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Farms, Findings, and False Causation: A Systematic Review of Allergy Prevalence

URL https://www.researchsquare.com/article/rs-7981632/v1.pdf Stage Model Crisis Paradigm framing The dominant paradigm in allergy epidemiology is the "farm effect," which posits that exposure to farming environments provides a protective effect against allergies. This has led to research aimed at identifying specific environmental or microbial factors responsible for this protection. This preprint challenges this paradigm by proposing an […]

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Environmental protection areas in freshwater: remote sensing data and species diversity in large South American reservoirs

URL https://www.researchsquare.com/article/rs-7741491/v1.pdf Stage Normal Science Paradigm framing The paper operates within the established limnological paradigm that links anthropogenic pressures, such as agriculture and urbanization, to freshwater eutrophication. It also employs the methodological paradigm of using satellite-based remote sensing, specifically the Normalized Difference Chlorophyll Index (NDCI) from Sentinel-2A data, as a tool for large-scale environmental monitoring.

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From resource-rich to resource-poor grasslands: A shift in β-diversity assembly mechanisms from biotic control to abiotic dominance

URL https://www.researchsquare.com/article/rs-7763128/v1.pdf Stage Normal Science Paradigm framing This research is situated within the established paradigm of community ecology and biogeography. It specifically draws upon the theoretical frameworks of niche-based community assembly, environmental filtering, and trait-based ecology. The study uses the species-area relationship (SAR) as a core methodological tool to investigate β-diversity, treating the mechanisms that

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Amino acids as molecular linchpins in fundamental prebiotic processes

URL https://assets-eu.researchsquare.com/files/rs-7866707/v1/dfdff923-98e1-4f23-a8e8-3c246bbc2189.pdf Stage Normal Science Paradigm framing The research is situated within the dominant paradigm of origin-of-life studies, which combines the "RNA world" hypothesis and the protocell model. This framework posits that life emerged from self-replicating RNA molecules (information) enclosed within simple, self-assembling membrane compartments (like fatty acid vesicles). This paper explores the interactions between

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What makes a mycoparasite? Similarities between fungi that attack other fungi and fungal and oomycete plant pathogens based on structural homology of their candidate effectors

URL https://www.researchsquare.com/article/rs-7759314/v1.pdf Stage Model Drift Paradigm framing The paper operates within the established paradigm of mycology that defines mycoparasitism as a fungal lifestyle. However, it challenges the paradigm's lack of molecular-level explanation by proposing a new conceptual framework: that the molecular machinery of mycoparasitism (specifically effector proteins) is analogous to that of fungal plant pathogenesis.

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Digital identity system using post-quantum cryptographic paradigms

URL https://www.researchsquare.com/article/rs-6608493/v1.pdf Stage Normal Science Paradigm framing The paper operates within the emerging paradigm of Post-Quantum Cryptography (PQC) as a replacement for the classical public-key cryptography paradigm (e.g., RSA, ECC) which is in a state of crisis due to its vulnerability to quantum computers. The work specifically adopts the newly established exemplars from the NIST

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Convolutional Quantum Reservoir Computing for Time Series Forecasting: a case study on solar energy generation

URL https://www.researchsquare.com/article/rs-7273383/v1.pdf Stage Normal Science Paradigm framing The research is situated within the established paradigm of Machine Learning for time series forecasting, which uses models like LSTM and Transformers to predict future events. It introduces and tests a novel technique, Convolutional Quantum Reservoir Computing (C-QRC), derived from the emerging field of Quantum Machine Learning. This

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Theory for Magneto-Optical Detection of the Interfacial Orbital Rashba-Edelstein Effect

URL https://www.researchsquare.com/article/rs-7868376/v1.pdf Stage Normal Science Paradigm framing The preprint operates within the established paradigm of spintronics and the emerging, closely related paradigm of orbitronics in condensed matter physics. This framework seeks to understand and utilize the spin and orbital angular momentum of electrons for new technologies. The research uses standard, powerful theoretical tools of the

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Workplace Mindfulness Scale: A Non-Western Adaptation

URL https://www.researchsquare.com/article/rs-7876869/v1.pdf?c=1760703885000 Stage Normal Science Paradigm framing The research operates within the established paradigm of positive organizational psychology, which posits that psychological constructs like mindfulness are measurable and impact workplace outcomes such as well-being and performance. It specifically engages with the sub-paradigm that the Workplace Mindfulness Scale (WMS) is a valid, multi-dimensional instrument for assessing

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Schizophrenia Detection Using Convolutional Neural Networks on EEG Data

URL https://www.researchsquare.com/article/rs-7832668/v1.pdf Stage Normal Science Paradigm framing The research is situated within the established paradigm of sensory psychology and cognitive neuroscience, which posits that visual cues, particularly color, are potent modulators of appetite and food-related motivation. This framework assumes that the brain's reward system processes visual information to guide eating behavior, and the study uses

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