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Spatio-temporal Dynamics of Physico-Chemical Hydrology and Aquatic Insect Assemblages in a Western Nigerian River: A Canonical Correspondence Approach to Ecological Integrity

This study utilized Canonical Correspondence Analysis to reveal that hydromorphological attributes, rather than nutrient gradients, primarily structure aquatic insect assemblages in Western Nigeria's Omi River, which maintains high biological integrity despite significant seasonal fluctuations driven by the tropical climate.

Sikiru Oladimeji ADELEKE, Babatunde Omokunle AMUSAN, Rafiu Olugbenga SANNI2026-07-23
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Humans Disengage, Reasoning Models Persist: An Item-Controlled Dissociation in Deliberation Allocation

This paper reveals a critical dissociation between humans and large reasoning models (LRMs) in deliberation allocation: while both spend more time on harder problems overall, humans invest less time on items they ultimately get wrong (abandoning difficult tasks), whereas LRMs paradoxically generate longer reasoning traces on problems they fail (persisting in uncertainty), highlighting a fundamental difference in stopping and control policies despite surface-level similarities.

Han-yu Wang2026-07-23
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Resource Adequacy and Uneven Equity Gradients in Creative Thinking: A Multilevel Analysis of PISA 2022 Indonesia

This multilevel analysis of PISA 2022 Indonesian data reveals that while educational resource shortages significantly hinder student creative thinking and equity gradients vary across schools, the mediating role of creative self-efficacy observed in high-performing systems is not yet active in this context.

Miftah Aria Kusuma, Hari Purnomo, Winda Nur Cahyo, Widodo Brontowiyono2026-07-23
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New Concept of Space-time with Mathematical Measurements derived from the Holy Quran

This paper proposes a new concept of space-time with mathematical measurements derived from a specific interpretation of the Holy Quran (Surah Al-Kahf, verse 25), claiming to establish a theoretical scale smaller than Planck's limits and offering potential solutions to problems in the theory of everything through a correlation between Quranic verses and scientific findings.

Salih Hamza Abuelyamen Abuelyamen2026-07-21
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Closing the EP–Cap gap: a global spectrum of research-integrity governance

This paper argues that research-integrity failures stem from a structural imbalance where the leverage of talent titles outweighs the expected penalties for misconduct, and it proposes a global governance spectrum ranging from stable to collapsed systems, using Germany's rigorous model of criminal referrals and fund recovery as a benchmark to restore evolutionary stability in scientific inquiry.

Yiguo Zhang2026-07-21
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Geometric compatibility assessment of the integrated edge-ramp model based on architectural traces in the pyramid of Khafre

This study evaluates the geometric and logistical feasibility of the Integrated Edge-Ramp model for the Pyramid of Khafre, demonstrating through simulation that the construction could be completed within 25 years and identifying specific architectural features that align with the model's predictions while remaining consistent with a minimal archaeological footprint.

Vicente Luis Rosell Roig2026-07-21
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Unveiling the Cognitive Structure of Renewable Energies, Sustainability, and Environment Research: A Large-Scale Longitudinal Co-Word Analysis

This study employs a large-scale, reproducible longitudinal co-word analysis of nearly 780,000 Scopus publications to map the evolving cognitive structure of Renewable Energies, Sustainability, and Environment Research, identifying five core research fronts and a recent sixth front centered on artificial intelligence.

Juan Gabriel Martínez, Santos López-Leyva, Benjamín Vargas-Quesada, Zaida Chinchilla-Rodríguez2026-07-18