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Marine social sciences : looking towards a sustainable future (2020)
Journal Article
McKinley, E., Acott, T., & Yates, K. (2020). Marine social sciences : looking towards a sustainable future. Environmental Science and Policy, 108, 85-92. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envsci.2020.03.015

Marine and coastal environments provide extensive and essential ecosystem services upon which much of humanity relies, yet the incorporation of human dimensions into marine and coastal policy and management has historically been lacking. As efforts... Read More about Marine social sciences : looking towards a sustainable future.

Harnessing the real estate market for equitable affordable housing provision : insights from the city of Santa Monica, California (2020)
Journal Article
Nzau, B., & Trillo, C. (2021). Harnessing the real estate market for equitable affordable housing provision : insights from the city of Santa Monica, California. Housing Studies, 36(7), 1086-1121. https://doi.org/10.1080/02673037.2020.1746244

Inclusionary housing is considered a powerful local policy tool that can help address housing affordability and social inclusion issues. This paper draws from empirical research conducted in the City of Santa Monica in California to provide fresh ins... Read More about Harnessing the real estate market for equitable affordable housing provision : insights from the city of Santa Monica, California.

Marine social sciences: Looking towards a sustainable future (2020)
Journal Article
McKinley, E., Acott, T., & Yates, K. (2020). Marine social sciences: Looking towards a sustainable future. Environmental Science and Policy, 108, 85-92. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envsci.2020.03.015

Marine and coastal environments provide extensive and essential ecosystem services upon which much of humanity relies, yet the incorporation of human dimensions into marine and coastal policy and management has historically been lacking. As efforts t... Read More about Marine social sciences: Looking towards a sustainable future.

Numerical solutions for axisymmetric non-Newtonian stagnation enrobing flow, heat and mass transfer with application to cylindrical pipe coating dynamics (2020)
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Beg, O., Bhargava, R., Sharma, S., Beg, T., Shamshuddin, M., & Kadir, A. (2020). Numerical solutions for axisymmetric non-Newtonian stagnation enrobing flow, heat and mass transfer with application to cylindrical pipe coating dynamics. Computational Thermal Sciences, 12(1), 79-97. https://doi.org/10.1615/ComputThermalScien.2020026228

Heat and mass transfer in variable thermal conductivity micropolar axisymmetric stagnation enrobing flow on a cylinder is studied. Numerical solutions are obtained with an optimized variational finite element procedure and also a finite difference me... Read More about Numerical solutions for axisymmetric non-Newtonian stagnation enrobing flow, heat and mass transfer with application to cylindrical pipe coating dynamics.

Ecosystem (dis)benefits arising from formal and informal land-use in Manchester (UK); a case study of urban soil characteristics associated with local green space management (2020)
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Dennis, M., Beesley, L., Hardman, M., & James, P. (2020). Ecosystem (dis)benefits arising from formal and informal land-use in Manchester (UK); a case study of urban soil characteristics associated with local green space management. Agronomy, 10(4), 552. https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy10040552

Urban soils are subject to anthropogenic influences and, reciprocally, provide benefits and dis-benefits to human wellbeing; for example carbon storage, nutrient cycling and the regulation trace element and contaminant mobility. Collective stewardshi... Read More about Ecosystem (dis)benefits arising from formal and informal land-use in Manchester (UK); a case study of urban soil characteristics associated with local green space management.

Involving local communities for effective citizen science: determining game species' reproductive status to assess hunting effects in tropical forests (2020)
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Rocha El Bizri, H., Fa, J., Lemos, L., Campos-Silva, J., Neto, A., Valsecchi, J., & Mayor, P. (2020). Involving local communities for effective citizen science: determining game species' reproductive status to assess hunting effects in tropical forests. Journal of Applied Ecology, 58(2), 224-235. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2664.13633

Involving communities in sustainable wildlife management in tropical forests can ensure food security and livelihoods of millions of forest dwellers that depend on wild meat, and also safeguard hunted species. Mathematical models have been developed... Read More about Involving local communities for effective citizen science: determining game species' reproductive status to assess hunting effects in tropical forests.

Diverse groups of fungi are associated with plastics in the surface waters of the Western South Atlantic and the Antarctic Peninsula (2020)
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Lacerda, A., Proietti, M., Secchi, E., & Taylor, J. (2020). Diverse groups of fungi are associated with plastics in the surface waters of the Western South Atlantic and the Antarctic Peninsula. Molecular Ecology, 29(10), 1903-1918. https://doi.org/10.1111/mec.15444

Marine plastic pollution has a range of negative impacts for biota and the colonization of plastics in the marine environment by microorganisms may have significant ecological impacts. However, data on epiplastic organisms, particularly fungi, is sti... Read More about Diverse groups of fungi are associated with plastics in the surface waters of the Western South Atlantic and the Antarctic Peninsula.

Fetal bone development in the lowland paca (Cuniculus paca, Rodentia, Cuniculidae) determined using ultrasonography (2020)
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da Silva, G., Monteiro, F., Pereira, T., de Matos, S., Andrade, R., & Rocha El Bizri, H. (2020). Fetal bone development in the lowland paca (Cuniculus paca, Rodentia, Cuniculidae) determined using ultrasonography. Journal of Anatomy, 237(1), 105-118. https://doi.org/10.1111/joa.13184

Studying the timing of the main events of embryonic and fetal development may clarify the strategies adopted by species to maximize neonatal survival and the consequences of these events for their life history. This study describes bone development d... Read More about Fetal bone development in the lowland paca (Cuniculus paca, Rodentia, Cuniculidae) determined using ultrasonography.

Positive association of Cardiovascular Disease (CVD) with chronic exposure to drinking water Arsenic (As) at concentrations below the WHO provisional guideline value : a systematic review and meta-analysis (2020)
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Xu, L., Mondal, D., & Polya, D. (2020). Positive association of Cardiovascular Disease (CVD) with chronic exposure to drinking water Arsenic (As) at concentrations below the WHO provisional guideline value : a systematic review and meta-analysis. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 17(7), 2536. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17072536

To the best of our knowledge, a dose-response meta-analysis of the relationship between cardiovascular disease (CVD) and arsenic (As) exposure at drinking water As concentrations lower than the WHO provisional guideline value (10 µg/L) has not been p... Read More about Positive association of Cardiovascular Disease (CVD) with chronic exposure to drinking water Arsenic (As) at concentrations below the WHO provisional guideline value : a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Fatty-acid uptake in prostate cancer cells using dynamic microfluidic raman technology (2020)
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Tang, N., D. Snook, R., Brown, M., Haines, B., Ridley, A., Gardner, P., & Denbigh, J. (2020). Fatty-acid uptake in prostate cancer cells using dynamic microfluidic raman technology. Molecules, 25(7), e1652. https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules25071652

It is known that intake of dietary fatty acid (FA) is strongly correlated with prostate cancer progression but is highly dependent on the type of FAs. High levels of palmitic acid (PA) or arachidonic acid (AA) can stimulate the progression of cancer.... Read More about Fatty-acid uptake in prostate cancer cells using dynamic microfluidic raman technology.

Kith or kin? Familiarity as a cue to kinship in social birds (2020)
Journal Article
Leedale, A., Li, J., & Hatchwell, B. (2020). Kith or kin? Familiarity as a cue to kinship in social birds. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 8(77), https://doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2020.00077

Interacting with relatives provides opportunities for fitness benefits via kin-selected cooperation, but also creates potential costs through kin competition and inbreeding. Therefore, a mechanism for the discrimination of kin from non-kin is likely... Read More about Kith or kin? Familiarity as a cue to kinship in social birds.

BIM business value for asset owners : key issues and challenges (2020)
Journal Article
Munir, M., Kiviniemi, A., Jones, S., & Finnegan, S. (2021). BIM business value for asset owners : key issues and challenges. International Journal of Building Pathology and Adaptation, 39(1), 135-151. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJBPA-10-2019-0090

There is a need to develop the understanding of asset owners concerning the constraints of building information modelling (BIM) implementation, and its subsequent value realisation activities in asset management (AM) cannot be overstated. This is bec... Read More about BIM business value for asset owners : key issues and challenges.

Using BIM to achieve Architectural Engineering undergraduate learning outcomes (2020)
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learning outcomes. AMPS proceedings series, 17.2, 22-37

Building Information Modelling is a process integrating 3D graphics and data. It is being adopted into the AECOO industries and by default into the delivery of undergraduate Architectural Programs. This object approach offers a range of benefits over... Read More about Using BIM to achieve Architectural Engineering undergraduate learning outcomes.

COVID-19 and chronological aging : senolytics and other anti-aging drugs for the treatment or prevention of corona virus infection? (2020)
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Sargiacomo, C., Sotgia, F., & Lisanti, M. (2020). COVID-19 and chronological aging : senolytics and other anti-aging drugs for the treatment or prevention of corona virus infection?. Aging, 12(8), 6511-6517. https://doi.org/10.18632/aging.103001

COVID-19, also known as SARS-CoV-2, is a new emerging zoonotic corona virus of the SARS (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome) and the MERS (Middle East Respiratory Syndrome) family. COVID-19 originated in China and spread world-wide, resulting in the p... Read More about COVID-19 and chronological aging : senolytics and other anti-aging drugs for the treatment or prevention of corona virus infection?.

Sustainable built asset management performance indicators and attributes : a UK social housing case study example (2020)
Journal Article
Cooper, J., Lee, A., & Jones, K. (2020). Sustainable built asset management performance indicators and attributes : a UK social housing case study example. International Journal of Building Pathology and Adaptation, 38(3), 508-522. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJBPA-08-2019-0069

This paper aims to identify key performance indicators (KPI), and their corresponding attributes, required to successfully manage asset management sustainably in a built environment context. Improving the sustainability of existing housing stock is... Read More about Sustainable built asset management performance indicators and attributes : a UK social housing case study example.

Effects of heavy metals on organic matter decomposition in inundated soils : microcosm experiment and field examination (2020)
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Enya, O., Heaney, N., Iniama, G., & Lin, C. (2020). Effects of heavy metals on organic matter decomposition in inundated soils : microcosm experiment and field examination. Science of the Total Environment, 724, 138223. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.138223

Microcosm and field investigation were conducted to examine the effects of heavy metals on the decomposition and accumulation of organic carbon in contaminated Mersey estuarine floodplain, northwest England. The results show that inhibition of microb... Read More about Effects of heavy metals on organic matter decomposition in inundated soils : microcosm experiment and field examination.

Publisher correction : Impact of alloy fluctuations and Coulomb effects on the electronic and optical properties of c-plane GaN/AlGaN quantum wells (2020)
Journal Article
Roble, A., Patra, S., Massabuau, F., Frentrup, M., Leontiadou, M., Dawson, P., …Schulz, S. (2020). Publisher correction : Impact of alloy fluctuations and Coulomb effects on the electronic and optical properties of c-plane GaN/AlGaN quantum wells. Scientific reports, 10(1), 5667. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-62494-x

An amendment to this paper has been published and can be accessed via a link at the top of the paper.

Barriers to BIM implementation and ways forward to improve its adoption in the Nigerian AEC firms (2020)
Journal Article
Babatunde, S., Udeaja, C., & Adekunle, A. (2021). Barriers to BIM implementation and ways forward to improve its adoption in the Nigerian AEC firms. International Journal of Building Pathology and Adaptation, 39(1), 48-71. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJBPA-05-2019-0047

Purpose –BIM has much potential to improve the effectiveness of construction works with respect to design, construction and maintenance. However, many Architecture, Engineering, and Construction (AEC) firms are still lagging in the adoption and imp... Read More about Barriers to BIM implementation and ways forward to improve its adoption in the Nigerian AEC firms.