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Transition from gas-like to liquid-like behavior in supercritical N2 (2019)
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Proctor, J., Pruteanu, C., Morrison, I., Crowe, I., & Loveday, J. (2019). Transition from gas-like to liquid-like behavior in supercritical N2. Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, 10(21), 6584-6589. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpclett.9b02358

We have studied in detail the transition from gas-like to rigid liquidlike behavior in supercritical N2 at 300 K (2.4 TC). Our study combines neutron diffraction and Raman spectroscopy with ab initio molecular dynamics simulations. We observe a narr... Read More about Transition from gas-like to liquid-like behavior in supercritical N2.

Bartonella clarridgeiae infection in a patient with aortic root abscess and endocarditis (2019)
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Logan, J., Hall, J., Chalker, V., O’Connell, B., & Birtles, R. (2019). Bartonella clarridgeiae infection in a patient with aortic root abscess and endocarditis. Access Microbiology, 1(10), https://doi.org/10.1099/acmi.0.000064

Introduction. Bartonella species are increasingly recognized as agents of culture-negative endocarditis. However, to date, almost all human cases have been associated with two members of the genus, Bartonella henselae and Bartonella quintana. B. hen... Read More about Bartonella clarridgeiae infection in a patient with aortic root abscess and endocarditis.

Is digital health care more equitable? The framing of health inequalities within England's digital health policy 2010–2017 (2019)
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Rich, E., Miah, A., & Lewis, S. (2019). Is digital health care more equitable? The framing of health inequalities within England's digital health policy 2010–2017. Sociology of Health and Illness, 41(S1), 31-49. https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-9566.12980

Informed by a discourse analysis, this article examines the framing of equity within the UK's digital health policies between 2010 and 2017, focusing on England's development of NHS Digital and its situation within the UK Government's wider digital s... Read More about Is digital health care more equitable? The framing of health inequalities within England's digital health policy 2010–2017.

Arsenic in Peruvian rice cultivated in the major rice growing region of Tumbes river basin (2019)
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Mondal, D., Periche, R., Tineo, B., Bermejo, L., Rahman, M., Siddique, A., …Cruz, G. (2020). Arsenic in Peruvian rice cultivated in the major rice growing region of Tumbes river basin. Chemosphere, 241, 125070. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2019.125070

Arsenic (As) exposure from surface and groundwater in Peru is being recognised as a 16 potential threat but there are limited studies on As in the food-chain and none on As in 17 Peruvian rice. In this study, we have determined the As content in rice... Read More about Arsenic in Peruvian rice cultivated in the major rice growing region of Tumbes river basin.

Project-specific constraints influencing productivity of tradespeople in the Nigerian construction industry (2019)
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Ugulu, R., Arewa, A., & Allen, S. (2019). Project-specific constraints influencing productivity of tradespeople in the Nigerian construction industry. Built Environment Project and Asset Management, 10(1), 94-109. https://doi.org/10.1108/BEPAM-10-2018-0124

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to establish the perception of tradespeople about project-specific constraints (PSCs) influencing construction productivity in Nigeria. Design/methodology/approach Using a qualitative descriptive survey co... Read More about Project-specific constraints influencing productivity of tradespeople in the Nigerian construction industry.

Finite element analysis of non-Newtonian magnetohemodynamic flow conveying nanoparticles through a stenosed coronary artery (2019)
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Vasu, B., Dubey, A., & Beg, O. (2020). Finite element analysis of non-Newtonian magnetohemodynamic flow conveying nanoparticles through a stenosed coronary artery. Heat Transfer - Asian Research, 49(1), 33-66. https://doi.org/10.1002/htj.21598

The present study considers two-dimensional mathematical modelling of non-Newtonian nanofluid hemodynamics with heat and mass transfer in a stenosed coronary artery in the presence of a radial magnetic field. The second-grade differential viscoelasti... Read More about Finite element analysis of non-Newtonian magnetohemodynamic flow conveying nanoparticles through a stenosed coronary artery.

Security of Streaming Media Communications with Logistic Map and Self-Adaptive Detection-Based Steganography (2019)
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Peng, J., Jiang, Y., Tang, S., & Meziane, F. (2021). Security of Streaming Media Communications with Logistic Map and Self-Adaptive Detection-Based Steganography. IEEE Transactions on Dependable and Secure Computing, 18(4), 1962-1973. https://doi.org/10.1109/TDSC.2019.2946138

Voice over IP (VoIP) is finding its way into several applications, but its security concerns still remain. This paper shows how a new self-adaptive steganographic method can ensure the security of covert VoIP communications over the Internet. In th... Read More about Security of Streaming Media Communications with Logistic Map and Self-Adaptive Detection-Based Steganography.

Perturbation and numerical study of double-diffusive dissipative reactive convective flow in an open vertical duct containing a non-darcy porous medium with robin boundary conditions (2019)
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Umavathi, J., & Beg, O. (2019). Perturbation and numerical study of double-diffusive dissipative reactive convective flow in an open vertical duct containing a non-darcy porous medium with robin boundary conditions. Journal of Engineering Mathematics, 119, 135-147. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10665-019-10022-w

A mathematical model for thermosolutal convection flow in an open two-dimensional vertical channel containing a porous medium saturated with reactive Newtonian fluid is developed and studied. Robin boundary conditions are prescribed, and a first-orde... Read More about Perturbation and numerical study of double-diffusive dissipative reactive convective flow in an open vertical duct containing a non-darcy porous medium with robin boundary conditions.

MAT Seroprevalence infers low rates of Toxoplasma gondii in domestic pigs from Yucatan, Mexico (2019)
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Cubas-Atienzar, A., Hide, G., & Smith, J. (2019). MAT Seroprevalence infers low rates of Toxoplasma gondii in domestic pigs from Yucatan, Mexico. Journal of Parasitology, 105(5), 738-747. https://doi.org/10.1645/18-188

Toxoplasma gondii is a zoonotic parasite of worldwide distribution. The consumption of infected pork meat has been suggested to be an important source for human infection in the tropical area of Yucatan, Mexico. We performed a cross-sectional study o... Read More about MAT Seroprevalence infers low rates of Toxoplasma gondii in domestic pigs from Yucatan, Mexico.

Prevalence of intestinal parasitic infections among university female students, Gaza, Palestine (2019)
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Al-Hindi, A., Redwan, A., El-Egla, G., Abu Qassem, R., & Alshammari, A. (2019). Prevalence of intestinal parasitic infections among university female students, Gaza, Palestine. Avicenna Journal of Medicine, 9(4), 143-147. https://doi.org/10.4103/ajm.AJM_8_19

The intestinal parasites are still endemic among children, women, and men in Gaza Strip. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first study of intestinal parasites among young female students of Islamic University of Gaza to report the existence a... Read More about Prevalence of intestinal parasitic infections among university female students, Gaza, Palestine.

Planning for climate change impacts : coastal tourism destination resilience policies (2019)
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Jarratt, D., & Davies, N. (2020). Planning for climate change impacts : coastal tourism destination resilience policies. Tourism Planning and Development, 17(4), 423-440. https://doi.org/10.1080/21568316.2019.1667861

Coastal tourism is a vital part of the world economy bit also facilitates access to “blue spaces” – this offers significant health benefits to populations and shapes our relationship with the coast. At present, climate change impacts on the coast, su... Read More about Planning for climate change impacts : coastal tourism destination resilience policies.

Not going with the flow : locomotor activity does not constrain immunity in a wild fish (2019)
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Masud, N., Synnott, R., Hablützel, P., Friberg, I., Cable, J., & Jackson, J. (2019). Not going with the flow : locomotor activity does not constrain immunity in a wild fish. Ecology and Evolution, 9(21), 12089-12098. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.5658

Immunity is a central component of fitness in wild animals, but its determinants are poorly understood. In particular, the importance of locomotory activity as a constraint on immunity is unresolved. Using a piscine model (Gasterosteus aculeatus) we... Read More about Not going with the flow : locomotor activity does not constrain immunity in a wild fish.

Performance enhancement of asphalt patch repair with innovative heating strategy (2019)
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Byzyka, J., Rahman, M., Chamberlain, D., & Malieva, M. (2019). Performance enhancement of asphalt patch repair with innovative heating strategy. Proceedings of the ICE - Transport, 175(5), 300-309. https://doi.org/10.1680/jtran.19.00007

The advantage of controlled preheating of excavated asphalt surface prior to hot mix asphalt patch repair, referred as “dynamic repair”, is presented in this paper. The heating effects are compared against traditional repair, referred as “static repa... Read More about Performance enhancement of asphalt patch repair with innovative heating strategy.

Adomian decomposition method simulation of Von Kármán swirling bioconvection nanofluid flow (2019)
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swirling bioconvection nanofluid flow. Journal of Central South University, 26(10), 2797-2813. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11771-019-4214-4

The study reveals analytically on the 3-dimensional viscous time-dependent gyrotactic bioconvection in swirling nanofluid flow past from a rotating disk. It is known that the deformation of the disk is along the radial direction. In addition to tha... Read More about Adomian decomposition method simulation of Von Kármán swirling bioconvection nanofluid flow.

Analysis of entropy generation in biomimetic electroosmotic nanofluid pumping through a curved channel with Joule dissipation (2019)
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channel with Joule dissipation. Thermal Science and Engineering Progress, 15, 100424. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tsep.2019.100424

Biomimetic designs are increasingly filtering into new areas of technology in recent years. Such systems exploit characteristics intrinsic to nature to achieve enhanced adaptivity and efficiency in engineering applications. Peristaltic propulsion is... Read More about Analysis of entropy generation in biomimetic electroosmotic nanofluid pumping through a curved channel with Joule dissipation.

The theory and application of Navier-Stokeslets (NSlets) (2019)
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Chadwick, E. (2019). The theory and application of Navier-Stokeslets (NSlets). Physics of Fluids, 31(10), 107103. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5119331

Consider a closed body moving in an unbounded fluid that decays to rest in the far-field and governed by the incompressible Navier-Stokes equations. By considering a translating reference frame, this is equivalent to a uniform flow past the body. A... Read More about The theory and application of Navier-Stokeslets (NSlets).

A methodology for ontology reuse : the case of the abdominal ultrasound ontology (2019)
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Zulkarnain, N., & Meziane, F. (2019). A methodology for ontology reuse : the case of the abdominal ultrasound ontology. International Journal of Intelligent Information Technologies, 15(4), 1-21. https://doi.org/10.4018/IJIIT.2019100101

There are abundance of existing biomedical ontologies such as the National Cancer Institute Thesaurus (NCIT), the Foundational Model of Anatomy (FMA) and the Systematized Nomenclature of Medicine-Clinical Terms (SNOMED CT). Implementing these ontol... Read More about A methodology for ontology reuse : the case of the abdominal ultrasound ontology.

Complex associations between cross-kingdom microbial endophytes and host genotype in ash dieback disease dynamics (2019)
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Griffiths, S., Galambao, M., Rowntree, J., Goodhead, I., Hall, J., O'Brien, D., …Antwis, R. (2020). Complex associations between cross-kingdom microbial endophytes and host genotype in ash dieback disease dynamics. Journal of Ecology, 108(1), 291-309. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2745.13302

Tree pathogens are a major threat to forest ecosystems. Conservation management strategies can exploit natural mechanisms of resistance, such as tree genotype and host‐associated microbial communities. However, fungal and bacterial communities are ra... Read More about Complex associations between cross-kingdom microbial endophytes and host genotype in ash dieback disease dynamics.

Melting curve and phase diagram of vanadium under high-pressure and high-temperature conditions (2019)
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Errandonea, D., Macleod, S., Burakovsky, L., Santamaria-Perez, D., Proctor, J., Cynn, H., & Mezouar, M. (2019). Melting curve and phase diagram of vanadium under high-pressure and high-temperature conditions. Physical Review B, 100(9), https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.100.094111

We report a combined experimental and theoretical study of the melting curve and the structural behavior of vanadium under extreme pressure and temperature. We performed powder x-ray diffraction experiments up to 120 GPa and 4000 K, determining th... Read More about Melting curve and phase diagram of vanadium under high-pressure and high-temperature conditions.