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Magneto-convective flow through a porous enclosure with Hall current and Thermal radiation effects : numerical study (2022)
Journal Article
Venkatadri, K., Beg, O., & Kuharat, S. (2022). Magneto-convective flow through a porous enclosure with Hall current and Thermal radiation effects : numerical study. European Physical Journal - Special Topics, https://doi.org/10.1140/epjs/s11734-022-00592-9

This paper reports the numerical study of magnetohydrodynamic radiative-convective flow in
a square cavity containing a porous medium with Hall currents. This study is relevant to
hydromagnetic fuel cell design and thermofluidic dynamics of complex... Read More about Magneto-convective flow through a porous enclosure with Hall current and Thermal radiation effects : numerical study.

Bacterial adaptation to venom in snakes and arachnida (2022)
Journal Article
Esmaeilishirazifard, E., Usher, L., Trim, C., Denise, H., Sangal, V., Tyson, G., …Moschos, S. (2022). Bacterial adaptation to venom in snakes and arachnida. Microbiology Spectrum, 10(3), https://doi.org/10.1128/spectrum.02408-21

Notwithstanding their 3 to 5% mortality, the 2.7 million envenomation-related injuries occurring annually—predominantly across Africa, Asia, and Latin America—are also major causes of morbidity. Venom toxin-damaged tissue will develop infections in s... Read More about Bacterial adaptation to venom in snakes and arachnida.

From skin mechanics to tactile neural coding: Predicting afferent neural dynamics during active touch and perception (2022)
Journal Article
Wei, Y., Mcglone, F., Marshall, A., Makdani, A., Zou, Z., Ren, L., & Wei, G. (2022). From skin mechanics to tactile neural coding: Predicting afferent neural dynamics during active touch and perception. IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering, 69(2), 3748-3759. https://doi.org/10.1109/TBME.2022.3177006

First order cutaneous neurons allow object recognition, texture discrimination, and sensorimotor feedback. Their function is well-investigated under passive stimulation while their role during active touch or sensorimotor control is understudied. To... Read More about From skin mechanics to tactile neural coding: Predicting afferent neural dynamics during active touch and perception.

Development of an evolutionary cost sensitive decision tree induction algorithm (2022)
Presentation / Conference
Kassim, M., & Vadera, S. (2022, May). Development of an evolutionary cost sensitive decision tree induction algorithm. Presented at 2022 IEEE 2nd International Maghreb Meeting of the Conference on Sciences and Techniques of Automatic Control and Computer Engineering (MI-STA), Sabratha, Libya

This paper develops an Evolutionary Elliptical Cost-Sensitive Decision Tree Algorithm (EECSDT) which learns cost-sensitive non-linear decision trees for multiclass problems. EECSDT is developed by formulating the problem as an optimization task in wh... Read More about Development of an evolutionary cost sensitive decision tree induction algorithm.

Size Effect of Hydrated Lime on the Mechanical Performance of Asphalt Concrete (2022)
Journal Article
Albayati, A., Wang, Y., & Haynes, J. (2022). Size Effect of Hydrated Lime on the Mechanical Performance of Asphalt Concrete. Materials, 15(10), 3715. https://doi.org/10.3390/ma15103715

Despite widespread agreement on the beneficial nature of hydrated lime (HL) addition to asphalt concrete mixes, understanding of the effect of HL particle size is still limited. Previous investigations have focused mainly on two different size compar... Read More about Size Effect of Hydrated Lime on the Mechanical Performance of Asphalt Concrete.

The effects of regional weather patterns on the migration of birds and Lepidoptera to a coastal migration “hotspot” in East Kent and possible changes in occurrence in response to global climate change (2022)
Thesis
Lee, G. The effects of regional weather patterns on the migration of birds and Lepidoptera to a coastal migration “hotspot” in East Kent and possible changes in occurrence in response to global climate change. (Dissertation). University of Salford

The phenomenon of long-distance migration is an important strategy for the survival of many species by maximising chances of breeding success in different climates. By analysing past literature covering the effects of weather on migration, a research... Read More about The effects of regional weather patterns on the migration of birds and Lepidoptera to a coastal migration “hotspot” in East Kent and possible changes in occurrence in response to global climate change.

Maize yield estimation in intercropped smallholder fields using satellite data in southern Malawi (2022)
Journal Article
Li, C., Chimimba, E., Kambombe, O., Brown, L., Chibarabada, T., Lu, Y., …Dash, J. (2022). Maize yield estimation in intercropped smallholder fields using satellite data in southern Malawi. Remote Sensing, 14(10), https://doi.org/10.3390/rs14102458

Satellite data provide high potential for estimating crop yield, which is crucial to understanding determinants of yield gaps and therefore improving food production, particularly in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) regions. However, accurate assessment of c... Read More about Maize yield estimation in intercropped smallholder fields using satellite data in southern Malawi.

Phylogenetics and an updated taxonomic status of the Tamarins (Callitrichinae, Cebidae) (2022)
Journal Article
Brcko, I., Carneiro, J., Ruiz-García, M., Boubli, J., Silva-Júnior, J., Farias, I., …Sampaio, I. (2022). Phylogenetics and an updated taxonomic status of the Tamarins (Callitrichinae, Cebidae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 173, 107504. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2022.107504

Traditionally, Saguinus has been organized into six taxonomic groups: bicolor, inustus, midas, mystax, nigricollis, and oedipus. After recent revisions, taxonomic reclassifications were proposed, including (1) the recognition of Leontocebus as a new... Read More about Phylogenetics and an updated taxonomic status of the Tamarins (Callitrichinae, Cebidae).

iNOS is essential to maintain a protective Th1/Th2 response and the production of cytokines/chemokines against Schistosoma japonicum infection in rats (2022)
Journal Article
Shen, J., Yu, S., Peng, M., Lai, D., Hide, G., Wu, Z., & Lun, Z. (2022). iNOS is essential to maintain a protective Th1/Th2 response and the production of cytokines/chemokines against Schistosoma japonicum infection in rats. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 16(5), e0010403. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0010403

Humans and a wide range of mammals are generally susceptible to Schistosoma infection, while some rodents such as Rattus rats and Microtus spp are not. We previously demonstrated that inherent high expression levels of nitric oxide (NO), produced by... Read More about iNOS is essential to maintain a protective Th1/Th2 response and the production of cytokines/chemokines against Schistosoma japonicum infection in rats.

Reactive solute transport in blood flow through a permeable capillary (2022)
Journal Article
Beg, O., Debnath, S., & Roy, A. (in press). Reactive solute transport in blood flow through a permeable capillary. Archives of Mechanics, https://doi.org/10.24423/aom.3955

The present analysis discusses the solute transport process in a steady 2D (axial and radial) laminar flow of blood through a permeable, finite length capillary. Blood is treated as a homogeneous Newtonian fluid and the solute is absorbed at the capi... Read More about Reactive solute transport in blood flow through a permeable capillary.

Molecular phylogeny and systematics of bald uakaris, genus Cacajao (Primates: Pitheciidae), with the description of a new species. (2022)
Journal Article
Ennes Silva, F., Valsecchi do Amaral, J., Roos, C., Bowler, M., Röhe, F., Sampaio, R., …Boubli, J. (2022). Molecular phylogeny and systematics of bald uakaris, genus Cacajao (Primates: Pitheciidae), with the description of a new species. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 173, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2022.107509

Bald uakaris, genus Cacajao, are Amazonian primates currently classified as one species and four subspecies based on the patterns of pelage coloration. In this study, we test if their current taxonomy is represented by the phylogenetic relationship o... Read More about Molecular phylogeny and systematics of bald uakaris, genus Cacajao (Primates: Pitheciidae), with the description of a new species..

Cattaneo-Christov dual diffusive non-Newtonian nanoliquid flow featuring nonlinear convection (2022)
Journal Article
Beg, O., Nasir, M., Waqas, M., Kausar, M., & Zamri, N. (2022). Cattaneo-Christov dual diffusive non-Newtonian nanoliquid flow featuring nonlinear convection. Chinese Journal of Physics, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cjph.2022.05.005

A theoretical study is presented of the transport characteristics in double diffusive tangent
hyperbolic (non-Newtonian) nanofluid boundary layer flow from a stretching flat surface. The Cattaneo–
Christov (non-Fourier and non-Fickian) double diffu... Read More about Cattaneo-Christov dual diffusive non-Newtonian nanoliquid flow featuring nonlinear convection.

Analysis and validation of a 3D finite element model for human forearm fracture. (2022)
Journal Article
Liu, J., Mustafa, A., Lees, V. C., Qian, Z., Wei, G., Lu, X., …Wang, K. (2022). Analysis and validation of a 3D finite element model for human forearm fracture. International Journal for Numerical Methods in Biomedical Engineering, 38(9), e3617. https://doi.org/10.1002/cnm.3617

Most researchers have performed finite element (FE) analysis of the human forearm fracture by exploring the strength and load transmission of the bones. However, few studies concentrated a complete simulation of the whole forearm complex including li... Read More about Analysis and validation of a 3D finite element model for human forearm fracture..

Amazonia camtrap: A dataset of mammal, bird, and reptile species recorded with camera traps in the Amazon forest. (2022)
Journal Article
Antunes, A., Montanarin, A., Gräbin, D., Monteiro, E., de Pinho, F., Alvarenga, G., …Ribeiro, M. (2022). Amazonia camtrap: A dataset of mammal, bird, and reptile species recorded with camera traps in the Amazon forest. Ecology, 103(9), e3738. https://doi.org/10.1002/ecy.3738

The Amazon forest has the highest biodiversity on earth. However, information on Amazonian vertebrate diversity is still deficient and scattered across the published, peer-reviewed and grey literature and in unpublished raw data. Camera traps are an... Read More about Amazonia camtrap: A dataset of mammal, bird, and reptile species recorded with camera traps in the Amazon forest..

Assessing Soil Degradation and Risk in Relation to Metal Pollution in Hindon River Water-Irrigated Soils of Western Uttar Pradesh of India (2022)
Journal Article
Golui, D., Dali, M., Singh, R., Datta, S. P., Mandal, J., Ray, P., …Kumar, R. (2022). Assessing Soil Degradation and Risk in Relation to Metal Pollution in Hindon River Water-Irrigated Soils of Western Uttar Pradesh of India. Water, Air, and Soil Pollution, 233(5), https://doi.org/10.1007/s11270-022-05640-7

Soil degradation with metal pollution was assessed in polluted river water-irrigated soils. Human health risk from ingestion of metal by way of eating of edible portion of plants, raised on these soils, was predicted based on the free ion activity in... Read More about Assessing Soil Degradation and Risk in Relation to Metal Pollution in Hindon River Water-Irrigated Soils of Western Uttar Pradesh of India.

A Novel RBFNN-CNN Model for Speaker Identification in Stressful Talking Environments (2022)
Journal Article
Nassif, A. B., Alnazzawi, N., Shahin, I., Salloum, S. A., Hindawi, N., Lataifeh, M., & Elnagar, A. (2022). A Novel RBFNN-CNN Model for Speaker Identification in Stressful Talking Environments. Applied Sciences, 12(10), 4841. https://doi.org/10.3390/app12104841

Speaker identification systems perform almost ideally in neutral talking environments. However, these systems perform poorly in stressful talking environments. In this paper, we present an effective approach for enhancing the performance of speaker i... Read More about A Novel RBFNN-CNN Model for Speaker Identification in Stressful Talking Environments.