Enhancing disaster housing recovery through planning: A genetic algorithm approach for resource allocation.

The growing impact of climate change has highlighted the importance of effective disaster housing recovery (DHR) measures, particularly in resource-constrained places prone to flooding. As these communities confront displacement and financial instability, allocating resources for post-DHR is crucial. This study presents an innovative strategy for improving DHR planning and execution that uses genetic algorithms (GAs), with a focus on Long-Term Recovery Groups (LTRGs) and community engagement for long-term results.

Density-dependent network structuring within and across wild animal systems.

Theory predicts that high population density leads to more strongly connected spatial and social networks, but how local density drives individuals' positions within their networks is unclear. This gap reduces our ability to understand and predict density-dependent processes. Here we show that density drives greater network connectedness at the scale of individuals within wild animal populations.

Effects of ordered eating on blood glucose, substrate utilization, and perceptual responses with a steady-state exercise bout.

Objectives: The sequence of a meal's macronutrient consumption influences postprandial blood glucose, but it is unknown whether altering the order of macronutrient consumption before exercise affects glycemic and metabolic responses during exercise.

Design: Randomized controlled crossover trial.

Methods: Physically active adults who self-reported being free of cardiometabolic disease (n = 18; 8 male, 10 female) fasted for ≥8 h and were randomized to a rice-first or rice-last condition for one visit and the opposite for a second visit.

Herpetofauna Richness, Diversity, and Occurrence at the Northern Ecotone of Longleaf Pine.

Habitat suitability commonly differs between the core and periphery of ecosystems. The longleaf pine ecosystem is recognized for its value in providing habitat to a variety of specialist and endemic species, especially herpetofauna. However, at the northernmost extent of longleaf pine (in southeastern Virginia) little is known about the denizen reptiles and amphibians.

Ancestry-Dependent Immunologic and Prognostic Effects Characterize the Prostate Cancer Urinary Proteome.

Urine is an attractive biomarker analyte for non-invasive longitudinal monitoring of health and disease, particularly for diseases of the genitourinary tract, like prostate and bladder cancer. The composition of an individual's urine reflects both genetic and lifestyle characteristics that differ across geographies and populations, like diet, hydration and other socio-economic factors. While men of African ancestry have elevated prostate cancer risk, it is unclear to what extent this influences urinary biomarkers.

Willingness to use long-acting injectable pre-exposure prophylaxis (LAI-PrEP) among black cisgender women in the Southern United States.

Background: Long-acting injectable pre-exposure prophylaxis (LAI-PrEP) for HIV prevention may improve adherence for those with concerns with daily pills. Limited data exist on LAI-PrEP acceptability among Black women in the U.S.

Long term safety and effectiveness of the TREO stent graft for the endovascular treatment of infrarenal abdominal aortic aneurysms.

Objective: Report on the long-term safety and effectiveness of the TREO stent graft in endovascular repair of AAA from a US investigational device clinical study.

Methods: Data from a multicenter, nonrandomized, prospective, US investigational device exemption pivotal study (NCT02009644) were used. From November 2013 to February 2016, 150 patients were enrolled at 29 US centers.

The Importance of Solution Studies for the Structural Characterization of the Enterovirus 5' Cloverleaf.

Enteroviruses initiate genomic replication via a highly conserved mechanism that is controlled by an RNA platform, also known as the 5' cloverleaf (5'CL). Here, we present a biophysical analysis of the 5'CL conformation of three enterovirus serotypes under various ionic conditions, utilizing CD spectroscopy, size-exclusion chromatography, and small-angle X-ray scattering. In general, a tendency toward a smaller monomeric hydrodynamic radius in the presence of salts was observed, but the exact structural signature of each 5'CL varied depending upon the serotype.

Hypothesis spaces for deep learning.

This paper introduces a hypothesis space for deep learning based on deep neural networks (DNNs). By treating a DNN as a function of two variables-the input variable and the parameter variable-we consider the set of DNNs where the parameter variable belongs to a space of weight matrices and biases determined by a prescribed depth and layer widths. To construct a Banach space of functions of the input variable, we take the weak* closure of the linear span of this DNN set.

Time-Marching Quantum Algorithm for Simulation of Nonlinear Lorenz Dynamics.

Simulating nonlinear classical dynamics on a quantum computer is an inherently challenging task due to the linear operator formulation of quantum mechanics. In this work, we provide a systematic approach to alleviate this difficulty by developing an explicit quantum algorithm that implements the time evolution of a second-order time-discretized version of the Lorenz model. The Lorenz model is a celebrated system of nonlinear ordinary differential equations that has been extensively studied in the contexts of climate science, fluid dynamics, and chaos theory.

Protein Marker-Dependent Drug Discovery Targeting Breast Cancer Stem Cells.

Breast cancer is one of the most common cancers globally. Unfortunately, many patients with breast cancer develop resistance to chemotherapy and tumor recurrence, which is primarily driven by breast cancer stem cells (BCSCs). BCSCs behave like stem cells and can self-renew and differentiate into mature tumor cells, enabling the cancer to regrow and metastasize.

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When and where can coastal wetland restoration increase carbon sequestration as a natural climate solution?

Coastal wetlands are hotspots of carbon sequestration, and their conservation and restoration can help to mitigate climate change. However, there remains uncertainty on when and where coastal wetland restoration can most effectively act as natural climate solutions (NCS). Here, we synthesize current understanding to illustrate the requirements for coastal wetland restoration to benefit climate, and discuss potential paths forward that address key uncertainties impeding implementation.

Sociohydrodynamics: Data-driven modeling of social behavior.

Living systems display complex behaviors driven by physical forces as well as decision-making. Hydrodynamic theories hold promise for simplified universal descriptions of socially generated collective behaviors. However, the construction of such theories is often divorced from the data they should describe.

Selective nutrient incorporation may underestimate heterotrophy of a mixotrophic reef-building coral.

Mixotrophic reef-building corals acquire nutrition via photosynthate translocation from endosymbiotic microalgae and by heterotrophic prey/particle capture. Heterotrophy promotes resistance to, and recovery from, environmental stress, but quantifying coral heterotrophy remains difficult due to complex resource exchanges within the coral holobiont. We interrogated the response of multiple biomarkers to coral heterotrophy using fatty acid profiling and stable isotope analysis of Stylophora pistillata grown along a controlled feeding gradient from pure autotrophy to pure heterotrophy.

Approval of Parent-Child Aggression as a Mediator of Intergenerational Child Abuse Risk: An Evaluation of Racial Differences.

Purpose: Personal history of parent-child aggression (PCA) can predict future parenting behavior, but some effects may differ between racial groups. Black parents in the U.S.

EMC Effect of Tritium and Helium-3 from the JLab MARATHON Experiment.

Measurements of the EMC effect in the tritium and helium-3 mirror nuclei are reported. The data were obtained by the MARATHON Jefferson Lab experiment, which performed deep inelastic electron scattering from deuterium and the three-body nuclei, using a cryogenic gas target system and the high resolution spectrometers of the Hall A Facility of the Lab. The data cover the Bjorken x range from 0.

Inflammatory mediators and the RAGE pathway in placental tissues of pregnancies complicated by severe preeclampsia.

Introduction: Preeclampsia (PE) is a complex multisystem disorder of pregnancy associated with abnormal placentation, vascular anomalies, and systemic inflammation and hypertension. Previous research assessing inflammatory triggers of the condition used plasma, amniotic fluid, or explant samples. Studies using placental tissue from either vaginal or cesarean deliveries are confined to semiquantitative analysis using subjective scoring methods and generally involve a small sample size.

The Association between Food Benefit Online Ordering and Redemptions: Evidence from the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC).

Objective: To examine how WIC online food benefit ordering could influence WIC benefit redemptions.

Design: A cross-sectional study. We compare the average redemption rates between online ordering early adopters and non-adopters among WIC customers before and after implementing WIC online ordering.

Application of green nanoparticles in dental materials: A scoping review.

Objective: Green nanoparticles (NPs) are a key research area in dental materials. Numerous studies have investigated green NPs in dental applications because they are cost-effective and eco-friendly. This scoping review examines recent advancements in the application of green NPs in various dental materials.