Cornell University

Orienting Participatory AI for Frontline Care Work: A Conceptual Framework for Technologists

Technologists increasingly turn to artificial intelligence (AI) to support frontline care workers ( FCWs ), via work-tracking applications, well-being monitoring systems, and other data-driven interventions aimed at improving care quality and working conditions for this vital lab...

Rule Development in Online Communities Amidst Growth and Generative AI

Online community moderators continually adapt their rules to meet changing realities. The dynamics of these micro-level governance actions reflect various community needs and online moderation strategies. Understanding how online communities adapt their moderation rules as they g...

Creating Group Rules with AI: Human-AI Collaboration in WhatsApp Moderation

WhatsApp is one of the most widely used messaging platforms globally, with billions of users sharing information in private groups. Yet, it offers little infrastructure to support moderation and group governance. In the absence of platform-level oversight, group admins bear the r...

Advances in Biomarker Discovery for Cardiovascular Disease

Cardiovascular disease remains one of the leading causes of morbidity and mortality worldwide, representing a major global public health challenge [...]

Semidefinite optimization of the measured relative entropies of quantum states and channels

Abstract The measured relative entropies of quantum states and channels find operational significance in quantum information theory as achievable error rates in hypothesis testing tasks. They are of interest in the near term, as they correspond to hybrid quantum–classical strateg...

CXCL1-CXCR2 signaling mediates cancer cell growth and response to radiation therapy in leptomeningeal metastasis

Leptomeningeal metastasis (LM) is a fatal neurological complication of cancer. Proton craniospinal irradiation (pCSI) has emerged as a promising life-prolonging intervention for patients with LM, but response to this treatment varies. Here, we aimed to characterize the molecular...

Designing Embodied Telepresence for Remote Collaboration: A Comparative Study of Robots and Avatars

Telepresence systems enable remote collaboration through physical robots or virtual avatars, yet prior comparisons have focused on technical capabilities and affordances from remote users. This overlooks how local collaborators interpret and respond to embodied actions. To invest...

Pediatric Idiopathic Multicentric Castleman Disease Is Often Severe But Responsive to Siltuximab

BACKGROUND: Idiopathic multicentric Castleman disease (iMCD) is a potentially fatal immunologic disorder marked by widespread lymphadenopathy and inflammation. Siltuximab, an interleukin-6 (IL-6) inhibitor, is the only FDA-approved treatment for adult patients with iMCD. Limited...

Controlling Varroa destructor infestations in managed honeybee colonies limits virus spillover into wild pollinator communities

Given recent pathogen-mediated pollinator declines, there is concern regarding virus spillover from managed honeybees to wild pollinators. While the parasitic mite Varroa destructor specializes on honeybees, the viruses it transmits are widespread throughout pollinator communitie...

"Not Just Me and My To-Do List": Understanding Challenges of Task Management for Adults with ADHD and the Need for AI-Augmented Social Scaffolds

Adults with ADHD often face challenges with task management, not due to a lack of willpower, but because of emotional and relational misalignments between cognitive needs and normative infrastructures. Existing productivity tools, designed for neurotypical users, often assume con...

Design and Commissioning of a Deuterium-Tritium Gas Delivery System for Muon-Catalyzed Fusion in a Diamond Anvil Cell

We report the design, commissioning, and operation of deuterium-deuterium (DD) and deuterium-tritium (DT) gas delivery systems developed to load a diamond anvil cell (DAC) beam target for muon-catalyzed fusion (µCF). The DAC approach enables DT fuel to be compressed to gigapascal...

Chromosome-level genome assembly of the Endangered scaly-sided merganser Mergus squamatus with insight into its demographic history

Abstract The scaly-sided merganser, Mergus squamatus, is an Endangered piscivorous duck which has been declining since the late 1900s due to habitat loss, over-hunting, and climate change. Despite being a species of global conservation concern and subject to ex- and in-situ conse...

Messaging strategies and the emergence of echo chambers in collective decision-making

Collective decision-making arises from individual agents integrating their own personal observations with information obtained from social partners. In many biological systems that exhibit collective decision-making, the process by which social information is produced, transmitte...

Preemptive mechanical circulatory support in ventricular tachycardia ablation: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Abstract Background The benefit of preemptive mechanical circulatory support (MCS) for ventricular tachycardia (VT) ablation remains unclear. This meta-analysis compared the efficacy and safety of preemptive MCS to standard care for VT ablation. Methods An unrestricted literature...

Actionable genetic landscape and dynamics in circulating DNA from 12,827 patients with metastatic breast cancer

Abstract Plasma cell-free DNA (cfDNA) is a sensitive, noninvasive tool for monitoring the genomic landscape, heterogeneity, and evolution of cancer, aggregating genetic information from multiple metastatic sites. Here, we study 15,564 cfDNA samples from 12,827 patients with metas...

Leveraging Industrial Internet for supply chain resilience: the roles of capability pathways and supply chain dependence

Purpose Supply chains face increasing disruptions in today's volatile environment, necessitating enhanced resilience through digital transformation. This study aims to examine the relationship between Industrial Internet and supply chain resilience and to explore the mediating ro...

Derailment amplifies stress-related declines in positive affect and is shaped by feedback valence and gender

Background: Emerging literature on derailment, or the perceived disruption in one’s sense of identity and life direction, has shown strong associations with affective functioning. However, less is known about the contexts in which derailment becomes affectively consequential. Acr...

Predictors of Delayed and Omitted Postoperative Radiotherapy After Laryngectomy for pT4 Laryngeal Cancer

BACKGROUND: Postoperative radiotherapy (PORT) improves locoregional control and survival in high-risk head and neck cancer, and guidelines recommend initiation within 42 days of surgery. Timeliness after laryngectomy for pathologic T4 (pT4) laryngeal cancer is poorly characterize...

ABO Blood Group Mismatch in Heart Transplantation Is Not Associated With Elevated Donor-Derived Cell-Free DNA

Donor-derived cell-free DNA (dd-cfDNA) is a reliable, noninvasive marker for detecting allograft rejection after heart transplantation (HT). We evaluated whether dd-cfDNA levels differ in recipients of ABO-compatible, nonidentical (mismatched) grafts. We performed a retrospective...

Assessment of mechanical damage in canola using X-ray radiography and deep learning

Mechanical damage during post-harvest handling and processing can drastically impair the quality, germination potential, and market value of canola ( Brassica napus L.) seeds. Traditional visual inspection methods are subjective and limited to detecting external defects, often mi...