Biodiversity change has elicited widespread concern over the consequences for functions and services provided by ecosystems1–3. Despite extensive evidence for a positive effect of biodiversity on ecosystem functioning within a single trophic level4,5, how this biodiversity effect varies w...

Baking is a final and one of the most important stages in the breadmaking process, shaping product quality, energy performance, and overall sustainability. Conventional baking methods is widely adopted but it is energy-intensive and often results with uneven heat distribution. This&#x...

Foreword - Competitiveness is a term that is much in the news: just how competitive is the UK economy? Can we become more competitive? [...] | Executive summary Introduction - This report revisits the Office of...

This article investigates how Black Brazilian women navigate and transform careers in the fields of medicine, law, and engineering, professions historically characterized by elitism, racism, and sexism. Employing intersectionality as a theoretical framework, methodological approach, and activist tool, the&...

Accessibility efforts have traditionally addressed low vision through feature-based solutions and compliance guidelines, with less attention to how accessibility is experienced across physical, digital, and emerging environments. This study investigates the lived experiences, coping strategies, and technology e...

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Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools such as large language models (LLMs) are increasingly used by the public to obtain health information and support health-related decisions. Because such use involves advice-taking, following or rejecting AI-generated advice can have direct clinical and safety im...

The function of government is broadly seen as an agent to control crime (Garland 1996). However, critical scholars have identified that the government’s crime control role is ambiguous, suggesting that the state and large corporations are interpenetrated (Kramer 2020; Tombs 2012; White ...

Antimony (Sb) is a group 15 metalloid that is used as a catalyst in the production of polyethylene terephthalate (PET) plastic, a common food contact material (FCM). PET accounts for over 44% of single-use beverage packaging units and is also used in the production of foo...