Research works

Network models of cytoskeletal and extracellular matrix mechanics

Network models offer a powerful framework for linking filament-scale properties to cell and tissue mechanobiology. Lattice-based, off-lattice, and active network approaches explain emergent phenomena including nonlinear elasticity, rigidity transitions, and force transmission in...

Between Weltoffenheit and securitisation: Germany’s partial securitisation of science policy towards the People’s Republic of China

Within a decade, German-Chinese scientific cooperation has shifted from a promoted pillar of internationalisation, rooted in Germany’s self-perception as ‘open to the world’ (weltoffen), to a contested domain of risk assessment and institutional screening. While existing literatu...

In vitro α-glucosidase and 15-lipoxygenase inhibitory, anticancer, and volatile metabolite properties of Aspilia africana and Warburgia ugandensis tissues

Aspilia africana (Pers.) C. D. Adams (Family Asteraceae) and Warburgia ugandensis Sprague (Family Canellacea) are widely used in African traditional medicine to treat diabetes mellitus (DM), inflammatory diseases, and prostate and breast cancers. However, their inhibitory effects...

Patient-focused intervention versus enhanced care-as-usual in facilitating gynecologic cancer patients’ clinical communication about sexual health: protocol for a randomized controlled trial

Sexual problems are common, distressing, and persistent for patients with gynecologic cancer (GC). Yet patients with GC often hesitate to raise sexual concerns with their clinicians due to discomfort and inadequate preparation for the discussion. The objective was to evaluate the...

Associations of altitude, physical activity, and body mass index with blood pressure components and grip strength in older adults with elevated blood pressure living at 3100–4500 m in Tibet: a cross-sectional study

High-altitude environments may influence cardiovascular and muscle function in older adults. We examined blood-pressure components and grip strength across three Tibetan altitude sites and their associations with residential altitude, physical activity, and body mass index (BMI)...

Foundations of Black epistemology: knowledge discourse in Africana philosophy

In this important work of philosophical enquiry, Dr Oluwayomi seeks to reorientate thinking on a selection of Black activists, conceiving of them as philosophers. In the preface, he contends that p...

Development at borderlands: agricultural policy and local practice in Southwest China

Development in China’s border ethnic regions has been driven by strong state intervention, yet existing scholarship often overemphasizes state dominance while overlooking grassroots agency. This dissertation examines how development is enacted and negotiated in everyday agricultu...

Challenging the Boundaries: Early Modern Women Writing About Earthly Love

This essay considers the social and cultural challenges faced by lower-class women in sixteenth-century Italy who wished to be taken seriously as literary figures, as exemplified by Gaspara Stampa and Isabella Andreini. Both women were poets who wrote about earthly love in their...

From motivation to satisfaction in parent–child recreational cycling: The roles of route priorities and perceived benefits

Parent–child recreational cycling combines active recreation, nature contact, and shared family time, yet research often conflates pre-trip motivations, route-selection criteria, perceived benefits, and post-trip satisfaction. This exploratory study distinguishes these constructs...

Above-Knee Amputees’ Balance and Recovery Strategies After Mediolateral Perturbations from a Cable-Driven System

Purpose This study aims to analyze the balance responses and foot placement strategies of above-knee amputees following controlled mediolateral perturbations and to compare these responses with those of non-amputee individuals. Methods We recruited eight above-knee amputees and e...

A data-driven Kalman filter–integrated deep learning framework for optimized fault detection in lithium-ion batteries

Electric vehicles (EVs) and energy storage systems are prone to critical safety hazards associated with lithium-ion battery failures. The current fault detection tools have a fundamental trade-off: Model-based approaches cannot support aging-dependent dynamics, whereas deep learn...

Monocular and binocular vision function following patching alone versus combined patching and active vision therapy in non-strabismic refractive amblyopia

Purpose To evaluate binocular visual function in amblyopic patients who achieved optimal visual acuity following treatment with either conventional patching alone or combined patching and structured Active vision therapy (AVT).Methods This retrospective chart review included 67 p...

A novel approach to dyslexia detection: combining EEG data and cognitive tasks with advanced machine learning

Existing dyslexia detection methods typically rely on either EEG or screening tests. This study introduces a multimodal two-stage methodology for dyslexia detection that integrates both EEG signals and screening test data, using spectral features (Shannon entropy and Power Spectr...

Navigating foundation model selection in digital pathology through performance evaluation and tradeoff analysis

The rapid proliferation of digital pathology foundation models (FMs), spanning widely in architectural scale, pretraining data, and training strategy, poses a practical challenge for selecting the optimal model for a specific clinical application. To systematically evaluate these...

Algorithms and ABCs: Associations between US parents’ educational media motivations and content quality on YouTube

YouTube usage among young children is highly prevalent, but prior content analyses suggest that YouTube contains substantial amounts of low educational content. We examined associations between parental motivations to use media to educate, child YouTube usage, and educational con...

Evaluation of the Psychometric Scale Properties of Reflective Functioning Questionnaire (RFQ-8) in Persons with Schizophrenia Spectrum Disorders and Healthy Controls

There is a need to effectively measure mentalization in people with Schizophrenia Spectrum Disorders (SSD) due to its relevance for delusions and hallucinations. The RFQ-8 appears to be an easy-to-administer screening tool for mentalization, but its factor structure is debated. I...

A 2D axisymmetric finite element analysis of thermal and moisture dynamics in a customized baking oven

Enhancing industrial baking processes needs precise numerical models for non-standard geometries to decrease energy consumption and preserve consistent product quality. This study addresses the shortcomings of conventional models, which often assume uniform, isotropic boundaries,...

The synergistic role of stakeholders’ corporate social responsibility in the football business supply chain management framework: a systematic review

Although many industries have effectively integrated Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) to boost Supply Chain Management (SCM) performance, its vital link in sports, particularly football, remains underexplored in research, and it is essential to recognize and leverage the rol...

Estimated health burden of environmental noise exceeds that of ambient air pollution in Ireland

To quantify population health risks attributable to environmental noise in Ireland and to compare two assessment approaches, EU harmful-effects estimation and burden of disease (BoD) in terms of interpretability, data requirements and policy applicability. Population exposure to...

Ordinal patterns with ties and tolerance provide a physiology-driven method to quantify cardiorespiratory interactions

We propose a new analytical approach based on ordinal pattern analysis to investigate respiratory heart rate variability (RespHRV, also called respiratory sinus arrhythmia), specifically modulation of heart rate across different phases of the respiratory cycle. The method uses RR...