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Accessibility in 360º video players (2020)
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Hughes, C., & Montagud, M. (2021). Accessibility in 360º video players. Multimedia Tools and Applications, 80(20), 30993-31020. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11042-020-10088-0

Accessibility is a key requirement for any multimedia tool and application. With the current trend towards immersive experiences, such as Virtual Reality (VR) and 360o video, it becomes key that these environments are adapted to be fully accessible... Read More about Accessibility in 360º video players.

Twelve recommendations for advancing marine conservation in European and contiguous seas (2020)
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Katsanevakis, S., Coll, M., Fraschetti, S., Giakoumi, S., Goldsborough, D., Mačić, V., …Yates, K. (2020). Twelve recommendations for advancing marine conservation in European and contiguous seas. Frontiers in Marine Science, 7, 565968. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2020.565968

Like most ocean regions today, the European and contiguous seas experience cumulative impacts from local human activities and global pressures. They are largely in poor environmental condition with deteriorating trends. Despite several success storie... Read More about Twelve recommendations for advancing marine conservation in European and contiguous seas.

Mitochondrial Fission Factor (MFF) inhibits mitochondrial metabolism and reduces breast cancer stem cell (CSC) activity (2020)
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Sánchez-Alvarez, R., De Francesco, E., Fiorillo, M., Sotgia, F., & Lisanti, M. (2020). Mitochondrial Fission Factor (MFF) inhibits mitochondrial metabolism and reduces breast cancer stem cell (CSC) activity. Frontiers in Oncology, 10, 1776. https://doi.org/10.3389/fonc.2020.01776

Elevated mitochondrial biogenesis and metabolism represent key features of breast cancer stem cells (CSCs), whose propagation is conducive to disease onset and progression. Therefore, interfering with mitochondria biology and function may be regarded... Read More about Mitochondrial Fission Factor (MFF) inhibits mitochondrial metabolism and reduces breast cancer stem cell (CSC) activity.

Detection and identification of ethanal-derived spin-trapped free radicals using headspace thermal desorption gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (TD-GC-MS) (2020)
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Manzoor, K., Mishra, S., & Podmore, I. (2020). Detection and identification of ethanal-derived spin-trapped free radicals using headspace thermal desorption gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (TD-GC-MS). Free Radical Research, 54(10), 745-755. https://doi.org/10.1080/10715762.2020.1841183

In this study, we demonstrate a novel approach to the detection and identification of the products of spin-trapped free radicals. Hydroxyl free radicals were generated by Fenton-based chemistry in the presence of ethanal and the spin-trapping agent... Read More about Detection and identification of ethanal-derived spin-trapped free radicals using headspace thermal desorption gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (TD-GC-MS).

In celebration of the K8 telephone kiosk – Britain’s last red, cast-iron phonebox (2020)
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Linge, N., Sutton, A., Hurley, A., & Johannessen, N. (2020). In celebration of the K8 telephone kiosk – Britain’s last red, cast-iron phonebox. Industrial Archaeology Review, 42(2), 141-153. https://doi.org/10.1080/03090728.2020.1812026

Whilst every country in the world has introduced phoneboxes onto its streets, the UK stands alone in having adopted the red phonebox as a symbol of its national identity. However, that symbol is of phonebox designs produced by Giles Gilbert Scott... Read More about In celebration of the K8 telephone kiosk – Britain’s last red, cast-iron phonebox.

New 12S metabarcoding primers for enhanced Neotropical freshwater fish biodiversity assessment (2020)
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Milan, D., Mendes, I., Damasceno, J., Teixeria, D., Guimaraes Sales, N., & Carvalho, D. (2020). New 12S metabarcoding primers for enhanced Neotropical freshwater fish biodiversity assessment. Scientific reports, 10, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-74902-3

The megadiverse Neotropical fish fauna lacks a comprehensive and reliable DNA reference database, which hampers precise species identification and DNA based biodiversity assessment in the region. Here, we developed a mitochondrial 12S ribosomal DNA r... Read More about New 12S metabarcoding primers for enhanced Neotropical freshwater fish biodiversity assessment.

Aggressive mimicry in a coral reef fish: The prey's view (2020)
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Pierotti, M., Wandycz, A., Wandycz, P., Rebelein, A., Corredor, V., Tashiro, J., …Loew, E. (2020). Aggressive mimicry in a coral reef fish: The prey's view. Ecology and Evolution, 10(23), 12990-13010. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.6883

Since all forms of mimicry are based on perceptual deception, the sensory ecology of the intended receiver is of paramount importance to test the necessary precondition for mimicry to occur, that is, model-mimic misidentification, and to gain insight... Read More about Aggressive mimicry in a coral reef fish: The prey's view.

Modelling the effects of ionising radiation on a vole population from the Chernobyl Red forest in an ecological context (2020)
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Vives i Batlle, J., Sazykina, T., Kryshev, A., Wood, M., Smith, K., Copplestone, D., & Biermans, G. (2020). Modelling the effects of ionising radiation on a vole population from the Chernobyl Red forest in an ecological context. Ecological Modelling, 438, 109306. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2020.109306

A novel mathematical model was developed to study the historical effects of ionising radiation from the 1986 Chernobyl accident on a vole population. The model uses an ecosystem approach combining radiation damages and repair, life history and ecolog... Read More about Modelling the effects of ionising radiation on a vole population from the Chernobyl Red forest in an ecological context.

Protein disulfide isomerase A1 regulates breast cancer cell immunorecognition in a manner dependent on redox state (2020)
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Alhammad, R., Khunchai, S., Tongmuang, N., Limjindaporn, T., Yenchitsomanus, P., Mutti, L., …Demonacos, C. (2020). Protein disulfide isomerase A1 regulates breast cancer cell immunorecognition in a manner dependent on redox state. Oncology Reports, 44(6), 2406-2418. https://doi.org/10.3892/or.2020.7816

Oxidoreductase protein disulphide isomerases (PDI) are involved in the regulation of a variety of biological processes including the modulation of endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress, unfolded protein response (UPR), ER‑mitochondria communication and t... Read More about Protein disulfide isomerase A1 regulates breast cancer cell immunorecognition in a manner dependent on redox state.

Cold-start NOx emissions : diesel and waste lubricating oil as a fuel additive (2020)
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Zare, A., Bodisco, T., Jafari, M., Verma, P., Yang, L., Babaie, M., …Stevanovic, S. (2021). Cold-start NOx emissions : diesel and waste lubricating oil as a fuel additive. Fuel, 286(Part 2), 119430. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fuel.2020.119430

NOx emissions from diesel engines are a concern from both environmental and health perspectives. Recently this attention has targeted cold-start emissions highlighting that emission after-treatment systems are not effective in this period. Using a 6-... Read More about Cold-start NOx emissions : diesel and waste lubricating oil as a fuel additive.

A comparative review on mobile robot path planning : classical or meta-heuristic methods? (2020)
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Wahab, M., Nefti-Meziani, S., & Atyabi, A. (2020). A comparative review on mobile robot path planning : classical or meta-heuristic methods?. Annual Reviews in Control, 50, 233-252. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.arcontrol.2020.10.001

The involvement of Meta-heuristic algorithms in robot motion planning has attracted the attention of researchers in the robotics community due to the simplicity of the approaches and their effectiveness in the coordination of the agents. This study e... Read More about A comparative review on mobile robot path planning : classical or meta-heuristic methods?.

Urban cooling : which façade orientation has the most impact on a microclimate? (2020)
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Taleghani, M., Swan, W., Johansson, E., & Ji, Y. (2021). Urban cooling : which façade orientation has the most impact on a microclimate?. Sustainable Cities and Society, 64, 102547. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scs.2020.102547

Deploying solar reflective materials on urban surfaces is known as an effective heat mitigation strategy. Several studies have shown their cooling impacts; however, most of them have focused on rooftops rather than facades. The novelty of this paper... Read More about Urban cooling : which façade orientation has the most impact on a microclimate?.

An evaluation of sorter induced cell stress (SICS) on peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) after different sort conditions - are your sorted cells getting SICS? (2020)
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Pfister, G., Toor, S., Sasidharan Nair, V., & Elkord, E. (2020). An evaluation of sorter induced cell stress (SICS) on peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) after different sort conditions - are your sorted cells getting SICS?. Journal of Immunological Methods, 487, 112902. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jim.2020.112902

Flow cytometry and fluorescence-activated cell sorting have become invaluable tools to analyze and isolate specific cell populations in a wide range of biomedical research and clinical applications. In countless approaches worldwide, scientists are u... Read More about An evaluation of sorter induced cell stress (SICS) on peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) after different sort conditions - are your sorted cells getting SICS?.

Determination of safe limit for arsenic contaminated irrigation water using solubility free ion activity model (FIAM) and Tobit Regression Model (2020)
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Kumari, P. B., Singh, Y. K., Mandal, J., Shambhavi, S., Sadhu, S. K., Kumar, R., …Singh, M. (2021). Determination of safe limit for arsenic contaminated irrigation water using solubility free ion activity model (FIAM) and Tobit Regression Model. Chemosphere, 270, 128630. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2020.128630

Irrigation water contaminated with arsenic acts as a potent source of contamination to humans through water-soil-crop-food transfer so quantification of safe limit for irrigation water is also critical. A pot experiment was conducted to determine the... Read More about Determination of safe limit for arsenic contaminated irrigation water using solubility free ion activity model (FIAM) and Tobit Regression Model.

Utilization of fine water sprays in explosion mitigation : cold trial (2020)
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Johnston, S., Nasr, G., & Nourian, A. (2020). Utilization of fine water sprays in explosion mitigation : cold trial. Atomization and Sprays, 30(6), 431-450. https://doi.org/10.1615/AtomizSpr.2020034356

For the past fifty years, there has been a great deal of interest using water-based explosion suppression systems in mitigating/reducing the impact of thermal explosions and their consequential overpressures. Previous research focused on the suppress... Read More about Utilization of fine water sprays in explosion mitigation : cold trial.

Using the common cold virus as a naturally occurring vaccine to prevent COVID-19 : lessons from Edward Jenner (2020)
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Sotgia, F., & Lisanti, M. (2020). Using the common cold virus as a naturally occurring vaccine to prevent COVID-19 : lessons from Edward Jenner. Aging, 12(19), 18797-18803. https://doi.org/10.18632/aging.104166

Three recent papers published in Nature, Science and Cell, all present clear evidence that there is cross-reactive T-cell immunity between human coronaviruses (229E, NL63, OC43, and HKU1), linked with the common cold, and SARS-CoV-2, the causative ag... Read More about Using the common cold virus as a naturally occurring vaccine to prevent COVID-19 : lessons from Edward Jenner.

Optimising risk-based surveillance for early detection of invasive plant pathogens (2020)
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Mastin, A., Gottwald, T., van den Bosch, F., Cunniffe, N., & Parnell, S. (2020). Optimising risk-based surveillance for early detection of invasive plant pathogens. PLoS Biology, 18(10), e3000863. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.3000863

Emerging infectious diseases (EIDs) of plants continue to devastate ecosystems and livelihoods worldwide. Effective management requires surveillance to detect epidemics at an early stage. However, despite the increasing use of risk-based surveillance... Read More about Optimising risk-based surveillance for early detection of invasive plant pathogens.

Modeling of liquid internal energy and heat capacity over a wide pressure–temperature range from first principles (2020)
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Proctor, J. (2020). Modeling of liquid internal energy and heat capacity over a wide pressure–temperature range from first principles. Physics of Fluids, 32, 107105. https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0025871

Recently, there have been significant theoretical advances in our understanding of liquids and dense supercritical fluids based on their ability to support high frequency transverse (shear) waves. Here, we have constructed a new computer model using... Read More about Modeling of liquid internal energy and heat capacity over a wide pressure–temperature range from first principles.

An experimental study on high-pressure water jets for paraffin scale removal in partially blocked production tubings (2020)
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Yar’Adua, K., John, I., Abbas, A., Lawal, K., & Kabir, A. (2021). An experimental study on high-pressure water jets for paraffin scale removal in partially blocked production tubings. Journal of Petroleum Exploration and Production Technologies, 11(2), 973-988. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13202-020-01009-w

The common practice of using chemicals and solid-entrained liquids to remove soft scales in production tubings is associated with a high risk of contaminating the environment and eroding pipe internal surfaces. Due to the suspended solids, the curren... Read More about An experimental study on high-pressure water jets for paraffin scale removal in partially blocked production tubings.

Enhanced gas recovery by CO2 injection : influence of monovalent and divalent brines and their concentrations on CO2 dispersion in porous media (2020)
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Abba, M. (2020). Enhanced gas recovery by CO2 injection : influence of monovalent and divalent brines and their concentrations on CO2 dispersion in porous media. Journal of Natural Gas Science and Engineering, 84, 103643. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jngse.2020.103643

This study aims to experimentally investigate the roles of different brine types and concentrations on the longitudinal dispersion coefficient (KL) during enhanced gas recovery by CO2 injection. Core flooding process was used to simulate the displa... Read More about Enhanced gas recovery by CO2 injection : influence of monovalent and divalent brines and their concentrations on CO2 dispersion in porous media.