This article explores the ethical, cognitive, and epistemic stakes of introducing smart-hive technologies (such as Hiveopolis project) into honeybee colonies (Apis mellifera). These robotic structures supplemented with artificial intelligence algorithms and other technological alterations are discussed here not as merely monitoring devices but as an active part that bridges and enhances the remaining two organic elements. The paper proposes a portrayal of a biohybrid with a triadic structure consisting of bees, humans, and technology. This depiction foregrounds whole-organism interactions and emphasizes the emergent character of such hybrids, which are more than the sum of their parts. Situated within the framework of embodied cognition, this development is examined through an enactivist lens. Adhering to this perspective, cognition arises through a dynamic organism–environment coupling, together bringing forth the world. Ethical concern cannot be separated from its cognitive counterpart; questions of responsibility, care and consent are inscribed in the very structure of such coupling.
Objective Disclosure of a personality disorder (PD) diagnosis is a clinically sensitive moment that may influence patients’ engagement with treatment, identity, and therapeutic relationships. Despite its importance, little is known about how patients themselves experience and interpret this process within specialized psychotherapies. Methods The present study explored how patients in Transference-Focused Psychotherapy (TFP) experience and make sense of receiving a PD diagnosis. Using a qualitative design, we analyzed written accounts from 17 patients engaged in TFP. Data were examined using reflexive thematic analysis. Results Participants described diagnostic disclosure as a complex and emotionally charged experience that evoked a wide range of reactions, including fear, relief, curiosity, and validation. Most reported an ambivalent relationship to the diagnosis, with its meaning evolving over time through therapeutic work and reflection. Six themes captured how patients understood and integrated the diagnosis into their therapeutic experience. For many, the diagnosis initially disrupted self-narratives and was experienced as an external verdict; however, over time it often became a framework that helped organize distress, support self-understanding, and guide therapeutic change. The relational context of disclosure emerged as central: when communicated within a supportive therapeutic relationship, the diagnosis was more often experienced as meaningful and containing rather than stigmatizing. Conclusion These findings suggest that diagnostic disclosure in PD treatment functions not merely as the communication of clinical information but as a relational and meaning-making process embedded in psychotherapy. Understanding patient experiences may help clinicians approach diagnostic discussions in ways that support engagement, reflection, and therapeutic collaboration.
Polysulfone (PSU) membranes are widely recognized for their thermal stability, mechanical strength, and chemical resistance, making them suitable for diverse separation applications. This review highlights recent advances in PSU membrane development, focusing on fabrication techniques, structural modifications, and emerging applications. Phase inversion remains the predominant method for membrane synthesis, allowing precise control over morphology and performance. Functional enhancements through blending, chemical grafting, and incorporation of nanomaterials—such as metal–organic frameworks (MOFs), carbon nanotubes, and zwitterionic polymers—have significantly improved gas separation, and water purification., In gas separation, PSU-based mixed matrix membranes demonstrate enhanced CO2/CH4 selectivity, particularly when integrated with MOFs like ZIF-7 and ZIF-8. In water treatment, PSU membranes effectively remove algal toxins and heavy metals, with surface modifications improving hydrophilicity and antifouling properties. Despite these advancements, challenges remain in optimizing cross-linking strategies and understanding structure–property relationships. This review provides a comprehensive overview of PSU membrane technologies and outlines future directions for their development in sustainable and high-performance separation systems.
Lanthanide ions and their complexes have emerged as versatile tools in biology and medicine owing to their unique photophysical, magnetic, and coordination properties. Their applications span bioimaging, sensing, therapy and diagnostics, underpinned by their strong preference for oxygen-donor ligands, kinetic stability, and tunable luminescence. This review integrates current developments in lanthanide coordination chemistry, focusing on the mechanistic basis of their interactions with biomolecules such as nucleic acids, proteins, and peptides. Moreover, this work highlights the design principles governing complex stability and biological compatibility, summarizing key biomedical uses of lanthanides ranging from imaging and drug delivery to anticancer and antioxidant effects, and discusses their toxicity and biodistribution, and their potential for clinical translation. In particular, this review offers a mechanistically oriented synthesis of recent advances, emphasizing the interplay between coordination behavior and biological function, and identifying emerging trends that define the current landscape of lanthanide-based bioinorganic research. By correlating molecular coordination features with biological performance, the review identifies the main trends shaping lanthanide-based bioinorganic research, also including a brief discussion of complexes formed between lanthanides and naturally occurring molecules, such as amino acids.
Recently, there has been renewed interest in coupling of spin waves (magnons) and collective charge oscillations (plasmons), especially in two-dimensional systems. Several mechanisms of the magnon-plasmon hybridization in ferromagnetic and antiferromagnetic systems have been proposed. Here, we consider another mechanism of magnon-plasmon hybridization, which is based on the linear magnetoelectric interaction. As a specific system, we consider a monolayer of vanadium-based diselenide with perpendicular easy-axis magnetic anisotropy and Dzialoshinskii-Moriya interaction. The derived parameter of magnon-plasmon coupling is proportional to the magnetoelectric constant. Assuming for this constant an adequate experimental value, we calculate dispersion relations of the hybridized magnon-plasmon modes. Moreover, we also show that an external electric field normal to the layer (due to a gate voltage) can be used as a tool to tune the magnon modes and this way also hybridized magnon-plasmon coupling. A specific case of magnon-plasmon coupling based on tuning Dzialoshinskii-Moriya interaction is also considered.
