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Optimizing spatial equity of urban park cooling services: Integrating landscape metrics with K-means and PSO algorithms in Nanchang, China
Urban parks and green spaces (UPGS) provide critical cooling services to mitigate urban heat islands, yet their equitable distribution remains poorly addressed. This study integrated landscape metrics...
Aeroponic cultivation of lettuce: Unravelling varietal performance and trait interrelationships for enhanced productivity
Aeroponic systems offer a sustainable and efficient platform for cultivating high-quality leafy greens, such as lettuce ( Lactuca sativa L.). This study investi...
Comparative analysis of the impact of chickenpox and herpes zoster vaccination in Belgium under two different exogenous boosting mechanisms
Background Chickenpox (CP) and herpes zoster (HZ), both caused by the varicella-zoster virus (VZV), present a significant public health burden in unvaccinated populations. Universa...
Acceptance of AI-based tools in consumer financial decision-making: An application of the extended technology acceptance model
The development of artificial intelligence has led to an increase in scientific papers on its applications in financial services. Some of them focus on consumers, particularly presenting the aspects o...
A hybrid deep learning and residual connection-based architecture for intrusion detection in autonomous vehicles
The emergence of Autonomous and Connected Autonomous Vehicles (CAVs) has transformed the automotive landscape drastically over the past few years by offering enhanced features in the vehicles for driv...
Clinical nurse’s knowledge, attitude, and practice regarding the Intrinsic Capacity of the aged: A cross-sectional study
Background Within the context of Chinese healthcare settings, from the perspective of clinical nursing practice in China, the present study was designed to systematically evaluate...
Modeling and benchmarking quantum optical neurons for efficient neural computation
Quantum optical neurons (QONs) are emerging as promising computational units that leverage photonic interference to perform neural operations in an energy-efficient and physically grounded manner. Bui...
Formulation of a spatiotemporal model for the analysis of neonatal mortality amidst SDG interventions: The case of Uganda
This study aimed to formulate a dynamic linear model within a Bayesian framework to conduct a spatiotemporal analysis of neonatal mortality in Uganda during SDG interventions. This study formulated a...
The role of computer technology in motion tracking method of basketball shot
With the rapid development of modern science and technology, with the gradual maturity of computer-aided training system, it has also been applied in sports training, and has achieved good results. Th...
Correction: Highly efficient production of transgenic rats with long DNA insertions using piggyBac transposase mRNA and piezo-assisted microinjection
Enhancing second harmonic generation-mediated photodynamic therapy via external electric field modulation
Photodynamic therapy (PDT) utilizes light-activated photosensitizers (PS) to produce reactive oxygen species (ROS) for targeted bacterial destruction; however, its efficacy is often limited by inadequ...
Robust 3D Pose estimation and Parkinson’s Disease classification via Dual-Stage Adaptive Temporal Perception and graph topology modeling network
This paper proposes a unified skeleton-based framework for 3D human pose estimation and Parkinson’s disease classification, integrating a Dual-Stage Adaptive Temporal Perception (DATP) strategy and an...
Mediating factors in the relationship between combat-related traumatic injury and myocardial blood flow reserve: The ADVANCE cohort study
Introduction Combat-related traumatic injury (CRTI) has been linked to reduced myocardial blood-flow- reserve (MBFR), measured using the subendocardial viability ratio (SEVR). We a...
CD99-targeted immunomagnetic negative selection: A novel strategy for high-purity pancreatic islet isolation in murine models
Background Islet transplantation represents a promising therapeutic approach for type 1 diabetes through restoration of endogenous insulin production. However, efficient purificati...
Characterization of a unique phosphopantetheinyl transferase (PPTase) in the fish pathogen Pseudomonas plecoglossicida
Phosphopantetheinyl transferase (PPTase) is a key enzyme that catalyzes 4’-phosphopantetheinylation at conserved serine residues of fatty acid synthases, polyketide synthases, and nonribosomal peptide...
Predicting oil contamination in water using machine learning on microbial compositions
We present a compact and generative machine-learning framework that predicts oil contamination based on microbial community compositions from experimental samples. Our method combines dimensionality r...
Association between sleep duration and chronic lung diseases among Chinese middle-aged and older adults: A cross-sectional study
Background Chronic lung diseases (CLDs) continue to be a major global public health concern. Previous studies have produced inconsistent findings regarding the relationship between...
The relationship between intellectual curiosity and adolescents’ mathematical problem-solving ability: A moderated mediation model
The ability to solve mathematical problems is one of the key skills for students to excel in mathematics. Based on PISA 2022 data from Ireland (N = 5,521), the current study constructed a moderated me...
High-efficiency, polarization-independent broadband metasurface absorber with angular stability for ISM applications
This study presents a high-efficiency broadband metasurface (MS) absorber designed for applications in the Industrial, Scientific, and Medical (ISM) frequency bands, specifically at 2.4 GHz and 5.8 GH...
Cave reservoir characterization method driven by GA-KPCA and geological knowledge
This paper presents a novel method for cave reservoir characterization based on the Genetic Algorithm (GA) and Kernel Principal Component Analysis (KPCA), aimed at improving the precision of reservoir...
ITS2 and 18S rRNA gene sequence-structure phylogeny of the Haptophyta (Haptista)
The phylogeny of haptophytes, a diverse and ecologically significant group of microalgae, remains incompletely resolved despite extensive molecular studies. In this study, we apply a sequence-structur...
Orthostatic tolerance and training methodology in physically active men and women
Previous studies suggest that training methodology alters orthostatic tolerance in elite and/or well-trained athletes. However, little is known about the effect of training methodology on orthostatic...
Differentiation of ecological niche patterns between sympatric lemurs in northwestern Madagascar: Implications for their conservation
Understanding how species respond to habitat loss and fragmentation is a critical requirement for effective conservation action, particularly in biodiversity hotspots like Madagascar. Species with spe...
GBP2 promotes podocyte pyroptosis and contributes to the pathogenesis of pediatric lupus nephritis
Background Lupus nephritis (LN), a prevalent and serious manifestation of systemic lupus erythematosus, exhibits particularly high incidence in children, yet its pathogenesis remai...
An entropy-initiated coupled-trait ODE framework for modeling longitudinal cohort dynamics
This work introduces a minimal, information-theoretic dynamical framework for modeling longitudinal cohort data using an entropy-initiated system of coupled-trait ordinary differential equations (ECTO...