Coupling Analysis of “Demand–Satisfaction” for Rural Public Service Facilities Based on the Kano Model with Importance–Performance Analysis: A Case Study of Gaoqing County, Zibo Ci... by Xinlei Wang, Jinwei Wen, Jing He, Mengying Wang, Keju Liu, Jinghua Dai, Dingqing Zhang, Dian Zhou, Yingtao Qi

“…However, at present, there are problems such as imbalanced resource allocation, single service functions, and low service quality in regard to rural public service facilities in general, and the contradiction between supply and demand is becoming increasingly prominent. …”
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Evaluating the Impact of Early Intervention on Developmental Outcomes in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Comparative Study in Bangladesh by Anika Ferdous, MD Nahid Hassan Nishan, Siva Ganesan

“…Tailored EI programs addressing these areas could enhance developmental outcomes and functional independence for children with ASD in resource-limited settings like Bangladesh. …”
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Role of information technology in enhancing competitive priorities: Evidence from Yemeni pharmaceutical sector by Khadeeja Aljaradi, Ahmad Alshami

“…Type of article: Research Article AbstractThe pharmaceutical sector in Yemen faces intensified competition and resource constraints, necessitating operational excellence and innovation to sustain competitiveness. …”
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Direction of Arrival Estimation Based on the Multistage Nested Wiener Filter by Xiaodong He, Bin Tang

“…The computation of the proposed method is simple, and the number of detectable signal sources could exceed the number of antenna elements.…”
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Near-infrared spectroscopy of the cerebellum in motor activation tasks by Yew Long Lo, Gerald Teck Heng Chia, Yan Teng Celeste Chen, Eng King Tan

“…Protocol 1 consisted of 5 optodes (4 sources and 1 detector, 4 recording channels) spaced 3 cm apart and comprising single-tipped LED light sources in conjunction with single-tipped fiber-optic detectors. …”
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New Rotation Periods from the Kepler Bonus Background Light Curves by Zachary R. Claytor, Jamie Tayar

“…However, due to Kepler’s large 4″ pixels, many of its light curves are at high risk of contamination from background sources. The new Kepler Bonus Background light curves are deblended using a point-spread function algorithm, providing light curves of over 400,000 new background sources in addition to over 200,000 reanalyzed Kepler prime targets. …”
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Frailty prevalence and its associations in a subacute geriatric ward in Singapore by Christine Yuanxin Chen, Thulasi Chandran, Vivian Cantiller Barrera, Rachelle Tumbokon Tan-Pantanao, Tanya Joy Zapata Quicho, Zin Tun Thant, Kiat Sern Goh

“…Data on history of healthcare utilisation, medications, length of stay, selected blood investigations and presence of geriatric syndromes were also collected. …”
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Transcriptome analysis reveals common and distinct mechanisms for sheepgrass (Leymus chinensis) responses to defoliation compared to mechanical wounding. by Shuangyan Chen, Yueyue Cai, Lexin Zhang, Xueqing Yan, Liqin Cheng, Dongmei Qi, Qingyuan Zhou, Xiaoxia Li, Gongshe Liu

“…GO, KOG and pathway-based enrichment analyses were performed to determine and further understand the biological functions of those differentially expressed genes (DEGs). …”
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Screening potential antileukemia ingredients from sweet potato: integration of metabolomics analysis, network pharmacology, and experimental validation by Lianling Xu, Lianling Xu, Kaixuan Zeng, Kaixuan Zeng, Zuoyue Duan, Zuoyue Duan, Jing Liu, Yan Zeng, Miao Zhang, You Yang, Qulian Guo, Yanling Jin, Wenjun Liu, Ling Guo

“…BackgroundActive dietary flavonoids are a promising resource for novel drug discovery. Sweet potato, a widely cultivated functional crop, is abundant in flavonoids. …”
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Towards safe and sustainable by design nanomaterials: Risk and sustainability assessment on two nanomaterial case studies at early stages of development by Konstantina-Roxani Chatzipanagiotou, Foteini Petrakli, Joséphine Steck, Cécile Philippot, Sébastien Artous, Elias P. Koumoulos

“…The application of tools in each case study, the significance of the functional unit definition on the outcome, and the comparison of the results achieved with each tool, are reported. …”
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Clinical Surveillance vs. Anticoagulation For low-risk patiEnts with isolated SubSegmental Pulmonary Embolism: protocol for a multicentre randomised placebo-controlled non-inferior... by Marc Carrier, Christine Baumgartner, Drahomir Aujesky, Menno V Huisman, Frederikus A Klok, Jeanne Moor, Marc Righini, Jürg-Hans Beer, Martina Peluso, Damiana Rakovic

“…The ancillary outcomes are health-related quality of life, functional status and medical resource utilisation.Ethics and dissemination The local ethics committees in Switzerland have approved this protocol. …”
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Why is Multi-Business Forestry Needed to Overcome the Low Performance of Forestry Governance and Food Security in Indonesia? by Suryanto Suryanto, Dodik Ridho Nurrochmat, Suria Darma Tarigan, Iskandar Zulkarnaen Siregar, Ishak Yassir, Mangarah Silalahi, Irdika Mansur, Rhett D. Harisson, Agus Wahyudi, Lutfy Abdulah

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Reviews and syntheses: Current perspectives on biosphere research 2024–2025 – eight findings from ecology, sociology, and economics by F. J. Bohn, F. J. Bohn, A. Bastos, R. Martin, A. Rammig, N. S. Koh, G. B. Sioen, G. B. Sioen, B. Buscher, L. Carver, F. DeClerck, M. Drupp, M. Drupp, R. Fletcher, M. Forrest, A. Gasparatos, A. Godoy-Faúndez, G. Hagedorn, M. C. Hänsel, J. Hetzer, T. Hickler, T. Hickler, C. B. Krug, S. Koot, S. Koot, X. Li, A. Luers, S. Matevich, H. D. Matthews, I. C. Meier, M. Migliavacca, A. Mohamed, S. O, D. Obura, B. Orlove, R. Orth, L. Pereira, M. Reichstein, L. Thakholi, P. H. Verburg, Y. Yoshida

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Bronchial asthma in children of Ukraine: medical and environmental parallels of morbidity and prevalence by O. P. Volosovets, Y. K. Bolbot, S. P. Kryvopustov, O. V. Mozyrska, M. V. Kryvopustova, M. P. Prokhorova, A. V. Kupkina

“…Over the past 25 years in Ukraine there has been 69.3% increase in prevalence and 22.9% increase in incidence of bronchial asthma among children. Predominance of detecting this pathology was in the group of children from large industrial and agro-industrial regions of the country with significant volumes of atmospheric pollutants from stationary sources of pollution.…”
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Optimizing urban energy flows: Integrative vehicle-to-building strategies and renewable energy management by Jian Hern Yeoh, Kai-Yun Lo, I-Yun Lisa Hsieh

“…The optimization tasks are handled using the Sequential Least Squares Programming (SLSQP) algorithm, which is well-suited for managing quadratic objective functions, nonlinear constraints, and bounded variables. …”
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Molecular organization of the nanoscale surface structures of the dragonfly Hemianax papuensis wing epicuticle. by Elena P Ivanova, Song Ha Nguyen, Hayden K Webb, Jafar Hasan, Vi Khanh Truong, Robert N Lamb, Xiaofei Duan, Mark J Tobin, Peter J Mahon, Russell J Crawford

“…The molecular organization of the epicuticle (the outermost layer) of insect wings is vital in the formation of the nanoscale surface patterns that are responsible for bestowing remarkable functional properties. Using a combination of spectroscopic and chromatographic techniques, including Synchrotron-sourced Fourier-transform infrared microspectroscopy (FTIR), x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) depth profiling and gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GCMS), we have identified the chemical components that constitute the nanoscale structures on the surface of the wings of the dragonfly, Hemianax papuensis. …”
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Presepsin as a sepsis biomarker by K. A. Trunova

“…Presepsin was highly  sensitive in detecting late neonatal sepsis, burn sepsis, and also reflected the efficacy of therapy  in septic premature babies and severely burned patients. …”
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Soil water dynamics in a 450-year-old natural landslide-dammed valley farmland: Insights into precipitation responses by Zhao Jin, Huifeng Wu, Hao Han, Yunchong Fu, Jing Zhang, Guofan Cao, Keyan Xu

“…Tens of thousands of sediment check dams have historically played vital ecological functions in China’s Loess Plateau, and dammed valley farmland has been a significant agricultural resource for centuries. …”
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The Diversity of Cold Worlds: A Blended-light Binary Straddling the T/Y Transition in Brown Dwarfs by Daniella C. Bardalez Gagliuffi, Jacqueline K. Faherty, Genaro Suárez, Sherelyn Alejandro Merchan, Brianna Lacy, Ben Burningham, Klara Matuszewska, Rocio Kiman, Johanna M. Vos, Austin Rothermich, Jonathan Gagné, Caroline Morley, Melanie J. Rowland, Dan Caselden, Aaron Meisner, Adam C. Schneider, Marc J. Kuchner, Charles A. Beichman, Peter R. Eisenhardt, Christopher R. Gelino, Ehsan Gharib-Nezhad, Eileen C. Gonzales, Federico Marocco, Niall Whiteford, J. Davy Kirkpatrick

“…Carbon disequilibrium chemistry strongly shapes the mid-infrared spectra of these sources, as a complex function of the metallicity and surface gravity. …”
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Experimental Evaluation and Thermodynamic Analysis of Magnetic Fe₃O₄@La-Zr-MOFs for Highly Efficient Fluoride and Phosphate Removal by Ziyi Zhang, Xinyun Chen, Yongyi Yu, Wenbin Pan, Ruilai Liu, Jiangyan Song, Jiapeng Hu

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