April 2026

The most widely cited figure in the AI-and-jobs debate is a net employment gain. This paper argues that numbers are real and, taken alone, misleading. Using a cross-sectoral synthesis of data from the IMF, McKinsey Global Institute, World Economic Forum, OECD, and peer-reviewed academic ...

Recycling contamination remains one of the most significant barriers to efficient material recovery in modern waste-management systems. Improperly sorted waste introduces non-recyclable materials such as food residue, plastic films, and mixed waste into recycling streams, degrading material quality, increasing ...

Lung cancer is the most common and fatal malignant tumor, mostly driven by chronic inflammation in tobacco smoking. Although genetic mutations initiate tumorigenesis, the tumor microenvironment (TME), a recent discovery, is related to the development of lung cancer tumors and their progression. ...

Lauren Petersen’s concept of “Trimalchio Vision” outlines the scholarly tradition of viewing Roman freedmen through the lens of Petronius’ fictional character Trimalchio in the Satyricon. This paper demonstrates how Petronius deliberately manipulates techniques to establish literary authenticity, thereby ...

Advances in cancer treatments have significantly improved survival rates for childhood cancers. However, many survivors experience persistent neurocognitive difficulties. Rapid brain development during childhood involves the maturation of cerebral white matter, which is essential for executive ...

This paper examines how the 1831 Baptist War emerged from a longer revolutionary process rooted in sustained cultural resistance among enslaved Jamaicans. It investigates whether colonial reaction and reform, particularly the legal and social repression of enslaved religious practices, ended or intensified ...

With the increasing integration of social media platforms into adolescents’ daily routines, debates have intensified regarding whether excessive social media use constitutes a behavioral addiction or merely reflects habitual engagement. This study evaluates the claim that social media use should be ...

ESG (Environmental, Social, and Governance) is widely used as a framework for making investment decisions in public capital markets, yet its role beyond these markets remains less understood. Prior research primarily focuses on public firms and aggregate ESG measures, leaving it unclear which ESG ...

Microplastics (MPs) are an emerging agricultural contaminant with wide-ranging biological, environmental, and economic consequences. This review analyzes MPs impacts on soil health, plant health, and crop yields. In addition, this review assesses direct economic costs of MPs attributed to ...

Decoherence is the primary obstacle separating today's noisy quantum devices from fault-tolerant quantum computers. When a qubit loses coherence, the quantum information it carries degrades and cannot be recovered. In applications such as MRI signal processing or quantum-assisted brain tumor ...

Predicting stock market movements remains a complex challenge due to the market’s inherent volatility, noise, and sensitivity to both fundamental information and investor behavior. This study investigates the application of multiple machine learning models for next-day stock price prediction by utilizing five years ...

The COVID-19 pandemic was associated with reported increases in hopelessness, sadness, and general mental health concerns for teenagers in the U.S., alongside increased social media usage in a context of evolving media platform regulations and widespread school closures. This review asks the following

When exploring Napoleon’s legacy of military success, a critical factor is often overlooked: the incorporation of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics into military policy. This paper aims to bridge the gap between these disciplines and warfare by analyzing their integration through two lenses: ...

This investigation explores the relationship between emission wavelength and photon energy in metallic ions using flame test analysis. The research question is: How does the observed photon color and predicted metallic wavelength (nm) of different metallic ions impact the energy (J) emitted? The ...

The pre-Socratic philosopher Heraclitus is reported to have published a book entitled On Nature which he divided into three parts: universe, theology, and politics. This paper aims to reconstruct Heraclitus’ lost political philosophy by analyzing the fragments remaining from his work in a political context. First it ...

Dielectric barrier discharge (DBD) plasma actuators are widely used for active flow control due to their ability to generate plasma without moving parts. In this study, a two-dimensional electrostatic model of an asymmetric DBD plasma actuator is developed using COMSOL Multiphysics to investigate the effect of ...

Immunotherapy has transformed cancer treatment by harnessing a patient's own immune system to fight against their own malignant cells. Replacing chemotherapy and radiation strategies to directly target the tumor, immunotherapy using neoantigens creates a stronger and more enduring response. This review ...

This study investigates whether companies with higher ESG (Environmental, Social, Governance) scores generate superior risk-adjusted returns than companies with low ESG scores, across the technology, energy and healthcare sectors, with the chosen sample period being 2017 to 2024. The analysis includes ...

Tamoxifen is widely used to treat estrogen-dependent breast cancer while also blocking Protein Kinase C (PKC) in the brain. Understanding the potential psychological effects of tamoxifen’s PKC inhibition in the brain is essential for improving breast cancer patients’ long-term quality of life. This research paper ...

Cognitive function refers to the wide range of mental processes involved in acquiring and applying information. Previous research has found that music improves multiple cognitive skills and provides developmental benefits to children. In this review, we found that music largely improves reading skills ...

Space exploration will determine mankind’s presence in the universe, and to progress space exploration new propulsion technologies must be developed. This paper reviews many upcoming propulsion technologies and critically evaluates all of their benefits and drawbacks. Along with explaining the future ...

Online sports betting has expanded rapidly in the United States, yet little is known about the rigor and visibility of age-gating systems on major platforms. This qualitative comparative study evaluated eight leading sports betting websites between February 21 and February 22, 2026 using a structured rubric that ...

PD is a major progressive neurological disorder. While research has underscored the role of genetic factors correlated with PD, very few cases display clear genetic foundations. As a result, it is crucial to understand the other key determinants involved in the pathogenesis of PD in order to more holistically ...

Caffeine is consumed by over 80% of U.S. adults (McLellan et al., 2016). This paper examines the effects on anxiety that remain individualized and highly complex. This review examines the relationship between caffeine and anxiety symptoms, specifically on dose-dependent impacts and biological factors. Caffeine ...

This research paper looks at how households and organizations in India use digital payment methods. It focuses on the Unified Payments Interface (UPI) and explores the government's role in promoting its use. The paper gathers data primarily through a survey. The findings show that the adoption of digital ...

Beta-lactam antibiotics are widely used, yet bacterial beta-lactamases can hydrolyze the beta-lactam ring and cause drug resistance. Beta-lactamase inhibitors (BLIs) are co-administered to protect antibiotics by occupying or inactivating the enzyme active site. Here, we used structure-based molecular docking to ...

Sanitation and waste management are major issues across developing and developed countries, influenced by factors such as local infrastructure, public policy, and tourism. This research aims to analyze the effect of second-home tourism on sewage treatment quality in an area, particularly in relation to seasonal ...

Asthma is a chronic condition where early prediction is often hindered by complex interactions between genetic and environmental factors. Traditional feature selection methods usually rely on assumptions that might not fully capture the complexity of these interactions. This study investigates whether Information ...

Machine learning models that predict criminal recidivism raise important ethical concerns because they can reinforce systemic racial biases. These algorithms often lack interpretability and have been shown to disproportionately misclassify African-American defendants. In this study, we developed an ...

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has filed over 120 enforcement actions against companies for making unsubstantiated, conjectural, or misleading health claims about supplements, highlighting a broader pattern of deceptive marketing practices in the wellness sector. The pernicious problem of ...

Memory mechanisms such as long-term potentiation count on synaptic plasticity, the ability of connections between neurons to strengthen or weaken through excitatory and inhibitory signals. Alzheimer’s Disease (AD) is the most common cause of dementia due to its pathologies that inhibit LTP, ...

Farmers are using seeds, fertilizers and pesticides in measured quantity but not the water which is an important and scarce resource. The main reason for this is the lack of simple farmer’s friendly irrigation scheduling tools. In this context, adoption of scientific irrigation scheduling techniques can assist the ...

Proteases are among the most widely used industrial enzymes, with significant applications across food, detergent, leather, and pharmaceutical industries. This study reports the isolation of protease-producing bacteria from a protein-rich environment, with Bacillus subtilis I19 (GenBank Accession: PV942511) ...

The use of social media in our daily lives has transformed social interaction and connectedness. Individuals’ personalities, emotional regulation and considerations of making online friends as true genuine friends may shape their social media use. The current study aims to investigate Cr Our study used ...

This paper examines the role of Marxist-Leninist ideologies in shaping state violence under Joseph Stalin in the Soviet Union from the 1920s to the 1930s. My argument is that Stalin used a Marxist-Leninist ideological framework to justify coercive means solely for the purpose of consolidating authoritarian ...

This systematic review seeks to examine how stigma around opioid use disorder (OUD) affects treatment access in rural U.S. communities. Analyzing 11 studies from the last decade, it highlights how cultural norms, particularly those that favor personal responsibility and abstinence, exacerbate stigma and ...

Over 2.8 million people worldwide are affected by multiple sclerosis, an autoimmune disease in which the immune system attacks the central nervous system. Most individuals with MS experience some degree of neurological disability, and women have an approximately fourfold risk of developing MS compared to ...

This paper examines the relationship between Jim Crow-era lynching and wrongful convictions in the modern United States by tracing how racialized presumptions of guilt persisted across changing legal forms. Using historical scholarship, legal cases, and contemporary wrongful-conviction data, and detailed

In this paper, the concept of Native American slavery in colonial North America will be explored through a combined analysis of the colonial print culture as well as the recent historiography. Utilizing digitized colonial-period newspapers in the Library of Congress and current historical and decolonial activism, the ...

The automated decipherment of lost languages has emerged as a critical frontier in digital humanities, yet the epistemological and technical limitations of AI models remain underexplored and misrepresented. This paper proposes to study ‘To what extent can AI language models, such as NLPs trained in ...

This research examines India's growing quick commerce (q-commerce) industry in recent years and its projected growth in the coming decade. The paper addresses two primary research questions: (1) How has q-commerce shaped consumer behavior—particularly in terms of impulse buying and loyalty program ...

This review article seeks to analyze the effects of post apartheid on the preservation of collective memory of the time period in South Africa. This review discusses the key influences on the path to “reconciliation” in the post-apartheid era, taking into consideration the perspectives of South Africans ...