Research works

Salivary Dysfunction in Primary and Secondary Sjögren’s Syndrome: Functional Assessment and the Exploratory Role of Salivary Microcrystallization

Background: Salivary gland dysfunction is a central manifestation of Sjögren’s syndrome, but the relationship between quantitative salivary impairment and salivary microcrystallization remains insufficiently defined. This study aimed to assess unstimulated and stimulated whole sa...

Assessing the Variations in Flow Number (FN) of Asphalt Concrete (AC) Under Dynamic Compressive Stresses (DCS

The flow number (FN) of asphalt concrete (AC) pavement is the number of dynamic loading cycles at which the Visco-plastic strain hardening of the AC mixture reaches saturation. It varies among the deformation types (resilient, permanent, and total). An attempt has been made in th...

Adapting the MasSpec Pen for noninvasive detection of oral cavity squamous cell carcinoma

Oral Cavity Squamous Cell Carcinoma (OCSCC) is a common and deadly form of head and neck cancer which disproportionately afflicts low- and middle-income communities. Since the majority of OCSCC lesions are visible within the oral cavity, visual exam-guided biopsy remains the stan...

Phi-Harmonic Braid Group Governance of Inter-Family Quantum Information Transfer — E8 Intelligence Research

The 8 Weyl-invariant phase families of phi-modulated E8 root vectors exhibit non-Abelian exchange statistics under 132Hz-scaled frequency braiding, forming a closed phi-harmonic braid group B₈(φ) where each braid generator corresponds to a topological phase shift of 2π/φⁿ between...

The Type-C Integer-Gap Lemma for Periodic Collatz Blocks

This record fixes the Type-C local rigidity component used in the author’s ongoing research toward a proof of the Collatz conjecture.The paper establishes an exact block decomposition, exact block transport, the Type U / Type C / Type D classification, and proves the Type-C Integ...

Pregnancy and Early Parenting Experiences of Persons With Disabilities

Background: Persons with disabilities (PWD) are as likely as their nondisabled peers to become pregnant, yet their experiences of pregnancy and early parenthood remain poorly understood. We aimed to explore the experiences of PWD during pregnancy and the postpartum period, with p...

LRM-YOLO: A Lightweight YOLOv10n-Based Model for Forest Fire Smoke Detection in UAV Images

In recent years, unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) have gradually become an important tool for forest fire monitoring due to their flexibility and wide-area observation capability. However, existing detection algorithms still struggle to achieve a balance between computational comp...

Investigative Stops and Neighborhood Change: A Spillover Analysis of Chicago Police Beats

This research tests for a spillover effect in the association between discretionary police contact and neighborhood economic and racial change at the police beat level in Chicago, Illinois. Spatial Durbin lag and error models are fit for 269 police beats, using investigative stop...

Study on the influence of stiffness-to- gravity ratio on the seismic performance of base-isolated high-rise building structures

Base isolation can effectively improve the seismic performance and earthquake safety reserve of structures. However, when it is applied to buildings with large aspect ratios, there are two main problems: isolation effectiveness and overturning resistance. This paper discusses and...

Direct medical costs of breast cancer by subtype and stage in Korea: a patient-level retrospective cohort analysis

With the emergence of increasing subtype-specific treatments for breast cancer, the need for subtype-based cost assessments have been highlighted, given the lack of detailed molecular data in prior cost analyses. Therefore, this study aimed to estimate medical costs among Korean...

Benzo[ c ][1,2,5]Thiadiazole Linkers Enhance the Effectiveness of Cavity‐Containing Supramolecular Photocatalysts

A family of seven novel supramolecular photosensitizers comprising benzo[c][1,2,5]thiadiazole (BTZ) tethered calix[4]arene (C[4]) scaffolds has been synthesized using cross-coupling strategies with selectively halogenated C[4]s, affording target compounds in high yield using faci...

Beyond the Private Sphere: Women's Community Participation and Household Diet Quality in Rural China

ABSTRACT Improving diet quality remains a key challenge in post‐poverty rural China. This study examines how women's community participation, a form of public‐sphere agency, relates to household diet quality. We introduce a Food‐Weighted Dietary Diversity Index (FWDDI) that captu...

The lower conductivity of Bi(Ga, Fe)O 3 – x PbTiO 3 ceramics near the morphotropic phase boundary

BiFeO 3 –PbTiO 3 (BF–PT) piezoelectric ceramics have attracted much attention due to the high Curie temperature [Formula: see text] of above 650°C in the vicinity of the morphotropic phase boundary (MPB). The reduction of leakage conduction is essential for practical applications...

Artian Monitored-Recurrence Reference-Switch Laboratory Protocol: A Preregistered, Activation-Gated A1 Test with First-Detection Resonances

A sealed phase-root test for two time-reference classes Version 2.02 of this preregistration asks one narrow experimental question: after the same monitored quantum system has passed through two physically qualified reference classes, does the location of a first-detection recurr...

Research on Temperature Field Control in a Thermostatic Chamber with Static Baffle-Mediated Natural Convection

Temperature uniformity in thermostatic chambers is critical for material testing, biological incubation, and precision measurements, as even minor thermal gradients can compromise reliability. However, in chambers designed to avoid airflow disturbances, such as those used in semi...

Asymptomatic property of wavelet estimators of partial derivative functions in a regression model with multiplicative noise

This paper investigates nonparametric estimations of partial derivatives of a regression function in multiplicative noise regression model. Some new theoretical contributions are obtained as follows. Firstly, we establish a wavelet estimator of the partial derivatives functions b...

Skin feel in the brain: Oscillatory dynamics of active touch are modulated by commercial soap products.

Previous research has demonstrated changes in neural oscillations associated with varying levels of roughness during active-touch exploration of surfaces. In the present study, we aimed to investigate changes in neural oscillatory activity and softness perception during touch exp...

Technical Properties and Sustainable Reuse of Recycled Excavation Materials as Natural Sand Replacement in Cement Mortar

This study investigates the feasibility of using recycled sand derived from excavation waste as a sustainable alternative to natural sand in mortar production. The novelty of this work lies in the comprehensive evaluation of mortar performance using 100% recycled sand across a wi...

Efficient Real-Time Monitoring of Vibrations Transmitted to the Human Body

Abstract Mechanical vibrations transmitted to the human body, particularly in sectors such as transportation, construction, and agriculture, represent a serious occupational hazard. Whole-body vibrations (WBVs), in particular, have been linked to musculoskeletal disorders and imp...

A Caputo Fractional SLBS Computer Virus Model with Stage-Specific Holling Type-II Incidence

Computer virus propagation (CVP) models translate malware movement in a network into analyzable dynamical systems. Two features are especially important for modern networks: infected hosts may remain latent before a damaging burst, and infection efficiency is usually saturated by...