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Acid microenvironment promotes cell survival of human bone sarcoma through the activation of cIAP proteins and NF-κB pathway (2019)
Journal Article
Avnet, S., Chano, T., Massa, A., Bonuccelli, G., Lemma, S., Falzetti, L., …Baldini, N. (2019). Acid microenvironment promotes cell survival of human bone sarcoma through the activation of cIAP proteins and NF-κB pathway. American Journal of Cancer Research, 9(6), 1127-1144

Extracellular acidification is a very common cause of stress in tumor microenvironment and of Darwinian pressure. In acid areas of the tumor, most cancer cells are-albeit slowly proliferating-more resistant to cell death than those in well-perfused r... Read More about Acid microenvironment promotes cell survival of human bone sarcoma through the activation of cIAP proteins and NF-κB pathway.

Collaborative virtual reality platform for visualizing space data and mission planning (2019)
Journal Article
Garcia, A., Fernando, T., Roberts, D., Bar, C., Cencetti, M., Engelke, W., & Gerndt, A. (2019). Collaborative virtual reality platform for visualizing space data and mission planning. Multimedia Tools and Applications, 78, 33191-33220. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11042-019-7736-8

This paper presents the system architecture of a collaborative virtual environment in which distributed multidisciplinary teams involved in space exploration activities come together and explore areas of scientific interest of a planet for future mis... Read More about Collaborative virtual reality platform for visualizing space data and mission planning.

Post-excavation assessment : land at Land Gate, Ashton-in-Makerfield, Wigan, Greater Manchester (2019)
Report
Burns, M., & Harvey, K. (2019). Post-excavation assessment : land at Land Gate, Ashton-in-Makerfield, Wigan, Greater Manchester

Bellway Homes Limited (Manchester Division) has obtained planning consent for a large residential development at Land Gate, near Ashton-in-Makerfield, Wigan (centred on NGR SD 57140 01220). The consented scheme allows for the construction of 157 d... Read More about Post-excavation assessment : land at Land Gate, Ashton-in-Makerfield, Wigan, Greater Manchester.

Influence of preservation methods, sample medium and sampling time on eDNA recovery in a neotropical river (2019)
Journal Article
Sales, N., Wangensteen Fuentes, O., Carvalho, D., & Mariani, S. (2019). Influence of preservation methods, sample medium and sampling time on eDNA recovery in a neotropical river. Environmental DNA, 1(2), 119-130. https://doi.org/10.1002/edn3.14

Environmental DNA (eDNA) has rapidly emerged as a promising biodiversity monitoring technique, proving to be a sensitive and cost‐effective method for species detection. Despite the increasing popularity of eDNA, several questions regarding its limit... Read More about Influence of preservation methods, sample medium and sampling time on eDNA recovery in a neotropical river.

Saving Manchester's industrial past : regeneration and new uses of industrial archaeology structures in Greater Manchester, 1980 to 2018 (2019)
Journal Article
Nevell, M. (2019). Saving Manchester's industrial past : regeneration and new uses of industrial archaeology structures in Greater Manchester, 1980 to 2018. Transactions of the Lancashire and Cheshire Antiquarian Society, 111, 99-117

2020 marks the 40th anniversary of the establishment of professional archaeology within the Manchester city region, with the creation of the Greater Manchester Archaeological Unit (GMAU) in 1980. This was the culmination of a decade of raising awaren... Read More about Saving Manchester's industrial past : regeneration and new uses of industrial archaeology structures in Greater Manchester, 1980 to 2018.

Assessing the minimum sampling effort required to reliably monitor wild meat trade in urban markets (2019)
Journal Article
Mayor, P., Rocha El Bizri, H., Morcatty, T., Moya, K., Solis, S., & Bodmer, R. (2019). Assessing the minimum sampling effort required to reliably monitor wild meat trade in urban markets. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 7, https://doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2019.180

The trade of wild meat generates great economic returns for local communities but at a cost of increasing harvest rates of game species. Monitoring wild meat trade in urban markets is a low-cost method that can be employed to assess impacts of huntin... Read More about Assessing the minimum sampling effort required to reliably monitor wild meat trade in urban markets.

Is automatic detection of hidden knowledge an anomaly? (2019)
Journal Article
Preiss, J. (2019). Is automatic detection of hidden knowledge an anomaly?. BMC Bioinformatics, 20(Sup 10), 251. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12859-019-2815-4

Background: The quantity of documents being published requires researchers to specialize to a narrower field, meaning that inferable connections between publications (particularly from different domains) can be missed. This has given rise to autom... Read More about Is automatic detection of hidden knowledge an anomaly?.

Transient analysis of third-grade viscoelastic nanofluid flow external to a heated cylinder with buoyancy effects (2019)
Journal Article
Hiremath, A., Reddy, G., & Beg, O. (2019). Transient analysis of third-grade viscoelastic nanofluid flow external to a heated cylinder with buoyancy effects. Arabian Journal for Science and Engineering, 44, 7875-7893. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13369-019-03933-4

Nanotechnology is rapidly embracing numerous areas of manufacturing and process engineering. New types of nanomaterials are being exploited to improve, for example, coating integrity, anti-corrosion characteristics and other features of fabricated... Read More about Transient analysis of third-grade viscoelastic nanofluid flow external to a heated cylinder with buoyancy effects.

Rating the components of indoor environmental quality in students classrooms in warm humid climate of Uli, Nigeria (2019)
Journal Article
Munonye, C., & Ji, Y. (2019). Rating the components of indoor environmental quality in students classrooms in warm humid climate of Uli, Nigeria

The indoor environment of classrooms needs to be comfortable for the occupants to perform their class work effectively. To achieve this objective, architects and engineers need to be proactive at the early design stage by considering the very compone... Read More about Rating the components of indoor environmental quality in students classrooms in warm humid climate of Uli, Nigeria.

High frequency of infection of lung cancer patients with the parasite Toxoplasma gondii (2019)
Journal Article
Bajnok, J., Tarabulsi, M., Carlin, H., Bown, K., Southworth, T., Dungwa, J., …Hide, G. (2019). High frequency of infection of lung cancer patients with the parasite Toxoplasma gondii. ERJ Open Research, 5(2), 1-10. https://doi.org/10.1183/23120541.00143-2018

Toxoplasma gondii is an intracellular protozoan parasite that can cause a wide range of clinical conditions, including miscarriage and pneumonia. The global prevalence is 30% in humans but varies locally (e.g. UK is typically 10%). The association be... Read More about High frequency of infection of lung cancer patients with the parasite Toxoplasma gondii.

E-readiness in construction (ERiC) : self-assessment framework for UK small and medium enterprise building services providers (2019)
Journal Article
Lou, E., Lee, A., & Goulding, J. (2019). E-readiness in construction (ERiC) : self-assessment framework for UK small and medium enterprise building services providers. Architectural Engineering and Design Management, 16(1), 3-22. https://doi.org/10.1080/17452007.2019.1617669

The construction industry’s ability to innovate in order to improve its practices has been widely debated. As organisations in other sectors globally are addressing technology challenges, is the UK construction industry e-ready? Of particular concern... Read More about E-readiness in construction (ERiC) : self-assessment framework for UK small and medium enterprise building services providers.

Parametric Sensitivity Analyses for Perceived Impedance in Haptic Teleoperation (2019)
Journal Article
Uddin, R., Saleem, M. H., & Ryu, J. (2019). Parametric Sensitivity Analyses for Perceived Impedance in Haptic Teleoperation. International Journal of Control, Automation and Systems, 17(8), 2083-2096. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12555-018-0614-8

In this paper, sensitivity analyses (SA) are performed in order to find the effect of variations of master/slave site dynamics parameters on the perceived impedance in haptic teleoperation in the absence/presence of communication time delays. These a... Read More about Parametric Sensitivity Analyses for Perceived Impedance in Haptic Teleoperation.

Evaluating BCI for Musical Expression: Historical Approaches, Challenges and Benefits (2019)
Book Chapter
Williams, D. (2019). Evaluating BCI for Musical Expression: Historical Approaches, Challenges and Benefits. In Brain Art. Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-14323-7_5

A recurring challenge in the use of BCI (and more generally HCI) for musical expression is in the design and conduct of appropriate evaluation strategies when considering BCI systems for music composition or performance. Assessing the value of comput... Read More about Evaluating BCI for Musical Expression: Historical Approaches, Challenges and Benefits.

Evaluating BCI for musical expression : historical approaches, challenges and benefits (2019)
Book Chapter
Williams, D. (2019). Evaluating BCI for musical expression : historical approaches, challenges and benefits. In A. Nijholt (Ed.), Brain Art (145-158). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-14323-7_5

A recurring challenge in the use of BCI (and more generally HCI) for musical expression is in the design and conduct of appropriate evaluation strategies when considering BCI systems for music composition or performance. Assessing the value of comput... Read More about Evaluating BCI for musical expression : historical approaches, challenges and benefits.

Embryonic and fetal development of the red brocket deer (Mazama americana) (2019)
Journal Article
Mayor, P., Pereira, T., Andrade, R., Gonzalez-Benavent, E., Monteiro, F., Bodmer, R., …Rocha El Bizri, H. (2019). Embryonic and fetal development of the red brocket deer (Mazama americana). Theriogenology, 134, 53-64. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.theriogenology.2019.05.015

The red brocket deer (Mazama americana), a medium-sized Neotropical ungulate, is one of the most hunted mammals in the Amazon. This study analyzes the intrauterine development in the red brocket deer through the description of the external and intern... Read More about Embryonic and fetal development of the red brocket deer (Mazama americana).

An emerging consensus in the evolution, phylogeny, and systematics of marsupials and their fossil relatives (Metatheria) (2019)
Journal Article
Eldridge, M., Beck, R., Croft, D., Travouillon, K., & Fox, B. (2019). An emerging consensus in the evolution, phylogeny, and systematics of marsupials and their fossil relatives (Metatheria). Journal of Mammalogy, 100(3), 802-837. https://doi.org/10.1093/jmammal/gyz018

Marsupials and their fossil relatives, which collectively comprise Metatheria, have been of scientific interest for centuries, with many aspects of their evolution and systematics subject to intense research and debate. Here, we review progress over... Read More about An emerging consensus in the evolution, phylogeny, and systematics of marsupials and their fossil relatives (Metatheria).

Synthesis and photophysical properties of meso‐aminophenyl-substituted heptamethine dyes as potential leads to new contrast agents (2019)
Journal Article
Okoh, O., Critchley, M., Bisby, R., Lawrence, C., Wainwright, M., & Smith, R. (2019). Synthesis and photophysical properties of meso‐aminophenyl-substituted heptamethine dyes as potential leads to new contrast agents. Coloration Technology, 135(4), 305-311. https://doi.org/10.1111/cote.12403

The series of rigid meso‐aminophenyl‐substituted heptamethine dyes presented herein exhibit surprising fluorescence properties, demonstrating larger Stokes shifts when compared with both structurally similar rigid meso‐chlorophenyl and linear heptame... Read More about Synthesis and photophysical properties of meso‐aminophenyl-substituted heptamethine dyes as potential leads to new contrast agents.

Estimating the running costs of commercial buildings: artificial neural network modeling (2019)
Presentation / Conference
Hemba Geekiyanage, M., & Ramachandra, T. (2019, May). Estimating the running costs of commercial buildings: artificial neural network modeling. Presented at 10th International Structural Engineering and Construction Conference, ISEC 2019, Chicago, USA

Running costs of a building is a substantial share of its total life-cycle cost (LCC) and it ranges between 70-80% in commercial buildings. Despite its significant contribution to LCC, investors and construction industry practitioners tend to mostly... Read More about Estimating the running costs of commercial buildings: artificial neural network modeling.