Research works

Marie Svoboda & Caroline R. Cartwright (ed). 2026. Mummy portraits of Roman Egypt, volume 2: emerging research from the APPEAR Project. Los Angeles: Getty; 978-1-60606-996-7 paperback $75 OpenAccess https://www.getty.edu/publications/mummy-portraits-2/

Marie Svoboda & Caroline R. Cartwright (ed). 2026. Mummy portraits of Roman Egypt, volume 2: emerging research from the APPEAR Project. Los Angeles: Getty; 978-1-60606-996-7 paperback $75 OpenAccess https://www.getty.edu/publications/mummy-portraits-2/

Smoking-related knowledge, attitudes, and beliefs regarding cardiovascular and respiratory harms among health sciences students who currently smoke in Saudi universities

Tobacco smoking is a major preventable cause of cardiovascular and respiratory morbidity worldwide. Although conventional cigarettes are strongly linked to serious chronic diseases, e-cigarettes generally result in lower toxicant exposure than conventional cigarettes but are not...

Wnt5a/Ca2+ signal promotes myogenic differentiation by mediating a slow and sustained influx of Ca2+

The extracellular Ca 2+ is crucial for the regeneration of skeletal muscles, but there is still uncertainty regarding the channels through which it enters the cells. The purpose of this study is to investigate how the Wnt5a/Ca²⁺ signaling pathway promotes myogenic differentiation...

Stage-aligned electro-ionic biobattery hydrogel for enhanced wound closure and scar reduction

Coupling electrical stimulation (ES) with biochemical signaling is attractive for coordinating multi-stage wound healing, yet existing biobatteries rarely deliver stable microcurrents with stage-aligned chemical therapy in a scalable format. Here, we report a 3D-printed zinc-iron...

Happiness and its correlation with spiritual well-being and attitude toward future career among medical students in Shiraz, Iran: a cross-sectional study

The present study aimed to determine happiness and its correlation with spiritual well-being and attitude toward future career among medical students. Although previous studies have investigated happiness, spiritual well-being, or career-related attitudes separately, and a limite...

Machine learning-assisted prediction of 5-year mortality in chronic kidney disease: the KoreaN cohort study for Outcome in patients With Chronic Kidney Disease (KNOW-CKD)

Background: Mortality prediction models for patients with non-dialysis chronic kidney disease (CKD) remain limited despite their clinical importance. While machine learning (ML) offers the potential to improve prediction accuracy, its "black-box" nature has hindered clinical adop...

Photovoltaic systems in the Nordics: A systematic review of techno-economic and life-cycle sustainability assessments

The rapid global deployment of photovoltaic (PV) technologies has increased the need for comprehensive evaluations of their technical performance, economic viability, and environmental compatibility. At high-latitudes, these assessments are essential due to low solar elevation an...

Adaptive modulation in 6G terahertz systems via online reinforcement learning–PSO meta-optimization

The rapid evolution of sixth-generation (6G) wireless systems has intensified the need for adaptive modulation strategies capable of operating reliably and efficiently in highly dynamic terahertz (THz) communication environments. Conventional threshold-based and static optimizati...

Insights into antibiotic sulfadiazine effects on denitrification process of Paracoccus denitrificans during continuous aerobic-anaerobic shift

Nitrogen-driven eutrophication progressively depleting oxygen frequently occurs in aquatic ecosystems, where the co-occurrence of extra pollutants such as antibiotics substantially impacts microbial nitrate removal processes. However, the denitrification response to oxygen level...

A comprehensive review of rare earth oxide assisted interlayer for MIS Schottky diodes: A route to enhanced device efficiency

Metal–Insulator–Semiconductor (MIS) Schottky diodes have emerged as reliable devices for optoelectronic and sensing applications owing to their stable interfaces and reduced leakage behavior. As the insulating layer largely governs interface states, charge transport pathways, and...

Linking women leaving jail to medications for opioid use disorder: Costs to implement pre-release telehealth and peer navigation services

Aims Telehealth and peer navigation are feasible strategies for connecting women in the criminal-legal system with medications for opioid use disorder (MOUD), yet implementation costs are not well understood. This study conducted a microcosting analysis of two interventions for w...

Chitosan-coated, PtO2-Bi nanoparticles via one-step pulsed laser ablation for enhanced CT imaging

Minimizing contrast agent dosage without compromising computed tomography (CT) image quality is a critical challenge in radio diagnostics. Although iodine-based compounds like iohexol are the current standard, their required high injection volumes present considerable health risk...

The Blueprint of Computable Political Language for National Digital Governance

**The Blueprint of Computable Political Language for National Digital Governance** is a comprehensive systems-engineering framework that establishes Computable Political Language (CPL) as the foundational computational and semantic infrastructure for a next-generation, auditable,...

Prenatal exposure to metal mixtures and newborn birth size in an industrial city: Evidence from cord blood metabolomics

Background Prenatal exposure to metal mixtures may influence newborn birth size, but the underlying metabolic mechanisms remain unclear. This study aimed to evaluate the associations of 19 individual maternal metals and metal mixtures during pregnancy with birth size indicators,...

Green synthesis of TiO₂, Fe₂O₃, CuO, and ZnO nanoparticles using Lepidagathis ushae leaf extract for photocatalytic dye degradation

Green synthesis of metal oxide nanoparticles has gained significant attention as a sustainable alternative to conventional chemical methods for environmental remediation. In the present work CuO, TiO₂, Fe₂O₃ and ZnO nanoparticles (NPs) were successfully synthesized using Lepidaga...

Concurrent infection with Clostridium chauvoei, Clostridium septicum and Clostridium perfringens type A in cattle: a case report

Blackleg, caused by Clostridium chauvoei , is an acute, fatal infectious disease characterized by necrotizing myositis and toxemia primarily affecting cattle and sheep. Gas gangrene (malignant edema), a similar necrotizing myositis, is caused by multiple anaerobes including C. ch...

Hippopotamus optimization based control approach for performance enhancement of photovoltaic systems

Photovoltaic (PV) systems are widely integrated into the conventional power grid. It becomes a fundamental way for the energy landscape. One of the major challenges in deploying these technological resources is the grid’s instability. Therefore, enhancing the control strategy is...

Combination of antibody-based screening methods for the identification and quantification of Legionella pneumophila in process water

Legionnaires’ disease is a severe and often fatal pneumonia primarily caused by the inhalation of aerosols contaminated with the waterborne pathogen Legionella pneumophila serogroup 1. While conventional culture-based detection is often standard for monitoring evaporative cooling...

Assessment of end-tidal CO₂ levels in the diagnosis and management of patients with pulmonary embolism

Pulmonary embolism (PE) is a life-threatening emergency associated with acute cardiopulmonary deterioration. This study evaluated the clinical utility of end-tidal carbon dioxide (EtCO₂) for assessing disease severity and monitoring treatment response in high- and intermediate–hi...

Construction of a NAFLD identification model in Xizang population and exploration of risk factors related to liver fibrosis

The global prevalence of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) exceeds 32%, but current diagnostic methods based on imaging or histology are complex and costly. Most existing NAFLD models are primarily derived from low-altitude populations, while the high-altitude populations...