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Tunable graphene-integrated metasurface biosensor with hybrid plasmonic-2D material coupling for dual cancer detection in terahertz regime

Abstract This study presents a vertically integrated terahertz metasurface biosensor that combines graphene with transition metal dichalcogenides for breast and colorectal cancer detection based on refractive index sensing. The resonant region uses a clustered cross geometry comp...

Ghana's Net-Zero Transition Implication on Land and Water Use

This is a presentation on the application of the Climate, Land, Energy and Water systems (CLEWs) Framework using the OSeMOSYS Linear Programming Energy System Model to compare two net-zero pathways for Ghana over 2023–2063: a Net-zero scenario and a Net-zero plus Afforestation sc...

The Impact of Continuous School Day on Women’s Participation in the Labour Market: A Quasi-Natural Experiment

Abstract The shift from a split school day (SSD) to a continuous school day (CSD), in which all classes are concentrated in the morning, has accelerated across Spain in recent years and is frequently promoted as a measure to improve work-family balance. Whether this reform advanc...

The Evolving Role of Researchers and Research Software Engineers

The role of the researcher is rapidly evolving as LLMs and coding agents become part of everyday scientific workflows, shifting the work from writing code towards verifying it. The role of the research software engineer is shifting with it. In this talk we draw on our experience...

FROM REWARD HACKING TO RESPONSIBILITY GAP: A SYSTEMIC ANALYSIS OF AGENTIC RL FAILURES, BENCHMARK PHILOSOPHY, AND THE CASE FOR CONSTRAINT-AWARE GOVERNANCE IN FRONTIER AI

ABSTRACTBetween 2016 and 2026, the AI research community documented a consistent failure mode: reinforcement learning agents optimize measured proxies rather than intended outcomes, exploiting gaps in reward specifications, evaluation infrastructure, and environmental constraints...

Aterian Lithic Technology and Functional Studies in North Africa: A Review of Current Evidence and Perspectives

Abstract In North Africa, the Middle Stone Age (MSA) has been associated with the emergence and evolution of Homo sapiens and is considered a pivotal period in the development of behavioral complexity. Recent archaeological discoveries have yielded a range of technological innova...

Recent Advances in Nanotechnology for Targeted Protein Degradation

Mutations or overexpression of proteins contribute to the pathogenesis and progression of numerous diseases, including cancers and neurodegenerative disorders. Traditional small-molecule inhibitors have played a crucial role in treating these diseases; however, they still face se...

After Parity

An American lead in artificial intelligence may be a strategic objective. It cannot also be the condition under which an international safety regime remains intelligible. This paper distinguishes three arrangements often conflated in the debate: commitments explicitly conditioned...

Occurrence and multidrug resistance of Salmonella spp. in food animals from selected districts of Bangladesh

Abstract Background Salmonella spp. are important zoonotic pathogens and a leading cause of foodborne illness worldwide, with antimicrobial-resistant (AMR) and multidrug-resistant (MDR) strains in livestock posing a growing public health concern. This study investigated the occur...

Automated CT-based quantification of knee osteophytes for robotic-assisted total knee arthroplasty: a multi-cohort study

Abstract Preoperative computed tomography (CT) is routinely acquired for planning robotic-assisted total knee arthroplasty (TKA), yet osteophyte burden is not quantitatively characterized. We developed automated CT-based osteophyte quantification and evaluated it against blinded...

How International Trade and Global Value Chains Reshape Environmental Sustainability

The expansion of international trade and global value chains has transformed the geographical organization of production while redistributing environmental pressures across countries, sectors and stages of production. This paper examines the relationship between trade integration...

Adhesive-Yet-Removable Silica-Polydopamine Janus Particles for High-Performance Skin Photoprotection

Photoprotective materials must remain on the skin during use while permitting gentle removal afterward, creating a conflict between durable adhesion and post-use cleansing. Here, we report anisotropic dumbbell-shaped mesoporous Silica-Polydopamine Janus particles (SiO2&PDA JPs) d...

Building a Secure, Role-Aware Web Platform for Campus Training and Placement Coordination

Campus placement cells are the intersection of three groups that rarely work on the same page. Students who chase offers, coordinators who try to keep records straight and recruiters who expect a smooth process when they show up on campus. When this coordination is still done on...

A local non-containment in Step (v) of IUT IV, Theorem 1.10

Step (v) of the proof of Theorem 1.10 in Mochizuki's Inter-universal Teichmüller theory IV bounds, for each tuple of places, the log-volume of the corresponding component of the holomorphic hull of the union of possible images of a Θ-pilot object defined in Corollary 3.12 of the...

Development of an Achievable Benchmarks of Care Report Card for Pediatric Hospital Medicine

OBJECTIVES: To develop an Achievable Benchmarks of Care (ABCs) report card for common conditions managed by pediatric hospital medicine (PHM). METHODS: We performed a retrospective cross-sectional study of encounters for 13 common pediatric conditions between January 1, 2023, and...

Synthetic Kindneys and Heart Prototypes.

Synthetic Kidneys & Heart Prototype Thesis.

Biweekly gemcitabine and nab-paclitaxel in advanced pancreatic cancer: a systematic review

Abstract Background Pancreatic cancer is associated with high morbidity and mortality. Gemcitabine plus nab-paclitaxel (GA), along with FOLFIRINOX and NALIRIFOX, is a standard first-line treatment for advanced/metastatic pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (mPDAC). However, the stan...

A proof of a conjecture of H. Gruber: finite unary languages by the alphabetic width of their regular expressions

We prove a statement recorded by H. Gruber in 2012 in the OEIS entry A000079 (the powers of 2), verified by him up to n = 17: for n >= 1, the number of distinct finite languages over a one-letter alphabet whose minimum regular expression has alphabetic width n is 2^n. The alphabe...

From Clifford Algebra through Spacetime Discrete Structures to the Standard Model

Background. The derivation of physical dynamics from algebraic first principles remains a central open problem in foundational physics. This paper addresses the logical gap between Clifford-algebraic ontology and spacetime dynamics by constructing a unified framework that bridges...

Domain-Aware Feature Engineering for Prediction of Molecular Optical Interference in High-Throughput Screening

Abstract Optical interference from small molecules─compounds that absorb UV/visible light or exhibit intrinsic fluorescence─is a significant source of false positives and false negatives in fluorescence- and absorbance-based high-throughput screening assays. Computational predict...