Original ResearchPublished 12 October 2026Implementation of universal welfare policies in the Global South: a case study of Indonesia’s free nutritious meal programJoyce Jacinta Rares · Michael Mamentu · Muhammad Ridha · Zainul AbidinFrontiers in Political Sciencedoi 10.3389/fpos.2026.1845044
ReviewPublished 12 October 2026Trust but verify: a Verification-as-a-Service framework for sustainable infrastructure governance—An integrative conceptual reviewLacour M. Ayompe · Franklin M. LarteyFrontiers in Sustainable Citiesdoi 10.3389/frsc.2026.1975063
Original ResearchPublished 12 October 2026Designing robot-to-robot interaction to support early-stage engagement in a teleoperated Robot Avatar system with multiple robotsKiichiro Suemitsu · Midori Ban · Hideyuki Takahashi · Hiroshi Ishiguro · Takamasa Iio · Keito Izawa · Yurina Someya · Sonia Yuhui Zhang · Keiko Yukita · Shogo Nishimura · Yukiko Horikawa · Takahiro MiyashitaFrontiers in Artificial Intelligencedoi 10.3389/frai.2026.1928110
Original ResearchPublished 12 October 2026Exploring the impact of legislative absences on the working environment of gig workers in South AfricaZini Gwele · Calvin Mabaso · Xavier KnightFrontiers in Sociologydoi 10.3389/fsoc.2026.1824697
Original ResearchPublished 12 October 2026Quantified impact of projected climate change on groundwater recharge and river discharge leveraging the use of open access geospatial dataJulius Incillo Jimenez · Nitin Kumar Tripathi · Ashish Pandey · Sangam Shrestha · Kuo Chieh ChaoFrontiers in Earth Sciencedoi 10.3389/feart.2026.1857327
Original ResearchPublished 12 October 2026Glacier change at the ISM-MLW transition: multi-decadal evidence of spatial heterogeneity from the Sara Umga watershed, western HimalayaSoumik Das · Suresh Das · Sandip Tanu Mandal · Elora Chakraborty · Prachi Rajput · Ishita Manna · Sanjay Deswal · Milap Chand SharmaFrontiers in Earth Sciencedoi 10.3389/feart.2026.1896483
Systematic ReviewPublished 12 October 2026The application of square-stepping exercise in patients with stroke: a scoping reviewYali Yan · Juan Xu · Jiaxin Yao · Yuanyuan Liu · Mengdan Li · Xinxin GengFrontiers in Neurologydoi 10.3389/fneur.2026.1952887
Original ResearchPublished 12 October 2026Balancing spontaneous and controlled thought: mind wandering, mindfulness, playfulness, and creativity in adolescenceDavid D. Preiss · Valeska Grau · David Torres Irribarra · Benjamín Carmona · Catalina Reszczynski · Juliana OyarzúnFrontiers in Psychologydoi 10.3389/fpsyg.2026.1706289
Original ResearchPublished 9 October 2026TCNNISTD: a parallel transformer–CNN network for infrared small target detectionKaiheng Dai · Qiong Song · Qian Li · Chen Cheng · Yining HuangFrontiers in Computer Sciencedoi 10.3389/fcomp.2026.1895843
Original ResearchPublished 9 October 2026A low-cost UAV-edge-cloud system for agricultural straw burning monitoring: multi-target detection and event-based alertingWannan Wang · Ying Zhang · Zeying Han · Tizhou Qiao · Tieying JiangFrontiers in Environmental Sciencedoi 10.3389/fenvs.2026.1966149
Case ReportPublished 8 October 2026Case Report: Application of the 6D BTS digital assessment system in the comprehensive management of refractory cancer pain in a patient with gallbladder carcinomaJing Ren · Yuewen Li · Kunzhong Zhou · Yunhua Wang · Quanli Wang · Dongmei Hu · Tingting Song · Hui Dong · Zhijuan Cheng · Changrong Hu · Kunxiang Huang · Yuan Zhang · Li ZhuangFrontiers in Pain Researchdoi 10.3389/fpain.2026.1808441
MethodsPublished 8 October 2026Creating online cognitive assessment platform for children’s literacy and math skills: a case study illustrated with the ACE kids platformV. S. H. Ngan · J. Mo · O. K. P. Wong · M. C. Y. Ng · J. C. S. Ho · T. Inoue · C. McBride · U. MaurerFrontiers in Human Neurosciencedoi 10.3389/fnhum.2026.1882555
Study ProtocolPublished 8 October 2026Effect of delayed remote ischemic preconditioning on major cardiovascular and cerebrovascular events in major vascular surgery: the protocol of DRIPC randomized controlled trialLinyao Zhu · Min Li · Jichun Zhao · Bin Huang · Ding Yuan · Chengxin Weng · Tiehao Wang · Huawei Zhang · Jiarong WangFrontiers in Cardiovascular Medicinedoi 10.3389/fcvm.2026.1952010
Original ResearchPublished 8 October 2026Effects of sea ice model characteristics on Arctic marine primary productionCharlotte Walter · Annette Samuelsen · Heather Regan · Shuang GaoFrontiers in Marine Sciencedoi 10.3389/fmars.2026.1844377
Original ResearchPublished 8 October 2026Spatial assessment of soil degradation under intensive agricultural pressure in the central loess plateauXiandong Hou · Tao BaiFrontiers in Environmental Sciencedoi 10.3389/fenvs.2026.1940953
Original ResearchPublished 8 October 2026Microplastics at the ‘roof of the Americas’: widespread presence in snow on Mount Aconcagua, Central Andes, ArgentinaJuan Manuel Ríos · Yoshifumi Horie · Mariano Hugo Masiokas · Diego Esteban CargneluttiFrontiers in Toxicologydoi 10.3389/ftox.2026.1878370
Original ResearchPublished 8 October 2026Prediction of conelet mortality rates in interior lodgepole pine using phenomic, nutritional, and environmental dataJulian Garcia-Abadillo · Julio Isidro y Sánchez · Diego Jarquin · Esteban Galeano · Barb R. ThomasFrontiers in Plant Sciencedoi 10.3389/fpls.2026.1845181
Original ResearchPublished 8 October 2026A light-responsive engineered probiotic system to alleviate anxiety via gut-brain axisYuling Chang · Zhaofang Hang · Yuhan Zhang · Yuhao Zhu · Xingang Li · Xuejun Wang · Di ZhangFrontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnologydoi 10.3389/fbioe.2026.1864003
Original ResearchPublished 8 October 2026Usability of digital medicine systems in patients with schizophrenia or schizoaffective disorderTaishiro Kishimoto · Harumasa Takano · Ryo Kanzaka · Hisateru Tachimori · Hideki Oi · Hiroyuki Ogino · Kyosuke Sawada · Fumiaki Kumagai · Masayuki Tomita · Iku Nakayama · Yoshiyuki Shibasaki · Toshiaki Kikuchi · Hiroyoshi Takeuchi · Kazuyuki NakagomeFrontiers in Psychiatrydoi 10.3389/fpsyt.2026.1903689
ReviewPublished 8 October 2026Digital health meets Parkinson’s disease: a bibliometric exploration of wearable sensors research and emerging frontiers (2005–2026)Lan XiongFrontiers in Neuroinformaticsdoi 10.3389/fninf.2026.1937585
Original ResearchPublished 7 October 2026College mental health and the digital care transition: national trends in distress, help-seeking, and technology-mediated access, 2020–2025Génesis Carolina Arévalo Guadalupe · Luis Alexander Gamboa Tama · Joaquín Estalín Gamboa TamaFrontiers in Digital Healthdoi 10.3389/fdgth.2026.1963340
Original ResearchPublished 7 October 2026Urban land-use dynamics and changing landscapes in Kano, Nigeria (1950–2020)Jasini Ali Alwadood · Abel Omoniyi Afon · Aurobindo OgraFrontiers in Sustainable Citiesdoi 10.3389/frsc.2026.1892715
Original ResearchPublished 7 October 2026Cetacean acoustic occurrence in the Southern Ocean from biologged southern elephant sealsAnatole Gros-Martial · Maelle Torterotot · Baptiste Picard · Mathilde Michel · Dorian Cazau · Sara Bazin · Christophe GuinetFrontiers in Marine Sciencedoi 10.3389/fmars.2026.1832052
Original ResearchPublished 7 October 2026Integration hierarchical analysis process (AHP) and geographic information systems to map flood risk levels in the province of Utcubamba, PeruCleyver A. Rivera · Sivmny Valqui-Reina · Desly Carranza · Einstein Bravo · Alex J. VergaraFrontiers in Environmental Sciencedoi 10.3389/fenvs.2026.1935148
Original ResearchPublished 7 October 2026Experiences of telehealth-delivered occupational performance coaching among Palestinian mothers of autistic children: a qualitative studyMohammad Hassan Salahat · Hassan Izzeddin Sarsak · Hatem Ahmad Al AdamFrontiers in Pediatricsdoi 10.3389/fped.2026.1974022
Original ResearchPublished 6 October 2026Spatial heterogeneity, source contributions, and hazard mapping of potentially hazardous elements in irrigated soils of the Yellow River Basin, Northwest ChinaHao Xu · Xueqin Liu · Shujuan Chen · Lingzhi Luo · Wang Wenfan · Lihui Ma · Mohamed A. E. AbdelRahman · D. M. SabraFrontiers in Soil Sciencedoi 10.3389/fsoil.2026.1966899
Original ResearchPublished 6 October 2026Post-relocation livelihood adaptation among resettled households in karst mountainous areas: outcomes, associated factors, and configurations in Guizhou Province, ChinaDing Ding · Zhongfa Zhou · Fang Tang · Yongliu Yang · Tengxian ZhangFrontiers in Sustainable Food Systemsdoi 10.3389/fsufs.2026.1922524
Technology and CodePublished 6 October 2026Virtual uncrewed system sampling in the hurricane environment. Part 1: rigid-wing surface vehicle simulatorEdoardo Mazza · Chidong Zhang · Andrew M. ChiodiFrontiers in Marine Sciencedoi 10.3389/fmars.2026.1884756
ReviewPublished 5 October 2026Janus biomaterials in regenerative medicine: structural asymmetry as a platform for multifunctional tissue repairAnouar El Ghazal · Oluwatosin David Abodunrin · Nouhaila Zouine · Safae Er Raouan · Sena Su Torun · Lamyae Dani · Saad Ibnsouda Koraichi · Soumya ElabedFrontiers in Soft Matterdoi 10.3389/frsfm.2026.1955040
ReviewPublished 5 October 2026The potential of AI inspired approaches for patient monitoring in drug development for Huntington’s disease: capturing the digital exhaust for activities of daily livingAmit Khanna · Graham JonesFrontiers in Molecular Medicinedoi 10.3389/fmmed.2026.1966010
Original ResearchPublished 5 October 2026A semi-supervised multi-sensor remote sensing pipeline for mapping irrigation dynamics in ground-truth deficient conflict zones: a case study of the Kakhovka Dam failureSheila Baber · Sergii Skakun · Yuval Sadeh · Leonid Shumilo · Oleksandra Oliinyk · Mehdi Hosseini · Josef Wagner · Abdul Qadir Khan · Shabarinath Nair · Abhishek Kotcharlakota · Inbal Becker-ReshefFrontiers in Remote Sensingdoi 10.3389/frsen.2026.1920951
Original ResearchPublished 5 October 2026An agentic AI- and n8n automation-powered maternal care framework with predictive pregnancy monitoring and continuous learningSubhash Thippa · Nagesparan Ainarappan · R. SuganyaFrontiers in Digital Healthdoi 10.3389/fdgth.2026.1840650
Original ResearchPublished 5 October 2026Neuromorphic-classical hybrid framework for real-time augmented reality processing: adaptive stream fusion with dynamic threshold modulation and uncertainty-aware sensor integrationAkey Sungheetha · Oluwasegun Julius Aroba · Rajesh Sharma RajendranFrontiers in Computer Sciencedoi 10.3389/fcomp.2026.1817408
Original ResearchPublished 2 October 2026Sub-kilometer current divergence and vertical velocities in the macrotidal Iroise Sea from airborne radar interferometry and modelsJakub W. Michalski · Adrien C.H. Martin · Robert Marsh · David L. McCann · Christine P. GommengingerFrontiers in Marine Sciencedoi 10.3389/fmars.2026.1931280
Original ResearchPublished 2 October 2026Uncertainty-aware posture quality assessment with Bayesian liquid neural networksYuhua Mu · Mingliang Zhu · Zhi TaoFrontiers in Neuroroboticsdoi 10.3389/fnbot.2026.1958419
Original ResearchPublished 1 October 2026Remote estimation of plastic distribution in California agriculture using Sentinel-2 imagery: a case studyEva Scrivner · Dexter Hamilton · Daniel Sousa · Margot Mattson · Nicholas E. Williams · Seeta SistlaFrontiers in Remote Sensingdoi 10.3389/frsen.2026.1927646
Original ResearchPublished 1 October 2026Remote control of wildtype zebrafish optomotor response with a photoswitchable drugLuisa Camerin · Joaquín Martínez-Tambella · Gregor Schuhknecht · Vickie M. Wang · Kumaresh Krishnan · Paula Pflitsch · Florian Engert · Pau GorostizaFrontiers in Behavioral Neurosciencedoi 10.3389/fnbeh.2026.1916443
Original ResearchPublished 30 September 2026Design, development, and implementation of take-home laboratory kits for measurement of water vapor transmission rate of polymeric filmsShyam S. Sablani · Y. Olive Li · Melvin A. Pascall · Julie Goddard · Kit Yam · Olusola AdesopeFrontiers in Food Science and Technologydoi 10.3389/frfst.2026.1964059
Original ResearchPublished 30 September 2026Priority-aware CO–MRFO-based task scheduling for energy-efficient mobile ad hoc cloudsA. Tamilmani · Murali SubramanianFrontiers in Communications and Networksdoi 10.3389/frcmn.2026.1903388
Original ResearchPublished 30 September 2026Spatiotemporal variation characteristics and multi-combination modeling assessment of fire weather index in Shanxi ProvinceZhumao Lu · Jizhong Liang · Jinsong Li · Hui Yuan · Shuai Wang · Zhixin DuanFrontiers in Forests and Global Changedoi 10.3389/ffgc.2026.1892417
Original ResearchPublished 30 September 2026Multi-source remote sensing approach for monitoring the Caspian Sea shoreline dynamicsTatyana Dedova · Larissa Balakay · Nuria Bashirova · Gulshat Sagatdinova · Aibek Merekeyev · Alena Yelisseyeva · Samal SyrlybekkyzyFrontiers in Earth Sciencedoi 10.3389/feart.2026.1918346
Original ResearchPublished 30 September 2026Scaling spatiotemporal transformers for regional food security: a tri-stream latent-dynamic approach to pre-harvest yield and price forecastingWirba Pountianus Berinyuy · Mvogo Ngono Joseph · Noumsi Woguia Auguste Vigny · Verdzekov Emile Tatinyuy · ELE PierreFrontiers in Earth Sciencedoi 10.3389/feart.2026.1895667
MethodsPublished 30 September 2026The plasmasphere tomography (PlaTo) mission conceptScott Thaller · Wendy Frank · David Malaspina · Laila Andersson · Robert E. ErgunFrontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciencesdoi 10.3389/fspas.2026.1809242
EditorialPublished 29 September 2026Editorial: Building resilient cities with remote sensing and AISawaid Abbas · Faisal Mueen Qamer · Ali ZiaFrontiers in Remote Sensingdoi 10.3389/frsen.2026.1991820
Original ResearchPublished 29 September 2026Integrated water–energy–nitrogen performance under nitrogen and biochar treatments in shallow groundwater tomato productionMaha Elbana · Lei Wang · Mohammed A. El-Shirbeny · Rania Gamal · Vinay Nangia · Ayman F. Abou HadidFrontiers in Agronomydoi 10.3389/fagro.2026.1922454
Original ResearchPublished 28 September 2026Activity-based first estrus detection in grazing heifers and first-lactation dairy cows for use as novel fertility phenotypes at scaleSimon J. R. Woodward · Daniel P. Garrick · Nicole M. Steele · Melissa A. Stephen · Claire V. C. Phyn · Susanne Meier · Chris R. BurkeFrontiers in Animal Sciencedoi 10.3389/fanim.2026.1916553
Systematic ReviewPublished 28 September 2026Mapping immersive technologies in pediatric rehabilitation: a multi-database bibliometric analysisAlexis Ken Cartajenas · Trust Saidi · Parisa Gazerani · Ingvild Kristina Rosseland · Åse Bergheim · Kathinka Selmer-Olsen · Nora Mørk · Nenad Pavel · Minna Annika PikkarainenFrontiers in Virtual Realitydoi 10.3389/frvir.2026.1821977
ReviewPublished 28 September 2026AI-driven assessment of forest dynamics and ecosystem services in response to land use change: current progress and future perspectivesLili Zhao · Xuncheng Fan · Shihong XiaoFrontiers in Forests and Global Changedoi 10.3389/ffgc.2026.1933500