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Rheological properties of the water-based muds composed of silica nanoparticle under high pressure and high temperature (HPHT) (2022)
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Martin, C., Babaie, M., Nourian, A., & Nasr, G. (2022). Rheological properties of the water-based muds composed of silica nanoparticle under high pressure and high temperature (HPHT). SPE Journal, 27(5), 2563-2576. https://doi.org/10.2118/209786-PA

Research currently has shown two contradicting conclusions about silica nanoparticle (SNP) application in mud fluid. While different studies have concluded that adding SNPs reduces the rheological properties, others have found that this is not the ca... Read More about Rheological properties of the water-based muds composed of silica nanoparticle under high pressure and high temperature (HPHT).

Inhibitory Immune Checkpoint Receptors and Ligands as Prognostic Biomarkers in COVID-19 Patients. (2022)
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Al-Mterin, M. A., Alsalman, A., & Elkord, E. (2022). Inhibitory Immune Checkpoint Receptors and Ligands as Prognostic Biomarkers in COVID-19 Patients. Frontiers in Immunology, 13, 870283. https://doi.org/10.3389/fimmu.2022.870283

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is caused by SARS-CoV-2. During T-cell activation, the immune system uses different checkpoint pathways to maintain co-inhibitory and co-stimulatory signals. In COVID-19, expression of immune checkpoints (ICs) is o... Read More about Inhibitory Immune Checkpoint Receptors and Ligands as Prognostic Biomarkers in COVID-19 Patients..

Thermo-solutal dual stratified convective magnetized fluid flow from an exponentially stretching Riga plate sensor surface with thermophoresis (2022)
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Shamshuddin, M., Mabood, F., Rajput, G., Beg, O., & Badruudin, I. (2022). Thermo-solutal dual stratified convective magnetized fluid flow from an exponentially stretching Riga plate sensor surface with thermophoresis. International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer, 134, 105997. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.icheatmasstransfer.2022.105997

A theoretical study is presented for the coupled thermo-solutal free convection twodimensional boundary layer flow of a of a magnetized fluid from an exponentially stretched magnetic sensor (Riga plate) surface. Heat generation/absorption, nonlinear... Read More about Thermo-solutal dual stratified convective magnetized fluid flow from an exponentially stretching Riga plate sensor surface with thermophoresis.

Simulation of diabetic retinopathy utilizing convolutional neural networks (2022)
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Rajarajeswari, P., Moorthy, J., & Beg, O. (2022). Simulation of diabetic retinopathy utilizing convolutional neural networks. Journal of Mechanics in Medicine and Biology, 22(2), https://doi.org/10.1142/S0219519422500117

Currently, diabetic retinopathy is still screened as a three-stage classification, which is a tedious strategy and along these lines of this paper focuses on developing an improved methodology. In this methodology, we taught a convolutional neural ne... Read More about Simulation of diabetic retinopathy utilizing convolutional neural networks.

Transplantation of Gut Microbiota From High-Fat-Diet-Tolerant Cynomolgus Monkeys Alleviates Hyperlipidemia and Hepatic Steatosis in Rats. (2022)
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Gao, J., Rao, J., Wei, Z., Xia, S., Huang, L., Tang, M., …Chen, J. (2022). Transplantation of Gut Microbiota From High-Fat-Diet-Tolerant Cynomolgus Monkeys Alleviates Hyperlipidemia and Hepatic Steatosis in Rats. Frontiers in Microbiology, 13, 876043. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2022.876043

Emerging evidence has been reported to support the involvement of the gut microbiota in the host's blood lipid and hyperlipidemia (HLP). However, there remains unexplained variation in the host's blood lipid phenotype. Herein a nonhuman primate HLP m... Read More about Transplantation of Gut Microbiota From High-Fat-Diet-Tolerant Cynomolgus Monkeys Alleviates Hyperlipidemia and Hepatic Steatosis in Rats..

Genomic signatures of high-altitude adaptation and chromosomal polymorphism in geladas. (2022)
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Chiou, K. L., Janiak, M., Schneider-Crease, I. A., Sen, S., Ayele, F., Chuma, I. S., …Snyder-Mackler, N. (2022). Genomic signatures of high-altitude adaptation and chromosomal polymorphism in geladas. Nature Ecology and Evolution, 6, 630-643. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-022-01703-4

Primates have adapted to numerous environments and lifestyles but very few species are native to high elevations. Here we investigated high-altitude adaptations in the gelada (Theropithecus gelada), a monkey endemic to the Ethiopian Plateau. We exami... Read More about Genomic signatures of high-altitude adaptation and chromosomal polymorphism in geladas..

Computational framework of magnetized MgO-Ni/water based stagnation nanoflow past an elastic stretching surface : application in solar energy coatings (2022)
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Bhatti, M., Beg, O., & Abdelsalam, S. (2022). Computational framework of magnetized MgO-Ni/water based stagnation nanoflow past an elastic stretching surface : application in solar energy coatings. Nanomaterials, 12(7), 1049. https://doi.org/10.3390/nano12071049

In this article, motivated by novel nanofluid solar energy coating systems, a mathematical model of hybrid Magnesium oxide (MgO)-nickel (Ni) nanofluid magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) stagnation point flow impinging on a porous elastic stretching surface... Read More about Computational framework of magnetized MgO-Ni/water based stagnation nanoflow past an elastic stretching surface : application in solar energy coatings.

Spatial mixture modeling for analyzing a rainfall pattern: A case study in Ireland (2022)
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Hussein, A., & Kadhem, S. (2022). Spatial mixture modeling for analyzing a rainfall pattern: A case study in Ireland. Open Engineering, 12(1), 204-214. https://doi.org/10.1515/eng-2022-0024

Abstract This study investigates the spatial heterogeneity in the maximum monthly rainfall amounts reported by stations in Ireland from January 2018 to December 2020. The heterogeneity is modeled by the Bayesian normal mixture model with different ra... Read More about Spatial mixture modeling for analyzing a rainfall pattern: A case study in Ireland.

Freelisting as a suitable method to estimate the composition and harvest rates of hunted species in tropical forests (2022)
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Alvares Oliveira, M., El Bizri, H. R., Queiroz Morcatty, T., Rezende Messias, M., & Rodrigues da Costa Doria, C. (in press). Freelisting as a suitable method to estimate the composition and harvest rates of hunted species in tropical forests. #Journal not on list, 11, https://doi.org/10.15451/ec2022-03-11.08-1-9

The aim of this study was to test the use of measures obtained from freelisting as possible surrogates of the harvest rate of game species. For this purpose, we interviewed 100 rural and urban hunters in southwestern Amazonia to obtain the frequency... Read More about Freelisting as a suitable method to estimate the composition and harvest rates of hunted species in tropical forests.

N-mixture models provide informative crocodile (Crocodylus moreletii) abundance estimates in dynamic environments (2022)
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Nobrega, J., González-Jaurégui, M., & Jehle, R. (2022). N-mixture models provide informative crocodile (Crocodylus moreletii) abundance estimates in dynamic environments. PeerJ, 10, e12906

Estimates of animal abundance provide essential information for population ecological studies. However, the recording of individuals in the field can be challenging, and accurate estimates require analytical techniques which account for imperfect... Read More about N-mixture models provide informative crocodile (Crocodylus moreletii) abundance estimates in dynamic environments.

Computation of reactive thermosolutal micropolar nanofluid Sakiadis convection flow with gold/silver metallic nanoparticles (2022)
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Shamshuddin, M., Ferdows, M., Beg, O., Beg, T., & Leonard, H. (in press). Computation of reactive thermosolutal micropolar nanofluid Sakiadis convection flow with gold/silver metallic nanoparticles. Waves in Random and Complex Media, https://doi.org/10.1080/17455030.2022.2051773

In the present study, a mathematical model is developed by combining the Tiwari-Das nanofluid formulation with the Eringen micro-morphic model to simulate the thermo-solutal natural convection chemically reacting micropolar nanofluid flow from a pe... Read More about Computation of reactive thermosolutal micropolar nanofluid Sakiadis convection flow with gold/silver metallic nanoparticles.

Computation of bio-nano-convection power law slip flow from a needle with blowing effects in a porous medium (2022)
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Uddin, J., Amirsom, N., Beg, O., & Ismail, A. (in press). Computation of bio-nano-convection power law slip flow from a needle with blowing effects in a porous medium. Waves in Random and Complex Media, https://doi.org/10.1080/17455030.2022.2048919

Transport phenomena with fluid flow, heat, mass, nanoparticle species and microorganism transfer external to a needle in a porous medium have many biomedical engineering applications (e. g. hypodermic needles used in hemotology). It is also used to... Read More about Computation of bio-nano-convection power law slip flow from a needle with blowing effects in a porous medium.

Automatic face mask detection system in public transportation in smart cities using IoT and deep learning (2022)
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Kumar, T., Rajmohan, R., Pavithra, M., Ajagbe, S., Hodhod, R., & Gaber, T. (2022). Automatic face mask detection system in public transportation in smart cities using IoT and deep learning. Electronics, 11(6), 904. https://doi.org/10.3390/electronics11060904

The World Health Organization (WHO) has stated that the spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19) is on a global scale and that wearing a face mask at work is the only effective way to avoid becoming infected with the virus. The pandemic made governments... Read More about Automatic face mask detection system in public transportation in smart cities using IoT and deep learning.

Mobility as a service : defining a transport utopia (2022)
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Brown, C., Hardman, M., Davies, N., & Armitage, R. (2022). Mobility as a service : defining a transport utopia. Future Transportation, 2(1), 300-309

Having been widely acknowledged as enabling access to education, employment, leisure and social activities, transport choices are also the cause of many challenges cities face. Recognising that change is needed, planners and policymakers are consider... Read More about Mobility as a service : defining a transport utopia.

Prediction of the intention to use a smartwatch : a comparative approach using machine learning and partial least squares structural equation modeling (2022)
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Elnagar, A., Alnazzawi, N., Afyouni, I., Shahin, I., Bou Nassif, A., & Salloum, S. (2022). Prediction of the intention to use a smartwatch : a comparative approach using machine learning and partial least squares structural equation modeling. Informatics in Medicine Unlocked, 29, 100913. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.imu.2022.100913

This study makes use of a cohesive yet innovative research model to identify the determinants of the adoption of smart watches using constructs from the Technology Acceptance Model (TAM) and constructs of smartwatches, including effectiveness, conten... Read More about Prediction of the intention to use a smartwatch : a comparative approach using machine learning and partial least squares structural equation modeling.

Versailles project on advanced materials and standards (VAMAS) interlaboratory study on measuring the number concentration of colloidal gold nanoparticles (2022)
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Minelli, C., Wywijas, M., Bartczak, D., Cuello-Nuñez, S., Infante, H. G., Deumer, J., …Shard, A. (2022). Versailles project on advanced materials and standards (VAMAS) interlaboratory study on measuring the number concentration of colloidal gold nanoparticles. Nanoscale, 14(12), 4690-4704. https://doi.org/10.1039/d1nr07775a

This study compared results of nanoparticle number concentration measurements collected from 74 instruments hosted across 50 laboratories, providing users with useful discussion and reference data to assess and benchmark their measurement capability.

Reproductive phenologies of phyllostomid bats in the Central Amazon (2022)
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Hazard, Q., Sabino-Pinto, J., López-Baucells, A., Farneda, F., Meyer, C., & Rocha, R. (2022). Reproductive phenologies of phyllostomid bats in the Central Amazon. Mammalian Biology, https://doi.org/10.1007/s42991-022-00242-6

Mammals tend to align their most energetically demanding phenological events with periods of peak resource availability. Their reproductive phenology is influenced by local resource availability, potentially leading to geographical variation in their... Read More about Reproductive phenologies of phyllostomid bats in the Central Amazon.

Comparison of 3 randomized clinical trials of frontline therapies for malignant pleural mesothelioma (2022)
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Meirson, T., Pentimalli, F., Cerza, F., Baglio, G., Gray, S., Correale, P., …Mutti, L. (2022). Comparison of 3 randomized clinical trials of frontline therapies for malignant pleural mesothelioma. Jama Network Open, 5(3), e221490. https://doi.org/10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.1490

Importance: Some recently proposed frontline therapies for malignant pleural mesothelioma (MPM) are very costly, yet their impact on quality of life and overall survival of these patients remains arguable. Given the high social toll of this aggressiv... Read More about Comparison of 3 randomized clinical trials of frontline therapies for malignant pleural mesothelioma.

Investigation of metrics for assessing human response to drone noise (2022)
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Torija Martinez, A., & Nicholls, R. (2022). Investigation of metrics for assessing human response to drone noise. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19(6), 3152. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19063152

Novel electric air transportation is emerging as an industry that could help to improve the lives of people living in both metropolitan and rural areas through integration into infrastructure and services. However, as this new resource of accessibili... Read More about Investigation of metrics for assessing human response to drone noise.