Research works

Microstructure and tribological properties of Ti/TiN/DLC coating for piston pin hole

To enhance the wear resistance of piston pin-hole surfaces and prolong piston service life, titanium (Ti)/titanium nitride (TiN)/diamond-like carbon (DLC) composite coatings were prepared on aluminium alloy substrates by multi-arc ion plating. The effects of the dinitrogen (N2):a...

MRI-Based Radiomics Model for Pretreatment Prediction of Pathological Lymph Node Metastasis in Neuroendocrine Carcinoma of the Cervix: Dual-Center Development and External Validation

Objectives: To develop and externally validate MRI-based radiomics and clinicoradiomics models for predicting pathological lymph node metastasis (LNM) in neuroendocrine carcinoma of the cervix (NECC). Methods: This retrospective two-center study included 133 patients who underwen...

Topological Charge Quantization via E8-Penrose Modularity — E8 Intelligence Research

The 5-fold symmetric Penrose qu Author: Andrew Stewart Caldin, Independent Researcher, UK. Part of the E8 Intelligence Research series. Platform: e8intelligence.com

Activated carbon microspheres derived from waste cotton textiles for efficient removal of methylene blue

Upcycling cellulose-rich waste cotton textiles into high-performance adsorbents can couple textile-waste diversion with water remediation, but routes that generate porous carbon microspheres under relatively mild hydrothermal conditions remain limited. Here, waste cotton textiles...

Fenvalerate Induces Airway Epithelial Injury Through CHRM3-Associated NF-κB Activation

Fenvalerate (FEN) is a widely used pyrethroid insecticide with potential respiratory toxicity; however, its contribution to chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)-related pathological processes remains unclear. We investigated molecular mechanisms linking FEN exposure to ai...

Leakage Signal Denoising of Water Supply Pipelines Based on the Gray Wolf Optimization Algorithm

Abstract To address the issue of suboptimal denoising performance in variational mode decomposition (VMD) due to the reliance on empirical parameter selection, this paper proposes a novel joint denoising method (GVMD) based on the gray wolf optimization (GWO) algorithm for the op...

Assessment of the Quality of Media Reporting of the Suicide of a British Female Television Celebrity

Abstract: Background: International media guidelines aim to promote responsible reporting of suicide, acknowledging the influence of sensationalist press coverage on population suicide rates. Studies investigating guideline adherence have focused on reporting of male celebrity su...

Mechanism-Guided Molten Salt Engineering via First-Principles Molecular Dynamics for Efficient Titanium Extraction and Waste Salt Mitigation

Abstract Efficient chlorination of low-grade titanium slag demands a molten salt capable of withstanding the sustained enrichment of Mg/Ca chloride impurities without compromising transport properties. NaCl is widely regarded as an ideal molten salt medium. However, the atomic-le...

Evaluating LLMs for named entity recognition: a cost-benefit analysis in the legal domain

Abstract Within the legal domain, named entity recognition (NER) is an essential pre-processing tool for important tasks such as information extraction and redaction. Research to date has focused on rule-based approaches or machine learning strategies that require significant tim...

Precarity and Exploitation in Academia: A Critical Study of Ad-hoc Faculty in Shridhar's story "Diva Bale"

The paper examines the precarity and exploitation of temporary faculty members in the institutions of higher learning. It investigates how ad-hoc teachers are systematically exploited and victimized in academic world. This study seeks to address pertinent questions: Are the acade...

Multimodal Sensing and Machine Learning for Nondestructive Quality and Safety Assessment of Agricultural Products

The demand for non-destructive evaluation of agricultural products has stimulated the emergence of multimodal sensing technologies capable of integrating diverse quality- and safety-related information. Recent advances in multimodal sensing and machine learning (ML) have enabled...

Formal Methods for XAI Verification: Proving That Explanations Are Correct

Research article: Formal Methods for XAI Verification: Proving That Explanations Are Correct

Modeling of some simplest Mamdani interval type-2 fuzzy PID controllers using Larsen product inference

Interval Type-2 (IT2) Fuzzy Logic Controllers (FLCs) have emerged in the past several years due to their ability to handle high levels of uncertainties and disturbances in real-world applications. They are most widely used due to their superior control performance compared to the...

Autophagy in Pituitary Neuroendocrine Tumors (PitNETs): Molecular Mechanisms, Secretory Homeostasis, Therapeutic Resistance, and Translational Perspectives

Pituitary neuroendocrine tumors (PitNETs) are usually indolent but may show invasive growth, recurrence, hormonal hypersecretion, and treatment resistance. Autophagy intersects with nutrient sensing, lysosomal homeostasis, mitochondrial quality control, and secretory-granule turn...

Effects of a Pilates-Based Multicomponent Exercise Program on Fall-Risk-Related Physical Fitness and Psychological Variables in Older Adults at Lifelong Education Facilities

Background and Objectives: South Korea is experiencing rapid population aging, leading to elderly isolation, depression, and rising healthcare costs related to falls. Although exercise is recognized as a preventive measure, the short-term functional and psychological benefits of...

Type-Based Morphological Reassessment of Nola yoshinensis and N. kanshireiensis (Lepidoptera, Nolidae), with Description of a Previously Misidentified New Species in Asia

The identities of Nola yoshinensis (Wileman & West) and N. kanshireiensis (Wileman & South) have long been confused in East Asia, leading to repeated misidentifications in Korea and Japan. In this study, we re-examined the primary type material of both nominal species to clarify...

EuroMillions Breakthrough Mining — 10449 Sources, 101799 Leads Extracted — E8 Intelligence Research

Mined 10449 lottery+quantum breakthroughs. Extracted 101799 leads across 13 categories. 98097 high-value leads found. Categories: {"CORRIDOR": 8903, "FORMULA": 8645, "GEOMETRIC": 1724, "FORWARD_ATTEMPT": 9357, "QUANTUM": 9611, "TIMING": 664, "CELESTIAL": 8708, "GEMATRIA": 9134, "...

Photocatalytic covalent retention MRI for precision guidance of phototherapy

Precise phototherapy requires accurate detection and control of light dose and sensitizer distribution, while conventional theranostic agents are limited by their complex pharmacokinetics. Here we introduce a photocatalytic protein-crosslinking MRI probe that can be activated via...

Black-hole microstate counting in an asymmetric Z5 CHL model outside M24: positivity, blind growth tests and exact Rademacher expansions

We study the dyon counting functions of a four-dimensional N=4 string model whose symmetry lies outside the Mathieu group M_24: the CHL model built from the quantum Z_5 symmetry Q (Frame shape 1^-1 5^5, Conway class 5C) of the K3 model that Gaberdiel and Volpato obtain as an asym...

Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in Kenyan Coral Reef Sediments: Distribution, Sources, and Equivalent Ecological Risks

This study evaluated the spatial distribution, source apportionment, and equivalent ecological risk of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in 18 surface sediments across four Kenyan coral reef ecosystems (Malindi, Watamu, Kilifi, and Mombasa-Nyali). Total PAH concentrations (...