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Phylogeographical structure of the pygmy shrew : revisiting the roles of southern and northern refugia in Europe (2020)
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Vega, R., McDevitt, A., Stojak, J., Mishta, A., Wójcik, J., Kryštufek, B., & Searle, J. (2020). Phylogeographical structure of the pygmy shrew : revisiting the roles of southern and northern refugia in Europe. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 129(4), 901-917. https://doi.org/10.1093/biolinnean/blz209

Southern and northern glacial refugia are considered paradigms that explain the complex phylogeographical patterns and processes of European biota. Here, we provide a revisited statistical phylogeographical analysis of the pygmy shrew Sorex minutus L... Read More about Phylogeographical structure of the pygmy shrew : revisiting the roles of southern and northern refugia in Europe.

The effect of sophorolipids against microbial biofilms on medical-grade silicone (2020)
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Ceresa, C., Fracchia, L., Williams, M., Banat, I., & Diaz de Rienzo, M. (2020). The effect of sophorolipids against microbial biofilms on medical-grade silicone. Journal of Biotechnology, 309, 34-43. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbiotec.2019.12.019

Recent medical strategies rely on the search for effective antimicrobials as surface coatings to prevent and treat infections in humans and animals. Biosurfactants have recently been shown to have properties as antiadhesive and antibiofilm agents. So... Read More about The effect of sophorolipids against microbial biofilms on medical-grade silicone.

Fine-scale seascape genomics of an exploited marine species, the common cockle Cerastoderma edule, using a multi-modelling approach (2020)
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Coscia, I., Wilmes, S., Ironside, J., Goward-Brown, A., O'Dea, E., Malham, S., …Robins, P. (2020). Fine-scale seascape genomics of an exploited marine species, the common cockle Cerastoderma edule, using a multi-modelling approach. Evolutionary Applications, 13(8), 1854-1867. https://doi.org/10.1111/eva.12932

Population dynamics of marine species that are sessile as adults are driven by oceanographic dispersal of larvae from spawning to nursery grounds. This is mediated by life-history traits such as the timing and frequency of spawning, larval behaviour... Read More about Fine-scale seascape genomics of an exploited marine species, the common cockle Cerastoderma edule, using a multi-modelling approach.

Effects of forest fragmentation on the vertical stratification of neotropical bats (2020)
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Silva, I., Rocha, R., López-Baucells, A., Farneda, F., & Meyer, C. (2020). Effects of forest fragmentation on the vertical stratification of neotropical bats. Diversity, 12(2), e67. https://doi.org/10.3390/d12020067

Vertical stratification is a key component of the biological complexity of rainforests. Understanding community- and species-level responses to disturbance across forest strata is paramount for evidence-based conservation and management. However, eve... Read More about Effects of forest fragmentation on the vertical stratification of neotropical bats.

What makes or breaks a campaign to stop an invading plant pathogen? (2020)
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Milne, A., Gottwald, T., Parnell, S., Alonso Chavez, V., & van den Bosch, F. (2020). What makes or breaks a campaign to stop an invading plant pathogen?. PLoS Computational Biology, 16(2), e1007570. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1007570

Diseases in humans, animals and plants remain an important challenge in our society. Effective control of invasive pathogens often requires coordinated concerted action of a large group of stakeholders. Both epidemiological and human behavioural fact... Read More about What makes or breaks a campaign to stop an invading plant pathogen?.

Transcriptomic profiling of tumor-infiltrating CD4 + TIM-3 + T Cells reveals their suppressive, exhausted, and metastatic characteristics in colorectal cancer patients (2020)
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Sasidharan Nair, V., Toor, S., Taha, R., Ahmed, A., Kurer, M., Murshed, K., …Elkord, E. (2020). Transcriptomic profiling of tumor-infiltrating CD4 + TIM-3 + T Cells reveals their suppressive, exhausted, and metastatic characteristics in colorectal cancer patients. Vaccines, 8(1), e71. https://doi.org/10.3390/vaccines8010071

T cell immunoglobulin mucin-3 (TIM-3) is an immune checkpoint identified as one of the key players in regulating T-cell responses. Studies have shown that TIM-3 is upregulated in the tumor microenvironment (TME). However, the precise role of TIM-3 in... Read More about Transcriptomic profiling of tumor-infiltrating CD4 + TIM-3 + T Cells reveals their suppressive, exhausted, and metastatic characteristics in colorectal cancer patients.

Intelligent agent for formal modelling of temporal multi-agent systems (2020)
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Qasim, A., Aziz, Z., Kazmi, S. A. R., Khalid, A., Fakhir, I., & Hassan, J. (2020). Intelligent agent for formal modelling of temporal multi-agent systems. International journal on smart sensing and intelligent systems (Online), 13(1), 1-13. https://doi.org/10.21307/ijssis-2020-003

Software systems are becoming complex and dynamic with the passage of time, and to provide better fault tolerance and resource management they need to have the ability of self-adaptation. Multi-agent systems paradigm is an active area of research for... Read More about Intelligent agent for formal modelling of temporal multi-agent systems.

Options for managing human threats to high seas biodiversity (2020)
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O'Leary, B., Hoppit, G., Townley, A., Allen, H., McIntyre, C., & Roberts, C. (2020). Options for managing human threats to high seas biodiversity. Ocean and Coastal Management, 187, 105110. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2020.105110

Areas beyond national jurisdiction (ABNJ) constitute 61% of the world's oceans and are collectively managed by countries under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS). Growing concern regarding the deteriorating state of the ocea... Read More about Options for managing human threats to high seas biodiversity.

Enhancing the performance of Xanthan gum in water-based mud systems using an environmentally friendly biopolymer (2020)
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Akpan, E., Enyi, G., & Nasr, G. (2020). Enhancing the performance of Xanthan gum in water-based mud systems using an environmentally friendly biopolymer. Journal of Petroleum Exploration and Production Technologies, 10, 1933-1948. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13202-020-00837-0

Xanthan gum is commonly used in drilling fluids to provide viscosity, solid suspension, and fluid-loss control. However, it is sensitive to high temperatures and not tolerant of field contaminants. This paper presents an experimental study on the eff... Read More about Enhancing the performance of Xanthan gum in water-based mud systems using an environmentally friendly biopolymer.

The rise of micromobilities at tourism destinations (2020)
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Davies, N., Blazejewski, L., & Sherriff, G. (2020). The rise of micromobilities at tourism destinations. Journal of Tourism Futures, 6(3), 209-212. https://doi.org/10.1108/JTF-10-2019-0113

Purpose This paper aims to identify the need for research that focuses on micromobilities at tourist destinations, charting their recent expansion and exploring development challenges. Design/methodology/approach This discussion draws together... Read More about The rise of micromobilities at tourism destinations.

Flexible character accuracy measure for reading-order-independent evaluation (2020)
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Clausner, C., Pletschacher, S., & Antonacopoulos, A. (2020). Flexible character accuracy measure for reading-order-independent evaluation. Pattern Recognition Letters, 131, 390-397. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.patrec.2020.02.003

The extraction of textual information from scanned document pages is a fundamental stage in any digitisation effort and directly determines the success of the overall document analysis and understanding application scenarios. To evaluate and improve... Read More about Flexible character accuracy measure for reading-order-independent evaluation.

Comparative analysis of drivers to BIM adoption among AEC firms in developing countries : a case of Nigeria (2020)
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Babatunde, S., Ekundayo, D., Adekunle, A., & Bello, W. (2020). Comparative analysis of drivers to BIM adoption among AEC firms in developing countries : a case of Nigeria. Journal of Engineering, Design and Technology, 18(6), 1425-1447. https://doi.org/10.1108/JEDT-08-2019-0217

Purpose – Building information modelling (BIM) adoption is vital to productivity and competitive nature of the construction sector. However, BIM adoptions have not been generally embraced by many Architecture, Engineering, and Construction (AEC) firm... Read More about Comparative analysis of drivers to BIM adoption among AEC firms in developing countries : a case of Nigeria.

How does captivity affect skin colour reflectance of golden mantella frogs? (2020)
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Figueiredo Passos, L., Garcia, G., & Young, R. (2020). How does captivity affect skin colour reflectance of golden mantella frogs?. Herpetological journal, 30(1), 13-19. https://doi.org/10.33256/hj30.1.1319

Coloration is an important trait for social communication in amphibians, being used in intra- and intersexual signalling to express information about individual body condition and health state, amongst other things. The striking colour pattern exhibi... Read More about How does captivity affect skin colour reflectance of golden mantella frogs?.

Validation of a finite element modelling approach on soil-foundation-structure interaction of a multi-storey wall-frame structure under dynamic loadings (2020)
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Qaftan, O., Toma-Sabbagh, T., Weekes, L., & Augusthus Nelson, L. (2020). Validation of a finite element modelling approach on soil-foundation-structure interaction of a multi-storey wall-frame structure under dynamic loadings. Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering, 131, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.soildyn.2020.106041

Validated numerical approaches are very important in dynamic studies of soil-structure interaction. Experimental outputs of physical models are required to validate the numerical approaches. Testing and analysis of an experimental scaled model is eco... Read More about Validation of a finite element modelling approach on soil-foundation-structure interaction of a multi-storey wall-frame structure under dynamic loadings.

Fusion transcripts in normal human cortex increase with age and show distinct genomic features for single cells and tissues (2020)
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Mehani, B., Narta, K., Paul, D., Raj, A., Kumar, D., Sharma, A., …Mukhopadhyay, A. (2020). Fusion transcripts in normal human cortex increase with age and show distinct genomic features for single cells and tissues. Scientific reports, 10(1), 1368. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-58165-6

Fusion transcripts can contribute to diversity of molecular networks in the human cortex. In this study, we explored the occurrence of fusion transcripts in normal human cortex along with single neurons and astrocytes. We identified 1305 non-redundan... Read More about Fusion transcripts in normal human cortex increase with age and show distinct genomic features for single cells and tissues.

Bayesian network-based human error reliability assessment of derailments (2020)
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Dindar, S., Sakdirat, K., & An, M. (2020). Bayesian network-based human error reliability assessment of derailments. Reliability Engineering and System Safety, 197, 106825. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ress.2020.106825

The knowledge acquired in relation to failures associated with components has made significant contributions to the development of components with increased reliability, as well as a reduction in the number of rail incidents caused by certain system... Read More about Bayesian network-based human error reliability assessment of derailments.

Flame assisted chemical vapour deposition of NiO hole transport layers for planar perovskite cells (2020)
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Yates, H., Hodgkinson, J., Meroni, S., Richards, D., & Watson, T. (2020). Flame assisted chemical vapour deposition of NiO hole transport layers for planar perovskite cells. Surface and Coatings Technology, 385, 125423. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.surfcoat.2020.125423

Thin films of polycrystalline NiO were deposited by Flame Assisted Chemical Vapour Deposition, which is an ideal process for in-line, atmospheric pressure deposition of wide area coatings. This, along with the ability to use aqueous salts rather than... Read More about Flame assisted chemical vapour deposition of NiO hole transport layers for planar perovskite cells.

Cultural heritage and sustainable development targets : a possible harmonisation? Insights from the European Perspective (2020)
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the European Perspective. Sustainability, 12(3), 926. https://doi.org/10.3390/su12030926

The Agenda 2030 includes a set of targets that need to be achieved by 2030. Although none of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) focuses exclusively on cultural heritage, the resulting Agenda includes explicit reference to heritage in SDG 1... Read More about Cultural heritage and sustainable development targets : a possible harmonisation? Insights from the European Perspective.

Joint venture healthcare system as common practice in developing countries : game changing on assessing health services (2020)
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Al-Mazroei, A., Bener, A., & Arif, M. (2020). Joint venture healthcare system as common practice in developing countries : game changing on assessing health services. International Journal of Preventive Medicine, 11, 10. https://doi.org/10.4103/ijpvm.IJPVM_507_18

To explore the essence of game changing on applying joint venture (JV) approach for healthcare system improvement in developing countries. This is cross-sectional study exploring the factors influencing the successful implementation of JV for the hea... Read More about Joint venture healthcare system as common practice in developing countries : game changing on assessing health services.

Is mare sexual behavior affected by age and can it predict ovulation? (2020)
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Rocha, C., de Carvalho, E. D. C., de Castro, F., de Sena Xavier, I., Young, R., Palhares, M., …Valle, G. (2020). Is mare sexual behavior affected by age and can it predict ovulation?. Applied Animal Behaviour Science, 224, 104937. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.applanim.2020.104937

Although discontinued with the introduction of ultrasonography, the study of mare sexual behavior may provide useful information for herds that lack technical assistance. In order to investigate how mare sexual behavior is associated with ovulation a... Read More about Is mare sexual behavior affected by age and can it predict ovulation?.