Research works

Grazing abandonment in Iceland: unearthing the consequences for root biomass and community-level root functional traits

Abstract Background and aims In northern ecosystems, plants allocate biomass predominantly to roots, which are central to the transfer of recent photosynthate from plants to soil and thus soil carbon accumulation. Grazing typically modifies above-ground vegetation composition and...

Serum anti-POTEE antibodies as a novel serological biomarker for early detection and prognostic stratification in gastrointestinal cancers

Abstract Background Given the highly aggressive nature of gastrointestinal cancers, the identification of novel biomarkers for diagnosis and prognosis is of considerable clinical importance. Methods Candidate cancer-testis (CT) antigens were first screened using RNA-sequencing da...

Nutrient/ TOR signaling controls adipose mitochondrial transcription factor A ( TFAM ) to regulate organismal growth in Drosophila

Animals must adapt their growth to fluctuations in nutrient availability to ensure proper development. While nutrient-sensing tissues coordinate organismal growth through interorgan signaling, the metabolic changes within these tissues that mediate whole-body growth control remai...

Is There a Relationship Between Aortic Valve Annular Plane Systolic Excursion and Left Ventricular Rotational Mechanics in Healthy Adults? Insights from the MAGYAR-Healthy Study

Background/Objectives: During the cardiac cycle, the left ventricle (LV) exhibits not only a complex contraction–relaxation pattern, but also a wringing-like motion known as LV twist or rotational mechanics. Concurrently, the aortic valve and its annulus (AVA), representing the L...

Enhanced oxidative bioleaching of Cd-bearing ZnS concentrate in moderately thermophilic conditioning, comparing additives effects at high pulp density

The study aimed to enhance the dissolution rates of zinc (Zn) and cadmium (Cd) in sphalerite concentrates through bioleaching using moderately thermophilic bacteria. The research explored the impact of various additives, such as silver ions (Ag + ), L -cysteine, pyrite, elemental...

Thermal Processing and Fortification with Ayocote and Quintonil Flours Affect Blue Maize Tortilla and Tortilla Chip Properties

Modern food systems face the challenge of improving nutritional quality while reducing environmental impact and conserving agrobiodiversity. This study evaluated the effects of thermal processing and fortification with ayocote (Phaseolus coccineus) and quintonil (Amaranthus hybri...

Explaining Urban Recovery after Tropical Cyclones: A Bibliometric-Systematic Review of Research Trends, Drivers, and Future Directions

Tropical cyclones increasingly threaten coastal cities, yet why recovery outcomes diverge across places remain poorly synthesized. Here we examine the determinants of post-cyclone urban recovery through a bibliometric-systematic review of 117 peer-reviewed empirical studies publi...

Scaling analysis of the pressure distribution in shock wave/boundary layer interactions on convex surfaces with extended free-interaction theory

Predicting the pressure distribution in shock wave/boundary layer interaction (SWBLI) over convex surfaces is critical for hypersonic vehicle design, yet a unified theoretical model remains absent. This work extends the classical free-interaction theory by introducing two dimensi...

Clifford(11,1) String Theory I: Geometry

Abstract This paper explores tachyonic, open bosonic string theory in which fermions are not strings, but rather reside on the D-brane boundary of open strings. The open-string tachyon is identified with a Higgs field transforming in the adjoint representation. The fermions of a...

Machine learning-based prediction of subjective cognitive impairment levels in cancer survivors using demographic predictors

Objectives Cancer-related cognitive impairment is a decline in cognitive functioning following cancer treatment that negatively affects survivors’ quality of life. Self-report tools such as the Cognitive Failure Questionnaire (CFQ) offer a rapid and cost-effective method for earl...

Becoming a Polyphonic Individual: Chinese Female Doctors’ Working and Family Experience

The scholarship on Chinese womanhood has highlighted a split female subjectivity and fostered an enduring image of Chinese women as victims. Going beyond this image, the current study sought to explore how Chinese female doctors construct a polyphonic individual selfhood through...

Transcatheter atrial flow regulator implantation in children with pulmonary arterial hypertension in resource-limited settings: a single-centre experience

Abstract Pulmonary arterial hypertension in children remains a progressive disease marked by right ventricular failure and early mortality despite advances in targeted therapy. In resource-limited settings, access to parenteral prostacyclin is often constrained by cost, infrastru...

MRU-YOLO: Marginal-Utility-Guided Selective Local Re-Observation for Small-Object Detection in UAV Imagery

Small-object details in high-resolution unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) imagery are weakened when wide-area scenes are resized for detector input. Increasing input resolution or exhaustively processing local regions can recover spatial detail, but allocate computation without disti...

Advances in Sulfur Cathodes for High‐Energy All‐Solid‐State Lithium Batteries With Sulfide Solid Electrolytes

All‐solid‐state lithium–sulfur batteries (ASSLSBs) have emerged as a promising candidate for next‐generation energy storage systems owing to the synthetic advantages of the high energy density, low cost and abundant resources of sulfur, and the high safety merit of solid‐state el...

Latin American Studies and Irish Studies: reflections on the representation of Latin America in the writing of James Joyce

Why should those of us working in Irish Studies care about the research, conclusions, and insights emerging from the field of Latin American Studies? Through a reading of James Joyce’s Finnegans Wake in dialogue with previous scholarship on Dubliners and Ulysses, this article arg...

Precise Management of n‐Value Distribution at the 2D/3D Interface Enabling Efficient Wide‐Bandgap Perovskite Solar Cells

Introducing a 2D perovskite layer on the surface of 3D perovskite has been broadly recognized as an effective strategy to enhance the performance of perovskite solar cells (PSCs). However, the mechanism governing the 2D phase formation remains uncertain. In this work, the phase t...

Acox2 deficiency induces cardiac dysfunction via cross-organ metabolic reprogramming in mice

Abstract Background Secondary cardiomyopathies are a major cause of heart failure (HF) with diverse etiologies and high mortality rates. For example, over 50% of patients with end-stage liver disease develop cardiac dysfunction, clinically termed cirrhotic cardiomyopathy (CCM). W...

Top2a complexes with Trim28 to orchestrate stemness of embryonic stem cells and tumorigenesis

Type II topoisomerase α (Top2a) is crucial for maintaining the stemness of embryonic stem cells (ESCs) and is upregulated in various human cancers, yet the mechanisms underlying its cell type-specific functions remain elusive. Here, using an unbiased proteomic approach, we discov...

Nitrofurantoin Susceptibility and the Landscape of Multidrug-Resistant Gram-Negative Uropathogens in Kidney Transplant Recipients During the First Post-Transplant Year

Background: Multidrug-resistant (MDR) Gram-negative urinary tract infections (UTIs) frequently complicate the first post-transplant year in kidney transplant (KTX) recipients. This study characterized patterns of uropathogen susceptibility, MDR prevalence, and predictors of MDR U...

One Dimensional Modeling and Multi Objective Optimization of the Parallel Channel Count and Coolant Flow Rate of a Battery Module Cooling System via Machine Learning Surrogates

Thermal management of lithium ion cells is one of the main challenges in EV battery pack design. In this study, a surrogate model assisted multi objective optimization framework is presented for a liquid-cooled parallel channel battery thermal management system (BTMS). A battery...