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A chain ladder method using prior information on calendar year effects

Abstract Calendar year effects introduce dependence in loss development data and challenge traditional reserving assumptions. This paper proposes an extension of the log-normal Mack chain ladder model, which closely aligns with Mack’s assumptions, by incorporating external inform...

Validation of daily age in Grass Carp reared in tanks and outdoor ponds in the U.S. Midwest

Abstract Objective Accurate and precise age estimation is essential for understanding early life history, recruitment, and population dynamics in fish. However, daily otolith increment deposition has not been validated for Grass Carp Ctenopharyngodon idella in the Midwestern Unit...

Assessing the Relationship Between Multidimensional Area-Level Indicators and Lupus Disease Activity in Children

Background/Objectives: Childhood-onset systemic lupus erythematosus (cSLE) is a chronic, multisystem autoimmune disease that is associated with more severe organ involvement, more intensive drug therapy, and increased long-term organ damage compared with adult-onset disease. The...

Transient CFD-GuidedFast-Cycle ALD: Effects of ReactorConfiguration and Process Window

Abstract Atomic layer deposition (ALD) is a powerful vapor-phase thin-film technique that relies on sequential, self-limiting surface reactions to achieve atomic-scale thickness control and excellent conformality on three-dimensional substrates. In practical reactors, however, th...

Assessing the Educational Role of Large Language Models in Dental Training: A Decade‐Long Analysis of Text‐Based and Visual Questions in a National Examination

ABSTRACT Background Large language models (LLMs), including ChatGPT, Gemini and DeepSeek, are increasingly explored as supportive tools in health professions education. However, their educational utility across different knowledge domains and question formats, particularly those...

Unlocking Organizational Support Through Psychological Empowerment: Identification and Test of Transformational Leadership as a Catalyst of Perceived Organizational Support

Organizational support theory (OST) explains how employees develop and respond to beliefs about their organization, with perceived organizational support (POS) representing a central construct within this framework. Integrating psychological empowerment theory, we examine an intr...

When Ultrasound and Hysterometry Disagree: Challenges in Levonorgestrel-Releasing Intrauterine System Placement

Insertion of a levonorgestrel-releasing intrauterine system (LNG-IUS) may be technically challenging in women with altered uterine anatomy or difficult cervical access. We report the case of a 24-year-old nulligravid woman with obesity and a subdermal contraceptive implant who so...

Botulinum toxin type A attenuates trigeminal neuralgia-like pain by suppressing CGRP release and modulating NaV1.7-associated signaling

Trigeminal neuralgia (TN) is a disabling facial pain disorder, and current treatments remain insufficient for a substantial proportion of patients. Botulinum toxin type A (BoNT/A) has shown therapeutic benefit in TN, but its peripheral analgesic mechanisms remain incompletely und...

Orientation-tunable correlated Chern insulating states in chiral twisted double bilayer graphene proximitized by WSe2

Moiré flat bands in graphene systems proximitized by transition-metal dichalcogenides (TMDCs) provide a setting where spin-orbit coupling (SOC) can reshape band topology. The crystallographic alignment angle Φ between TMDC and graphene layers is predicted to tune the balance of I...

Blockchain-Enabled Central Bank Digital Currency: Technological Architecture, Privacy, and Institutional Design

This paper develops an analytical framework for the joint design of central bank digital currency (CBDC) and its underlying ledger architecture. We treat a digital monetary system as a tuple M = (S, R, C, I)—supply state, rule set, circulation parameters, and incentive structure—...

SPARC Promotes Corneal Epithelial Wound Healing Through β-catenin Nuclear Translocation and c-Met Activation

Purpose: To investigate the molecular mechanism through which secreted protein acidic and rich in cysteine (SPARC) facilitates corneal epithelial wound healing via the β-catenin/c-Met signaling pathway. Methods: Wild-type C57BL/6 mice, Sparc-/- mice, and human corneal epithelial...

Ultrasensitive electrochemical detection of oxybutynin hydrochloride using polyaniline modified sensor

Abstract Overactive Bladder (OAB) is a condition known by the symptoms like urgency and increased frequency of urination. About 17% of adults are affected in US alone. Oxybutynin hydrochloride (OBH) is used as vital antimuscarinic agent against this condition. The drug fights the...

Improvement of Rock Grouts Using Eco-Friendly Lightweight Geopolymer Mortar Modified with Castor Oil-Based Rigid Polyurethane Foam

Conventional cement-based grouts used to stabilize fractured rock slopes and fill large cavities are heavy, carbon-intensive, and can impose excessive dead load on weakened rock masses. This study addresses these limitations by integrating bio-based rigid polyurethane—particularl...

Human–Nature Relationships and Science Process Skills in an Early Childhood Forest School Pilot Project

Growing concerns regarding children’s disconnection from nature have increased interest in nature-based pedagogies within Early Childhood Education (ECE). This study examined how participation in a Forest School pilot project influenced children’s learning environments, play, hum...

Seeking Stability Amid Uncertainty: The Impact of Climate Policy Uncertainty on Corporate Innovation Resilience

As the global sustainability agenda and carbon neutrality goals continue to advance, climate policy has become an important governance instrument for promoting firms’ green and low-carbon transformation. Adjustments in policy timing, regulatory intensity, and enforcement arrangem...

TrajectoryTest: A Trajectory-Specific Test Input Prioritization Technique and Empirical Evaluation

Trajectory prediction models have become increasingly vital in various safety-critical domains, such as healthcare, maritime surveillance, and intelligent transportation systems. These applications utilize machine learning models to predict the operational state of a moving agent...

Jerry Ann Johnson: Leader, Advocate, and Organizer

This article examines the life, work and contributions of Jerry Ann Johnson, who was president of the American Occupational Therapy Association from 1973-78 during a pivotal time of Association reorganization. Specifically, for the first time, all fifty states had functioning occ...

Magnetically enhanced water splitting reaction using nickel-Fe3O4 composite electrodes

We describe a simple electrodeposition method for creating a thin layer of Nickel-Fe 3 O 4 (Ni-Fe 3 O 4 ). The resulting thin film showed notable electrocatalytic activity for the hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) and oxygen evolution reaction (OER) in an alkaline media. In order...

Bilateral Diffuse Anterior Scleritis With Ocular Hypertension Revealing Rheumatoid Arthritis

Rheumatoid arthritis is a chronic systemic autoimmune disease that may involve extra-articular organs, including the eye. Scleritis is a severe and potentially sight-threatening ocular manifestation frequently associated with rheumatoid arthritis. We report the case of a 63-year-...

Therapeutic Music as a Neuroimmune–Metabolic Modulator in NAFLD: A Spleen‑Centered Working Hypothesis

Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), recently renamed metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease, is frequently accompanied by depression and chronic psychological stress that can worsen metabolic dysfunction, promoting NAFLD progression. Given the current lim...