Research works

Optimization of Manufacturing Processes Using AI-Based Advisory Systems: Casting Application

Artificial Intelligence (AI) and its subset, Machine Learning (ML), play transformative roles in the manufacturing sector, forming the foundation of the “Industry 4.0 and 5.0” frameworks. This research contributes to that evolution by developing AI-based advisory systems that uti...

Number Theory as Physics: The Prime-Coded Universe: How Scaling Ratios, Not Numbers, Generate Continuous Reality from Discrete Foundations

Human perception of continuous space and time is not a window onto fundamental reality but an evolutionary adaptation. Mammalian sensory systems—particularly vision, touch, and proprioception—evolved to represent the world as continuous because this representation conferred survi...

O*NET Task→Ability Mapping Dataset

A task-level mapping from 18,796 O*NET work tasks, spanning all 23 SOC major groups, to the 52 O*NET human abilities each task requires, with a graded importance weight per (task, ability) pair. The dataset contains 95,330 task-to-ability mappings. Labels were generated with a la...

Does cooperation pay off over time? Evidence from water and wastewater services

Local governments around the world adopt governance arrangements, including intermunicipal cooperation (IMC), as strategies to improve water and wastewater services (WWS). This study examines whether involvement in IMC is associated with improved performance of WWS providers. Per...

Performance of a novel double-sided irradiation receiver for next-generation solar power tower systems

In solar power tower systems, conventional cylindrical receivers suffer from severe circumferential temperature non-uniformity and excessive thermal stress due to single-sided irradiation. To address these issues, this study proposes a novel double-sided irradiation receiver conc...

Protein LanguageModel Decoys for Target Decoy Competitionin Proteomics: Quality Assessment and Benchmarks

Abstract Large-scale proteomics relies heavily on target–decoy competition for false discovery rate estimation in peptide identification, and the performance of this strategy depends strongly on the design of the decoy database. Classical generators such as reversal and shuffling...

Poromechanical toughening in tensile fracture of saturated solids

<title>Abstract</title> Fracture in fluid-saturated porous solids is governed not only by solid mechanics but also by fluid flow within the pore space. In systems ranging from geomaterials to biological tissues, deformation in the near-tip region perturbs pore pressure and thereb...

Quasinormal modes and AdS/CFT correspondence of a rotating BTZ-like black hole in the Einstein-bumblebee gravity

Abstract We obtain exact expressions for the quasinormal modes (QNMs) of the massive scalar, fermionic and vector perturbations around a rotating BTZ-like black hole in the Einstein-bumblebee gravity. We find that the Lorentz symmetry breaking (LSB) parameter $$\ell $$ <mml:math...

An upstream open reading frame represses translation of the neuronal potassium channel KCNQ2

Upstream open reading frames (uORFs) within the 5’-untranslated region (5’-UTR) of mRNA transcripts can regulate protein translation. Despite widespread prevalence within the human genome, they remain unidentified for many clinically relevant genes. A gene frequently associated w...

Critical impact of thermal management systems on on-board systems in hydrogen-powered aircraft

<title>Abstract</title> Hydrogen-powered aircraft offer a promising pathway to reduce the aviation sector's climate impact, with fuel cells providing high-efficiency power conversion at around 50%. However, producing considerable waste heat at around 80°C. Since this heat is gene...

Pulsed two-photon scattering from a single atom in a waveguide with delay-modified temporal correlations

Quantum nonlinearity is an essential ingredient for many quantum technologies, but often the nonlinearity is too weak to be exploited at the few-photon level. However, few photons interacting strongly with single quantum emitters in a waveguide environment can impact a significan...

ERFMTDA: Predicting tsRNA–disease associations using an enhanced rotative factorization machine

Abstract Motivation tRNA-derived small RNAs (tsRNAs) have emerged as a novel class of regulatory molecules implicated in the pathogenesis of many human diseases, making them as promising biomarkers and therapeutic targets. However, existing computational methods for tsRNA–disease...

Identification of living (Rose Bengal)-stained benthic foraminifera using automated image recognition

Abstract. Living and fossil benthic foraminifera are widely used as bioindicators of ecosystem quality, but their analysis is time-consuming. With the help of artificial intelligence, models for the automatic identification of fossil planktonic foraminifera and, more recently, be...

Acceptability of advanced Controlled Human Infection Models: The case of a pneumococcal challenge in people living with HIV and mycobacterial challenge with Bacillus Calmette Guerin in Malawi

Abstract Background Controlled Human Infection Models (CHIM) in which volunteers are experimentally exposed to pathogens are used to study pathogenesis and down select among treatment and vaccine candidates. Scientifically, CHIM studies are best conducted among at-risk population...

Impact of the modified Frailty Index-5 on treatment selection and prognosis in octogenarians with bladder cancer eligible for radical cystectomy: a single-center, retrospective study

<title>Abstract</title> Background Developing treatment strategies for bladder cancer in octogenarians remains challenging owing to concerns regarding surgical invasiveness and the risk of undertreatment. We aimed to evaluate the effect of the modified Frailty Index-5 score on tr...

Sensory Abnormalities and Pain in the Donor Sites of Radial Forearm and Fibula Free Flaps—A Systematic Review

Background and Objectives: Free flap reconstruction is the gold standard for complex head and neck defects following oncological ablation. While surgical techniques have improved flap success rates, donor site sensory morbidity remains relatively understudied. The radial forearm...

From Taxonomy to Causality: Exploring Construction Dispute Factors Using a Gaussian KGE, CN, and DEMATEL-Based Approach

Abstract Despite advances in construction project management and technology, disputes remain a persistent challenge that significantly undermines project quality, cost, and schedule performance. A major reason is that dispute causes are often multifaceted and interdependent, yet...

Energy extraction from a rotating Buchdahl star via magnetic reconnection

Abstract In this work, we investigate the magnetic reconnection (MR) process as a mechanism for energy extraction from a rapidly rotating Buchdahl star (BS), one of the most compact horizonless objects that can, in principle, possess a spin parameter exceeding the extremal limit...

Latent gene network expression underlies partial re-evolution of a polyphenic trait in the worker caste of ants

Polyphenisms–where alternative phenotypes develop from a single genome in response to environmental cues–are not only widespread in nature, but also occur at multiple levels of biological organization, from cells to individuals to societies. Polyphenism is thought to promote phen...

Dual-Channel Energy Transfer from Ligand-Centered Singlet and Triplet States to Trivalent Lanthanide Ions

Abstract Efficient light harvesting and subsequent energy transfer (EnT) to trivalent lanthanide ions (LnIII) are critical for achieving high-performance luminescent LnIII complexes. However, because of the complexity of the underlying dynamic processes, in-depth investigations o...