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Using probe electrospray ionization mass spectrometry and machine learning for detecting pancreatic cancer with high performance (2020)
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Chung, W., Correa, E., Yoshimura, K., Chang, M., Dennison, A., Takeda, S., & Chang, Y. (2020). Using probe electrospray ionization mass spectrometry and machine learning for detecting pancreatic cancer with high performance. American Journal of Translational Research, 12(1), 171-179

A rapid blood-based diagnostic modality to detect pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) with high accuracy is an unmet medical need. The study aimed to validate a unique diagnosis system using Probe Electrospray Ionization Mass Spectrometry (PESI-M... Read More about Using probe electrospray ionization mass spectrometry and machine learning for detecting pancreatic cancer with high performance.

Perspective distortion modeling for image measurements (2020)
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Bousaid, A., Theodoridis, T., Nefti-Meziani, S., & Davis, S. (2020). Perspective distortion modeling for image measurements. IEEE Access, 8, 15322-15331. https://doi.org/10.1109/ACCESS.2020.2966716

A perspective distortion modelling for monocular view that is based on the fundamentals of perspective projection is presented in this work. Perspective projection is considered to be the most ideal and realistic model among others, which depicts ima... Read More about Perspective distortion modeling for image measurements.

Transcriptomic profiling disclosed the role of DNA methylation and histone modifications in tumor-infiltrating myeloid-derived suppressor cell subsets in colorectal cancer (2020)
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Sasidharan Nair, V., Saleh, R., Toor, S., Taha, R., Ahmed, A., Kurer, M., …Elkord, E. (2020). Transcriptomic profiling disclosed the role of DNA methylation and histone modifications in tumor-infiltrating myeloid-derived suppressor cell subsets in colorectal cancer. Clinical Epigenetics, 12(1), 13. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13148-020-0808-9

Increased numbers of myeloid-derived suppressor cells (MDSCs) are positively correlated with poor prognosis and reduced survivals of cancer patients. They play central roles in tumor immune evasion and tumor metastasis. However, limited data are avai... Read More about Transcriptomic profiling disclosed the role of DNA methylation and histone modifications in tumor-infiltrating myeloid-derived suppressor cell subsets in colorectal cancer.

Sustainability ranking of desalination plants using Mamdani Fuzzy Logic Inference Systems (2020)
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Rustum, R., Kurichiyanil, A., Forrest, S., Sommariva, C., Adeloye, A., Zounemat-Kermani, M., & Scholz, M. (2020). Sustainability ranking of desalination plants using Mamdani Fuzzy Logic Inference Systems. Sustainability, 12(2), e631. https://doi.org/10.3390/su12020631

As water desalination continues to expand globally, desalination plants are continually under pressure to meet the requirements of sustainable development. However, the majority of desalination sustainability research has focused on new desalination... Read More about Sustainability ranking of desalination plants using Mamdani Fuzzy Logic Inference Systems.

Diet choice in a generalist predator, the invasive lionfish (Pterois volitans/miles) (2020)
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Ritger, A. L., Fountain, C. T., Bourne, K., Martín-Fernández, J. A., & Pierotti, M. E. (2020). Diet choice in a generalist predator, the invasive lionfish (Pterois volitans/miles). Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, 524, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jembe.2020.151311

Diet choice in marine species is typically derived from indirect methods such as stomach contents and stable isotope analysis, while choice experiments in controlled laboratory settings are used to infer foraging decisions in the wild. However, these... Read More about Diet choice in a generalist predator, the invasive lionfish (Pterois volitans/miles).

Assessing the potential of environmental DNA metabarcoding for monitoring Neotropical mammals : a case study in the Amazon and Atlantic Forest, Brazil (2020)
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Sales, N., Da Cruz Kaizer, M., Coscia, I., Perkins, J., Highlands, A., Boubli, J., …McDevitt, A. (2020). Assessing the potential of environmental DNA metabarcoding for monitoring Neotropical mammals : a case study in the Amazon and Atlantic Forest, Brazil. Mammal Review, 50(3), 221-225. https://doi.org/10.1111/mam.12183

The application of environmental DNA (eDNA) metabarcoding as a biomonitoring tool has greatly increased in the last decade. However, most studies have focused on aquatic macro-organisms in temperate areas (e.g., fishes). We apply eDNA metabarcoding t... Read More about Assessing the potential of environmental DNA metabarcoding for monitoring Neotropical mammals : a case study in the Amazon and Atlantic Forest, Brazil.

thermogram Breast Cancer Detection : a comparative study of two machine learning techniques (2020)
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AlFayez, F., El-Soud, M., & Gaber, T. (2020). thermogram Breast Cancer Detection : a comparative study of two machine learning techniques. Applied Sciences, 10(2), e551. https://doi.org/10.3390/app10020551

Breast cancer is considered one of the major threats for women’s health all over the world. The World Health Organization (WHO) has reported that 1 in every 12 women could be subject to a breast abnormality during her lifetime. To increase survival r... Read More about thermogram Breast Cancer Detection : a comparative study of two machine learning techniques.

Large-scale and significant expression from pseudogenes in Sodalis glossinidius – a facultative bacterial endosymbiont (2020)
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Goodhead, I., Blow, F., Brownridge, P., Hughes, M., Kenny, J., Krishna, R., …Darby, A. (2020). Large-scale and significant expression from pseudogenes in Sodalis glossinidius – a facultative bacterial endosymbiont. Microbial Genomics, 6(1), https://doi.org/10.1099/mgen.0.000285

The majority of bacterial genomes have high coding efficiencies, but there are some genomes of intracellular bacteria that have low gene density. The genome of the endosymbiont Sodalis glossinidius contains almost 50 % pseudogenes containing mutation... Read More about Large-scale and significant expression from pseudogenes in Sodalis glossinidius – a facultative bacterial endosymbiont.

Numerical investigation into the stability of earth dam slopes considering the effects of cavities (2020)
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Al-ateya, H., & Ahangar Asr, A. (2020). Numerical investigation into the stability of earth dam slopes considering the effects of cavities. Engineering Computations, 37(4), 1397-1421. https://doi.org/10.1108/EC-03-2019-0101

This research is an attempt to estimate the influence of the presence of cavities on the stability of slopes in earth dams under rapid drawdown conditions. The aim of the investigation is to study the influence of different factors, such as the dia... Read More about Numerical investigation into the stability of earth dam slopes considering the effects of cavities.

A global database for metacommunity ecology, integrating species, traits, environment and space (2020)
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Jeliazkov, A., Mijatovic, D., Chantepie, S., Andrew, N., Arlettaz, R., Meyer, C., & et, A. (2020). A global database for metacommunity ecology, integrating species, traits, environment and space. Scientific Data, 7(1), 6. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-019-0344-7

The use of functional information in the form of species traits plays an important role in explaining biodiversity patterns and responses to environmental changes. Although relationships between species composition, their traits, and the environment... Read More about A global database for metacommunity ecology, integrating species, traits, environment and space.

Lens transmittance shapes ultraviolet sensitivity in the eyes of frogs from diverse ecological and phylogenetic backgrounds (2020)
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Yovanovich, C. A. M., Pierotti, M. E. R., Kelber, A., Jorgewich-Cohen, G., Ibáñez, R., & Grant, T. (2020). Lens transmittance shapes ultraviolet sensitivity in the eyes of frogs from diverse ecological and phylogenetic backgrounds. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 287(1918), https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2019.2253

The amount of short wavelength (ultraviolet (UV), violet and blue) light that reaches the retina depends on the transmittance properties of the ocular media, especially the lens, and varies greatly across species in all vertebrate groups studied prev... Read More about Lens transmittance shapes ultraviolet sensitivity in the eyes of frogs from diverse ecological and phylogenetic backgrounds.

BIM-based operational information requirements for asset owners (2020)
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Munir, M., Kiviniemi, A., Jones, S., & Finnegan, S. (2020). BIM-based operational information requirements for asset owners. Architectural Engineering and Design Management, 16(2), 100-114. https://doi.org/10.1080/17452007.2019.1706439

It is widely recognised in the Architecture, Engineering and Construction (AEC) industry that asset owners do not really understand their information needs for effective BIM-based Asset Management (AM). Hence, they may be unable to develop their oper... Read More about BIM-based operational information requirements for asset owners.

Economic impact of Ebola virus disease outbreak on an extractive firm: a case study (2020)
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Tariq, H., Emes, D. T., Boo, Y. Y., Light, A., Sadique, Z., Khan, M., …Manikam, L. (2020). Economic impact of Ebola virus disease outbreak on an extractive firm: a case study. UCL Open: Environment, 2, e007. https://doi.org/10.14324/111.444/ucloe.000007

Purpose: The recent Ebola virus disease (EVD) epidemic was one of the most severe public health emergencies in modern times. The economic impact of epidemics has mostly been analysed at the macroeconomic level. Conversely, we aimed to estimate the ec... Read More about Economic impact of Ebola virus disease outbreak on an extractive firm: a case study.

On the taxonomic history and true identity of the collared titi, cheracebus torquatus (Hoffmannsegg, 1807) (Platyrrhini, Callicebinae) (2020)
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Byrne, H., Rylands, A., Nash, S., & Boubli, J. (2020). On the taxonomic history and true identity of the collared titi, cheracebus torquatus (Hoffmannsegg, 1807) (Platyrrhini, Callicebinae). Primate conservation, 34, 13-52

The collared titi, Cheracebus torquatus, is paradoxically the least well-defined of the so-called “torquatus group” of Neotropical titi monkeys. Since its description by Hoffmannsegg in 1807, it has been re-characterized numerous times. In this stu... Read More about On the taxonomic history and true identity of the collared titi, cheracebus torquatus (Hoffmannsegg, 1807) (Platyrrhini, Callicebinae).

Forgetting social value and other good practices in construction supply chains : procurement in pandemics (2020)
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Watts, G. (2020). Forgetting social value and other good practices in construction supply chains : procurement in pandemics. International journal of construction supply chain management, 10(4), 221-233. https://doi.org/10.14424/IJCSCM100420-221-233

The construction industry is a major contributor to the UK economy and provides additional benefits for wider society including the creation of social value. The creation of social value is highly dependent upon the construction industry supply chain... Read More about Forgetting social value and other good practices in construction supply chains : procurement in pandemics.

"Smart City" as an object of joint research as a part of an international interdisciplinary workshop (2020)
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Elkadi, H., Tikunov, V., Biscaya, S., Novikov, A., Ershova, T., Gribok, M., …Tikunova, I. (2020). "Smart City" as an object of joint research as a part of an international interdisciplinary workshop. Вестник Северо-Кавказского федерального университета. Vestnik Severo-Kavkazskogo federalʹnogo universiteta, 6(81), 204-212. https://doi.org/10.37493/2307-907x.2020.6.26

The article describes the experience of participation and joint organization of the Russian-British interdisciplinary workshop on the topic "Subjectification of Smart Cities" which took place at the University of Salford in June 2019. Exchange of exp... Read More about "Smart City" as an object of joint research as a part of an international interdisciplinary workshop.

A surveillance study for climate change as an environmental education model in GCC countries (2020)
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Al-Hashim, A., Almebayedh, H., & Lin, C. (2020). A surveillance study for climate change as an environmental education model in GCC countries. Opción, 36(26), 892-907

The study aims to investigate a surveillance study for climate change as an environmental education model in GCC countries (The Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf) via comparative qualitative research methods. As a result, the GCC co... Read More about A surveillance study for climate change as an environmental education model in GCC countries.

Development of optimal location and design capacity of wastewater treatment plants for urban areas: a case study in Samawah city (2020)
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Hussien, A., Al-Mukaram, N., & Mohammed, R. (2020). Development of optimal location and design capacity of wastewater treatment plants for urban areas: a case study in Samawah city. IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering, 671, 012089. https://doi.org/10.1088/1757-899X/671/1/012089

Water, and related wastewater structures, are critical factors in the existence and the improvement of civilizations. Wastewater gathering and management has a considerable effect on the climate and economy at both regional and global level, and, acc... Read More about Development of optimal location and design capacity of wastewater treatment plants for urban areas: a case study in Samawah city.