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Buddhist Responses to Christianity in Postwar Taiwan: Awakening the World (2020)
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Pacey, S. (2020). Buddhist Responses to Christianity in Postwar Taiwan: Awakening the World. Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press

After the Communist victory in China's civil war, Taiwan, then governed by the KMT (or Nationalist Party), became a focal point for both Buddhist and Christian activity in the Chinese world. Focusing on some of the most influential monastics of the t... Read More about Buddhist Responses to Christianity in Postwar Taiwan: Awakening the World.

Predictive Control Based DC Microgrid Stabilization With the Dual Active Bridge Converter (2020)
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Chen, L., Gao, F., Shen, K., Wang, Z., Tarisciotti, L., Wheeler, P., & Dragicevic, T. (2020). Predictive Control Based DC Microgrid Stabilization With the Dual Active Bridge Converter. IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, 67(10), 8944-8956. https://doi.org/10.1109/tie.2020.2965460

Dual-active-bridge (DAB) enabled dc microgrids stabilization is investigated in this article. DAB has two control objectives: load current regulation and the dc-bus voltage stabilization. In multiobjective control applications, the conventional propo... Read More about Predictive Control Based DC Microgrid Stabilization With the Dual Active Bridge Converter.

Henry II, liturgical patronage and the birth of the ‘Romano‐German Pontifical’ (2020)
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Parkes, H. (2020). Henry II, liturgical patronage and the birth of the ‘Romano‐German Pontifical’. Early Medieval Europe, 28(1), 104-141. https://doi.org/10.1111/emed.12389

Variously acclaimed as coepiscopus, saint and Mönchskönig, Henry II of Germany has always had a reputation as a quasi‐religious figure. This article goes a step further, appending to his résumé the creation of the wildly successful liturgical traditi... Read More about Henry II, liturgical patronage and the birth of the ‘Romano‐German Pontifical’.

Pre- and post-copulatory traits working in concert: sexual dichromatism in passerines is associated with sperm morphology (2020)
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Durrant, K. L., Reader, T., & Symonds, M. R. E. (2020). Pre- and post-copulatory traits working in concert: sexual dichromatism in passerines is associated with sperm morphology. Biology Letters, 16(1), 20190568. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2019.0568

Passerine birds produce costly traits under intense sexual selection, including elaborate sexually dichromatic plumage and sperm morphologies, to compete for fertilizations. Plumage and sperm traits vary markedly among species, but it is unknown if t... Read More about Pre- and post-copulatory traits working in concert: sexual dichromatism in passerines is associated with sperm morphology.

Cold spray deposition of solution heat treated, artificially aged and naturally aged Al 7075 powder (2020)
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Sabard, A., McNutt, P., Begg, H., & Hussain, T. (2020). Cold spray deposition of solution heat treated, artificially aged and naturally aged Al 7075 powder. Surface and Coatings Technology, 385, Article 125367. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.surfcoat.2020.125367

The deformation behaviour of particles and substrate in cold spray is dictated by the intrinsic properties of both materials, and their bonding directly affects the resulting properties of the deposited coating. The processing through heat treatment... Read More about Cold spray deposition of solution heat treated, artificially aged and naturally aged Al 7075 powder.

Definition of hourly urine output influences reported incidence and staging of acute kidney injury (2020)
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Allen, J. C., Gardner, D. S., Skinner, H., Harvey, D., Sharman, A., & Devonald, M. A. (2020). Definition of hourly urine output influences reported incidence and staging of acute kidney injury. BMC Nephrology, 21(1), Article 19. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12882-019-1678-2

© 2020 The Author(s). Background: Acute kidney injury (AKI) is commonly defined using the KDIGO system, which includes criteria based on reduced urine output (UO). There is no consensus on whether UO should be measured using consecutive hourly readin... Read More about Definition of hourly urine output influences reported incidence and staging of acute kidney injury.

Automated detection of lameness in sheep using machine learning approaches: novel insights into behavioural differences among lame and non-lame sheep (2020)
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Kaler, J., Mitsch, J., Vázquez-Diosdado, J. A., Bollard, N., Dottorini, T., & Ellis, K. A. (2020). Automated detection of lameness in sheep using machine learning approaches: novel insights into behavioural differences among lame and non-lame sheep. Royal Society Open Science, 7(1), Article 190824. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.190824

Lameness in sheep is the biggest cause of concern regarding poor health and welfare among sheep producing countries. Best practice for lameness relies on rapid treatment, yet there are no objective measures of lameness detection. Use of accelerometer... Read More about Automated detection of lameness in sheep using machine learning approaches: novel insights into behavioural differences among lame and non-lame sheep.

Quantitative analysis of calf mortality in Great Britain (2020)
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Hyde, R. M., Green, M. J., Sherwin, V. E., Hudson, C., Gibbons, J., Forshaw, T., …Down, P. M. (2020). Quantitative analysis of calf mortality in Great Britain. Journal of Dairy Science, 103(3), 2615–2623. https://doi.org/10.3168/jds.2019-17383

National bodies in Great Britain (GB) have expressed concern over young stock health and welfare and identified calf survival as a priority; however, no national data have been available to quantify mortality rates. The aim of this study was to quant... Read More about Quantitative analysis of calf mortality in Great Britain.

Flipping Shells! Unwinding LR Asymmetry in Mirror-Image Molluscs (2020)
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Davison, A. (2020). Flipping Shells! Unwinding LR Asymmetry in Mirror-Image Molluscs. Trends in Genetics, 36(3), 189-202. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tig.2019.12.003

© 2019 In seeking to understand the establishment of left–right (LR) asymmetry, a limiting factor is that most animals are ordinarily invariant in their asymmetry, except when manipulated or mutated. It is therefore surprising that the wider scientif... Read More about Flipping Shells! Unwinding LR Asymmetry in Mirror-Image Molluscs.

Group cognitive rehabilitation to reduce the psychological impact of multiple sclerosis on quality of life: the CRAMMS RCT (2020)
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Lincoln, N. B., Bradshaw, L. E., Constantinescu, C. S., Day, F., Drummond, A. E., Fitzsimmons, D., …CRAMMS Trial Collaborative Group. (2020). Group cognitive rehabilitation to reduce the psychological impact of multiple sclerosis on quality of life: the CRAMMS RCT. Health Technology Assessment, 24(4), 1-182. https://doi.org/10.3310/hta24040

Abstract Background People with multiple sclerosis have problems with memory and attention. The effectiveness of cognitive rehabilitation has not been established. Objectives The objectives were to assess the clinical effectiveness and cost-eff... Read More about Group cognitive rehabilitation to reduce the psychological impact of multiple sclerosis on quality of life: the CRAMMS RCT.

Mitigation of ionospheric scintillation effects on GNSS precise point positioning (PPP) at low latitudes (2020)
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Vadakke Veettil, S., Aquino, M., Marques, H. A., & Moraes, A. (2020). Mitigation of ionospheric scintillation effects on GNSS precise point positioning (PPP) at low latitudes. Journal of Geodesy, 94(2), Article 15. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00190-020-01345-z

© 2020, The Author(s). Global navigation satellite systems (GNSS) underpin a number of modern life activities, including applications demanding positioning accuracy at the level of centimetres, such as precision agriculture, offshore operations and m... Read More about Mitigation of ionospheric scintillation effects on GNSS precise point positioning (PPP) at low latitudes.

Galacto-Oligosaccharides Modulate the Juvenile Gut Microbiome and Innate Immunity To Improve Broiler Chicken Performance (2020)
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Connerton, I. F., Richards, P. J., Fish, N. M., Flaujac Lafontaine, G. M., Asiani, K., Connerton, P. L., …Richards, P. J. (2020). Galacto-Oligosaccharides Modulate the Juvenile Gut Microbiome and Innate Immunity To Improve Broiler Chicken Performance. mSystems, 5(1), Article e00827-19. https://doi.org/10.1128/msystems.00827-19

Copyright © 2020 Richards et al Improvements in growth performance and health are key goals in broiler chicken production. Inclusion of prebiotic galacto-oligosaccharides (GOS) in broiler feed enhanced the growth rate and feed conversion of chickens... Read More about Galacto-Oligosaccharides Modulate the Juvenile Gut Microbiome and Innate Immunity To Improve Broiler Chicken Performance.

Prebiotic Driven Increases in IL-17A Do Not Prevent Campylobacter jejuni Colonization of Chickens (2020)
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Flaujac Lafontaine, G. M., Connerton, I. F., Richards, P. J., Fish, N. M., Connerton, P. L., Cummings, N. J., …Connerton, I. F. (2020). Prebiotic Driven Increases in IL-17A Do Not Prevent Campylobacter jejuni Colonization of Chickens. Frontiers in Microbiology, 10, Article 3030. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2019.03030

© Copyright © 2020 Flaujac Lafontaine, Richards, Connerton, O’Kane, Ghaffar, Cummings, Fish and Connerton. Worldwide Campylobacter jejuni is a leading cause of foodborne disease. Contamination of chicken meat with digesta from C. jejuni-positive bird... Read More about Prebiotic Driven Increases in IL-17A Do Not Prevent Campylobacter jejuni Colonization of Chickens.

Koala retrovirus viral load and disease burden in distinct northern and southern koala populations (2020)
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Sarker, N., Fabijan, J., Owen, H., Seddon, J., Simmons, G., Speight, N., …Tarlinton, R. E. (2020). Koala retrovirus viral load and disease burden in distinct northern and southern koala populations. Scientific Reports, 10(1), 263. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-56546-0

Koala retrovirus (KoRV) displays features of both an endogenous and exogenous virus and is linked to neoplasia and immunosuppression in koalas. This study explores the apparent differences in the nature and impact of KoRV infection between geographic... Read More about Koala retrovirus viral load and disease burden in distinct northern and southern koala populations.

A fungal family of lytic polysaccharide monooxygenase-like copper proteins (2020)
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Labourel, A., Frandsen, K. E. H., Zhang, F., Brouilly, N., Grisel, S., Haon, M., …Berrin, J.-G. (2020). A fungal family of lytic polysaccharide monooxygenase-like copper proteins. Nature Chemical Biology, 16(3), 345–350. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41589-019-0438-8

Lytic polysaccharide monooxygenases (LPMOs) are copper-containing enzymes that play a key role in the oxidative degradation of various biopolymers such as cellulose and chitin. While hunting for new LPMOs, we identified in various fungal lineages... Read More about A fungal family of lytic polysaccharide monooxygenase-like copper proteins.

Application of TG technique to determine spontaneous heating propensity of coals (2020)
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Lowndes, I. S., Mohalik, N. K., & Lester, E. (2021). Application of TG technique to determine spontaneous heating propensity of coals. Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry, 143, 185-201. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10973-019-09237-x

© 2020, Akadémiai Kiadó, Budapest, Hungary. The TG method is applied to eleven coal samples of varying rank collected from across the Jharia coalfield, India, to determine spontaneous heating susceptibility. Previous literature does not agree as to t... Read More about Application of TG technique to determine spontaneous heating propensity of coals.

Generalized multirate models for conjugate transfer in heterogeneous materials (2020)
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Municchi, F., & Icardi, M. (2020). Generalized multirate models for conjugate transfer in heterogeneous materials. Physical Review Research, 2(1), Article 013041. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevResearch.2.013041

We propose a novel macroscopic model for conjugate heat and mass transfer between a mobile region, where advective transport is significant, and a set of immobile regions where diffusive transport is dominant. Applying a spatial averaging operator to... Read More about Generalized multirate models for conjugate transfer in heterogeneous materials.

Electrostatic interactions between spheroidal dielectric particles (2020)
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Derbenev, I. N., Filippov, A. V., Stace, A. J., & Besley, E. (2020). Electrostatic interactions between spheroidal dielectric particles. Journal of Chemical Physics, 152(2), Article 024121. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5129756

Theory is developed to address the significant problem of electrostatic interactions between charged polarizable dielectric spheroids. The electrostatic force is defined by particle dimensions and charge, dielectric constants of the interacting parti... Read More about Electrostatic interactions between spheroidal dielectric particles.