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Diet and Hydrogen Sulfide Production in Mammals (2020)
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Rose, P., Moore, P. K., Whiteman, M., Kirk, C., & Zhu, Y. (2021). Diet and Hydrogen Sulfide Production in Mammals. Antioxidants and Redox Signaling, 34(17), 1378-1393. https://doi.org/10.1089/ars.2020.8217

Significance: In recent times, it has emerged that some dietary sulfur compounds can act on mammalian cell signaling systems via their propensity to release hydrogen sulfide (H2S). H2S plays important biochemical and physiological roles in the heart,... Read More about Diet and Hydrogen Sulfide Production in Mammals.

Motivators of and barriers to becoming a COVID-19 convalescent plasma donor: A survey study (2020)
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Masser, B. M., Thorpe, R., Hoad, V., Lawrence, C., Gosbell, I. B., Davison, T. E., & Ferguson, E. (2020). Motivators of and barriers to becoming a COVID-19 convalescent plasma donor: A survey study. Transfusion Medicine, 31(3), 176-185. https://doi.org/10.1111/tme.12753

Objectives: To determine the motivators and barriers to COVID-19 convalescent plasma donation by those in the United Kingdom who have been diagnosed with or who have had symptoms of SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) but who have not donated. Background: Convales... Read More about Motivators of and barriers to becoming a COVID-19 convalescent plasma donor: A survey study.

Palaeoecology and palaeoenvironment of Mississippian coastal lakes and marshes during the early terrestrialisation of tetrapods (2020)
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Bennett, C. E., Kearsey, T. I., Davies, S. J., Leng, M. J., Millward, D., Smithson, T. R., …Curry, L. (2021). Palaeoecology and palaeoenvironment of Mississippian coastal lakes and marshes during the early terrestrialisation of tetrapods. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 564, Article 110194. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.palaeo.2020.110194

© 2020 The Ballagan Formation of northern Britain provides an exceptional record of Early Mississippian ecosystems that developed as tetrapods emerged onto land. In this paper, we study two 500-metre sections of the formation near Berwick-upon-Tweed,... Read More about Palaeoecology and palaeoenvironment of Mississippian coastal lakes and marshes during the early terrestrialisation of tetrapods.

Merit recruitment, tenure protections and public service motivation: Evidence from a conjoint experiment with 7,300 public servants in Latin America, Africa and Eastern Europe (2020)
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Meyer-Sahling, J., Mikkelsen, K., & Schuster, C. (2021). Merit recruitment, tenure protections and public service motivation: Evidence from a conjoint experiment with 7,300 public servants in Latin America, Africa and Eastern Europe. Public Administration, 99(4), 740-757. https://doi.org/10.1111/padm.12708

How can governments manage civil servants to enhance public service motivation (PSM)? Despite the centrality of PSM in public administration research, the effects of management practices on PSM remain understudied. We address this gap through a conjo... Read More about Merit recruitment, tenure protections and public service motivation: Evidence from a conjoint experiment with 7,300 public servants in Latin America, Africa and Eastern Europe.

Bridging the Age Gap in breast cancer: Impact of chemotherapy on quality of life in older women with early breast cancer (2020)
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Battisti, N. M. L., Reed, M. W., Herbert, E., Morgan, J. L., Collins, K. A., Ward, S. E., …Ring, A. (2021). Bridging the Age Gap in breast cancer: Impact of chemotherapy on quality of life in older women with early breast cancer. European Journal of Cancer, 144, 269-280. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejca.2020.11.022

Introduction: Older patients with early breast cancer (EBC) derive modest survival benefit from chemotherapy but have increased toxicity risk. Data on the impact of chemotherapy for EBC on quality of life in older patients are limited, but this is a... Read More about Bridging the Age Gap in breast cancer: Impact of chemotherapy on quality of life in older women with early breast cancer.

Auditory and spatial regimes of United States colonial rule in Baguio, Philippines (2020)
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Skelchy, R. P. (2021). Auditory and spatial regimes of United States colonial rule in Baguio, Philippines. Sound Studies, 7(2), 187-205. https://doi.org/10.1080/20551940.2020.1857621

Control over geographic and sonic space was integral to the United States’ imperial project in the Philippines. This article explores how the creation of the hill station of Baguio was achieved both spatially and sonically through the work of US urba... Read More about Auditory and spatial regimes of United States colonial rule in Baguio, Philippines.

Social network analysis: New ethical approaches through collective reflexivity. Introduction to the special issue of Social Networks (2020)
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Tubaro, P., Ryan, L., Casilli, A. A., & D’Angelo, A. (2021). Social network analysis: New ethical approaches through collective reflexivity. Introduction to the special issue of Social Networks. Social Networks, 67, 1-8. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socnet.2020.12.001

Research in social network analysis (SNA) faces unprecedented ethical challenges today due to both technological developments (‘big’ data) and a growing tendency toward institutionalization of ethics governance. We argue that a suitable response requ... Read More about Social network analysis: New ethical approaches through collective reflexivity. Introduction to the special issue of Social Networks.

Machine Learning Algorithms to Classify and Quantify Multiple Behaviours in Dairy Calves Using a Sensor: Moving Beyond Classification in Precision Livestock (2020)
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Carslake, C., Vázquez-Diosdado, J. A., & Kaler, J. (2021). Machine Learning Algorithms to Classify and Quantify Multiple Behaviours in Dairy Calves Using a Sensor: Moving Beyond Classification in Precision Livestock. Sensors, 21(1), 1-14. https://doi.org/10.3390/s21010088

Previous research has shown that sensors monitoring lying behaviours and feeding can detect early signs of ill health in calves. There is evidence to suggest that monitoring change in a single behaviour might not be enough for disease prediction. In... Read More about Machine Learning Algorithms to Classify and Quantify Multiple Behaviours in Dairy Calves Using a Sensor: Moving Beyond Classification in Precision Livestock.

Modulating the biological function of protein by tailoring the adsorption orientation on nanoparticles (2020)
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Jain, A., Trindade, G. F., Hicks, J. M., Potts, J. C., Rahman, R., J. M. Hague, R., …Rawson, F. J. (2021). Modulating the biological function of protein by tailoring the adsorption orientation on nanoparticles. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 587, 150-161. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcis.2020.12.025

Protein orientation in nanoparticle-protein conjugates plays a crucial role in binding to cell receptors and ultimately, defines their targeting efficiency. Therefore, understanding fundamental aspects of the role of protein orientation upon adsorpti... Read More about Modulating the biological function of protein by tailoring the adsorption orientation on nanoparticles.

Typhoon track simulations in the North West Pacific: Informing a new wind map for Vietnam (2020)
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Owen, J. S., Neves, L. C., Hargreaves, D. M., Franke, J., & Nguyen, C. H. (2021). Typhoon track simulations in the North West Pacific: Informing a new wind map for Vietnam. Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics, 208, Article 104441. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jweia.2020.104441

This paper addresses the need to revise the current Vietnamese design wind map by proposing a new typhoon wind map for the country, based on Monte Carlo simulations of typhoon tracks in the North West Pacific basin. Using historical typhoon data from... Read More about Typhoon track simulations in the North West Pacific: Informing a new wind map for Vietnam.

Prognostication and contemporary management of clinically isolated syndrome (2020)
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Allen, C. M., Mowry, E., Tintore, M., & Evangelou, N. (2021). Prognostication and contemporary management of clinically isolated syndrome. Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry, 92(4), 391-397. https://doi.org/10.1136/jnnp-2020-323087

Clinically isolated syndrome (CIS) patients present with a single attack of inflammatory demyelination of the central nervous system. Recent advances in multiple sclerosis (MS) diagnostic criteria have expanded the number of CIS patients eligible for... Read More about Prognostication and contemporary management of clinically isolated syndrome.

Risk of incident dementia and cognitive impairment in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD): A large UK population-based study (2020)
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Siraj, R., McKeever, T., Gibson, J., Gordon, A., & Bolton, C. (2021). Risk of incident dementia and cognitive impairment in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD): A large UK population-based study. Respiratory Medicine, 177, Article 106288. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rmed.2020.106288

Background: Although cognitive impairment and dementia are common comorbidities in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), estimates of incidence following a diagnosis of COPD are inconclusive. Objective: To determine the incidenc... Read More about Risk of incident dementia and cognitive impairment in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD): A large UK population-based study.

SHION (Smart tHermoplastic InjectiON): An Interactive Digital Twin Supporting Real-Time Shopfloor Operations (2020)
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Hermawati, S., & Lawson, G. (2022). SHION (Smart tHermoplastic InjectiON): An Interactive Digital Twin Supporting Real-Time Shopfloor Operations. IEEE Internet Computing, 26(3), 23-32. https://doi.org/10.1109/MIC.2020.3047349

Injection molding is widely used to produce plastic components with large lot size. However, guaranteeing consistency and quality of parts in injection molding is challenging. Failures occur due to variation during injection cycles. Thus, real-time d... Read More about SHION (Smart tHermoplastic InjectiON): An Interactive Digital Twin Supporting Real-Time Shopfloor Operations.

Failure modes and reliability oriented system design for aerospace power electronic converters (2020)
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Harikumaran, J., Migliazza, G., Buticchi, G., Madonna, V., Giangrande, P., Costabeber, A., …Galea, M. (2021). Failure modes and reliability oriented system design for aerospace power electronic converters. IEEE Open Journal of the Industrial Electronics Society, 2, 53-64. https://doi.org/10.1109/OJIES.2020.3047201

Aircraft electrification has been a major trend in aviation industry for past 20 years. Given the increasing electrical power requirement for future more electric aircraft and hybrid electric aircraft, research efforts has been ongoing in high power... Read More about Failure modes and reliability oriented system design for aerospace power electronic converters.

Carbon-emcoating architecture boosts lithium storage of Nb2O5 (2020)
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Ji, Q., Xu, Z., Gao, X., Cheng, Y., Wan, X., Zuo, X., …Xia, Y. (2021). Carbon-emcoating architecture boosts lithium storage of Nb2O5. SCIENCE CHINA Materials, 64(5), 1071-1086. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40843-020-1532-0

Intercalation transition metal oxides (ITMO) have attracted great attention as lithium-ion battery negative electrodes due to high operation safety, high capacity and rapid ion intercalation. However, the intrinsic low electron conductivity plagues t... Read More about Carbon-emcoating architecture boosts lithium storage of Nb2O5.

Social listening, modern slavery, and COVID-19 (2020)
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Lucas, B., & Landman, T. (2021). Social listening, modern slavery, and COVID-19. Journal of Risk Research, 24(3-4), 314-334. https://doi.org/10.1080/13669877.2020.1864009

In addition to the public health crisis visited upon the world, the COVID-19 pandemic has created unique uncertainties for organisations engaged with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), spanning a range of matters, such as mainta... Read More about Social listening, modern slavery, and COVID-19.

Robust All-Electron Optimization in Orbital-Free Density-Functional Theory Using the Trust-Region Image Method (2020)
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Ryley, M. S., Withnall, M., Irons, T. J. P., Helgaker, T., & Teale, A. M. (2021). Robust All-Electron Optimization in Orbital-Free Density-Functional Theory Using the Trust-Region Image Method. Journal of Physical Chemistry A, 125(1), 459-475. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpca.0c09502

We present a Gaussian-basis implementation of orbital-free density-functional theory (OF-DFT) in which the trust-region image method (TRIM) is used for optimization. This second-order optimization scheme has been constructed to provide benchmark all-... Read More about Robust All-Electron Optimization in Orbital-Free Density-Functional Theory Using the Trust-Region Image Method.

Fetal Movement Counting Using Optical Fibre Sensors (2020)
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Abeywardena, C. L., Vanheusden, F. J., Walker, K. F., Arm, R., & Zhang, Q. (2021). Fetal Movement Counting Using Optical Fibre Sensors. Sensors, 21(1), 1-14. https://doi.org/10.3390/s21010048

Daily fetal movement counting based on maternal perception is widely deployed to monitor fetal wellbeing. However, the counting performed by the mother is prone to errors for various reasons. There are limited devices on the market that can provide r... Read More about Fetal Movement Counting Using Optical Fibre Sensors.

MicroRNA: An Emerging Predictive, Diagnostic, Prognostic and Therapeutic Strategy in Ischaemic Stroke (2020)
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Kadir, R. R. A., Alwjwaj, M., & Bayraktutan, U. (2020). MicroRNA: An Emerging Predictive, Diagnostic, Prognostic and Therapeutic Strategy in Ischaemic Stroke. Cellular and Molecular Neurobiology, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10571-020-01028-5

Stroke continues to be the third-leading cause of death and disability worldwide. The limited availability of diagnostic tools approved therapeutics and biomarkers that help monitor disease progression or predict future events remain as the major cha... Read More about MicroRNA: An Emerging Predictive, Diagnostic, Prognostic and Therapeutic Strategy in Ischaemic Stroke.