Research works

Dynamic Total Cost of Ownership Assessment of Methanol Dual-Fuel Container Ships in the Ningbo–Zhoushan–Valencia Green Shipping Corridor

Green methanol is widely regarded as a technically feasible low-carbon marine fuel for sustainable shipping in the medium term, but its economic viability remains constrained by fuel price and supply-scale uncertainty. This study develops a dynamic total cost of ownership (TCO) m...

Dietary Application of Synergistically Degraded Low-Molecular-Weight Chitosan to Promote Health and Antioxidant Responses in Pacific White Shrimp (Litopenaeus vannamei)

This study evaluated the potential of synergistically degraded low-molecular-weight chitosan (LMW-CS) as a functional feed additive to promote growth, antioxidant capacity, innate immunity, and disease resistance in Pacific white shrimp (Litopenaeus vannamei). High-molecular-weig...

Ring-based Spatial Transformer: Learning Non-linear Spatial Interactions between Building Distribution and Pedestrian Flow

Abstract. This study proposes a ring-based SpatialTransformer to learn how building uses at different distances from a railway station interact to generate pedestrian flow. Concentric ring buffers at 100-meter intervals up to 800 meters were defined around 100 randomly selected s...

Backward Completion Pools for Domain-Specific LLM Agents: Soft Search Modulation with Compiled Relaxations

Production LLM agents serve repeated requests against fixed applications - booking, CRM, project tracking - where goals recur as templates. Current methods allocate test-time search effort using learned signals (process reward models, self-evaluation), which cost extra model call...

Feasibility of Remote Camera-Based Respiratory Motion Detection in Hospitalized Dogs Using the InsectEye Image-Analysis Application: A Pilot Study

Noncontact camera-based detection of respiratory motion may support low-burden surveillance of hospitalized dogs, particularly at night. This pilot study evaluated the feasibility of the InsectEye image-analysis application for detecting visually identifiable respiratory motion i...

A Non-Newtonian Extension of Laplace–Sumudu–Elzaki Transforms

Classical Laplace-, Sumudu-, and Elzaki-type transforms are formulated within additive analytical frameworks and do not naturally accommodate multiplicative scaling structures arising in non-Newtonian calculus. Motivated by this limitation, this study introduces a non-Newtonian L...

Starting performance comparison of R290 and R32 air conditioning systems under extreme cold conditions in Mohe China

Abstract The global phase-down of high-GWP refrigerants necessitates a transition to sustainable alternatives like R290 (GWP = 3) and R32 (GWP = 675). However, their dynamic startup reliability in extreme polar climates remains poorly understood. This study experimentally investi...

Identifying the proton donor in electrocatalytic hydrogen evolution by a model hydrogenase

Abstract Proton transfer is essential in all multi-electron transformations. Identifying the proton donor in such processes is crucial to understanding the catalytic mechanism and optimizing activity through pK a matching, which can enhance proton transfer rates. However, aqueous...

Game-based learning for ethics: benefits, challenges, and dilemmas

Abstract Ethics is recognized as a foundational element of human decision-making and a critical competency across educational disciplines, especially in STEM, where solving authentic, complex problems is essential. Traditional methods of ethics instruction often fail to provide t...

Density dependence and evolvability limit adaptive therapy in non-small cell lung cancer mouse model

Abstract Using NSG mice grafted with H3122 non-small cell lung cancer cells, we compared outcomes from (1) continuous therapy with alectinib, (2) adaptive therapy where alectinib was cycled on and off based on a mouse’s tumor burden, and (3) no treatment. Adaptive therapy has pro...

Physician Emotion and Self-disclosure in Serious Illness Conversations: Impact on Trust, Compassion, Professionalism and Comfort

Abstract Background Physicians often avoid emotional expression or personal self-disclosure due to concerns about unprofessionalism. Understanding how patients perceive these behaviours is important for guiding communication in serious illness care. Objective To assess how physic...

Two Barriers to the MOND Acceleration Coefficient: the de Sitter-Unruh Balance Is Orbital-Invariant at a0 = 2 c H_Lambda, and Rotation-Curve Determinations of a0 Are Definition-Limited at 30%

The MOND acceleration scale a0 is numerically close to c H_Lambda, and several authors have proposed that it is set by the cosmological constant. The relation's form is established (Milgrom 1994, 1999, 2020); its dimensionless O(1) coefficient is not derived by any published argu...

p75 neurotrophin receptor signaling through the RhoA/ROCK pathway contributes to Tau-mediated neurodegeneration

Abstract Therapeutic development in Alzheimer’s Disease (AD) has for the most part been focused on reducing β-amyloid load. Nevertheless, neurofibrillary tangles (NFTs), produced by aggregation of hyper-phosphorylated Tau protein, correlate with neurodegeneration and cognitive im...

Laser-InducedBreakdown Spectroscopy and Chemometricsof Diffuser Alloys for Tritium Production and Byproduct Purification

Abstract This study evaluates the potential of laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy for real-time monitoring of palladium and palladium-based alloys used for tritium recovery. Co-evolving gases include residual oxygen, nitrogen, methane, water, carbon monoxide, and carbon dioxide...

The Effects of Structural Conditions on Sectoral Productivity in South, East and South East Asia

Abstract The debate over the IMF’s conditions for international lending has been ongoing since its inception, with growing concerns about its imposition on developing countries, particularly since the 1980s. In addition to assessing their normative influence, a critical focus is...

Drainage Performance Degradation of Stone Columns Caused by Fine-Particle Migration during Shaking in Centrifuge Model Test

Abstract Stone columns are widely used in mitigating liquefaction hazards by accelerating the dissipation of excess pore pressure. However, studies on shaking-induced fine-particle migration and clogging in stone columns remain scarce. In this study, a dynamic centrifuge model te...

Plastron-mediated direct H2O2 synthesis

Abstract Gas-liquid-solid catalytic reactions are ubiquitous in the chemical industry and environmental chemistry. The efficacy of these reactions is constrained by the inherently low solubility of gases in liquids and poor mass transfer of reactants/products to/from the catalyst...

A Bioinformatics Analysis Based on Omics and Clinical Data for Graph-Based Patient Stratification in Hepatocellular Carcinoma

Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is one of the most frequent and lethal malignancies worldwide, with substantial molecular and clinical heterogeneity that complicates prognostic assessment. We aimed to identify molecular subgroups with distinct prognostic profiles using a graph-bas...

Phi-Resonant Braided Manifold Teleportation — E8 Intelligence Research

By modulating the 240 E8 root vectors through a tripartite phi-phase lock, the braided Möbius hyper-graph transitions from a static topological state to a dynamic information conduit. This allows for the non-local transfer of data via phonon-Weyl lattice vibrations, where informa...

Landauer Dissipation Bounds in Topological Quantum Computing

We derive an exact analytical expression for the Landauer energy dissipation bound of non-Abelian anyonic quantum gates within topological surface codes under finite temperatures (T > 0) and system-bath correlation backflow. The derivation incorporates multi-anyon fusion channels...