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Coronavirus pandemic and disruptive impact on marketing and consumers (2020)
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Sirkeci, I., & Baghdasaryan, L. (2020). Coronavirus pandemic and disruptive impact on marketing and consumers. Transnational Marketing Journal, 8(2), 133-134. https://doi.org/10.33182/tmj.v8i2.1180

A year full of exciting expectations, technological innovations and business opportunities, this is how 2020 was predicted to be by many business analysts and experts. However, some unexpected events followed since the identification of COVID-19 in C... Read More about Coronavirus pandemic and disruptive impact on marketing and consumers.

Cold-start NOx emissions : diesel and waste lubricating oil as a fuel additive (2020)
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Zare, A., Bodisco, T., Jafari, M., Verma, P., Yang, L., Babaie, M., …Stevanovic, S. (2021). Cold-start NOx emissions : diesel and waste lubricating oil as a fuel additive. Fuel, 286(Part 2), 119430. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fuel.2020.119430

NOx emissions from diesel engines are a concern from both environmental and health perspectives. Recently this attention has targeted cold-start emissions highlighting that emission after-treatment systems are not effective in this period. Using a 6-... Read More about Cold-start NOx emissions : diesel and waste lubricating oil as a fuel additive.

A comparative review on mobile robot path planning : classical or meta-heuristic methods? (2020)
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Wahab, M., Nefti-Meziani, S., & Atyabi, A. (2020). A comparative review on mobile robot path planning : classical or meta-heuristic methods?. Annual Reviews in Control, 50, 233-252. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.arcontrol.2020.10.001

The involvement of Meta-heuristic algorithms in robot motion planning has attracted the attention of researchers in the robotics community due to the simplicity of the approaches and their effectiveness in the coordination of the agents. This study e... Read More about A comparative review on mobile robot path planning : classical or meta-heuristic methods?.

Reliability of walking and stair climbing kinematics in a young obese population using a standard kinematic and the CGM2 model (2020)
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Horsak, B., Schwab, C., Leboeuf, F., & Kranzl, A. (2021). Reliability of walking and stair climbing kinematics in a young obese population using a standard kinematic and the CGM2 model. Gait & Posture, 83, 96-99. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gaitpost.2020.10.017

Background: Recently, the successor of the Conventional Gait Model, the CGM2 was introduced. Even though achievable reliability of gait kinematics is a well-assessed topic in gait analysis for several models, information about reliability in difficu... Read More about Reliability of walking and stair climbing kinematics in a young obese population using a standard kinematic and the CGM2 model.

Urban cooling : which façade orientation has the most impact on a microclimate? (2020)
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Taleghani, M., Swan, W., Johansson, E., & Ji, Y. (2021). Urban cooling : which façade orientation has the most impact on a microclimate?. Sustainable Cities and Society, 64, 102547. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scs.2020.102547

Deploying solar reflective materials on urban surfaces is known as an effective heat mitigation strategy. Several studies have shown their cooling impacts; however, most of them have focused on rooftops rather than facades. The novelty of this paper... Read More about Urban cooling : which façade orientation has the most impact on a microclimate?.

An evaluation of sorter induced cell stress (SICS) on peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) after different sort conditions - are your sorted cells getting SICS? (2020)
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Pfister, G., Toor, S., Sasidharan Nair, V., & Elkord, E. (2020). An evaluation of sorter induced cell stress (SICS) on peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) after different sort conditions - are your sorted cells getting SICS?. Journal of Immunological Methods, 487, 112902. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jim.2020.112902

Flow cytometry and fluorescence-activated cell sorting have become invaluable tools to analyze and isolate specific cell populations in a wide range of biomedical research and clinical applications. In countless approaches worldwide, scientists are u... Read More about An evaluation of sorter induced cell stress (SICS) on peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) after different sort conditions - are your sorted cells getting SICS?.

Determination of safe limit for arsenic contaminated irrigation water using solubility free ion activity model (FIAM) and Tobit Regression Model (2020)
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Kumari, P. B., Singh, Y. K., Mandal, J., Shambhavi, S., Sadhu, S. K., Kumar, R., …Singh, M. (2021). Determination of safe limit for arsenic contaminated irrigation water using solubility free ion activity model (FIAM) and Tobit Regression Model. Chemosphere, 270, 128630. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2020.128630

Irrigation water contaminated with arsenic acts as a potent source of contamination to humans through water-soil-crop-food transfer so quantification of safe limit for irrigation water is also critical. A pot experiment was conducted to determine the... Read More about Determination of safe limit for arsenic contaminated irrigation water using solubility free ion activity model (FIAM) and Tobit Regression Model.

Utilization of fine water sprays in explosion mitigation : cold trial (2020)
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Johnston, S., Nasr, G., & Nourian, A. (2020). Utilization of fine water sprays in explosion mitigation : cold trial. Atomization and Sprays, 30(6), 431-450. https://doi.org/10.1615/AtomizSpr.2020034356

For the past fifty years, there has been a great deal of interest using water-based explosion suppression systems in mitigating/reducing the impact of thermal explosions and their consequential overpressures. Previous research focused on the suppress... Read More about Utilization of fine water sprays in explosion mitigation : cold trial.

Using the common cold virus as a naturally occurring vaccine to prevent COVID-19 : lessons from Edward Jenner (2020)
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Sotgia, F., & Lisanti, M. (2020). Using the common cold virus as a naturally occurring vaccine to prevent COVID-19 : lessons from Edward Jenner. Aging, 12(19), 18797-18803. https://doi.org/10.18632/aging.104166

Three recent papers published in Nature, Science and Cell, all present clear evidence that there is cross-reactive T-cell immunity between human coronaviruses (229E, NL63, OC43, and HKU1), linked with the common cold, and SARS-CoV-2, the causative ag... Read More about Using the common cold virus as a naturally occurring vaccine to prevent COVID-19 : lessons from Edward Jenner.

Considerations for nutrition support in critically ill children with COVID-19 and paediatric inflammatory multisystem syndrome temporally associated with COVID-19 (2020)
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Marino, L., Valla, F., Tume, L., Jotterand Chaparro, C., Moullet, C., Latten, L., …Verbruggen, S. (2021). Considerations for nutrition support in critically ill children with COVID-19 and paediatric inflammatory multisystem syndrome temporally associated with COVID-19. Clinical Nutrition, 40(3), 895-900. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.clnu.2020.10.007

The aim of this editorial is to provide an adaptation of nutrition support recommendations for the overall population of critically ill children, to provide further refined recommendations for critically ill children presenting with COVID-19 or paedi... Read More about Considerations for nutrition support in critically ill children with COVID-19 and paediatric inflammatory multisystem syndrome temporally associated with COVID-19.

Modeling of liquid internal energy and heat capacity over a wide pressure–temperature range from first principles (2020)
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Proctor, J. (2020). Modeling of liquid internal energy and heat capacity over a wide pressure–temperature range from first principles. Physics of Fluids, 32, 107105. https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0025871

Recently, there have been significant theoretical advances in our understanding of liquids and dense supercritical fluids based on their ability to support high frequency transverse (shear) waves. Here, we have constructed a new computer model using... Read More about Modeling of liquid internal energy and heat capacity over a wide pressure–temperature range from first principles.

Optimising risk-based surveillance for early detection of invasive plant pathogens (2020)
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Mastin, A., Gottwald, T., van den Bosch, F., Cunniffe, N., & Parnell, S. (2020). Optimising risk-based surveillance for early detection of invasive plant pathogens. PLoS Biology, 18(10), e3000863. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.3000863

Emerging infectious diseases (EIDs) of plants continue to devastate ecosystems and livelihoods worldwide. Effective management requires surveillance to detect epidemics at an early stage. However, despite the increasing use of risk-based surveillance... Read More about Optimising risk-based surveillance for early detection of invasive plant pathogens.

A toolkit for prosthetists and orthotists to facilitate progress in professional communication over the next 50 years (2020)
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Van Netten, J., Jarl, G., Postema, K., & Williams, A. (2020). A toolkit for prosthetists and orthotists to facilitate progress in professional communication over the next 50 years. Prosthetics and Orthotics International, 44(6), 408-415. https://doi.org/10.1177/0309364620962325

Background: In this celebratory issue of Prosthetics and Orthotics International, we review professional communication skills in the field of prosthetics and orthotics. Objective: We aim to reflect on communication skills in the past 50 years, to dis... Read More about A toolkit for prosthetists and orthotists to facilitate progress in professional communication over the next 50 years.

'Does peacekeeping deter terrorism?' (2020)
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Kruglova, A. (2020). 'Does peacekeeping deter terrorism?'. Dynamics of Asymmetric Conflict, 14(1), 50-71. https://doi.org/10.1080/17467586.2020.1821070

This article examines the effect of the presence of UN peacekeeping forces on the scale of domestic terrorist violence in civil war-torn countries. By employing matching and regression analysis, I explore two samples: one contains information about c... Read More about 'Does peacekeeping deter terrorism?'.

Can Active Labour Market Programmes emulate the mental health benefits of regular paid employment? Longitudinal evidence from the United Kingdom (2020)
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Wang, S., Coutts, A., Burchell, B., Kamerāde, D., & Balderson, U. (2021). Can Active Labour Market Programmes emulate the mental health benefits of regular paid employment? Longitudinal evidence from the United Kingdom. Work, Employment and Society, 35(3), 545-565. https://doi.org/10.1177/0950017020946664

Active Labour Market Programmes (ALMPs), which form important components of employment support policies around the world, have been found to improve mental health and wellbeing of participants. However, it remains unclear how these health effects com... Read More about Can Active Labour Market Programmes emulate the mental health benefits of regular paid employment? Longitudinal evidence from the United Kingdom.

Optimal supply chain design with product family : a cloud-based framework with real-time data consideration (2020)
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Ali, S., Ali, A., Muhammed, M., & Christie, M. (2021). Optimal supply chain design with product family : a cloud-based framework with real-time data consideration. Computers and Operations Research, 126, 105112. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cor.2020.105112

When the product family (PF) and the supply chain designs (SCD) are aligned and integrated, original equipment manufacturers (OEM) are more likely to improve their operational performance. In this paper, we propose a novel approach, which demonstrate... Read More about Optimal supply chain design with product family : a cloud-based framework with real-time data consideration.

An experimental study on high-pressure water jets for paraffin scale removal in partially blocked production tubings (2020)
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Yar’Adua, K., John, I., Abbas, A., Lawal, K., & Kabir, A. (2021). An experimental study on high-pressure water jets for paraffin scale removal in partially blocked production tubings. Journal of Petroleum Exploration and Production Technologies, 11(2), 973-988. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13202-020-01009-w

The common practice of using chemicals and solid-entrained liquids to remove soft scales in production tubings is associated with a high risk of contaminating the environment and eroding pipe internal surfaces. Due to the suspended solids, the curren... Read More about An experimental study on high-pressure water jets for paraffin scale removal in partially blocked production tubings.

Enhanced gas recovery by CO2 injection : influence of monovalent and divalent brines and their concentrations on CO2 dispersion in porous media (2020)
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Abba, M. (2020). Enhanced gas recovery by CO2 injection : influence of monovalent and divalent brines and their concentrations on CO2 dispersion in porous media. Journal of Natural Gas Science and Engineering, 84, 103643. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jngse.2020.103643

This study aims to experimentally investigate the roles of different brine types and concentrations on the longitudinal dispersion coefficient (KL) during enhanced gas recovery by CO2 injection. Core flooding process was used to simulate the displa... Read More about Enhanced gas recovery by CO2 injection : influence of monovalent and divalent brines and their concentrations on CO2 dispersion in porous media.

Interleukin-33 rescues perivascular adipose tissue anticontractile function in obesity (2020)
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Saxton, S., Whitley, A., Potter, R., Withers, S., Grencis, R., & Heagerty, A. (2020). Interleukin-33 rescues perivascular adipose tissue anticontractile function in obesity. American journal of physiology. Heart and circulatory physiology, 319(6), H1387-H1397. https://doi.org/10.1152/ajpheart.00491.2020

Perivascular adipose tissue (PVAT) depots are metabolically active and play a major vasodilator role in healthy lean individuals. In obesity, they become inflamed and eosinophil-depleted and the anticontractile function is lost with the development o... Read More about Interleukin-33 rescues perivascular adipose tissue anticontractile function in obesity.

Understanding nanomechanical and surface ellipsometry of optical F-doped SnO2 thin films by in-line APCVD (2020)
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Afzaal, M., Yates, H., Al-Ahmed, A., Ul-Hamid, A., Salhi, B., & Ali, M. (2020). Understanding nanomechanical and surface ellipsometry of optical F-doped SnO2 thin films by in-line APCVD. Applied Physics A, 126, 840. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00339-020-04033-z

In this paper, a production-type chemical vapour deposition (CVD) is utilized to deposit fluorine doped tin oxide thin films of different thicknesses and dopant levels. Deposited films showed a preferred orientation along the (200) plane of a tetra... Read More about Understanding nanomechanical and surface ellipsometry of optical F-doped SnO2 thin films by in-line APCVD.