City University of Macau

Probabilistic transient stability assessment of power systems with renewable energy using a bounded-Transformer embedding fault severity rules

The increasing penetration of renewable energy introduces significant uncertainty into modern power systems, posing an unpredictable challenge to their stable operation. However, conventional transient stability assessment methods only provide a deterministic result, ignoring the...

ALOX15-Inhibitory Peptides Derived from Coffee Bean Protein Hydrolysates Confer Neuroprotection against Lipid Peroxidation

Abstract Coffee beans are widely consumed worldwide and are known for their central nervous system-stimulating effects, mainly attributed to caffeine and other small molecules. However, the neuroprotective potential of coffee bean-derived peptides remains largely unexplored. In t...

Physical exercise frequency and subjective well-being among older adults in China: a cross-sectional analysis

Physical exercise is associated with subjective well-being in later life, but estimates from cross-sectional surveys require measurement-aligned models and cautious interpretation. We analyzed 1,872 adults aged 60 years or older from the 2021 Chinese General Social Survey. A five...

Determinants of donation intentions on second-hand trading platforms: the roles of psychological ownership, empathy and product layout

Purpose While loss aversion has long served as the dominant explanation for the endowment effect, a growing body of research proposes that ownership fosters a cognitive and affective linkage between the object and the self, often termed the “possession-self connection,” thereby e...

The impact of household registration policy liberalization on urban economic growth based on the quantitative analysis of difference-in-differences and large language model – take Shenzhen (China) as an example

The reform of household registration system is the core link of China’s new urbanization strategy, but its economic effect remains controversial. This article uses the panel data of nine cities from 2018 to 2024 and comprehensively uses the multi-period difference-in-differences...

Workplace AI Usage, Intrinsic Motivation, and Job Burnout: Evidence from a Longitudinal Study

Background: With the widespread application of artificial intelligence technology in organizational contexts, understanding its implications for employees’ motivation and well-being has become increasingly important. Yet, how employees’ AI usage is prospectively associated with i...

Effects of Guozhuang dance participation on alexithymia in healthy adults: The chain mediating roles of empathy and social connectedness

This study examined the association between participation in Guozhuang dance and alexithymia among healthy adults, with cognitive empathy and social connectedness as potential mediators. A total of 560 healthy adults completed the Physical Activity Rating Scale-3, Basic Empathy S...

Do trade barriers drive innovation? Micro-level evidence from anti-dumping and countervailing measures on R&D in Chinese solar PV firms

As international trade protectionism continues to grow and the renewable energy sector evolves rapidly, anti-dumping and countervailing measures (ADCV) pose a significant challenge to Chinese photovoltaic (PV) firms. Faced with the challenges of ADCV, it remains crucial to explor...

Re-Evaluating AI Nativeness: Competence Foundations, GenAI Use/Access Profiles, and Institutional Mediation

The notion of “AI natives” is increasingly used to describe young learners’ presumed ease with generative artificial intelligence (GenAI), but the label often turns age and exposure into proxies for competence. This study re-examines that assumption through an exploratory seconda...

Humor in organizational dynamics: affiliative and aggressive humor, creativity and constructive voice

Abstract This study examines how employees’ perceptions of affiliative and aggressive humor influence creativity and constructive voice in organizational settings. We propose that affiliative humor fosters a supportive work environment for employees with higher liking of humorous...

The charm of fashion: value co-creation in fashion production and consumption at heritage tourism destinations

The role of fashion in cultural heritage tourism has attracted increasing attention from both practitioners and scholars. However, robust theoretical explanations of how heritage tourism destinations participate in the production and consumption of fashion remain limited. Drawing...

How social media shapes travel intention: insights from the elaboration likelihood model

Social media is a key channel allowing the public to access tourism information. However, given the large amount of tourism information on social media, research on how consumers transform this information into travel decisions is lacking. Accordingly, Xiaohongshu (Rednote), a re...

Multidimensional trust perceptions of AI medical conversational agents: framework development and scale validation

Artificial intelligence is rapidly becoming embedded in everyday life through an expanding range of applications, services, and products. As its potential to improve diagnosis, personalize treatment, and enhance operational efficiency becomes increasingly evident, healthcare is u...

Multimodal fusion of complementary material representations for generalizable and interpretable property prediction

Material properties often depend on coupled compositional, structural, and geometric factors that are incompletely captured by any single representation. We introduce interpretable multimodal fusion (IM-Fuse), a framework that integrates compositional descriptors, crystal graphs,...

Navigating the path towards environmental sustainability through financial inclusion, green technology, and digitalization with green finance as a moderator

This study focuses on the impact of financial inclusion, green technology, and digitalization on environmental sustainability and explores the moderating effect of green finance. We utilize panel data for 58 developing countries for the time span 2014–2023, and the generalized me...

Longitudinal alignments and syntheses of multimodal clinical data for personalized medicine with the PULSE framework

Multimodal models capable of imputing diverse data used in single-cell biology studies provide potential foundational opportunities in clinical practice. However, patient data uniquely comprise longitudinal mosaic measurements that reflect underlying physiological dynamics and ex...

Rapid Colorimetric Detection of Free and Complexed Cr3+ Based on a Tetrabutylphosphonium Bromide/Gold Nanoparticle Anti-Aggregation System

Existing colorimetric sensing strategies based on gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) are largely limited to the detection of free metal ions, leaving metal-organic complexes widely present in real water bodies undetectable. Herein, we develop a simple colorimetric method based on the ant...

Pharmacological interventions targeting cognition and related clinical outcomes in vascular dementia: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials

Abstract Purpose Randomized evidence for pharmacological interventions in vascular dementia (VaD) is fragmented. We conducted a VaD-focused, scale-specific systematic review and meta-analysis. Methods We searched four databases for English-language parallel-group randomized contr...

Collaborative explainable ai for EEG mental health monitoring with constrained QA-Tuned LLM alignment

The monitoring of mental health states using electroencephalogram (EEG) signals has gained increasing attention due to its non-invasive nature for psychological disorders. Large Language Models (LLMs) and Explainable Artificial Intelligence (XAI) have been utilized in advancing t...

When Visuals Meet People with Disabilities: How Destination Image Featuring Disability Drives Travel Intention?

This research investigates how featuring people with disabilities in tourism destination images on social media shapes viewers’ travel intention. Guided by warm glow theory, a mixed-methods approach was employed, comprising a field study, semi-structured interviews, and five onli...