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Pilot study demonstrating metabolic and anti-proliferative effects of in vivo anti-oxidant supplementation with N-Acetylcysteine in Breast Cancer (2017)
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Monti, D., Sotgia, F., Whitaker-Menezes, D., Tuluc, M., Birbe, R., Berger, A., …Martinez-Outschoorn, U. (2017). Pilot study demonstrating metabolic and anti-proliferative effects of in vivo anti-oxidant supplementation with N-Acetylcysteine in Breast Cancer. Seminars in Oncology, 44(3), 226-232. https://doi.org/10.1053/j.seminoncol.2017.10.001

Background High oxidative stress as defined by hydroxyl and peroxyl activity is often found in the stroma of human breast cancers. Oxidative stress induces stromal catabolism, which promotes cancer aggressiveness. Stromal cells exposed to oxidativ... Read More about Pilot study demonstrating metabolic and anti-proliferative effects of in vivo anti-oxidant supplementation with N-Acetylcysteine in Breast Cancer.

Assessing collaborative performance on construction projects through knowledge exchange : a UK Rail Strategic Alliance case study (2017)
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Staykova, G., & Underwood, J. (2017). Assessing collaborative performance on construction projects through knowledge exchange : a UK Rail Strategic Alliance case study. Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management, 24(6), 968-987. https://doi.org/10.1108/ECAM-08-2016-0179

Purpose – How knowledge exchange can be used for the continuous assessment and improvement of collaborative performance of project-based organisations in construction is explored. Collaboration on construction projects must be facilitated by people a... Read More about Assessing collaborative performance on construction projects through knowledge exchange : a UK Rail Strategic Alliance case study.

Global trade statistics lack granularity to inform traceability and management of diverse and high-value fishes (2017)
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Cawthorn, D., & Mariani, S. (2017). Global trade statistics lack granularity to inform traceability and management of diverse and high-value fishes. Scientific reports, 7(12852), https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-12301-x

Illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing and seafood supply chain fraud are multifaceted problems that demand multifaceted solutions. Here, we investigate the extent to which global fisheries trade data analyses can support effective seafood... Read More about Global trade statistics lack granularity to inform traceability and management of diverse and high-value fishes.

Determining molecular orientation via single molecule SERS in a plasmonic nano-gap (2017)
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Marshall, A., Stokes, J., Viscomi, F., Proctor, J., Gierschner, J., Bouillard, J., & Adawi, A. (2017). Determining molecular orientation via single molecule SERS in a plasmonic nano-gap. Nanoscale, 9(44), 17415-17421. https://doi.org/10.1039/c7nr05107g

In this work, plasmonic nano-gaps consisting of a silver nanoparticle coupled to an extended silver film have been fully optimized for single molecule Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering (SERS) spectroscopy. The SERS signal was found to be strongly de... Read More about Determining molecular orientation via single molecule SERS in a plasmonic nano-gap.

Measuring thermal performance in steady-state conditions at each stage of a full fabric retrofit to a solid wall dwelling (2017)
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Farmer, D., Gorse, C., Swan, W., Fitton, R., Brooke-Peat, M., Miles-Shenton, D., & Johnston, D. (2017). Measuring thermal performance in steady-state conditions at each stage of a full fabric retrofit to a solid wall dwelling. Energy and Buildings, 156, 404-414. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enbuild.2017.09.086

The methodology used for measuring the thermal performance of fabric retrofit systems which were applied to a solid wall UK Victorian house situated within an environmental chamber is explored in detail. The work describes how steady-state boundary c... Read More about Measuring thermal performance in steady-state conditions at each stage of a full fabric retrofit to a solid wall dwelling.

Harnessing mtDNA variation to resolve ambiguity in ‘Redfish’ sold in Europe (2017)
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Shum, P., Moore, L., Pampoulie, C., Di Muri, C., Vandamme, S., & Mariani, S. (2017). Harnessing mtDNA variation to resolve ambiguity in ‘Redfish’ sold in Europe. PeerJ, 5, e3746. https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3746

Morphology-based identification of North Atlantic Sebastes has long been controversial and misidentification may produce misleading data, with cascading consequences that negatively affect fisheries management and seafood labelling. North Atlantic Se... Read More about Harnessing mtDNA variation to resolve ambiguity in ‘Redfish’ sold in Europe.

Social spacing of the montane lizard Tropidurus montanus (2017)
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Galdino, C., Ventura, S., Lisboa, C., & Young, R. (2017). Social spacing of the montane lizard Tropidurus montanus. Herpetological journal, 27(4), 333-338

The way in which individuals use their surrounding space can be key to understanding species’ sociobiology. We studied the social spacing of the lizard Tropidurus montanus. Males were found to have larger home ranges than females. Male body size was... Read More about Social spacing of the montane lizard Tropidurus montanus.

From conventional to IT based visual management : a conceptual discussion for lean construction (2017)
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Tezel, B., & Aziz, Z. (2017). From conventional to IT based visual management : a conceptual discussion for lean construction. Journal of Information Technology in Construction, 22, 220-246

Lean construction and construction automation are two of the important efforts to improve the performance of the construction industry. However, apart from a small number of scholarly articles and implementation prototypes, the lean and digital const... Read More about From conventional to IT based visual management : a conceptual discussion for lean construction.

Case studies in applying data mining for churn analysis (2017)
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Lomax, S., & Vadera, S. (2017). Case studies in applying data mining for churn analysis. International Journal of Conceptual Structures and Smart Applications, 5(2), 22-33. https://doi.org/10.4018/ijcssa.2017070102

The advent of price and product comparison sites now makes it even more important to retain customers and identify those that might be at risk of leaving. The use of data mining methods has been widely advocated for predicting customer churn. This pa... Read More about Case studies in applying data mining for churn analysis.

Embedding life cycle costing in 5D BIM (2017)
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Kehily, D., & Underwood, J. (2017). Embedding life cycle costing in 5D BIM. Journal of Information Technology in Construction, 22, 145-167

Life Cycle Costing (LCC) is the consideration of all ‘relevant’ costs and revenues associated with the acquisition and ownership of an asset. LCC has a number of relevant applications, these include project appraisal; facilities management; procureme... Read More about Embedding life cycle costing in 5D BIM.

Numerical solution of MHD slip flow of a nanofluid past a radiating plate with Newtonian heating : a lie group approach (2017)
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Beg, O., Uddin, M., Sohail, A., & Ismail, A. (2017). Numerical solution of MHD slip flow of a nanofluid past a radiating plate with Newtonian heating : a lie group approach. Alexandria engineering journal : AEJ, 57(4), 2455-2464. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aej.2017.03.025

In this paper, we have examined the magnetohydrodynamic flow of a nanofluid past a radiating sheet. The Navier velocity slip, Newtonian heating and passively controlled wall boundary conditions are considered. The governing equations are reduced into... Read More about Numerical solution of MHD slip flow of a nanofluid past a radiating plate with Newtonian heating : a lie group approach.

Anisotropic slip magneto-bioconvection flow from a rotating cone to a nanofluid with Stefan Blowing effects (2017)
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Beg, O., Zohra, F., Uddin, M., Ismail, A., & Kadir, A. (2017). Anisotropic slip magneto-bioconvection flow from a rotating cone to a nanofluid with Stefan Blowing effects. Chinese Journal of Physics, 56(1), 432-448. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cjph.2017.08.031

A mathematical model for two dimensional steady laminar natural convective anisotropic slip boundary layer flows from a rotating vertical cone embedded in ethylene glycol bionanofluid is presented. The influence of Stefan blowing is also taken into a... Read More about Anisotropic slip magneto-bioconvection flow from a rotating cone to a nanofluid with Stefan Blowing effects.

The staged retrofit of a solid wall property under controlled conditions (2017)
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controlled conditions. Energy and Buildings, 156, 250-257. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enbuild.2017.09.033

Retrofit of hard to treat properties has been highlighted as a policy challenge to reduced energy consumption in the UK. This study undertook an experimental staged retrofit of a pre-1919 UK solid wall property under controlled conditions. The prop... Read More about The staged retrofit of a solid wall property under controlled conditions.

An abductive approach to qualitative built environment research : a viable system methodological exposé (2017)
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Awuzie, B., & McDermott, P. (2017). An abductive approach to qualitative built environment research : a viable system methodological exposé. Qualitative Research Journal, 17(4), 356-372. https://doi.org/10.1108/qrj-08-2016-0048

Purpose Qualitative researchers are often confronted with a dilemma of selecting an appropriate approach within which to situate their research. This has led to successive attempts by qualitative researchers in the built environment (BE) to combine... Read More about An abductive approach to qualitative built environment research : a viable system methodological exposé.

Raman spectroscopy of methane (CH4 ) to 165 GPa : effect of structural changes on Raman spectra (2017)
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Proctor, J., Maynard-Casely, H., Hakeem, M., & Cantiah, D. (2017). Raman spectroscopy of methane (CH4 ) to 165 GPa : effect of structural changes on Raman spectra. Journal of Raman Spectroscopy, 48(12), 1777-1782. https://doi.org/10.1002/jrs.5237

We have conducted a Raman study of methane (CH4), a major constituent of the outer planets, at pressures up to 165 GPa. We observe splitting of the principal Raman-active vibrational mode above 45 GPa and a nonlinear dependence of Raman peak position... Read More about Raman spectroscopy of methane (CH4 ) to 165 GPa : effect of structural changes on Raman spectra.

Know abnormal, find evil : frequent pattern mining for ransomware threat hunting and intelligence (2017)
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Homayoun, S., Dehghantanha, A., Ahmadzadeh, M., Hashemi, S., & Khayami, R. (2020). Know abnormal, find evil : frequent pattern mining for ransomware threat hunting and intelligence. IEEE Transactions on Emerging Topics in Computing, 8(2), 341-351. https://doi.org/10.1109/TETC.2017.2756908

Emergence of crypto-ransomware has significantly changed the cyber threat landscape. A crypto ransomware removes data custodian access by encrypting valuable data on victims’ computers and requests a ransom payment to reinstantiate custodian acces... Read More about Know abnormal, find evil : frequent pattern mining for ransomware threat hunting and intelligence.

Finite element computation of magnetohydrodynamic nanofluid convection from an oscillating inclined plate with radiative flux, heat source and variable temperature effects (2017)
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Beg, O., Thumma, T., & Sheri, S. (2017). Finite element computation of magnetohydrodynamic nanofluid convection from an oscillating inclined plate with radiative flux, heat source and variable temperature effects. Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part N: Journal of Nanomaterials, Nanoengineering and Nanosystems, 231(4), 179-194. https://doi.org/10.1177/2397791417731452

The present work describes finite element computations for radiative magnetohydrodynamic convective Newtonian nanofluid flow from an oscillating inclined porous plate with variable temperature. Heat source/sink and buoyancy effects are included in th... Read More about Finite element computation of magnetohydrodynamic nanofluid convection from an oscillating inclined plate with radiative flux, heat source and variable temperature effects.

Mitoketoscins : novel mitochondrial inhibitors for targeting ketone metabolism in cancer stem cells (CSCs). (2017)
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Ozsvari, B., Sotgia, F., Simmons, K., Trowbridge, R., Foster, R., & Lisanti, M. (2017). Mitoketoscins : novel mitochondrial inhibitors for targeting ketone metabolism in cancer stem cells (CSCs). Oncotarget, 8(45), 78340-78350. https://doi.org/10.18632/oncotarget.21259

Previous studies have now well-established that epithelial cancer cells can utilize ketone bodies (3-hydroxybutyrate and aceto-acetate) as mitochondrial fuels, to actively promote tumor growth and metastatic dissemination. The two critical metabolic... Read More about Mitoketoscins : novel mitochondrial inhibitors for targeting ketone metabolism in cancer stem cells (CSCs)..

Latent geotechnical pathogens inducing cost overruns in highway projects (2017)
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Amadi, A., & Higham, A. (2017). Latent geotechnical pathogens inducing cost overruns in highway projects. Journal of Financial Management of Property and Construction, 22(3), 269-285. https://doi.org/10.1108/JFMPC-03-2017-0008

Purpose: This paper investigates the statistical validity of geotechnical risk factors in accounting for cost overruns in highway projects. The study hypothesizes that ‘Latent Pathogens’ due to mismanaged geotechnical risk, which lay dormant in t... Read More about Latent geotechnical pathogens inducing cost overruns in highway projects.

Ultrafast charge dynamics in dispersions of monolayer MoS2 nanosheets (2017)
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Kime, G., Leontiadou, M., Brent, J., Savjani, N., O'Brien, P., & Binks, D. (2017). Ultrafast charge dynamics in dispersions of monolayer MoS2 nanosheets. Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 121, 22415-22421. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcc.7b05631

Ultrafast charge dynamics in dispersions of MoS2 nanosheets in N-methyl-2-pyrrolidone are reported. Samples were prepared by the ultrasonication-assisted exfoliation of MoS2 powder, resulting in nanosheets that were predominantly monolayer and had an... Read More about Ultrafast charge dynamics in dispersions of monolayer MoS2 nanosheets.