RCTs would be more useful if there were more realistic expectations of them and if their pitfalls were better recognized. For example, and contrary to many claims in the applied literature, ...

In addition, considering the accurate non-Newtonian character of most clay-water suspensions and the inherent uncertainty of rheometrical measurements, behavior transition or evolution with material ...

Construction of an efficient polystyrene-degrading microbial consortium based on degrading and non-degrading bacteria predominant in biofilms of marine plastic debris ...

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Psychiatric disorders, and especially severe mental illness, are associated with an increased risk of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 infection and COVID-19-related morbidity and ...

Vice President JD Vance criticized America's European allies for allowing mass migration, eroding free speech, ignoring religious freedom, and overturning elections in the name of "defending ...

After the closure of the January 2025 transfer window, each Premier League club have to submit squad lists. Each squad contains no more than 17 players who do not fulfil the "Home Grown Player" (HGP) ...

Most visual cryptography schemes (VCSs) are condition-oriented which implies their designs focus on satisfying the contrast and security conditions in VCS. In this paper, we explore a new architecture ...

As a non-interference requirement is proposed, the secret interference problem in existing region-based progressive VCS can be avoided. Then, a construction of CRP2-VCS based on a ...

The Albanese Government has delivered on its commitment to support parents and protect young people by setting a minimum age of 16 years for social media, with legislation passing Parliament today.The ...

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