Outputs (524)

Abundance, distribution, and threats of mammals and trees within the Lingadzi Namilomba Forest Reserve within Lilongwe, Malawi, and a conservation action plan for the protection of the Reserve (2020)
Thesis
Long, C. Abundance, distribution, and threats of mammals and trees within the Lingadzi Namilomba Forest Reserve within Lilongwe, Malawi, and a conservation action plan for the protection of the Reserve. (Dissertation). University of Salford

Lingadzi Namilomba Forest Reserve is one of the last remaining wildlife reserves situated within Malawi’s capital city Lilongwe. The purpose of this study was to conduct the first systematic assessment of mammal and forest cover within the reserve. A... Read More about Abundance, distribution, and threats of mammals and trees within the Lingadzi Namilomba Forest Reserve within Lilongwe, Malawi, and a conservation action plan for the protection of the Reserve.

Towards a microbial process-based understanding of the resilience of peatland ecosystem service provisioning – a research agenda (2020)
Journal Article
Ritson, J., Alderson, D., Robinson, C., Burkitt, A., Heinemeyer, A., Stimson, A., …Evans, M. (2021). Towards a microbial process-based understanding of the resilience of peatland ecosystem service provisioning – a research agenda. Science of the Total Environment, 759, 143467. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.143467

Peatlands are wetland ecosystems with great significance as natural habitats and as major global carbon stores. They have been subject to widespread exploitation and degradation with resulting losses in characteristic biota and ecosystem functions su... Read More about Towards a microbial process-based understanding of the resilience of peatland ecosystem service provisioning – a research agenda.

A risk component-based model to determine pipes renewal strategies in water distribution networks (2020)
Journal Article
Salehi, S., Jalili Ghazizadeh, M., Tabesh, M., Valadi, S., & Salamati Nia, S. (2021). A risk component-based model to determine pipes renewal strategies in water distribution networks. Structure and Infrastructure Engineering, 17(10), 1338-1359

Among the main concerns of water companies are to maintain the optimal performance of pipes in water distribution networks (WDNs); this is achieved by activities, such as renewal works, maintenance actions, pressure management and other improvement... Read More about A risk component-based model to determine pipes renewal strategies in water distribution networks.

RNA-seq analysis of colorectal tumor-infiltrating myeloid-derived suppressor cell subsets revealed gene signatures of poor prognosis (2020)
Journal Article
Saleh, R., Sasidharan Nair, V., Al-Dhaheri, M., Khawar, M., Abu Nada, M., Alajez, N., & Elkord, E. (2020). RNA-seq analysis of colorectal tumor-infiltrating myeloid-derived suppressor cell subsets revealed gene signatures of poor prognosis. Frontiers in Oncology, 10, 604906. https://doi.org/10.3389/fonc.2020.604906

Elevated levels of myeloid-derived suppressor cells (MDSCs), including polymorphonuclear MDSCs (PMN-MDSCs) and immature MDSCs (I-MDSCs), are usually associated with disease progression in cancer patients, including colorectal cancer (CRC). However, b... Read More about RNA-seq analysis of colorectal tumor-infiltrating myeloid-derived suppressor cell subsets revealed gene signatures of poor prognosis.

Epigenetic regulation of immune checkpoints and T cell exhaustion markers in tumor-infiltrating T cells of colorectal cancer patients (2020)
Journal Article
Nair, V., Saleh, R., Toor, S., Taha, R., Ahmed, A., Kurer, M., …Elkord, E. (2020). Epigenetic regulation of immune checkpoints and T cell exhaustion markers in tumor-infiltrating T cells of colorectal cancer patients. Epigenomics, 12(21), 1871-1882. https://doi.org/10.2217/epi-2020-0267

Aim: To elucidate the epigenetic alterations behind the upregulation of immune checkpoints and T cell exhaustion markers in colorectal cancer (CRC) patients. Materials & methods: mRNA expressions of different immune checkpoint/exhaustion markers were... Read More about Epigenetic regulation of immune checkpoints and T cell exhaustion markers in tumor-infiltrating T cells of colorectal cancer patients.

Investigations of carbon nitride-supported Mn3 O4 oxide nanoparticles for ORR (2020)
Journal Article
Large, A., Wahl, S., Abate, S., da Silva, I., Delgado Jaen, J., Pinna, N., …Arrigo, R. (2020). Investigations of carbon nitride-supported Mn3 O4 oxide nanoparticles for ORR. Catalysts, 10(11), e1289. https://doi.org/10.3390/catal10111289

Earth-abundant Mn-based oxide nanoparticles are supported on carbon nitride using two different immobilization methods and tested for the oxygen reduction reaction. Compared to the metal free CN, the immobilization of Mn oxide enhances not only the e... Read More about Investigations of carbon nitride-supported Mn3 O4 oxide nanoparticles for ORR.

Can ecological models be transferred in time and space? An investigation using a range of contrasting taxa (2020)
Thesis
Copping, J. Can ecological models be transferred in time and space? An investigation using a range of contrasting taxa. (Thesis). University of Salford

Investigating the relationship between organisms and the environment has long been a focus of study in the conservation and ecology fields. Central to this research is the use of ecological models to explain, predict and project species distributions... Read More about Can ecological models be transferred in time and space? An investigation using a range of contrasting taxa.

Parks for people : examining the creation and refurbishment of a public park (2020)
Journal Article
Hayes, S., & Dockerill, B. (2020). Parks for people : examining the creation and refurbishment of a public park. Landscape Research, https://doi.org/10.1080/01426397.2020.1832452

This paper takes an historical perspective to examine the social and community motivations for public parks and their funding. Public parks can be some of the most valuable green infrastructure assets; understanding why they were created and how they... Read More about Parks for people : examining the creation and refurbishment of a public park.

Project portfolio resource risk assessment considering project interdependency by the fuzzy Bayesian network (2020)
Journal Article
Bai, L., Zhang, K., Shi, H., An, M., & Han, X. (2020). Project portfolio resource risk assessment considering project interdependency by the fuzzy Bayesian network. Complexity, 2020, 5410978. https://doi.org/10.1155/2020/5410978

Resource risk caused by specific resource sharing or competition among projects due to resource constraints is a major issue in project portfolio management, which challenges the application of risk analysis methods effectively. This paper presents a... Read More about Project portfolio resource risk assessment considering project interdependency by the fuzzy Bayesian network.

Spatial morphology and urban heat island: comparative case studies (2020)
Book Chapter
Elmarakby, E., Khalifa, M., Elshater, A., & Afifi, S. (2020). Spatial morphology and urban heat island: comparative case studies. In S. Kamel, H. Sabry, G. Hassan, M. Refat, A. Elsahter, A. Elrahman, …R. Rashed (Eds.), Architecture and Urbanism: A Smart Outlook (441-454). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-52584-2_31

Urbanisation is a process associated with the global industrial and technological development. Globally, this process causes a continuous change of the land cover and increases the urban areas. Scholars from various disciplines address these changes... Read More about Spatial morphology and urban heat island: comparative case studies.