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Framing the barriers to construction industry transformation (2022)
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Watts, G., McDermott, P., & Kolo, S. (in press). Framing the barriers to construction industry transformation. Built Environment Project and Asset Management, https://doi.org/10.1108/bepam-01-2022-0010

Purpose (limit 100 words) ‘Transforming construction’ is a wide-ranging strategic term, under which sit numerous initiatives. It is the latest, in a long line of strategies and reports introduced to with the intention of industry improvement. Arguabl... Read More about Framing the barriers to construction industry transformation.

Biomechanical analysis of the effect of finger joint configuration on hand grasping performance: rigid vs flexible (2022)
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Wei, Y., Zou, Z., Qian, Z., Ren, L., & Wei, G. (2022). Biomechanical analysis of the effect of finger joint configuration on hand grasping performance: rigid vs flexible. IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering, 1-1. https://doi.org/10.1109/tnsre.2022.3229165

Human finger joints are conventionally simplified as rigid joints in robotic hand design and biomechanical hand modelling, due to their anatomic and morphologic complexity. However, our understanding of the effect of the finger joint configuration on... Read More about Biomechanical analysis of the effect of finger joint configuration on hand grasping performance: rigid vs flexible.

Thermo-solutal stratification and chemical reaction effects on radiative magnetized nanofluid flow along an exponentially stretching sensor plate: computational analysis (2022)
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Shamshuddin, M., Shahzad, F., Jamshed, W., Beg, O., Eid, M., & Beg, T. (2022). Thermo-solutal stratification and chemical reaction effects on radiative magnetized nanofluid flow along an exponentially stretching sensor plate: computational analysis. Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials, 565, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmmm.2022.170286

Motivated by emerging technologies in nanofluid electromagnetic sensor systems, a mathematical model is developed for free convective chemically reacting magnetized Buongiorno nanofluid flow along a stretching exponential Riga plate with dual (ther... Read More about Thermo-solutal stratification and chemical reaction effects on radiative magnetized nanofluid flow along an exponentially stretching sensor plate: computational analysis.

Analysis of dissipative non‐Newtonian magnetic polymer flow from a curved stretching surface with slip and radiative effects (2022)
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Beg, O., Gnaneswara Reddy, M., & Tripathi, D. (2022). Analysis of dissipative non‐Newtonian magnetic polymer flow from a curved stretching surface with slip and radiative effects. Heat Transfer, 52(3), 2694-2714. https://doi.org/10.1002/htj.22801

The convective-radiative magnetohydrodynamic non-Newtonian second grade fluid boundary layer flow from a curved stretching surface has been scrutinized in the present study. The Reiner-Rivlin second grade viscoelastic model is deployed which provid... Read More about Analysis of dissipative non‐Newtonian magnetic polymer flow from a curved stretching surface with slip and radiative effects.

Cranial remains of Ramsayia magna from the Late Pleistocene of Australia and the evolution of gigantism in wombats (Marsupialia, Vombatidae) (2022)
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Louys, J., Duval, M., Beck, R., Pease, E., Sobbe, I., Sands, N., & Price, G. (2022). Cranial remains of Ramsayia magna from the Late Pleistocene of Australia and the evolution of gigantism in wombats (Marsupialia, Vombatidae). Papers in Palaeontology, 8(6), https://doi.org/10.1002/spp2.1475

Giant wombats (defined here as ≥70 kg) are found in the genera Phascolonus, Ramsayia and perhaps Sedophascolomys. Ramsayia is currently the most poorly known, having been described from mandibular and cranial fragments. Here, we report the most compl... Read More about Cranial remains of Ramsayia magna from the Late Pleistocene of Australia and the evolution of gigantism in wombats (Marsupialia, Vombatidae).

Developing a heritage BIM shared library for two case studies in Jordan’s heritage: The House of Art in Amman and the Qaqish House in the World Heritage City of As-Salt (2022)
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Aburamadan, R., Trillo, C., Cotella, V., Di Perna, E., Ncube, C., Moustaka, A., …Gyau, K. (2022). Developing a heritage BIM shared library for two case studies in Jordan’s heritage: The House of Art in Amman and the Qaqish House in the World Heritage City of As-Salt. Heritage Science, 10(1), https://doi.org/10.1186/s40494-022-00836-w

International research is moving towards the development of BIM (Building Information Modelling) libraries applied to the built heritage where one of the main issues to be addressed is the modelling of complex or unique shapes that represent the spec... Read More about Developing a heritage BIM shared library for two case studies in Jordan’s heritage: The House of Art in Amman and the Qaqish House in the World Heritage City of As-Salt.

A machine learning approach for predicting critical factors determining adoption of off-site construction in Nigeria (2022)
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Wusu, G., Alaka, H., Yusuf, W., Mporas, I., Toriola-Coker, O., & Oseghale, R. (in press). A machine learning approach for predicting critical factors determining adoption of off-site construction in Nigeria. Smart and Sustainable Built Environment, https://doi.org/10.1108/sasbe-06-2022-0113

Purpose (limit 100 words) Several factors influence OSC adoption, but extant literature did not articulate the dominant barriers or drivers influencing adoption. Therefore, this research has not only ventured into analyzing the core influencing facto... Read More about A machine learning approach for predicting critical factors determining adoption of off-site construction in Nigeria.

Analysis of nonlinear convection-radiation in chemically reactive Oldroyd-B nanoliquid configured by a stretching surface with Robin conditions: applications in nano-coating manufacturing (2022)
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Nasir, M., Waqas, M., Beg, O., & Zamri, N. (2022). Analysis of nonlinear convection-radiation in chemically reactive Oldroyd-B nanoliquid configured by a stretching surface with Robin conditions: applications in nano-coating manufacturing. Micromachines, 13(12), https://doi.org/10.3390/mi13122196

Motivated by emerging high-temperature manufacturing processes deploying nanopolymeric coatings, the present communication studies nonlinear thermally radiative OldroydB viscoelastic nanoliquid stagnant-point flow from a heated vertical stretching pe... Read More about Analysis of nonlinear convection-radiation in chemically reactive Oldroyd-B nanoliquid configured by a stretching surface with Robin conditions: applications in nano-coating manufacturing.

Urban road surface discrimination by tire-road noise analysis and data clustering (2022)
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Ramos Romero, C., Asensio, C., Moreno, R., & de Arcas, G. (2022). Urban road surface discrimination by tire-road noise analysis and data clustering. Sensors, 22(24), 9686. https://doi.org/10.3390/s22249686

The surface condition of roadways has direct consequences on a wide range of processes related to the transportation technology, quality of road facilities, road safety, and traffic noise emissions. Methods developed for detection of road surface con... Read More about Urban road surface discrimination by tire-road noise analysis and data clustering.

Development of methods for the simplification of complex group built causal loop diagrams: a case study of the Rechna doab (2022)
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Asif, M., Inam, A., Adamowski, J., Shoaib, M., Tariq, H., Ahmad, S., …Nazeer, A. (2022). Development of methods for the simplification of complex group built causal loop diagrams: a case study of the Rechna doab. Ecological Modelling, 476, 110192. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2022.110192

Complex systems are generally challenging to model due to many variables whose relationships and dependencies are often difficult and time-consuming to comprehend. Simplifying complex systems can remove barriers to adaptation and application by margi... Read More about Development of methods for the simplification of complex group built causal loop diagrams: a case study of the Rechna doab.

Total evidence phylogeny of platyrrhine primates and a comparison of undated and tip-dating approaches (2022)
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Beck, R., de Vries, D., Janiak, M., Goodhead, I., & Boubli, J. (2022). Total evidence phylogeny of platyrrhine primates and a comparison of undated and tip-dating approaches. Journal of Human Evolution, 174, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhevol.2022.103293

There have been multiple published phylogenetic analyses of platyrrhine primates (New World monkeys) using both morphological and molecular data, but relatively few that have integrated both types of data into a total evidence approach. Here, we pr... Read More about Total evidence phylogeny of platyrrhine primates and a comparison of undated and tip-dating approaches.

Universal closed-tube barcoding for monitoring the shark and ray trade in megadiverse conservation hotspots (2022)
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Prasetyo, A., Cusa, M., Murray, J., Agung, F., Muttaqin, E., Maraini, S., & McDevitt, A. (2022). Universal closed-tube barcoding for monitoring the shark and ray trade in megadiverse conservation hotspots. bioRxiv, https://doi.org/10.1101/2022.11.30.518468

Trade restrictions for many endangered elasmobranch species exist to disincentivise their exploitation and curb their declines. However, the variety of products and the complexity of import/export routes make trade monitoring challenging. We investig... Read More about Universal closed-tube barcoding for monitoring the shark and ray trade in megadiverse conservation hotspots.

Advanced coordination method for overcurrent protection relays using new hybrid and dynamic tripping characteristics for microgrid (2022)
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Alasali, F., Saidi, A., El-Naily, N., Alnaser, S., & Holderbaum, W. (2022). Advanced coordination method for overcurrent protection relays using new hybrid and dynamic tripping characteristics for microgrid. IEEE Access, 10, https://doi.org/10.1109/ACCESS.2022.3226688

Nowadays, the Overcurrent (OC) and Earth Fault (EF) relays coordination problem is one of the most complex and challenging concerns of power protection and network operators due to the high and volatile generation capacity of renewable energy sources... Read More about Advanced coordination method for overcurrent protection relays using new hybrid and dynamic tripping characteristics for microgrid.

Identification of natural products and FDA-approved drugs for targeting cancer stem cell (CSC) propagation (2022)
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Bonuccelli, G., Sotgia, F., & Lisanti, M. (2022). Identification of natural products and FDA-approved drugs for targeting cancer stem cell (CSC) propagation. Aging, 14(23), 9466-9483. https://doi.org/10.18632/aging.204412

Here, we report the identification of key compounds that effectively inhibit the anchorage-independent growth and propagation of cancer stem cells (CSCs), as determined via screening using MCF7 cells, a human breast adenocarcinoma cell line. More spe... Read More about Identification of natural products and FDA-approved drugs for targeting cancer stem cell (CSC) propagation.

An optimisation of a chordwise slot to enhance lateral flow control on a UCAV (2022)
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Ali, U., Chadwick, E., & Sugar-Gabor, O. (2022). An optimisation of a chordwise slot to enhance lateral flow control on a UCAV. Incas Bulletin, 14(4), 3-17. https://doi.org/10.13111/2066-8201.2022.14.4.1

This research aims to optimise a chordwise slot so that lateral flow control of a flying wing configuration can be enhanced. This was achieved by maximising the airflow rate over the trailing edge control surfaces of the wing. A higher rate of airf... Read More about An optimisation of a chordwise slot to enhance lateral flow control on a UCAV.

Comparative heat transfer analysis of electroconductive Fe3O4–MWCNT– water and Fe3O4–MWCNT– kerosene hybrid nanofluids in a square porous cavity using the non-Fourier heat flux model (2022)
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Thirumalaisamy, K., Sivaraj, R., Prasad, V., Beg, O., Leung, H., Kamalov, F., & Panneer, S. (2022). Comparative heat transfer analysis of electroconductive Fe3O4–MWCNT– water and Fe3O4–MWCNT– kerosene hybrid nanofluids in a square porous cavity using the non-Fourier heat flux model. Physics of Fluids, 34(12), https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0127463

The analysis of heat transmission and fluid flow characteristics within the cavity is useful to improve the features of several applications including energy storage devices and hybrid fuel cells. With this motivation, the present model investigates... Read More about Comparative heat transfer analysis of electroconductive Fe3O4–MWCNT– water and Fe3O4–MWCNT– kerosene hybrid nanofluids in a square porous cavity using the non-Fourier heat flux model.

Effect of vehicular stream characteristics on traffic noise (2022)
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Abed, A., Albayati, A., & Wang, Y. (2022). Effect of vehicular stream characteristics on traffic noise. Civil engineering journal (Tehran. Online), 8(12), 3883-3901. https://doi.org/10.28991/CEJ-2022-08-12-016

Human health can be negatively impacted by exposure to loud noise, which can harm the auditory system. Traffic noise is the leading cause of noise pollution. This paper studies the problem of noise pollution on the roads in Baghdad, Iraq. Due to the... Read More about Effect of vehicular stream characteristics on traffic noise.

PAG3 promotes the differentiation of bloodstream forms in Trypanosoma brucei and reveals the evolutionary relationship among the Trypanozoon trypanosomes (2022)
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Wen, Y., Tang, H., Cai, X., Wu, N., Xu, J., Su, B., …Lai, D. (2022). PAG3 promotes the differentiation of bloodstream forms in Trypanosoma brucei and reveals the evolutionary relationship among the Trypanozoon trypanosomes. Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology, 12, https://doi.org/10.3389/fcimb.2022.1021332

Introduction: Trypanosoma brucei, T. evansi and T. equiperdum are members of the subgenus Trypanozoon and are highly similar morphologically and genetically. The main differences between these three species are their differentiation patterns in the h... Read More about PAG3 promotes the differentiation of bloodstream forms in Trypanosoma brucei and reveals the evolutionary relationship among the Trypanozoon trypanosomes.

Enhanced stability of sub-nanometric iridium decorated graphitic carbon nitride for H 2 production upon hydrous hydrazine decomposition (2022)
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Bellomi, S., Barlocco, I., Chen, X., Delgado, J., Arrigo, R., Dimitratos, N., …Villa, A. (2022). Enhanced stability of sub-nanometric iridium decorated graphitic carbon nitride for H 2 production upon hydrous hydrazine decomposition. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 2, 1081-1095. https://doi.org/10.1039/d2cp04387d

Stabilizing metal nanoparticles is vital for large scale implementations of supported metal catalysts, particularly for a sustainable transition to clean energy, e.g., H2 production. In this work, iridium sub-nanometric particles were deposited on co... Read More about Enhanced stability of sub-nanometric iridium decorated graphitic carbon nitride for H 2 production upon hydrous hydrazine decomposition.