Research works

Reconceptualizing Network Change: Robustness and Resilience of Interorganizational Networks

Existing research on interorganizational network dynamics has largely treated network change as gradual, local, and primarily oriented toward private organizational advantage. Yet contemporary cooperative interorganizational systems are highly interconnected across industrial sec...

Well-Posed Shear-Suppression Closures for Reduced Tokamak Transport: Admissibility, Regularization, and Physical Calibration

Version 2. Retargeted to IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science and extended after review. The earlier version (1.0.0) reported a steady-state fold at s_c = 0.047 that is an artifact of a first-order edge treatment of the shearing rate; this version treats the edge consistently at s...

A Community-Based Behavioral Intervention and Body Mass Index in School-Aged Children

Importance Childhood obesity remains a major concern in the US, with increases in body mass index (BMI) observed during and after the COVID-19 pandemic. Scalable behavioral interventions are needed to support obesity prevention in community settings. Objective To evaluate the eff...

Quantitative cellular morphology in neurodegenerative and neuropsychiatric diseases: insights into disease mechanisms and therapeutic discovery

Abstract Background Neurodegenerative and neuropsychiatric diseases are characterised by complex cellular pathology involving coordinated alterations across multiple subcellular components. Advances in high-content imaging, multiplexed fluorescent labelling, and quantitative imag...

Catalyst or Constraint? Direct Impacts and Spillovers of China’s E-Commerce Policy on Urban Spatial Restructuring via Nighttime Light Decomposition

Digital industrial policies are increasingly used to promote economic restructuring and spatial reorganization, yet their effects on urban spatial structure remain poorly understood. This study examines whether China’s National E-commerce Demonstration City (NEDC) policy acts as...

Understanding Social Bias in Multimodal Learning Systems: A Taxonomy and Framework

The rapid adoption of multimodal learning systems across high-stakes applications has intensified concerns about fairness and social bias, yet existing research remains scattered across modalities, tasks, protected attributes, mitigation strategies, and evaluation methodologies....

Physics-guided residual regression and empirical-error-constrained design exploration for frp-reinforced concrete slab–column connections

Abstract Punching shear is a brittle limit state in concrete flat slabs, and its assessment is still uncertain when fiber-reinforced polymer (FRP) bars replace steel flexural reinforcement. This study develops a physics-guided residual-ridge model for interior, concentrically loa...

Comparison of Machine Learning Classifiers for Predicting Reported Antibiotic Treatment After Recent Fever/Cough Among Under‐Five Children: A Pooled Analysis of DHS Data From 64 LMICs

ABSTRACT Background Machine learning (ML) methods are increasingly used for health‐related prediction. This study compared logistic regression with five ML algorithms for predicting reported antibiotic treatment following recent fever/cough among children under five using pooled...

The Rating Test — Methodology, Theoretical Foundations, and Original Dialogue — CEI Framework

This work presents the Rating Test within the CEI (Centro Energetico Individuale) Framework through three complementary documents: the test methodology, its possible connections with the theoretical foundations of the Framework, and selected excerpts from the original dialogue ac...

PUBLIC TRUST AND EXECUTIVE ACCOUNTABILITY: PRIORITIES FOR PARTICIPATORY BUDGETING AT A NEW STAGE OF DEVELOPMENT

This article examines the significance and practical outcomes of the participatory budgeting mechanism, using Tashkent Region as a case study. Particular attention is paid to the implementation of selected projects, including opportunities to improve implementation timelines and...

Merkavah Mysticism: From the Opened Heavens to the Seven Palaces

Merkavah mysticism occupies a complex position between biblical visions of divine sovereignty, apocalyptic journeys into heaven, rabbinic restrictions on speculative teaching, and the elaborate heavenly palaces described in late antique Jewish literature. This article examines th...

Simulating UV Photolysis of Ibuprofen by Time-Dependent Excited-State Molecular Dynamics

Abstract Organic micropollutants (OMPs) undergo direct photolysis in UV processes for water treatment. Quantum yields and photoproducts are important for understanding the photochemical behavior of OMPs and optimizing UV technologies. Here, we evaluated time-dependent excited-sta...

Bavachin Attenuates Cognitive Impairment in Scopolamine‐Induced Amnesia: Behavioral, Biochemical and Molecular Insights

ABSTRACT Cholinergic dysfunction is a key feature of cognitive impairment, and currently available acetylcholinesterase (AChE) inhibitors provide limited symptomatic benefit and are often associated with adverse effects. This study evaluated the cognitive‐protective effects of ba...

Cardiovascular Risk Assessment in Childhood: Focus on Family History and Lifestyle Habits in the Real-World, Cross-Sectional, Community-Based RISCAPED Study

Background and Objectives: Pediatric cardiovascular risk factors tend to track into adulthood, accelerating the atherosclerotic process. This study aimed to assess the prevalence of cardiometabolic risk factors, integrating anthropometric parameters, central adiposity indices, ea...

Local structural modulation via sulfate substitution for high-performance NFPP-based sodium-ion battery cathode

Sodium-ion batteries (SIBs) are compelling low-cost candidates for large-scale energy storage. Nevertheless, NASICON-type Na 4 Fe 3 (PO 4 ) 2 P 2 O 7 (NFPP) polyanionic cathodes suffer from intrinsically inferior electronic conductivity and sluggish Na + diffusion, severely restr...

Digital stone grafting for volumetric reintegration and reconstruction of architectural sculptural-ornamental elements: case study in cultural heritage

The volumetric reintegration of stone architectural elements remains a significant challenge in heritage conservation, particularly when material losses affect the legibility, integrity, or interpretation of sculptural-ornamental features. Traditional approaches, including stone...

Detection of Legionella Bacteria Using a Silicon‐Based Photonic Microring Resonator Biosensor Enhanced by Dielectrophoresis

Silicon-based photonic biosensors, such as microring resonators and Mach-Zehnder interferometers, offer label-free detection, high sensitivity, and full compatibility with semiconductor fabrication processes. Yet, the detection of living bacteria remains difficult due to the limi...

Pioneering MOF-303 in Lithium–Sulfur Batteries: Coordination Defect Engineering Enables Accelerated Sulfur Redox and Dendrite-Free Plating

Abstract Lithium–sulfur (Li–S) batteries are severely hindered by the shuttle effect of lithium polysulfides (LiPSs) and uncontrolled lithium dendrite growth. Herein, a defect-engineered MOF-303 (D-MOF-303) modified separator is developed via a ball-milling strategy to simultaneo...

A registration-consistent longitudinal CBCT framework for quantifying treatment-induced tumour texture changes in head and neck radiotherapy

Abstract Background Head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC) exhibits substantial inter-patient variability in treatment response. Cone-beam computed tomography (CBCT) is routinely acquired during radiotherapy but remains underutilised for longitudinal tumour characterisatio...

Education and Nation-Building: Revisiting Mahamana Madan Mohan Malaviya's Vision in the Light of the National Education Policy 2020

Education has a long association with nation building, social change, and human development. Mahamana Pandit Madan Mohan Malaviya believed that education is necessary for the development of character, national consciousness, social responsibility and a self-reliant nation. The ob...