Macao Polytechnic University

Scattering-Aware Latent Field Modulation for Synthetic Aperture Radar Object Detection

Synthetic aperture radar (SAR) object detection remains challenging, as target evidence is often sparse, discontinuous, and heavily influenced by speckle noise, sidelobes, shadows, and clutter-like background scattering. Existing dense detectors usually process SAR images as ordi...

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...

Flattery from robots, praise from humans: building consumer trust and comfort

Purpose This study aims to investigate how the interaction between service agent type (robot vs human) and language style (flattery vs praise) influences customers’ psychological comfort, alongside the dual mediating roles of affective and cognitive trust and the moderating role...

Interfacial engineering enables air-stable Li 5 FeO 4 prelithiation additives for long-Life LiFePO 4 |graphite batteries

Abstract Lithium iron phosphate (LiFePO4, LFP)|graphite (Gr) full cells are widely used in large-scale energy storage owing to their safety and long cycling stability. However, irreversible lithium consumption during solid electrolyte interphase (SEI) formation depletes the limit...

Effects of Hyperbaric Oxygen Combined with Lycopene on Oxidative Stress and Inflammation in Collegiate Badminton Players After High-Intensity Training

Objectives: This study aims to compare the effects of three interventions, namely hyperbaric oxygen (HBO) therapy, HBO combined with lycopene (LYC) supplementation, and natural recovery, on oxidative stress and inflammatory responses following high-intensity exercise. The goal is...

Associations of altitude, physical activity, and body mass index with blood pressure components and grip strength in older adults with elevated blood pressure living at 3100–4500 m in Tibet: a cross-sectional study

High-altitude environments may influence cardiovascular and muscle function in older adults. We examined blood-pressure components and grip strength across three Tibetan altitude sites and their associations with residential altitude, physical activity, and body mass index (BMI)...

ELFFNet: An Efficient Lightweight Feature Fusion Network for Change Detection

Remote sensing change detection is essential for land use planning, urban monitoring, and disaster response. However, conventional deep learning methods often suffer from blurred building and vegetation edges, shadow misclassification, and low efficiency due to excessive complexi...

MIDAS: A multimodal interview-based framework for depression assessment from clinical interviews

Automated depression assessment from clinical interviews is a challenging intelligent healthcare task because depressive states are reflected not only in verbal responses, but also in acoustic and visual-behavioral cues. Existing multimodal methods have improved prediction perfor...

Efficacy and safety of blood flow restriction exercise training in adults aged 60 years and older: an umbrella review of systematic reviews

Blood flow restriction (BFR) exercise may permit older adults to train at lower mechanical loads. Interpretation of the review literature is complicated by heterogeneous age boundaries, BFR and exercise prescriptions, effect metrics, safety definitions and primary-study overlap....

A multi-stage nonlinear relationship between artificial intelligence development and environmental pollution

Abstract As China advances its green and low carbon transition, the influence of artificial intelligence (AI) development on environmental pollution remains a critical yet underexplored issue; nevertheless, evidence on stage dependent effects beyond the conventional inverted U En...

Controllable generation of predicted non-hemolytic antimicrobial peptides by multi-guided latent diffusion

Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) are attractive anti-infective scaffolds, but their development is often constrained by hemolysis and by the narrow physicochemical separation between bacterial killing and host-cell damage. We developed NHAMP, a protein language model (PLM)-fused lat...

The SIMDA framework maps PIP2-binding sites regulating the KCNQ1 channel

Voltage-gated potassium channel KCNQ1 (Kv7.1) underpins cardiac repolarization, epithelial ion transport, and inner ear function. Its versatility arises from interactions with KCNE proteins, calmodulin (CaM), and the lipid phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate (PIP2), yet the mol...

Efficient and explainable multivariate time series forecasting: a survey of architectures, taxonomies, and open challenges

Abstract The rapid expansion of multivariate time series (MTS) data has made deep learning a central tool for forecasting across industrial and scientific domains. As these architectures move into settings such as clinical decision support, industrial monitoring, and financial ri...

Impacts of droughts on biomass burning emissions, air quality, and public health in the Amazon

Abstract. Wildfires in the Amazon, increasingly influenced by climate variability and anthropogenic activities, pose severe environmental and health challenges. While drought events amplify fire activity and emissions, the cascading effects of droughts and deforestation on air qu...

The Operational Logic of Ecocentrism and Its Critical Reflection: A Žižekian Analysis of Ideological Fantasy

This article examines Slavoj Žižek’s critique of ecocentrism through the lens of Lacanian ideology theory, asking how the ecological crisis is symbolically organized in contemporary discourse. Rather than treating ecocentrism as a coherent ecological doctrine, it approaches it as...

Research on Building Disaster Governance Strategies in the Guangdong–Hong Kong–Macao Greater Bay Area Driven by AI Digitalization—Based on a Stochastic Evolutionary Game Model

The Guangdong–Hong Kong–Macao Greater Bay Area has high building density and diverse project types, and building disaster governance features cross-regional, multi-stakeholder and strongly uncertain characteristics. To reveal the multi-agent strategic interactions after embedding...

Effects of a neuromuscular warm-up on Y-balance, countermovement jump performance, and stroke velocity in adolescent table tennis players

Background/Objective Adolescent table tennis players are exposed to substantial physical and psychological demands during a period of ongoing growth and development, placing high demands on movement control, explosive performance, and sport-specific stroke execution. This study i...

From Clicks to Care: How Digital Leadership Shapes Service Employee Well-Being

This study explores how digital leadership shapes psychological well-being among service employees in China, focusing on the mediating role of digital communication quality and the moderating influence of knowledge sharing willingness. Drawing on Social Exchange Theory, we develo...

Mood shifts and female representation: translating the locution of female demons in the Chinese canon The Journey to the West

The Journey to the West , a canonical work of Chinese mythology, has garnered centuries-long popularity both domestically and internationally. However, the portrayal of female demons in English translations of this novel remains significantly underexplored in academia, despite th...

Scientific Literacy Deficits, Vocabulary Barriers, and Evidence-Based Intervention Models in 21st-Century Science Education

Abstract Scientific literacy has become an indispensable competency for informed citizenship, evidence-based decision-making, and participation in a science- and technology-driven world. Yet persistent deficits in scientific literacy remain a critical global challenge, with PISA...