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Mechanisms of low susceptibility to the disinfectant benzalkonium chloride in a multidrug-resistant environmental isolate of Aeromonas hydrophila (2023)
Journal Article
Chacón, L., Kuropka, B., González-Tortuero, E., Schreiber, F., Rojas-Jiménez, K., & Rodríguez-Rojas, A. (in press). Mechanisms of low susceptibility to the disinfectant benzalkonium chloride in a multidrug-resistant environmental isolate of Aeromonas hydrophila. Frontiers in Microbiology, 14, 1180128. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2023.1180128

Excessive discharge of quaternary ammonium disinfectants such as benzalkonium chloride (BAC) into aquatic systems can trigger several physiological responses in environmental microorganisms. In this study, we isolated a less-susceptible strain of Aer... Read More about Mechanisms of low susceptibility to the disinfectant benzalkonium chloride in a multidrug-resistant environmental isolate of Aeromonas hydrophila.

Design, Dimensional Synthesis and Evaluation of a Novel Two-Degrees-of-Freedom Spherical Remote Center of Motion Mechanism for Minimally Invasive Surgery (2023)
Journal Article
Li, J., Wang, J., Zhao, J., & Wei, G. (in press). Design, Dimensional Synthesis and Evaluation of a Novel Two-Degrees-of-Freedom Spherical Remote Center of Motion Mechanism for Minimally Invasive Surgery. Journal of Mechanisms and Robotics, 1-38. https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4062673

With the development of minimally invasive surgery (MIS) technology, higher requirements are put forward for the performance of remote center of motion (RCM) manipulator. This paper presents the conceptual design of a novel two degrees of freedom (2-... Read More about Design, Dimensional Synthesis and Evaluation of a Novel Two-Degrees-of-Freedom Spherical Remote Center of Motion Mechanism for Minimally Invasive Surgery.

The landscape of tolerated genetic variation in humans and primates. (2023)
Journal Article
Gao, H., Hamp, T., Ede, J., Schraiber, J. G., McRae, J., Singer-Berk, M., …Jolly, C. J. (2023). The landscape of tolerated genetic variation in humans and primates. Science, 380(6648), https://doi.org/10.1126/science.abn8197

Personalized genome sequencing has revealed millions of genetic differences between individuals, but our understanding of their clinical relevance remains largely incomplete. To systematically decipher the effects of human genetic variants, we obtain... Read More about The landscape of tolerated genetic variation in humans and primates..

An investigation of energy saving behaviour for residential buildings in Nigeria (2023)
Thesis
Tilde, A. (2023). An investigation of energy saving behaviour for residential buildings in Nigeria. (Thesis). University of Salford

Threats of climate change, global warming and uncertainty about future energy prices have sparked a global discussion about energy efficiency, particularly energy saving behaviour in residential buildings. Numerous challenges have been faced in achie... Read More about An investigation of energy saving behaviour for residential buildings in Nigeria.

Investigating small extracellular vesicle miRNA as biomarkers for Alzheimer’s disease (2023)
Thesis
Aarons, T. (2023). Investigating small extracellular vesicle miRNA as biomarkers for Alzheimer’s disease. (Thesis). University of Salford

Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is the leading cause of dementia, a syndrome impacting over 900,000 people in the UK alone. There are currently no disease modifying treatments for AD, which is largely attributable to the heterogenous basis of the disease wh... Read More about Investigating small extracellular vesicle miRNA as biomarkers for Alzheimer’s disease.

Overcoming drug resistance: targeting the BCL-2 family and the long non-coding RNA HCP5 in medulloblastoma and colorectal cancer (2023)
Thesis
Iseghohimen, A. (2023). Overcoming drug resistance: targeting the BCL-2 family and the long non-coding RNA HCP5 in medulloblastoma and colorectal cancer. (Thesis). University of Salford

Colorectal cancer (CRC) is one of the most common cancers in the UK and medulloblastoma is a common cancer found in children. While there has been a progressive improvement in treatment outcomes, success has been marred by drug resistance and severe... Read More about Overcoming drug resistance: targeting the BCL-2 family and the long non-coding RNA HCP5 in medulloblastoma and colorectal cancer.

Design and Development of IoT and Deep Ensemble Learning Based Model for Disease Monitoring and Prediction (2023)
Journal Article
Venkatachala Appa Swamy, M., Periyasamy, J., Thangavel, M., Khan, S. B., Almusharraf, A., Santhanam, P., …Elsisi, M. (in press). Design and Development of IoT and Deep Ensemble Learning Based Model for Disease Monitoring and Prediction. Diagnostics, 13(11), 1942. https://doi.org/10.3390/diagnostics13111942

With the rapidly increasing reliance on advances in IoT, we persist towards pushing technology to new heights. From ordering food online to gene editing-based personalized healthcare, disruptive technologies like ML and AI continue to grow beyond our... Read More about Design and Development of IoT and Deep Ensemble Learning Based Model for Disease Monitoring and Prediction.

A global catalog of whole-genome diversity from 233 primate species. (2023)
Journal Article
Kuderna, L. F. K., Gao, H., Janiak, M. C., Kuhlwilm, M., Orkin, J. D., Bataillon, T., …Jolly, C. J. (2023). A global catalog of whole-genome diversity from 233 primate species. Science, 380(6648), 906-913. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.abn7829

The rich diversity of morphology and behavior displayed across primate species provides an informative context in which to study the impact of genomic diversity on fundamental biological processes. Analysis of that diversity provides insight into lon... Read More about A global catalog of whole-genome diversity from 233 primate species..

Thermo-hydraulic phenomena of water-Al2O3 nanofluid flow over a rectangular channel with trapezoidal obstacles (2023)
Journal Article
Saha, S., Prasad, V., Beg, O., & Das, A. (2023). Thermo-hydraulic phenomena of water-Al2O3 nanofluid flow over a rectangular channel with trapezoidal obstacles. Journal of Nanofluids, 12(5), 1383-1396. https://doi.org/10.1166/jon.2023.2027

Numerical simulations of water-Al,O, nanofluid flow in a rectangular channel with two trapezoidal obstacles have been studied, which has rmarkable effect in various engineering applications. The governing equations have been solved using SIMPLEC al... Read More about Thermo-hydraulic phenomena of water-Al2O3 nanofluid flow over a rectangular channel with trapezoidal obstacles.

Exact similariton solution families and diverse composite waves in coherently coupled inhomogeneous systems (2023)
Journal Article
Huo, K., Yang, R., Jia, H., He, Y., & Christian, J. (2023). Exact similariton solution families and diverse composite waves in coherently coupled inhomogeneous systems. Nonlinear Dynamics, https://doi.org/10.1007/s11071-023-08574-9

Seeking analytical solutions of nonlinear Schrödinger (NLS)-like equations remains an open topic. In this paper, we revisit the general inhomogeneous nonautonomous NLS (inNLS) equation and report on exact similaritons under generic constraint relati... Read More about Exact similariton solution families and diverse composite waves in coherently coupled inhomogeneous systems.

Research With Marginalized Communities: Reflections on Engaging Roma Women in Northern England (2023)
Journal Article
Hubbard, L., Hardman, M., Race, O., Palmai, M., & Vamosi, G. (2023). Research With Marginalized Communities: Reflections on Engaging Roma Women in Northern England. Qualitative Inquiry, 30(6), 514-525. https://doi.org/10.1177/10778004231176770

This article critically explores research with marginalized communities. We provide an insight into our work with the Roma community, reflecting on innovation, opportunities, and barriers, alongside the need for more work in this area. A particular f... Read More about Research With Marginalized Communities: Reflections on Engaging Roma Women in Northern England.

Dual solutions of magnetite/cobalt/manganese-zinc-aqueous nano-ferrofluids from a stretching sheet with magnetic induction effects: MHD stagnation flow computation and analysis (2023)
Journal Article
Ferdows, M., Tazin, T., Bég, A., Bég, T. A., & Ali, K. (2023). Dual solutions of magnetite/cobalt/manganese-zinc-aqueous nano-ferrofluids from a stretching sheet with magnetic induction effects: MHD stagnation flow computation and analysis. International Journal for Computational Methods in Engineering Science and Mechanics, 1-20. https://doi.org/10.1080/15502287.2023.2211985

A theoretical study is presented for the steady magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) boundary layer stagnation point flow of a nano-ferrofluid along a linearly moving stretching sheet, as a simulation of functional magnetic materials processing. Due to having... Read More about Dual solutions of magnetite/cobalt/manganese-zinc-aqueous nano-ferrofluids from a stretching sheet with magnetic induction effects: MHD stagnation flow computation and analysis.

Optimal Operation of Distributed Generations Considering Demand Response in a Microgrid Using GWO Algorithm (2023)
Journal Article
Shokouhandeh, H., Ahmadi Kamarposhti, M., Holderbaum, W., Colak, I., & Thounthong, P. (2023). Optimal Operation of Distributed Generations Considering Demand Response in a Microgrid Using GWO Algorithm. Computer Systems Science and Engineering, 47(1), 809-822. https://doi.org/10.32604/csse.2023.035827

The widespread penetration of distributed energy sources and the use of load response programs, especially in a microgrid, have caused many power system issues, such as control and operation of these networks, to be affected. The control and opera... Read More about Optimal Operation of Distributed Generations Considering Demand Response in a Microgrid Using GWO Algorithm.

A Data Brokering Architecture to Guarantee Nonfunctional Requirements in IoT Applications (2023)
Conference Proceeding
Mansouri, T., Bass, J., Gaber, T., Wright, S., & Scorey, B. (2023). A Data Brokering Architecture to Guarantee Nonfunctional Requirements in IoT Applications. In Big Data Technologies and Applications (75-84). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-33614-0_6

IoT sensors capture different aspects of the environmental data and generate high throughput data streams. To harvest potential values from these sensors, a system fulfilling the big data requirements should be designed. In this work, we reviewed the... Read More about A Data Brokering Architecture to Guarantee Nonfunctional Requirements in IoT Applications.

Existence, Smoothness and Uniqueness (in smooth space) of the Navier-Stokes equation by using a new Boundary Integral representation (2023)
Journal Article
Chadwick, E. Existence, Smoothness and Uniqueness (in smooth space) of the Navier-Stokes equation by using a new Boundary Integral representation. https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2305.14219. Manuscript submitted for publication

Consider an exterior space-time domain where the incompressible Navier-Stokes equation and continuity equation hold with no bodies or force fields present, and smooth velocity at initial time. This is equivalent to the velocity being impulsively inst... Read More about Existence, Smoothness and Uniqueness (in smooth space) of the Navier-Stokes equation by using a new Boundary Integral representation.

Behavioural effects of noise on Linnaeus's two-toed sloth ( (2023)
Journal Article
de Abreu Rezende, Y. G., Queiroz, M. B., Young, R. J., & da Silva Vasconcellos, A. (in press). Behavioural effects of noise on Linnaeus's two-toed sloth (. Animal Welfare Journal, 32, e40. https://doi.org/10.1017/awf.2023.34

Anthropogenic noise has been related to stress in captive animals; despite this there have been few studies on animal welfare assessment in walk-through zoo enclosures. We aimed to investigate the behavioural effects of noise on a male-female pair of... Read More about Behavioural effects of noise on Linnaeus's two-toed sloth (.

Limited environmental and yield benefits of intercropping practices in smallholder fields: Evidence from multi-source data (2023)
Journal Article
Li, C., Kambombe, O., Gulule Chimimba, E., Fawcett, D., Brown, L., Yu, L., …Dash, J. (2023). Limited environmental and yield benefits of intercropping practices in smallholder fields: Evidence from multi-source data. Field Crops Research, 299, Article 108974. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fcr.2023.108974

Context To ensure food security in sub-Saharan Africa, it is necessary to improve crop yields while minimizing environmental impacts. Intercropping has been demonstrated to deliver such outcomes, but their performance in smallholder fields has recei... Read More about Limited environmental and yield benefits of intercropping practices in smallholder fields: Evidence from multi-source data.

Sustainable Irrigation Requirement Prediction Using Internet of Things and Transfer Learning (2023)
Journal Article
Blessy, A., Kumar, A., Quadir Md, A., Alharbi, A. I., Almusharraf, A., Khan, S. B., …Md, A. Q. (2023). Sustainable Irrigation Requirement Prediction Using Internet of Things and Transfer Learning. Sustainability, 15(10), 8260. https://doi.org/10.3390/su15108260

Irrigation systems are a crucial research area because it is essential to conserve fresh water and utilize it wisely. As a part of this study, the reliability of predicting the usage of water in the present and future is investigated in order to deve... Read More about Sustainable Irrigation Requirement Prediction Using Internet of Things and Transfer Learning.