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“A cool kid” Queer theory travels to China (2020)
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Bao, H. (2021). “A cool kid” Queer theory travels to China. Translation and Interpreting Studies, 16(2), 219-239. https://doi.org/10.1075/tis.19069.bao

This article traces the historical moment when queer theory first arrived in mainland China in the early 2000s by comparing and contrasting two translated texts in Chinese: Wang Fengzhen’s book Guaiyi Lilun [Peculiar Theory] and Li Yinhe’s book Ku’er... Read More about “A cool kid” Queer theory travels to China.

Multinational corporations and human rights violations in emerging economies: Does commitment to social and environmental responsibility matter? (2020)
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Ullah, S., Adams, K., Adams, D., & Attah-Boakye, R. (2021). Multinational corporations and human rights violations in emerging economies: Does commitment to social and environmental responsibility matter?. Journal of Environmental Management, 280, Article 111689. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2020.111689

With the surge in economic growth in the global-north visa -vis social and economic inequalities in the global-south (north-south dichotomy), there is an increasing requirement for critical research and an examination of the policy implications with... Read More about Multinational corporations and human rights violations in emerging economies: Does commitment to social and environmental responsibility matter?.

Improving emotional well-being for hospital-based patients with dementia (2020)
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Petty, S., Griffiths, A., Coleston, D. M., & Dening, T. (2021). Improving emotional well-being for hospital-based patients with dementia. Quality in Ageing and Older Adults, 22(1), 56-67. https://doi.org/10.1108/QAOA-05-2020-0019

Purpose: Improving hospital care for people with dementia is a well-established priority. There is limited research evidence to guide nursing staff in delivering person-centred care, particularly under conditions where patients are emotionally distre... Read More about Improving emotional well-being for hospital-based patients with dementia.

In Search of Due Diligence Obligations in UN Peacekeeping Operations: Identifying Standards for Accountability (2020)
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White, N. D. (2020). In Search of Due Diligence Obligations in UN Peacekeeping Operations: Identifying Standards for Accountability. Journal of International Peacekeeping, 23(3-4), 203-225. https://doi.org/10.1163/18754112-02303005

It is argued in this article that due diligence, grounded on positive duties under international human rights law, is a standard against which to measure the performance of UN peacekeeping forces. Its adoption by the UN will improve accountability, b... Read More about In Search of Due Diligence Obligations in UN Peacekeeping Operations: Identifying Standards for Accountability.

Respiratory Volume Monitoring: A Machine-Learning Approach to the Non-Invasive Prediction of Tidal Volume and Minute Ventilation (2020)
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Hurtado, D. E., Chávez, J. A. P., Mansilla, R., Lopez, R., & Abusleme, A. (2020). Respiratory Volume Monitoring: A Machine-Learning Approach to the Non-Invasive Prediction of Tidal Volume and Minute Ventilation. IEEE Access, 8, 227936-227944. https://doi.org/10.1109/ACCESS.2020.3045603

Continuous monitoring of ventilatory parameters such as tidal volume (TV) and minute ventilation (MV) has shown to be effective in the prevention of respiratory compromise events in hospitalized patients. However, the non-invasive estimation of respi... Read More about Respiratory Volume Monitoring: A Machine-Learning Approach to the Non-Invasive Prediction of Tidal Volume and Minute Ventilation.

Framing governance for a contested emerging technology:insights from AI policy (2020)
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Ulnicane, I., Knight, W., Leach, T., Stahl, B. C., & Wanjiku, W.-G. (2021). Framing governance for a contested emerging technology:insights from AI policy. Policy and Society, 40(2), 158-177. https://doi.org/10.1080/14494035.2020.1855800

This paper examines how the governance in AI policy documents have been framed as way to resolve public controversies surrounding AI. It draws on the studies of governance of emerging technologies, the concept of policy framing, and analysis of 49 re... Read More about Framing governance for a contested emerging technology:insights from AI policy.

Soft clustering-based scenario bundling for a progressive hedging heuristic in stochastic service network design (2020)
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Jiang, X., Bai, R., Wallace, S. W., Kendall, G., & Landa-Silva, D. (2021). Soft clustering-based scenario bundling for a progressive hedging heuristic in stochastic service network design. Computers and Operations Research, 128, Article 105182. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cor.2020.105182

© 2020 Elsevier Ltd We present a method for bundling scenarios in a progressive hedging heuristic (PHH) applied to stochastic service network design, where the uncertain demand is represented by a finite number of scenarios. Given the number of scena... Read More about Soft clustering-based scenario bundling for a progressive hedging heuristic in stochastic service network design.

Current Trends in Cancer Immunotherapy (2020)
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Filin, I. Y., Solovyeva, V. V., Kitaeva, K. V., Rutland, C. S., & Rizvanov, A. A. (2020). Current Trends in Cancer Immunotherapy. Biomedicines, 8(12), 1-36. https://doi.org/10.3390/biomedicines8120621

The search for an effective drug to treat oncological diseases, which have become the main scourge of mankind, has generated a lot of methods for studying this affliction. It has also become a serious challenge for scientists and clinicians who have... Read More about Current Trends in Cancer Immunotherapy.

Influence of vertical loading on behavior of laterally loaded foundation piles: A review (2020)
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Li, Q., Prendergast, L., Askarinejad, A., & Gavin, K. (2020). Influence of vertical loading on behavior of laterally loaded foundation piles: A review. Journal of Marine Science and Engineering, 8(12), 1-18. https://doi.org/10.3390/jmse8121029

The majority of installed offshore wind turbines are supported on large-diameter, open-ended steel pile foundations, known as monopiles. These piles are subjected to vertical and lateral loads while in service. In current design practice, interaction... Read More about Influence of vertical loading on behavior of laterally loaded foundation piles: A review.

A call to action to change the communication skills curriculum for pharmacy undergraduates in Turkey: A comparison with the United Kingdom (2020)
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Gülpınar, G., Mann, C., & Anderson, C. (2021). A call to action to change the communication skills curriculum for pharmacy undergraduates in Turkey: A comparison with the United Kingdom. Currents in Pharmacy Teaching and Learning, 13(4), 313-317. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cptl.2020.11.016

Introduction: Globally, pharmacy undergraduate programs are evolving to reflect a more patient-centered approach to clinical practice. The importance of teaching communication skills in any undergraduate pharmacy curriculum cannot be overstated. This... Read More about A call to action to change the communication skills curriculum for pharmacy undergraduates in Turkey: A comparison with the United Kingdom.

The phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase (PEPCK) inhibitor, 3-mercaptopicolinic acid (3-MPA), induces myogenic differentiation in C2C12 cells (2020)
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Brearley, M. C., Daniel, Z. C., Loughna, P. T., Parr, T., & Brameld, J. M. (2020). The phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase (PEPCK) inhibitor, 3-mercaptopicolinic acid (3-MPA), induces myogenic differentiation in C2C12 cells. Scientific Reports, 10, Article 22177. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-79324-9

Phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase (PEPCK) is a gluconeogenic enzyme with a cytosolic (Pck1/PEPCK-C) and mitochondrial (Pck2/PEPCK-M) isoform. Here we investigate the effect of 3-mercaptopicolinic acid (3-MPA), a PEPCK inhibitor, on C2C12 muscle cells... Read More about The phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase (PEPCK) inhibitor, 3-mercaptopicolinic acid (3-MPA), induces myogenic differentiation in C2C12 cells.

Corrigendum to ‘LC-MS metabolomics comparisons of cancer cell and macrophage responses to methotrexate and polymer-encapsulated methotrexate’ [International Journal of Pharmaceutics: X Volume 1 (2019) 100036] (2020)
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Al-Natour, M. A., Alazzo, A., Ghaemmaghami, A. M., Kim, D. H., & Alexander, C. (2020). Corrigendum to ‘LC-MS metabolomics comparisons of cancer cell and macrophage responses to methotrexate and polymer-encapsulated methotrexate’ [International Journal of Pharmaceutics: X Volume 1 (2019) 100036]. International Journal of Pharmaceutics: X, 2, Article 100044. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpx.2020.100044

© 2020 The Author(s) The authors regret that the original version of Fig. 3 incorrect. The updated figure is below for reference. [Figure presented] Fig. 3 Super-resolution microscopy image of methotrexate loaded PLGA nanoparticles (green) (92 μg/mL,... Read More about Corrigendum to ‘LC-MS metabolomics comparisons of cancer cell and macrophage responses to methotrexate and polymer-encapsulated methotrexate’ [International Journal of Pharmaceutics: X Volume 1 (2019) 100036].

Artificial intelligence for human flourishing – Beyond principles for machine learning (2020)
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Stahl, B. C., Andreou, A., Brey, P., Hatzakis, T., Kirichenko, A., Macnish, K., …Wright, D. (2021). Artificial intelligence for human flourishing – Beyond principles for machine learning. Journal of Business Research, 124, 374-388. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbusres.2020.11.030

The technical and economic benefits of artificial intelligence (AI) are counterbalanced by legal, social and ethical issues. It is challenging to conceptually capture and empirically measure both benefits and downsides. We therefore provide an accoun... Read More about Artificial intelligence for human flourishing – Beyond principles for machine learning.

Digital twin-enabled smart industrial systems: a bibliometric review (2020)
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Ciano, M. P., Pozzi, R., Rossi, T., & Strozzi, F. (2021). Digital twin-enabled smart industrial systems: a bibliometric review. International Journal of Computer Integrated Manufacturing, 34(7-8), 690-708. https://doi.org/10.1080/0951192X.2020.1852600

The aim of this study is to investigate the body of literature on digital twins, exploring, in particular, their role in enabling smart industrial systems. This review adopts a dynamic and quantitative bibliometric method including works citations, k... Read More about Digital twin-enabled smart industrial systems: a bibliometric review.

The Evolutionary Genomics of Serpentine Adaptation (2020)
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Konečná, V., Yant, L., & Kolář, F. (2020). The Evolutionary Genomics of Serpentine Adaptation. Frontiers in Plant Science, 11, Article 574616. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2020.574616

© Copyright © 2020 Konečná, Yant and Kolář. Serpentine barrens are among the most challenging settings for plant life. Representing a perfect storm of hazards, serpentines consist of broadly skewed elemental profiles, including abundant toxic metals... Read More about The Evolutionary Genomics of Serpentine Adaptation.

The emerging geography of European financial centres: Fragmentation in the European Union and concentration in the UK? (2020)
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Heneghan, M., & Hall, S. (2021). The emerging geography of European financial centres: Fragmentation in the European Union and concentration in the UK?. European Urban and Regional Studies, 28(1), 40-46. https://doi.org/10.1177/0969776420975817

© The Author(s) 2020. The United Kingdom’s (UK) withdrawal from the European Union (EU) will reshape the geography of European finance. From January 2021, the UK will no longer be able to sell financial services cross-border into the EU’s Single Mark... Read More about The emerging geography of European financial centres: Fragmentation in the European Union and concentration in the UK?.

Why do chimpanzees have diverse behavioral repertoires yet lack more complex cultures? Invention and social information use in a cumulative task (2020)
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Vale, G. L., McGuigan, N., Burdett, E., Lambeth, S. P., Lucas, A., Rawlings, B., …Whiten, A. (2021). Why do chimpanzees have diverse behavioral repertoires yet lack more complex cultures? Invention and social information use in a cumulative task. Evolution and Human Behavior, 42(3), 247-258. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.evolhumbehav.2020.11.003

Humans are distinctive in their dependence upon products of culture for survival, products that have evolved cumulatively over generations such that many cannot now be created by a single individual. Why the cultural capacity of humans appears unriva... Read More about Why do chimpanzees have diverse behavioral repertoires yet lack more complex cultures? Invention and social information use in a cumulative task.

MR Measures of Small Bowel Wall T2 Are Associated With Increased Permeability (2020)
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Scott, R. A., Williams, H. G., Hoad, C. L., Alyami, A., Ortori, C. A., Grove, J. I., …Gowland, P. A. (2021). MR Measures of Small Bowel Wall T2 Are Associated With Increased Permeability. Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging, 53(5), 1422-1431. https://doi.org/10.1002/jmri.27463

Background: Increased small bowel permeability leads to bacterial translocation, associated with significant morbidity and mortality. Biomarkers are needed to evaluate these changes in vivo, stratify an individual's risk, and evaluate the efficacy of... Read More about MR Measures of Small Bowel Wall T2 Are Associated With Increased Permeability.