Influence of Graphene Quantum Dots (GQDs) on the Sorption of ¹³⁷Cs and ⁶⁰Co in Soils from the Brazilian Semiarid Region by Tatiane Rocha Pereira, Maria Angélica Vergara Wasserman, Michele Maria da Silva, Manuella Borges Barreto, Wanderson de Oliveira Sousa, Érika Flávia Machado Pinheiro, Daniel Vidal Perez, Antonio Celso Dantas Antonino, Marcelo Metri Correa

“…Graphene Quantum Dots (GQDs) represent a new class of nanomaterials that, due to their optical, electronic, and chemical properties, have gained attention for various applications in industry, health, and the environment. …”
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The smart senior care demand in China in the context of active ageing: a qualitative study with multiple perspectives by Qiyuan Huang, Fang Liu, Song Ge, Shuang Teng, Xiang Wu, Xiao Zhang, Zhe Qu, Ying Li, Aming Wang, Mei Li, Xianping Tang, Xianping Tang

“…Interviews were transcribed, translated into English, and analyzed by the thematic analysis method.ResultsFour major themes and 12 subcategories were identified in the data: “challenges of smart senior care” (low acceptance of users; high cost vs. low purchasing power; low coverage of smart devices and applications), “meet the demands of users” (strong medical care needs; meticulous life care needs; extensive social interaction needs), “multi-body participation” (online and offline integration; government’s broader role; cooperative gaming), and “all-around guarantee” (legal guarantee, technological empowerment, network security guarantee).ConclusionTo develop smart senior care in China in the context of active aging, it is essential to clarify the current issues and challenges faced by relevant stakeholders of smart senior care. …”
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Deepwater Renewal in a Large, Deep Lake (Lake Geneva): Identifying and Quantifying Winter Cooling Processes Using Heat Budget Decomposition by N. Peng, U. Lemmin, F. Mettra, R. S. Reiss, D. A. Barry

“…These findings provide unique insight into heat exchange processes that cannot be obtained from field data or numerical simulations alone. Heat budget decomposition proved to be a powerful, universally applicable tool for quantifying the contribution of alternative deepwater renewal processes. …”
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Technology Anxiety in Virtual Reality Adoption: Examining the Impact of Age, Past Experience, and Cybersickness by Eman Al Khalifah, Ramy Hammady, Mahmoud Abdelrahman, Ons Al-Shamaileh, Mostafa Marghany, Hatana El-Jarn, Alyaa Darwish, Yusuf Kurt

“…Using an extended Technology Acceptance Model (TAM), the research integrates age and past use as antecedents of TA and evaluates their influence on perceived ease of use (PEoU), perceived enjoyment (PENJ), and user attitudes. Data from 206 participants were analysed using Partial Least Squares Structural Equation Modelling (PLS-SEM) following a VR pilgrimage experience. …”
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Evaluation of clinical decision-making perception of nursing students: the Aegean region case by Yelda Candan Dönmez, Burcak Sahin Koze, Aylin Durmaz Edeer, Yeliz Ciğerci, Emel Yilmaz, Fadime Gök, Nurdan Gezer, Kevser Karacabay, Bilgen Arikan, Gülay Oyur Çelik, Züleyha Seki, Meryem Yavuz Van Giersbergen

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The mediating effect of belongingness on the relationship between perceived stress and clinical learning environment and supervision among nursing internship students by Sameer A. Alkubati, Talal Al-Qalah, Basma Salameh, Ahmed Loutfy, Wesam T. Almagharbeh, Eddieson Pasay-an, Abdelaziz Hendy, Mohamed A. Zoromba, Heba E. El-Gazar, Maysa Abdalla Elbiaa, Shimmaa M. Elsayed

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High Throughput 512Mbps True Random Number Generation Using Uncertainty in Mobile Communication Bands by Farid Alidoust Aghdam, Mohammad Erfanimehr, Hodjat Ahmadi, Armin Zarghami, Seyed Ahmad Madani, Ali Rostami

“…Due to the high speed of generating random numbers, this optimal and efficient TRNG system can have broad applications in cryptography, statistical analysis, and computational simulations.…”
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Activity and Operational Loss of IrO₂-Ta₂O₅/Ti Anodes During Oxygen Evolution in Acidic Solutions by Jovana Bošnjaković, Maja Stevanović, Marija Mihailović, Vojin M. Tadić, Jasmina Stevanović, Vladimir Panić, Gavrilo Šekularac

“…This approach presents a useful tool for elucidating, and consequently tailoring and predicting, anode OER activity and electrolytic operational stability in industrial electrochemical applications.…”
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A Comparative Study of Indoor Accuracies Between SLAM and Static Scanners by Anna Chrbolková, Martin Štroner, Rudolf Urban, Ondřej Michal, Tomáš Křemen, Jaroslav Braun

“…Additionally, noise was quantified before and after data smoothing. Static scanners yielded superior accuracies, with the Leica RTC 360 achieving the best performance (absolute accuracy of 1.2 mm). …”
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A New Age of SAR: How Can Commercial Smallsat Constellations Contribute to NASA's Surface Deformation and Change Mission? by Stacey A. Huang, Batuhan Osmanoğlu, Bernd Scheuchl, Shadi Oveisgharan, Jeanne M. Sauber, MinJeong Jo, Ala Khazendar, Ekaterina Tymofyeyeva, Betsy Wusk, Arif Albayrak

“…Still, high‐resolution and rapid‐repeat capabilities can augment scientific findings from a future SDC mission, as demonstrated by recent contributions from commercial data to applied sciences, cryosphere, and volcanology. …”
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Evaluating and modifying the PHDI for depression prevention: insights from NHANES 2005–2018 by Jia-xin Tan, Qing-zhong Li, Yuan-xin Mo, Hong-ping Zhou, Liu Miao, Liu Miao, Guo-tian Ruan, Teng Deng, Yi-zhen Gong

“…The Planetary Health Diet Index (PHDI), recently proposed by The Lancet to balance health and environmental sustainability, remains unclear in its role in preventing depression—our study aims to investigate this association and seeks to optimize this dietary index.MethodsA cross-sectional analysis was conducted using 2005–2018 NHANES data from 27,868 participants. Dietary quality was measured using PHDI-US, and depressive symptoms were assessed with the Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9; score ≥10 indicating depressive symptoms). …”
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A novel viscoplastic model for salt rock deformation under internal cyclic gas pressure loading by Jinyang Fan, Luxuan Tang, Marion Fourmeau, Zongze Li, Wenhao Liu, Yang Zou, Deyi Jiang

“…Validated by the deformation data, the new model can better fit both the axial deformation and the radial deformation of the three stages and has strong applicability and accuracy by changing only fewer parameters. …”
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Food environments in the Pacific region and efforts to improve them: a scoping review by Sela Ki Folau Fusi, Clara Gómez-Donoso, Kathryn Backholer, Jennifer Browne, Megan Ferguson, Adrian J Cameron

“…Full-text screening was conducted before data were extracted from eligible studies. A narrative analysis was informed by an existing food environments framework. …”
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Narrative review: updates and strategies for reducing door-to-balloon time in ST-elevation myocardial infarction care by Xiaoru Zeng, Ling Chen, Ayush Chandra, Lin Zhao, Guanglong Ma, Francisco-Javier Roldan, Hongquan Wei, Wanling Pan, Wanling Pan, Wanquan Li

“…Addressing these challenges through continuous quality improvement, standardized care protocols, and data-driven analytics is crucial for sustaining improvements. …”
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Diet-induced inflammation and its association with sarcopenia in an Iranian population: a case-control study by Neda Heidarzadeh-Esfahani, Sevda Eskandarzadeh, Marzieh Mahmoodi, Maede Makhtoomi, Seyyed Mohammad Alavi, Zainab Shateri, Nasrin Nasimi, Mehran Nouri, Mohammad Hossein Dabbaghmanesh

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Landslide Risk Assessment as a Reference for Disaster Prevention and Mitigation: A Case Study of the Renhe District, Panzhihua City, China by Yimeng Zhou, Lei Xue, Hao Ding, Haoyu Wang, Kun Huang, Longfei Li, Zhuan Li

“…While the AUC value of TabPFN is 0.9243, indicating higher accuracy, it also poses a risk of overfitting and is therefore more suitable for applications involving small sample sizes and the need for rapid responses. …”
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Universal machine learning interatomic potentials poised to supplant DFT in modeling general defects in metals and random alloys by Fei Shuang, Zixiong Wei, Kai Liu, Wei Gao, Poulumi Dey

“…These models offer broad applicability across the periodic table, achieving first-principles accuracy at a fraction of the computational cost of traditional DFT calculations. …”
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Creep Model of Weakly Cemented Soft Rock Considering Damage and Secondary Development in FLAC3D by Junhong Huang, Shanchao Hu, Xuelong Li, Shihao Guo, Chenxi Zhang, Zhihao Gao, Jinhao Dou, Dawang Yin, Yafei Cheng

“…The damage creep model is numerically implemented through secondary development in FLAC3D 6.0, with simulation results showing less than 5% deviation from experimental data and the failure mode is similar. These findings provide a solid theoretical foundation for further understanding the creep behavior of weakly cemented soft rocks.…”
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Quantifying sitting posture: A pilot feasibility study of computer vision and wearable sensors (Posture Lab) using a manikin model by Supachai Vorapojpisut, Suphawit Sansuk, Phoomtai Yindee, Darawadee Panich, Vinitha Puengtanom, Sairag Saadprai

“…The framework includes a web-based user interface for registration and specialized desktop applications for different measurement protocols. A RESTful API enables system communication and centralized data storage for reporting. …”
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Screening of Germination and Early Seedling Growth Reveal Contrasting Cu Tolerance of Chilean Quinoa Accessions Depending on Origin by Catalina Bustamante Álvarez, Isaac Pinto Pizarro, Estrella Zúñiga-Contreras, Luisa Bascuñán-Godoy, Enrique Ostria-Gallardo, Teodoro Coba de la Peña

“…Tolerant accessions of quinoa can have important applications in sustainable agriculture.…”
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