Korea University

Heavy-tail-aware representation learning and dynamic Bayesian state modelling to derive an operational proxy definition of problem gambling risk from routine online gambling data

Abstract Background: Problem gambling causes harm, but operational identification often relies on heuristic thresholds or sparse manual reviews. Routine online gambling logs are heavy-tailed and temporally structured, complicating risk definition and early detection. Methods: We...

Enhanced prediction of monthly reference evapotranspiration by optimizing SVR with the bagging algorithm in Indian Punjab

In this study, support vector regression (SVR) was enhanced with the Bagging (B-SVR) algorithm for monthly ET0 prediction at Ludhiana and Faridkot stations. The three different scenarios (S1, S2, and S3) were developed to predict monthly ET0 at study locations. The outcomes of th...

Oxygen-dependent subcellular redistribution of PHD3 links the hypoxic microenvironment to mitochondrial metabolic reprogramming in ccRCC

Abstract Clear cell renal cell carcinoma (ccRCC) is characterized by profound metabolic dysregulation, with both prolyl hydroxylase domain protein 3 (PHD3) and pyruvate carboxylase (PC) independently implicated in disease progression. Although each influences patient outcomes, a...

TypA Interacts with ExsA to Suppress Type III Secretion System in Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Pseudomonas aeruginosa is a nosocomial pathogenic bacterium that causes a wide range of human infectious diseases. The type III secretion system (T3SS) serves as a key virulence determinant underlying the pathogenesis of this bacterium in acute infections. As the master transcrip...

Spatially Regulated Silicon Clusters in Trimodal Composite Anodes for High‐Energy Lithium‐Ion Batteries

ABSTRACT Fast‐charging, high‐energy lithium‐ion batteries are central to electrified transportation and grid‐scale energy storage, but their advancement is limited by the instability of high‐capacity anode materials such as silicon (Si). Although graphite (G)‐Si composites offer...

Pulmonary surfactant-based inhalable nanoparticles for folate receptor-targeted delivery and macrophage reprogramming in lung cancer

Abstract Background Lung cancer remains a leading cause of cancer-related death, and chemotherapy is often limited by systemic toxicity and insufficient drug accumulation in lung tumors. Inhalable nanomedicine offers a route to address these limitations, but nanoparticle systems...

“Enthusiasts, Not Professionals”: Journalists’ Experiences of Precarity in Serbia’s Hybrid Regime

Precarity has become a defining feature of the contemporary journalistic labor market worldwide. Drawing on 20 in-depth interviews with journalists in Serbia, we explore the tension between precarity and professional journalistic aspirations. Although participants understood prec...

Characterization of multidrug-resistant Salmonella Typhimurium isolates from Korean swine farms and plasmids harboring fluoroquinolone and third-generation cephalosporin resistance genes

Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium is a major foodborne pathogen, and the overuse of antimicrobials has contributed to the emergence of multidrug-resistant (MDR) strains. Resistance to third-generation cephalosporins and fluoroquinolones is of particular concern because of t...

Strong interlayer coupling and chiral flat-band cascades in twisted bilayer gratings

From atomic crystals to macroscopic material structures, twisted bilayer systems have emerged as a promising route to control wave phenomena. In few-layer van der Waals materials, however, the intrinsically weak interlayer coupling typically demands precise control of small twist...

Exploring the role of automated feedback in programming education: a systematic literature review

Automated feedback systems have become increasingly integral to programming education, where learners engage in iterative cycles of code construction, testing, and refinement. Despite its wider integration in practices and technical advancements into AI, research in this area rem...

The abundance and radial distribution of faint and ultra-faint dwarfs in galaxy clusters

Abstract Cosmological simulations of galaxy clusters are unable to resolve dwarf galaxies due to limited numerical resolution which drives the artificial disruption of dark matter substructures. We address these limitations by combining the results of the cosmological hydrodynami...

Solvent-engineered Ni-Co selenide-Ti3C2Tx MXene heterostructures with interfacial electronic coupling for integrated water splitting and energy storage

Developing cost-effective bifunctional materials that seamlessly integrate energy conversion and storage is critical for next-generation energy systems. Herein, we report a solvent-engineered, in situ solvothermal strategy to fabricate Ni-Co selenide-Ti 3 C 2 T x MXene (NCSM) het...

P1.117. Photodynamic Therapy for Esophageal Cancer: A Single-Center Experience With Clinical Outcomes

Abstract Topic Esophageal Cancer: Non-Surgical Treatment of Esophageal Cancer Background Photodynamic therapy (PDT) is a minimally invasive local treatment that selectively destroys malignant cells with minimal systemic toxicity. It has emerged as an alternative therapeutic optio...

Complete strategy spaces reveal hidden pathways to cooperation

Understanding how cooperation emerges and persists is a central challenge in evolutionary game theory. However, models of communication often rely on restricted strategy sets, making it unclear whether omitted behaviours alter cooperation. Here, we study the complete deterministi...

Lithium Niobate Electro‐Optic Photonic Processor for Variational Quantum Eigensolver

Encoding quantum information in high-dimensional photonic states as a qudit provides a powerful route to resource-efficient quantum simulation. Among various integrated photonic platforms, lithium niobate on insulator is particularly attractive because it combines low optical los...

Performance metrics in systematic reviews and meta-analyses of artificial intelligence-based prediction models for children and pregnant women: protocol for an umbrella review

Artificial intelligence (AI) has shown significant promise in medical diagnostics. However, children and pregnant women represent “vulnerable populations” often underrepresented in large-scale training datasets. This paper summarizes a protocol for an umbrella review aiming to id...

A Dispersant‐Driven Carbon‐Binder Domains Homogeneity in High‐Energy‐Density Electrodes for Lithium‐Ion Batteries

Achieving high energy density in lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) requires electrodes with a high fraction of active materials. An extreme reduction of inactive components such as conductive additives and binders can limit electron transport and undermine electrode integrity, thereby...

Structure‐Engineered Nanoporous Vanadium Oxide Memristors for Reconfigurable Synapse–Neuron Integration and Synergistic Robotic Motion

ABSTRACT Neuromorphic sensory‐to‐motor interfaces require compact devices that can combine nonvolatile synaptic weight storage with volatile neuronal firing, yet these functions typically rely on distinct material and circuit mechanisms. Here, we report a structure‐engineered VO...

A Diagnosis Buried in the Closet: How Autistic People Learn of Their Autism Diagnoses

Background: Learning that one is autistic can be a pivotal turning point in self-understanding, but autistic people learn of this information under highly variable conditions. How these disclosure conditions shape autistic people’s experiences of learning and making sense of the...

OH-Rich Interfacial Nanoarchitectonics for the Reconciliation of Structural Stability and Functional Accessibility in Curcumin Nanotherapeutics

Curcumin offers significant therapeutic potential but is hindered by poor aqueous stability and limited cellular accessibility. Here, we present a curcumin nanotherapeutic platform featuring OH-rich, silanol-rich porous silica nanointerfaces (CU@silica NPs) that successfully deco...