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Development of selection indices for improvement of seed yield and lipid composition in bambara groundnut (Vigna subterranea (l.) verdc.) (2021)
Journal Article
Halimi, R. A., Raymond, C. A., Barkla, B. J., Mayes, S., & King, G. J. (2022). Development of selection indices for improvement of seed yield and lipid composition in bambara groundnut (Vigna subterranea (l.) verdc.). Foods, 11(1), Article 86. https://doi.org/10.3390/foods11010086

The underutilised grain legume bambara groundnut (Vigna subterranea) has the potential to contribute significantly to nutritional security. However, the lack of commercial cultivars has hindered its wider adoption and utilisation as a food source. Th... Read More about Development of selection indices for improvement of seed yield and lipid composition in bambara groundnut (Vigna subterranea (l.) verdc.).

Social Efficiency of Entry in an Open Economy (2021)
Journal Article
Han, T., Haque, M. E., & Mukherjee, A. (2022). Social Efficiency of Entry in an Open Economy. B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis and Policy, 22(1), 203-219. https://doi.org/10.1515/bejeap-2020-0097

We show that cost asymmetry between the domestic and foreign firms is not necessary for the occurrence of insufficient entry in the domestic country. This result provides a rationale for pro-competitive domestic policies even in the absence of cost a... Read More about Social Efficiency of Entry in an Open Economy.

Florence Nightingale and Responsibility for Healthcare in the Home (2021)
Journal Article
Bates, R., & Memel, J. G. (2021). Florence Nightingale and Responsibility for Healthcare in the Home. European Journal for the History of Medicine and Health, 79(2), 227-252. https://doi.org/10.1163/26667711-bja10012

The focus for this article is the approach taken by the famous British nurse and public health reformer Florence Nightingale (1820–1910) to responsibility for care, with particular reference to healthcare as practised in the home. It begins by examin... Read More about Florence Nightingale and Responsibility for Healthcare in the Home.

The pH Dependence of Niclosamide Solubility, Dissolution, and Morphology: Motivation for Potentially Universal Mucin-Penetrating Nasal and Throat Sprays for COVID19, its Variants and other Viral Infections (2021)
Journal Article
Needham, D. (2022). The pH Dependence of Niclosamide Solubility, Dissolution, and Morphology: Motivation for Potentially Universal Mucin-Penetrating Nasal and Throat Sprays for COVID19, its Variants and other Viral Infections. Pharmaceutical Research, 39(1), 115-141. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11095-021-03112-x

Motivation: With the coronavirus pandemic still raging, prophylactic-nasal and early-treatment throat-sprays could help prevent infection and reduce viral load. Niclosamide has the potential to treat a broad-range of viral infections if local bioavai... Read More about The pH Dependence of Niclosamide Solubility, Dissolution, and Morphology: Motivation for Potentially Universal Mucin-Penetrating Nasal and Throat Sprays for COVID19, its Variants and other Viral Infections.

Long-term Effectiveness of Adjuvant Treatment with Catechol-O-Methyltransferase or Monoamine Oxidase B Inhibitors Compared with Dopamine Agonists among Patients with Parkinson Disease Uncontrolled by Levodopa Therapy: The PD MED Randomized Clinical Trial (2021)
Journal Article
Gray, R., Patel, S., Ives, N., Rick, C., Woolley, R., Muzerengi, S., …Clarke, C. E. (2022). Long-term Effectiveness of Adjuvant Treatment with Catechol-O-Methyltransferase or Monoamine Oxidase B Inhibitors Compared with Dopamine Agonists among Patients with Parkinson Disease Uncontrolled by Levodopa Therapy: The PD MED Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA Neurology, 79(2), 131-140. https://doi.org/10.1001/jamaneurol.2021.4736

Importance: Many people with Parkinson disease (PD) develop motor complications that are uncontrolled by levodopa dose adjustment. Among these patients, it is uncertain which drug class is more effective as adjuvant therapy. Objective: To compare the... Read More about Long-term Effectiveness of Adjuvant Treatment with Catechol-O-Methyltransferase or Monoamine Oxidase B Inhibitors Compared with Dopamine Agonists among Patients with Parkinson Disease Uncontrolled by Levodopa Therapy: The PD MED Randomized Clinical Trial.

A self-adaptive multi-objective feature selection approach for classification problems (2021)
Journal Article
Xue, Y., Zhu, H., & Neri, F. (2022). A self-adaptive multi-objective feature selection approach for classification problems. Integrated Computer-Aided Engineering, 29(1), 3-21. https://doi.org/10.3233/ICA-210664

In classification tasks, feature selection (FS) can reduce the data dimensionality and may also improve classification accuracy, both of which are commonly treated as the two objectives in FS problems. Many meta-heuristic algorithms have been applied... Read More about A self-adaptive multi-objective feature selection approach for classification problems.

Magnetic nanoribbons with embedded cobalt grown inside single-walled carbon nanotubes (2021)
Journal Article
Krichevsky, D. M., Shi, L., Baturin, V. S., Rybkovsky, D. V., Wu, Y., Fedotov, P. V., …Chernov, A. I. (2022). Magnetic nanoribbons with embedded cobalt grown inside single-walled carbon nanotubes. Nanoscale, 14(5), 1978-1989. https://doi.org/10.1039/d1nr06179h

Molecular magnetism and specifically magnetic molecules have recently gained plenty of attention as key elements for quantum technologies, information processing, and spintronics. Transition to the nanoscale and implementation of ordered structures w... Read More about Magnetic nanoribbons with embedded cobalt grown inside single-walled carbon nanotubes.

Different genes may be involved in distal and local sensitization: A genome‐wide gene‐based association study and meta‐analysis (2021)
Journal Article
Kouraki, A., Doherty, M., Fernandes, G. S., Zhang, W., Walsh, D. A., Kelly, A., & Valdes, A. M. (2022). Different genes may be involved in distal and local sensitization: A genome‐wide gene‐based association study and meta‐analysis. European Journal of Pain, 26(3), 740-753. https://doi.org/10.1002/ejp.1902

Background: Neuropathic pain symptoms and signs of increased pain sensitization in osteoarthritis (OA) patients may explain persistent pain after total joint replacement (TJR). Therefore, identifying genetic markers associated with pain sensitization... Read More about Different genes may be involved in distal and local sensitization: A genome‐wide gene‐based association study and meta‐analysis.

Cost, context, or convenience? Exploring the social acceptance of demand response in the United Kingdom (2021)
Journal Article
Naghiyev, E., Shipman, R., Goulden, M., Gillott, M., & Spence, A. (2022). Cost, context, or convenience? Exploring the social acceptance of demand response in the United Kingdom. Energy Research and Social Science, 87, Article 102469. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.erss.2021.102469

The energy sector, and buildings in particular, are one of the main contributors to climate change. Demand-Side Management (DSM) has the potential to realise energy savings on the demand as well as the supply side. However, the domestic sector still... Read More about Cost, context, or convenience? Exploring the social acceptance of demand response in the United Kingdom.

Fatigue in early rheumatoid arthritis: data from the Early Rheumatoid Arthritis Network (2021)
Journal Article
Ifesemen, O. S., McWilliams, D. F., Norton, S., Kiely, P. D. W., Young, A., & Walsh, D. A. (2022). Fatigue in early rheumatoid arthritis: data from the Early Rheumatoid Arthritis Network. Rheumatology, 61(9), 3737-3745. https://doi.org/10.1093/rheumatology/keab947

OBJECTIVES: Fatigue is a disabling symptom in people with RA. This study aims to describe the prevalence, risk factors and longitudinal course of fatigue in early RA. METHODS: Demographic, clinical, quality of life (QoL), comorbidities and laboratory... Read More about Fatigue in early rheumatoid arthritis: data from the Early Rheumatoid Arthritis Network.

National pharmacy associations in the commonwealth: current scenario and future needs to maximise effective contributions of the pharmacy profession towards universal health coverage (2021)
Journal Article
Iqbal, A., Rutter, V., Gülpınar, G., Halai, M., Awele, B., Elshenawy, R. A., …Chan, A. H. Y. (2021). National pharmacy associations in the commonwealth: current scenario and future needs to maximise effective contributions of the pharmacy profession towards universal health coverage. Journal of Pharmaceutical Policy and Practice, 14(1), Article 112. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40545-021-00396-7

Background
The Commonwealth Pharmacists Association (CPA) is a charity representing pharmacists across the Commonwealth, with the vision of empowering and collaboratively develop the profession and fully utilise the potential of pharmacists to stren... Read More about National pharmacy associations in the commonwealth: current scenario and future needs to maximise effective contributions of the pharmacy profession towards universal health coverage.

The rs429358 Locus in Apolipoprotein E Is Associated With Hepatocellular Carcinoma in Patients With Cirrhosis (2021)
Journal Article
Innes, H., Nischalke, H. D., Guha, I. N., Weiss, K. H., Irving, W., Gotthardt, D., …Buch, S. (2022). The rs429358 Locus in Apolipoprotein E Is Associated With Hepatocellular Carcinoma in Patients With Cirrhosis. Hepatology Communications, 6(5), 1213-1226. https://doi.org/10.1002/hep4.1886

The host genetic background for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is incompletely understood. We aimed to determine if four germline genetic polymorphisms, rs429358 in apolipoprotein E (APOE), rs2642438 in mitochondrial amidoxime reducing component 1 (M... Read More about The rs429358 Locus in Apolipoprotein E Is Associated With Hepatocellular Carcinoma in Patients With Cirrhosis.

Finite deformations of fibre-reinforced elastic solids with fibre bending stiffness – Part II: determination of the spherical part of the couple-stress (2021)
Journal Article
Soldatos, K. P. (2023). Finite deformations of fibre-reinforced elastic solids with fibre bending stiffness – Part II: determination of the spherical part of the couple-stress. Mathematics and Mechanics of Solids, 28(1), 124-140. https://doi.org/10.1177/10812865211061595

The indeterminacy of the spherical part of couple-stress is a well-known drawback of any theoretical formulation stemming from the Cosserat couple-stress theory of elasticity. The relevant theory of finite elastic deformations of solids reinforced by... Read More about Finite deformations of fibre-reinforced elastic solids with fibre bending stiffness – Part II: determination of the spherical part of the couple-stress.

Specialty natural rubber latex foam: foamability study and fabrication process (2021)
Journal Article
Ramli, R., Chai, A. B., Ho, J. H., Kamaruddin, S., Rasdi, F. R. M., & De Focatiis, D. S. A. (2022). Specialty natural rubber latex foam: foamability study and fabrication process. Rubber Chemistry and Technology, 95(3), 492-513. https://doi.org/10.5254/rct.21.78938

Specialty natural rubber (SpNR) latex namely deproteinized natural rubber (DPNR) latex and epoxidized natural rubber (ENR) latex have been produced to meet specific product’s requirements. However, SpNR is normally used in the form of block rubber to... Read More about Specialty natural rubber latex foam: foamability study and fabrication process.

An Adaptive Model of Demand Adjustment in Weighted Majority Games (2021)
Journal Article
Montero, M., & Possajennikov, A. (2021). An Adaptive Model of Demand Adjustment in Weighted Majority Games. Games, 13(1), Article 5. https://doi.org/10.3390/g13010005

This paper presents a simple adaptive model of demand adjustment in cooperative games and analyzes this model in weighted majority games. In the model, a randomly chosen player sets her demand to the highest possible value subject to the demands of o... Read More about An Adaptive Model of Demand Adjustment in Weighted Majority Games.

Outward FDI and Innovation Performance of Chinese Firms: Why Can Home-Grown Political Ties Be A Liability? (2021)
Journal Article
Wang, C., Piperopoulos, P., Chen, S., Ming, A. A. K., & Herbert, K. (2022). Outward FDI and Innovation Performance of Chinese Firms: Why Can Home-Grown Political Ties Be A Liability?. Journal of World Business, 57(3), Article 101306. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jwb.2021.101306

We explain how home-grown political ties of Chinese firms negatively influence the effect of outward foreign direct investment (OFDI) on the innovation performance of their parent firms. Our results show that these ties can turn into a liability in t... Read More about Outward FDI and Innovation Performance of Chinese Firms: Why Can Home-Grown Political Ties Be A Liability?.

Inter-charity competition and efficiency: Considerations beyond fundraising and tax incentives for giving (2021)
Book Chapter
Lohse, J., & Sharf, K. (2021). Inter-charity competition and efficiency: Considerations beyond fundraising and tax incentives for giving. In H. Peter, & G. L. Huber (Eds.), The Routledge Handbook of Taxation and Philanthropy. Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003139201

While insights into optimal fundraising strategies inform the debate on whether fundraising is valuable to non-profits seeking to maximize their charitable income, they do not speak to questions related to production efficiency or the optimal size an... Read More about Inter-charity competition and efficiency: Considerations beyond fundraising and tax incentives for giving.

Careers of commercially successful female entrepreneurs in context of underdeveloped markets and weak institutions (2021)
Journal Article
Sarpong, D., Nyuur, R., & Torbor, M. K. (2022). Careers of commercially successful female entrepreneurs in context of underdeveloped markets and weak institutions. International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behavior and Research, 28(3), 698-719. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJEBR-06-2021-0526

Purpose-Careers have come to dominate contemporary discourse on gendered entrepreneurship. In this paper, we explore entrepreneurial careers as recounted by commercially successful female entrepreneurs to examine how they strategize to construct desi... Read More about Careers of commercially successful female entrepreneurs in context of underdeveloped markets and weak institutions.

Aerodynamic and heat transfer performances of a highly loaded transonic turbine rotor with upstream generic rim seal cavity (2021)
Journal Article
Mansouri, Z. (2021). Aerodynamic and heat transfer performances of a highly loaded transonic turbine rotor with upstream generic rim seal cavity. Propulsion and Power Research, 10(4), 317-331. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jppr.2021.11.003

In turbine disk cavity, rim seals are fitted between the stator and its adjacent rotor disk. A coolant air injected through the turbine disk cavity to prevent the ingress of mainstream hot gases. The purpose of this paper is to investigate numericall... Read More about Aerodynamic and heat transfer performances of a highly loaded transonic turbine rotor with upstream generic rim seal cavity.