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Magneto-convective flow through a porous enclosure with Hall current and Thermal radiation effects : numerical study (2022)
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Venkatadri, K., Beg, O., & Kuharat, S. (2022). Magneto-convective flow through a porous enclosure with Hall current and Thermal radiation effects : numerical study. European Physical Journal - Special Topics, https://doi.org/10.1140/epjs/s11734-022-00592-9

This paper reports the numerical study of magnetohydrodynamic radiative-convective flow in a square cavity containing a porous medium with Hall currents. This study is relevant to hydromagnetic fuel cell design and thermofluidic dynamics of complex... Read More about Magneto-convective flow through a porous enclosure with Hall current and Thermal radiation effects : numerical study.

Phylogenetics and an updated taxonomic status of the Tamarins (Callitrichinae, Cebidae) (2022)
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Brcko, I., Carneiro, J., Ruiz-García, M., Boubli, J., Silva-Júnior, J., Farias, I., …Sampaio, I. (2022). Phylogenetics and an updated taxonomic status of the Tamarins (Callitrichinae, Cebidae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 173, 107504. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2022.107504

Traditionally, Saguinus has been organized into six taxonomic groups: bicolor, inustus, midas, mystax, nigricollis, and oedipus. After recent revisions, taxonomic reclassifications were proposed, including (1) the recognition of Leontocebus as a new... Read More about Phylogenetics and an updated taxonomic status of the Tamarins (Callitrichinae, Cebidae).

Maize yield estimation in intercropped smallholder fields using satellite data in southern Malawi (2022)
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Li, C., Chimimba, E., Kambombe, O., Brown, L., Chibarabada, T., Lu, Y., …Dash, J. (2022). Maize yield estimation in intercropped smallholder fields using satellite data in southern Malawi. Remote Sensing, 14(10), https://doi.org/10.3390/rs14102458

Satellite data provide high potential for estimating crop yield, which is crucial to understanding determinants of yield gaps and therefore improving food production, particularly in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) regions. However, accurate assessment of c... Read More about Maize yield estimation in intercropped smallholder fields using satellite data in southern Malawi.

iNOS is essential to maintain a protective Th1/Th2 response and the production of cytokines/chemokines against Schistosoma japonicum infection in rats (2022)
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Shen, J., Yu, S., Peng, M., Lai, D., Hide, G., Wu, Z., & Lun, Z. (2022). iNOS is essential to maintain a protective Th1/Th2 response and the production of cytokines/chemokines against Schistosoma japonicum infection in rats. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 16(5), e0010403. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0010403

Humans and a wide range of mammals are generally susceptible to Schistosoma infection, while some rodents such as Rattus rats and Microtus spp are not. We previously demonstrated that inherent high expression levels of nitric oxide (NO), produced by... Read More about iNOS is essential to maintain a protective Th1/Th2 response and the production of cytokines/chemokines against Schistosoma japonicum infection in rats.

Reactive solute transport in blood flow through a permeable capillary (2022)
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Beg, O., Debnath, S., & Roy, A. (in press). Reactive solute transport in blood flow through a permeable capillary. Archives of Mechanics, https://doi.org/10.24423/aom.3955

The present analysis discusses the solute transport process in a steady 2D (axial and radial) laminar flow of blood through a permeable, finite length capillary. Blood is treated as a homogeneous Newtonian fluid and the solute is absorbed at the capi... Read More about Reactive solute transport in blood flow through a permeable capillary.

Molecular phylogeny and systematics of bald uakaris, genus Cacajao (Primates: Pitheciidae), with the description of a new species. (2022)
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Ennes Silva, F., Valsecchi do Amaral, J., Roos, C., Bowler, M., Röhe, F., Sampaio, R., …Boubli, J. (2022). Molecular phylogeny and systematics of bald uakaris, genus Cacajao (Primates: Pitheciidae), with the description of a new species. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 173, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2022.107509

Bald uakaris, genus Cacajao, are Amazonian primates currently classified as one species and four subspecies based on the patterns of pelage coloration. In this study, we test if their current taxonomy is represented by the phylogenetic relationship o... Read More about Molecular phylogeny and systematics of bald uakaris, genus Cacajao (Primates: Pitheciidae), with the description of a new species..

Cattaneo-Christov dual diffusive non-Newtonian nanoliquid flow featuring nonlinear convection (2022)
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Beg, O., Nasir, M., Waqas, M., Kausar, M., & Zamri, N. (2022). Cattaneo-Christov dual diffusive non-Newtonian nanoliquid flow featuring nonlinear convection. Chinese Journal of Physics, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cjph.2022.05.005

A theoretical study is presented of the transport characteristics in double diffusive tangent hyperbolic (non-Newtonian) nanofluid boundary layer flow from a stretching flat surface. The Cattaneo– Christov (non-Fourier and non-Fickian) double diffu... Read More about Cattaneo-Christov dual diffusive non-Newtonian nanoliquid flow featuring nonlinear convection.

Amazonia camtrap: A dataset of mammal, bird, and reptile species recorded with camera traps in the Amazon forest. (2022)
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Antunes, A., Montanarin, A., Gräbin, D., Monteiro, E., de Pinho, F., Alvarenga, G., …Ribeiro, M. (2022). Amazonia camtrap: A dataset of mammal, bird, and reptile species recorded with camera traps in the Amazon forest. Ecology, 103(9), e3738. https://doi.org/10.1002/ecy.3738

The Amazon forest has the highest biodiversity on earth. However, information on Amazonian vertebrate diversity is still deficient and scattered across the published, peer-reviewed and grey literature and in unpublished raw data. Camera traps are an... Read More about Amazonia camtrap: A dataset of mammal, bird, and reptile species recorded with camera traps in the Amazon forest..

Analysis and validation of a 3D finite element model for human forearm fracture. (2022)
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Liu, J., Mustafa, A., Lees, V. C., Qian, Z., Wei, G., Lu, X., …Wang, K. (2022). Analysis and validation of a 3D finite element model for human forearm fracture. International Journal for Numerical Methods in Biomedical Engineering, 38(9), e3617. https://doi.org/10.1002/cnm.3617

Most researchers have performed finite element (FE) analysis of the human forearm fracture by exploring the strength and load transmission of the bones. However, few studies concentrated a complete simulation of the whole forearm complex including li... Read More about Analysis and validation of a 3D finite element model for human forearm fracture..

Assessing Soil Degradation and Risk in Relation to Metal Pollution in Hindon River Water-Irrigated Soils of Western Uttar Pradesh of India (2022)
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Golui, D., Dali, M., Singh, R., Datta, S. P., Mandal, J., Ray, P., …Kumar, R. (2022). Assessing Soil Degradation and Risk in Relation to Metal Pollution in Hindon River Water-Irrigated Soils of Western Uttar Pradesh of India. Water, Air, and Soil Pollution, 233(5), https://doi.org/10.1007/s11270-022-05640-7

Soil degradation with metal pollution was assessed in polluted river water-irrigated soils. Human health risk from ingestion of metal by way of eating of edible portion of plants, raised on these soils, was predicted based on the free ion activity in... Read More about Assessing Soil Degradation and Risk in Relation to Metal Pollution in Hindon River Water-Irrigated Soils of Western Uttar Pradesh of India.

A novel RBFNN-CNN model for speaker identification in stressful talking environments (2022)
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Nassif, A., Alnazzawi, N., Shahin, I., Salloum, S., Hindawi, N., Lataifeh, M., & Elnagar, A. (2022). A novel RBFNN-CNN model for speaker identification in stressful talking environments. Applied Sciences, 12(10), https://doi.org/10.3390/app12104841

Speaker identification systems perform almost ideally in neutral talking environments. However, these systems perform poorly in stressful talking environments. In this paper, we present an effective approach for enhancing the performance of speaker i... Read More about A novel RBFNN-CNN model for speaker identification in stressful talking environments.

Characterisation of a Novel Acetyl Xylan Esterase (BaAXE) screened from the Gut Microbiota of the Common Black Slug (Arion ater) (2022)
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Madubuike, H., & Ferry, N. (2022). Characterisation of a Novel Acetyl Xylan Esterase (BaAXE) screened from the Gut Microbiota of the Common Black Slug (Arion ater). Molecules, 27(9), 2999. https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules27092999

Acetyl xylan esterases (AXEs) are enzymes capable of hydrolysing the acetyl bonds in acetylated xylan, allowing for enhanced activity of backbone-depolymerizing enzymes. Bioprospecting novel AXE is essential in designing enzyme cocktails with desired... Read More about Characterisation of a Novel Acetyl Xylan Esterase (BaAXE) screened from the Gut Microbiota of the Common Black Slug (Arion ater).

The International Virus Bioinformatics Meeting 2022 (2022)
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Hufsky, F., Beslic, D., Boeckaerts, D., Duchene, S., Gonzalez Tortuero, E., Gruber, A., …Marz, M. (2022). The International Virus Bioinformatics Meeting 2022. Viruses, 14(5), 973. https://doi.org/10.3390/v14050973

The International Virus Bioinformatics Meeting 2022 took place online, on 23-25 March 2022, and has attracted about 380 participants from all over the world. The goal of the meeting was to provide a meaningful and interactive scientific environment t... Read More about The International Virus Bioinformatics Meeting 2022.

Ensuring robust radiological risk assessment for wildlife: insights from the International Atomic Energy Agency EMRAS and MODARIA programmes. (2022)
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Beresford, N., Beaugelin-Seiller, K., Barnett, C., Brown, J., Doering, C., Caffrey, E., …beresford, N. (2022). Ensuring robust radiological risk assessment for wildlife: insights from the International Atomic Energy Agency EMRAS and MODARIA programmes. Journal of Radiological Protection, 42(2), https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6498/ac6043

In response to changing international recommendations and national requirements, a number of assessment approaches, and associated tools and models, have been developed over the last circa 20 years to assess radiological risk to wildlife. In this pap... Read More about Ensuring robust radiological risk assessment for wildlife: insights from the International Atomic Energy Agency EMRAS and MODARIA programmes..

Modern Optimal Controllers for Hybrid Active Power Filter to Minimize Harmonic Distortion (2022)
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Alasali, F., Nusair, K., Foudeh, H., Holderbaum, W., Vinayagam, A., & Aziz, A. (2022). Modern Optimal Controllers for Hybrid Active Power Filter to Minimize Harmonic Distortion. Electronics, 11(9), e1453. https://doi.org/10.3390/electronics11091453

Nowadays, AC distributed power networks are facing many challenges in guaranteeing and improving the required level of power quality indices in power networks with increasing nonlinear, time-variable and unbalanced loads. Power networks can benefit f... Read More about Modern Optimal Controllers for Hybrid Active Power Filter to Minimize Harmonic Distortion.

An Episodic Learning Network for Text Detection on Human Bodies in Sports Images (2022)
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Nath Chowdhury, P., Shivakumara, P., Raghavendra, R., Nag, S., Pal, U., Lu, T., & Lopresti, D. (2022). An Episodic Learning Network for Text Detection on Human Bodies in Sports Images. IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems for Video Technology, 32, 2279 - 2289. https://doi.org/10.1109/TCSVT.2021.3092713

Due to the proliferation of sports-related multimedia content on the WWW, effective visual search and retrieval present interesting research challenges. These are caused by poor image quality, a wide range of possible camera points of view, pose vari... Read More about An Episodic Learning Network for Text Detection on Human Bodies in Sports Images.

Environmental enrichment for collared peccaries Dicotyles tajacu, Tayassuidae in managed care: Different items provoke different behavioural responses (2022)
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de Faria, C., Fa, F., Costa, D., da Silva, M., da Silva, B., Young, R., & Azevado, C. (2022). Environmental enrichment for collared peccaries Dicotyles tajacu, Tayassuidae in managed care: Different items provoke different behavioural responses. ˜The œJournal of zoo and aquarium research, 10(2), 82-90. https://doi.org/10.19227/jzar.v10i2.61082OPEN

Being in human care often modifies the behaviour of animals, mainly because of the lack of environmental stimuli, and the ease of finding food and reproductive partners. Animals in human care may have a poorer behavioural repertoire and lower welfare... Read More about Environmental enrichment for collared peccaries Dicotyles tajacu, Tayassuidae in managed care: Different items provoke different behavioural responses.