SinoXivThis study examines how elite families maintained status through marriage under a meritocratic system, using genealogical data from 1,539 imperial examination successful candidates across 18 provinces...
The El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) is a major driver of climate and agricultural productivity variability, as those events modulate significant fraction of rainfall and air temperature interannua...
Discrete choice models are useful to understand how decisions are made and to predict future choices. However, most applications rely on several simplifying assumptions. In this paper we relax one of ...
This study serves as both a teaching experiment and teaching case, introducing an immersive and situated learning approach to experiential business education. However, business‑education literature re...
Recently, polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHA) have garnered systematic attention as biodegradable alternatives to petrochemical plastics. This study aimed to identify bacterial strains synthesizing poly(3-hyd...
Traditional approaches to anticancer dosing typically rely on fixed protocols that often overlook how patients respond differently to treatment. This can limit both effectiveness and safety. In this w...
Background. Flux balance analysis (FBA) is widely used to simulate gene essentiality in genome-scale metabolic models (GEMs), and several studies have proposed using FBA-based combination simulations ...
Background Ticks are major ectoparasites and vectors of pathogens affecting humans, livestock, and wildlife. They harbor diverse microbial communities that may influence tick biology and interactions ...
Volleyball is a high-intensity sport that demands exceptional core strength, flexibility, explosive power, and dynamic stability, particularly among female athletes who face unique biomechanical deman...
Background: The prevalence of dementia is currently set to rise to 1.7 million by 2040, with associated costs estimated at £90 billion. Given its substantial impact on quality of life (QoL) and the gr...
