Research works

Rapid Colorimetric Detection of Free and Complexed Cr3+ Based on a Tetrabutylphosphonium Bromide/Gold Nanoparticle Anti-Aggregation System

Existing colorimetric sensing strategies based on gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) are largely limited to the detection of free metal ions, leaving metal-organic complexes widely present in real water bodies undetectable. Herein, we develop a simple colorimetric method based on the ant...

Locating Moonquakes With Single‐Station Seismology

Abstract Renewed international interest in lunar seismometer deployments requires robust single‐station location approach for the highly scattering Moon's crust. We present an event‐location strategy using major lunar event types recorded by the Apollo seismic network. Frequency‐...

From Sustainability to Regeneration: A Scoping Review of Nursing Practices in the Construction of Green and Healthy Hospitals

Background/Objectives: The healthcare sector accounts for an estimated 1–5% of the global environmental footprint, and hospitals concentrate a large share of that impact. As the largest professional group, nurses are pivotal to the transition toward green and regenerative hospita...

Towards fair gig work: integrating gig work into Scotland's renewed fair work agenda

Purpose This article examines how platform gig work in Scotland, which remains absent from both the fair work agenda, aligns with or diverges from, Scotland's fair work framework. Specifically, it discusses the employment practices in the sector in relation to Scotland's fair wor...

The effects of nanoparticle usage as an additive into diesel-microwave-assisted corn oil biodiesel-oxygenated dibutyl maleate fuel mixtures on combustion, performance and emissions

In the current research, the role of nanoparticles in microwave-assisted corn oil biodiesel–dibutyl maleate (DBM) blends was analyzed with respect to combustion behavior, engine performance, and emissions. A single-cylinder DI diesel engine was operated at 2200 rpm and 4.12, 9.61...

Molecular Mechanisms of Intimal Hyperplasia in Saphenous Vein Grafts After Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting

Coronary artery disease is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality in modern medicine. In contrast, surgical myocardial revascularization via coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) remains the gold standard of treatment for complex multivessel disease. The great saphenous vein...

Phytoplankton community responses to 20 th century eutrophication of Swiss Plateau lakes: a proxy comparison from short sediment cores

Abstract. During the last century, temperate lakes have been strongly impacted by human eutrophication and climate change, causing shifts in phytoplankton communities and higher abundance of cyanobacteria. Paleolimnological reconstructions can extend the timeframe of observations...

Topological polaritons in natural uniaxial materials

Surface polaritons in natural materials offer unique opportunities for tailoring light–matter interactions at the nanoscale. While various classes of surface polaritons have recently been unveiled via near-field imaging techniques, their connection to the underlying topological p...

Strategic selfing as reproductive assurance in response to pollinator instability: The mixed mating system of a dry-season flowering pioneer shrub, Wigandia urens

Abstract In the context of global pollinator decline, understanding reproductive strategies under unpredictable environments is crucial. Wigandia urens (Boraginaceae) is a dominant shrub in central Mexico that blooms during the dry season when pollinator activity is significantly...

Answering an Unsolved 2,000-Year-Old Question in Zhuangzi: The Great Utility of the Great Peng's Useless Flight

两千多年来,逍遥游是什么有什么用是庄子哲学诸多悬而未决的核心难题之一,本文以分析哲学的基本方法,分析拆解《庄子·逍遥游》的文本,以中国古代天文学著作《周髀算经》的盖天说,回答了这一难题:《庄子·逍遥游》中鹏鸟从北冥到南冥的“海运”是逍遥游,是《周髀算经》中太阳从内衡到外衡的南北游,被蜩与学鸠...

Diagnosis-Driven Low-Impact Remediation of a Reconstructed Underground Shooting Range Tunnel Affected by Groundwater Ingress: A Case Study

Groundwater ingress threatens the serviceability and durability of underground structures, particularly when hydrogeotechnical conditions and waterproofing details are considered separately. This study presents a diagnosis-driven assessment of a reconstructed underground shooting...

Extractive ion-pair spectrophotometric methods utilizing bromocresol green to estimate chlorpheniramine maleate in pharmaceutical formulations

Abstract Two accurate, sensitive, and cost-effective spectrophotometric methods were developed and validated for the quantitative determination of Chlorpheniramine Maleate (CPM). Method A is based on the formation of a yellow ion-pair complex between CPM and bromocresol green (BC...

Thermoregulatory and plasma neurobiomarker responses to heat tolerance assessment in exertional heat illness and matched controls

Abstract Exercise in the heat and elevated tissue temperature are associated with neuronal stress and changes in blood–brain barrier (BBB) function. More severe thermal insult may manifest as exertional heat illness (EHI) and complication by central nervous system (CNS) dysfuncti...

The Price of Order in Disaggregated Inference

"The Price of Anarchy in Disaggregated Inference" (Georgiou, 2026) modeled disaggregated LLM inference as three coupled games (allocation, cache placement, and routing) and posed the allocation game analytically, because no fleet under study could vary the prefill/decode split at...

Diversity‐Oriented Two‐Step Annulative π‐Extension Enables Access to Structurally Complex Nanographenes

ABSTRACT The development of a general strategy for accessing structurally diverse nanographenes and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) remains a central challenge in synthetic chemistry. Although annulative π‐extension (APEX) enables the direct construction of fused aromatic...

On the notions of bounded bypass, and how to make any deadlock-free MUTEX protocol satisfy one of them

Abstract In the literature on mutual exclusion, bounded bypass has been used for a long time as a strengthening of starvation-freedom, but, to the best of our knowledge, it still lacks a satisfying definition as a liveness property on its own. Moreover, we have encountered mutex...

Evaluation of the efficacy and safety of first-line therapies for peripheral T-cell lymphoma: a systematic review and network meta-analysis

Objective To compare the efficacy and safety of first-line therapies for peripheral T-cell lymphoma (PTCL) via network meta-analysis. Methods We systematically searched PubMed, Embase, Cochrane Library, and Web of Science for randomized controlled trials (RCTs) evaluating first-l...

Plasma p-Tau217 and SPECT-Based eZIS in Mild Cognitive Impairment: Concordance Analysis with Validation in an Amyloid PET Sub-Cohort

(1) Background/Objectives: Blood-based biomarkers have emerged as practical tools for identifying Alzheimer’s disease (AD) pathology in patients with mild cognitive impairment (MCI). Among them, plasma phosphorylated Tau217 (p-Tau217) demonstrates strong associations with cerebra...

Collaborative explainable ai for EEG mental health monitoring with constrained QA-Tuned LLM alignment

The monitoring of mental health states using electroencephalogram (EEG) signals has gained increasing attention due to its non-invasive nature for psychological disorders. Large Language Models (LLMs) and Explainable Artificial Intelligence (XAI) have been utilized in advancing t...

Fabrication of photoresist SU-8 pyrolyzed carbon electrodes and their integration in a microfluidic hematocrit detection system

Carbon microelectrodes are attractive for microfluidic biosensing due to their wide potential window, low overpotentials, chemical stability, and compatibility with low-cost microfabrication. Pyrolysis of photopatterned SU-8 offers a scalable route to carbon electrode fabrication...