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Computation of gold-water nanofluid natural convection in a three-dimensional tilted prismatic solar enclosure with aspect ratio and volume fraction effects (2020)
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Kuharat, S., Beg, O., Kadir, A., Vasu, B., Beg, T., & Jouri, W. (2020). Computation of gold-water nanofluid natural convection in a three-dimensional tilted prismatic solar enclosure with aspect ratio and volume fraction effects. Nanoscience and Technology: An International Journal, 11(2), 141-167. https://doi.org/10.1615/NanoSciTechnolIntJ.2020031257

Nanofluids are increasingly being deployed in numerous energy applications owing to their impressive thermal enhancement properties. Motivated by these developments in the current study we present finite volume numerical simulations of natural c... Read More about Computation of gold-water nanofluid natural convection in a three-dimensional tilted prismatic solar enclosure with aspect ratio and volume fraction effects.

Acoustic metamaterial for low frequency sound absorption in linear and nonlinear regimes (2020)
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Brooke, D., Umnova, O., Leclaire, P., & Dupont, T. (2020). Acoustic metamaterial for low frequency sound absorption in linear and nonlinear regimes. Journal of Sound and Vibration, 485, 115585. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsv.2020.115585

Acoustic metamaterial absorbers have been built and tested with focus on low frequency airborne sound absorption in linear and nonlinear regimes. The absorbers are made up of a series of piled up flat cavities, separated by thin walls and traverse... Read More about Acoustic metamaterial for low frequency sound absorption in linear and nonlinear regimes.

Intelligibility vs. comprehension : understanding quality of accessible next-generation audio broadcast (2020)
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accessible next-generation audio broadcast. Universal Access in the Information Society, 20(4), 691-699. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10209-020-00741-8

For traditional broadcasting formats, imple-mentation of accessible audio strategies for hard of hear-ing people have used a binary, intelligibility-based ap-proach. In this approach sounds are categorized eitheras speech, contributing to compreh... Read More about Intelligibility vs. comprehension : understanding quality of accessible next-generation audio broadcast.

Role of epigenetic modifications in inhibitory immune checkpoints in cancer development and progression (2020)
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Saleh, R., Toor, S., Sasidharan Nair, V., & Elkord, E. (2020). Role of epigenetic modifications in inhibitory immune checkpoints in cancer development and progression. Frontiers in Immunology, 11, 1469. https://doi.org/10.3389/fimmu.2020.01469

A balance between co-inhibitory and co-stimulatory signals in the tumor microenvironment (TME) is critical to suppress tumor development and progression, primarily via maintaining effective immunosurveillance. Aberrant expression of immune checkpoint... Read More about Role of epigenetic modifications in inhibitory immune checkpoints in cancer development and progression.

Entropy generation of tangent hyperbolic nanofluid over a circular cylinder in the presence of nonlinear Boussinesq approximation : a non-similar solution (2020)
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Basha, H., Sivaraj, R., Prasad, V., & Beg, O. (2021). Entropy generation of tangent hyperbolic nanofluid over a circular cylinder in the presence of nonlinear Boussinesq approximation : a non-similar solution. Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry, 143(3), 2273-2289. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10973-020-09981-5

The analysis of entropy generation has received notable attention in the study of nanofluids because the prime objective of nanofluids is to admit high heat fluxes. The entropy production can be utilized to generate the entropy in any irreversible... Read More about Entropy generation of tangent hyperbolic nanofluid over a circular cylinder in the presence of nonlinear Boussinesq approximation : a non-similar solution.

From tangled banks to toxic bunnies; a reflection on the issues involved in developing an ecosystem approach for environmental radiation protection (2020)
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Mothersill, C., Oughton, D., Schofield, P., Abend, M., Adam-Guillermin, C., Ariyoshi, K., …Wood, M. (2020). From tangled banks to toxic bunnies; a reflection on the issues involved in developing an ecosystem approach for environmental radiation protection. International Journal of Radiation Biology, 1-16. https://doi.org/10.1080/09553002.2020.1793022

The objective of this paper is to present the results of discussions at a workshop held as part of the International Congress of Radiation Research (Environmental Health stream) in Manchester UK, 2019. The main objective of the workshop was to provid... Read More about From tangled banks to toxic bunnies; a reflection on the issues involved in developing an ecosystem approach for environmental radiation protection.

Phylogenetic relationships in the genus Cheracebus (Callicebinae, Pitheciidae) (2020)
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Carneiro, J., Sampaio, I., Lima, T., Silva-Júnior, J. D. S., Farias, I., Hrbek, T., …Schneider, H. (2020). Phylogenetic relationships in the genus Cheracebus (Callicebinae, Pitheciidae). American Journal of Primatology, 82(9), e23167. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajp.23167

Cheracebus is a new genus of New World primate of the family Pitheciidae, subfamily Callicebinae. Until recently, Cheracebus was classified as the torquatus species group of the genus Callicebus. The genus Cheracebus has six species: C. lucifer, C. l... Read More about Phylogenetic relationships in the genus Cheracebus (Callicebinae, Pitheciidae).

Mathematical modelling of triple diffusion in natural convection flow in a vertical duct with Robin boundary conditions, viscous heating and chemical reaction effects (2020)
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Umavathi, J., & Beg, O. (2020). Mathematical modelling of triple diffusion in natural convection flow in a vertical duct with Robin boundary conditions, viscous heating and chemical reaction effects. Journal of Engineering Thermophysics, 29, 348-373. https://doi.org/10.1134/S1810232820020162

The triple-diffusive convective flow (thermal diffusion and dual species diffusion) in a viscous fluid flowing within a vertical duct is investigated subject to Robin boundary conditions at the duct walls. Viscous heating and homoge... Read More about Mathematical modelling of triple diffusion in natural convection flow in a vertical duct with Robin boundary conditions, viscous heating and chemical reaction effects.

Perivascular adipose tissue - an immune cell metropolis (2020)
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Saxton, S., Heagerty, A., & Withers, S. (2020). Perivascular adipose tissue - an immune cell metropolis. Experimental Physiology, 105(9), 1440-1443. https://doi.org/10.1113/EP087872

What is the topic of this review? The review discusses how eosinophils can contribute to the function of perivascular adipose tissue and explores the mechanisms involved. What advances does it highlight? Understanding the communication between the ce... Read More about Perivascular adipose tissue - an immune cell metropolis.

Novel hybrid system of pulsed HHO generator/TEG waste heat recovery for CO reduction of a gasoline engine (2020)
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Salek, F., Zamen, M., Hosseini, S., & Babaie, M. (2020). Novel hybrid system of pulsed HHO generator/TEG waste heat recovery for CO reduction of a gasoline engine. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 45(43), 23576-23586. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhydene.2020.06.075

Environmental crisis requires using cleaner energy sources for different sectors including the transportation. Hydrogen can support the transition of the automotive industry from petrol and diesel into a sustainable fuel. It could be the main source... Read More about Novel hybrid system of pulsed HHO generator/TEG waste heat recovery for CO reduction of a gasoline engine.

Analysing age structure, residency and relatedness uncovers social network structure in aggregations of young birds (2020)
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Franks, V., G. Ewen, J., McCready, M., Marcus Rowcliffe, J., Smith, D., & Thorogood, R. (2020). Analysing age structure, residency and relatedness uncovers social network structure in aggregations of young birds. Animal Behaviour, 166, 73-84. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2020.06.005

Animal sociality arises from the cumulative effects of both individual social decisions and environmental factors. While juveniles' social interactions with parents prior to independence shape later life sociality, in most bird and mammal species at... Read More about Analysing age structure, residency and relatedness uncovers social network structure in aggregations of young birds.

Disease reservoirs threaten the recently rediscovered Podocarpus Stubfoot Toad (Atelopus podocarpus) (2020)
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Podocarpus Stubfoot Toad (Atelopus podocarpus). Amphibian & reptile conservation, 14(2), 157-164

The Andes have experienced an unprecedented wave of amphibian declines and extinctions that are linked to a combination of habitat reduction and the spread of the fungal pathogen, Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd). In the present study, a range o... Read More about Disease reservoirs threaten the recently rediscovered Podocarpus Stubfoot Toad (Atelopus podocarpus).

Essential role of STAT5a in DCIS formation and invasion following estrogen treatment (2020)
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Dees, S., Pontiggia, L., Jasmin, J., Sotgia, F., Lisanti, M., & Mercier, I. (2020). Essential role of STAT5a in DCIS formation and invasion following estrogen treatment. Aging, 12(14), 15104-15120. https://doi.org/10.18632/aging.103586

Ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) is one of the earliest stages of breast cancer (BCa). The mechanisms by which DCIS lesions progress to an invasive state while others remain indolent are yet to be fully characterized and both diagnosis and treatment o... Read More about Essential role of STAT5a in DCIS formation and invasion following estrogen treatment.

Concrete electrical resistivity at varied water, chloride contents and porosity – experiment, modelling & application (2020)
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Wang, Y., Oleiwi, H., & Nan, X. (2020). Concrete electrical resistivity at varied water, chloride contents and porosity – experiment, modelling & application. Advanced materials letters (Online), 11(7), 20071536. https://doi.org/10.5185/amlett.2020.071536

Understanding and characterizing the relationship between the electrical resistivity and the major influencing factors of the concrete have been all the time a topical research in relation to structural durability. This paper reports an experimental... Read More about Concrete electrical resistivity at varied water, chloride contents and porosity – experiment, modelling & application.

Comparative study of EIGRP and OSPF protocols based on network convergence (2020)
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Okonkwo, I., & Emmanuel, I. Comparative study of EIGRP and OSPF protocols based on network convergence. International Journal of Advanced Computer Science and Applications, 11(6), 39-45. https://doi.org/10.14569/IJACSA.2020.0110605

Dynamic routing protocols are one of the fastest growing routing protocols in networking technologies because of their characteristics such as high throughput, flexibility, low overhead, scalability, easy configuration, bandwidth, and CPU utilization... Read More about Comparative study of EIGRP and OSPF protocols based on network convergence.

Performance analysis of cooperative and non-cooperative relaying over VLC channels (2020)
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Gheth, W., Rabie, K., Adebisi, B., Ijaz, M., & Harris, G. (2020). Performance analysis of cooperative and non-cooperative relaying over VLC channels. Sensors, 20(13), e3660. https://doi.org/10.3390/s20133660

The line-of-sight (LoS) channel is one of the requirements for efficient data transmission in visible-light communications (VLC), but this cannot always be guaranteed in indoor applications for a variety of reasons, such as moving objects and the lay... Read More about Performance analysis of cooperative and non-cooperative relaying over VLC channels.

Out of the Blue: The Seacombe Smalt Works (2020)
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Radford, A., & Miller, I. (2020). Out of the Blue: The Seacombe Smalt Works. Current archaeology, 365,

Brief summary of an excavation of the 19th-century Seacombe Smalt Works in Birkenhead.

The electronic structure, surface properties, and in situ N2O decomposition of mechanochemically synthesised LaMnO3 (2020)
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Blackmore, R., Rivas, M., Tierney, G., Mohammed, K., Decarolis, D., Hayama, S., …Wells, P. (2020). The electronic structure, surface properties, and in situ N2O decomposition of mechanochemically synthesised LaMnO3. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 22(34), 18774-18787. https://doi.org/10.1039/d0cp00793e

The use of mechanochemistry to prepare catalytic materials is of significant interest; it offers an environmentally beneficial, solvent-free, route and produces highly complex structures of mixed amorphous and crystalline phases. This study reports o... Read More about The electronic structure, surface properties, and in situ N2O decomposition of mechanochemically synthesised LaMnO3.

Association of low-level inorganic arsenic exposure from rice with age-standardized mortality risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD) in England and Wales (2020)
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Xu, L., Polya, D., Li, Q., & Mondal, D. (2020). Association of low-level inorganic arsenic exposure from rice with age-standardized mortality risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD) in England and Wales. Science of the Total Environment, 743, 140534. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.140534

Adverse health outcomes, including death from cardiovascular disease (CVD), arising from chronic exposure to inorganic arsenic (iAs) are well documented. Consumption of rice is a major iAs exposure route for over 3 billion people, however, there is s... Read More about Association of low-level inorganic arsenic exposure from rice with age-standardized mortality risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD) in England and Wales.