・規制波及・受託者責任の希釈化 Multi-Model Entanglement and Upstream Contagion: Supply-Chain Liabilities, Regulatory Spillover, and Fiduciary Dilution in Enterprise AI Orchestration

概要 / Abstract(日本語) 本論文は、エンタープライズ向けAIプラットフォームが複数の異種基盤モデルを動的にオーケストレーション(相互接続・ルーティング)する際に生じる、構造的なガバナンス不全と法的責任の不可視化を理論的に解明する。事前学習段階における無断著作物スキャンやデータ汚染といっ...

Diagnosis and management of transthyretin amyloidosis (ATTRv) across ATTRv-PN and mixed phenotype: an international delphi consensus

Abstract Background Transthyretin amyloidosis is a progressive, potentially fatal genetic disorder primarily associated with polyneuropathy (ATTRv-PN) or cardiomyopathy (ATTR-CM). Disease presentation is heterogenous. Patients often present with a mixed phenotype. Although recent...

AI Driven Simulation For Officer Training: Bridging Theory And Practice

The accelerating pace of digitalisation and autonomous systems challenges traditional officer education. Future leaders must be prepared to operate in environments shaped by artificial intelligence, automation, and complex ethical dilemmas. This paper explores how AI‑driven simul...

Microbial biotransformation of plant-derived bioactive compounds: structural modifications, enhanced bioavailability, and functional food applications

Abstract Plant-derived bioactive compounds, including polyphenols, polysaccharides, alkaloids, terpenoids/saponins, lignans and glucosinolates, are widely valued for their health-promoting potential, yet poor bioavailability and, in several cases, biological inactivity in native...

Effects of tamarind seed husk extract on abdominal visceral fat: a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial in Japanese adults with mild obesity

Abstract Tamarind seed husk, a by-product of gum production, is rich in polyphenols. We examined whether tamarind seed husk extract (TSHE) reduces abdominal visceral fat area (AVFA) in Japanese adults with mild obesity. In a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial (UMI...

LLMDPA: pre-execution privacy auditing of DP-SGD via evidence-constrained semantic analysis

Abstract Privacy auditing has emerged as a critical component for safeguarding data privacy in machine learning models. Existing empirical auditing methods heavily rely on model runtime states or post-deployment interfaces, resulting in substantial time costs and limited source-l...

Discrepancy between knowledge and practice in folic acid supplementation for NTD prevention: a mixed-methods study of Chinese women

Abstract Background Neural tube defects (NTDs) remain a major preventable cause of congenital disability worldwide. Existing evidence suggests a persistent gap between awareness and actual supplementation behaviors among women of childbearing age. Aims To assess folic acid-relate...

Molecular Confinement Engineering of Mn(II) Halide Scintillators for High-Resolution X-ray Imaging and Three-Dimensional Computed Tomography

Abstract Metal halide scintillators hold great promise for next-generation X-ray imaging, yet manganese(II)-based halide scintillators suffer from structural instability and thermally activated nonradiative losses arising from their soft lattice nature. Here, we develop a molecul...

Staged emulsification air assisted maturation and heated washing of poly L lactide microparticles for an injectable implant

This patent-based technical research article critically reconstructs and evaluates the process disclosed in Russian patent RU 2 816 188 C1 for producing poly(L-lactide) microparticles intended for an injectable implant. The process integrates cold capillary dispersion of PLLA in...

WOMAN AND SUN: AN ECOFEMINIST READING OF ZULFIYA QUROLBOY QIZI'S STORY "AYOL"

This paper offers an ecofeminist reading of “Ayol” (“Woman”), a short story by the contemporary Uzbek writer Zulfiya Qurolboy qizi, centered on a woman's final days as she faces a terminal illness. Drawing on the theoretical framework developed by Warren, Plumwood, Merchant, and...

Study on Dynamic Splitting Tensile Damage Characteristics and Damage Stage Identification of Steel Fiber–Reinforced Fly Ash Concrete Based on Acoustic Emission

Abstract This paper investigates the dynamic splitting tensile damage characteristics of steel fiber–reinforced fly ash concrete (SFRFAC) under various steel fiber contents, fly ash replacements, and loading rates. The Brazilian disc splitting tensile test was combined with the a...

Three Times the Data, the Same Mistakes: A Manually Audited Evaluation of Seerie, an Offline Scam-Prevention Assistant for India

Seerie is a scam-prevention assistant for India that runs entirely on an Android phone, with no internet connection after the one-time model download and no conversation data leaving the device. This version is a newer model: a QLoRA fine-tune of Qwen3-1.7B on 107,575 conversatio...

Vitamin D status and adiposity in children with low-energy fractures: a prospective case–control study

Fractures in children are influenced by both skeletal biology and mechanical factors. While alterations in vitamin D and other metabolic markers have been proposed as contributors to fracture risk, their role in predicting fractures in otherwise healthy pediatric populations rema...

Evolution of Capability Leadership: From Leading People to Enabling Organisational Capability in the AI Era

Evolution of Capability Leadership opens the seven-part Capability Leadership Series by examining how leadership enables people, collective judgement, work systems and technology to deliver reliable, responsible and sustained organisational outcomes.Drawing on NASA’s documented a...

Improved two-way capacity upper bounds for amplitude-damping channels

Abstract: We derive an improved upper bound on the two-way-assisted capacities of the qubit amplitude-damping channel with decay probability $\gamma$, given by $\log_2[1+(1-\gamma)\gamma^{\gamma/(1-\gamma)}]$. It applies to quantum communication, entanglement distribution, privat...

Proton-Exchange Surface Engineering Enables Air-Stable Sodium Layered Oxide Cathodes for Carbon-Neutral Energy Storage

O3-type layered oxides have emerged as one of the most promising cathode candidates for sodium-ion batteries, which are widely regarded as a key enabling technology for carbon-neutral grid-scale energy storage. However, their practical application is hindered by surface degradati...