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Textile-based capacitive sensor for physical rehabilitation via surface topological modification (2020)
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Chen, L., Lu, M., Yang, H., Avila, J., Shi, B., Ren, L., …Yin, W. (2020). Textile-based capacitive sensor for physical rehabilitation via surface topological modification. ACS nano, 14(7), 8191-8201. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsnano.0c01643

Wearable sensor technologies, especially continuous monitoring of various human health conditions, are attracting increased attention. However, current rigid sensors present obvious drawbacks, like lower durability and poor comfort. Here, a strategy... Read More about Textile-based capacitive sensor for physical rehabilitation via surface topological modification.

Design of supercritical low-Reynolds number airfoils for fixed-wing flight on Mars (2020)
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Sugar-Gabor, O., & Koreanschi, A. (2020). Design of supercritical low-Reynolds number airfoils for fixed-wing flight on Mars. Journal of Aerospace Engineering, 33(5), https://doi.org/10.1061/%28ASCE%29AS.1943-5525.0001166

Aerodynamic shape optimization for the high-subsonic low-Reynolds number flow regime represents an area of on-going research. The interaction between supercritical compressible flow and laminar boundary layer separation is not well understood due to... Read More about Design of supercritical low-Reynolds number airfoils for fixed-wing flight on Mars.

Integration of ecosystem science into radioecology : a consensus perspective (2020)
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Rhodes, O., Bréchignac, F., Bradshaw, C., Hinton, T., Mothersill, C., Arnone, J., …Zimmerman, J. (2020). Integration of ecosystem science into radioecology : a consensus perspective. Science of the Total Environment, 740, 140031. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.140031

In the Fall of 2016 a workshop was held which brought together over 50 scientists from the ecological and radiological fields to discuss feasibility and challenges of reintegrating ecosystem science into radioecology. There is a growing desire to inc... Read More about Integration of ecosystem science into radioecology : a consensus perspective.

Response of eutrophication development to variations in nutrients and hydrological regime : a case study in the Changjiang River (Yangtze) Basin (2020)
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Tang, X., Li, R., Han, D., & Scholz, M. (2020). Response of eutrophication development to variations in nutrients and hydrological regime : a case study in the Changjiang River (Yangtze) Basin. Water, 12(6), e1634. https://doi.org/10.3390/w12061634

Data and literature related to water quality as well as nutrient loads were used to evaluate the Changjiang River (also Yangtze or Yangzi) Basin with respect to its hydrological regime, sediment transport, and eutrophication status. Waterbodies exhib... Read More about Response of eutrophication development to variations in nutrients and hydrological regime : a case study in the Changjiang River (Yangtze) Basin.

MHD free convection-radiation interaction in a porous medium - part II : Soret/Dufour effects (2020)
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Vasu, B., Gorla, R., Murthy, P., Prasad, V., Beg, O., & Siddiqa, S. (2020). MHD free convection-radiation interaction in a porous medium - part II : Soret/Dufour effects. International Journal of Applied Mechanics and Engineering, 25(2), 157-175. https://doi.org/10.2478/ijame-2020-0027

This paper is focused on the study of two dimensional steady magnetohydrodynamics heat and mass transfer by laminar free convection from a radiative horizontal circular cylinder in a nonDarcy porous medium by taking account the Soret/Dufour effects.... Read More about MHD free convection-radiation interaction in a porous medium - part II : Soret/Dufour effects.

Efficient performative actions for e-commerce agents (2020)
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Qasim, A., Amin, H., Aziz, Z., & Khalid, A. (2020). Efficient performative actions for e-commerce agents. Applied Computer Systems, 25(1), 19-32. https://doi.org/10.2478/acss-2020-0003

The foundational features of multi-agent systems are communication and interaction with other agents. To achieve these features, agents have to transfer messages in the predefined format and semantics. The communication among these agents takes place... Read More about Efficient performative actions for e-commerce agents.

International consensus on terminology to be used in the field of echinococcoses (2020)
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Vuitton, D., McManus, D., Rogan, M., Romig, T., Gottstein, B., Naidich, A., …Menezes da Silva, A. (2020). International consensus on terminology to be used in the field of echinococcoses. Parasite, 27, 41. https://doi.org/10.1051/parasite/2020024

Echinococcoses require the involvement of specialists from nearly all disciplines; standardization of the terminology used in the field is thus crucial. To harmonize echinococcosis terminology on sound scientific and linguistic grounds, the World Ass... Read More about International consensus on terminology to be used in the field of echinococcoses.

Tip dating supports novel resolutions of controversial relationships among early mammals (2020)
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King, B., & Beck, R. (2020). Tip dating supports novel resolutions of controversial relationships among early mammals. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 287(1928), https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2020.0943

The estimation of the timing of major divergences in early mammal evolution is challenging due to conflicting interpretations of key fossil taxa. One contentious group is Haramiyida, the earliest members of which are from the Late Triassic. Many phyl... Read More about Tip dating supports novel resolutions of controversial relationships among early mammals.

Human brain shows recurrent non-canonical microRNA editing events enriched for seed sequence with possible functional consequence (2020)
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Paul, D., Ansari, A., Lal, M., & Mukhopadhyay, A. (2020). Human brain shows recurrent non-canonical microRNA editing events enriched for seed sequence with possible functional consequence. Non-Coding RNA, 6(2), e21. https://doi.org/10.3390/ncrna6020021

RNA editing is a post-transcriptional modification, which can provide tissue-specific functions not encoded in DNA. Adenosine-to-inosine is the predominant editing event and, along with cytosine-to-uracil changes, constitutes canonical editing. The r... Read More about Human brain shows recurrent non-canonical microRNA editing events enriched for seed sequence with possible functional consequence.

Detection of Moku virus and replication in honey bees and social wasps (2020)
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Highfield, A., Kevill, J., Mordecai, G., Hunt, J., Henderson, S., Sauvard, D., …Schroeder, D. (2020). Detection of Moku virus and replication in honey bees and social wasps. Viruses, 12(6), 607. https://doi.org/10.3390/v12060607

Transmission of honey bee viruses to other insects, and vice versa, has previously been reported and the true ecological importance of this phenomenon is still being realized. Members of the family Vespidae interact with honey bees via predation or t... Read More about Detection of Moku virus and replication in honey bees and social wasps.

A framework for resource recovery from wastewater treatment plants in megacities of developing countries (2020)
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Chrispim, M., Scholz, M., & Nolasco, M. (2020). A framework for resource recovery from wastewater treatment plants in megacities of developing countries. Environmental Research, 188, 109745. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envres.2020.109745

In developing countries, there is often a lack of a comprehensive data set that supports the development of coherent policies on resource recovery from wastewater treatment. This paper aims to contribute to the elaboration of resource recovery projec... Read More about A framework for resource recovery from wastewater treatment plants in megacities of developing countries.

A standard protocol for reporting species distribution models (2020)
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Zurrel, D., Franklin, J., König, C., Yates, K., Zimmerman, N., & Merow, C. (2020). A standard protocol for reporting species distribution models. Ecography, 43(9), 1261-1277. https://doi.org/10.1111/ecog.04960

Species distribution models (SDMs) constitute the most common class of models across ecology, evolution and conservation. The advent of ready-to-use software pack - ages and increasing availability of digital geoinformation have considerably assis... Read More about A standard protocol for reporting species distribution models.

Island-based information management system-GIS data centre as a key tool for spatial planning in the South Atlantic UK Overseas Territories (2020)
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Marengo, I., Auge, A., Campioni, L., Blake, D., Cherrett, S., Richardson, A., & Weber, S. (2020). Island-based information management system-GIS data centre as a key tool for spatial planning in the South Atlantic UK Overseas Territories. Revista de Gestão Costeira Integrada, 20(1), 49-60. https://doi.org/10.5894/rgci-n257

Environmental data require fit-for-purpose data management systems and related spatial applications to be used effectively for management. Geographic Information Systems (GIS) have become a key tool to analyse and visualise spatial data with their in... Read More about Island-based information management system-GIS data centre as a key tool for spatial planning in the South Atlantic UK Overseas Territories.

Increasing the resilience of cultural heritage using novel technologies : the perspective from a UK volunteer-led site (2020)
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Williamson, R., Nevell, M., & Humphrey-Taylor, B. (2020). Increasing the resilience of cultural heritage using novel technologies : the perspective from a UK volunteer-led site. Post Classical Archaeologies, 10, 135-146

Continuing anthropogenic induced climate change poses risks to Cultural Heritage (CH) across the world. In the UK, cultural, natural and built heritage sites are often run by or with the help of groups of volunteers, whether that being at a nationa... Read More about Increasing the resilience of cultural heritage using novel technologies : the perspective from a UK volunteer-led site.

Echolocation of Central Amazonian 'whispering' phyllostomid bats : call design and interspecific variation (2020)
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Yoh, N., Syme, P., Rocha, R., Meyer, C., & Lopez-Baucells, A. (2020). Echolocation of Central Amazonian 'whispering' phyllostomid bats : call design and interspecific variation. Mammal Research, 65, 583-597. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13364-020-00503-0

Phyllostomids (New World leaf-nosed bats) are the ecologically most diverse bat family and have undergone the most extensive adaptive radiation of any mammalian family. However comprehensive, multi-species studies regarding phyllostomid echolocation... Read More about Echolocation of Central Amazonian 'whispering' phyllostomid bats : call design and interspecific variation.

Electroosmotic flow in a microchannel containing a porous medium with complex wavy walls (2020)
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Tripathi, D., Bhushan, S., & Beg, O. (2020). Electroosmotic flow in a microchannel containing a porous medium with complex wavy walls. Journal of Porous Media, 23(5), 477-495. https://doi.org/10.1615/JPorMedia.2020026114

In present paper, we simulate the electro-kinetic transport of aqueous solution through a microchannel containing porous media. The micro-channel walls are simulated as complex wavy surface and are modelled by superimposing the three wave functions... Read More about Electroosmotic flow in a microchannel containing a porous medium with complex wavy walls.

Development of polymeric nanocomposite (Xyloglucan-co-Methacrylic acid/Hydroxyapatite/SiO 2 ) scaffold for bone tissue engineering applications—In-vitro antibacterial, cytotoxicity and cell culture evaluation (2020)
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Aslam Khan, M., Mehboob, H., Abd Razak, S., Yahya, M., Mohd Yusof, A., Ramlee, M., …Amin, R. (2020). Development of polymeric nanocomposite (Xyloglucan-co-Methacrylic acid/Hydroxyapatite/SiO 2 ) scaffold for bone tissue engineering applications—In-vitro antibacterial, cytotoxicity and cell culture evaluation. Polymers, 12(6), e1238. https://doi.org/10.3390/polym12061238

Advancement and innovation in bone regeneration, specifically polymeric composite scaffolds, are of high significance for the treatment of bone defects. Xyloglucan (XG) is a polysaccharide biopolymer having a wide variety of regenerative tissue thera... Read More about Development of polymeric nanocomposite (Xyloglucan-co-Methacrylic acid/Hydroxyapatite/SiO 2 ) scaffold for bone tissue engineering applications—In-vitro antibacterial, cytotoxicity and cell culture evaluation.

Opportunities for seagrass research derived from remote sensing : a review of current methods (2020)
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Veettil, B., Ward, R., Do Amaral Camara Lima, M., Stankovic, M., Hoai, P., & Quang, N. (2020). Opportunities for seagrass research derived from remote sensing : a review of current methods. Ecological Indicators, 117, 106560. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2020.106560

Seagrass communities provide critical ecosystem and provisioning services for both human populations and a wide range of associated species globally. However, it has been reported that seagrass area is decreasing at a rapid rate in many parts of the... Read More about Opportunities for seagrass research derived from remote sensing : a review of current methods.

A deep learning approach towards railway safety risk assessment (2020)
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Alawad, H., Kaewunruen, S., & An, M. (2020). A deep learning approach towards railway safety risk assessment. IEEE Access, 9(2020), 1-23. https://doi.org/10.1109/ACCESS.2020.2997946

Railway stations are essential aspects of railway systems, and they play a vital role in public daily life. Various types of AI technology have been utilised in many fields to ensure the safety of people and their assets. In this paper, we propose a... Read More about A deep learning approach towards railway safety risk assessment.

Misleading description of first and second order ambisonic systems (2020)
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Fazenda, B. (2020). Misleading description of first and second order ambisonic systems. Building and Environment, 179, 106981. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.buildenv.2020.106981

With regards to the paper Llopis, H. S., Pind, F., & Jeong, C. H. (2020). Development of an auditory virtual reality system based on pre-computed B-format impulse responses for building design evaluation. Building and Environment, 169, 106553. (https... Read More about Misleading description of first and second order ambisonic systems.