Original ResearchPublished 8 October 2026Characterizing and mitigating protocol-dependent gene expression bias in 3′ and 5′ single-cell RNA sequencingValeryia Shydlouskaya · S. M. Mansour Haeryfar · Tallulah S. AndrewsFrontiers in Bioinformaticsdoi 10.3389/fbinf.2026.1931243
Original ResearchPublished 8 October 2026Impacts of a vegan diet on body weight and related health disorders in 1,305 cats: an exploratory cross-sectional surveyAndrew Knight · Alexander Bauer · Jenny L. MaceFrontiers in Animal Sciencedoi 10.3389/fanim.2026.1939965
Original ResearchPublished 8 October 2026Influenza A (H1N1)pdm infection exacerbates behavioral, cognitive, and synaptic impairments in 5xFAD miceAnastasiya Rakovskaya · Alexey Lozhkov · Valeria Tverdokhlebova · Yana Zabrodskaya · Egor Vinokurov · Valeria Kirenskaya · Alexander Erofeev · Angelika Garshinina · Valeria Zryacheva · Anna Shtro · Ekaterina Pchitskaya · Olga Vlasova · Ekaterina Elpaeva · Pavel Dav · Ilya Bezprozvanny · Andrey VasinFrontiers in Behavioral Neurosciencedoi 10.3389/fnbeh.2026.1955816
Systematic ReviewPublished 8 October 2026Extended reality for circular economy: a scoping reviewGian Luca Dossena · Lukas Erle · André Helgert · Sabrina C. EimlerFrontiers in Virtual Realitydoi 10.3389/frvir.2026.1894825
Original ResearchPublished 8 October 2026AI for citizen participation in international policymaking: a collaborative governance perspective on multilingual inclusionVictoria Ustenko · Nimita Pandey · Shubham Sharma · Shakti Kumar Roy · Matthijs Fakkel · Susan Witt · R. Bhavani RaoFrontiers in Political Sciencedoi 10.3389/fpos.2026.1842794
Original ResearchPublished 8 October 2026Policy evaluation as a source of policy advice in Italy: a tale of two policy sectorsErica MelloniFrontiers in Political Sciencedoi 10.3389/fpos.2026.1903753
Study ProtocolPublished 8 October 2026Co-designing accessible digital mindfulness for veterans with spinal cord injury: protocol for developing and testing VA CALM-SCI for virtual realityHilary Touchett · Kathryn Kanzler · Zina Trost · Jan Lindsay · Felicia SkeltonFrontiers in Digital Healthdoi 10.3389/fdgth.2026.1923501
Original ResearchPublished 8 October 2026ESG disclosure and portfolio returns: evidence from the Indian equity marketLipsa Priyadarshani · Nirakar BarikFrontiers in Sustainabilitydoi 10.3389/frsus.2026.1980440
Systematic ReviewPublished 8 October 2026Beyond the app: a marketness assessment of digital health, sports, and well-being - a systematic reviewFrancisco von Hafe · Ana Rita Santos · Ana Rita Londral · Ana Margarida Silva · José Lopes · Nuno Carvalho · Soraia Ferreira · Salomé AzevedoFrontiers in Digital Healthdoi 10.3389/fdgth.2026.1871114
Original ResearchPublished 8 October 2026Differential sparse attention framework for accurate ovarian cancer subtype classification using DenseNet121Muhammad Shoaib Saleem · Javed Rashid · Turke Althobaiti · Faiza Jameel · Khiati Zakaria · Hari Mohan Rai · Anwar GhaniFrontiers in Digital Healthdoi 10.3389/fdgth.2026.1875306
Original ResearchPublished 8 October 2026Development and experimental evaluation of an IoT-based closed-loop system for PM2.5 monitoring and automated electrical ionization actuationNatima Udon · Sittichai Choosumrong · Kampanart PiyathamrongchaiFrontiers in Sustainabilitydoi 10.3389/frsus.2026.1939212
Original ResearchPublished 8 October 2026Multimodal classification of skin lesions based on lightweight gated low-rank hyper-fusion networkKe Wang · Tao Zhang · Xingqi Liu · Jiancun Zhou · Qian He · Jianxin HeFrontiers in Digital Healthdoi 10.3389/fdgth.2026.1947161
Original ResearchPublished 8 October 2026Explainable AI and ESG analytics for sustainable investment decision: the roles of ESG forecast credibility and trust in AI-generated informationM. Vijayananth · R. Muthu Sundari · N. SaravanabhavanFrontiers in Sustainabilitydoi 10.3389/frsus.2026.1965649
Brief Research ReportPublished 8 October 2026Sex-based diagnostic bias in AI symptom checkers: a structured, exploratory audit of three platformsSamah Khan · Michael K. Paasche-OrlowFrontiers in Digital Healthdoi 10.3389/fdgth.2026.1950777
Policy and Practice ReviewsPublished 8 October 2026Municipal solid waste management systems in Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality: a comparative analysis across diverse income groupsSibongangani Khonelihle MngomezuluFrontiers in Sustainabilitydoi 10.3389/frsus.2026.1941833
Original ResearchPublished 8 October 2026Optimizing physiological performance, assimilate partitioning and productivity of late-sown wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) through mepiquat chloride application under nitrogen enrichmentKavita Devi · Jasdev Singh Deol · Rajni Sharma · Amit Kaul · Arun Kumar · Rahul SharmaFrontiers in Agronomydoi 10.3389/fagro.2026.1924091
Brief Research ReportPublished 8 October 2026Enhancing growth and physiological performance of Theobroma cacao plantlets with biostimulant extracts from Acanthophora spicifera and Ulva spTatiana Chavez-Navarrete · Byron Briones-Avilés · Liliana Villao · Efrén Santos-Ordóñez · Diego Portalanza · Julio BonillaFrontiers in Agronomydoi 10.3389/fagro.2026.1957460
Original ResearchPublished 8 October 2026Institutional-based social network resources, social resource orchestration competence, and business growth of manufacturing small and medium enterprises: evidence from KenyaLoise Wanjiru Kanotha Oburu · Joseph Odhiambo Onyango · Anne NdiranguFrontiers in Human Dynamicsdoi 10.3389/fhumd.2026.1861807
Original ResearchPublished 8 October 2026Assessment of the transcriptional and cellular effects of CRISPRa targeting Dopa decarboxylase and GTP cyclohydrolase 1 in HEK293 and SH-SY5Y cellular models of Parkinsonian neurotoxicitySiyethaba Zinhle Bhengu · Ravesh Singh · Veron Ramsuran · Zama Ndlondlo Princess MsibiFrontiers in Cellular Neurosciencedoi 10.3389/fncel.2026.1883789
Original ResearchPublished 8 October 2026Rapid intensification of Arabian Sea cyclonic storm and numerical simulation of ESCS Tauktae using the high-resolution ARW modelRohini Ashok · Kuvar Satya Singh · Ambily Thankachan · Reshm M. S.Frontiers in Climatedoi 10.3389/fclim.2026.1964792
ReviewPublished 8 October 2026Policy and institutional drivers of climate-smart agriculture transition in Sub-Saharan Africa: a review of governance, regulation, and institutional support with implications for South AfricaAdetomiwa Kolapo · Melusi Sibanda · Nolwazi Z. KhumaloFrontiers in Climatedoi 10.3389/fclim.2026.1891365
Original ResearchPublished 8 October 2026Association between injury severity and recovery of objective functional measures following adolescent lateral ankle sprain: a secondary cohort analysisMatas Meškauskas · Saulius Rutkauskas · Miglė Misiūnienė · Jūratė Tomkevičiūtė · Paulina Kriauzaitė · Dalius Malcius · Emilis ČekanauskasFrontiers in Sports and Active Livingdoi 10.3389/fspor.2026.1966025
Original ResearchPublished 8 October 2026From posts to engagement: comparing TikTok and Instagram communication among Czech sports teamsKateřina Bočková · Imran Ahmed Shahzad · David Anthony ProcházkaFrontiers in Sports and Active Livingdoi 10.3389/fspor.2026.1964766
Original ResearchPublished 8 October 2026Consumption environment, fan engagement, and social diffusion in non-professional football: an S-O-R study of China's Su Chao leagueMingxuan Xu · Wei He · Lai WeiFrontiers in Sports and Active Livingdoi 10.3389/fspor.2026.1868151
Original ResearchPublished 8 October 2026Angular velocity characteristics and inter-limb asymmetry during jodan-tsuki execution in a world champion female karate athlete: a case studySoyib Tajibaev · Tolibjon Arslanov · Mekhriddin Abdullayev · Aziz Utepov · Zamira Tuganboyeva · Ulbosin Kubeisinova · Davron Omonov · Abror RejametovFrontiers in Sports and Active Livingdoi 10.3389/fspor.2026.1917343
Original ResearchPublished 8 October 2026Effects of a physically active gamification program on cognitive function in primary school childrenMaría del Carmen Carcelén-Fraile · Amanda Camacho-Illana · Alba Rusillo-Magdaleno · Alberto Ruiz-ArizaFrontiers in Sports and Active Livingdoi 10.3389/fspor.2026.1967341
Original ResearchPublished 8 October 2026Pathogen spectrum and triple-criteria interpretation algorithm of BALF-targeted NGS in children with refractory severe community-acquired pneumonia in mountainous Northeastern Sichuan: a single-center retrospective studyRongjie Chen · Zhe Xu · Tingting He · Xiao Liu · Yi Ding · Xin HouFrontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiologydoi 10.3389/fcimb.2026.1929990
Original ResearchPublished 8 October 2026A RIPK2-associated macrophage program links mycobacterial sensing to osteoclastogenesis in bone tuberculosisYuyang Zhang · Ziyang Zhang · Dongyang Zhang · Jiulin Tan · Zhaoxin Ma · Qingyang Xiao · Jie Zhang · Qixiu Yu · Zehua Zhang · Yong Tang · Ce Dou · Fei LuoFrontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiologydoi 10.3389/fcimb.2026.1970405
Original ResearchPublished 8 October 2026Comparative analysis and optimization of multi-model artificial intelligence for microscopic detection of fungal structures in superficial fungal infectionsMei Liu · Wenjing He · Linan Ni · Lulu Li · Yuling Tang · Jingwen Tan · Lianjuan YangFrontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiologydoi 10.3389/fcimb.2026.1892808
Original ResearchPublished 8 October 2026Regulatory role and mechanism of sRNA24 targeting pqsH in Pseudomonas aeruginosa infection immunityHuanlan Liao · Qianying Liu · Yuyang Liu · Qiwei Li · Yujuan Xiong · Lan Wang · Yang LuFrontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiologydoi 10.3389/fcimb.2026.1933779
Conceptual AnalysisPublished 8 October 2026Economic succession: an ecology-informed diagnostic framework for sustainable urban transformationShade T. Shutters · J. M. ApplegateFrontiers in Sustainable Citiesdoi 10.3389/frsc.2026.1953866
Original ResearchPublished 8 October 2026The dashboard says “perfect:” a systematic audit of label-free model monitoring and test-time adaptation under temporal distribution shift in network intrusion detectionWali Ahmed · Md Azizul Rahaman · Pappu Roy · Parves AlamFrontiers in Artificial Intelligencedoi 10.3389/frai.2026.1928858
ReviewPublished 8 October 2026Transformer models in cardiovascular medicine: current applications, translational challenges, and future directionsYang Yan · Gaoxiang Li · Taiwei Chen · Jinchuan Yan · Chen Wang · Ancai Yuan · Jiawen Zhang · Jun PuFrontiers in Artificial Intelligencedoi 10.3389/frai.2026.1962796
Original ResearchPublished 8 October 2026GenAI accelerates surface localization but not deeper culturally responsive teaching in UAE higher educationAjda Osifo · Mustafa Aydogan · Esra IzmirFrontiers in Educationdoi 10.3389/feduc.2026.1948937
Original ResearchPublished 8 October 2026GenAI literacy and online learning resilience among Chinese university students: the mediating role of self-efficacyDinara Dauyen · Ulzhan ZhubaniyazovaFrontiers in Educationdoi 10.3389/feduc.2026.1860024
Original ResearchPublished 8 October 2026Contextual moderation of primary-school achievement gaps: repeated cross-sectional evidence from LuxembourgSercan Erer · Susanne Backes · Andreas HadjarFrontiers in Educationdoi 10.3389/feduc.2026.1885406
Original ResearchPublished 8 October 2026A Culturally Responsive Digital Differentiated Learning framework is associated with greater engagement and narrower learning disparities in higher education: a quasi-experimental mixed-methods studyReno Renaldi · Aldiga Rienarti Abidin · Syafrani · Dwi Sapta AryantiningsihFrontiers in Educationdoi 10.3389/feduc.2026.1865489
Original ResearchPublished 8 October 2026The impact of social media on job search in Costa Rica: an analysis from digital communicationCarolina Ulate-Vindas · José Pablo Salazar-Aguilar · Nazira Castillo-Alfaro · Marco Andrés Carbonell-ParésFrontiers in Communicationdoi 10.3389/fcomm.2026.1927812
Original ResearchPublished 8 October 2026Unequal coexistence: governance lock-in among academic mission logics in a multidisciplinary facultyBernt Arne BertheussenFrontiers in Educationdoi 10.3389/feduc.2026.1917314
Original ResearchPublished 8 October 2026Playful and physically active mathematics learning in primary education: an exploratory comparison of pupils in schools with and without the darts math programDóra Pásztor-Horváth · József BognárFrontiers in Educationdoi 10.3389/feduc.2026.1924421
Original ResearchPublished 8 October 2026Climate risk and the production foundations of nutrition security: evidence from grain-supply capacity in Chinese citiesYukun Shan · Zhigang Zhou · Yuhao WuFrontiers in Sustainable Food Systemsdoi 10.3389/fsufs.2026.1960082
Original ResearchPublished 8 October 2026What are the configuration paths for improving the business performance of land trusteeship enterprises?Shan Zheng · Guanqi Zhao · Guoqing Liu · Lianghong YuFrontiers in Sustainable Food Systemsdoi 10.3389/fsufs.2026.1931860
Original ResearchPublished 8 October 2026Technology acceptance of artificial intelligence for cognitive assessment in autism spectrum disorder: a structural equation modeling approach with robustness and predictive analyticsFaisal Al Shraah · Ahmad Khaled Mohammad Khazaleh · Ayed Melhem · Ekhlas Nawaf AlbariFrontiers in Educationdoi 10.3389/feduc.2026.1932937
Original ResearchPublished 8 October 2026Climate policy uncertainty and agricultural digital-intelligent transformation in China: evidence from provincial panel dataWenwen Wang · Yuanyi Yang · Yanru Yu · Yanwei ZhangFrontiers in Sustainable Food Systemsdoi 10.3389/fsufs.2026.1909691
Original ResearchPublished 8 October 2026Refining posthuman aesthetic pedagogy for teacher education through multidisciplinary expert consultationOk-Hee JeongFrontiers in Educationdoi 10.3389/feduc.2026.1940834
Original ResearchPublished 8 October 2026Drivers of organic food purchase intentions in India: implications for sustainable food systems using PLS-SEM and fsQCARuqaiya Firdaus · Zeba Danish · Omama Zaman · Areiba Arif · Wajahat Mazahar Khan · Ahmad Fallatah · Shabana UroojFrontiers in Sustainable Food Systemsdoi 10.3389/fsufs.2026.1815057
Curriculum, Instruction, and PedagogyPublished 8 October 2026Developing and evaluating a creativity-oriented labor education course for students in Guangdong higher vocational collegesDeming Kong · Apiradee Jansaeng · Jiraporn Chano · Bahtiar MohamadFrontiers in Educationdoi 10.3389/feduc.2026.1968036
Original ResearchPublished 8 October 2026Early warning of academic risk from the first four weeks of online learning activity and assessment performance: a leakage-controlled, demographic-data-minimizing study on the OULAD benchmarkMingyu Wu · Jinye Jia · Thu Thuan PhamFrontiers in Educationdoi 10.3389/feduc.2026.1917092