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Author-Reviewed Papers

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1336 papers reviewed by authors · 361–370 / 1336

🔬 pathology

Bioenergetic profiling of fresh human kidney tissue reveals compensatory metabolic adaptation and intrinsic mitochondrial dysfunction in diabetes

This study establishes a workflow for real-time bioenergetic profiling of fresh human kidney tissue, revealing that early-stage diabetes triggers a compensatory metabolic adaptation characterized by increased tissue-level respiratory flux and mitochondrial expansion that masks intrinsic organelle dysfunction before measurable kidney failure occurs.

Granata, C., Laskowski, A., Thallas-Bonke, V., Ramm, G., Macisaac, R., Chang, C., Campbell, N., Royce, P., Cooper, M. E. (…)2026-07-27✓ Author reviewed ⓘ
🔬 materials science

Proximity-induced Rashba spin-orbit interaction in BaMnO3∣_\text{3}|KTaO3_\text{3} heterostructure for antiferromagnetic spintronics

This study proposes and validates via DFT calculations a BaMnO3_3|KTaO3_3 heterostructure that successfully induces a strong Rashba spin-orbit interaction in the antiferromagnetic BaMnO3_3 layer through proximity to KTaO3_3, offering a promising pathway for advancing antiferromagnetic spintronics.

Vivek Kumar, Nirmal Ganguli2026-07-27✓ Author reviewed ⓘ
📄 other

Host skin lipids trigger MAT-dependent mating, pathogenic hyphal growth, and parasexual reproduction of Malassezia furfur

This study reveals that host skin lipids trigger *Malassezia furfur* pathogenicity by activating a mating-type-dependent parasexual cycle that drives hyphal differentiation, enabling more efficient epidermal invasion and stronger inflammatory responses.

Giuseppe Ianiri, Erica Patriarca, Bastien Tirtiaux, Márcia David-Palma, Anna Averette, Eduardo Gushiken-Ibañez, Yves Pou (…)2026-07-27✓ Author reviewed ⓘ
📄 other

Mapping of the pig/pork cross-border food chain between Zambia and the Democratic Republic of the Congo as a first step to assess its potential impact on the occurrence of Taenia solium in Haut Katanga Province

This study maps the largely unregulated cross-border pig and pork supply chain between Zambia and the Democratic Republic of the Congo, revealing significant gaps in veterinary oversight and health inspections that facilitate the transmission of *Taenia solium* to consumers in Haut-Katanga Province.

Alain TSHIASUMA Kedi, Gégoire Kasongo Aseke Mukanga, Moses Tshikung Kambol2026-07-27✓ Author reviewed ⓘ
📄 other

CoralEye: A Decentralized Edge-Computing Framework for Proactive Thermal Stress Diagnostics in the Coral Triangle

This paper introduces CoralEye, a decentralized, edge-optimized computer vision framework using a quantized MobileNetV2 model to achieve real-time, 97% accurate thermal stress diagnostics on consumer-grade hardware, thereby addressing the critical delay in manual coral reef monitoring and enabling proactive conservation in bandwidth-constrained regions.

Gabriel-André Exbrayat2026-07-27✓ Author reviewed ⓘ
📄 other

ESSIM: A Probabilistic Swarm Optimization Algorithm Based on Bayesian Statistical Inference and Uncertainty-Guided Search

This paper introduces ESSIM, a novel probabilistic swarm optimization algorithm that leverages Bayesian statistical inference and individual particle uncertainty to maintain swarm diversity and avoid local minima, thereby outperforming classical PSO on multimodal benchmarks and Gaussian Process Regression hyperparameter optimization tasks despite requiring longer computation times.

Hacene Benkhoula, Kamel Eddine Hemsas, Saad Mekhilef2026-07-27✓ Author reviewed ⓘ
🧠 neuroscience

Language comprehension functionally modulates first-order relay thalamic nuclei

Using functional MRI, this study demonstrates that first-order thalamic nuclei (specifically the LGN, MGN, and VLN) are functionally modulated by distinct language systems (reading, speech comprehension, and speech production), revealing a critical and lateralized role for the thalamus in human language processing beyond traditional cortical mechanisms.

Mengxing, L., Wang, S., Vidaurre, C., Guediche, S., Lerma-Usabiaga, G., Paz-Alonso, P.2026-07-27✓ Author reviewed ⓘ
📄 other

Early Multi-Class Disease Detection in Chili Plant Leaves Using Convolutional Neural Networks: A Comparative Study

This study proposes a deep learning framework using pre-trained convolutional neural networks to achieve early, automated multi-class detection of chili leaf diseases, demonstrating that MobileNetV2 achieves a 96% accuracy rate on a real-field dataset of 16,392 images from Bangladesh.

Radoanul Arifen, S. M. Meriyan Islam, Rakibul Hasan, Aporba Saha, S. M. Jabbaruzzaman, Anisa Azad, Saifullah Anik2026-07-25✓ Author reviewed ⓘ