Research works

Mechanisms of Psychological Adaptation of Citizens to Post-War Reality and Overcoming Traumatic Experience

The aim of this study was to determine the effectiveness of psychological support programmes and initiatives in facilitating citizens’ adaptation to post-war reality and in reducing the consequences of traumatic experience. The methodology included theoretical analysis, statistic...

Soil–plant interactions during early vegetation growth govern HONO, NO and N2O emissions through moisture, temperature, and mineral N pools in boreal agricultural soils

Abstract Background and aims Reactive nitrogen gases (HONO, NO, N 2 O) are key to atmospheric chemistry and climate forcing, yet their simultaneous in-situ emissions from boreal agricultural soils are poorly known. We aimed to quantify these gases during early crop growth, a peri...

CNS migration of Diplostomum pseudospathaceum in rainbow trout: neuro-immunological interactions

Abstract Rainbow trout Oncorhynchus mykiss serves as second intermediate host to the eyefluke Diplostomum pseudospathaceum , which resides as the metacercarial stage in the fish lens. The parasite uses a fish-eating bird as the definitive host and a pulmonate lymnaeid snail as fi...

Identifying the scale of effect of habitat for diversity and biomass of multiple arthropod taxa

Abstract Context Understanding how landscape composition influences biodiversity is a central objective of landscape ecology. Because species respond to environmental conditions across different spatial scales, landscape effects are inherently scale-dependent, making the identifi...

Effectiveness of the Active School quasi-experimental cluster-controlled trial: Impact on objectively measured physical activity in Swiss secondary school students after 12 months

Abstract Background Swiss adolescents exhibit insufficient physical activity (PA), with most not meeting daily and school-based PA recommendations, and girls being less active than boys. Comprehensive school programs promoting PA across multiple school segments, supported by trai...

Developmental shifts in eye morphology and visual ecology of banded flower mantis ( Theopropus elegans )

Abstract Compound eyes display high morphological diversity across arthropods, including rare cone-shaped forms whose visual function is puzzling because their unusual shape seems to defy expectations of how eyes sample visual space. Species in which eye shape changes through dev...

When the brightest is not the best: illuminant estimation from the geometry of specular highlights

Abstract Colour constancy supports stable object colour perception across changes in illumination. Illuminant colour can be inferred from white surfaces or specular highlights, and many models adopt a ‘brightest is white’ heuristic to identify illuminant colour. We tested an alte...

Monitoring and Human Health Assessment of Trace Elements in Fresh and Dry Fish From Lake Kariba, Siavonga, Zambia

This study investigated the levels of trace elements in two fish species, Kariba bream (Oreochromis mortimeri) and Kapenta (Limnothrissa miodon) from Lake Kariba in two consecutive years, 2021 and 2022. Both Kariba Bream fresh/sun-dried muscle and sun-dried Kapenta tissues were d...

Architecture-Dependent Stability, Cellular Uptake,and Redox Modulation of Poly(p-Coumaric Acid) Hybrid Nanoparticlesfor Ovarian Carcinoma Intervention

Abstract The clinical efficacy of fluorescence-guided surgery is often compromised by the poor photostability and biologically inert nature of conventional contrast agents such as Indocyanine Green (ICG). While nanocarriers can enhance dye stability, they often function primarily...

Statistics of Marginal Wave Functions as a Real-SpaceDiagnostic of Quantum Entanglement

Abstract We present a statistical framework for extracting spatially resolved entanglement directly from an ensemble of marginal (one-body) wave functions in time-dependent Quantum Monte Carlo (TDQMC). Treating the guide waves as a statistical mixture in Hilbert space, we show th...

Transient acute kidney injury following femoral fracture in mice

Aims Femoral shaft fractures are commonly associated with high-energy trauma, and affect individuals of all ages. Kidney dysfunction frequently complicates fracture healing, and trauma-related acute kidney injury (TRAKI) elevates the risk of adverse outcomes. The mechanisms of po...

Taguchi gray relational analysis for multi-objective optimization of carbon fiber reinforced PLA

Abstract The most widely used additive manufacturing method is FDM. This technique depends on printing parameters. Most studies optimize a single mechanical property of a part. However, parts are often subjected to multiple loadings. This study, which focuses on Carbon Fiber rein...

Group recognition in the German cockroach, a subsocial omnivore, is based on faecal odour preference that is modulated by coprophagy, diet and learning

Abstract Faecal odours attract cockroaches to aggregations, where conspecific faeces provide nutrients and seed the gut microbiota. Because these odours arise from the gut and faecal microbial communities, which are shaped by coprophagy and diet, discrete aggregations within a he...

Beyond Capital and Labour: The Firm as a Flow Architecture for Organizational Value Creation

Why do firms with similar capital, labour, technologies, and market access produce radically different outcomes? This conceptual paper develops a dynamical architecture of organizational value creation. It treats the firm as a cross-temporal flow architecture through which resour...

Integrative cfDNA profiling from low-pass whole-genome sequencing enables tissue-of-origin prediction in cancer

Abstract Cancer type classification is challenging due to tumor heterogeneity and undefined tissue of origin (TOO), particularly in cancers of unknown primary (CUP) and multiple primary cancers (MPC). Accurate TOO identification is critical for guiding treatment and prognosis. We...

Chronic low back pain and sleep disturbances among agro-industrial and industrial workers: a scoping review

Abstract Aim To map and synthesize the available scientific evidence on the relationship between chronic low back pain and sleep-related outcomes among agro-industrial and industrial workers exposed to high physical demands. Subject and methods A scoping review was conducted foll...

Reimagining land system science in seascapes

Abstract Context Terrestrial concepts often guide the science and management of marine systems, as exhibited by the influence of landscape ecology on seascape ecology. However, the theoretical assumptions that inform these concepts have not been sufficiently interrogated within t...

The Börekci Solar Antimatter Collector v6: A Liouville-Limited, Plasma-Magnet-Free Architecture that Closes on Demonstrated Trap Technology

Version 6 of the Börekci Solar Antimatter Collector is an audit-and-rebuild of version 5. Three physics errors in v5 are identified and repaired. (i) The collection area was taken as the area of a circle whose radius is the magnetic deflection radius. This violates Liouville's th...

Effects of different storage conditions on the carbon isotopic compositions of dissolved inorganic carbon

Abstract The carbon isotopic compositions (δ 13 C and Δ 14 C) of dissolved inorganic carbon (DIC) in water samples are influenced by various storage conditions, but the extent and mechanisms of these changes remain unclear. In this study, we systematically evaluated the effects o...

Each Tree Corrects the Last: What Gradient Boosting Actually Learns

Gradient boosting is commonly described as a sequence of weak trees in which each new learner corrects errors left by the current ensemble. This description is computationally accurate but scientifically incomplete. Every correction is conditioned on a declared loss function, an...