Research works

Characterization of Orbits in Bars in Disc Galaxies Using Fourier Frequencies

Abstract Bars are among the most prominent dynamical structures in disc galaxies, yet their long-term evolution and the orbital families that sustain them remain only partially understood. In this work, we introduce a new methodology based on frozen potentials combined with Fouri...

A fairness audit of the Duckworth–Lewis–Stern method: format-specific and gender-differential bias, with an interpretable calibration layer for cricket target revision

Abstract The Duckworth–Lewis–Stern (DLS) method has set revised targets in rain-interrupted limited-overs cricket since 1999, yet no large-scale empirical audit of its prediction bias has been published. Using ball-by-ball data for 8,150 international matches from Cricsheet, we a...

Cooperation in binary mixtures of active colloids

The complex interactions underlying collective motion in biological systems give rise to emergent behaviors such as flocking, sorting, and cooperative transport. These dynamics often involve species with different motilities coordinating movement to optimize navigation and surviv...

Execution-Time Opacity in (Controllable) Timed Automata is Hard

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Selection and screening in cyber insurance markets

Abstract This paper studies how information frictions shape demand, screening, and contract design in the U.S. cyber insurance market. I develop a framework in which firms sort into coverage based on latent cyber risk while insurers screen using coarse signals and manage residual...

Strategic Innovation in the Bakery Industry Through Underutilized Bioresources: A Narrative Review of Nutritional Enhancement, Circular Economy Approaches, Consumer Acceptance, and Industry 4.0 Technologies

The bakery industry is undergoing paradigm shifts due to increased customer demand for healthy foods, sustainable manufacturing techniques and innovations. At the same time, growing concerns about food waste, environmental harm and the depletion of natural resources are driving i...

High diversity but limited expression of biosynthetic gene clusters in a peatland microbial community

Abstract The in situ relevance of biosynthetic gene clusters (BGCs) remains poorly understood. We apply meta-omics to characterize BGC diversity and activity along a peatland redox gradient. From seven metagenomes, we recover 9,694 BGCs, spanning diverse taxa, most lacking close...

MAIA frailty subgroup analysis: long-term follow-up with daratumumab plus lenalidomide/dexamethasone in transplant-ineligible newly diagnosed myeloma

Abstract In MAIA (Daratumumab, lenalidomide, and dexamethasone versus lenalidomide and dexamethasone alone in newly diagnosed multiple myeloma), daratumumab plus lenalidomide/dexamethasone (D-Rd) improved progression-free survival (PFS) and overall survival (OS) versus Rd in tran...

The Korean ‘Minbak’ as an environmental bubble: motivations, experiences, and the paradox of cultural immersion among Korean travellers

This study examines Korean travellers’ use of Minbaks (Korean guesthouses) in Europe, introducing the ‘pulsating bubble’ framework that challenges static conceptualisations of environmental enclaves. Through netnography of 192 Korean travel blogs (2023–2025), we demonstrate that...

Benefits and Harms of Herbal Medicines for Preventing and Treating Acute Respiratory Infections: An Overview of Systematic Reviews

ABSTRACT Hundreds of herbal medicines are currently marketed for the management of acute respiratory infections (ARIs). However, there is uncertainty about their benefits and harms, and clinical guidance remains unclear. Our objective was to evaluate the benefits and harms of her...

Global Perspectives on Medical Cannabis Products: Knowledge, Attitudes, Clinical Use, and Safety Perceptions Among Healthcare Professionals and Patients

Introduction. Medical cannabis and cannabinoid-based medicinal products (CBMPs) are increasingly considered in managing chronic pain, neurological disorders, epilepsy, oncology-related symptoms, and palliative care. However, their safe clinical integration is influenced by health...

Integrating K-means clustering with entropy-weighted TOPSIS for large-scale multi-criteria decision making

Multi-Criteria Decision Making (MCDM) methods like Technique for Order Preference by Similarity to an Ideal Solution (TOPSIS) consider all the alternatives at once, which can be computationally expensive and confusing as the problem size increases to hundreds or even thousands of...

Closing Data Gaps in Regional Glacier Trends of the Wind River Range, Wyoming, USA

Glaciers in Wind River Range, Wyoming, have experienced substantial reductions in surface area and volume in recent decades, yet existing inventories contain temporal gaps and often mix glaciers with seasonal snowpack. We mapped and classified glacier outlines using high-resoluti...

High-density optical quantum sensors with pulsed probe read-out for correlated spin-noise reduction

Abstract Optical quantum sensors based on alkali-metal atoms enable highly sensitive magnetic-field measurements in warm vapor. Their performance can become limited by intrinsic spin noise once technical noise sources are sufficiently suppressed. Characterizing temporal spin corr...

Lung Function–Associated Genetic Variants and Overall Survival in Non–Small Cell Lung Cancer: A Multi-Platform Analysis

Abstract Background: Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have identified numerous variants associated with spirometric lung function, and Mendelian randomization studies suggest that impaired pulmonary function contributes to lung cancer susceptibility. Whether these variants...

Beyond Legal Recognition: Parental Acceptance and Couple-Level Minority Stress on Same-Sex Couples’ Well-Being in Chinese Societies

Abstract Previous studies in the Global North suggest that same-sex marriage brings positive impacts on the well-being of lesbian, gay, bisexual, queer, and plus (LGBQ+) individuals. Parental acceptance is challenging yet important for LGBQ+ individuals, especially in Chinese soc...

Soundboard Fractures in the Bent Side/Cheek Corner of Harpsichords

The following study is the result of an investigation over several years, seriously because the 2025 Eaton fire interfered substantially. It was prompted by a comment in the Jackrail Forum communications by Domenico Statuto regarding an internet publication by Geert Karman (see l...

Benchmark-Driven Selection of AI Can Improve Capabilities of Reasoning Language Models in Epistemology

Abstract Evaluation of reasoning language models gained importance after it was observed that they can combine their existing capabilities into novel traces of intermediate steps before task completion and that the traces can sometimes help them to generalize better than past mod...

Applications and research gaps in quantum natural language processing: a scientometric analysis

Abstract Quantum Natural Language Processing (QNLP) applies quantum computational models to the representation and processing of language, yet its literature remains fragmented, and no prior study treats it as an autonomous object of analysis. This study maps the field by combini...

The clock gene cycle synchronizes circadian metabolic oscillations uniquely in reproductively active Culex pipiens females

Abstract The circadian clock regulates changes in daily metabolite abundance, coordinating animal activity, feeding and rest. The Northern house mosquito, Culex pipiens , also displays seasonal changes between periods of reproductive activity and overwintering diapause, regulated...