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Ruhr University Bochum
Recent research
- Society & EconomicsOpen access
Abstract This study aimed to comprehensively elucidate patterns of empathy impairment using self-report, performance-based, and electrophysiological measures, alongside two cognitive measures, in individuals with elevated internet addiction (IA) scores (HIA, n = 20) compared to t...
- Climate & EnvironmentOpen access
Abstract Most volcanoes on Earth display a range of eruptive styles, varying between effusive and explosive activity. Understanding the factors controlling these transitions is critical for volcanic hazard assessment but remains debated. While both pre-eruptive storage conditions...
- BiologyOpen access
Optimizing the application of light is a central challenge in the cultivation of cyanobacteria because light is needed for growth, but excessive light can cause cellular damage. Here, we demonstrate that the temporal pattern of the light intensity, rather than the time-integrated...
- Health & MedicineOpen access
Repeated stretch-shortening cycles enhance force and work despite brief deactivation between cycles
Stretch-shortening cycles (SSCs) enhance force and mechanical work compared with pure shortening contractions and are fundamental to locomotion. Although SSC mechanics are well studied, it remains unclear whether mechanical cycle-to-cycle carryover effects persist across repeated...
- Engineering & TechnologyOpen access
Activation of Metal Complexes With Ultrasound Waves for Targeted Anticancer Therapy
ABSTRACT Ultrasound technology has undergone a fundamental paradigm shift, evolving from a conventional diagnostic instrument into a sophisticated platform for non‐invasive, site‐specific cancer therapy. By harnessing the inverse piezoelectric effect, ultrasound generates mechani...
- Engineering & TechnologyOpen access
Abstract EMG‐based muscle force predictions are often inaccurate following active muscle stretch or shortening because of residual force enhancement (rFE) or depression (rFD), respectively, which can alter the neural drive to a muscle. However, the extent of neural drive modulati...
- Climate & Environment
Trends of Nonylphenol Exposure in an Australian Population Based on Urinary Metabolite Analysis
Abstract Nonylphenol (NP) is an alkylphenol primarily used to synthesize nonylphenol ethoxylates (NPEO) and tris(4-nonylphenyl) phosphite (TNPP) which are extensively used in industrial and consumer products. NP and its derivatives are well-known endocrine disruptors and are asso...
- BiologyOpen access
Abstract Optical Genome Mapping (OGM) offers superior resolution compared to standard diagnostic methods such as karyotyping and FISH, enabling the detection of nearly all types of chromosomal aberrations with non-centromeric breakpoints. This study evaluated OGM’s potential to e...
- Materials & EnergyOpen access
Compositionally complex solid solution electrocatalysts span vast composition spaces, and even one materials system can contain more candidate compositions than can be measured exhaustively. Here, we compare how five text‐derived composition representations influence the outcome...
- Climate & EnvironmentOpen access
Machine learning-based temperature mapping in Sydney: Accuracy, transferability, and scalability
Urban heat is a growing concern for public health, energy demand, and urban liveability. High-resolution air temperature (T a ) data are needed for developing effective, localised adaptation strategies, but obtaining such data at the city scale remains a challenge as weather stat...
- BiologyOpen access
ABSTRACT Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a neurodevelopmental disorder characterized by altered synaptic connectivity and network organization, resulting in profound impairments in social communication and interaction. Transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) represents a...
- BiologyOpen access
Long-timescale dynamics shape visual conscious awareness
Consciousness is mostly studied as if it were composed of independent snapshots, aggregating reports over trials and experimental contexts, disregarding any temporal aspect. However, almost nothing is known about how conscious experience spontaneously fluctuates in time. To shed...
- Physics & SpaceOpen access
On the intersections of projected Hamiltonian orbits in cotangent bundles
Abstract We study the generic behaviour of Hamiltonian trajectories on a regular level set in the cotangent bundle, after projection to the base. We prove that for a generic submersive level set, projected trajectories have discrete (self-)intersections. Additionally, fixing end-...
- Health & MedicineOpen access
Abstract Sunscreens are an important protection measure against harmful effects of ultraviolet radiation. However, potential health effects of several commonly used UV filters are currently being discussed. We conducted a human biomonitoring (HBM)-based exposure and risk assessme...
- BiologyOpen access
Who Did It? Sleep, Source Memory, and Action Memory in Human 4-Year-Olds
Sleep facilitates memory consolidation across the lifespan, but few studies have investigated underlying mechanisms in early development. The present study assessed the role of sleep timing after a social learning situation for action memory in seventy-six 4-year-old children and...
- Health & MedicineOpen access
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the use and impact of current surgical guidelines for chronic pancreatitis (CP) across Europe. SUMMARY BACKGROUND DATA: Current guidelines recommend morphology-based surgery for CP, but international studies evaluating their use and impact are lacking. METH...
- Materials & EnergyOpen access
GRACE-OFF: A Machine-Learned Interatomic Potential for Organic Liquids Using the GRACE Architecture
Abstract Machine-learned interatomic potentials (MLIPs) have become an increasingly important tool for molecular dynamics (MD) simulations, enabling near quantum-mechanical accuracy at significantly reduced computational cost. Recent studies indicate that the Graph Atomic Cluster...
- Materials & EnergyOpen access
ABSTRACT Ongoing advances in scanning probe microscopy techniques are continually expanding the possibilities for nanoscale characterization and correlated studies of functional materials. Here, we demonstrate how a recent extension of piezoresponse force microscopy (PFM), known...
- Physics & Space
Using intense femtosecond soft x-ray pulses above the sulfur 2p edge produced by the Free-electron LASer in Hamburg (FLASH), we investigate the multiple ionization and fragmentation dynamics of CS2. We focus on the three-ion fragmentation pathways of CS2 polycations with total ch...
- Society & EconomicsOpen access
Within a decade, German-Chinese scientific cooperation has shifted from a promoted pillar of internationalisation, rooted in Germany’s self-perception as ‘open to the world’ (weltoffen), to a contested domain of risk assessment and institutional screening. While existing literatu...