City University of Macau

Cloud‐Native and Distributed Systems for Efficient and Scalable Large Language Models—A Research Agenda

ABSTRACT Objective Large Language Models (LLMs) are rapidly transforming artificial intelligence applications, but their unprecedented computational, memory, communication, and data‐management demands pose significant challenges to existing computing infrastructures. Traditional...

When endings mark new beginnings: How marketing using subjectively framed temporal landmarks shapes tourists’ willingness to participate in tourism activities

People have increasingly traveled around important temporal points, and the influence of temporal landmark types on behavioral decisions has received scholarly attention. However, the appropriate use of temporal landmark types across tourism activity types remains underexplored....

Programming Hydrophobic Nanocavity of DNA Frameworks for Ultrastable Fluorescent Imaging

ABSTRACT Fluorescent proteins (FPs) are widely used in biological imaging, yet their limited programmability restricts adaptability for advanced nanoscale applications. Synthetic molecular containers offer designable cavities but struggle to simultaneously achieve large dimension...

Unveiling the effects of sectoral clustering and foreign direct investment on greenhouse gas emissions: Evidence from 216 economies

As global climate change escalates, anthropogenic warming has become one of the most serious threats to planetary sustainability. This study uses panel data from 216 economies covering the period from 1970 to 2019 to examine the heterogeneous effects of sectoral clustering (SC) i...

When Co-Branding breaks down: strategic misalignment, symbolic rupture, and consumer resistance

Purpose This study aims to examine how and under what conditions co-branding in collaboration-saturated markets is associated with negative consumer responses. Moving beyond fit- and synergy-based explanations, it theorizes consumer negative agency (CNA) as agentic, tactic-focuse...

The Longitudinal Association Between Shyness and Cognitive Biases Among Rural Chinese Children: A Three-Wave Cross-Lagged Analysis

This study investigated longitudinal relationships between shyness and three types of cognitive biases (i.e., probability judgment bias, cost judgment bias, and threatening interpretation bias) among rural Chinese children. A three-wave design (lasting 12-month) was employed with...

Associations between urban form and urban multifunctionality: a comparative study

Abstract Cities are complex and dynamic systems that integrate social, ecological, and infrastructure domains. This study investigates and quantifies how urban forms are associated with multiple urban functions across these domains, and how these associations combine into positiv...

An integrated model of executive function, AI literacy, and Chinese L2 reading comprehension among ethnic minority adolescents in Hong Kong

Artificial intelligence (AI) is increasingly embedded in second language (L2) learning, yet the cognitive demands of AI-mediated environments, particularly for logographic languages such as Chinese, remain underexplored. This study investigated the interrelationships among execut...

Latent profiles of male peers returning HIV self-test results after secondary distribution by men who have sex with men in Zhuhai, China

BACKGROUND: Secondary distribution of HIV self-testing (HIVST) can extend testing through social and sexual networks of men who have sex with men, but the peer subgroups reached by this approach remain insufficiently understood. We aimed to identify latent profiles of peers who r...

Performance and issues of consolidation polymers for applications in conservation of outdoor cultural heritage: A review

Outdoor stone cultural heritage is constantly subject to coupled temperature and moisture cycling, salt transport and crystallization, solar radiation, atmospheric chemistry, and biological activity. Under such conditions, the field performance of polymer-based consolidants and p...

Protocol for rolling circle amplification-based nanopore sequencing of eccDNA from cell and plasma samples

Extrachromosomal circular DNAs (eccDNAs) can drive copy number variation and genomic rearrangements and act as mobile regulators of gene expression. Here, we detail a protocol for eccDNA identification from cell and plasma samples. We describe steps for sample preprocessing with...

Subsidised Proportionality in Fair Allocation

The Price of a Fair Share Imagine dividing a limited set of resources among a group of people. When the items cannot be split, even a carefully chosen allocation may leave someone feeling shortchanged. One practical response is to offer compensation, but then a new question arise...

A physics-regularized reliability-aware learning framework for non-contact blink monitoring using millimeter-wave radar

Continuous monitoring of eye-blink activity provides a non-contact behavioral indicator relevant to fatigue-related applications and human-state monitoring. Reliable radar-based sensing remains difficult under the tested single-user office-like desktop conditions because blink-in...

Auditory–Olfactory Integration in Simulated Natural Environments Dissociates Neural and Subjective Responses in Visually Impaired Individuals

Visually impaired individuals rely on cross-modal plasticity to compensate for absent visual input, yet the neurophysiological mechanisms underlying naturalistic auditory–olfactory integration remain poorly characterized. This study investigated how combined auditory and olfactor...

Interpreting sustainability signals: how brand origin and consumer cosmopolitanism shape CSR inferences and downstream consumer responses

Purpose As restaurants worldwide increasingly adopt plant-based offerings to advance sustainability goals, understanding how consumers interpret these initiatives has become essential. Drawing from signaling theory and social identity theory, this research aims to demonstrate tha...

The application value of DR metal artifact reduction technology in total knee arthroplasty

Abstract Objective To evaluate the effect of the Digital Radiography (DR) metal artifact reduction (MAR) technology (Enhanced Visualization Processing Plus, EVP Plus) in improving image quality in total knee arthroplasty (TKA) patients and its clinical value. Methods This explora...

The “wow” effect in metaverse luxury consumption: an appraisal-based explanation of emotional arousal and exploratory motivation

Purpose This study examines how key experiential elements, telepresence, social interaction, immersion, realism and augmented reality elicit the “wow” effect (a strong emotional response) and, in turn, shape willingness to purchase luxury goods. Design/methodology/approach A ques...

How Openness and Conscientiousness Shape Project Outcomes in International Remote Projects: The Mediating Role of Cultural Intelligence

This study examines how project managers’ openness to experience and conscientiousness influence team and client outcomes in international remote projects through the mediating role of cultural intelligence (CQ). Drawing on Trait Activation Theory (TAT), we argue that these trait...

From listening to a city to walking in the city: immersing and inspiring listeners through soundwalks

Purpose Destination marketing research has ignored the auditory experience. Based on the stimulus–organism–response theory, this study aims to investigate how the four dimensions of soundwalks (uniqueness, interestingness, richness and storyness) affect listeners’ immersion and i...

A Homozygous Variant in DMRTB1 Is Associated With Non‐Obstructive Azoospermia in Humans

ABSTRACT Non‐obstructive azoospermia (NOA) represents the most severe form of male infertility, and the pathogenesis in partial patients can be attributed to endocrine dysfunction or heritable genetic variants. Although the application of whole‐exome sequencing (WES) has facilita...