Research works

Electrochemical Doping and Electronic Phase Transition of Thin-Film Perovskite LaNiO3 at Room Temperature

Abstract Rare-earth nickelates (RNiO3) offer great promise for applications in emergent electronic devices owing to their tunable electrical properties. LaNiO3 offers processing and operational advantages over heavier RNiO3 due to its easier synthesis and superior stability. Howe...

Broadband low-frequency sound absorption by Helmholtz resonators with embedded rings

This study proposed a novel acoustic metasurface composed of densely arranged HRs with periodically embedded neck rings to enhance low-frequency absorption. A hybrid theoretical model was developed, incorporating cross-sectional mutation and end effect corrections with the key co...

A comparative study of human auditory models of interaural processing for lateral angle estimation

A number of auditory models have been developed that process binaural sound to estimate interaural cues and the perceived lateral angle. Such models share comparable stages of signal processing, since they aim at emulating specific functions of human hearing processing. We compar...

Ultrasonic time of flight technique for state of charge estimation in lithium-ion batteries

Accurate State of Charge (SoC) estimation is essential for the safe and reliable operation of lithium-ion batteries. Conventional electrical methods often require complex models and are sensitive to temperature variations and hysteresis effects. This work proposes a non-destructi...

Prediction of stress distribution around crack tips from ultrasound images using convolutional neural networks

Structural health monitoring (SHM) is critical for the safety, reliability, and long-term performance of engineering structures. This study introduces an innovative machine learning-driven framework for predicting key fracture parameters, including crack length, stress fields aro...

Integrated Time–Cost–Risk Management in Industrial Construction: A Systematic Review and Unified Analytical Taxonomy

Industrial construction projects involve complex interactions among uncertainty, risk, schedule, and cost, motivating the development of advanced analytical and decision-support methodologies. This study systematically reviews methodological approaches to risk assessment and perf...

Frozen grief: a systematic review of ambiguous loss experiences

Purpose This systematic review focused on the impacts of physical ambiguous loss and the coping strategies used to manage this. The review aims to contribute to a gap in the literature and identify areas where future research could progress. Design/methodology/approach Twenty-sev...

Physiological and Subjective Assessment of Fighter Pilot Mental Workload

INTRODUCTION: Next-generation air force operations increasingly depend on advanced flight systems, which raises questions about their impact on aircrew workload. Physiological measures enable continuous, objective, and unobtrusive assessments, overcoming some limitations of self-...

Best Practices for Agentic AI in Science

A living, citable record of best practices for applying agentic AI to science, aggregating what task forces and institutions learn so organisations build on each other's experience. Each deposit is a dated snapshot of the record published at https://aiforscience.eu; the live site...

Financial literacy education to college students in the U.S.

Purpose The purpose of this extended editorial is to document the status of personal finance course offerings at universities and colleges in the U.S. Design/methodology/approach With the assistance of generative AI tools, data on personal finance courses offered at universities...

Declared vs. Observed: Measuring the Binding Gap in MCP Tool Declarations

Pre-execution authority controls for tool-using agents take a declaration as their input: a claim, written by the tool's publisher, about what the action does. The claim is treated as a property of the tool. It is a statement about a contract at a moment, and the contract moves....

From Legal Mandate to Verifiable Implementation: An Empirical Legal Study of Gender-Responsive Public Procurement in Brazil

This article examines when a gender-responsive public procurement obligation becomes institutionally verifiable. It analyzes Brazil’s federal policy reserving jobs for women experiencing domestic and family violence, established by Law No. 14,133/2021 and regulated by Decrees No....

From facing fears to experimental frontiers: immersive cinematic virtual reality environments as a catalyst for innovation in behavioral neuroscience

Virtual reality (VR) has gained traction in psychiatric research in exposure-based interventions for phobias, simulations of hallucinations in psychosis, and adaptations of cognitive-behavioral therapy. These applications demonstrate that emotionally immersive digital environment...

GENETIC AND PHARMACOLOGIC ACTIVATION OF BECLIN1 PREVENTSALDOSTERONE-INDUCED CARDIOVASCULAR DAMAGE

Aldosterone promotes endothelial dysfunction and cardiovascular injury through mineralocorticoid receptor (MR) activation. Autophagy is essential for endothelial homeostasis, yet its role in aldosterone-mediated vascular dysfunction remains unclear. We tested whether aldosterone...

Barriers and enablers for health system reform

Introduction Health systems worldwide face escalating pressure from the growing burden of non-communicable diseases and population ageing, as well as chronic workforce shortages, infrastructure limitations, and structural misalignment between care models designed for acute illnes...

Coordinated Optimization of Inter-Hub eVTOL Feeder Services with Heterogeneous Passenger Behavior

Inter-hub feeder service is a promising application for electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft (eVTOL), especially for passengers connecting to subsequent flights under tight time constraints. We develop an optimization framework that accounts for heterogeneous passenger...

SOLUTIONS TO TORSIONAL MOMENTS, HOGGING, AND SAGGING IN ULTRA LARGE CONTAINER VESSELS (ULCVs) AND SIMILAR SHIPS

ABSTRACT Ultra Large Container Vessels (ULCVs) present a fundamental structural paradox in navalarchitecture: they behave as thin-walled, open-top cross-sections lacking a continuous strength deck.Consequently, dynamic torsional moments (MT ) and shear stresses (τ ) induced by ob...

Microwave- Versus Conventional Acid-Assisted Thermohydrolysis of Willow and Maize Silage: Methane Yield and the Energy Cost of Pretreatment

Hydrothermal pretreatment is widely proposed to improve the anaerobic digestibility of lignocellulosic biomass, yet whether it repays its own energy input is rarely quantified. We compare microwave and conventional (conductive) acid-assisted thermohydrolysis of willow (Salix vimi...

Does the Rule of Law Require the Separation of Powers?

The separation of powers is an enigmatic political ideal, particularly in the context of the modern administrative state, in which administrative officials routinely perform a combination of legislative, judicial, and executive functions. In this article we reexamine this ideal b...

The Entangled-Instance Framework: dark energy from a finite branching budget, the radial acceleration relation from competing rates, and sixteen pre-registered predictions

Version 4 — Second editions under source-certified anchors: adds an explicit scope statement of what is postulated versus derived, the candidate dynamics axioms with the emergence theorem (Appendix C), the black-hole sector, quantum-sector extensions including the collider entang...