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Hydrothermal synthesis of zeolites from coal fly ash (2015)
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Kotova, O., Shabalin, I. L., Shushkov, D., & Kocheva, L. (2016). Hydrothermal synthesis of zeolites from coal fly ash. Advances in applied ceramics, 115(3), 152-157. https://doi.org/10.1179/1743676115Y.0000000063

The fly ash, from the combustion of coal to produce energy and heat, is an industrial waste, in which large accumulations represent a serious environmental threat. To reduce the environmental burden and improve the economic benefits of energy product... Read More about Hydrothermal synthesis of zeolites from coal fly ash.

Greenhouse affect : the relationship between the sustainable design of schools and children’s environmental attitudes (2015)
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Izadpanahi, P., Elkadi, H., & Tucker, R. (2017). Greenhouse affect : the relationship between the sustainable design of schools and children’s environmental attitudes. Environmental Education Research, 23(7), 901-918. https://doi.org/10.1080/13504622.2015.1072137

This study aims to determine if primary school children’s environmental attitudes can be predicted by whether their school had been designed or adapted for sustainability. A New Ecological Paradigm (NEP) scale for children was adopted to measure atti... Read More about Greenhouse affect : the relationship between the sustainable design of schools and children’s environmental attitudes.

Echinococcus granulosus : epidemiology and state-of-the-art of diagnostics in animals (2015)
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Craig, P., Mastin, A., van Kesteren, F., & Boufana, B. (2015). Echinococcus granulosus : epidemiology and state-of-the-art of diagnostics in animals. Veterinary Parasitology, 213(3-4), 132-148. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.vetpar.2015.07.028

Diagnosis and detection of Echinococcus granulosus (sensu lato) infection in animals is a prerequisite for epidemiological studies and surveillance of echinococcosis in endemic, re-emergent or emergent transmission zones. Advances in diagnostic appro... Read More about Echinococcus granulosus : epidemiology and state-of-the-art of diagnostics in animals.

Hydrogenation of graphene by reaction at high pressure and high temperature (2015)
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Smith, D., Howie, R., Crowe, I., Simionescu, C., Muryn, C., Vishnyakov, V., …Proctor, J. (2015). Hydrogenation of graphene by reaction at high pressure and high temperature. ACS nano, 9(8), 8279-8283. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsnano.5b02712

The chemical reaction between hydrogen and purely sp2-bonded graphene to form graphene's purely sp3-bonded analogue, graphane, potentially allows the synthesis of a much wider variety of novel two-dimensional materials by opening a pathway to the app... Read More about Hydrogenation of graphene by reaction at high pressure and high temperature.

Investigating social networking applications on smartphones detecting Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and Google+ artefacts on android and iOS platforms (2015)
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Dezfouli, F., Dehghantanha, A., Eterovic-Soric, B., & Choo, K. (2016). Investigating social networking applications on smartphones detecting Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and Google+ artefacts on android and iOS platforms. Australian Journal of Forensic Sciences, 48(4), 469-488. https://doi.org/10.1080/00450618.2015.1066854

The rapid growth in usage and application of Social Networking (SN) platforms make them a potential target by cyber criminals to conduct malicious activities such as identity theft, piracy, illegal trading, sexual harassment, cyber stalking and cyber... Read More about Investigating social networking applications on smartphones detecting Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and Google+ artefacts on android and iOS platforms.

The role of microenvironment and immunity in drug response in leukemia (2015)
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Bakker, E., Qattan, M., Mutti, L., Demonacos, C., & Krstic- Demonacos, M. (2015). The role of microenvironment and immunity in drug response in leukemia. BBA - Molecular Cell Research, 1863(3), 414-426. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bbamcr.2015.08.003

Leukemia is a cancer of the white blood cells, with over 54,000 new cases per year diagnosed worldwide and a 5-year survival rate below 60%. This highlights a need for research into the mechanisms behind its etiology and causes of therapy failure. Th... Read More about The role of microenvironment and immunity in drug response in leukemia.

Influence of non-thermal plasma after-treatment technology on diesel engine particulate matter composition and NOx concentration (2015)
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Babaie, M., Kishi, T., Arai, M., Zama, Y., Furuhata, T., Rahimzadeh, H., & Brown, R. (2016). Influence of non-thermal plasma after-treatment technology on diesel engine particulate matter composition and NOx concentration. International Journal of Environmental Science and Technology, 13, 221-230. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13762-015-0865-3

The effect of non-thermal plasma technology for particulate matter removal and nitrogen oxide emission reduction from diesel exhaust has been investigated. A sample of exhaust was cooled to the ambient temperature and passed through a dielectric barr... Read More about Influence of non-thermal plasma after-treatment technology on diesel engine particulate matter composition and NOx concentration.

Extrusion detection of illegal files in cloud-based systems (2015)
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Hegarty, R., & Haggerty, J. (2015). Extrusion detection of illegal files in cloud-based systems. International Journal of Space-Based and Situated Computing, 5(3), 150-158. https://doi.org/10.1504/IJSSC.2015.070954

Cloud-based architectures have become the predominant paradigm for organisational infrastructure development due to the flexibility and scalability that these systems provide. However, issues around privacy and trust in such environments remain as ha... Read More about Extrusion detection of illegal files in cloud-based systems.

Estrogen related receptor α (ERRα) a promising target for the therapy of adrenocortical carcinoma (ACC) (2015)
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Casaburi, I., Avena, P., De Luca, A., Chimento, A., Sirianni, R., Malivindi, R., …Pezzi, V. (2015). Estrogen related receptor α (ERRα) a promising target for the therapy of adrenocortical carcinoma (ACC). Oncotarget, 6(28), 25135-25148. https://doi.org/10.18632/oncotarget.4722

The pathogenesis of the adrenocortical cancer (ACC) involves integration of molecular signals and the interplay of different downstream pathways (i.e. IGFII/IGF1R, β-catenin, Wnt, ESR1). This tumor is characterized by limited therapeutic options and... Read More about Estrogen related receptor α (ERRα) a promising target for the therapy of adrenocortical carcinoma (ACC).

Hydrodynamic modelling of free water-surface constructed storm water wetlands using a finite volume technique (2015)
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Zounemat-Kermani, M., Scholz, M., & Tondar, M. (2015). Hydrodynamic modelling of free water-surface constructed storm water wetlands using a finite volume technique. Environmental Technology, 36(20), 2532-2547. https://doi.org/10.1080/09593330.2015.1036785

One of the key factors in designing free water-surface constructed wetlands (FWS CW) is the hydraulic efficiency (λ), which depends primarily on the retention time of the polluted storm water. Increasing the hydraulic retention time (HRT) at various... Read More about Hydrodynamic modelling of free water-surface constructed storm water wetlands using a finite volume technique.

Investigating perceived emotional correlates of rhythmic density in algorithmic music composition (2015)
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Williams, D., Nasuto, S., Kirke, A., Miranda, E., Daly, I., Hallowell, J., …Hwang, F. (2015). Investigating perceived emotional correlates of rhythmic density in algorithmic music composition. ACM transactions on applied perception, 12(3), 1-21. https://doi.org/10.1145/2749466

Affective algorithmic composition is a growing field that combines perceptually motivated affective computing strategies with novel music generation. This article presents work toward the development of one application. The long-term goal is to devel... Read More about Investigating perceived emotional correlates of rhythmic density in algorithmic music composition.

Geochemical characteristics of soils in Fezzan, Sahara desert : implications for environment and agriculture (2015)
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Maryol, E., & Lin, C. (2015). Geochemical characteristics of soils in Fezzan, Sahara desert : implications for environment and agriculture. Journal of Geochemical Exploration, 158, 122-131. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gexplo.2015.07.009

An investigation was conducted to geochemically characterize the soils in Fezzan of the Sahara desert in order to assess (a) the role of the soils as a carbon store, (b) the potential risk of the fine-grained soil fraction as a dust source, and (c)... Read More about Geochemical characteristics of soils in Fezzan, Sahara desert : implications for environment and agriculture.

Post-disaster housing reconstruction in Sri Lanka : what methodology? (2015)
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Amaratunga, N., Haigh, R., & Ingirige, B. (2015). Post-disaster housing reconstruction in Sri Lanka : what methodology?. SAGE Open, 5(3), 1-7. https://doi.org/10.1177/2158244015583072

Research methodology is the procedural framework within which the research is conducted. This includes the overall approach to a problem that could be put into practice in a research process, from the theoretical underpinning to the collection and an... Read More about Post-disaster housing reconstruction in Sri Lanka : what methodology?.

Altered expression and editing of miRNA-100 regulates iTreg differentiation (2015)
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Negi, V., Paul, D., Das, S., Bajpai, P., Singh, S., Mukhopadhyay, A., …Ghosh, B. (2015). Altered expression and editing of miRNA-100 regulates iTreg differentiation. Nucleic Acids Research, 43(16), 8057-8065. https://doi.org/10.1093/nar/gkv752

RNA editing ofmiRNAs, especially in the seed region, adds another layer to miRNA mediated gene regulation which can modify its targets, altering cellular signaling involved in important processes such as differentiation. In this study, we have ex... Read More about Altered expression and editing of miRNA-100 regulates iTreg differentiation.

Fault-tolerant networks-on-chip routing with coarse and fine-grained look-ahead (2015)
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Liu, J., Harkin, J., Li, Y., & Maguire, L. (2016). Fault-tolerant networks-on-chip routing with coarse and fine-grained look-ahead. IEEE Transactions on Computer-Aided Design of Integrated Circuits and Systems, 35(2), 260-273. https://doi.org/10.1109/TCAD.2015.2459050

Fault tolerance and adaptive capabilities are challenges for modern Networks-on-Chip (NoC) due to the increase in physical defects in advanced manufacturing processes. Two novel adaptive routing algorithms, namely coarse and fine-grained look-ahead a... Read More about Fault-tolerant networks-on-chip routing with coarse and fine-grained look-ahead.

Cancer in the parasitic protozoans Trypanosoma brucei and Toxoplasma gondii (2015)
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Lun, Z., Lai, D., Wen, Y., Zheng, L., Shen, J., Yang, T., …Ayala, F. (2015). Cancer in the parasitic protozoans Trypanosoma brucei and Toxoplasma gondii. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 112(29), 8835-8842. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1502599112

Cancer is a general name for more than 100 malignant diseases. It is postulated that all cancers start from a single abnormal cell that grows out of control. Untreated cancers can cause serious consequences and deaths. Great progress has been made in... Read More about Cancer in the parasitic protozoans Trypanosoma brucei and Toxoplasma gondii.

Altered Competitive Fitness, Antimicrobial Susceptibility, and Cellular Morphology in a Triclosan-Induced Small-Colony Variant of Staphylococcus aureus (2015)
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Forbes, S., Latimer, J., Bazaid, A., & McBain, A. (2015). Altered Competitive Fitness, Antimicrobial Susceptibility, and Cellular Morphology in a Triclosan-Induced Small-Colony Variant of Staphylococcus aureus. Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, 59(8), 4809-4816. https://doi.org/10.1128/AAC.00352-15

Staphylococcus aureus can produce small-colony variants (SCVs) that express various phenotypes. While their significance is unclear, SCV propagation may be influenced by relative fitness, antimicrobial susceptibility, and the underlying mechanism. We... Read More about Altered Competitive Fitness, Antimicrobial Susceptibility, and Cellular Morphology in a Triclosan-Induced Small-Colony Variant of Staphylococcus aureus.

Establishment of a coastal fish in the Azores : recent colonisation or sudden expansion of an ancient relict population? (2015)
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expansion of an ancient relict population?. Heredity, 115, 527-537. https://doi.org/10.1038/hdy.2015.55

The processes and time scales associated with ocean-wide changes in the distribution of marine species have intrigued biologists since Darwin’s earliest insights into biogeography. The Azores, a mid-Atlantic volcanic archipelago located more than 1... Read More about Establishment of a coastal fish in the Azores : recent colonisation or sudden expansion of an ancient relict population?.

Modelling spatial distribution of outdoor recreation trips of urban residents : An in-depth study in Salford, UK (2015)
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Jiao, X., Jin, Y., Gunawan, O., & James, P. (2015). Modelling spatial distribution of outdoor recreation trips of urban residents : An in-depth study in Salford, UK. International review for spatial planning and sustainable development, 3(3), 36-49. https://doi.org/10.14246/irspsd.3.3_36

Outdoor recreation is one of the most important leisure activities of urban residents, with urban greenspace accruing the highest value of benefits among all greenspaces in the UK. However, access and trip-making to outdoor greenspaces by urban resid... Read More about Modelling spatial distribution of outdoor recreation trips of urban residents : An in-depth study in Salford, UK.