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Intelligent agent for formal modelling of temporal multi-agent systems (2020)
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Qasim, A., Aziz, Z., Kazmi, S. A. R., Khalid, A., Fakhir, I., & Hassan, J. (2020). Intelligent agent for formal modelling of temporal multi-agent systems. International journal on smart sensing and intelligent systems (Online), 13(1), 1-13. https://doi.org/10.21307/ijssis-2020-003

Software systems are becoming complex and dynamic with the passage of time, and to provide better fault tolerance and resource management they need to have the ability of self-adaptation. Multi-agent systems paradigm is an active area of research for... Read More about Intelligent agent for formal modelling of temporal multi-agent systems.

Options for managing human threats to high seas biodiversity (2020)
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O'Leary, B., Hoppit, G., Townley, A., Allen, H., McIntyre, C., & Roberts, C. (2020). Options for managing human threats to high seas biodiversity. Ocean and Coastal Management, 187, 105110. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2020.105110

Areas beyond national jurisdiction (ABNJ) constitute 61% of the world's oceans and are collectively managed by countries under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS). Growing concern regarding the deteriorating state of the ocea... Read More about Options for managing human threats to high seas biodiversity.

The rise of micromobilities at tourism destinations (2020)
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Davies, N., Blazejewski, L., & Sherriff, G. (2020). The rise of micromobilities at tourism destinations. Journal of Tourism Futures, 6(3), 209-212. https://doi.org/10.1108/JTF-10-2019-0113

Purpose This paper aims to identify the need for research that focuses on micromobilities at tourist destinations, charting their recent expansion and exploring development challenges. Design/methodology/approach This discussion draws together... Read More about The rise of micromobilities at tourism destinations.

Comparative analysis of drivers to BIM adoption among AEC firms in developing countries : a case of Nigeria (2020)
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Babatunde, S., Ekundayo, D., Adekunle, A., & Bello, W. (2020). Comparative analysis of drivers to BIM adoption among AEC firms in developing countries : a case of Nigeria. Journal of Engineering, Design and Technology, 18(6), 1425-1447. https://doi.org/10.1108/JEDT-08-2019-0217

Purpose – Building information modelling (BIM) adoption is vital to productivity and competitive nature of the construction sector. However, BIM adoptions have not been generally embraced by many Architecture, Engineering, and Construction (AEC) firm... Read More about Comparative analysis of drivers to BIM adoption among AEC firms in developing countries : a case of Nigeria.

Flexible character accuracy measure for reading-order-independent evaluation (2020)
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Clausner, C., Pletschacher, S., & Antonacopoulos, A. (2020). Flexible character accuracy measure for reading-order-independent evaluation. Pattern Recognition Letters, 131, 390-397. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.patrec.2020.02.003

The extraction of textual information from scanned document pages is a fundamental stage in any digitisation effort and directly determines the success of the overall document analysis and understanding application scenarios. To evaluate and improve... Read More about Flexible character accuracy measure for reading-order-independent evaluation.

Enhancing the performance of Xanthan gum in water-based mud systems using an environmentally friendly biopolymer (2020)
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Akpan, E., Enyi, G., & Nasr, G. (2020). Enhancing the performance of Xanthan gum in water-based mud systems using an environmentally friendly biopolymer. Journal of Petroleum Exploration and Production Technologies, 10, 1933-1948. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13202-020-00837-0

Xanthan gum is commonly used in drilling fluids to provide viscosity, solid suspension, and fluid-loss control. However, it is sensitive to high temperatures and not tolerant of field contaminants. This paper presents an experimental study on the eff... Read More about Enhancing the performance of Xanthan gum in water-based mud systems using an environmentally friendly biopolymer.

How does captivity affect skin colour reflectance of golden mantella frogs? (2020)
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Figueiredo Passos, L., Garcia, G., & Young, R. (2020). How does captivity affect skin colour reflectance of golden mantella frogs?. Herpetological journal, 30(1), 13-19. https://doi.org/10.33256/hj30.1.1319

Coloration is an important trait for social communication in amphibians, being used in intra- and intersexual signalling to express information about individual body condition and health state, amongst other things. The striking colour pattern exhibi... Read More about How does captivity affect skin colour reflectance of golden mantella frogs?.

Validation of a finite element modelling approach on soil-foundation-structure interaction of a multi-storey wall-frame structure under dynamic loadings (2020)
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Qaftan, O., Toma-Sabbagh, T., Weekes, L., & Augusthus Nelson, L. (2020). Validation of a finite element modelling approach on soil-foundation-structure interaction of a multi-storey wall-frame structure under dynamic loadings. Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering, 131, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.soildyn.2020.106041

Validated numerical approaches are very important in dynamic studies of soil-structure interaction. Experimental outputs of physical models are required to validate the numerical approaches. Testing and analysis of an experimental scaled model is eco... Read More about Validation of a finite element modelling approach on soil-foundation-structure interaction of a multi-storey wall-frame structure under dynamic loadings.

Fusion transcripts in normal human cortex increase with age and show distinct genomic features for single cells and tissues (2020)
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Mehani, B., Narta, K., Paul, D., Raj, A., Kumar, D., Sharma, A., …Mukhopadhyay, A. (2020). Fusion transcripts in normal human cortex increase with age and show distinct genomic features for single cells and tissues. Scientific reports, 10(1), 1368. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-58165-6

Fusion transcripts can contribute to diversity of molecular networks in the human cortex. In this study, we explored the occurrence of fusion transcripts in normal human cortex along with single neurons and astrocytes. We identified 1305 non-redundan... Read More about Fusion transcripts in normal human cortex increase with age and show distinct genomic features for single cells and tissues.

Flame assisted chemical vapour deposition of NiO hole transport layers for planar perovskite cells (2020)
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Yates, H., Hodgkinson, J., Meroni, S., Richards, D., & Watson, T. (2020). Flame assisted chemical vapour deposition of NiO hole transport layers for planar perovskite cells. Surface and Coatings Technology, 385, 125423. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.surfcoat.2020.125423

Thin films of polycrystalline NiO were deposited by Flame Assisted Chemical Vapour Deposition, which is an ideal process for in-line, atmospheric pressure deposition of wide area coatings. This, along with the ability to use aqueous salts rather than... Read More about Flame assisted chemical vapour deposition of NiO hole transport layers for planar perovskite cells.

Bayesian network-based human error reliability assessment of derailments (2020)
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Dindar, S., Sakdirat, K., & An, M. (2020). Bayesian network-based human error reliability assessment of derailments. Reliability Engineering and System Safety, 197, 106825. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ress.2020.106825

The knowledge acquired in relation to failures associated with components has made significant contributions to the development of components with increased reliability, as well as a reduction in the number of rail incidents caused by certain system... Read More about Bayesian network-based human error reliability assessment of derailments.

Cultural heritage and sustainable development targets : a possible harmonisation? Insights from the European Perspective (2020)
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the European Perspective. Sustainability, 12(3), 926. https://doi.org/10.3390/su12030926

The Agenda 2030 includes a set of targets that need to be achieved by 2030. Although none of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) focuses exclusively on cultural heritage, the resulting Agenda includes explicit reference to heritage in SDG 1... Read More about Cultural heritage and sustainable development targets : a possible harmonisation? Insights from the European Perspective.

Joint venture healthcare system as common practice in developing countries : game changing on assessing health services (2020)
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Al-Mazroei, A., Bener, A., & Arif, M. (2020). Joint venture healthcare system as common practice in developing countries : game changing on assessing health services. International Journal of Preventive Medicine, 11, 10. https://doi.org/10.4103/ijpvm.IJPVM_507_18

To explore the essence of game changing on applying joint venture (JV) approach for healthcare system improvement in developing countries. This is cross-sectional study exploring the factors influencing the successful implementation of JV for the hea... Read More about Joint venture healthcare system as common practice in developing countries : game changing on assessing health services.

MiRNAs as novel adipokines : obesity-related circulating MiRNAs influence chemosensitivity in cancer patients (2020)
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Withers, S., Dewhurst, T., Hammond, C., & Topham, C. (2020). MiRNAs as novel adipokines : obesity-related circulating MiRNAs influence chemosensitivity in cancer patients. Non-Coding RNA, 6(1), e5. https://doi.org/10.3390/ncrna6010005

Adipose tissue is an endocrine organ, capable of regulating distant physiological processes in other tissues via the release of adipokines into the bloodstream. Recently, circulating adipose-derived microRNAs (miRNAs) have been proposed as a novel cl... Read More about MiRNAs as novel adipokines : obesity-related circulating MiRNAs influence chemosensitivity in cancer patients.

Is mare sexual behavior affected by age and can it predict ovulation? (2020)
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Rocha, C., de Carvalho, E. D. C., de Castro, F., de Sena Xavier, I., Young, R., Palhares, M., …Valle, G. (2020). Is mare sexual behavior affected by age and can it predict ovulation?. Applied Animal Behaviour Science, 224, 104937. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.applanim.2020.104937

Although discontinued with the introduction of ultrasonography, the study of mare sexual behavior may provide useful information for herds that lack technical assistance. In order to investigate how mare sexual behavior is associated with ovulation a... Read More about Is mare sexual behavior affected by age and can it predict ovulation?.

Designing probiotic therapies with broad-spectrum activity against a wildlife pathogen (2020)
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Antwis, R., Harrison, X., Sewell, T., & Fisher, M. (2020). Designing probiotic therapies with broad-spectrum activity against a wildlife pathogen. Frontiers in Microbiology, 10, 3134. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2019.03134

Host-associated microbes form an important component of immunity that protect against infection by pathogens. Treating wild individuals with these protective microbes, known as probiotics, can reduce rates of infection and disease in both wild and... Read More about Designing probiotic therapies with broad-spectrum activity against a wildlife pathogen.

Lead optimisation of dehydroemetine for repositioned use in malaria (2020)
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Panwar, P., Burusco, K., Abubaker, M., Matthews, H., Gutnov, A., Fernández-Álvaro, E., …Nirmalan, N. (2020). Lead optimisation of dehydroemetine for repositioned use in malaria. Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, 64(4), 1-10. https://doi.org/10.1128/AAC.01444-19

Drug repositioning offers an effective alternative to de novo drug design to tackle the urgent need for novel anti-malarial treatments. The anti-amoebic compound, emetine dihydrochloride, has been identified as a potent in-vitro inhibitor of the mult... Read More about Lead optimisation of dehydroemetine for repositioned use in malaria.

Island rule and bone metabolism in fossil murines from Timor (2020)
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Miszkiewicz, J., Louys, J., Beck, R., Mahoney, P., Aplin, K., & O’Connor, S. (2020). Island rule and bone metabolism in fossil murines from Timor. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 129(3), 570-586. https://doi.org/10.1093/biolinnean/blz197

Skeletal growth rates reconstructed from bone histology in extinct insular hippopotamids, elephants, bovids and sauropods have been used to infer dwarfism as a response to island conditions. Limited published records of osteocyte lacunae densities... Read More about Island rule and bone metabolism in fossil murines from Timor.

Transport's historical, contemporary and future role in shaping urban development : re-evaluating transit oriented development (2020)
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Knowles, R., Ferbrache, F., & Nikitas, A. (2020). Transport's historical, contemporary and future role in shaping urban development : re-evaluating transit oriented development. Cities, 99, 102607. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cities.2020.102607

This paper reviews transport's historical, contemporary and future role in shaping urban development since industrialisation. Previous definitions of Transit Oriented Development (TOD) starting in the late 20th century are challenged. Three distinct... Read More about Transport's historical, contemporary and future role in shaping urban development : re-evaluating transit oriented development.

Complete mitochondrial DNA sequence of the parasitic honey bee mite Varroa destructor (Mesostigmata : Varroidae) (2020)
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Harada, R., Yoshioka, M., Okuyama, H., Kato, M., Martin, S., & Takahashi, J. (2020). Complete mitochondrial DNA sequence of the parasitic honey bee mite Varroa destructor (Mesostigmata : Varroidae). Mitochondrial DNA Part B, 5(1), 635-636. https://doi.org/10.1080/23802359.2019.1711219

Varroa destructor is a parasite mite of the eastern honey bee Apis cerana, which is native to Asia. The European honey bee Apis mellifera was imported to Asia from Europe and the USA for apiculture in the 19th century. In a short period of time, V. d... Read More about Complete mitochondrial DNA sequence of the parasitic honey bee mite Varroa destructor (Mesostigmata : Varroidae).