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Delay Guaranteed Joint User Association and Channel Allocation for Fog Radio Access Networks (2021)
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You, M., Zheng, G., Chen, T., Sun, H., & Chen, K.-C. (2021). Delay Guaranteed Joint User Association and Channel Allocation for Fog Radio Access Networks. IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, 20(6), 3723-3733. https://doi.org/10.1109/twc.2021.3053155

In the Fog Radio Access Networks (F-RANs), the local storage and computing capability of Fog Access Points (FAPs) provide new communication resources to address the latency and computing constraints for delay-sensitive applications. To achieve the ul... Read More about Delay Guaranteed Joint User Association and Channel Allocation for Fog Radio Access Networks.

De Novo Mutation and Rapid Protein (Co-)evolution during Meiotic Adaptation in Arabidopsis arenosa (2021)
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Bohutínská, M., Handrick, V., Yant, L., Schmickl, R., Kolář, F., Bomblies, K., & Paajanen, P. (2021). De Novo Mutation and Rapid Protein (Co-)evolution during Meiotic Adaptation in Arabidopsis arenosa. Molecular Biology and Evolution, 38(5), 1980-1994. https://doi.org/10.1093/molbev/msab001

A sudden shift in environment or cellular context necessitates rapid adaptation. A dramatic example is genome duplication, which leads to polyploidy. In such situations, the waiting time for new mutations might be prohibitive; theoretical and empiric... Read More about De Novo Mutation and Rapid Protein (Co-)evolution during Meiotic Adaptation in Arabidopsis arenosa.

Are high performance work systems compatible with the extending working life agenda? (2021)
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Haile, G. (2022). Are high performance work systems compatible with the extending working life agenda?. Personnel Review, 51(1), 176-193. https://doi.org/10.1108/PR-03-2020-0157

Purpose: The paper examines the compatibility of two UK policy priorities – extending working life (EWL) and the promotion of national economic performance through high performance work practices (HPWP). Design/methodology/approach: Empirical analysi... Read More about Are high performance work systems compatible with the extending working life agenda?.

Fast and Simple Tuning Rules of Synchronous Reference Frame Proportional-Integral Current Controller (2021)
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Diab, A. M., Bozhko, S., Guo, F., Rashed, M., Buticchi, G., Xu, Z., …Galea, M. (2021). Fast and Simple Tuning Rules of Synchronous Reference Frame Proportional-Integral Current Controller. IEEE Access, 9, 22156-22170. https://doi.org/10.1109/access.2021.3054845

Synchronous reference frame proportional-integral (PI) current controller (CC) is considered the most well-established solution for the current regulation in electrical drives. However, the gain selection of the PI CC is still regarded to be poorly r... Read More about Fast and Simple Tuning Rules of Synchronous Reference Frame Proportional-Integral Current Controller.

Magnetism and magnetoresistance in the critical region of a dilute ferromagnet (2021)
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Wang, M., Howells, B., Marshall, R. A., Taylor, J. M., Edmonds, K. W., Rushforth, A. W., …Gallagher, B. L. (2021). Magnetism and magnetoresistance in the critical region of a dilute ferromagnet. Scientific Reports, 11, Article 2300. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-81893-2

We present detailed experimental measurements and simulations of the field-dependent magnetization and magnetoresistance in the vicinity of the Curie temperature in the highly disordered dilute ferromagnetic semiconductor (Ga,Mn)As. The observed depe... Read More about Magnetism and magnetoresistance in the critical region of a dilute ferromagnet.

Mortality rates immediately after severe hurricanes in Cuba have decreased over the past three decades (2021)
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Suárez-Medina, R., Venero-Fernández, S., Mesa Ridel, G., Fogarty, A., & Lewis, S. (2021). Mortality rates immediately after severe hurricanes in Cuba have decreased over the past three decades. Public Health, 191, 55-58. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.puhe.2020.11.022

Objectives

The objective of this study is to understand how Cuba responds to extreme weather events, which can help identify and disseminate good public health practice.

Study design

The study design of this study is an observational study u... Read More about Mortality rates immediately after severe hurricanes in Cuba have decreased over the past three decades.

Spectral Green's-function method in driven open quantum dynamics (2021)
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Karabanov, A., & Köckenberger, W. (2021). Spectral Green's-function method in driven open quantum dynamics. Physical Review A, 103(1), Article 012224. https://doi.org/10.1103/physreva.103.012224

A method based on spectral Green's functions is presented for the simulation of driven open quantum dynamics that can be described by the Lindblad master equation in Liouville density operator space. The method extends the Hilbert space formalism and... Read More about Spectral Green's-function method in driven open quantum dynamics.

Health Risks of Kretek Cigarettes: A Systematic Review (2021)
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Nuryunarsih, D., Lewis, S., & Langley, T. (2021). Health Risks of Kretek Cigarettes: A Systematic Review. Nicotine and Tobacco Research, 23(8), 1274–1282. https://doi.org/10.1093/ntr/ntab016

Objective To review the evidence on the health risks associated with smoking kretek cigarettes compared with not smoking or smoking regular cigarettes.

Data Sources: We conducted a systematic literature search in five electronic databases: EMBASE... Read More about Health Risks of Kretek Cigarettes: A Systematic Review.

The impact of hyperbole on perception of victim testimony (2021)
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Desai, S., Mclean, J., Lawrence, C., & Filik, R. (2021). The impact of hyperbole on perception of victim testimony. Journal of Pragmatics, 174, 143-156. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pragma.2021.01.013

This paper investigates how individuals perceive hyperbole in victim statements. Despite being one of the most commonly used literary tropes, the comprehension and cognition of hyperbole has been largely ignored in the psycholinguistics literature, a... Read More about The impact of hyperbole on perception of victim testimony.

E-Infrastructures and the divergent assetization of public health data: Expectations, uncertainties, and asymmetries (2021)
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Vezyridis, P., & Timmons, S. (2021). E-Infrastructures and the divergent assetization of public health data: Expectations, uncertainties, and asymmetries. Social Studies of Science, 51(4), 606-627. https://doi.org/10.1177/0306312721989818

Normative, scientific and economic pledges to Electronic Health Record (EHR) data-driven research (for health and wealth) attempt to reconfigure public health data as an asset for realising multiple values across healthcare, research and finance. In... Read More about E-Infrastructures and the divergent assetization of public health data: Expectations, uncertainties, and asymmetries.

Resolving the Inconsistency between National and EU Motor Insurance Law. Was Factortame the Solution nobody Sought? (2021)
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Marson, J., Alissa, H., & Ferris, K. (2021). Resolving the Inconsistency between National and EU Motor Insurance Law. Was Factortame the Solution nobody Sought?. German Law Journal, 22(1), 122-146. https://doi.org/10.1017/glj.2020.98

In this article we argue that the continued uncertainty of UK national motor vehicle insurance law when viewed in respect of its EU parent, the Motor Vehicle Insurance Directive (MVID), has not been satisfactorily addressed using the remedy available... Read More about Resolving the Inconsistency between National and EU Motor Insurance Law. Was Factortame the Solution nobody Sought?.

Development of an Evidence-Based Best Practice Model for Teams Managing Crisis in Dementia: Protocol for a Qualitative Study (2021)
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Stanyon, M., Streater, A., Coleston-Shields, D., Yates, J., Challis, D., Dening, T., …Orrell, M. (2021). Development of an Evidence-Based Best Practice Model for Teams Managing Crisis in Dementia: Protocol for a Qualitative Study. JMIR Research Protocols, 10(1), Article e14781. https://doi.org/10.2196/14781

Background: Teams working in the community to manage crisis in dementia currently exist, but with widely varying models of practice, it is difficult to determine the effectiveness of such teams.

Objective: The aim of this study is to develop a “be... Read More about Development of an Evidence-Based Best Practice Model for Teams Managing Crisis in Dementia: Protocol for a Qualitative Study.

Online Microdialysis-High-Performance Liquid Chromatography-Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry (MD-HPLC-ICP-MS) as a Novel Tool for Sampling Hexavalent Chromium in Soil Solution (2021)
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Hamilton, E. M., Young, S. D., Bailey, E. H., Humphrey, O. S., & Watts, M. J. (2021). Online Microdialysis-High-Performance Liquid Chromatography-Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry (MD-HPLC-ICP-MS) as a Novel Tool for Sampling Hexavalent Chromium in Soil Solution. Environmental Science and Technology, 55(4), 2422-2429. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.0c08140

© 2020 American Chemical Society. All rights reserved. Conventional soil solution sampling of species-sensitive inorganic contaminants, such as hexavalent chromium (CrVI), may induce interconversions due to disruption of system equilibrium. The tempo... Read More about Online Microdialysis-High-Performance Liquid Chromatography-Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry (MD-HPLC-ICP-MS) as a Novel Tool for Sampling Hexavalent Chromium in Soil Solution.

Lameness Detection in Cows Using Hierarchical Deep Learning and Synchrosqueezed Wavelet Transform (2021)
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Jarchi, D., Kaler, J., & Sanei, S. (2021). Lameness Detection in Cows Using Hierarchical Deep Learning and Synchrosqueezed Wavelet Transform. IEEE Sensors Journal, 21(7), 9349-9358. https://doi.org/10.1109/JSEN.2021.3054718

Objectives: Identification of cow lameness is important to farmers to improve and manage cattle health and welfare. No validated tools exist for automatic lameness detection. In this research, we aim to early detect the cow lameness by identifying th... Read More about Lameness Detection in Cows Using Hierarchical Deep Learning and Synchrosqueezed Wavelet Transform.

Analysis of the performance of closely spaced low-cost multi-GNSS receivers (2021)
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Xue, C., Psimoulis, P., Zhang, Q., & Meng, X. (2021). Analysis of the performance of closely spaced low-cost multi-GNSS receivers. Applied Geomatics, 13(3), 415-435. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12518-021-00361-8

© 2021, The Author(s). The recent advances of low-cost GNSS receivers have broadened their application field not only in positioning and navigation, but also in deformation monitoring of civil engineering structures and geohazards. Even though some c... Read More about Analysis of the performance of closely spaced low-cost multi-GNSS receivers.

Reducing transatlantic flight emissions by fuel-optimised routing (2021)
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Wells, C. A., Williams, P. D., Nichols, N. K., Kalise, D., & Poll, I. (2021). Reducing transatlantic flight emissions by fuel-optimised routing. Environmental Research Letters, 16(2), Article 025002. https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/abce82

© 2021 The Author(s). After decades of limited situational awareness for aircraft flying in the mid-North Atlantic, full satellite coverage will soon be available. This opens up the possibility of altering flight routes to exploit the wind field full... Read More about Reducing transatlantic flight emissions by fuel-optimised routing.

Role of Novel Protein Sources in Sustainably Meeting Future Global Requirements (2021)
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Salter, A. M., & Lopez-Viso, C. (2021). Role of Novel Protein Sources in Sustainably Meeting Future Global Requirements. Proceedings of the Nutrition Society, 1-20. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0029665121000513

© 2021 American Medical Association. All rights reserved. Global population growth, increased life expectancy and climate change are all impacting on the world’s food systems. In industrialized countries many individuals are consuming significantly m... Read More about Role of Novel Protein Sources in Sustainably Meeting Future Global Requirements.

Signals of Hotel Effort on Enhancing IAQ and Booking Intention: Effect of Customer's Body Mass Index Associated with Sustainable Marketing in Tourism (2021)
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Sun, B., Liu, L. Y., Chan, W. W., Zhang, C. X., & Chen, X. (2021). Signals of Hotel Effort on Enhancing IAQ and Booking Intention: Effect of Customer's Body Mass Index Associated with Sustainable Marketing in Tourism. Sustainability, 13(3), Article 1279. https://doi.org/10.3390/su13031279

Since outdoor air pollutants may penetrate into hotels, indoor air quality (IAQ) has recently developed as an important criterion for tourists' decision to choose traveling destinations and for business travelers to select accommodation. Thus, some h... Read More about Signals of Hotel Effort on Enhancing IAQ and Booking Intention: Effect of Customer's Body Mass Index Associated with Sustainable Marketing in Tourism.

Monte-Carlo optical model coupled with Inverse Adding-Doubling for Building Integrated Photovoltaic smart window design and characterisation (2021)
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Liu, X., & Wu, Y. (2021). Monte-Carlo optical model coupled with Inverse Adding-Doubling for Building Integrated Photovoltaic smart window design and characterisation. Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, 223, Article 110972. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.solmat.2021.110972

Building Integrated Photovoltaic (BIPV) glazings are promising technologies with the benefits of electricity generation, solar shading and building energy savings. A new approach is to integrate BIPV windows with thermotropic materials such as Hydrox... Read More about Monte-Carlo optical model coupled with Inverse Adding-Doubling for Building Integrated Photovoltaic smart window design and characterisation.