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The Functional Threshold: Direct International Legal Regulation of Collective Nonstate Entities and the Law of International Peace and Security (2020)
Working Paper

This article explores transformations in international law with respect to collective nonstate entities, challenging the mainstream view that international law stipulates rights and obligations directly binding on such entities only on an exceptional... Read More about The Functional Threshold: Direct International Legal Regulation of Collective Nonstate Entities and the Law of International Peace and Security.

Dodgy labour market dichotomy: the repercussions of sneaky labour intermediaries on employees’ constitutional rights (2020)
Journal Article

Purpose: The flexibility inherent in temporary agency work allows employers to cut labour cost in a variety of ways. Recurring themes in the employment literature draw attention to the duality of the labour market rooted in type-of-contract segmentat... Read More about Dodgy labour market dichotomy: the repercussions of sneaky labour intermediaries on employees’ constitutional rights.

Parents and carers' experiences of seeking health information and support online for long-term physical childhood conditions: A systematic review and thematic synthesis of qualitative research (2020)
Journal Article

© BMJ Publishing Group Limited 2020. Objective To systematically review and synthesise qualitative research exploring parents/carers' experiences of seeking online information and support for long-term physical childhood conditions. Design Systematic... Read More about Parents and carers' experiences of seeking health information and support online for long-term physical childhood conditions: A systematic review and thematic synthesis of qualitative research.

Phenylbutyrate, a branched-chain amino acid keto dehydrogenase activator, promotes branched-chain amino acid metabolism and induces muscle catabolism in C2C12 cells (2020)
Journal Article

New Findings: What is the central question of this study? The compound sodium phenylbutyrate (PB) has been shown to promote branched-chain amino acid (BCAA) catabolism, and as such has been proposed as a treatment for disorders with enhanced BCAA lev... Read More about Phenylbutyrate, a branched-chain amino acid keto dehydrogenase activator, promotes branched-chain amino acid metabolism and induces muscle catabolism in C2C12 cells.

Discrete spacetime symmetries and particle mixing in non-Hermitian scalar quantum field theories (2020)
Journal Article

We discuss second quantization, discrete symmetry transformations, and inner products in free non-Hermitian scalar quantum field theories with PT symmetry, focusing on a prototype model of two complex scalar fields with anti-Hermitian mass mixing. Wh... Read More about Discrete spacetime symmetries and particle mixing in non-Hermitian scalar quantum field theories.

Discovery of a Novel Polymer for Xeno-Free, Long-Term Culture of Human Pluripotent Stem Cell Expansion (2020)
Journal Article

Human pluripotent stem cells (hPSCs) can be expanded and differentiated in vitro into almost any adult tissue cell type, and thus have great potential as a source for cell therapies with biomedical application. In this study, a fully-defined polymer... Read More about Discovery of a Novel Polymer for Xeno-Free, Long-Term Culture of Human Pluripotent Stem Cell Expansion.

Cardiovascular risk prediction using physical performance measures in COPD: results from a multicentre observational study (2020)
Journal Article

Objectives Although cardiovascular disease (CVD) is a common comorbidity associated with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), it is unknown how to improve prediction of cardiovascular (CV) risk in individuals with COPD. Traditional CV risk s... Read More about Cardiovascular risk prediction using physical performance measures in COPD: results from a multicentre observational study.

Nonlinear dynamics of Rydberg-dressed Bose-Einstein condensates in a triple-well potential (2020)
Journal Article

We study nonlinear dynamics of Rydberg-dressed Bose-Einstein condensates (BECs) trapped in a triple-well potential in the semiclassical limit. The Rydberg-dressed BECs experience a long-range soft-core interaction, giving rise to strong nearest- and... Read More about Nonlinear dynamics of Rydberg-dressed Bose-Einstein condensates in a triple-well potential.

The strategic role of corporate online references: building social capital through signaling in business networks (2020)
Journal Article

Purpose: This paper conceptualizes corporate reference management as a strategic signaling activity in business networks. While research has extensively outlined how firms develop and maintain social capital through B2B relationships, less is known a... Read More about The strategic role of corporate online references: building social capital through signaling in business networks.

Diet and Hydrogen Sulfide Production in Mammals (2020)
Journal Article

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.

Contested Embodiment: The Use of Prayer in Public Displays of Anti-abortion Activism (2020)
Book Chapter

Motivators of and barriers to becoming a COVID-19 convalescent plasma donor: A survey study (2020)
Journal Article

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)
Journal Article

© 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)
Journal Article

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)
Journal Article

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)
Journal Article

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)
Journal Article

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)
Journal Article

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)
Journal Article

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)
Journal Article

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.