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948 papers reviewed by authors · 31–40 / 948

🧬 biology

An Innovative Perspective to Profound Functions of the Brain: Hypothesis of Resonance of Closed Neural Network Geometries

This paper proposes the Resonance of Closed Neural Network Geometries (RCNNG) framework, which posits that perception and consciousness emerge from stable resonant attractors in recurrent neural circuits, where perceptual stability and subjective experience ("innergence") arise from the mapping of input-driven closed neural geometries to their intrinsic resonant identities rather than their physical structures.

Hasan Niazi2026-07-21✓ Author reviewed
📄 medicine

Alveolar-Arterial PO2 via Metabolic CO2 Mass Balance: Intrapulmonary Shunt as the Determinant during Heavy Normoxic Exercise

By applying a deterministic metabolic CO2 mass balance model to experimental data, this study demonstrates that a functional intrapulmonary shunt of approximately 2.39%—previously obscured by inert gas techniques due to methodological limitations—is the primary determinant of the widened alveolar-arterial PO2 difference during heavy normoxic exercise, offering a noninvasive analytical framework for cardiorespiratory monitoring.

Rosalba Vanni2026-07-21✓ Author reviewed
💻 computer science

Measurement-guided, training-free Fourier correction: a cost-efficient alternative to generative adaptation for cold-start construction-scene segmentation

This paper introduces a cost-efficient, training-free Fourier correction protocol that quantifies and adjusts specific low-frequency amplitude mismatches between synthetic and real construction images to significantly improve cold-start segmentation performance for rare safety-critical classes without requiring extensive unlabeled target data or generative models.

Jonghun Gim, Jeongik Min2026-07-21✓ Author reviewed
🔭 astrophysics

How large can galaxies be? Ultra-deep imaging of IC 1101, the most extended known galaxy

Using ultra-deep imaging to overcome scattered light limitations, researchers determined that IC 1101 is the largest known galaxy with a confirmed diameter of approximately 520 kpc, while also revealing that its outskirts exhibit ongoing mass assembly and asymmetrical features linked to intracluster medium disturbances.

Carlos Marrero-de la Rosa, Ignacio Trujillo, Ignacio Ruiz Cejudo, Mireia Montes, Fernando Buitrago, Giulia Golini, Sergi (…)2026-07-20✓ Author reviewed
🔬 materials science

Terahertz Time-Domain Spectroscopy as a Universal Defect Fingerprinting Tool for Organic Halide Perovskite Solar Cells

This short review establishes terahertz time-domain spectroscopy (THz-TDS) as a universal, non-destructive tool for quantifying and identifying specific grain-boundary defects in various organic-inorganic hybrid perovskite solar cells, proposing a three-pillar framework to guide defect engineering and enhance device efficiency through a closed-loop quality-control cycle.

Inhee Maeng, Young Mi Lee, Jinwoo Park, Seung Jae Oh, Min-Cherl Jung2026-07-20✓ Author reviewed
📄 hiv aids

Mortality and associated factors among people living with HIV newly initiated into care at Bamenda Regional Hospital: A Retrospective Cohort Study

This retrospective cohort study of 331 newly initiated HIV patients at Bamenda Regional Hospital found a 7.6% three-year mortality rate significantly associated with male sex, opportunistic diseases, comorbidities, abnormal liver enzymes, and advanced WHO clinical stage, highlighting the need for early diagnosis and integrated management of these risk factors.

Ajamah, F., Zefack, J. T., Mengnjo, L. T., Yongwa, O., Ashu, M. A., Nkengfua, S. F., Mbinyui, H., Ketchaji, A.2026-07-20✓ Author reviewed
🔭 astrophysics

Commissioning and on-sky performance of FiberPol: a fiber-fed spectropolarimetric system for the SAAO 1.9 m telescope

This paper presents the design, laboratory validation, and successful early 2025 commissioning of FiberPol, a compact fiber-fed spectropolarimetric system for the SAAO 1.9 m telescope that achieves preliminary polarization accuracy of 0.2–0.3% and serves as a technology pathfinder for future large-facility polarimetry.

Siddharth Maharana, K. C. J. Dennison-Farrar, Sabyasachi Chattopadhyay, Nikita Rawat, Nidhi Mehandiratta, J. C. Viljoen (…)2026-07-20✓ Author reviewed
🔢 mathematics

Maps of q-deformed fractional order: From circle to cardioid via crescent

This paper introduces a class of qq-deformed fractional order maps that unify memoryless and classical fractional dynamics by replacing binomial kernels with Gaussian coefficients, revealing a continuous transition of stability regions from circles to cardioids via crescents and demonstrating how deformation parameters control the shift from power-law to exponential memory decay.

Sachin Bhalekar, Prashant M. Gade2026-07-20✓ Author reviewed