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Gyroscope sensor based in vivo finger axes of rotation identification using screw displacement (2021)
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Zhu, Y., Wei, G., Ren, L., Luo, Z., & Shang, J. (2021). Gyroscope sensor based in vivo finger axes of rotation identification using screw displacement. Applied Bionics and Biomechanics, 2021, 8871593. https://doi.org/10.1155/2021/8871593

This paper presents a low-cost, efficient, and portable in vivo method for identifying axes of rotation of the proximal interphalangeal and distal interphalangeal joints in an index finger. The approach is associated with the screw displacement repre... Read More about Gyroscope sensor based in vivo finger axes of rotation identification using screw displacement.

Caça de Vertebrados no Parque Nacional da Serra do Divisor, Acre (2021)
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Lemos, L., Rocha El Bizri, H., Valsecchi, J., Santos, A., Koga, D., & Silva, F. (2021). Caça de Vertebrados no Parque Nacional da Serra do Divisor, Acre

Apesar de a caça de animais silvestres garantir a segurança alimentar de populações rurais e indígenas na Amazônia, a atividade representa um desafio para a conservação da biodiversidade. Mesmo em unidades de conservação (UCs), o impacto da extração... Read More about Caça de Vertebrados no Parque Nacional da Serra do Divisor, Acre.

Mathematical modelling of unsteady solute dispersion in two-fluid (micropolar-Newtonian) blood flow with bulk reaction (2021)
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Roy, A., & Beg, O. (2021). Mathematical modelling of unsteady solute dispersion in two-fluid (micropolar-Newtonian) blood flow with bulk reaction. International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer, 122, 105169. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.icheatmasstransfer.2021.105169

A mathematical model is developed for axisymmetric, incompressible, and fully developed hemodynamic transport of a reactive diffusing species, e. g. oxygen, in a rigid, impermeable artery under constant axial pressure gradient which undergoes a fir... Read More about Mathematical modelling of unsteady solute dispersion in two-fluid (micropolar-Newtonian) blood flow with bulk reaction.

Numerical study of engine performance and emissions for port injection of ammonia into a gasoline\ethanol dual-fuel spark ignition engine (2021)
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Salek, F., Babaie, M., Shakeri, A., Hosseini, S., Bodisco, T., & Zare, A. (2021). Numerical study of engine performance and emissions for port injection of ammonia into a gasoline\ethanol dual-fuel spark ignition engine. Applied Sciences, 11(4), 1441. https://doi.org/10.3390/app11041441

This study aims to investigate the effect of the port injection of ammonia on performance, knock and NOx emission across a range of engine speeds in a gasoline/ethanol dual-fuel engine. An experimentally validated numerical model of a naturally aspir... Read More about Numerical study of engine performance and emissions for port injection of ammonia into a gasoline\ethanol dual-fuel spark ignition engine.

Role of circular RNAs in colorectal tumor microenvironment (2021)
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Viralippurath Ashraf, J., Sasidharan Nair, V., Saleh, R., & Elkord, E. (2021). Role of circular RNAs in colorectal tumor microenvironment. Biomedicine and Pharmacotherapy, 137, 111351. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biopha.2021.111351

Circular RNAs (circRNAs) are a class of endogenous noncoding RNA, which were previously considered as a byproduct of RNA splicing error. Numerous studies have demonstrated the altered expression of circRNAs in organ tissues during pathological condit... Read More about Role of circular RNAs in colorectal tumor microenvironment.

Infection with Trypanosoma lewisi or Trypanosoma musculi may promote the spread of Toxoplasma gondii (2021)
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Gao, J., Yi, S., Geng, G., Xu, Z., Hide, G., Lun, Z., & Lai, D. (2021). Infection with Trypanosoma lewisi or Trypanosoma musculi may promote the spread of Toxoplasma gondii. Parasitology, 148(6), 703-711. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0031182021000196

Toxoplasma gondii can infect almost all warm-blooded vertebrates with pathogensis being largely influenced by the host immune status. As important epidemiological hosts, rodents are globally distributed and are also commonly found infected with ha... Read More about Infection with Trypanosoma lewisi or Trypanosoma musculi may promote the spread of Toxoplasma gondii.

Kin structure and roost fidelity in greater noctule bats (2021)
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Santos, J., Meyer, C., Ibáñez, C., Popa-Lisseanu, A., & Juste, J. (2021). Kin structure and roost fidelity in greater noctule bats. Basic and Applied Ecology, 51, 20-29. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.baae.2021.02.001

Roost fidelity is an important aspect of mammalian biology. Studying the mechanisms underlying philopatry can help us understand a species’ energetic requirements, ecological constraints and social organisation. Temperate bat species notably exhibit... Read More about Kin structure and roost fidelity in greater noctule bats.

Metabolic reprogramming of T regulatory cells in the hypoxic tumor microenvironment (2021)
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Sasidharan Nair, V., Saleh, R., Toor, S., Cyprian, F., & Elkord, E. (2021). Metabolic reprogramming of T regulatory cells in the hypoxic tumor microenvironment. Cancer Immunology, Immunotherapy, 70(8), 2103-2121. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00262-020-02842-y

Metabolic dysregulation in the hypoxic tumor microenvironment (TME) is considered as a hallmark of solid tumors, leading to changes in biosynthetic pathways favoring onset, survival and proliferation of malignant cells. Within the TME, hypoxic milieu... Read More about Metabolic reprogramming of T regulatory cells in the hypoxic tumor microenvironment.

Surfactants: physicochemical interactions with biological macromolecules. (2021)
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Aguirre-Ramirez, M., Silva-Jimenez, H., Banat, I., & de Rienzo, M. (2021). Surfactants: physicochemical interactions with biological macromolecules. Biotechnology Letters, 43, 523-535. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10529-020-03054-1

Macromolecules are essential cellular components in biological systems responsible for performing a large number of functions that are necessary for growth and perseverance of living organisms. Proteins, lipids and carbohydrates are three major class... Read More about Surfactants: physicochemical interactions with biological macromolecules..

New insights in the expression of stromal caveolin 1 in breast cancer spread to axillary lymph nodes (2021)
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Scatena, C., Fanelli, G., Fanelli, G., Menicagli, M., Aretini, P., Ortenzi, V., …Naccarato, A. (2021). New insights in the expression of stromal caveolin 1 in breast cancer spread to axillary lymph nodes. Scientific reports, 11(1), 2755. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-82405-y

Recent evidence suggests that a loss of expression of caveolin in the stromal compartment (sCav-1) of human invasive breast carcinoma (IBC) may be a predictor of disease recurrence, metastasis and poor outcome. At present, there is little knowledge r... Read More about New insights in the expression of stromal caveolin 1 in breast cancer spread to axillary lymph nodes.

Global elongation and high shape flexibility as an evolutionary hypothesis of accommodating mammalian brains into skulls (2021)
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Weisbecker, V., Rowe, T., Wroe, S., Macrini, T. E., Garland, K. L. S., Travouillon, K. J., …Sherratt, E. (2021). Global elongation and high shape flexibility as an evolutionary hypothesis of accommodating mammalian brains into skulls. Evolution, 75(3), 625-640. https://doi.org/10.1111/evo.14163

Little is known about how the large brains of mammals are accommodated into the dazzling diversity of their skulls. It has been suggested that brain shape is influenced by relative brain size, that it evolves or develops according to extrinsic or int... Read More about Global elongation and high shape flexibility as an evolutionary hypothesis of accommodating mammalian brains into skulls.

Formative assessment that bites (2021)
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Haynes, B. (2021). Formative assessment that bites. Structural engineer (London. 1988), 99(2), 12-19

It is now an established fact that the learning cycle is greatly enhanced by timely and effective feedback. The use of formative assessment has now become an indispensable vehicle to facilitate student engagement in the feedback process, even if they... Read More about Formative assessment that bites.

BSGatlas: a unified Bacillus subtilis genome and transcriptome annotation atlas with enhanced information access (2021)
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Geissler, A. S., Anthon, C., Alkan, F., Gonzalez Tortuero, E., Poulsen, L. D., Kallehauge, T. B., …Gorodkin, J. (2021). BSGatlas: a unified Bacillus subtilis genome and transcriptome annotation atlas with enhanced information access. Microbial Genomics, 7(2), 000524. https://doi.org/10.1099/mgen.0.000524

A large part of our current understanding of gene regulation in Gram-positive bacteria is based on Bacillus subtilis , as it is one of the most well studied bacterial model systems. The rapid growth in data concerning its molecular and genomic biolog... Read More about BSGatlas: a unified Bacillus subtilis genome and transcriptome annotation atlas with enhanced information access.

Measuring community disaster resilience using Q-methods : a physical resilience perspective (2021)
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Tariq, H., Pathirage, C., & Fernando, T. (2021). Measuring community disaster resilience using Q-methods : a physical resilience perspective. Built Environment Project and Asset Management, 11(4), 722-737. https://doi.org/10.1108/bepam-03-2020-0053

Purpose Decision-makers, practitioners and community members have a need to assess the disaster resilience of their communities and to understand their own capacities in disaster situations. There is a lack of consensus among researchers as to what r... Read More about Measuring community disaster resilience using Q-methods : a physical resilience perspective.

Re-evaluating megaproject cost overruns : putting changes into perspective (2021)
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Walsh, A., & Walker, P. (2021). Re-evaluating megaproject cost overruns : putting changes into perspective. International journal of innovation and economic development, 6(6), 19-29. https://doi.org/10.18775/ijied.1849-7551-7020.2015.66.2002

The vast sums of money involved in megaprojects, and the perceived lack of public benefit, create controversy. Flyvberg’ s iron law asserts that megaprojects are over budget, over time, under benefits, over and over again (Flyvberg, 2018). More recen... Read More about Re-evaluating megaproject cost overruns : putting changes into perspective.

Psychoacoustic analysis of contra-rotating propeller noise for unmanned aerial vehicles (2021)
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Torija Martinez, A. J., Paruchuri, C., & Zhengguang, L. (2021). Psychoacoustic analysis of contra-rotating propeller noise for unmanned aerial vehicles. ˜The œJournal of the Acoustical Society of America (Online), 149(2), 835-846. https://doi.org/10.1121/10.0003432

Unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) technologies are rapidly advancing due to the unlimited number of applications from parcel delivery to people transportation. As the UAV market expands, community noise impact will become a significant problem for public... Read More about Psychoacoustic analysis of contra-rotating propeller noise for unmanned aerial vehicles.

The effect of metakaolin and hybrid polymers on the microstructure of concrete (2021)
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concrete. Periodicals of engineering and natural sciences, 9(1), 162-173

It has been established that metakaolin (MK) can be applied as a supplementary cementitious material and that some polymers can enhance substantial properties of concrete. Previous studies showed that, when used in combination, MK and polymers can... Read More about The effect of metakaolin and hybrid polymers on the microstructure of concrete.

Do captive golden mantella frogs recognise wild conspecifics calls? Responses to the playback of captive and wild calls (2021)
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Passos, L., Garcia, G., & Young, R. (2021). Do captive golden mantella frogs recognise wild conspecifics calls? Responses to the playback of captive and wild calls. #Journal not on list, 9(1), 49-54. https://doi.org/10.19227/jzar.v9i1.476

With so many species being threatened with extinction, captive breeding programmes are becoming an important aspect of ex-situ conservation. Captive populations are important for species conservation and for reintroduction back into the wild. Some of... Read More about Do captive golden mantella frogs recognise wild conspecifics calls? Responses to the playback of captive and wild calls.

Component replacement TPA : a transmissibility-based structural modification method for in-situ transfer path analysis (2021)
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Meggitt, J., Elliott, A., Moorhouse, A., Jalibert, A., & Franks, G. (2021). Component replacement TPA : a transmissibility-based structural modification method for in-situ transfer path analysis. Journal of Sound and Vibration, 499, 115991. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsv.2021.115991

In-situ Transfer Path Analysis is a diagnostic method used to analyse the propagation of noise and vibration through complex built-up structures. Its defining feature is the invariant characterisation of an assembly’s active components (i.e. vibrat... Read More about Component replacement TPA : a transmissibility-based structural modification method for in-situ transfer path analysis.

Energy conservation of bio-nanofluids past a needle in the presence of Stefan blowing : lie symmetry and numerical simulation (2021)
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Beg, O., Zohra, F., Uddin, M., & Ismail, A. (2021). Energy conservation of bio-nanofluids past a needle in the presence of Stefan blowing : lie symmetry and numerical simulation. Case Studies in Thermal Engineering, 24, 100861. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.csite.2021.100861

Thermal energy management associated with the transmission of heat is one of the main problems in many industrial setups (e.g. pharmaceutical, chemical and food) and bioengineering devices (e.g. hospital ventilation, heating, cooling devices, heat... Read More about Energy conservation of bio-nanofluids past a needle in the presence of Stefan blowing : lie symmetry and numerical simulation.