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Dealing with Cloud Shadows in Surface Reflectance Retrieval from Drone Hyperspectral Imagery

Drone-based hyperspectral imaging is a powerful tool for environmental monitoring, yet its reliability in mid-latitude regions is often compromised by non-ideal weather conditions. Specifically, cloud shadows and light scattering by Cirrus clouds are influencing the irradiance an...

Uniform cubic bounds for irrational values of the dilogarithm

We study explicit denominator conditions ensuring the irrationality of the dilogarithm at positive and negative rational points. We prove that Li_2(p/q) is irrational whenever q > (4e^{4}/27)p^3, and obtain an explicit, slightly smaller threshold for Li_2(−p/q). The positive argu...

Sign Translator Glove Documentation

This paper presents the design and implementation of a low-cost sign translator glove, a wearable device capable of detecting basic hand gestures and converting them into spoken words in real time. The system relies on five flex sensors positioned along the fingers, an Arduino Na...

Co-creation of ENERGIZE Acceleration Programme

This deliverable presents the design, structure, and content production of the ENERGIZE Acceleration Programme, developed under WP3. Its primary purpose is to document the pedagogical framework, learning architecture, content organisation and production methodology of the program...

Feasibility of using advanced vitellogenic oocytes to assess egg quality in the European sardine (Sardina pilchardus)

Abstract Egg quality can affect offspring survival and, therefore, recruitment, making this parameter as important as egg quantity in fish reproduction studies. It is determined by measuring the dry mass of hydrated oocytes. However, in the northwestern Mediterranean, sardines (...

Highly Efficient Ethylene Glycol Production from Photocatalytic Ethylene Oxidation over Commercial Zinc Oxide Nanopowder

Abstract Current industrial synthesis of ethylene glycol (EG) relies on a multistep thermocatalytic process involving ethylene oxide intermediates under elevated temperatures and pressures, which is energy-intensive and prone to overoxidation to CO2. While photocatalysis provides...

Monitoring influenza-like symptoms in the UK through participatory surveillance: Insights from FluSurvey over two winter seasons (2023-24 and 2024-25)

FluSurvey is a participatory surveillance system used to monitor trends in influenza and other respiratory viruses through weekly symptom surveys among the UK population. We aimed to characterise the wider impact of “influenza-like illnesses” (ILI) among FluSurvey participants an...

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Digital Device Use and Hand–Wrist Disorders: A Scoping Review

The widespread use of smartphones and electronic devices has raised concerns about their impact on hand and wrist health. This scoping review synthesised current evidence on musculoskeletal and soft-tissue disorders associated with device use. Thirty-two studies were included, ex...

Differential Effect of Abusing Substances Alone or in Combination in Systemic Inflammation

Background and Objectives: This study aims to compare, for the first time, the impact of different substances detected by immunoassay, either alone or in combination, in the values of neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio (NLR) as a marker of systemic inflammation in a large series of c...

Urban Segregation and Migrant Overwork: Evidence From Hukou Conversion in China

ABSTRACT This paper develops a simple theoretical model to examine the impact of urban segregation, driven by the hukou system, on labor supply, with a specific focus on overwork among rural‐to‐urban migrants in China. Using data from the 2017 Urban–Rural Comparative Survey, we a...

The State-Dependent Coefficient Matrix (SDCM) Architecture

The State-Dependent Coefficient Matrix (SDCM) Architecture Traditional numerical mechanics relies on continuous calculus and sequential differential solvers (such as Runge-Kutta or Crank-Nicolson) to model non-linear systems, inherently introducing artificial computational latenc...

The distribution of Arabic action nouns in text production

Abstract The study examines grammatical differences between Modern Standard Arabic (MSA) and Palestinian Arabic (PA) in narrative and expository text production by adult PA native speakers. Specifically, we examine the distribution of action nouns to probe whether they can differ...

From Folding Reagents to Catalysts: Spatially Organized Diselenide−Cyclodextrins Enable Catalytic Oxidative Protein Folding

Abstract Oxidative folding, involving disulfide (SS) bond formation and isomerization, is essential for the maturation of many secreted and membrane proteins. Although numerous small-molecule mimics of protein disulfide isomerase, a key enzyme that catalyzes oxidative folding, ha...

One‐Step Access to Ultra‐Bright Macrocyclic Oligo‐BODIPYs Featuring Long‐Lived Cyclic Excitons

ABSTRACT The controlled organization of chromophores into defined assemblies with collective photophysical properties is a key concept for natural and artificial photonic systems. A template‐free, one‐step synthesis affords a series of methylene‐bridged macrocyclic oligo‐BODIPYs...

Neurometabolite abnormalities and associations with epilepsy duration and cognition in patients with idiopathic generalized epilepsies

Abstract Objective This study investigated whether idiopathic generalized epilepsies (IGEs) are associated with neuroinflammation by measuring neurometabolite levels and brain temperature using whole‐brain magnetic resonance spectroscopy imaging (MRSI). We compared patients with...

The Effects of Passiflora Syrup on The Blood and Tissue Concentrations of Fluoxetine in Rats

Objective: Interactions between medications and herbal supplements can lead to clinically unpredictable adverse effects. Fluoxetine, a commonly prescribed antidepressant, is highly susceptible to herbal-drug interactions due to its extensive metabolism via cytochrome P450 enzymes...

Hidden Historical Structure in a Minimal Discrete Rewrite System

We study a minimal parallel discrete rewrite system, A → AB or BA and B → A or B. Different histories can reconverge to the same terminal word, creating information that is invisible to the endpoint alone. We define history fibers and additive path observables, derive an exact pa...

Effects of microwave or infrared radiation on protein ruminal degradation and in vitro intestinal digestibility in feedstuffs

Microbial crude protein ( MCP ) is the main source of amino acids ( AA ) in the small intestine, followed by rumen undegraded protein ( RUP ). Due to limited MCP synthesis and increased AA demand in high-producing ruminants, strategies to enhance intestinal protein availability a...

THE LEPTONIC MODE: THE ELECTRON AS RESONANCE OF THE MINORITY-MASS ENDPOINT (XV v6)

In the FCD-RBv6 pregeometric framework, the leptonic sector is derived from the boundary elastodynamics of trans-brane Einstein–Rosen (ER) dipoles regularized at the Compton floor R₀ ≈ 0.6308 fm. We establish five core principles: (1) Uniqueness of Fractional Charges: +2/3e and -...