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Harm from Residential Indoor Air Contaminants (2023)
Journal Article
Morantes, G., Jones, B., Molina, C., & Sherman, M. H. (2024). Harm from Residential Indoor Air Contaminants. Environmental Science and Technology, 58(1), 242-257. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.3c07374

This study presents a health-centered approach to quantify and compare the chronic harm caused by indoor air contaminants using disability-adjusted life-year (DALY). The aim is to understand the chronic harm caused by airborne contaminants in dwellin... Read More about Harm from Residential Indoor Air Contaminants.

Introducing a novel method for simulating stochastic movement and occupancy in residential spaces using time-use survey data (2023)
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Zhang, R., Zhou, T., Ye, H., & Darkwa, J. (2024). Introducing a novel method for simulating stochastic movement and occupancy in residential spaces using time-use survey data. Energy and Buildings, 304, Article 113854. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enbuild.2023.113854

In the context of growing concerns over energy consumption and sustainability, accurate modelling of occupancy patterns within residential buildings is critical. In this study, a novel stochastic occupancy model is introduced for simulating human beh... Read More about Introducing a novel method for simulating stochastic movement and occupancy in residential spaces using time-use survey data.

ESPEN practical guideline on clinical nutrition in acute and chronic pancreatitis (2023)
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Arvanitakis, M., Ockenga, J., Bezmarevic, M., Gianotti, L., Krznarić, Ž., Lobo, D. N., …Bischoff, S. C. (2024). ESPEN practical guideline on clinical nutrition in acute and chronic pancreatitis. Clinical Nutrition, 43(2), 395-412. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.clnu.2023.12.019

Both acute and chronic pancreatitis are frequent diseases of the pancreas, which, despite being of benign nature, are related to a significant risk of malnutrition and may require nutritional support. Acute necrotizing pancreatitis is encountered in... Read More about ESPEN practical guideline on clinical nutrition in acute and chronic pancreatitis.

CapMatch: Semi-Supervised Contrastive Transformer Capsule With Feature-Based Knowledge Distillation for Human Activity Recognition (2023)
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Xiao, Z., Tong, H., Qu, R., Xing, H., Luo, S., Zhu, Z., …Feng, L. (2023). CapMatch: Semi-Supervised Contrastive Transformer Capsule With Feature-Based Knowledge Distillation for Human Activity Recognition. IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks and Learning Systems, 1-15. https://doi.org/10.1109/TNNLS.2023.3344294

This article proposes a semi-supervised contrastive capsule transformer method with feature-based knowledge distillation (KD) that simplifies the existing semisupervised learning (SSL) techniques for wearable human activity recognition (HAR), called... Read More about CapMatch: Semi-Supervised Contrastive Transformer Capsule With Feature-Based Knowledge Distillation for Human Activity Recognition.

COVID-19 in a Dutch Nursing Home: A Longitudinal Retrospective Care-Home-Level Case Study on Infection Rate, Survival Rate, and Daily Functioning (2023)
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de Vries, D., Röhlinger, D., Everink, I., Winkens, B., Heffels, J., Gordon, A., & Schols, J. (2024). COVID-19 in a Dutch Nursing Home: A Longitudinal Retrospective Care-Home-Level Case Study on Infection Rate, Survival Rate, and Daily Functioning. Journal of Clinical Medicine, 13(1), Article 149. https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm13010149

During the pandemic, nursing homes in the Netherlands were heavily affected by COVID-19. This study assesses the impact of COVID-19 on infection rate, survival rate, and daily functioning over the course of two years among residents of a nursing home... Read More about COVID-19 in a Dutch Nursing Home: A Longitudinal Retrospective Care-Home-Level Case Study on Infection Rate, Survival Rate, and Daily Functioning.

Operational Research: Methods and Applications (2023)
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Petropoulos, F., Laporte, G., Aktas, E., Alumur, S. A., Archetti, C., Ayhan, H., …Zhao, X. (2024). Operational Research: Methods and Applications. Journal of the Operational Research Society, 75(3), 423-617. https://doi.org/10.1080/01605682.2023.2253852

Throughout its history, Operational Research has evolved to include a variety of methods, models and algorithms that have been applied to a diverse and wide range of contexts. This encyclopedic article consists of two main sections: methods and appli... Read More about Operational Research: Methods and Applications.

Contingency, repeatability, and predictability in the evolution of a prokaryotic pangenome (2023)
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Beavan, A., Domingo-Sananes, M. R., & McInerney, J. O. (2024). Contingency, repeatability, and predictability in the evolution of a prokaryotic pangenome. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 121(1), Article e2304934120. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2304934120

Pangenomes exhibit remarkable variability in many prokaryotic species, much of which is maintained through the processes of horizontal gene transfer and gene loss. Repeated acquisitions of near-identical homologs can easily be observed across pangeno... Read More about Contingency, repeatability, and predictability in the evolution of a prokaryotic pangenome.

Against received opinion: Recovering the original meaning of ‘paradox’ for populism and liberal democracy (2023)
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Khan, G. (2023). Against received opinion: Recovering the original meaning of ‘paradox’ for populism and liberal democracy. Philosophy and Social Criticism, https://doi.org/10.1177/01914537231219944

In philosophy and political theory, the term paradox is often used synonymously with antinomy, contradiction and aporia. This article clarifies the meaning of these terms through tracing their respective etymology. We see that antinomy denotes a deep... Read More about Against received opinion: Recovering the original meaning of ‘paradox’ for populism and liberal democracy.

Against received ppinion: recovering the original meaning of ‘paradox’ for an analysis of populism and liberal democracy (2023)
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KHAN, G. (2023). Against received ppinion: recovering the original meaning of ‘paradox’ for an analysis of populism and liberal democracy. Philosophy and Social Criticism,

In philosophy and political theory, the term paradox is often used synonymously with antinomy, contradiction, and aporia. This paper clarifies the meaning of these terms through tracing their respective etymology. We see that antinomy denotes a deep-... Read More about Against received ppinion: recovering the original meaning of ‘paradox’ for an analysis of populism and liberal democracy.

Temporal trends and patterns in initial opioid prescriptions after hospital discharge following colectomy in England over 10 years (2023)
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Baamer, R. M., Humes, D. J., Toh, L. S., Knaggs, R. D., Lobo, D. N., Arabia, S., & Greenfield, D. (2023). Temporal trends and patterns in initial opioid prescriptions after hospital discharge following colectomy in England over 10 years. BJS Open, 7(6), Article zrad136. https://doi.org/10.1093/bjsopen/zrad136

Background While opioid analgesics are often necessary for the management of acute postoperative pain, appropriate prescribing practices are crucial to avoid harm. The aim was to investigate the changes in the proportion of people receiving initial... Read More about Temporal trends and patterns in initial opioid prescriptions after hospital discharge following colectomy in England over 10 years.

QSym2: A Quantum Symbolic Symmetry Analysis Program for Electronic Structure (2023)
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Huynh, B. C., Wibowo-Teale, M., & Wibowo-Teale, A. M. (2024). QSym2: A Quantum Symbolic Symmetry Analysis Program for Electronic Structure. Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation, 20(1), 114–133. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jctc.3c01118

Symmetry provides a powerful machinery to classify, interpret, and understand quantum-mechanical theories and results. However, most contemporary quantum chemistry packages lack the ability to handle degeneracy and symmetry breaking effects, especial... Read More about QSym2: A Quantum Symbolic Symmetry Analysis Program for Electronic Structure.

QSym²: A Quantum Symbolic Symmetry Analysis Program for Electronic Structure (2023)
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Huynh, B., Wibowo-Teale, M., & Wibowo-Teale, A. (2024). QSym²: A Quantum Symbolic Symmetry Analysis Program for Electronic Structure. Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation, 20(1), 114-133. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jctc.3c01118

Symmetry provides a powerful machinery to classify, interpret, and understand quantum-mechanical theories and results. However, most contemporary quantum chemistry packages lack the ability to handle degeneracy and symmetry breaking effects, especial... Read More about QSym²: A Quantum Symbolic Symmetry Analysis Program for Electronic Structure.

A modular artificial intelligence and asset administration shell approach to streamline testing processes in manufacturing services (2023)
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Rehman, H. U., Mo, F., Chaplin, J. C., Zarzycki, L., Jones, M., & Ratchev, S. (2024). A modular artificial intelligence and asset administration shell approach to streamline testing processes in manufacturing services. Journal of Manufacturing Systems, 72, 424-436. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmsy.2023.12.004

The increasing demand for personalized products and cost-effectiveness has highlighted the necessity of integrating intelligence into production systems. This integration is crucial for enabling intelligent control that can adapt to variations in fea... Read More about A modular artificial intelligence and asset administration shell approach to streamline testing processes in manufacturing services.

Role of endothelin ETA receptors in the hypertension induced by the VEGFR-2 kinase inhibitors axitinib and lenvatinib in conscious freely-moving rats (2023)
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Pannucci, P., Van Daele, M., Cooper, S. L., Wragg, E. S., March, J., Groenen, M., …Woolard, J. (2023). Role of endothelin ETA receptors in the hypertension induced by the VEGFR-2 kinase inhibitors axitinib and lenvatinib in conscious freely-moving rats. Biochemical Pharmacology, Article 116007. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bcp.2023.116007

Receptor tyrosine kinase inhibitors (RTKIs) suppress tumour growth by targeting vascular endothelial growth factor receptor 2 (VEGFR-2) which is an important mediator of angiogenesis. Here, we demonstrate that two potent RTKIs, axitinib and lenvatini... Read More about Role of endothelin ETA receptors in the hypertension induced by the VEGFR-2 kinase inhibitors axitinib and lenvatinib in conscious freely-moving rats.

Political affiliation, cash flow volatility, and debt maturity in China (2023)
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Caglayan, M., Mateut, S., & Zanchettin, P. (2023). Political affiliation, cash flow volatility, and debt maturity in China. British Accounting Review, Article 101299. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bar.2023.101299

Using a large dataset with over half a million observations for 161 thousand Chinese firms, we examine the role of political affiliation on the debt maturity of firms experiencing varying levels of financial volatility. Our findings indicate that pol... Read More about Political affiliation, cash flow volatility, and debt maturity in China.

Mutual Funds’ Conditional Performance Free of Data Snooping Bias (2023)
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Hsu, P.-H., Kyriakou, I., Ma, T., & Sermpinis, G. (in press). Mutual Funds’ Conditional Performance Free of Data Snooping Bias. Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, https://doi.org/10.1017/S0022109024000097

We introduce a test to assess mutual funds' "conditional" performance that is based on updated information and corrects data snooping bias. Our method, named the functional False Discovery Rate "plus" (f F DR +), incorporates fund characteristics in... Read More about Mutual Funds’ Conditional Performance Free of Data Snooping Bias.

Co-Design of a Reusable Learning Object (RLO) to Address Caregiver Responsive Infant Feeding Behaviours (CRIB) to Prevent Childhood Obesity: A Mixed-Method Protocol (2023)
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Porter, L., Matvienko-Sikar, K., Wharrad, H., Spiby, H., Siriwardena, A. N., Howitt, C., …Redsell, S. (2024). Co-Design of a Reusable Learning Object (RLO) to Address Caregiver Responsive Infant Feeding Behaviours (CRIB) to Prevent Childhood Obesity: A Mixed-Method Protocol. Healthcare, 12(1), Article 29. https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare12010029

Responsive infant feeding is a key strategy for childhood obesity prevention. Responsive feeding involves caregivers responding to infant hunger and satiety cues in a timely and developmentally appropriate manner. There is a dearth of evidence-based... Read More about Co-Design of a Reusable Learning Object (RLO) to Address Caregiver Responsive Infant Feeding Behaviours (CRIB) to Prevent Childhood Obesity: A Mixed-Method Protocol.

Higgs-induced screening mechanisms in scalar-tensor theories (2023)
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Burrage, C., & Millington, P. (2024). Higgs-induced screening mechanisms in scalar-tensor theories. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 1531(1), 95-103. https://doi.org/10.1111/nyas.15092

We consider the theory of a light conformally coupled scalar field, that is, one that is coupled directly to the Ricci scalar of the gravitational sector. This theory can be written equivalently as one of a light scalar that is coupled to the Standar... Read More about Higgs-induced screening mechanisms in scalar-tensor theories.