Research works

The stabilizing effect of intelligent manufacturing policy on supply chains: analysis from the new energy vehicle industry

Purpose In the context of global value chain restructuring, intensifying industrial competition, and rapid technological change, the role of intelligent manufacturing in shaping supply chain stability has become an important issue in industrial strategy and operations management....

Evaluation of boundary-aware UNet++ for low-grade glioma segmentation

Automated brain tumour segmentation remains challenging because of diffuse boundaries, class imbalance, and variation in lesion appearance. We evaluated a boundary-aware low-grade glioma segmentation framework using UNet++ with an ImageNet-pretrained EfficientNet-B4 encoder and a...

Mapping of Powdery Mildew Resistance Genes and Mining of Candidate Genes in Bottle Gourd (Lagenaria siceraria) Based on BSA-seq and Transcriptome Sequencing

Powdery mildew is one of the most destructive fungal diseases of bottle gourd (Lagenaria siceraria), severely threatening yield and quality, yet the genetic basis of its resistance remains poorly understood. In this study, an F2 segregating population derived from a cross between...

Social representations of intercultural encounters among young people from Finland, the Middle East, and Ukraine

This study examines young people’s social representations of intercultural encounters. The study is based on qualitative material collected in 2023 during researcher-facilitated arts-based workshops with 13- to 19-year-olds. The research was conducted in North Savo, Finland. The...

Waveform-level agreement between global positioning system and sacral inertial measurement unit acceleration during overground running in male elite rugby athletes

Thoracic-mounted global positioning system (GPS) units embed accelerometers to characterise locomotor mechanics in applied sport. However, it’s unclear whether acceleration waveforms captured by these devices preserve the signal structure of sacral-mounted inertial measurement un...

AIMNet2-rxn: A machine-learned potential for generalized reaction modeling on a millions-of-pathways scale

Mechanistic modeling of chemical transformations offers a compelling basis for understanding reactivity and allows for prediction of reaction outcomes before attempting experiments. Despite progress in machine-learned interatomic potentials (MLIPs), we demonstrate that available...

Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis in Adults: A Retrospective Case Series and Review

Introduction Hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (HLH) is a life-threatening hyperinflammatory syndrome triggered by infections, malignancies, and autoimmune diseases, often mimicking severe sepsis and delaying diagnosis. We present a case series of three patients with HLH from di...

Girt By Sea: Re-imagining Australia’s Security

It’s hard to recall a time in recent memory when debates about Australian strategy and national security seemed more urgent or consequential. Alongside ongoing interstate conflicts in the Middle Ea...

Role of Adjunctive Melatonin in Patients with Chronic Schizophrenia: A Prospective Comparative Cohort Study of Cognitive Function and Inflammatory Markers

Abstract Background: Schizophrenia is a chronic neuropsychiatric disorder with cognitive impairment and inflammatory dysregulation. Melatonin’s antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, and neuroprotective properties may improve cognition and clinical outcomes as adjunctive therapy. Aim: T...

Prioritising seafood diversification in Sweden: Integrating biological screening with stakeholder constraints

Diversifying seafood production and consumption has been proposed as a strategy for improving the sustainability and resilience of food systems. Along the Swedish west coast, numerous low-trophic marine species remain underutilised despite growing interest in sustainable seafood...

Design and Tunability of Thermochromic Polymers Based on Dye–Developer–Solvent Systems: Toward Non-Toxic Materials

Abstract Thermochromic polymers have had significant development over the years through consistent research. Specifically, polymers that involve an embedded ternary thermochromic compound, which consists of a dye, color developer, and cosolvent, have garnered a lot of attention f...

Shifting contracts and cultures, from DEI to erasure: the racialised faculty experience of changes in higher education

Higher education institutions across the United States are undergoing profound cultural shifts shaped by the long-term impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as political backlash against Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) initiatives. These intersecting challenges are resh...

Spatio-temporal patterns of diversity and distribution of common Megachile bees across agroclimatic gradients in Eastern India

Abstract Bees of the genus Megachile (Megachilidae; Hymenoptera) are among the most efficient pollinators of wild and cultivated plants, yet their diversity, distribution, and seasonal dynamics remain inadequately documented across varied agroclimatic landscapes in India. Despite...

Describing Patient Characteristics, Treatment Patterns, and Disease Burden Among Patients with Alopecia Areata in Mexico: A Secondary Analysis of the Adelphi Real World Alopecia Areata Disease Specific Programme

Alopecia areata (AA) is a common autoimmune disease characterized by nonscarring hair loss, yet real-world data on AA in Mexico are sparse. This study aimed to characterize disease burden and identify unmet treatment needs among patients with AA in Mexico. Clinical data were anal...

Long‐term survival after surgical removal of an intermediate grade pancreatic carcinoma in a cat

Abstract An 11‐year‐old male neutered domestic shorthair cat presented with a history of acute diarrhoea, decreased appetite, and a palpable abdominal mass. Following clinical staging and histopathological examination after partial pancreatectomy, the cat was diagnosed with a com...

Sociodemographic correlates of perceived COVID-19 impact on movement behaviors in Croatian school-aged children

Abstract Background Levels of physical activity (PA), sedentary behavior (SB), and sleep, as important determinants of children’s health and weight status, may have been significantly affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. This cross-sectional study aimed to determine factors associa...

A scalable Zebrafish Platform for genetic validation and functional discovery of stage-specific breast cancer metastasis regulators

Metastatic disease accounts for over 90% of breast cancer-related deaths, yet scalable in vivo models for functional analysis of distinct metastatic steps remain limited. Here we show that an optimized zebrafish xenotransplantation platform enables quantitative, stage-resolved an...

S.I.D.E. Ways: horizontal peer mentorship for blackwomen doctoral students’ sustainment

Doctoral education often positions mentorship and intellectual community as foundational, while institutional structures make access inconsistent for Blackwomen. In response, three Blackwomen doctoral students employed Sista Circle Methodology grounded in Black Feminist Epistemol...

Esketamine’s therapeutic effect on anhedonia in adolescents: a post-hoc of a randomized controlled trial

Abstract Background Anhedonia, a prominent symptom of major depressive disorder (MDD), severely impairs patients’ quality of life and is challenging to treat. Although esketamine has shown potential in treating anhedonia in adult treatment-resistant MDD, its effects on adolescent...

A systematic review of hydrocephalus and psychiatric comorbidities in children and adults with spina bifida

Spina bifida in children and adults is accompanied by substantial psychiatric comorbidity. Hydrocephalus is a common complication of spina bifida and is associated with functional and cognitive deficits, but the role of hydrocephalus in psychiatric comorbidities of spina bifida i...