Research works

Fe3+-Substituted Sr6YAl(BO3)6 Red Pigments Designed Without Pb, Cd, or Hg: Colour Performance, Chemical Stability, and Elemental Release Screening

Red inorganic pigments traditionally rely on Pb-, Cd-, Hg-, or Cr(VI)-based colourants that carry avoidable hazard and exposure risks. Here, a family of Sr6YAl1−xFex(BO3)6 (0 ≤ x ≤ 1) pigments was prepared by solid-state reaction using Fe3+ as the chromophore and no Pb-, Cd-, Hg-...

Photoinduced Plasmon‐Polariton Mediated Energy Storage

ABSTRACT Development of new means of remotely induced energy storage is important for varied applications, including minimization of energy loss and heat effects in computation devices, solar energy generation, and data transmission. Here, we demonstrate a new concept by which ph...

Green fluorescent carbon dots derived from cotton stalks for in situ labeling of cotton fibers

Abstract Background In-situ fluorescent labeling of cotton fibers using biomass-derived carbon dots remains underexplored. Conventional labeling techniques may damage fiber structure, exhibit limited environmental stability, and incur relatively high costs, restricting their prac...

Validation of the Orthogonal Fitting Results for Short-Circuit Impedance Identification

Background: Accurate transformer models are essential for electromagnetic transient (EMT) simulations, particularly for evaluating Transient Recovery Voltage (TRV) during switching operations. However, many transformer models used in simulation software rely on simplified paramet...

The extraction of work from hidden degrees of freedom

Abstract Thermodynamics establishes that information acquired through measurement can be converted into work, as exemplified by Maxwell’s demon and Szilard engines. Most experimental realizations of information engines, however, implicitly assume Markovian environments, in which...

Geospatial assessment of natural hazard risks in coastal Bangladesh with a focus on communities outside embankments in Barguna

Bangladesh is highly disaster-prone, with coastal areas exposed to sea-level rise, cyclones, storm surges, flooding, and salinity intrusion, particularly in communities outside embankments. This study developed a Coastal Vulnerability Index (CVI) for outside-embankment areas of B...

Navigating professional oral care for autistic children: a qualitative study with parents

Abstract Purpose Despite growing recognition of inclusion health, autistic children continue to face inequities in accessing dental care. This qualitative study explored how a sample of parents in Hong Kong navigated professional oral care for their autistic children to better un...

Towards Sustainable Heating: An Energy–Economic–Environmental (3E) Analysis of an Air-to-Water Heat Pump System Integrated with Grid-Connected Photovoltaics for the Southern Romanian Climate

The electrification of residential heating through heat pumps represents one of the central directions of the European energy transition; however, evaluating these systems requires moving beyond classical approaches limited to purely energy-based indicators. This paper proposes a...

Consensus Selection over Prompt-Diverse VLM Transcriptions for Expert-Level Document Parsing

We describe a training-free system for the Dr.DocBench document-parsing challenge, which asks for Markdown transcriptions of difficult book pages and scores text, reading order, display formulas and tables. One general vision-language model transcribes every page many times under...

DeepSwarm-DBSCAN: Deep Learning and Swarm Intelligence for Automated Density-Based Clustering

Density-Based Spatial Clustering of Applications with Noise is widely used for unsupervised clustering due to its ability to identify arbitrarily shaped clusters and handle noise. However, its effectiveness strongly depends on appropriate hyperparameter selection, which becomes c...

Machine learning and Weibull-based reliability analysis of impact-resistant geopolymer concrete with construction demolition waste and natural fibers

This study presents a novel impact-resistant geopolymer concrete (GPC) incorporating construction and demolition waste powder, brick waste powder, slag, recycled concrete aggregates (RCA), and natural fibers (banana, jute, and pineapple) to simultaneously enhance its mechanical p...

Assessing Entrepreneurial Intentions and Actions Among Youth in the City of Tshwane: A Post-COVID-19 Perspective

This study assessed the perceived post-COVID-19 Entrepreneurial Intentions and actions among youth in the City of Tshwane using the Theory of Planned Behaviour. It examined the perceived influence of COVID-19 on attitudes toward entrepreneurship, Subjective Norms, and Self-Effica...

Altered glucagon and GIP responses in South Asian versus Nordic women after gestational diabetes mellitus

Abstract Aims/hypothesis We aimed to compare ethnic differences in levels of glucagon, glucose-dependent insulinotropic polypeptide (GIP) and glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) following a pregnancy complicated by gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM), and to assess whether the higher...

Curcumin alleviates metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease via gut microbiota-dependent epigenetic alterations

Abstract Metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD) is increasingly prevalent, yet effective therapies remain limited. Curcumin (Cur), a polyphenol with well-documented metabolic benefits, shows therapeutic promise in MASLD, but its efficacy and underlying m...

A Standardized Chewable Conductive Hydrogel Sensor for Direct Monitoring of Masticatory Dynamics

ABSTRACT Chewing is a fundamental orofacial function closely related to nutrition, digestion, and quality of life, yet current assessment methods generally rely on indirect signals or endpoint measurements and provide limited process‐level information. Here, a hydroxypropyl cellu...

Smiling in influencer marketing: how smiles shape authenticity and consumer engagement

Purpose Many influencer marketing campaigns feature smiling influencers. However, whether smiling is always beneficial, and under which circumstances it might not be, remains underexplored. This paper aims to examine how an influencer’s smile (vs no smile) affects consumer engage...

Proposal of partial safety factors for structural assessment of existing Italian highway bridges based on experimental data

Abstract Developed within the Consiglio Superiore dei Lavori Pubblici (Italian High Council of Public Works)–Rete dei Laboratori Universitari di Ingegneria Sismica e Strutturale (Network of University Laboratories of Earthquake and Structural Engineering) research program support...

Owned dog population profile, dog ownership and bite risk determinants: Key steps to rabies control in Antananarivo, Madagascar

Rabies remains a significant public health threat in Madagascar, with dog-mediated transmission causing approximately 1,000 human deaths annually. In Antananarivo, the capital city, control efforts are hindered by limited up to date knowledge on the dog population. This study aim...

Performance of machine learning (ML) and deep learning (DL) algorithms in prediction of breast cancer distant metastasis via imaging: a systematic review and meta‑analysis

Distant metastasis is a major cause of breast cancer mortality. Early prediction may support risk-adapted surveillance and treatment planning. We evaluated imaging-based machine learning (ML) and deep learning (DL) models for predicting future distant metastasis in patients witho...

Bioinformatics-Driven Identification of Flooding-Tolerance Genes and Their Structural and Molecular Characterization in Soybean

Abstract Flooding stress is one of the important abiotic factors restricting soybean production globally. Despite numerous efforts, the genetic mechanisms of flooding tolerance are not fully understood. This work used a bioinformatics-driven, integrative approach combining struct...