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Subject-specific finite element modelling of the human hand complex : muscle-driven simulations and experimental validation (2019)
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Wei, Y., Zou, Z., Wei, G., Ren, L., & Qian, Z. (2020). Subject-specific finite element modelling of the human hand complex : muscle-driven simulations and experimental validation. Annals of Biomedical Engineering, 48(4), 1181-1195. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10439-019-02439-2

This paper aims to develop and validate a subject-specific framework for modelling the human hand. This was achieved by combining medical image-based finite element modelling, individualized muscle force and kinematic measurements. Firstly, a subject... Read More about Subject-specific finite element modelling of the human hand complex : muscle-driven simulations and experimental validation.

Differential transform solution for hall and ion slip effects on radiative-convective casson flow from a stretching sheet with convective heating (2019)
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Bhatti, M., Khan, S., Beg, O., & Kadir, A. (2020). Differential transform solution for hall and ion slip effects on radiative-convective casson flow from a stretching sheet with convective heating. Heat Transfer - Asian Research, 49(2), 872-888. https://doi.org/10.1002/htj.21643

Magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) materials processing is becoming increasingly popular in the 21st century since it offers significant advantages over conventional systems including improved manipulation of working fluids, reduction in wear and enhanced s... Read More about Differential transform solution for hall and ion slip effects on radiative-convective casson flow from a stretching sheet with convective heating.

Anticancer innovative therapy : highlights from the ninth annual meeting (2019)
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Volpari, T., De Santis, F., Bracken, A., Pupa, S., Buschbeck, M., Wegner, A., …Di Nicola, M. (2020). Anticancer innovative therapy : highlights from the ninth annual meeting. Cytokine and Growth Factor Reviews, 51, 1-9. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cytogfr.2019.12.002

The Ninth Annual Conference of “Anticancer Innovative Therapy”, organized by Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori di Milano (Fondazione IRCCS INT) and hosted by Hotel Michelangelo, was held in Milan on 25 January 2019. Cutting-edge science... Read More about Anticancer innovative therapy : highlights from the ninth annual meeting.

Optically modulated magnetic resonance of erbium implanted silicon (2019)
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Hughes, M., Li, H., Theodoropoulou, N., & Carey, J. (2019). Optically modulated magnetic resonance of erbium implanted silicon. Scientific reports, 9(1), 19031. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-55246-z

Er implanted Si is an important candidate for quantum and photonic applications, but the Er centres involved are poorly understood, which has hindered development of these applications. Here we present the first measurement of the crystal field split... Read More about Optically modulated magnetic resonance of erbium implanted silicon.

A covariance based framework for the propagation of correlated uncertainty in frequency based dynamic sub-structuring (2019)
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Meggitt, J., & Moorhouse, A. (2020). A covariance based framework for the propagation of correlated uncertainty in frequency based dynamic sub-structuring. Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing, 136, 106505. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ymssp.2019.106505

Dynamic sub-structuring (DS) is the procedure by which the passive properties (i.e. frequency response functions) of an assembled structure are predicted from those of its constituent sub-structures. In this paper we are concerned with the propagat... Read More about A covariance based framework for the propagation of correlated uncertainty in frequency based dynamic sub-structuring.

Entropy analysis on convective film flow of power-law fluid with nanoparticles along an inclined plate (2019)
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fluid with nanoparticles along an inclined plate. Journal of Applied Mechanics and Technical Physics, 60, 827-841. https://doi.org/10.1134/S0021894419050067

Entropy generation in a two-dimensional steady laminar thin film convection flow of a non-Newtonian nanofluid (Ostwald-de-Waele-type power-law fluid with embedded nanoparticles) along an inclined plate is examined theoretically. A revised Buongiorno... Read More about Entropy analysis on convective film flow of power-law fluid with nanoparticles along an inclined plate.

Functional genomics of a symbiotic community : shared traits in the olive fruit fly gut microbiota (2019)
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Blow, F., Gioti, A., Goodhead, I., Kalyva, M., Kampouraki, A., Vontas, J., & Darby, A. (2020). Functional genomics of a symbiotic community : shared traits in the olive fruit fly gut microbiota. Genome Biology and Evolution, 12(2), 3778-3791. https://doi.org/10.1093/gbe/evz258

The olive fruit fly Bactrocera oleae is a major pest of olives worldwide and houses a specialized gut microbiota dominated by the obligate symbiont “Candidatus Erwinia dacicola”. Ca. E. dacicola is thought to supplement dietary nitrogen to the host,... Read More about Functional genomics of a symbiotic community : shared traits in the olive fruit fly gut microbiota.

Changes in social groups across reintroductions and effects on post‐release survival (2019)
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R. Franks, V., E. Andrews, C., G. Ewen, J., McCready, M., A. Parker, K., & Thorogood, R. (2020). Changes in social groups across reintroductions and effects on post‐release survival. Animal Conservation, 23(4), 443-454. https://doi.org/10.1111/acv.12557

Reintroductions, essential to many conservation programmes, disrupt both abiotic and social environments. Despite growing recognition that social connections in animals might alter survival (e.g. social transmission of foraging skills, or transmissio... Read More about Changes in social groups across reintroductions and effects on post‐release survival.

Influence of synthesis conditions on the structure of nickel nanoparticles and their reactivity in selective asymmetric hydrogenation (2019)
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Arrigo, R., Gallarati, S., Schuster, M., Seymour, J., Gianolio, D., da Silva, I., …Held, G. (2020). Influence of synthesis conditions on the structure of nickel nanoparticles and their reactivity in selective asymmetric hydrogenation. ChemCatChem, 12(5), 1491-1503. https://doi.org/10.1002/cctc.201901955

Unsupported and SiO2-supported Ni nanoparticles (NPs), were synthesised via hot-injection colloidal route using oleylamine (OAm) and trioctylphosphine (TOP) as reducing and protective agents, respectively. By adopting a multi-length scale structural... Read More about Influence of synthesis conditions on the structure of nickel nanoparticles and their reactivity in selective asymmetric hydrogenation.

Impact of alloy fluctuations and Coulomb effects on the electronic and optical properties of c-plane GaN/AlGaN quantum wells (2019)
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Leontiadou, M., Roble, A., Patra, S., Massabau, F., Fentrup, M., Dawson, P., …Schulz, S. (2019). Impact of alloy fluctuations and Coulomb effects on the electronic and optical properties of c-plane GaN/AlGaN quantum wells. Scientific reports, 9(1), 18862. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-53693-2

We report on a combined theoretical and experimental study of the impact of alloy fluctuations and Coulomb effects on the electronic and optical properties of c-plane GaN/AlGaN multi-quantum well systems. The presence of carrier localization effect... Read More about Impact of alloy fluctuations and Coulomb effects on the electronic and optical properties of c-plane GaN/AlGaN quantum wells.

Hypoxia and hyperglycaemia determine why some endometrial tumours fail to respond to metformin (2019)
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Sivalingam, V., Latif, A., Kitson, S., McVey, R., Finegan, K., Marshall, K., …Crosbie, E. (2020). Hypoxia and hyperglycaemia determine why some endometrial tumours fail to respond to metformin. British Journal of Cancer, 122(1), 62-71. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41416-019-0627-y

High expression of Ki67, a proliferation marker, is associated with reduced endometrial cancer-specific survival. Pre-surgical metformin reduces tumour Ki-67 expression in some women with endometrial cancer. Metformin's anti-cancer activity may relat... Read More about Hypoxia and hyperglycaemia determine why some endometrial tumours fail to respond to metformin.

Varroa destructor reproduction and cell re-capping in mite-resistant Apis mellifera populations (2019)
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Martin, S., Hawkins, G., Brettell, L., Reece, N., Correia-Oliveira, M., & Allsopp, M. (2020). Varroa destructor reproduction and cell re-capping in mite-resistant Apis mellifera populations. Apidologie, 51(3), 369-381. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13592-019-00721-9

Globalization has facilitated the spread of emerging pests such as the Varroa destructor mite, resulting in the near global distribution of the pest. In South African and Brazilian honey bees, mite-resistant colonies appeared within a decade; in Euro... Read More about Varroa destructor reproduction and cell re-capping in mite-resistant Apis mellifera populations.

Numerical study of slip and radiative effects on magnetic Fe3O4-water-based nanofluid flow from a nonlinear stretching sheet in porous media with Soret and Dufour diffusion (2019)
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Bhatti, M., Khalique, C., Beg, T., Beg, O., & Kadir, A. (2020). Numerical study of slip and radiative effects on magnetic Fe3O4-water-based nanofluid flow from a nonlinear stretching sheet in porous media with Soret and Dufour diffusion. Modern Physics Letters B, 34(02), 2050026. https://doi.org/10.1142/S0217984920500268

Increasingly sophisticated techniques are being developed for the manufacture of functional nanomaterials. A growing interest is also developing in magnetic nanofluid coatings which contain magnetite nanoparticles suspended in a base fluid and are re... Read More about Numerical study of slip and radiative effects on magnetic Fe3O4-water-based nanofluid flow from a nonlinear stretching sheet in porous media with Soret and Dufour diffusion.

How the Journal of Transport Geography has evolved since 1993 (2019)
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Knowles, R. (2019). How the Journal of Transport Geography has evolved since 1993. Journal of Transport Geography, 81, 102525. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtrangeo.2019.102525

The Journal of Transport Geography was founded in 1993 by British and American transport geographers to create a focus for research in the field of transport geography. This paper examines how the journal has expanded and evolved over 25 years into o... Read More about How the Journal of Transport Geography has evolved since 1993.

VISE : an interface for Visual Search and Exploration of museum collections (2019)
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Usman, M., & Antonacopoulos, A. (2020). VISE : an interface for Visual Search and Exploration of museum collections. Journal on Computing and Cultural Heritage, 12(4), 1-9. https://doi.org/10.1145/3340936

This article presents VISE, an interface that enables VIsual Search and Exploration across collections of approximately 836,000 museum objects extracted from the websites of the National Museums Scotland and the Rijksmuseum in the Netherlands. VISE p... Read More about VISE : an interface for Visual Search and Exploration of museum collections.

Climate variability impact on the spatiotemporal characteristics of drought and aridity in arid and semi-arid regions (2019)
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Mohammed, R., & Scholz, M. (2019). Climate variability impact on the spatiotemporal characteristics of drought and aridity in arid and semi-arid regions. Water Resources Management, 33(15), 5015-5033. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11269-019-02397-3

Investigating the spatiotemporal distribution of climate data and their impact on the allocation of the regional aridity and meteorological drought, particularly in semi-arid and arid climate, it is critical to evaluate the climate variability effect... Read More about Climate variability impact on the spatiotemporal characteristics of drought and aridity in arid and semi-arid regions.

Biodiversity assessment of tropical shelf eukaryotic communities via pelagic eDNA metabarcoding (2019)
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Bakker, J., Wangensteen Fuentes, O., Baillie, C., Buddo, D., Chapman, D., Gallagher, A., …Mariani, S. (2019). Biodiversity assessment of tropical shelf eukaryotic communities via pelagic eDNA metabarcoding. Ecology and Evolution, 9(24), 14341-14355. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.5871

Our understanding of marine communities and their functions in an ecosystem relies on the ability to detect and monitor species distributions and abundances. Currently, the use of environmental DNA (eDNA) metabarcoding is increasingly being applied f... Read More about Biodiversity assessment of tropical shelf eukaryotic communities via pelagic eDNA metabarcoding.

Effects of land‐use change on functional and taxonomic diversity of Neotropical bats (2019)
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Farneda, F., Meyer, C., & Grelle, C. (2019). Effects of land‐use change on functional and taxonomic diversity of Neotropical bats. Biotropica, 52(1), 120-128. https://doi.org/10.1111/btp.12736

Human land-use changes are particularly extensive in tropical regions, representing one of the greatest threats to terrestrial biodiversity and a key research topic in conservation. However, studies considering the effects of different types of anthr... Read More about Effects of land‐use change on functional and taxonomic diversity of Neotropical bats.

Neo Ekistics for flood mitigation in cities (2019)
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Abdulkareem, M., Kenawy, I., & Elkadi, H. (2019). Neo Ekistics for flood mitigation in cities. World Journal of Science, Technology and Sustainable Development, 17(2), 167-181. https://doi.org/10.1108/WJSTSD-01-2018-0008

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to shed light on the potential of ecologically driven urban design interventions to substantiate urban form performance in coping with the increasing flood threats particularly in the Middle East region. The pa... Read More about Neo Ekistics for flood mitigation in cities.

Application of complex network principles to key station identification in railway network efficiency analysis (2019)
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Wang, L., An, M., Jia, L., & Qin, Y. (2019). Application of complex network principles to key station identification in railway network efficiency analysis. Journal of Advanced Transportation, 2019, 1-13. https://doi.org/10.1155/2019/1574136

Network efficiency analysis becomes important in railways in order to contribute towards improving the safety and capacity of the rail network, making rail travel more attractive for passengers, and improving industry practice and informing policy de... Read More about Application of complex network principles to key station identification in railway network efficiency analysis.