Research works

From quantitative features to imaging signs: agentic AI-driven autonomous discovery in glioblastoma

Abstract The development of semantic imaging signs is time-consuming and relies heavily on clinicians’ experiential knowledge, whereas the abundance of quantitative radiomic features often poses challenges in interpretability and clinical translation. We developed an agentic AI p...

Identification of expressed endogenous retroviral element associated long terminal repeats in devil facial tumour cells

Abstract The Tasmanian devil (Sarcophilus harrisii) population has undergone a major decline in the wild owing to the epidemics of two transmissible cancers known as devil facial tumours (DFT1 and DFT2). A multipronged conservation strategy is in place, but a vaccine that prevent...

Executive functions as a transdiagnostic endophenotype in developmental psychopathology

Abstract The majority of mental health conditions emerges before adulthood, with prevalence increasing especially during childhood and adolescence. Coupled with high comorbidity between disorders, there is an urgent need to identify transdiagnostic mechanisms that underpin both r...

Excavating a possible Christianisation mission: the medieval stronghold in Pyrzyce

Historical accounts of Otto of Bamberg’s twelfth-century Christianisation mission in Pyrzyce, Poland, have inspired archaeological excavations, which in turn influenced anthropological research into contemporary religious imagery. Archaeological investigations at Pyrzyce’s early...

Aim high or play safe? Commitment, prosocial incentives, and goal setting

Abstract We examine how behavioral incentives affect goal setting and performance when individuals choose their own goals. Using a model with reference-dependent preferences and effort cost uncertainty, we predict that commitment mechanisms improve performance by inducing more co...

Comparing apples and oranges (and pinecones): understanding patterns of reproductive disparity across seed plants

Abstract Seed plant reproductive structures are highly diverse, but analysing morphological disparity across the group is challenging because taxa are difficult to directly compare. Here, we develop an approach that accommodates divergent structures and unclear homologies, treati...

DIFFERENCES BETWEEN ISLAMIC BANKS AND CONVENTIONAL BANKS

The paper compares Islamic and conventional banks in terms of their underlying principles, sources and uses of funds, risk allocation, governance and regulation, and summarises the empirical evidence on their efficiency and stability. The analysis shows that the key difference li...

The magneto-elastic instability of Kirchhoff rings

Abstract Understanding the interplay between electromagnetic forces and elasticity is a fundamental problem in the mechanics of deformable structures, particularly when electrical currents interact with magnetic fields to generate distributed body forces. A paradigm for this prob...

SpyGlass-assisted diagnosis of biliary tract invasion by diffuse large B-cell lymphoma: a case report

Abstract Background Diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) of the common bile duct (CBD) is exceedingly rare and mimics cholangiocarcinoma or choledocholithiasis, delaying diagnosis. Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) brush cytology offers limited sensitivity fo...

HEA-GAN for high-fidelity low-light image enhancement and degradation-aware image augmentation using a hybrid deep learning and GAN framework

Abstract Poor vision and low-light conditions have a deleterious effect on the functioning of downstream computer-vision systems used in surveillance, autonomous driving, biomedical imaging, and remote sensing. Histogram equalization, Retinex based methods and manually crafted de...

Getting into the guts of eating disorders in children and adolescents, with a perspective from psychoneuroimmunology (the PSYNIGED study): an observational, longitudinal study protocol

Abstract Background Eating disorders (ED) are severe and complex psychiatric conditions characterized by the presence of abnormal eating patterns. An integrative biopsychosocial model has been developed to describe vulnerability to developing an ED, as well as its maintenance and...

Developmental bias of body size and caste by the fire ant social supergene

Abstract Supergenes are clusters of linked genes that drive complex phenotypic divergence. In the fire ant Solenopsis invicta, a supergene determines polymorphic social organization, and its derived (b) haplotype is over-represented among large workers and gynes relative to the a...

Artificial intelligence cooperation and domestic absorptive capacity: evidence from ASEAN economies

Abstract Cross-border artificial intelligence (AI) cooperation is expanding, but evidence on its effect on domestic technological capability in recipient economies is scarce. Drawing on absorptive capacity theory, we create a composite AI absorptive capacity index for 10 Associat...

DEVELOPMENT OF A TECHNOLOGY FOR REDUCING OLEFIN AND BENZENE CONTENTS TO IMPROVE THE ENVIRONMENTAL CHARACTERISTICS OF GASOLINE

The environmental quality of motor gasoline is increasingly determined not only by sulfur content, but also by the concentration and molecular structure of hydrocarbon groups that control evaporative reactivity, toxic emissions, oxidation stability and octane performance. Benzene...

Cationic High-Entropy Doping Endows O3-Type Na-Ni-Mn-O-Layered Cathode with High Energy Density and Sustainable Sodium Storage

Abstract Although O3-type layered oxides featuring an open framework demonstrate potential as high-capacity cathode materials for sodium-ion batteries, such cathode materials are confronted with commercial limitations, including intricate phase transition mechanisms, structural d...

AI-assisted telerehabilitation in early Parkinson’s disease: a multicenter, randomized, multi-arm comparative trial

Abstract This exploratory, multicenter, randomized, rater-blinded, multi-arm comparative trial aimed to evaluate the feasibility and exploratory clinical signals of an AI-facilitated telerehabilitation system across different intervention durations in early-stage Parkinson’s dise...

Expansion Freedom Theory v6.9: Principle of Least Action and Principle of Feedback — Alternating Dominant Principles by Scale

Expansion Freedom Theory (EFT) is a cosmological framework proposing that the universe's fundamental tendency is expansion and mutual recession, not attraction. What is conventionally called gravity is reinterpreted as the gradient of Expansion Parallax — the speed differential b...

Multistage Cost Estimation Framework for Transparent and Granular Bridge Maintenance

Abstract Bridge maintenance cost is not an isolated variable but a constructed outcome derived from damage size, repair method, and unit cost. However, existing data-driven approaches often treat cost estimation as a black-box prediction problem, providing only aggregated cost va...

Cypripedium wardii

Cypripedium wardii (Orchidaceae) is an important orchid species. This project reportedthe chromosome level reference genome of Cypripedium wardii based onPacBio, lllumina and Hi-C data. These data are helpful to clarify the ecologicalfunction of Cypripedium wardii and the evoluti...

Reversible Oxidation of a Nonathia[42]Nonaphyrin(1.1.0.1.1.0.1.1.0) to a 40π Dication Diradicaloid

Abstract A one-pot condensation of bithiophene with thiophene diol under acidic conditions yields 28π, 42π, and 56π expanded porphyrinoids. X-ray crystallographic studies revealed a planar topology for both 28π and 42π macrocycles. Spectroscopic and quantum chemical calculations...