Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

Psychiatric and substance use disorder polygenic scores are associated with the exposome in youth

Abstract Gene-environment correlations (rGE) present challenges for accurately estimating the individual and joint contributions of genetic and environmental influences on risk for psychiatric and substance use disorders. The present study examined rGE between polygenic risk scor...

Supramolecular Mask-Mediated Regioselective bis-Bingel-Functionalization of M3N@I h -C80 (M = Lu, Sc)

Abstract Exohedral functionalization of endohedral metallofullerenes (EMFs) is essential for exploiting these intriguing molecules as novel materials in applications such as biomedicine and organic solar cell device design. In the case of trimetallic nitride template EMFs (TNT-EM...

Enterovirus 2C Protein Drug Design, Assay Development, and Drug Resistance Studies

Conspectus In this Account, we describe our efforts to establish enteroviral 2C as a tractable target for antiviral drug discovery by integrating medicinal chemistry, molecular pharmacology, resistance profiling, structural modeling, and assay development. Rather than relying sol...

Time-modulated intelligent reflecting surfaces for integrated sensing, communication and security with generative artificial intelligence design

We propose a physical layer security approach for integrated sensing and communication (ISAC) systems, where targets may act as eavesdroppers. A time-modulated intelligent reflecting surface (TM-IRS) preserves data integrity at legitimate communication users (CUs) while scramblin...

A Novel Chemotype of Orally Active SARS-CoV-2 NSP14 Methyltransferase Inhibitors

Abstract The periodic emergence of human coronaviruses (hCoVs) necessitates direct-acting antivirals targeting underexploited viral proteins with broad-spectrum potential. Building on our discovery of TDI-015051, a first-in-class SARS-CoV-2 mRNA cap guanine-N7 methyltransferase (...

Substance use diagnoses among patients who present to federally run mental health facilities with co-morbid ADHD and bipolar disorder between 2013-2023: a national analysis using random forest methods

Background/Objectives Although substance use disorder is common in patients with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder or bipolar disorder, limited recent data exist for those with these co-occurring conditions. Our study analyzes recent trends and predictors of these diagnose...

Visualizing B–N Bond Breaking in Silicone Elastomer Networks through Turn-On Mechanochromic Luminescence

Abstract Mechanochromic luminescence (MCL) plays important roles in sensors, encryption, as impact indicators, and in real-time stress mapping. Boron–nitrogen Lewis pairs (LPs) are promising as mechanophores because both the interaction energy and the luminescence color can be re...

Identification and Characterization of Surfactant Binding Sites on the SARS-CoV-2 Spike Protein and Its Variants by Microseconds-Long Molecular Dynamics Simulations

Abstract While airborne coronavirus virions penetrate respiratory airways, lung surfactants (LS) adsorb on spike proteins and may hinder their binding to cell receptors. In this work, we utilize microsecond-long unbiased and adaptive sampling molecular dynamics simulations perfor...

Cancer Screening and Follow Up Among Individuals With Serious Mental Illness

Purpose: Cancer is the second leading cause of death in the United States. Individuals with serious mental illness (SMI) have higher cancer mortality, which may be due to lower screening rates and barriers to timely, effective care. The current study explored how individuals with...

Three-dimensional circulation controls on pollutant retention and mucilage accumulation in the sea of Marmara: A Lagrangian perspective

The Sea of Marmara is undergoing a severe marine pollution crisis driven by chronic nutrient enrichment and recurrent mucilage outbreaks. The physical mechanisms controlling transport, accumulation and persistence of pollutants and organic matter remain insufficiently resolved. H...

Accuracy of commercial pollen forecasts in the United States

Approximately 80 million Americans suffer from seasonal pollen allergies, and many rely on commercial pollen forecasts to guide exposure reduction and medication timing. However, these forecasts are proprietary, and their accuracy has never been comprehensively evaluated. Here, w...

Clinical Outcomes and Patient Selection for Transcatheter Tricuspid Edge-to-Edge Repair (TEER) Versus Transcatheter Tricuspid Valve Replacement (TTVR)

Tricuspid regurgitation (TR) is common, undertreated, and associated with substantial morbidity and mortality. Transcatheter tricuspid valve intervention (TTVI), comprising transcatheter edge-to-edge repair (TEER) and transcatheter tricuspid valve replacement (TTVR), has emerged...

Reduced Hedonic Capacity and Problem Video Gaming Severity: An Exploratory Study Among Chinese University Students

Limited research has examined the relationship between reward-related factors, such as anhedonia, and problem video gaming, which is an emerging behavioral health concern among youth and young adults. This study examined the association between anhedonia and problem video gaming...

The Disciplined Worker In and Out of Prison

Scholars of mass incarceration have tended to understand the prison as a labor market institution mostly in the negative sense: as a warehouse for those otherwise likely to be unemployed and as a site of status degradation that further reduces people's ability to find employment...

The use of real‐world data in health services research for dementia care: A scoping review

Abstract Health services research (HSR) is critical to informing dementia care and often relies on real‐world data (RWD); however, RWD use in HSR has not been systematically mapped in the United States. Following previous researchers and Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic R...

Structure-aware feature-to-image encoding with convolutional neural networks improves peer-to-peer credit default prediction compared with conventional tabular models

Abstract Background Peer-to-peer (P2P) lending has expanded rapidly, exposing individual investors to credit default risk typically absorbed by traditional bank intermediation. Methods This study proposes a hybrid deep learning framework for credit default prediction using 1,335,...

Defining Occupational Therapy Graduate Success: Navigating Fieldwork and National Certification Exam Challenges.

Date presented: April 23, 2026 Primary Author and Speaker: Sage N. Rivera, sr1977@shp.rutgers.edu

So similar, yet so different: comparing the US GAAP and IFRS experience at eliciting greater transparency on pension asset disclosures

Abstract We exploit two regulatory changes, one under US GAAP and the other under IFRS, that mandate improved disclosure of pension asset allocation. While the changes are otherwise similar, US GAAP retains the expected rate of return (“ERR”) on pension assets, which preparers ca...

How does hard magnetic soft matter deform?

Abstract Hard Magnetic Soft Materials, i.e., elastomers seeded with hard magnetic particles, convert magnetic energy into complex motion and have become central to the design of untethered soft robots, biomedical devices, and, in general, for enabling fast, wireless actuation. Th...

Coreopsis tinctoria and its bioactives in the prevention and management of diabetes and diabetic complications

Abstract Diabetes, one of the major metabolic diseases, has become a major public health concern worldwide leading to chronic lesions in various organs such as kidney and cardiovascular disease, severely impacting quality of life and life expectancy. Current drug treatments for d...