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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..

Adoption of sustainable retrofit in UK social housing 2010 – 2015 (2017)
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Swan, W., Fitton, R., Smith, L., Abbott, C., & Smith, L. (2017). Adoption of sustainable retrofit in UK social housing 2010 – 2015. International Journal of Building Pathology and Adaptation, 35(5), 456-469. https://doi.org/10.1108/ijbpa-04-2017-0019

Purpose The Retrofit State of the Nation Survey has tracked the perceptions of social housing sector professionals’ views of retrofit since 2010. It has taken the form of 3 surveys conducted in 2010, 2013 and 2015. Here we bring together the three... Read More about Adoption of sustainable retrofit in UK social housing 2010 – 2015.

Remodelling façade design for improving daylighting and the thermal environment in Abuja’s low-income housing (2017)
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Abdulkareem, M., Al-Maiyah, S., & Cook, M. (2018). Remodelling façade design for improving daylighting and the thermal environment in Abuja’s low-income housing. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 82(3), 2820-2833. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rser.2017.10.010

The housing typologies that were developed as part of Abuja’s master plan over 30 years ago are still in use today as prototypes for low-income housing developments. The value of the local climate received only cursory consideration in the early deve... Read More about Remodelling façade design for improving daylighting and the thermal environment in Abuja’s low-income housing.

Life-history strategies of the rock hind grouper Epinephelus adscensionis at Ascension Island (2017)
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Nolan, E., Downes, K., Richardson, A., Arkhipkin, A., Brickle, P., Brown, P., …Weber, S. (2017). Life-history strategies of the rock hind grouper Epinephelus adscensionis at Ascension Island. Journal of Fish Biology, 91(6), 1549-1568. https://doi.org/10.1111/jfb.13410

Epinephelus adscensionis sampled from Ascension Island, South Atlantic Ocean, exhibits distinct life-history traits, including larger maximum size and size at sexual maturity than previous studies have demonstrated for this species in other locations... Read More about Life-history strategies of the rock hind grouper Epinephelus adscensionis at Ascension Island.

Network capacity optimisation in millimetre wave band using fractional frequency reuse (2017)
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Al-Falahy, N., & Alani, O. (2017). Network capacity optimisation in millimetre wave band using fractional frequency reuse. IEEE Access, 6, 10924-10932. https://doi.org/10.1109/ACCESS.2017.2762338

Inter Cell Interference (ICI) is a major challenge that degrades the performance of mobile systems, particularly for cell-edge users. This problem arises significantly in the next generation system, as the trend of deployment is with high densificat... Read More about Network capacity optimisation in millimetre wave band using fractional frequency reuse.

Intelligent OS X malware threat detection with code inspection (2017)
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HaddadPajouh, H., Dehghantanha, A., Khayami, R., & Choo, R. (2017). Intelligent OS X malware threat detection with code inspection. Journal of Computer Virology and Hacking Techniques, 14(3), 213-223. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11416-017-0307-5

With the increasing market share of Mac OS X operating system, there is a corresponding increase in the number of malicious programs (malware) designed to exploit vulnerabilities on Mac OS X platforms. However, existing manual and heuristic OS X malw... Read More about Intelligent OS X malware threat detection with code inspection.

A grounded theory approach to investigate the perceived soundscape of open-plan offices (2017)
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Acun, V., & Yilmazer, S. (2018). A grounded theory approach to investigate the perceived soundscape of open-plan offices. Applied Acoustics, 131, 28-37. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apacoust.2017.09.018

This paper presents the findings of a user focused soundscape survey, that took place in a visual task based and a computational task based open-plan office spaces. Aim of this study was to conduct a grounded theory survey which captures individuals’... Read More about A grounded theory approach to investigate the perceived soundscape of open-plan offices.

Non-reciprocity compensation combined with turbo codes for secret key generation in vehicular ad hoc social IoT networks (2017)
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Epiphaniou, G., Karadimas, P., Dhouha Kbaier Ben, I., Al-Khateeb, H., Dehghantanha, A., & Choo, K. (2018). Non-reciprocity compensation combined with turbo codes for secret key generation in vehicular ad hoc social IoT networks. IEEE Internet of Things, 5(4), 2496-2505. https://doi.org/10.1109/JIOT.2017.2764384

The physical attributes of the dynamic vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V) propagation channel can be utilised for the generation of highly random and symmetric cryptographic keys. However, in a physical-layer key agreement scheme, non-reciprocity due to inhere... Read More about Non-reciprocity compensation combined with turbo codes for secret key generation in vehicular ad hoc social IoT networks.

The critical success factors for stakeholder management in the restoration of built heritage assets in the UK (2017)
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Nwachukwu, C., Udeaja, C., Chileshe, N., & Okere, C. (2017). The critical success factors for stakeholder management in the restoration of built heritage assets in the UK. International Journal of Building Pathology and Adaptation, 35(4), 304-331. https://doi.org/10.1108/ijbpa-07-2017-0030

Purpose Built heritage or historic assets (BHAs) constructed in the pre-nineteenth century in the UK are perceived to have certain characteristics which instil cultural significance in them and have seen them become valuable to the economy of the cou... Read More about The critical success factors for stakeholder management in the restoration of built heritage assets in the UK.

Directed motor-auditory EEG connectivity is modulated by music tempo (2017)
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Nicolaou, N., Malik, A., Daly, I., Weaver, J., Hwang, F., Kirke, A., …Nasuto, S. (2017). Directed motor-auditory EEG connectivity is modulated by music tempo. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 11, https://doi.org/10.3389/fnhum.2017.00502

Beat perception is fundamental to how we experience music, and yet the mechanism behind this spontaneous building of the internal beat representation is largely unknown. Existing findings support links between the tempo (speed) of the beat and enhanc... Read More about Directed motor-auditory EEG connectivity is modulated by music tempo.

Quantum engineering of InAs/GaAs quantum dot based intermediate band solar cells (2017)
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Beattie, N., See, P., Zoppi, G., Ushasree, P., Duchamp, M., Farrer, I., …Tomic, S. (2017). Quantum engineering of InAs/GaAs quantum dot based intermediate band solar cells. ACS photonics, 4(11), 2745-2750. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsphotonics.7b00673

The efficiency of a solar cell can be substantially increased by opening new energy gaps within the semiconductor band gap. This creates additional optical absorption pathways which can be fully exploited under concentrated sunlight. Here we report a... Read More about Quantum engineering of InAs/GaAs quantum dot based intermediate band solar cells.

Optimal energy management and MPC strategies for electrified RTG cranes with energy storage systems (2017)
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Alasali, F., Haben, S., Becerra, V., & Holderbaum, W. (2017). Optimal energy management and MPC strategies for electrified RTG cranes with energy storage systems. Energies, 10(10), 1598. https://doi.org/10.3390/en10101598

This article presents a study of optimal control strategies for an energy storage system connected to a network of electrified Rubber Tyre Gantry (RTG) cranes. The study aims to design optimal control strategies for the power flows associated with th... Read More about Optimal energy management and MPC strategies for electrified RTG cranes with energy storage systems.

Making conditionally negative definite radial basis function interpolation well-conditioned by adding cardinal basis functions (2017)
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Kazem, S., Chadwick, E. A., & Hatam, A. (2018). Making conditionally negative definite radial basis function interpolation well-conditioned by adding cardinal basis functions. Ain Shams Engineering Journal ASEJ / Ain Shams University, 9(4), 2587-2598. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.asej.2017.03.013

A class of basis functions so called well-conditioned RBF (WRBFs) has been introduced. This basis has been manipulated by adding cardinal functions to the conditionally negative definite RBFs of order 1, such as Multiquadric functions. The condition... Read More about Making conditionally negative definite radial basis function interpolation well-conditioned by adding cardinal basis functions.

Migratory animals feel the cost of getting sick: A meta-analysis across species (2017)
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Risely, A., Klaassen, M., & Hoye, B. J. (2018). Migratory animals feel the cost of getting sick: A meta-analysis across species. Journal of Animal Ecology, 87(1), 301-314. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2656.12766

Migratory animals are widely assumed to play an important role in the long-distance dispersal of parasites, and are frequently implicated in the global spread of zoonotic pathogens such as avian influenzas in birds and Ebola viruses in bats. However,... Read More about Migratory animals feel the cost of getting sick: A meta-analysis across species.

miRNAs in bone metastasis (2017)
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Cheung, D., Buzzetti, M., & Di Leva, G. (2017). miRNAs in bone metastasis. Expert Review of Endocrinology and Metabolism, 12(6), 451-461. https://doi.org/10.1080/17446651.2017.1383893

Introduction: Bone metastasis is one of the most common forms of metastasis from a number of different primary carcinomas. MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are short, endogenous RNAs that negatively regulate gene expression to control essential pathways, including... Read More about miRNAs in bone metastasis.