Research works

A fluid dual to the charged large D membrane paradigm

A bstract According to the formulation of the charged large D membrane paradigm, an arbitrary dynamic black hole solution to a theory of gravity with a U(1) gauge field is dual to the dynamics of a membrane in a non-gravitational background. This membrane is endowed with a stress...

A Nonlinear Extension of Parametric Model Embedding for Dimensionality Reduction in Parametric Shape Design

ABSTRACT Dimensionality reduction is essential in simulation‐based shape design, where high‐dimensional parameterizations hinder optimization, surrogate modeling, and systematic design‐space exploration. Parametric Model Embedding (PME) addresses this issue by constructing reduce...

Path dependence in alchemical calculations of water chemical potential in aqueous electrolytes

Accurate calculation of free energies and their derivatives is central to assessing the thermodynamic stability of molecular and particulate systems across length scales. Yet, such quantities can be difficult to compute reliably in strongly interacting systems, such as solutions...

Childhood trauma and addiction: prevalence, comorbidity, and mediating mechanisms – a systematic review

OBJECTIVES: To examine the association between childhood trauma and substance use and behavioural addictions in adults, including comorbid mental and physical illness, and to identify mediating and moderating mechanisms. METHODS: A systematic review was conducted following PRISMA...

Harnessing floating car data, traffic camera observations, and network flow analysis for traffic volume estimation

Cities increasingly rely on vehicle trajectory data to monitor traffic conditions; however, such data offer only a partial and spatially heterogeneous view of network dynamics and exhibit systematic biases across corridors and time periods. In contrast, surveillance cameras can p...

Passive optical superresolution at the quantum limit

For more than a century, the diffraction limit has defined the resolution achievable by passive optical imaging systems. Although some resolution improvement can be gained through classical data processing of the image, it is limited by the noise arising from quantum nature of li...

A Fully Tunable Ultra-Low Power Current-Mode Memory Cell in Standard CMOS Technology

Abstract This work introduces a fully tunable, ultra-low power unipolar memory cell inspired by the Schmitt-trigger comparator and designed in CMOS using only nine transistors. The proposed circuit operates entirely in the current domain and exploits a novel feedback configuratio...

Exact Microcanonical Formulation and Thermodynamics of Equispaced Finite-level Systems

We develop a unified microcanonical formulation for \(N\) noninteracting particles with an arbitrary number \(p\) of equally spaced local energy levels, \(0,\varepsilon ,2\varepsilon ,\dots ,(p-1)\varepsilon \). The exact microcanonical multiplicity is expressed as a coefficient...

Adaptive Influence-Based Borrowing Framework for Improving Treatment Effect Estimation in RCTs Using External Controls

Randomized controlled trials (RCTs) often suffer from limited sample sizes due to high costs and lengthy recruitment periods, compromising precision in treatment effect estimation. External real-world control data offer a valuable opportunity for augmentation, but naïve integrati...

The Quantum Noise Fraction and the Addressable Fraction in High-Frequency Gravitational Wave Detection

Abstract The quantum noise fraction β, the quantum-origin share of a detector's noise power, sets a ceiling E_max = 1/√(1−β) on the improvement obtainable by removing that noise. In the kHz–GHz band, where the readout degree of freedom is a bosonic mode, β = 1/(2n̄_th+1), with n̄...

From paper to proof: revealing Congo Basin warming through rescued climate archives

Abstract. The Congo Basin in Central Africa remains one of the few regions globally where the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change has neither assessed changes in hot extremes and extreme precipitation since the 1950s nor attributed such changes to anthropogenic influences,...

Macroscopic photon counting beating the Poisson noise limit

Photon counting is a cornerstone of quantum optics. Here, we demonstrate precisely counting from 0 to over 9000 photons, beating the Poisson noise limit by at least $4.1~\mathrm{dB}$ across this range. We achieve sub-single-photon precision up to 276 photons per pulse. To do so,...

Automated Roadside Vegetation Management Using LiDAR-Based Geospatial Simulations

Abstract Effective roadside vegetation management is vital for safety, visibility, and infrastructure longevity. Traditional methods are often labor-intensive, time-consuming, and difficult to scale. This paper presents a novel approach leveraging light detection and ranging (LiD...

Circadian Timekeeping in the Tropics: Rhythmic Transcriptome and Diurnal Regulatory Networks in Rubroshorea leprosula

Abstract Circadian rhythms allow plants to regulate internal processes to align with daily rhythms in the environment. Comparing circadian clocks across environments is essential because latitude-dependent variation in light and temperature imposes distinct selection pressures th...

Targeting CLK1 by CRISPR tools and pharmacological inhibition modulates the innate immune response and dengue virus replication

Alternative splicing is a key regulatory mechanism known to be altered upon viral infection. These alterations can arise both from direct viral interference with the splicing machinery and from cellular responses such as activation of innate immunity. Here, we investigated splici...

Upcycling Greenhouse Refrigerants into Sustainable Chemical Feedstocks

Abstract Rising global temperatures are driving demand for air conditioning, while leakage of high-GWP refrigerants further accelerates warming. In addition, the transition to low-GWP alternatives generates large volumes of waste refrigerants, which are currently treated by energ...

Integrated GWAS, TWAS, and functional enrichment reveal candidate genes for claw and hoof traits in Jiangsu Jersey cattle

Claw and hoof health directly affects the athletic ability, service life, and production performance of dairy cows. Identifying relevant candidate genes may help elucidate the underlying biological mechanisms and provide targets for subsequent validation. Phenotypic and genomic d...

Decoding multiway gravitational junctions in AdS in terms of holographic quantum maps

A bstract It has been shown that multiway junctions gluing n copies of locally AdS 3 spacetimes ( n ≥ 2) can be described by n − 1 strings obeying non-linear Nambu-Goto equations coupled by Monge-Ampère like terms. Here we study how such junctions along with their stringy degrees...

Investigation of the Plasma Jet and the Powder Injection at a Cascaded, Single-Cathode, Atmospheric Plasma Spray Torch

Abstract In atmospheric plasma spraying, the fluctuation of the plasma jet and the velocity of powder injection are important parameters that affect particle acceleration and heating. Additionally, the plasma gas flow often exhibits a swirl, complicating the conditions. Diagnosti...

Rigorous C1 integration of dissipative PDEs

We introduce a new $C^1$ algorithm for the rigorous integration of dissipative partial differential equations. The algorithm is designed for computer-assisted proofs that require rigorous control of both solutions and their derivatives with respect to initial data. As application...