September 2026 (Vol. 11 Issue 6)

Global livestock production occupies nearly 30% of the Earth’s ice-free land surface and contributes significantly to greenhouse gas emissions, deforestation, biodiversity loss, and socioeconomic inequality. In response to these environmental, ethical, and economic pressures, alternative proteins have emerged as ...

Wealth inequality and housing affordability have become major economic issues in the United States over recent decades. Because homeownership constitutes a major proportion of household wealth for many households, market dynamics have substantial impacts on inequality. Much current literature on land’s ...

Parkinson’s disease (PD) is the second most common and dangerous progressive neurodegenerative disease, affecting motor symptoms and causing more than 329,000 global deaths annually. Current methods to diagnose and understand impairments in motor and cognitive function can cost hundreds of ...

India houses 42 of the 50 most microplastically polluted cities in the world, and conventional coagulation removes only 1.8-54%. Conventional coagulation has shown variable removal efficiency for microplastics, motivating the investigation of natural coagulants such as Moringa oleifera cationic protein ...

Digital infrastructure, industrial robotics and additive–subtractive manufacturing are often treated separately, and rapid technology progress is changing the outlook for industrial decarbonization. This structured review combines these nine focal studies with 21 supporting studies to synthesize evidence for ...

This study investigated Lung-RADS 0 (Lung CT Screening Reporting and Data System) to address gaps in Lung-RADS misclassification and to inform improvements to Lung-RADS 0 (LR0). Clinical markers peripheral capillary oxygen saturation (SpO2), white blood cell (WBC) count, and serum albumin were ...

The Pakistani rupee lost more than 40 percent of its value against the US dollar between 2022 and 2023, falling from roughly PKR 178 to over PKR 300 per dollar during a balance-of-payments crisis that left the formal banking system short of dollars (State Bank of Pakistan, 2023). That crisis lined up with a real ...

Period-tracking applications are becoming increasingly common among younger generations. In period-tracking applications and models, accurately identifying menstrual bleeding days for highly variable cycles remains a weak spot. This can potentially disrupt lives for menstruators. Many studies ...

The Dayak Kenyah of East Kalimantan have experienced significant changes in their lifestyles over the past six decades. This paper follows the change through two of their communities, Pampang and Sungai Bawang, both having migrated down from the Apoinkayan interior in the 1960s. Interested in their ...

Feature scaling is universally recommended in machine learning practice, yet the choice among competing methods is usually made heuristically. This paper uses the condition number of the Hessian as the diagnostic quantity for that choice. Part I restates the established link between feature variance ...

Worldbuilding–the creation of fictional worlds through maps, storylines, and timelines–is usually treated as an extracurricular hobby. In this paper, I argue that it could also support comprehension, retention, and interactivity in the classroom, when educators prioritize cohesion, realism, and quality over quantity. The ...

Elevated levels of low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) define hypercholesterolemia, tying it closely to atherosclerosis and cardiovascular disease (CVD). While lifestyle factors such as diet and lack of exercise can play a major role, genetic determinants often shape how early symptoms appear, how ...

Small businesses are the heartbeat of local economies, shaping the character and daily life of our neighborhoods. Yet, many face a tough climb against big corporations, soaring rents, and a constantly shifting economy. This paper takes a closer look at what helps small businesses in the United States ...

Psychopathy has historically been studied using predominantly male, forensic, and incarcerated populations, limiting understanding of how psychopathy develops and is expressed within the general population, particularly among females. This literature review examined how sex and gender-related ...

Alzheimer’s is a neurodegenerative disease that affects roughly 8.8 million Indians over the age of 60. Mild cognitive impairment is an early stage of AD and is crucial for early diagnosis and intervention of AD. Unfortunately, early MCI is asymptomatic and is not sensitive to self-reported questionnaires and ...

Many Central Asian women are starting their own businesses to gain independence and control over their lives; they seek not only income but also confidence and recognition. This qualitative study examines how globalization impacts the emergence and development of women entrepreneurs in Central Asia. ...

The Healthcare sector is considered one of the crucial components to drive the productivity of an economy. This research paper aimed to analyse trends and the relation between the factors of production and overall value added in the Indian healthcare sector. Using the time-series data from the Indian ...

This literature review examines how legal and clinical standards of personhood, responsibility, and truth have come to rely on electrical activity in the brain as a proxy for consciousness, even as neuroscience and philosophy reveal the limits of that proxy. Drawing on Benjamin Libet's readiness-potential ...

Ovarian cancer, the deadliest gynecological cancer in women, is strongly associated with mutations in the BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes. However, the molecular mechanisms behind this association remain incompletely understood. Using two datasets from the National Center for Biotechnology Information ...

New Zealand's "100% Pure" tourism brand and broader "clean and green" reputation are economically valuable, but they are not equivalent to proof of environmental sustainability. This secondary-data comparative policy analysis evaluates alignment across greenhouse gas emissions, renewable electricity, ...

High humidity within buildings in the tropics and subtropics such as India results in numerous discomforts and problems for occupants and for building components. High humidity causes increased saturation of sweat on the surface of the skin thereby increasing the apparent temperature, promotes ...

Space rendezvous and docking are critical for orbital debris removal, deep-space exploration, and in-orbit refueling. The Clohessy-Wiltshire (CW) model is widely employed for Low Earth Orbit (LEO) rendezvous due to its simplicity in estimating the relative motion of a chaser spacecraft. However, most ...

In recent years great advances have occurred in the field of oncology. However, one cancer that is yet to be fully understood is glioblastoma, a highly aggressive Grade IV type of glioma. This lack of understanding is largely caused by the heterogeneity of glioblastoma which leads to differences in patient ...

Derived from the Boswellia family’s resins, frankincense essential oils (FEOs) have long held significance both historically and in modern biochemistry in understanding the terpenoids effect in human bodies and their applications in the medical field. This comprehensive review aims to explore the roles of ...

For decades, college athletes in America held contradictory positions. Even though they were often quite visible and influential, athletes were prohibited by NCAA eligibility rules from financially profiting from their position. Importantly, this restriction applied to not only commercial sponsors but to cause-oriented ...

Out of the many patients in America diagnosed with diseases that can be treated with stem cell donation, only some are able to find a match to save their life. Despite this need for more donors on the registry, many people who have heard of stem cell donation still do not know much about how it actually works, ...

Social media has filled adolescents’ everyday life. Exposure to social media content may be related to unhealthy appearance comparisons and negative body image perception. With this literature review, I aimed to synthesize research on how social media may be associated with body image self-perception ...

Drug use among UK school‑aged children is rising sharply, with more young people entering treatment, starting earlier, and using higher‑risk substances like ketamine and ecstacy. The combination of early onset, polydrug use, and widespread mental‑health difficulties shows this is a growing public‑health crisis ...

While corporate responsibility is frequently framed as a driver of commercial superiority, its financial dividend remains contingent upon market placement. Rooted in signaling paradigms, identity framework economics, and premium brand scholarship, this paper investigates if environmental, social, and ...

Electric vehicle (EV) adoption is globally accelerating but remains highly uneven across economies and firms. It is primarily demand-driven in developing economies, rather than a structural shift in production. This signals the need to observe factors affecting EV adoption in production. Therefore, considering the ...