MBS School of Business

Few-shot learning for expert consensus severity stratification in newly diagnosed crohn’s disease

Early and accurate assessment of disease severity is important for standardizing baseline risk stratification and supporting treatment planning in newly diagnosed Crohn’s disease. This study used electronic medical record data, a few-shot learning algorithm, and SHAP-based interp...

Foundation I: The Metric Universe - Extended Version

We investigate a minimal cosmological extension of General Relativity based on the Einstein-Cartan-Kibble-Sciama (ECKS) framework. A primordial spin component — with stiff equation of state w=1, geometrically distinct from scalar kination — induces a transient phase reducing the...

Foundation I: The Metric Universe - Extended Version

We investigate a minimal cosmological extension of General Relativity based on the Einstein-Cartan-Kibble-Sciama (ECKS) framework. A primordial spin component — with stiff equation of state w=1, geometrically distinct from scalar kination — induces a transient phase reducing the...

Unravelling Motivations, Collaborative Behaviour and Success of Lifestyle Entrepreneurs: A Cluster Analysis

Abstract Purpose This study aims to deepen the understanding of lifestyle entrepreneurs (LEs) by analysing their personal entrepreneurial motivations and examining how these motivations are related to their alliance orientation and business success, defined through firm performan...

Testing the utility of porcine and synthetic femora as nonhuman analogs in skeletal trauma research

Porcine and synthetic femora were subjected to concentrated 4-point bending, modified 4-point bending, and 3-point bending to generate diaphyseal fractures. Biomechanical data and fracture patterns were systematically evaluated and compared across different femur types and loadin...

Government shutdowns and consumer confidence: evidence from US news coverage and Google Trends

Purpose This study examines the effect of US government shutdowns on consumer confidence and investigates the potential transmission roles of economic policy uncertainty, equity market volatility and global supply chain pressure. Design/methodology/approach Using monthly US data...

Foundation III — Cosmological Physics: Bounce Signatures, Void Statistics, the Status of the Primordial Spectrum, and Falsifiable Predictions

This document collects the testable, falsifiable cosmological-physics content of the Einstein–Cartan Framework (ECF) Foundation III programme — the sector developed for peer review. The wormhole mechanism, the Cartan core, the CPT cascade, the full Landau–Ginzburg formalisation o...

Solar thermal heating through a mechanical ventilation unit with heat recovery: energy performance, economic evaluation, and life-cycle assessment in a building-scale case study

Ensuring adequate fresh air supply while limiting heat losses remains a challenge in low-energy buildings. This study assesses an integrated system combining solar thermal collectors with mechanical ventilation and heat recovery to reduce space-heating demand while maintaining in...

Towards Personalized Medicine in Chronic Kidney Disease: A Roadmap for the future of Early Detection, Diagnosis, and Management: A Consensus Roadmap from the EUTox, PerMedik and KidneyHealth networks

Chronic kidney disease (CKD) affects more than 800 million individuals worldwide and represents one of the fastest‑growing causes of morbidity and mortality. Despite major therapeutic advances, CKD is frequently detected only after substantial and irreversible loss of kidney func...