Submissions from 2026
Effects of photobiomodulation on oral mucositis, oral pain, xerostomia, salivary flow rate, and quality of life in patients with head and neck cancer: A systematic review and meta-analysis, Mônica N.M. Pedroso, Anderson Rech, Natalia Casagrande, Júlia F. Pissaia, Julia S. Zardo, Vitória L. Borges, Stephanie R. Bombana, Cindranne Torres Muller, Priscila Casara, Janaína Brollo, Claudio P. Júnior, Carin W. Gallon, and Pedro Lopez
User experience (UX) meets bureaucracy: Lessons from a government intranet prototype, Scott Pelham, Jo Jung, and Christopher Kueh
Effects of exercise interventions on motor coordination in children with developmental coordination disorder (DCD): A systematic review and meta-analysis, Changhui Peng, Jinrong He, Kai Xu, Xueping Wu, Dandan Wang, and Lei Zhang
Paternal age is associated with offspring bone health—but not soft tissue composition or fracture: The vitamin D in pregnancy study, Mia A. Percival, Kara B. Anderson, Julie A. Pasco, Marc Sim, Sarah M. Hosking, John D. Wark, and Natalie K. Hyde
Carbon accumulation driven by anthropogenic activities within wetland environments associated with Lake Titicaca, Alexander Pérez, Diego Rodriguez-Paredes, Héctor Aponte, Renzo Gonzales, Jorge Cardich, Pere Masqué, and Matthieu Carré
Emancipatory research in social work: What does critical realism offer?, Shajimon Peter, Lynne Soon Chean Park, and Liz Beddoe
Interprofessional education and collaborative practice curriculum development–A proposed validation process, Hanlie Pitout, Paula Barnard-Ashton, Fasloen Adams, and Sanetta du Toit
Beyond maternal exercise: Paternal exercise adaptations mediated by sperm microRNA signatures, Abel Plaza-Florido, Inmaculada Pérez-Prieto, Daniel A. Galvão, and Alejandro Lucia
Numerical investigation on enhancing the performance of a parabolic trough collector using a threaded absorber tube, Shayan Pourhemmati, Abdellah M. Shafieian, Hussein A. Mohammed, Barun Kumar Das, and Majid Tolouei-Rad
Decentralized, game-theoretic reflection control in battery-free ambient backscatter communication internet of things networks, Azadeh Pourkabirian, Kai Li, Xiaolin Zhou, Wei Ni, and Mohsen Guizani
Overtourism in Bali and Lombok: A governance and community perspective on challenges and strategies for sustainable development, Rudy Pramono, Juliana Juliana, Meitolo Hulu, Arifin Djakasaputra, and Ferry Jie
High-sensitivity cardiac troponin I and frailty: Associations with the frailty index and fried phenotype in older women, Jedd Pratt, Abadi K. Gebre, Carlos J. Toro-Huamanchumo, Elsa Dent, Trent Bozanich, Wai E. Lim, Elizabeth Byrnes, Julee McDonagh, Caleb Ferguson, Craig Sale, Kun Zhu, Carl Schultz, Richard L. Prince, Joshua R. Lewis, and Marc Sim
Comparing microbial communities of diseased and healthy isopora palifera corals and adjacent waters at the Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Sophie Preston, Jacquelyn Jones, Megan J. Huggett, Arne A.S. Adam, Nicole E. White, Kar Chun Tan, and Zoe Richards
Body mass index, prebiotic supplementation during pregnancy and gestational diabetes mellitus risk: An effect modification analysis from a randomised controlled trial, Rachelle A. Pretorius, Thomas R. Sullivan, Summer V.M. Walker, Johan Garssen, Jeffrey A. Keelan, Desiree Silva, Susan L. Prescott, and Debra J. Palmer
Nursing students' evaluation of primary health care clinical placements - A cross-sectional study, Debbie Procter, Megan Lee, Debbie Massey, Kylie McCullough, and Karen Strickland
Towards primary health care education reform: A reflexive thematic analysis of nursing supervisors' perceptions, experiences and challenges, Debbie Procter, McCullough, Debbie Massey, and Karen Strickland
Large glycomics datasets as a tool to understand the function of glycans, Maja Pučić-Baković, Tamara Štambuk, John P.A. Ioannidis, Vlatka Zoldoš, Wei Wang, and Gordan Lauc
Hands-on learning and design thinking in secondary design and technology education, Carol K. Puddicombe
Holistic strategy for sustainable supply chains: Integrating the purchasing portfolio matrix, supplier relationship management, and life cycle assessment, Farida Pulansari, Dean Tirkaamiana, Aulia Dita Ananda Lestari, Fadillah Kurniasari, Indhira Prameswari Susanto, and Ferry Jie
Is mechanical power a valid and relevant parameter to control resistance training?, Sebastian Puschkasch-Möck, G. Gregory Haff, Michael Behringer, and Klaus Wirth
Addressing system strength and reliability concerns in renewable energy-based weak grids using synchronous condensers determined by hybrid GRU-classical optimization method, Md Ohirul Qays, Iftekhar Ahmad, Daryoush Habibi, Mohammad A.S. Masoum, and Thair Mahmoud
State of charge estimation of EV secondary battery pack using hybrid hedge feedforward feedback-based gated recurrent unit to extend lifespan, Md Ohirul Qays, Iftekhar Ahmad, Daryoush Habibi, Mohammad A.S. Masoum, and Paul Moses
Efficient charging scheduling through coordination of electric vehicle platoons and charging stations, Liwan Qi, Bochun Wu, Shoubo Li, Yi Gong, and Wei Ni
High coral thermal tolerance at a potentially climate-resistant reef, Kate M. Quigley, C. Siqueira, Kira Brereton, and Andrew H. Baird
Patterns of language and visuospatial lateralisation in three-year-old children, Josephine E. Quin-Conroy, Donna M. Bayliss, Stephanie J. Bovell, Debra Eamer, Georgina H.M. Earl, Simon E. Fisher, Clyde Francks, Murray T. Maybery, Sarah Pillar, Desiree Silva, Andrew J.O. Whitehouse, and Nicholas A. Badcock
Sparse gradient training for recommender systems, Yunke Qu, Liang Qu, Tong Chen, Xiangyu Zhao, Jianxin Li, and Hongzhi Yin
Preoperative health during a pandemic: An observational study assessing lifestyle changes in patients associated with COVID-19 in Western Australia, Nadine Radin, Dana Hince, Jim Codde, Paola Chivers, and Dale W. Edgar
Solar thermal desalination technologies with zero liquid discharge: A state-of-the-art review, Meraj Rahbari, Saman Rashidi, Mohammad Sadegh Valipour, Mehdi Khiadani, and Wei Mon Yan
Time to hang up the gloves: A scoping review of evidence on non-sterile glove use during intravenous antimicrobial preparation and administration, Natasya Raja Azlan, Debbie Massey, Lesley Andrew, Amanda Towell-Barnard, Seng Giap Marcus Ang, Carol Crevacore, Martina Costello, Aaron Alejandro, Weiting Liu, Naila Zaman, and Peta Anne Zimmerman
Parenthood and mental health among university populations in Sub-Saharan Africa: A cross-sectional study, Tuwani A. Rasengane, Ngozika Esther Ezinne, Antor Ndep, Nnamdi John Eseme, Susarah Maria Richter, Kingsley E. Agho, Ebele Gertrude Ejidike, Michael Agyemang Kwarteng, Kelechukwu Enyinnaya Ahaiwe, Nnaemeka Meribe, Obed Adonteng-Kissi, Edith Daniel-Nwosu, McHillary Ogiemudia Osamudiamen, Ike Onyebuchi Oforbuike, Grace Obumneke Ogbonna, Isaura Ilorena d.Alva Brito Dos Santos, Okechi Ulumma Amaechi, Ugochukwu E. Uzuegbu, Khathutshelo Percy Mashige, and Uchechukwu Levi Osuagwu
Energy poverty, economic growth and environmental degradation in South Asia: Do energy resources matter?, Memona Rasheed, Hooi Hooi Lean, and Nam Foo
CSR disclosure in family-controlled and politically connected firms: Do audit committees matter?, Md Harun Ur Rashid, Habib, and Rashid Zaman
Applying fsQCA, NCA and NConfA in tourism research, S. Mostafa Rasoolimanesh
Bridging sustainable and regenerative tourism through a place-based approach, S. Mostafa Rasoolimanesh, Raymond Rastegar, and Freya Higgins-Desbiolles
Behavioural theories in tourism: Current practices, challenges, and a future agenda, S. Mostafa Rasoolimanesh, Noel Scott, and Kyle Maurice Woosnam
Developmental bioenergetics: A comparative perspective on mitochondrial efficiency in paediatric physiology, Sébastien Ratel, Joffrey Bardin, and Anthony J. Blazevich
An insight into rock quarry waste management in Tamil Nadu, India, Thangavel Ravindaran, Sanjay Kumar Shukla, and K. M. Mini
Pathological response calculation assessment remains accurate with reduced tumor bed examination after neoadjuvant immunotherapy in clinically detectable stage III melanoma, R. V. Rawson, N. G. Maher, A. M. Menzies, S. N. Lo, N. Mesbah Ardakani, L. A. Jackett, I. A. Vergara, T. E. Pennington, K. F. Shannon, S. Ch’ng, M. Gonzalez, E. M. Burton, M. W. Lucas, I. L.M. Reijers, E. A. Rozeman, D. E. Gyorki, S. Sandhu, M. S. Carlino, J. Howle, M. Khattak, A. Van der Westhuizen, M. C. Andrews, V. Atkinson, A. C.J. van Akkooi, A. J. Spillane, and R. P.M. Saw
Determining the mental wellbeing of family day care educators in Australia, Theresa Rayfield, Ruth Wallace, Karen Lombardi, Eben Afrifa-Yamoah, and Brennen Mills
Drop landing as a neuromuscular fatigue assessment: A submaximal alternative to traditional monitoring methods, André Rebelo, Paul Comfort, John R. Harry, and Nicholas Ripley
Evaluating the relationship between single-leg isometric squat and single-leg countermovement jump performance in elite and world-class artistic roller skaters, André Rebelo, Danny Lum, Nicholas Ripley, and Paul Comfort
A systematic review and meta-analysis on the benefits of resistance exercise in patients with fibromyalgia, Anderson Rech, Emanuela Casagranda, Régis Radaelli, Thaís Andréia Schepa Weber, Cindranne Torres Muller, Priscila Casara, Leandro Viçosa Bonetti, Raquel Saccani, Francesco Bettariga, and Pedro Lopez
Impact of cannabis and cannabis legalization on US atrial septal defect rates, Albert Stuart Reece and Hulse
Space-time analysis of burgeoning US atrial septal defect rates driven by cannabis, Albert Stuart Reece and Kenneth Hulse
Patient-reported measures in children and adolescents with chronic kidney disease and their validation: A scoping review, Angela Rejuso, Asif, Martin Howell, Chandana Guha, Siah Kim, Allison Jaure, Anastasia Hughes, Kristy Nicholl, Kylie Ann Mallit, Farzaneh Bouroumad, Jonathan Craig, Armando Teixeira-Pinto, Anna Francis, Nicholas Larkins, Anita van Zwieten, and Germaine Wong
National consensus on the capabilities that inform the role of advanced practice paramedics: A Delphi study, Alessia Restiglian, Lorna Martin, David Long, Louise Reynolds, Tony Walker, Ben Meadley, Ashleigh Finn, Alan Batt, Alecka Miles, Tania Johnston, and Brendan Shannon
Intravenous infusion of nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD+) versus nicotinamide riboside (NR): A retrospective tolerability pilot study in a real-world setting, Kirsten Reyna, Greer Heinzen, Nikita Patel, Marie Ritter, Alexandra Siojo, Henry Legere, and Rachele Pojednic
Enhanced methylene blue photodegradation with NCQD/MIL-53 under visible light: Effects of aqueous matrix species including anions, cations, oxidants, and organic matter, Hooman Rezaei, Ali Akbar Zinatizadeh, Mohammad Joshaghani, Sirus Zinadini, and Saeid Jalali Honarmand
Antibacterial and antibiofilm potential of two palm species (Syagrus romanzoffiana and Bismarckia nobilis, Arecaceae) against drug-resistant Escherichia coli and Bacillus subtilis, Fatima Riaz, Abdul Qadir Ahmad, Muhammad Junaid, Zubaria Ashraf, Umm-e-Habiba, Muhammad Amjad Riaz, Muhammad Hassnain, Muhammad Adil Karamat, and Khalid Bilal
Gender justice in the triple planetary crisis: A scoping review, Catelyn Richards, Micah Peters, Julia Charalambous, Lila Singh-Peterson, Lucy Osborn, Aletha Ward, Jessica LeClair, and Tracy Levett-Jones
Rapid isometric hamstring strength scores from professional soccer players at pre-season: Positional differences and relationship to peak force, Nicholas Joel Ripley, Ross, Jack Fahey, Christopher Bramah, Paul Jones, and Paul Comfort
Praxis: The missing theory to practice link in maximising early childhood science opportunities, Pauline Roberts and Patricia R. Collins
Impact of travel time to health facilities on perinatal outcomes: A systematic review with narrative synthesis and meta-analysis, Sanam Roder-DeWan, Marwa Ramadan, Paul Ouma, Alexander Manu, Emelda A. Okiro, Natalie Strobel, Bibian N. Robert, Emily Odipo, Peter M. Macharia, Anthony Danso-Appiah, David C. Goodman, Queen Dube, Gagan Gupta, Hema Magge, and Karen Edmond
Mood monitoring in schools: A promising alternative to single-time-point screening, Shane L. Rogers, Brown, Kathryn Campbell, and Matthew Goulding
User experience in virtual self-disclosure: Appraising natural, urban, and artificial VR environments, Shane L. Rogers, Tasha Canes, and Alexis Pallister
Quantifying affective intensity in social media text-based content: The expressive feature fusion framework, Saiyidi Mat Roni, Wilk, and Pi Shen Seet
An ascendant in Scorpio: Dark tourism in the kingdom of Cambodia, a travelogue, Brenton Rossow
Characterising manual dexterity, motor cortex neuroplasticity, and intracortical inhibition long after burn injury, Grant S. Rowe, Alecia Wood, Mark Fear, Dale W. Edgar, Aleksandra Miljevic, Tyler Osborne, Natalie Morellini, Merrilee Needham, Ann Maree Vallence, and Fiona Wood
Electrification of Australian remote communities through degradation-aware techno-economic and environmental optimization of sustainable vehicle-to-home enabled hybrid renewable energy systems, Tushar Kanti Roy, Barun K. Das, and Md Apel Mahmud
Techno-economic and environmental analysis of a hybrid renewable energy system with V2H support for remote Australian communities, Tushar Kanti Roy, K. Das, and Md Apel Mahmud
Infestation by phorid flies disrupts behavior and immune function in honey bees monitored by radio-frequency identification, Gloria Ruiz-Guzmán, Oliverio Delgado-Carrillo, Francisco J. Balvino-Olvera, María de Jesús Aguilar-Aguilar, Violeta Patiño-Conde, Paulo de Souza, Ulises Olivares-Pinto, and Mauricio Quesada
Applying the Ottawa Charter to evaluate health literacy outcomes of the Little Aussie Bugs course for Australian early childhood educators, Amelia Ruscoe, Elizabeth J. Cook, Eleanor K. O'Brien, Leesa N. Costello, Gillian Kirk, Ros Sambell, Theresa Rayfield, Amanda Devine, and Ruth M. Wallace
Green and charge-tuned β-cyclodextrin polymers for efficient removal of PFAS and anionic dyes from water, Samira Sadeghi, Ahmad Najafidoust, Mark Mullett, Shayan Karimi, and Masoumeh Zargar
Influence of love, pride and reputation on residents’ pro-environmental behaviours, Saalem Sadeque, Swapan, and Md Ashikuzzaman
WEViT: Weight-entangled vision transformers with class-specific attention for weakly supervised semantic segmentation, Narges Saeedizadeh, Seyed Mohammad Jafar Jalali, Burhan Khan, and Shady Mohamed
Why is cyber espionage one of the top threats to Australia’s national security?, Munir Saeed, Mohiuddin Ahmed, and Abu S.S.M. Barkat Ullah
Experimental investigation of the effect of water-based drilling mud on the wettability of dolomite in contact with CO2 and hydrogen, Reihaneh Safari, Hamed Aghaei, Behnam Shahsavani, Ali Toorajipour, Hamid Heydarzadeh Darzi, and Alireza Keshavarz
Contemporary structures, processes, and outcomes of critical care nursing education: An integrative review, Farida Saghafi, Carol Grech, Belinda Causby, Angelique Clarke, Jacqueline Jauncey-Cooke, Deb Massey, Kaye Rolls, Kylie Thompson, and Melanie Greenwood
Assessing liver and iron markers in steady state pediatric SCD patients to ascertain the hepatic consequences of hemotransfusion: A case-control study in Ghana, John Agyemang Sah, Stephen Twumasi, Allwell Adofo Ayirebi, Benedict Sackey, Enoch Odame Anto, Richard Vikpebah Duneeh, Ebenezer Senu, Veronica Barnor, David Boakye, Daniel Nii Martey Antonio, and Wina Ivy Ofori Boadu
A hybrid contrastive ordinal regression method for advancing disease severity assessment in imbalanced medical datasets, Afsah Saleem, Joshua R. Lewis, and Syed Zulqarnain Gilani
Digital literacy and the challenge for NIST compliance in developing economies, Premankit Sannd, David M. Cook, Menaka L. Godakanda, Efrancia Mobegi, and Derani Dissanayake
Photocatalytic degradation of cephalexin, amoxicillin, and phenol red using a green-synthesized folic acid–ZnO–Bi2O3 nanoporous system, M. Sarani, Haghighi, P. Tamaddon, A. Najafidoust, P. Faghani-Eskandarkolaei, and N. Sattarahmady
Towards sustainable development in Bangladesh: A synergistic approach to circular economy and natural capital management, Sanjoy Kumar Sarker, Md Nahiduzzaman, Sarod Khandaker, and Bapon Chandra Kuri
Missed care prevalence and associated factors in acute care settings: A systematic review and meta-analysis, Afia Achiaa Sarpong, Lucy Gent, Amanda Towell-Barnard, and Diana Arabiat
Essential role of CD63 in maintaining corneal epithelial identity in the human limbus, Yuzuru Sasamoto, Kosei Suzuki, Shinri Sato, Catherine A.A. Lee, Gabrielle Martin, Bruce R. Ksander, Markus H. Frank, and Natasha Y. Frank
Strength gains and absence of hypertrophy and cross-education in knee extensors following short-term low-volume eccentric training in untrained young men, Shigeru Sato, Sergio Maroto-Izquierdo, João Pedro Nunes, and Masatoshi Nakamura
Effective number of maximal eccentric contractions in the early phase of twice-weekly training to increase muscle strength and thickness of the elbow flexors in untrained young adults, Shigeru Sato, Riku Yoshida, Yuta Murakami, Kazuki Kasahara, Kazunori Nosaka, and Masatoshi Nakamura
Digital pain assessment: Patient and family perspectives, Rosemary Saunders, Kate Crookes, Kaoru Nosaka, Olivia Gallagher, Jeff Hughes, Caroline Bulsara, Max K. Bulsara, Seng Giap Marcus Ang, Beverley Ewens, Sue Haydon, Karla Seaman, Renée Graham, Debra Scaini, Karen Gullick, Michelle Gay, Christopher Etherton-Beer, and Renée Graham
Providing help in Europe: Are in-household care and outside-household support associated with grandparental child care?, Roosa Maria Savela, David A. Coall, Mirkka Danielsbacka, and Antti O. Tanskanen
Decline in offspring quantity but not quality from successive matings in male rainforest Drosophila, with no evidence for genetic divergence in male mating behaviour along elevational and density gradients, Andrew D. Saxon, Eleanor K. O'Brien, Natalie E. Jones, and Jon Bridle
Invisible innovation: Intellectual labour on regional university campuses in Australia, Merete Schmidt, Lucinda Aberdeen, Colleen Carlon, and Robyn Eversole
Prevalent vertebral fracture (PVFx) and abdominal aortic calcification (AAC) independently predict incident atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD) events in older men, John T. Schousboe, R. Lewis, Lisa Langsetmo, Afsah Saleem, S. Zulqarnain Gilani, Zaid Ilyas, Pawel Szulc, William D. Leslie, and Kristine E. Ensrud
Enhancing independence and social connection: The impact of a tailored exercise program on new residents transitioning into Australian residential care facilities, Stacey Scott, Annette Raynor, Julie Dare, Jennifer Grieve, and Leesa Costello
Prevalence of dementia in selected Middle East and North Africa (MENA) countries: A systematic review and meta-analysis, Mohsen Sedighi, Mohammad Hasan Shahabi, Alireza Amanollahi, Khurshid Alam, Soudabeh Shemehsavar, Zahra Shirzadi, Serena Sabatini, Ahmad R. Khatoonabadi, Matthew Prina, Akram A. Hosseini, Claire V. Burley, Jennifer Dunne, Simin Mahinrad, Iman Dajani, Ralph N. Martins, Blossom C.M. Stephan, Ali Chaari, and Hamid R. Sohrabi
Cancer survivor preferences for breast cancer follow-up care: A discrete choice experiment, Sameera Senanayake, Sanjeewa Kularatna, Fiona Crawford-Williams, David Brain, Michelle Allen, Ruvini M. Hettiarachchi, Nicolas H. Hart, Bogda Koczwara, Carolyn Ee, and Raymond J. Chan
Ellagic acid reduces inulin's adverse effects: A combined approach to enhance therapeutic potential in nonalcoholic steatohepatitis, Tharani Senavirathna, Shafaei, Ricky Lareu, and Lois Balmer
Remedying copyright for Indigenous Australians: A Stolen Generations perspective, Elizabeth Serventy and Koutras
Forced Oscillation Technique in Pneumothorax (PneumoFOT) study, Niranjan Ananda Setty, Carolyn J. Mcintyre, John Blakey, and Yun Chor Gary Lee
From comfort zone to growth zone: Experiential projects as catalysts for creativity in pre-service teachers, Serap Sevimli-Celik and Elif Güvelioglu
Lifestyle for Brain health (LIBRA) score, cognition, brain volume, and dementia risk in the UK Biobank, Kelsey R. Sewell, James D. Doecke, Samantha L. Gardener, Blossom Stephan, Kirk I. Erickson, and Belinda M. Brown
A window into vulnerability and support: At-risk mothers' perinatal experiences and perspectives on mHealth-based care, Lubna Shah, Aayisha, Yong Shian Goh, Mahesh Choolani, Johan Gunnar Eriksson, Cornelia Ying Ing Chee, Shang Chee Chong, Jancy Mathews, Lina Hsiu Kim Lim, Evalotte Mörelius, and Shefaly Shorey
Torsional control of plan-asymmetric structures using the torsional balance concept and optimized viscous dampers: A fragility-based assessment, Amir Shahmohammadian, Mohammad Reza Mansoori, Negin Mahmoudi, and Hamed Anahid
Quality of human-GenAI collaboration and its driving factors: A symbiotic agency perspective, Jiayu Shang, Dan Huang, and Songshan (Sam) Huang
If you’re doing this correctly, there is a cost: An exploration of the work–family trade-off of female academics in Australia, Fleur Sharafizad
Exploring the relevance and useability of academic entrepreneurial research for SMEs, Jalleh Sharafizad, Fleur Sharafizad, and Kerry Brown
Przedsiębiorczość: Praktyczny przewodnik dla sukcesu w biznesie, Jalleh Sharafizad, Violetta Wilk, Kerry Brown, Aglae Hernandez Grande, Fleur Sharafizad, Dorothy Wardale, Arkadiusz Gwarda, Artur Korkoszkiewicz, Marta Komorska, Bartosz Sobotka, and Michał Wójcik
Circulating sphingomyelins correlate with plasma T-tau in cognitively unimpaired older adults at risk of developing Alzheimer's disease, Tahmida Sharmin, James D. Doecke, Pratishtha Chatterjee, Steve Pedrini, Hamid R. Sohrabi, Nicholas J. Ashton, Henrik Zetterberg, Manohar L. Garg, Kaj Blennow, and Ralph N. Martins
Sustainable textiles through electrospinning: Addressing environmental challenges, Nicole Sharples, Omid Doustdar, Miguel Carmona‐Cabello, Shayan Abrishami, Jose M. Herreros, Ali Sadaghiani, and Karl D. Dearn
Beyond boundaries: Synergizing SAR, UAV, and federated learning for flood mapping in Australia, Ziheng Sheng, Chen Li, Xuelei Qi, Kai Wu, Wei Ni, Ren Ping Liu, and Linlin Ge
Defining varus thrust assessment and measurement: A scoping review, Haonan Shen, Nicole D'Souza, Claire E. Hiller, Marnee J. McKay, Kun Hu, Zhiyong Wang, and Milena Simic