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Next‐generation phylogeography resolves post‐glacial colonization patterns in a widespread carnivore, the red fox (Vulpes vulpes), in Europe (2021)
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McDevitt, A., Coscia, I., Browett, S., Ruiz‐González, A., Statham, M., Ruczyńska, I., …Wójcik, J. (2022). Next‐generation phylogeography resolves post‐glacial colonization patterns in a widespread carnivore, the red fox (Vulpes vulpes), in Europe. Molecular Ecology, 31(3), 993-1006. https://doi.org/10.1111/mec.16276

Carnivores tend to exhibit a lack of (or less pronounced) genetic structure at continental scales in both a geographic and temporal sense and this can confound the identification of post-glacial colonization patterns in this group. In this study we u... Read More about Next‐generation phylogeography resolves post‐glacial colonization patterns in a widespread carnivore, the red fox (Vulpes vulpes), in Europe.

An analytical model for the triaxial compressive stress-strain relationships of Cemented Pasted Backfill (CPB) with different curing time (2021)
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Xiu, Z., Wang, S., Ji, Y., Wang, F., Ren, F., & Wang, P. (2021). An analytical model for the triaxial compressive stress-strain relationships of Cemented Pasted Backfill (CPB) with different curing time. Construction and Building Materials, 313, 125554. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2021.125554

The strength of Cemented Pasted Backfill (CPB) is gradually enhanced with the increase of curing time. It is of great significance to study the stress-strain behaviors of CPB with different curing time under triaxial loading conditions. The triaxial... Read More about An analytical model for the triaxial compressive stress-strain relationships of Cemented Pasted Backfill (CPB) with different curing time.

Students’ perception towards behavioral intention of audio and video teaching styles : an acceptance study (2021)
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Al-Maroof, R., AlAhbabi, N., Akour, I., Alhumaid, K., Ayoubi, K., Alnnaimi, M., …Salloum, S. (2022). Students’ perception towards behavioral intention of audio and video teaching styles : an acceptance study. International journal of data and network science (Online), 6(2), 603-618. https://doi.org/10.5267/j.ijdns.2021.11.004

Recently audio and video material has been used significantly in various online platforms. The audio-video materials enhance the teaching and learning process by facilitating the transformation of the data and providing a richer interactive environm... Read More about Students’ perception towards behavioral intention of audio and video teaching styles : an acceptance study.

Investigating digital technological competencies amongst Black Asian Minority Ethnic construction students in the UK (2021)
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Balogun, T., Awonuga, O., & Abowen-Dake, R. (2021). Investigating digital technological competencies amongst Black Asian Minority Ethnic construction students in the UK. Journal of Engineering, Design and Technology, https://doi.org/10.1108/JEDT-08-2021-0449

Purpose – This study aims to investigate Digital Technology (DT) competencies, training and awareness amongst Black Asian Minority Ethnic (BAME) construction student in the UK. Design/methodology/approach – This study uses a quantitative online sur... Read More about Investigating digital technological competencies amongst Black Asian Minority Ethnic construction students in the UK.

The EU Biodiversity Strategy for 2030 : opportunities and challenges on the path towards biodiversity recovery (2021)
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Hermoso, V., Carvalho, S., Giakoumi, S., Goldsborough, D., Katsanevakis, S., Leontiou, S., …Yates, K. (2022). The EU Biodiversity Strategy for 2030 : opportunities and challenges on the path towards biodiversity recovery. Environmental Science and Policy, 127, 263-271. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envsci.2021.10.028

The European Union (EU) has committed to an ambitious biodiversity recovery plan in its Biodiversity Strategy for 2030 and the Green Deal. These policies aim to halt biodiversity loss and move towards sustainable development, focusing on restoring de... Read More about The EU Biodiversity Strategy for 2030 : opportunities and challenges on the path towards biodiversity recovery.

Parasitology and One Health — perspectives on Africa and beyond (2021)
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Lorusso, V. (2021). Parasitology and One Health — perspectives on Africa and beyond. Pathogens, 10(11), e1437. https://doi.org/10.3390/pathogens10111437

This concept paper reviews issues pertaining to parasitic and vector-borne infections, of humans, animals, or both, of topical relevance to the African continent as well as to neighbouring and interconnected geographies. This analysis is carried out... Read More about Parasitology and One Health — perspectives on Africa and beyond.

Phishing website detection from URLs using classical machine learning ANN model (2021)
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Salloum, S., Gaber, T., Vadera, S., & Shaalan, K. (2021). Phishing website detection from URLs using classical machine learning ANN model. Lecture notes of the Institute for Computer Sciences, Social Informatics and Telecommunications Engineering (Internet), 2, 509-523. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-90022-9_28

Phishing is a serious form of online fraud made up of spoofed websites that attempt to gain users’ sensitive information by tricking them into believing that they are visiting a legitimate site. Phishing attacks can be detected many ways, including a... Read More about Phishing website detection from URLs using classical machine learning ANN model.

The effective creation of social value in infrastructure delivery (2021)
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Watts, G., Higham, A., & Abowen-Dake, R. (2021). The effective creation of social value in infrastructure delivery. Proceedings of the ICE - Engineering Sustainability, 175(4), 167-174. https://doi.org/10.1680/jensu.21.00052

The need to create social value during the delivery of infrastructure projects is growing in importance. However, it can be argued that the initial expectations of stakeholders at the outset of projects are not being achieved once the project is deli... Read More about The effective creation of social value in infrastructure delivery.

Uncertainty regarding species delimitation, geographic distribution, and the evolutionary history of south-central Amazonian titi monkey species (Plecturocebus, Pitheciidae) (2021)
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Byrne, H., Costa-Araujo, R., Farias, I., Silva, M., Messias, M., Hrbek, T., & Boubli, J. (2021). Uncertainty regarding species delimitation, geographic distribution, and the evolutionary history of south-central Amazonian titi monkey species (Plecturocebus, Pitheciidae). International Journal of Primatology,

Platyrrhine primate taxonomy is a rapidly evolving area of research. The recent description of the Parecis titi monkey, Plecturocebus parecis, has raised substantial questions regarding the taxonomy, distribution, and evolutionary history of titi tax... Read More about Uncertainty regarding species delimitation, geographic distribution, and the evolutionary history of south-central Amazonian titi monkey species (Plecturocebus, Pitheciidae).

Numerical study of axisymmetric magneto-gyrotactic bioconvection in non-Fourier tangent hyperbolic nano-functional reactive coating flow of a cylindrical body in porous media (2021)
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Kumaran, G., Sivaraj, R., Prasad, V., Beg, O., Leung, H., & Kamalov, F. (2021). Numerical study of axisymmetric magneto-gyrotactic bioconvection in non-Fourier tangent hyperbolic nano-functional reactive coating flow of a cylindrical body in porous media. European Physical Journal Plus, 136(11), 1107. https://doi.org/10.1140/epjp/s13360-021-02099-z

Modern functional nanomaterials coating processes feature an increasing range of intelligent properties including rheology, biological (bio-inspired) modifications, elaborate thermophysical behaviour and complex chemical reactions which are needed fo... Read More about Numerical study of axisymmetric magneto-gyrotactic bioconvection in non-Fourier tangent hyperbolic nano-functional reactive coating flow of a cylindrical body in porous media.

Investigating the flow behaviour of CO2 and N2 in porous medium using core flooding experiment (2021)
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Mohammed, N., Abubakar, A., Enyi, G., Abba, M., Onukak, I., Saidu, B., …Yar’adua, H. (2022). Investigating the flow behaviour of CO2 and N2 in porous medium using core flooding experiment. Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering, 208(E), 109753. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.petrol.2021.109753

Several researchers employed N2 to augment CH4 recovery efficiency and CO2 sequestration during the Enhanced Gas Recovery (EGR) process in consolidated rocks. To our knowledge, there has been limited data backing the reason why CO2 experienced a more... Read More about Investigating the flow behaviour of CO2 and N2 in porous medium using core flooding experiment.

Computational simulation of rheological blood flow containing hybrid nanoparticles in an inclined catheterized artery with stenotic, aneurysmal and slip effects (2021)
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Tripathi, J., Vasu, B., Beg, O., Gorla, R., & Kameswaran, P. (2021). Computational simulation of rheological blood flow containing hybrid nanoparticles in an inclined catheterized artery with stenotic, aneurysmal and slip effects. Computers in Biology and Medicine, 139, 105009. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compbiomed.2021.105009

Influenced by nano-drug delivery applications, the present article considers the collective effects of hybrid biocompatible metallic nanoparticles (Silver and Copper), a stenosis and an aneurysm on the unsteady blood flow characteristics in a cathe... Read More about Computational simulation of rheological blood flow containing hybrid nanoparticles in an inclined catheterized artery with stenotic, aneurysmal and slip effects.

Flood-induced hydrodynamic and debris impact forces on single-span masonry arch bridge (2021)
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Majtan, E., Cunningham, L., & Rogers, B. (2021). Flood-induced hydrodynamic and debris impact forces on single-span masonry arch bridge. Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, 147(11), https://doi.org/10.1061/%28ASCE%29HY.1943-7900.0001932

This paper explores flood-induced hydrodynamic and debris impact forces on masonry arch bridges using the numerical method smoothed particle hydrodynamics (SPH). Masonry arch bridges make up a significant proportion of the bridge stock in many parts... Read More about Flood-induced hydrodynamic and debris impact forces on single-span masonry arch bridge.

Retrofitting post-war office buildings: Interventions for energy efficiency, improved comfort, productivity and cost reduction (2021)
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Duran, Ö., & J. Lomas, K. (2021). Retrofitting post-war office buildings: Interventions for energy efficiency, improved comfort, productivity and cost reduction. Journal of Building Engineering, 42, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jobe.2021.102746

Within the UK non-domestic building stock, offices built between 1940 and 1980, are especially in need of retrofit, they can suffer from high energy consumption and thermal discomfort. Many post-war offices will still be in use throughout the first h... Read More about Retrofitting post-war office buildings: Interventions for energy efficiency, improved comfort, productivity and cost reduction.

Augmentation of heat transfer via nanofluids in duct flows using Fourier-type conditions : theoretical and numerical study (2021)
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Umavathi, J., & Beg, O. (2021). Augmentation of heat transfer via nanofluids in duct flows using Fourier-type conditions : theoretical and numerical study. Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part E: Journal of Process Mechanical Engineering, 236(3), 926-941. https://doi.org/10.1177/09544089211052025

Motivated by developments in thermal duct processing, an investigation is presented to study the behavior of viscous nanoparticle suspensions flowing in a vertical duct subject to Fourier-type conditions. The left wall temperature is kept lower than... Read More about Augmentation of heat transfer via nanofluids in duct flows using Fourier-type conditions : theoretical and numerical study.

Thermo‐electrokinetic rotating non‐Newtonian hybrid nanofluid flow from an accelerating vertical surface (2021)
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Prakash, J., Tripathi, D., Beg, O., Tiwari, A. K., & Kumar, R. (2022). Thermo‐electrokinetic rotating non‐Newtonian hybrid nanofluid flow from an accelerating vertical surface. Heat Transfer, 51(2), 1746-1777. https://doi.org/10.1002/htj.22373

AbstractThis paper explores the combined effects of Coriolis force and electric force on the rotating boundary layer flow and heat transfer in a viscoplastic hybrid nanofluid from a vertical exponentially accelerated plate. The hybrid nanofluid compr... Read More about Thermo‐electrokinetic rotating non‐Newtonian hybrid nanofluid flow from an accelerating vertical surface.

Innate resistance to Leishmania amazonensis Infection in rat is dependent on NOS2 (2021)
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Chen, Y., Yu, S., Wu, C., Wu, N., Shen, J., Shen, J., …Lun, Z. (2021). Innate resistance to Leishmania amazonensis Infection in rat is dependent on NOS2. Frontiers in Microbiology, 12, 733286. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2021.733286

Leishmania infection causes diverse clinical manifestations in humans. The disease outcome is complicated by the combination of many host and parasite factors. Inbred mouse strains vary in resistance to Leishmania major but are highly susceptible to... Read More about Innate resistance to Leishmania amazonensis Infection in rat is dependent on NOS2.

Construction waste minimization : a narrative review (2021)
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Alhawamdeh, M., & Lee, A. (2021). Construction waste minimization : a narrative review. International Journal of Environmental Sustainability, 18(1), https://doi.org/10.18848/2325-1077/CGP/v18i01/1-33

Colossal growth of construction waste (CW) generation worldwide, and its consequential environmental and economic impact, has ensured that construction waste minimization (CWM) practice is critical. Notably, the largest proportion of waste generation... Read More about Construction waste minimization : a narrative review.

Spectral computation of reactive bi-directional hydromagnetic non-Newtonian convection flow from a stretching upper parabolic surface in non-Darcy porous medium (2021)
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Shahid, A., Bhatti, M., Beg, O., Animasaun, I., & Javid, K. (2021). Spectral computation of reactive bi-directional hydromagnetic non-Newtonian convection flow from a stretching upper parabolic surface in non-Darcy porous medium. International Journal of Modern Physics B, 35(29), 2150294. https://doi.org/10.1142/S0217979221502945

The current article presents a mathematical model for bi-directional convection magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) tangent hyperbolic nanofluid flow from the upper horizontal subsurface of a stretching parabolic surface to a non-Darcian porous medium, as a... Read More about Spectral computation of reactive bi-directional hydromagnetic non-Newtonian convection flow from a stretching upper parabolic surface in non-Darcy porous medium.

Genetic and morphological data demonstrate hybridization and backcrossing in a pair of salamanders at the far end of the speciation continuum (2021)
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Arntzen, J., Jehle, R., & Wielstra, B. (2021). Genetic and morphological data demonstrate hybridization and backcrossing in a pair of salamanders at the far end of the speciation continuum. Evolutionary Applications, 14(12), 2784-2793. https://doi.org/10.1111/eva.13312

Deeply diverged yet hybridizing species provide a system to investigate the final stages of the speciation process. We study a hybridizing pair of salamander species — the morphologically and genetically drastically different newts Triturus cristat... Read More about Genetic and morphological data demonstrate hybridization and backcrossing in a pair of salamanders at the far end of the speciation continuum.