Research works

Analysis of the Mechanical Behavior of Virgin and Virgin-Recycled Polystyrene

General-purpose polystyrene (GPPS) is widely used in packaging and insulation, although its recyclability poses environmental challenges that require circular economy strategies. The objective of this study was to evaluate the mechanical and tribological behavior of virgin GPPS (...

Multidimensional Associations Between Psychiatric Symptoms, Sleep Disturbance, Biological Variables, and Fibromyalgia Severity: A Classification and Regression Tree and Path Analysis Study

Background: Fibromyalgia (FM) is a complex chronic pain disorder characterized by interactions among psychological, biological, and clinical factors. Although psychiatric symptoms and sleep disturbance are recognized contributors to disease burden, their multidimensional relation...

Disease burden and prediction of liver cancer attributable to metabolic risks in five East Asian countries from 1990 to 2023

Liver cancer is a major public health issue in five East Asian countries, with metabolic factors becoming primary drivers. Based on the Global Burden of Disease (GBD) 2023 database, we extracted the total number and age-standardized mortality rates, years lived with disability (Y...

Delphi-based authenticity indicators for historic urban areas: Khadia, Ahmedabad

Rapid urbanisation and redevelopment pressures in Indian historic cities increasingly threaten urban heritage character, often prioritising physical redevelopment over historically layered cultural values. Conventional conservation approaches focused on individual monuments remai...

Stoichiometry-Dependent Charge Carrier Generation Mechanisms in PM6:Y6 Blends

Abstract Understanding how donor–acceptor stoichiometry governs charge carrier separation in non-fullerene bulk heterojunction active layers remains incomplete. By combining transient absorption and time-resolved photoluminescence spectroscopy with selective donor excitation, we...

Visible mould and blood inflammatory phenotypes of asthma in adults: the CONSTANCES cohort

Studying the associations between indoor mould contamination and blood inflammatory phenotypes may provide further insight into the mechanisms by which this environmental factor affects asthma. Among 1870 adults with current asthma from a population-based cohort, 29.6% reported v...

The Aesthetics of Exclusion: Simulacrum, Spectacle, and Class Closure at Americana at Brand

This study critically examines the transformation of suburban shopping malls into civic spaces, focusing on the open-air mall called Americana At Brand (AAB) in Los Angeles. Employing Guy Debord’s concept of the spectacle and Jean Baudrillard’s theory of simulacra, the research e...

High-Voltage Sodium–MetalBatteries with AsymmetricFluoroalkoxylated Organoborate Anion Chemistry

Abstract The high reactivity of sodium (Na) metal restricts its compatibility to ether-based electrolytes, while the poor oxidative stability of ethers precludes their coupling to high-voltage cathodes, fundamentally limiting the operating voltage and energy density of sodium–met...

The Cosmochrony Research Programme: A Structural Roadmap and Paper Inventory

The Cosmochrony programme develops a pre-geometric framework in which physical structure — spacetime, quantum mechanics, gauge symmetry, and Standard Model observables — arises from a single primitive: the local structure of admissible non-injective transitions between observable...

Evaluation of the Relative Citation Ratio Versus the H-Index as Measures of Citation-Based Scholarly Influence in Academic Neurosurgery

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Evaluating citation-based scholarly influence among academic faculty is foundational to academic medicine, as retention, promotion, and tenure to govern career advancement at every level. The h-index has been the standard metric across fields, including...

Online Detection and Grading of Tomato External Quality Based on Machine Vision

Abstract Tomato shape and mass are key indicators for external quality evaluation, while manual inspection is inefficient and subjective. This study proposes an online method for tomato external quality detection and grading based on machine vision. Images of 1,000 tomato samples...

Reuse, but Verify: Certified Maintenance of LLM-Computed Table Cells under Prompt Edits

AI-native tables let users define columns in natural language: each cell is computed by a language model from a versioned prompt over its row. When the prompt is edited, deployed systems face a choice: recompute every cell, which is expensive and rate-limited, or silently reuse s...

Combined photovoltaic and thermal enhancements of solar photovoltaic system using SiO2 and Al2O3 nanoparticle-enhanced paraffin wax phase change material

This study addresses the reduction in electrical efficiency and power output caused by elevated operating temperatures in Solar Photovoltaic Thermal (SPVT) panels by implementing an effective cooling approach to enhance energy yield and overall system performance. The study exper...

Beyond Consensus — Dialogue, Corrigibility, and the Responsibility to Respond

Dialogue is often judged by whether it produces agreement. This essay proposes a different criterion: whether the relational field becomes more truthful, corrigible, and capable of responsible response. It distinguishes four thresholds — hearing, recognition, assent, and action —...

Real-World Safety Profile of Adjuvant Abemaciclib in HR+/HER2− Early Breast Cancer

Background/Objectives: Treatment with adjuvant abemaciclib plus endocrine therapy (ET) has been demonstrated to improve outcomes in patients with HR+/HER2- early breast cancer at high risk of recurrence. However, real-world data regarding abemaciclib tolerability and treatment ma...

Dynamics of germ cell development in the bovine fetal ovary

Abstract This study offers a comprehensive description of germ cell development in the bovine ovary across a 95-day period between embryonic days 45–140, corresponding to the critical window between gonadal colonization by primordial germ cells and the establishment of the ovaria...

Diosmin Attenuates Age-Associated Vascular Oxidative Stress and Endothelial Dysfunction in Aged Rats

Vascular aging is driven by a self-sustaining interplay between oxidative stress and chronic low-grade inflammation, collectively referred to as inflammaging. Diosmin, a citrus-derived flavonoid with antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties, has not previously been investigat...

The Closing Technological Window: AI-Accelerated Search, Recursive Industrial Closure, and the Finite Horizon of Planet-Dependent Civilizations

This paper develops a unified dynamical model for the transition of a planet-dependent biological technological civilization into an autonomously reproducible technological lineage. The critical transition is defined not as crewed spaceflight or settlement, but as recursive indus...

Low Nox Hydrogen Combustion Testing In High Steam Environment For Future Aeroengine Concept

Abstract This paper reports high-pressure tests of hydrogen combustion in a steam-air mixture representing the hot-section working fluid of a Hydrogen Steam-Injected Intercooled Turbine Engine (HySIITE). The HySIITE concept targets 35% efficiency improvement in comparison with to...

24-Dimensional Orthogonal Framework for Fitting Microscopic Particles

Abstract: This paper presents a geometric model based on a 24-dimensional orthogonal framework for fitting microscopic particles. The model employs only a very small number of discrete parameters to calculate the masses of 15 elementary particles and 15 composite particles, yield...