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Ambient-pressure endstation of the Versatile Soft X-ray (VerSoX) beamline at Diamond Light Source (2020)
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Held, G., Venturini, F., Grinter, D., Ferrer, P., Arrigo, R., Deacon, L., …Scott, S. (2020). Ambient-pressure endstation of the Versatile Soft X-ray (VerSoX) beamline at Diamond Light Source. Journal of Synchrotron Radiation, 27(5), 1153-1166. https://doi.org/10.1107/S1600577520009157

The ambient-pressure endstation and branchline of the Versatile Soft X-ray (VerSoX) beamline B07 at Diamond Light Source serves a very diverse user community studying heterogeneous catalysts, pharmaceuticals and biomaterials under realistic condition... Read More about Ambient-pressure endstation of the Versatile Soft X-ray (VerSoX) beamline at Diamond Light Source.

The Sentinel-3 OLCI Terrestrial Chlorophyll Index (OTCI): algorithm improvements, spatiotemporal consistency and continuity with the MERIS archive (2020)
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Pastor-Guzman, J., Brown, L., Morris, H., Bourg, L., Goryl, P., Dransfeld, S., & Dash, J. (2020). The Sentinel-3 OLCI Terrestrial Chlorophyll Index (OTCI): algorithm improvements, spatiotemporal consistency and continuity with the MERIS archive. Remote Sensing, 12(16), https://doi.org/10.3390/rs12162652

The Ocean and Land Colour Instrument (OLCI) on-board Sentinel-3 (2016–present) was designed with similar mechanical and optical characteristics to the Envisat Medium Resolution Imaging Spectrometer (MERIS) (2002–2012) to ensure continuity with a numb... Read More about The Sentinel-3 OLCI Terrestrial Chlorophyll Index (OTCI): algorithm improvements, spatiotemporal consistency and continuity with the MERIS archive.

On performance and perceived effort in trail runners using sensor control to generate biosynchronous music (2020)
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Williams, D., Fazenda, B., Williamson, V., & Fazekas, G. (2020). On performance and perceived effort in trail runners using sensor control to generate biosynchronous music. Sensors, 20(16), e4528. https://doi.org/10.3390/s20164528

Music has been shown to be capable of improving runners’ performance in treadmill and laboratory-based experiments. This paper evaluates a generative music system, namely HEARTBEATS, designed to create biosignal synchronous music in real-time accordi... Read More about On performance and perceived effort in trail runners using sensor control to generate biosynchronous music.

Experimental and theoretical confirmation of an orthorhombic phase transition in niobium at high pressure and temperature (2020)
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Errandonea, D., Burakovsky, L., Preston, D., MacLeod, S., Santamaría-Perez, D., Chen, S., …Mezouar, M. (2020). Experimental and theoretical confirmation of an orthorhombic phase transition in niobium at high pressure and temperature. communications materials, 1, 60. https://doi.org/10.1038/s43246-020-00058-2

Compared to other body-centered cubic (bcc) transition metals, Nb has been the subject of fewer compression studies and there are still aspects of its phase diagram which are unclear. Here, we report a combined theoretical and experimental study of N... Read More about Experimental and theoretical confirmation of an orthorhombic phase transition in niobium at high pressure and temperature.

An investigation into BIM uptake among contracting firms : an empirical study in Nigeria (2020)
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Babatunde, S., Perera, S., Ekundayo, D., & Adeleke, D. (2021). An investigation into BIM uptake among contracting firms : an empirical study in Nigeria. Journal of Financial Management of Property and Construction, 26(1), 23-48. https://doi.org/10.1108/JFMPC-06-2019-0054

Purpose – Building Information Modeling (BIM) is vital in the performance improvement of contracting firms. Thus, there is a need to stimulate its implementation in the construction sector with a view to meeting the competitive demands of the industr... Read More about An investigation into BIM uptake among contracting firms : an empirical study in Nigeria.

Handling temporal constraints in interaction protocols for intelligent multi-agent systems (2020)
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Qasim, A., Iqbal, S., Aziz, Z., Kazmi, S. A. R., Munawar, A., Gilani, B. A., & Qasim, N. (2020). Handling temporal constraints in interaction protocols for intelligent multi-agent systems. International journal on smart sensing and intelligent systems (Online), 13(1), 1-15. https://doi.org/10.21307/ijssis-2020-020

This research focuses on handling temporal constraints in interaction protocols for multi-agent systems. There is a dire need of standardized interaction protocols that can be used to handle timing aspects in real-time multi-agent system’s negotiatio... Read More about Handling temporal constraints in interaction protocols for intelligent multi-agent systems.

Automated recognition of postures and drinking behaviour for the detection of compromised health in pigs (2020)
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Alameer, A., Kryiazakis, I., & Bacardit, J. (2020). Automated recognition of postures and drinking behaviour for the detection of compromised health in pigs. Scientific reports, 10, 13665. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-70688-6

Changes in pig behaviours are a useful aid in detecting early signs of compromised health and welfare. In commercial settings, automatic detection of pig behaviours through visual imaging remains a challenge due to farm demanding conditions, e.g., oc... Read More about Automated recognition of postures and drinking behaviour for the detection of compromised health in pigs.

An investigation into the roles of chlorides and sulphate salts on the performance of low salinity injection in sandstone reservoirs : experimental approach (2020)
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Al-otaibi, A. (2020). An investigation into the roles of chlorides and sulphate salts on the performance of low salinity injection in sandstone reservoirs : experimental approach. Journal of Petroleum Exploration and Production Technologies, 10(7), 2857-2871. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13202-020-00972-8

Numerous studies have been carried out to ascertain the mechanisms of low salinity and smart water flooding technique for improved oil recovery. Focus were often on brine composition and, specifically the cationic content in sandstone reservoirs. Giv... Read More about An investigation into the roles of chlorides and sulphate salts on the performance of low salinity injection in sandstone reservoirs : experimental approach.

Predicted aerodynamic damping of slender single beam structures in across-wind vibrations (2020)
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Nguyen, C., & Nguyen, D. (2020). Predicted aerodynamic damping of slender single beam structures in across-wind vibrations. Acta mechanica Sinica = Li xue xue bao / the Chinese Society of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, 36(5), 990-998. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10409-020-00981-0

The paper presents a generalization of the conventional analytical approach where the quasi-steady theory is utilised to evaluate the across-wind aerodynamic damping of slender single beam structures. This generalized theory considers the variation o... Read More about Predicted aerodynamic damping of slender single beam structures in across-wind vibrations.

Temperature is a key factor influencing the invasion and proliferation of Toxoplasma gondii in fish cells (2020)
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Yang, Y., Yu, S., Chen, K., Hide, G., Lun, Z., & Lai, D. (2020). Temperature is a key factor influencing the invasion and proliferation of Toxoplasma gondii in fish cells. Experimental Parasitology, 217, 107966. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.exppara.2020.107966

Toxoplasma gondii has long been considered a ubiquitous parasite possessing the capacity of infecting virtually all warm-blooded animals globally. Occasionally, this parasite can also infect cold-blooded animals such as fish if their body temperature... Read More about Temperature is a key factor influencing the invasion and proliferation of Toxoplasma gondii in fish cells.

Enhanced gas recovery by nitrogen injection : the effects of injection velocity during natural gas displacement in consolidated rocks (2020)
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Mohammed, N., Abbas, A., Enyi, G., Edem, D., & Suleiman, S. (2020). Enhanced gas recovery by nitrogen injection : the effects of injection velocity during natural gas displacement in consolidated rocks. Journal of Natural Gas Science and Engineering, 83, 103513. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jngse.2020.103513

The choice of the flow velocity in EGR thus becomes important since higher injection rates could lead to premature mixing of the fluids and lower injection rates generally provide longer resident times for the fluids in contact and indirectly incre... Read More about Enhanced gas recovery by nitrogen injection : the effects of injection velocity during natural gas displacement in consolidated rocks.

SARS-CoV-2 infection and lung cancer : potential therapeutic modalities (2020)
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Gupta, I., Rizeq, B., Elkord, E., Vranic, S., & Al Moustafa, A. (2020). SARS-CoV-2 infection and lung cancer : potential therapeutic modalities. Cancers, 12(8), e2186. https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers12082186

Human coronaviruses, especially SARS-CoV-2, are emerging pandemic infectious diseases with high morbidity and mortality in certain group of patients. In general, SARS-CoV-2 causes symptoms ranging from the common cold to severe conditions accompanied... Read More about SARS-CoV-2 infection and lung cancer : potential therapeutic modalities.

A 2-step synthesis of Combretastatin A-4 and derivatives as potent tubulin assembly inhibitors (2020)
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Barnes, N., Parker, A., Mal Ullah, A., Ragazzon, P., & Hadfield, J. (2020). A 2-step synthesis of Combretastatin A-4 and derivatives as potent tubulin assembly inhibitors. Bioorganic and Medicinal Chemistry, 28(19), 115684. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bmc.2020.115684

A series of combretastatin derivatives were designed and synthesised by a two-step stereoselective synthesis by use of Wittig olefination followed by Suzuki cross-coupling. Interestingly, all new compounds (2a-2i) showed potent cell-based antiprolife... Read More about A 2-step synthesis of Combretastatin A-4 and derivatives as potent tubulin assembly inhibitors.

Unsteady nonlinear magnetohydrodynamic micropolar transport phenomena with hall and ion-slip current effects : numerical study (2020)
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Beg, O., Beg, T., Ferdows, M., Vasu, B., Kadir, A., Leonard, H., & Kuharat, S. (2021). Unsteady nonlinear magnetohydrodynamic micropolar transport phenomena with hall and ion-slip current effects : numerical study. International Journal of Applied Electromagnetics and Mechanics, 65(2), 371-403. https://doi.org/10.3233/JAE-201508

Unsteady viscous two-dimensional magnetohydrodynamic micropolar flow, heat and mass transfer from an infinite vertical surface with Hall and Ion-slip currents is investigated theoretically and numerically. The simulation presented is motivated by el... Read More about Unsteady nonlinear magnetohydrodynamic micropolar transport phenomena with hall and ion-slip current effects : numerical study.

An integration of train timetabling, platforming and routing-based cooperative adjustment methodology for dealing with train delay (2020)
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Zhang, Y., Chen, Z., An, M., & Umar, A. (2020). An integration of train timetabling, platforming and routing-based cooperative adjustment methodology for dealing with train delay. International Journal of Software Engineering and Knowledge Engineering, 30(07), 901-919. https://doi.org/10.1142/S0218194020400112

Train delay is a serious issue that can spread rapidly in the railway network leading to further delay of other trains and detention of passengers in stations. However, the current practice in the event of the trail delay usually depends on train dis... Read More about An integration of train timetabling, platforming and routing-based cooperative adjustment methodology for dealing with train delay.

Applying the core microbiome to understand host–microbe systems (2020)
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Risely, A. (2020). Applying the core microbiome to understand host–microbe systems. Journal of Animal Ecology, 89(7), 1549-1558. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2656.13229

The host-associated core microbiome was originally coined to refer to common groups of microbes or genes that were likely to be particularly important for host biological function. However, the term has evolved to encompass variable definitions acros... Read More about Applying the core microbiome to understand host–microbe systems.

Cholesterol and mevalonate : two metabolites involved in breast cancer progression and drug resistance through the ERRα pathway (2020)
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Brindisi, M., Fiorillo, M., Frattaruolo, L., Sotgia, F., Lisanti, M., & Cappello, A. (2020). Cholesterol and mevalonate : two metabolites involved in breast cancer progression and drug resistance through the ERRα pathway. Cells, 9(8), e1819. https://doi.org/10.3390/cells9081819

Breast cancer is the second greatest cause of cancer-related death in women. Resistance to endocrine treatments or chemotherapy is a limiting drawback. In this context, this work aims to evaluate the effects of cholesterol and mevalonate during tumor... Read More about Cholesterol and mevalonate : two metabolites involved in breast cancer progression and drug resistance through the ERRα pathway.

Commentary : the effects of inflammation, aging, and oxidative stress on the pathogenesis of Type II Diabetes (2020)
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on the pathogenesis of Type II Diabetes. https://doi.org/10.36502/2020/hcr.6169

Type II Diabetes Mellitus (T2DM) is a high-risk metabolic condition associated with high mortality due to hyperglycemia. Many studies have focused on how inflammation, aging, or oxidative stress influences the pathogenesis of T2DM. The functional ano... Read More about Commentary : the effects of inflammation, aging, and oxidative stress on the pathogenesis of Type II Diabetes.