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Rich fen development in CE Europe, resilience to climate change and human impact over the last ca. 3500 years (2017)
Journal Article
Gałka, M., Aunina, L., Feurdean, A., Hutchinson, S., Kołaczek, P., & Apolinarska, K. (2017). Rich fen development in CE Europe, resilience to climate change and human impact over the last ca. 3500 years. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 473, 57-72. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.palaeo.2017.02.030

Here, for the first time in SE Poland, we document the long-term development of a rich fen and assess its sensitivity to climate change and human impacts over the last ca. 3500 years. Our results are based on a high-resolution, continuous plant macro... Read More about Rich fen development in CE Europe, resilience to climate change and human impact over the last ca. 3500 years.

Anti-CTLA-4 therapy for malignant mesothelioma (2017)
Journal Article
Guazzelli, A., Bakker, E., Krstic-Demonacos, M., Lisanti, M., Sotgia, F., & Mutti, L. (2017). Anti-CTLA-4 therapy for malignant mesothelioma. Immunotherapy, 9(3), 273-280. https://doi.org/10.2217/imt-2016-0123

Immunotherapy is an emerging therapeutic strategy with a promising clinical outcome in some solid tumors, particularly metastatic melanoma. One approach to immunotherapy is immune checkpoint inhibitors, such as blockage of CTLA-4 and PD-1/PD-L1. This... Read More about Anti-CTLA-4 therapy for malignant mesothelioma.

Machine learning aided android malware classification (2017)
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Nikola, M., Dehghantanha, A., & Kim-Kwang Raymond, C. (2017). Machine learning aided android malware classification. Computers and Electrical Engineering, 61, 266-274. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compeleceng.2017.02.013

The widespread adoption of Android devices and their capability to store access significant private and confidential information have resulted in these devices being targeted by malware developers. Existing Android malware analysis techniques can be... Read More about Machine learning aided android malware classification.

A model for the rapid assessment of the impact of aviation noise near airports (2017)
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Torija Martinez, A., Self, R., & Flindell, I. (2017). A model for the rapid assessment of the impact of aviation noise near airports. ˜The œJournal of the Acoustical Society of America (Online), 141(2), 981-995. https://doi.org/10.1121/1.4976053

This paper introduces a simplified model [Rapid Aviation Noise Evaluator (RANE)] for the calculation of aviation noise within the context of multi-disciplinary strategic environmental assessment where input data are both limited and constrained by... Read More about A model for the rapid assessment of the impact of aviation noise near airports.

Plantar fascia segmentation and thickness estimation in ultrasound images (2017)
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Boussouar, A., & Meziane, F. (2017). Plantar fascia segmentation and thickness estimation in ultrasound images. Computerized Medical Imaging and Graphics, 56, 60-73. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compmedimag.2017.02.001

Ultrasound (US) imaging offers significant potential in diagnosis of plantar fascia (PF) injury and monitoring treatment. In particular US imaging has been shown to be reliable in foot and ankle assessment and offers a real-time effective imaging tec... Read More about Plantar fascia segmentation and thickness estimation in ultrasound images.

Object-based reverberation for spatial audio (2017)
Journal Article
Coleman, P., Franck, A., Jackson, P., Hughes, R., Remaggi, L., & Melchior, F. (2017). Object-based reverberation for spatial audio. Journal of the Audio Engineering Society, 65(1/2), 66-77. https://doi.org/10.17743/jaes.2016.0059

Object-based audio is gaining momentum as a means for future audio content to be more immersive, interactive, and accessible. Recent standardization developments make recommendations for object formats; however, the capture, production, and reproduct... Read More about Object-based reverberation for spatial audio.

Physical hydrodynamic propulsion model study for creeping viscous flow through a ciliated porous tube (2017)
Journal Article
Akbar, N., Butt, A., Tripathi, D., & Beg, O. (2017). Physical hydrodynamic propulsion model study for creeping viscous flow through a ciliated porous tube. Pramana, 88(52), https://doi.org/10.1007/s12043-016-1354-z

The present investigation focuses on a mathematical study of creeping viscous flow induced by metachronal wave propagation in a horizontal ciliated tube containing porous media. Creeping flow limitations are imposed i.e. inertial forces are small com... Read More about Physical hydrodynamic propulsion model study for creeping viscous flow through a ciliated porous tube.

Beyond ecosystem services : valuing the invaluable (2017)
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Gunton, R., van Asperen, E., Basden, A., Bookless, D., Araya, Y., Hanson, D., …Jones, G. (2017). Beyond ecosystem services : valuing the invaluable. Trends in Ecology and Evolution, 32(4), 249-257. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tree.2017.01.002

The ecosystem services framework (ESF) is advantageous and widely used for itemising and quantifying ways in which humans benefit from natural places. However, it suffers from two important problems: (i) incoherence of... Read More about Beyond ecosystem services : valuing the invaluable.

Numerical study of heat source/sink effects on dissipative magnetic nanofluid flow from a non-linear inclined stretching/shrinking sheet (2017)
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Beg, O., Thumma, T., & Kadir, A. (2017). Numerical study of heat source/sink effects on dissipative magnetic nanofluid flow from a non-linear inclined stretching/shrinking sheet. Journal of Molecular Liquids, 232, 159-173. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.molliq.2017.02.032

This paper numerically investigates radiative magnetohydrodynamic mixed convection boundary layer flow of nanofluids over a nonlinear inclined stretching/shrinking sheet in the presence of heat source/sink and viscous dissipation. The Rosseland appro... Read More about Numerical study of heat source/sink effects on dissipative magnetic nanofluid flow from a non-linear inclined stretching/shrinking sheet.

Recombinant α-actinin subunit antigens of Trichomonas vaginalis as potential vaccine candidates in protecting against trichomoniasis (2017)
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Xie, Y., Gao, J., Wu, Y., Tang, P., Hide, G., Lai, D., & Lun, Z. (2017). Recombinant α-actinin subunit antigens of Trichomonas vaginalis as potential vaccine candidates in protecting against trichomoniasis. Parasites and Vectors, 10(1), 83. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13071-017-2009-8

BACKGROUND: Human trichomoniasis caused by Trichomonas vaginalis is one of the most common sexually transmitted diseases with more than 200 million cases worldwide. It has caused a series of health problems to patients. For prevention and control of... Read More about Recombinant α-actinin subunit antigens of Trichomonas vaginalis as potential vaccine candidates in protecting against trichomoniasis.