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Recapping and mite removal behaviour in Cuba: home to the world's largest population of Varroa-resistant European honeybees (2022)
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Luis, A., Grindrod, I., Webb, G., Piñeiro, A., & Martin, S. (2022). Recapping and mite removal behaviour in Cuba: home to the world's largest population of Varroa-resistant European honeybees. Scientific reports, 12(1), 15597. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-19871-5

The Varroa destructor ectoparasitic mite has spread globally and in conjunction with Deformed Wing Virus has killed millions of honeybee (Apis mellifera) colonies. This has forced Northern hemisphere beekeepers into using miticides to avoid mass colo... Read More about Recapping and mite removal behaviour in Cuba: home to the world's largest population of Varroa-resistant European honeybees.

Dual solutions in Hiemenz flow of an electro-conductive viscous nanofluid containing elliptic single-/multi-wall carbon nanotubes with magnetic induction effects (2022)
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Ferdows, M., Tazin, T., Beg, O., & Beg, T. (2022). Dual solutions in Hiemenz flow of an electro-conductive viscous nanofluid containing elliptic single-/multi-wall carbon nanotubes with magnetic induction effects. ASME open journal of engineering, https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4055278

Modern magnetic nanomaterials are increasingly embracing new technologies including smart coatings, intelligent lubricants, and functional working fluids in energy systems. Motivated by studying the manufacturing magnetofluid dynamics of electrocondu... Read More about Dual solutions in Hiemenz flow of an electro-conductive viscous nanofluid containing elliptic single-/multi-wall carbon nanotubes with magnetic induction effects.

Mechanisms and component design of prosthetic knees : a review from a biomechanical function perspective (2022)
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Liang, W., Qian, Z., Chen, W., Song, H., Cao, Y., Wei, G., …Ren, L. (2022). Mechanisms and component design of prosthetic knees : a review from a biomechanical function perspective. Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology, 10, https://doi.org/10.3389/fbioe.2022.950110

Prosthetic knees are state-of-the-art medical devices that use mechanical mechanisms and components to simulate the normal biological knee function for individuals with transfemoral amputation. A large variety of complicated mechanical mechanisms and... Read More about Mechanisms and component design of prosthetic knees : a review from a biomechanical function perspective.

Duel solutions in Hiemenz flow of an electro-conductive viscous nanofluid containing elliptic single-/multi-wall carbon nanotubes with magnetic induction effects (2022)
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Ferdows, M., Tazin, T., Beg, O., & Bég, T. (2022). Duel solutions in Hiemenz flow of an electro-conductive viscous nanofluid containing elliptic single-/multi-wall carbon nanotubes with magnetic induction effects. ASME open journal of engineering, 1, https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4055278

Modern magnetic nanomaterials are increasingly embracing new technologies including smart coatings, intelligent lubricants, and functional working fluids in energy systems. Motivated by studying the manufacturing magnetofluid dynamics of electrocondu... Read More about Duel solutions in Hiemenz flow of an electro-conductive viscous nanofluid containing elliptic single-/multi-wall carbon nanotubes with magnetic induction effects.

From international to local: promoting local volunteer tourism to guarantee the persistence of wildlife conservation projects in the post-covid-19 era (2022)
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Nekaris, K., Rocha El Bizri, H., Hedger, K., Nijman, V., Weldon, A., & Campera, M. (2022). From international to local: promoting local volunteer tourism to guarantee the persistence of wildlife conservation projects in the post-covid-19 era. COVID, 2(9), 1287-1302. https://doi.org/10.3390/covid2090095

Volunteer tourists, often foreigners, collect essential data in wildlife conservation projects worldwide. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, international tourism activities reduced drastically, forcing many conservation projects to shut down. Using a nin... Read More about From international to local: promoting local volunteer tourism to guarantee the persistence of wildlife conservation projects in the post-covid-19 era.

Are larger primates less faunivorous? Consumption of arthropods by Amazonian primates does not fulfil the Jarman-Bell and Kay models (2022)
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Jesus, A., Castilla Torres, R., Quadros, J., Cruz, A., Valsecchi, J., Rocha El Bizri, H., & Mayor, P. (2022). Are larger primates less faunivorous? Consumption of arthropods by Amazonian primates does not fulfil the Jarman-Bell and Kay models. Acta Amazonica (Impresso), 52(3), 208-217. https://doi.org/10.1590/1809-4392202200842

Terrestrial arthropod groups, including insects, spiders, and millipedes, represent an important food resource for primates. However, species consumed and patterns and rates of arthropod-related feeding for most frugivorous primates are still poorly... Read More about Are larger primates less faunivorous? Consumption of arthropods by Amazonian primates does not fulfil the Jarman-Bell and Kay models.

An Anthropomorphic Robotic Finger With Innate Human-Finger-Like Biomechanical Advantages Part II: Flexible Tendon Sheath and Grasping Demonstration (2022)
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Zhu, Y., Wei, G., Ren, L., Luo, Z., & Shang, J. (2022). An Anthropomorphic Robotic Finger With Innate Human-Finger-Like Biomechanical Advantages Part II: Flexible Tendon Sheath and Grasping Demonstration. IEEE transactions on robotics : a publication of the IEEE Robotics and Automation Society, 39(1), 505-520. https://doi.org/10.1109/tro.2022.3200143

The human hand has a fantastic ability to interact with various objects in the dynamic unstructured environment of our daily activities. We believe that this outstanding performance benefits a lot from the unique biological features of the hand muscu... Read More about An Anthropomorphic Robotic Finger With Innate Human-Finger-Like Biomechanical Advantages Part II: Flexible Tendon Sheath and Grasping Demonstration.

Interplay between local and landscape-scale effects on the taxonomic, functional and phylogenetic diversity of aerial insectivorous Neotropical bats (2022)
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López-Baucells, A., Rowley, S., Rocha, R., Bobrowiec, P., Palmeirim, J., Farneda, F., & Meyer, C. (2022). Interplay between local and landscape-scale effects on the taxonomic, functional and phylogenetic diversity of aerial insectivorous Neotropical bats. Landscape Ecology, 37(11), 2861-2875. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10980-022-01493-x

Context Human-modified landscapes are globally ubiquitous. It is critical to understand how habitat loss and fragmentation impact biodiversity from both a local habitat context and landscape-scale perspective to inform land management and conservat... Read More about Interplay between local and landscape-scale effects on the taxonomic, functional and phylogenetic diversity of aerial insectivorous Neotropical bats.

Assessment of urban green space dynamics influencing the surface urban heat stress using advanced geospatial techniques (2022)
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Halder, B., Bandyopadhyay, J., Al-Hilali, A., Ahmed, A., Falah, M., Abed, S., …Yaseen, Z. (2022). Assessment of urban green space dynamics influencing the surface urban heat stress using advanced geospatial techniques. Agronomy, 12(9),

Urban areas are mostly heterogeneous due to settlements and vegetation including forests, water bodies and many other land use and land cover (LULC) classes. Due to the overwhelming population pressure, urbanization, industrial works and transportati... Read More about Assessment of urban green space dynamics influencing the surface urban heat stress using advanced geospatial techniques.

Lebanon (Still) Unsettled (2022)
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Sharp, D., Farhat, M., Shayya, F., Bassil, M., & El-Samrani, M. (2022). Lebanon (Still) Unsettled

Determinants influencing the continuous intention to use digital technologies in Higher Education (2022)
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Almaiah, M., Alfaisal, R., Salloum, S., Al-Otaibi, S., Al Sawafi, O., Al-Maroof, R., …Awad, A. (2022). Determinants influencing the continuous intention to use digital technologies in Higher Education. Electronics, 11(18),

There is increasing evidence that the lack of access to digital information and technologies is not widely considered in the educational sectors when focusing on the perceived experience, tutor quality and students’ satisfaction. In this paper, we re... Read More about Determinants influencing the continuous intention to use digital technologies in Higher Education.

A blockchain protocol for authenticating space communications between satellites constellations (2022)
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Torky, M., Gaber, T., Goda, E., Snasel, V., & Hassanien, A. (2022). A blockchain protocol for authenticating space communications between satellites constellations. Aerospace, 9(9), https://doi.org/10.3390/aerospace9090495

Blockchain has found many applications, apart from Bitcoin, in different fields and it has the potential to be very useful in the satellite communications and space industries. Decentralized and secure protocols for processing and manipulating space... Read More about A blockchain protocol for authenticating space communications between satellites constellations.

Estimating the population density of Eurasian lynx in the Ukrainian part of the Chornobyl Exclusion Zone using camera trap footage (2022)
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Gashchak, S., Barnett, C., Beresford, N., Paskevych, S., & Wood, M. (2022). Estimating the population density of Eurasian lynx in the Ukrainian part of the Chornobyl Exclusion Zone using camera trap footage. Theriologia Ukrainica (Online), 23, 47-65. https://doi.org/10.15407/TU2307

The study reports the first estimation of the Eurasian lynx population inhabiting the Ukrainian Chornobyl Exclusion Zone (CEZ, 2600 km2 ) in 2013–2018. Although lynx were once common in this region, anthropogenic impacts reduced their numbers subs... Read More about Estimating the population density of Eurasian lynx in the Ukrainian part of the Chornobyl Exclusion Zone using camera trap footage.

Correlations between circulating and tumor-infiltrating CD4+ Treg subsets with immune checkpoints in colorectal cancer patients with early and advanced stages (2022)
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Al-Mterin, M., Murshed, K., & Elkord, E. (2022). Correlations between circulating and tumor-infiltrating CD4+ Treg subsets with immune checkpoints in colorectal cancer patients with early and advanced stages. Vaccines, 10(9),

The existence of various T regulatory cell (Treg) subsets in colorectal cancer (CRC) could play a variety of functions in the regulation of anti-cancer immunity. We studied correlations between CD4+ Treg subsets with the expression of immunological c... Read More about Correlations between circulating and tumor-infiltrating CD4+ Treg subsets with immune checkpoints in colorectal cancer patients with early and advanced stages.

Environmental predictors of filarial infection in Amazonian primates: ecological factors and primate filarial infection (2022)
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Conga, D., Rocha El Bizri, H., Crespo, C., Gomez-Puerta, L., Ulloa-Urizar, G., Perez-Pena, P., …Mayor, P. (2022). Environmental predictors of filarial infection in Amazonian primates: ecological factors and primate filarial infection. Acta tropica, 235, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actatropica.2022.106670

Filarial nematode infections are common in primates, but have received little attention in the Neotropics. Epidemiological data on filarial infections in primates are still too sparse to fully understand the complex of this parasitism, especially bec... Read More about Environmental predictors of filarial infection in Amazonian primates: ecological factors and primate filarial infection.

Modeling the impact of delay on the aggregation of ad proteins (2022)
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Nutini, A., Sohail, A., Arif, R., Fiaz, M., & Beg, O. (2022). Modeling the impact of delay on the aggregation of ad proteins. Annals of Data Science, https://doi.org/10.1007/s40745-022-00439-z

Accumulation of the amyloid-β (Aβ ) peptide in the brain gives rise to a cascade of key events in the pathogenesis of Alzheimer’s disease (AD). It is verified by different research trials that the sleep-wake cycle directly affects Aβ levels in the br... Read More about Modeling the impact of delay on the aggregation of ad proteins.

Electro-osmosis modulated periodic membrane pumping flow and particle motion with magnetic field effects (2022)
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Bhandari, D. S., Tripathi, D., & Beg, O. (2022). Electro-osmosis modulated periodic membrane pumping flow and particle motion with magnetic field effects. Physics of Fluids, 34(9), https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0111050

Theoretical studies of micro-electro-mechanical systems provide important insight into the mechanisms and optimization of such devices for a range of applications, including biomedical and chemical engineering. Inspired by emerging applications of mi... Read More about Electro-osmosis modulated periodic membrane pumping flow and particle motion with magnetic field effects.

First human case of infection with Arsenophonus nasoniae, the male killer insect pathogen (2022)
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Liew, K. C., Graves, S., Croft, L., Brettell, L. E., Cook, J., Botes, J., & Newton, P. (2022). First human case of infection with Arsenophonus nasoniae, the male killer insect pathogen. Pathology, 54(5), 664-666. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pathol.2021.08.011

Mathematical modelling of thermo-solutal transport in pulsating flow in the hydrocephalus (2022)
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Beg, O., Balasundaram, H., & Sathiamoorthy, S. (2022). Mathematical modelling of thermo-solutal transport in pulsating flow in the hydrocephalus. Journal of Mechanics in Medicine and Biology, https://doi.org/10.1142/S0219519422500713

Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) is a symmetric flow transport that surrounds brain and central nervous system (CNS). Hydrocephalus is an asymmetric and unusual cerebrospinal fluid flow in the lateral ventricular portions. This dumping impact enhances the e... Read More about Mathematical modelling of thermo-solutal transport in pulsating flow in the hydrocephalus.

Krypton and the fundamental flaw of the Lennard-Jones Potential (2022)
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Pruteanu, C., Loveday, J., Ackland, G., & Proctor, J. (2022). Krypton and the fundamental flaw of the Lennard-Jones Potential. Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, 13(35), 8284-8289. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpclett.2c02004

We have performed a series of neutron scattering experiments on supercritical krypton. Our data and analysis allow us to characterize the Frenkel line crossover in this model monatomic fluid. The data from our measurements was analyzed using Empirica... Read More about Krypton and the fundamental flaw of the Lennard-Jones Potential.