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Numerical solution of bio-nano-convection transport from a horizontal plate with blowing and multiple slip effects (2019)
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Uddin, M., Kabir, M., Alginahi, Y., & Beg, O. (2019). Numerical solution of bio-nano-convection transport from a horizontal plate with blowing and multiple slip effects. Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part C: Journal of Mechanical Engineering Science, 233(19-20), 6910-6927. https://doi.org/10.1177/0954406219867985

In this paper, a new bio-nano-transport model is presented. The effects of first and second order velocity slips, thermal slip, mass slip, and gyro-tactic (torque-responsive) microorganism slip of bioconvectivenanofluid flow from amoving plate un... Read More about Numerical solution of bio-nano-convection transport from a horizontal plate with blowing and multiple slip effects.

User-guided rendering of audio objects using an interactive genetic algorithm (2019)
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Wilson, A., & Fazenda, B. (2019). User-guided rendering of audio objects using an interactive genetic algorithm. Journal of the Audio Engineering Society, 67(7/8), 522-530. https://doi.org/10.17743/jaes.2019.0035

Object-based audio allows for personalisation of content, perhaps to improve accessibility or to increase quality of experience more generally. This paper describes the design and evaluation of an interactive audio renderer, which is used to optimi... Read More about User-guided rendering of audio objects using an interactive genetic algorithm.

Evaluating litter yield and decomposition for re-vegetated mangroves in a subtropical mudflat (2019)
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Niu, A., Zhou, T., Yang, X., Gao, Y., Xu, S., & Lin, C. (2019). Evaluating litter yield and decomposition for re-vegetated mangroves in a subtropical mudflat. Applied Sciences, 9(16), e3340. https://doi.org/10.3390/app9163340

Field monitoring and incubation experiments were conducted to evaluate the litter yield and examine the decomposition of the litter of three representative mangrove species frequently used for mangrove re-vegetation in a subtropical mudflat on the So... Read More about Evaluating litter yield and decomposition for re-vegetated mangroves in a subtropical mudflat.

Enhanced diffusion and bound exciton interactions of high density implanted bismuth donors in silicon (2019)
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Peach, T., Stockbridge, K., Li, J., Lourenco, M., Homewood, K., Hughes, M., …Clowes, S. (2019). Enhanced diffusion and bound exciton interactions of high density implanted bismuth donors in silicon. Applied Physics Letters, 115(7), 072102. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5115835

This study reports the effect of an increasing ion dose on both the electrical activation yield and the characteristic properties of implanted bismuth donors in silicon. A strong dependence of implant fluence is observed on both the yield of bismuth... Read More about Enhanced diffusion and bound exciton interactions of high density implanted bismuth donors in silicon.

A cyber-kill-chain based taxonomy of crypto-ransomware features (2019)
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Dargahi, T., Dehghantanha, A., Nikkhah Bahrami, P., Conti, M., Bianchi, G., & Benedetto, L. (2019). A cyber-kill-chain based taxonomy of crypto-ransomware features. Journal of Computer Virology and Hacking Techniques, 15, 277-305. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11416-019-00338-7

In spite of being just a few years old, ransomware is quickly becoming a serious threat to our digital infrastructures, data and services. Majority of ransomware families are requesting for a ransom payment to restore a custodian access or decrypt da... Read More about A cyber-kill-chain based taxonomy of crypto-ransomware features.

Dodecyl-TPP Targets Mitochondria and Potently Eradicates Cancer Stem Cells (CSCs): Synergy With FDA-Approved Drugs and Natural Compounds (Vitamin C and Berberine). (2019)
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De Francesco, E., Ozsvari, B., Sotgia, F., & Lisanti, M. (2019). Dodecyl-TPP Targets Mitochondria and Potently Eradicates Cancer Stem Cells (CSCs): Synergy With FDA-Approved Drugs and Natural Compounds (Vitamin C and Berberine). Frontiers in Oncology, 9, 615. https://doi.org/10.3389/fonc.2019.00615

Elevated mitochondrial biogenesis and/or metabolism are distinguishing features of cancer cells, as well as Cancer Stem Cells (CSCs), which are involved in tumor initiation, metastatic dissemination, and therapy resistance. In fact, mitochondria-impa... Read More about Dodecyl-TPP Targets Mitochondria and Potently Eradicates Cancer Stem Cells (CSCs): Synergy With FDA-Approved Drugs and Natural Compounds (Vitamin C and Berberine)..

Recovering tradition in globalising rural China : handicraft birdcages in Da’ou village (2019)
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Fois, F., Woods, M., Yang, Y., & Zheng, X. (2019). Recovering tradition in globalising rural China : handicraft birdcages in Da’ou village. Sociologia Ruralis, 59(4), 661-684. https://doi.org/10.1111/soru.12266

This article explores a historic rural craft tradition as the focus of economic development through the valorisation of the local cultural heritage, or culture economy. The case‐study traces the revival of bamboo birdcage making in Da’ou village in S... Read More about Recovering tradition in globalising rural China : handicraft birdcages in Da’ou village.

Risk perception of arsenic exposure from rice intake in a UK population (2019)
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Mondal, D., Mwale, T., Xu, L., Matthews, H., Oyeka, A., Lace-Costigan, G., & Polya, D. (2019). Risk perception of arsenic exposure from rice intake in a UK population. Palgrave Communications, 5(89), https://doi.org/10.1057/s41599-019-0297-7

In the UK, consumption of rice and rice-based products is on the rise but, notwithstanding public expressed concerns about such products as an exposure route for arsenic (e.g. BBC News report, 2017“Should I worry about arsenic in my rice?”) there are... Read More about Risk perception of arsenic exposure from rice intake in a UK population.

FragSAD : a database of diversity and species abundance distributions from habitat fragments (2019)
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Chase, J., Liebergesell, M., Sagouis, A., May, F., Blowes, S., Berg, A., …Ziv, Y. (2019). FragSAD : a database of diversity and species abundance distributions from habitat fragments. Ecology, 100(12), e02861. https://doi.org/10.1002/ecy.2861

Habitat destruction is the single greatest anthropogenic threat to biodiversity. Decades of research on this issue have led to the accumulation of hundreds of data sets comparing species assemblages in larger, intact, habitats to smaller, more fragme... Read More about FragSAD : a database of diversity and species abundance distributions from habitat fragments.

Non‐specific amplification compromises environmental DNA metabarcoding with COI (2019)
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Collins, R., Bakker, J., Wangensteen Fuentes, O., Soto, A., Corrigan, L., Sims, D., …Mariani, S. (2019). Non‐specific amplification compromises environmental DNA metabarcoding with COI. Methods in Ecology and Evolution, 10(11), 1985-2001. https://doi.org/10.1111/2041-210X.13276

1.Metabarcoding extra‐organismal DNA from environmental samples is now a key technique in aquatic biomonitoring and ecosystem health assessment. Of critical consideration when designing experiments, and especially so when developing community standar... Read More about Non‐specific amplification compromises environmental DNA metabarcoding with COI.

A cost-effective, simple measure of emotional response in the brain for use by behavioral biologists (2019)
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O'Hara, S., & Worsley, H. (2019). A cost-effective, simple measure of emotional response in the brain for use by behavioral biologists. Biologia Futura, 70(2), 143-148. https://doi.org/10.1556/019.70.2019.18

Studies combining brain activity measures with behavior have the potential to reveal more about animal cognition than either on their own. However, brain measure procedures in animal studies are often practically challenging and cost-prohibitive. The... Read More about A cost-effective, simple measure of emotional response in the brain for use by behavioral biologists.

Effects of mining truck traffic on cricket calling activity (2019)
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Duarte, M., Cailari, E., Scarpelli, M., Lobregat, G., Young, R., & Sousa-Lima, R. (2019). Effects of mining truck traffic on cricket calling activity. ˜The œJournal of the Acoustical Society of America (Online), 146(1), 656-664. https://doi.org/10.1121/1.5119125

Anthropogenic noise is a global pollutant and several studies have identified its impact on wildlife. This research shows how the noise produced by mining affects crickets' acoustic communication. Two passive acoustic monitoring devices (SMII) were i... Read More about Effects of mining truck traffic on cricket calling activity.

Improved FTO/NiOx interfaces for inverted planar triple cation perovskite solar cells (2019)
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Afzaal, M., Yates, H., Walter, A., & Nicolay, S. (2019). Improved FTO/NiOx interfaces for inverted planar triple cation perovskite solar cells. IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics, 9(5), 1302-1308. https://doi.org/10.1109/JPHOTOV.2019.2927927

Front electrodes of fluorine doped tin oxide (FTO) thin films and hole transporting layers of nickel oxide thin films have been combined to fabricate 1.063 cm2 inverted planar solar cells with cesium-containing triple cation p... Read More about Improved FTO/NiOx interfaces for inverted planar triple cation perovskite solar cells.

Evaluating environmental and ecological landscape characteristics relevant to urban resilience across gradients of land-sharing-sparing and urbanity (2019)
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Dennis, M., Scaletta, K., & James, P. Evaluating environmental and ecological landscape characteristics relevant to urban resilience across gradients of land-sharing-sparing and urbanity. PLoS ONE, 14(7), e0215796. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0215796

Within urban landscape planning, debate continues around the relative merits of land-sparing (compaction) and land-sharing (sprawl) scenarios. Using part of Greater Manchester (UK) as a case-study, we present a landscape approach to mapping green inf... Read More about Evaluating environmental and ecological landscape characteristics relevant to urban resilience across gradients of land-sharing-sparing and urbanity.

Evaluating urban environmental and ecological landscape characteristics as a function of land-sharing-sparing, urbanity and scale (2019)
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Dennis, M., Scaletta, K., & James, P. (2019). Evaluating urban environmental and ecological landscape characteristics as a function of land-sharing-sparing, urbanity and scale. PLoS ONE, 14(7), https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0215796

Within urban landscape planning, debate continues around the relative merits of land-sharing (sprawl) and land-sparing (compaction) scenarios. Using three of the ten districts in Greater Manchester (UK) as a case-study, we present a landscape approac... Read More about Evaluating urban environmental and ecological landscape characteristics as a function of land-sharing-sparing, urbanity and scale.

The Munduruku marmoset : a new monkey species from southern Amazonia (2019)
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Costa-Araújo, R., de Melo, F., Canale, G., Hernández-Rangel, S., Messias, M., Rossi, R., …Hrbek, T. (2019). The Munduruku marmoset : a new monkey species from southern Amazonia. PeerJ, 7, e7019. https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.7019

Although the Atlantic Forest marmosets (Callithrix spp.) are among the best studied Neotropical primates, the Amazonian marmosets (Callibella humilis, Cebuella spp. and Mico spp.) are much less well-known. Even species diversity and distributions are... Read More about The Munduruku marmoset : a new monkey species from southern Amazonia.

Estimating forest leaf area index and canopy chlorophyll content with Sentinel-2: an evaluation of two hybrid retrieval algorithms (2019)
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Brown, L., Ogutu, B., & Dash, J. (2019). Estimating forest leaf area index and canopy chlorophyll content with Sentinel-2: an evaluation of two hybrid retrieval algorithms. Remote Sensing, 11(15), https://doi.org/10.3390/rs11151752

Estimates of biophysical and biochemical variables such as leaf area index (LAI) and canopy chlorophyll content (CCC) are a fundamental requirement for effectively monitoring and managing forest environments. With its red-edge bands and high spatial... Read More about Estimating forest leaf area index and canopy chlorophyll content with Sentinel-2: an evaluation of two hybrid retrieval algorithms.

Multi-individual Microsatellite identification: a multiple genome approach to microsatellite design (MiMi) (2019)
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Fox, G., Preziosi, R., Antwis, R., Benavides‐Serrato, M., Combe, F., Edwin Harris, W., …Rowntree, J. (2019). Multi-individual Microsatellite identification: a multiple genome approach to microsatellite design (MiMi). Molecular Ecology Resources, 19(6), 1672-1680. https://doi.org/10.1111/1755-0998.13065

Bespoke microsatellite marker panels are increasingly affordable and tractable to researchers and conservationists. The rate of microsatellite discovery is very high within a shotgun genomic dataset, but extensive laboratory testing of markers is req... Read More about Multi-individual Microsatellite identification: a multiple genome approach to microsatellite design (MiMi).

Mechanistic links between obesity, diabetes, and blood pressure : role of perivascular adipose tissue (2019)
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Saxton, S., Clark, B., Withers, S., Eringa, E., & Heagerty, A. (2019). Mechanistic links between obesity, diabetes, and blood pressure : role of perivascular adipose tissue. Physiological Reviews, 99(4), 1701-1763. https://doi.org/10.1152/physrev.00034.2018

Obesity is increasingly prevalent and is associated with substantial cardiovascular risk. Adipose tissue distribution and morphology play a key role in determining the degree of adverse effects, and a key factor in the disease process appears to be t... Read More about Mechanistic links between obesity, diabetes, and blood pressure : role of perivascular adipose tissue.