Research works

Nonequilibrium electron-phonon energy relaxation and valley-resolved Joule heating in monolayer MoS₂ MOSFETs

Temperature rise and hotspot formation induced by self-heating severely affect the performance and reliability of two-dimensional (2D) electronic devices. Here, a first-principles-based multiscale framework combining density functional theory, TCAD simulations, and electron Monte...

Beyond carbon dioxide: decoupling headspace and buffering reveals a bicarbonate requirement for anaerobic gut fungi growth

Abstract Background Anaerobic gut fungi ( Neocallimastigomycota ) are major lignocellulose degraders in herbivore gastrointestinal tracts, but reproducible axenic cultivation remains difficult because conventional serum-bottle systems intrinsically couple CO 2 headspace, bicarbon...

Mechanisms of enhanced piezoelectric response in nanoporous GaN revealed by quantitative mapping

Electrochemical etching provides a route to introduce nanoscale porosity to GaN and enhance its electromechanical properties. It remains unclear whether this enhancement results from electrostatic effects such as carrier depletion or mechanical effects such as softening. Nonethel...

Quantifying local mechanical work at the nanoscale in optically driven piezoelectric membranes

Quantifying mechanical work generation in active micro- and nanoscale systems requires measuring both displacement and force under controlled loading conditions, yet most approaches probe these quantities separately. Here, we present an atomic force microscopy (AFM)-based method...

Development and Implementation of an Interactive Data Dashboard for Inclusive Public Transit: Design and Dissemination

Public transit systems represent structural conditions that constrain or liberate how people travel through space. However, data documenting the accessibility of public transit systems in the United States (U.S.) is sparse, not nationally integrated, and rarely communicated in pl...

Blood culture turnaround time and antimicrobial resistance following an operational research interventions at 37 Military Hospital, Ghana

We conducted a retrospective before and after comparative observational study using routinely collected hospital data from neonates with suspected sepsis admitted between January 2022 and July 2024. Outcomes were compared with a previous study (2017–2020) following implementation...

Experimental and Numerical Study of Flame Propagation of Biofuels/Oxidizers/Inert Mixtures

The increasing demand for sustainable energy resources and the need to reduce the environmental impact associated with fossil fuel utilization have intensified research into alternative fuels for energy conversion and transportation applications [...]

Incidence and predictors of delirium-associated violence towards healthcare workers in a Swiss ICU: results from the CAVE study

Abstract Background To assess the frequency of delirium coinciding with aggressive and/or violent patient behavior in intensive care unit (ICU) patients as documented by nurses and to identify clinical associations or risk factors. Methods This was a retrospective observational c...

Creating nurturing environments: Addressing domestic violence to improve early childhood development outcomes

Optimal early childhood development (ECD) is critical for long-term health and economic well-being. Over a quarter of young children across low- and middle-income countries face developmental delays. Domestic violence (DV) is harmful to children's healthy development. Using a dif...

Plant Proteins and Bioactive Peptides: Distinguishing Nutritional Quality from Sequence-Dependent Bioactivity

Plant proteins represent both important nutritional resources and reservoirs of encrypted bioactive peptide sequences. However, protein nutritional quality and peptide bioactivity are distinct properties: a favorable indispensable amino acid profile or high digestibility does not...

Bioinspired negative-curvature monomer architecture accelerates on-surface topochemical polymerization

On-surface chemical reactions are often limited by competing requirements for long range molecular order and the local atomic scale dynamics needed for bond formation. In many topochemical reactions, including diacetylene photopolymerization, alkyl-chain ordering provides the req...

Molecular characterization of a novel botourmiavirus infecting Leptosphaeria biglobosa

Abstract The phytopathogenic fungus Leptosphaeria biglobosa is the host of diverse mycoviruses. Comprehensive analysis of next-generation sequencing (NGS) data obtained from purified double-stranded RNA (dsRNA) revealed the presence of three single-stranded RNA (ssRNA) molecules....

A longitudinal comparison of shared and private e-scooter crashes, near-miss rates, attributions and characteristics

As e-scooters have become increasingly common in urban areas, safety concerns have grown. However, most safety research does not distinguish between shared and private e-scooter use. Moreover, no studies have examined within-person changes in safety outcomes over time. This study...

Drivers of blockchain technology adoption in construction supply chains: a systematic literature review and scientometric synthesis

Purpose Blockchain technology (BT) has attracted growing attention in construction supply chain management (CSCM), yet existing research predominantly emphasises applications, technical architectures and barriers, providing limited understanding of the pressures motivating adopti...

Tuberculous lymphadenitis presenting with extensive internal jugular, subclavian, and brachiocephalic vein thrombosis: a case report

Tuberculous lymphadenitis is the most common form of extrapulmonary tuberculosis; however, associated major venous thrombosis is uncommon and may delay diagnosis because of its atypical presentation. Internal jugular vein thrombosis associated with tuberculosis remains rarely rep...

Effects of Rating of Perceived Exertion-based Deadlift Training on Muscle Performance: A Practical Approach to Program Design

Abstract Young, AD, Asthana, A, Stephan, JJ, Lee, SY, Newton, NJ, Newland, A, and Perkins, R. Effects of rating of perceived exertion-based deadlift training on muscle performance: A practical approach to program design. J Strength Cond Res XX(X): 000–000, 2026—The purpose of thi...

Decision-focused learning for gate assignment to reduce potential conflicts under arrival time uncertainty

Flight delays frequently disrupt airport operations, making pre-planned gate assignments infeasible and requiring real-time adjustments. Traditional ‘Predict-then-Optimize’ methods train prediction models to minimize statistical errors (e.g. MSE), but they often ignore how differ...

A leader-level Analysis of South Korea’s push for the reclamation of wartime operational control: Focusing on ideology and cognitive biases

This article aims to analyze the motivations behind the South Korean government’s push for the early reclamation of wartime operational control (OPCON) over the South Korean military—which is currently delegated to the Commander of the South Korea-U.S. Combined Forces Command (CF...

CT-based distribution of paranasal sinus involvement in sinusitis: A retrospective single-centre study

Background Sinusitis is among the most common inflammatory conditions of the paranasal sinuses, and computed tomography (CT) is the reference modality for demonstrating sinus involvement. The maxillary sinus is generally reported as the most frequently affected, but local data fr...

Optimal Parallel Comparison Sorting for Up to 10 Elements on Up to 10 Processors

We study the problem of parallel comparison sorting, modeled as a two-player game between a sorter and an adversary. Using a minimax algorithm enhanced with several domain-specific optimizations, we compute the exact minimal number of rounds [Formula: see text] required to sort [...