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The design and mathematical modelling of novel extensor bending pneumatic artificial muscles (EBPAMs) for soft exoskeletons (2017)
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Al-Fahaam, H., Davis, S., & Nefti-Meziani, S. (2017). The design and mathematical modelling of novel extensor bending pneumatic artificial muscles (EBPAMs) for soft exoskeletons. Robotics and autonomous systems, 99, 63-74. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.robot.2017.10.010

This article presents the development of a power augmentation and rehabilitation exoskeleton based on a novel actuator. The proposed soft actuators are extensor bending pneumatic artificial muscles. This type of soft actuator is derived from extendin... Read More about The design and mathematical modelling of novel extensor bending pneumatic artificial muscles (EBPAMs) for soft exoskeletons.

A cyber kill chain based taxonomy of banking Trojans for evolutionary computational intelligence (2017)
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Kiwia, D., Dehghantanha, A., Choo, K., & Slaughter, J. (2017). A cyber kill chain based taxonomy of banking Trojans for evolutionary computational intelligence. Journal of Computational Science, 27, 394-409

Malware such as banking Trojans are popular with financially-motivated cybercriminals. Detection of banking Trojans remains a challenging task, due to the constant evolution of techniques used to obfuscate and circumvent existing detection and securi... Read More about A cyber kill chain based taxonomy of banking Trojans for evolutionary computational intelligence.

Molecular, morphological and acoustic identification of Eumops maurus and Eumops hansae (Chiroptera: Molossidae) with new reports from Central Amazonia (2017)
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Lopez-Baucells, A., Rocha, R., Tavares, V., Moras, L., Silva, S., Bobrowiec, P., & Meyer, C. (2017). Molecular, morphological and acoustic identification of Eumops maurus and Eumops hansae (Chiroptera: Molossidae) with new reports from Central Amazonia. Tropical Zoology, 31(1), 1-20. https://doi.org/10.1080/03946975.2017.1382284

Eumops maurus and Eumops hansae are rarely captured Neotropical molossid bats for
which information on taxonomy, natural history, and spatial distribution are scarce.
This translates into a poor understanding of their ecology and limits the delimit... Read More about Molecular, morphological and acoustic identification of Eumops maurus and Eumops hansae (Chiroptera: Molossidae) with new reports from Central Amazonia.

Ethnopharmacological and phytopharmaceutical evaluation of prosopis cineraria : an overview and future prospects (2017)
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Chaudhary, K., Kumar, G., Varshney, A., Meghvansi, M., Ali, S., Karthik, K., …Kaul, R. (2017). Ethnopharmacological and phytopharmaceutical evaluation of prosopis cineraria : an overview and future prospects. Current Drug Metabolism, 19(3), https://doi.org/10.2174/1389200218666171031125439

Background: Prosopis cineraria (L.) Druce ('khejri') is an important tree that occurs worldwide in arid regions. It has been mentioned in the Indian Ayurvedic system of medicines as having several clinical properties. Different parts of this plant ar... Read More about Ethnopharmacological and phytopharmaceutical evaluation of prosopis cineraria : an overview and future prospects.

Novel design of a soft lightweight pneumatic continuum robot arm with decoupled variable stiffness and positioning (2017)
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Giannaccini, M., Xiang, C., Atyabi, A., Theodoridis, T., Nefti-Meziani, S., & Davis, S. (2018). Novel design of a soft lightweight pneumatic continuum robot arm with decoupled variable stiffness and positioning. Soft Robotics, 5(1), 54-70. https://doi.org/10.1089/soro.2016.0066

Soft robot arms possess unique capabilities when it comes to adaptability, flexibility and dexterity. In addition, soft systems that are pneumatically actuated can claim high power to weight ratio. One of the main drawbacks of pneumatically actuated... Read More about Novel design of a soft lightweight pneumatic continuum robot arm with decoupled variable stiffness and positioning.

Exact analysis of heat convection in viscoelastic FENE-P fluids through isothermal slits and tubes (2017)
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Norouzi, M., Daghighi, S., & Beg, O. (2017). Exact analysis of heat convection in viscoelastic FENE-P fluids through isothermal slits and tubes. Meccanica, 53(4-5), 817-831. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11012-017-0782-2

In this article, two exact analytical solutions for heat convection in viscoelastic fluid flow through isothermal tubes and slits are presented for the first time. Herein, a Peterlin type of finitely extensible nonlinear elastic (FENE-P) model is use... Read More about Exact analysis of heat convection in viscoelastic FENE-P fluids through isothermal slits and tubes.

Efficient structure-based models for the McKibben contraction pneumatic muscle actuator : the full description of the behaviour of the contraction PMA (2017)
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Al-Ibadi, A., Nefti-Meziani, S., & Davis, S. (2017). Efficient structure-based models for the McKibben contraction pneumatic muscle actuator : the full description of the behaviour of the contraction PMA. Actuators open access journal, 6(4), 32. https://doi.org/10.3390/act6040032

To clarify the advantages of using soft robots in all aspects of life, the effective behaviour of the pneumatic muscle actuator (PMA) must be known. In this work, the performances of the PMA are explained and modelled with three formulas. The first f... Read More about Efficient structure-based models for the McKibben contraction pneumatic muscle actuator : the full description of the behaviour of the contraction PMA.

ABC assay : method development and application to quantify the role of three DWV master variants in overwinter colony losses of European honey bees (2017)
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Kevill, J., Highfield, A., Mordecai, G., Martin, S., & Schroeder, D. (2017). ABC assay : method development and application to quantify the role of three DWV master variants in overwinter colony losses of European honey bees. Viruses, 9(11), 314. https://doi.org/10.3390/v9110314

Deformed wing virus (DWV) is one of the most prevalent honey bee viral pathogens in the world. Typical of many RNA viruses, DWV is a quasi-species, which is comprised of a large number of different variants, currently consisting of three master varia... Read More about ABC assay : method development and application to quantify the role of three DWV master variants in overwinter colony losses of European honey bees.

A new mutation-independent approach to cancer therapy : inhibiting oncogenic RAS and MYC, by targeting mitochondrial biogenesis. (2017)
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Ozsvari, B., Sotgia, F., & Lisanti, M. (2017). A new mutation-independent approach to cancer therapy : inhibiting oncogenic RAS and MYC, by targeting mitochondrial biogenesis. Aging, 9(10), 2098-2116. https://doi.org/10.18632/aging.101304

Here, we used MCF7 cells as a model system to interrogate how MYC/RAS co-operativity contributes to metabolic flux and stemness in breast cancer cells. We compared the behavior of isogenic MCF7 cell lines transduced with c-Myc or H-Ras (G12V), either... Read More about A new mutation-independent approach to cancer therapy : inhibiting oncogenic RAS and MYC, by targeting mitochondrial biogenesis..