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Impacts of noise pollution on the agonistic interactions of the saffron finch (Sicalis flaveola Linnaeus, 1766) (2020)
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de Oliveira Passos, M., Beirão, M., Midamegbe, A., Duarte, R., Young, R., & de Azevedo, C. (2020). Impacts of noise pollution on the agonistic interactions of the saffron finch (Sicalis flaveola Linnaeus, 1766). Behavioural Processes, 180, 104222. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.beproc.2020.104222

Impacts of noise pollution are recognized as a source of stress for animals and as a form of environmental degradation. Behavioural changes associated with noise, such as reduction of reproductive success, reduction in feeding behaviour, increase in... Read More about Impacts of noise pollution on the agonistic interactions of the saffron finch (Sicalis flaveola Linnaeus, 1766).

Recent fire regime in the southern boreal forests of western Siberia is unprecedented in the last five millennia (2020)
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Feurdean, A., Florescu, G., Tanţău, I., Vannière, B., Diaconu, A., Pfeiffer, M., …Kirpotin, S. (2020). Recent fire regime in the southern boreal forests of western Siberia is unprecedented in the last five millennia. Quaternary Science Reviews, 244, 106495. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2020.106495

Wildfires in Siberia are documented to have increased in frequency and severity over recent decades. However, in the absence of long-term records, it is unclear how far and why this trend deviates from centennial to millennial scale variability. Here... Read More about Recent fire regime in the southern boreal forests of western Siberia is unprecedented in the last five millennia.

An investigation into the sustainability practices in PPP infrastructure projects : a case of Nigeria (2020)
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Babatunde, S., Ekundayo, D., Udeaja, C., & Abubakar, U. (2020). An investigation into the sustainability practices in PPP infrastructure projects : a case of Nigeria. Smart and Sustainable Built Environment, https://doi.org/10.1108/SASBE-04-2020-0048

Purpose – In the global construction industry, the concept of sustainability is not new, particularly within building projects. Against this backdrop, several studies have been conducted, mostly in developed countries, on sustainability in constructi... Read More about An investigation into the sustainability practices in PPP infrastructure projects : a case of Nigeria.

Testing the impact of direct and indirect flood warnings on population behaviour using an agent-based model (2020)
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O'Shea, T., Bates, P., & Neal, J. (2020). Testing the impact of direct and indirect flood warnings on population behaviour using an agent-based model. Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences, 20(8), https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-20-2281-2020

This paper uses a coupled hydrodynamic agent-based model (HABM) to investigate the effect of direct or indirect warnings in flood incident response. This model uses the LISFLOOD-FP hydrodynamic model and the NetLogo agent-based framework and is appli... Read More about Testing the impact of direct and indirect flood warnings on population behaviour using an agent-based model.

Evaluation of equity in informal land development systems in two Nigerian cities (2020)
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Gyau, K., & Booth, C. (2020). Evaluation of equity in informal land development systems in two Nigerian cities. Journal of Urban Planning and Development, 146(4), 04020037. https://doi.org/10.1061/%28ASCE%29UP.1943-5444.0000609

The informal land development system in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) is perceived to promote equity and could be leveraged to support sustainable urban development and management. However, scanty empirical evidence exists on the extent of the system’s pr... Read More about Evaluation of equity in informal land development systems in two Nigerian cities.

Environmental noise levels in hospital settings : a rapid review of measurement techniques and implementation in hospital settings (2020)
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Wallis, R., Harris, E., Lee, H., Davies, W., & Astin, F. (2020). Environmental noise levels in hospital settings : a rapid review of measurement techniques and implementation in hospital settings. Noise and Health, 21(102), 200-216

Background: Hospitals provide treatment to improve patient health and well-being but the characteristics of the care environment receive little attention. Excessive noise at night has a negative impact on in-patient health through disturbed sleep. To... Read More about Environmental noise levels in hospital settings : a rapid review of measurement techniques and implementation in hospital settings.

Ambient-pressure endstation of the Versatile Soft X-ray (VerSoX) beamline at Diamond Light Source (2020)
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Held, G., Venturini, F., Grinter, D., Ferrer, P., Arrigo, R., Deacon, L., …Scott, S. (2020). Ambient-pressure endstation of the Versatile Soft X-ray (VerSoX) beamline at Diamond Light Source. Journal of Synchrotron Radiation, 27(5), 1153-1166. https://doi.org/10.1107/S1600577520009157

The ambient-pressure endstation and branchline of the Versatile Soft X-ray (VerSoX) beamline B07 at Diamond Light Source serves a very diverse user community studying heterogeneous catalysts, pharmaceuticals and biomaterials under realistic condition... Read More about Ambient-pressure endstation of the Versatile Soft X-ray (VerSoX) beamline at Diamond Light Source.

The Sentinel-3 OLCI Terrestrial Chlorophyll Index (OTCI): algorithm improvements, spatiotemporal consistency and continuity with the MERIS archive (2020)
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Pastor-Guzman, J., Brown, L., Morris, H., Bourg, L., Goryl, P., Dransfeld, S., & Dash, J. (2020). The Sentinel-3 OLCI Terrestrial Chlorophyll Index (OTCI): algorithm improvements, spatiotemporal consistency and continuity with the MERIS archive. Remote Sensing, 12(16), https://doi.org/10.3390/rs12162652

The Ocean and Land Colour Instrument (OLCI) on-board Sentinel-3 (2016–present) was designed with similar mechanical and optical characteristics to the Envisat Medium Resolution Imaging Spectrometer (MERIS) (2002–2012) to ensure continuity with a numb... Read More about The Sentinel-3 OLCI Terrestrial Chlorophyll Index (OTCI): algorithm improvements, spatiotemporal consistency and continuity with the MERIS archive.

Experimental and theoretical confirmation of an orthorhombic phase transition in niobium at high pressure and temperature (2020)
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Errandonea, D., Burakovsky, L., Preston, D., MacLeod, S., Santamaría-Perez, D., Chen, S., …Mezouar, M. (2020). Experimental and theoretical confirmation of an orthorhombic phase transition in niobium at high pressure and temperature. communications materials, 1, 60. https://doi.org/10.1038/s43246-020-00058-2

Compared to other body-centered cubic (bcc) transition metals, Nb has been the subject of fewer compression studies and there are still aspects of its phase diagram which are unclear. Here, we report a combined theoretical and experimental study of N... Read More about Experimental and theoretical confirmation of an orthorhombic phase transition in niobium at high pressure and temperature.

On performance and perceived effort in trail runners using sensor control to generate biosynchronous music (2020)
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Williams, D., Fazenda, B., Williamson, V., & Fazekas, G. (2020). On performance and perceived effort in trail runners using sensor control to generate biosynchronous music. Sensors, 20(16), e4528. https://doi.org/10.3390/s20164528

Music has been shown to be capable of improving runners’ performance in treadmill and laboratory-based experiments. This paper evaluates a generative music system, namely HEARTBEATS, designed to create biosignal synchronous music in real-time accordi... Read More about On performance and perceived effort in trail runners using sensor control to generate biosynchronous music.

Automated recognition of postures and drinking behaviour for the detection of compromised health in pigs (2020)
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Alameer, A., Kryiazakis, I., & Bacardit, J. (2020). Automated recognition of postures and drinking behaviour for the detection of compromised health in pigs. Scientific reports, 10, 13665. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-70688-6

Changes in pig behaviours are a useful aid in detecting early signs of compromised health and welfare. In commercial settings, automatic detection of pig behaviours through visual imaging remains a challenge due to farm demanding conditions, e.g., oc... Read More about Automated recognition of postures and drinking behaviour for the detection of compromised health in pigs.

Handling temporal constraints in interaction protocols for intelligent multi-agent systems (2020)
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Qasim, A., Iqbal, S., Aziz, Z., Kazmi, S. A. R., Munawar, A., Gilani, B. A., & Qasim, N. (2020). Handling temporal constraints in interaction protocols for intelligent multi-agent systems. International journal on smart sensing and intelligent systems (Online), 13(1), 1-15. https://doi.org/10.21307/ijssis-2020-020

This research focuses on handling temporal constraints in interaction protocols for multi-agent systems. There is a dire need of standardized interaction protocols that can be used to handle timing aspects in real-time multi-agent system’s negotiatio... Read More about Handling temporal constraints in interaction protocols for intelligent multi-agent systems.

An investigation into BIM uptake among contracting firms : an empirical study in Nigeria (2020)
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Babatunde, S., Perera, S., Ekundayo, D., & Adeleke, D. (2021). An investigation into BIM uptake among contracting firms : an empirical study in Nigeria. Journal of Financial Management of Property and Construction, 26(1), 23-48. https://doi.org/10.1108/JFMPC-06-2019-0054

Purpose – Building Information Modeling (BIM) is vital in the performance improvement of contracting firms. Thus, there is a need to stimulate its implementation in the construction sector with a view to meeting the competitive demands of the industr... Read More about An investigation into BIM uptake among contracting firms : an empirical study in Nigeria.

An investigation into the roles of chlorides and sulphate salts on the performance of low salinity injection in sandstone reservoirs : experimental approach (2020)
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Al-otaibi, A. (2020). An investigation into the roles of chlorides and sulphate salts on the performance of low salinity injection in sandstone reservoirs : experimental approach. Journal of Petroleum Exploration and Production Technologies, 10(7), 2857-2871. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13202-020-00972-8

Numerous studies have been carried out to ascertain the mechanisms of low salinity and smart water flooding technique for improved oil recovery. Focus were often on brine composition and, specifically the cationic content in sandstone reservoirs. Giv... Read More about An investigation into the roles of chlorides and sulphate salts on the performance of low salinity injection in sandstone reservoirs : experimental approach.

Predicted aerodynamic damping of slender single beam structures in across-wind vibrations (2020)
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Nguyen, C., & Nguyen, D. (2020). Predicted aerodynamic damping of slender single beam structures in across-wind vibrations. Acta mechanica Sinica = Li xue xue bao / the Chinese Society of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, 36(5), 990-998. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10409-020-00981-0

The paper presents a generalization of the conventional analytical approach where the quasi-steady theory is utilised to evaluate the across-wind aerodynamic damping of slender single beam structures. This generalized theory considers the variation o... Read More about Predicted aerodynamic damping of slender single beam structures in across-wind vibrations.

Temperature is a key factor influencing the invasion and proliferation of Toxoplasma gondii in fish cells (2020)
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Yang, Y., Yu, S., Chen, K., Hide, G., Lun, Z., & Lai, D. (2020). Temperature is a key factor influencing the invasion and proliferation of Toxoplasma gondii in fish cells. Experimental Parasitology, 217, 107966. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.exppara.2020.107966

Toxoplasma gondii has long been considered a ubiquitous parasite possessing the capacity of infecting virtually all warm-blooded animals globally. Occasionally, this parasite can also infect cold-blooded animals such as fish if their body temperature... Read More about Temperature is a key factor influencing the invasion and proliferation of Toxoplasma gondii in fish cells.

Enhanced gas recovery by nitrogen injection : the effects of injection velocity during natural gas displacement in consolidated rocks (2020)
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Mohammed, N., Abbas, A., Enyi, G., Edem, D., & Suleiman, S. (2020). Enhanced gas recovery by nitrogen injection : the effects of injection velocity during natural gas displacement in consolidated rocks. Journal of Natural Gas Science and Engineering, 83, 103513. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jngse.2020.103513

The choice of the flow velocity in EGR thus becomes important since higher injection rates could lead to premature mixing of the fluids and lower injection rates generally provide longer resident times for the fluids in contact and indirectly incre... Read More about Enhanced gas recovery by nitrogen injection : the effects of injection velocity during natural gas displacement in consolidated rocks.

SARS-CoV-2 infection and lung cancer : potential therapeutic modalities (2020)
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Gupta, I., Rizeq, B., Elkord, E., Vranic, S., & Al Moustafa, A. (2020). SARS-CoV-2 infection and lung cancer : potential therapeutic modalities. Cancers, 12(8), e2186. https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers12082186

Human coronaviruses, especially SARS-CoV-2, are emerging pandemic infectious diseases with high morbidity and mortality in certain group of patients. In general, SARS-CoV-2 causes symptoms ranging from the common cold to severe conditions accompanied... Read More about SARS-CoV-2 infection and lung cancer : potential therapeutic modalities.

A 2-step synthesis of Combretastatin A-4 and derivatives as potent tubulin assembly inhibitors (2020)
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Barnes, N., Parker, A., Mal Ullah, A., Ragazzon, P., & Hadfield, J. (2020). A 2-step synthesis of Combretastatin A-4 and derivatives as potent tubulin assembly inhibitors. Bioorganic and Medicinal Chemistry, 28(19), 115684. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bmc.2020.115684

A series of combretastatin derivatives were designed and synthesised by a two-step stereoselective synthesis by use of Wittig olefination followed by Suzuki cross-coupling. Interestingly, all new compounds (2a-2i) showed potent cell-based antiprolife... Read More about A 2-step synthesis of Combretastatin A-4 and derivatives as potent tubulin assembly inhibitors.