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Defect Etching in Carbon Nanotube Walls for Porous Carbon Nanoreactors: Implications for CO2 Sorption and the Hydrosilylation of Phenylacetylene (2022)
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Astle, M. A., Weilhard, A., Rance, G. A., LeMercier, T. M., Stoppiello, C. T., Norman, L. T., …Khlobystov, A. N. (2022). Defect Etching in Carbon Nanotube Walls for Porous Carbon Nanoreactors: Implications for CO2 Sorption and the Hydrosilylation of Phenylacetylene. ACS Applied Nano Materials, 5(2), 2075-2086. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsanm.1c03803

A method of pore fabrication in the walls of carbon nanotubes has been developed, leading to porous nanotubes that have been filled with catalysts and utilized in liquid- and gas-phase reactions. Chromium oxide nanoparticles have been utilized as hig... Read More about Defect Etching in Carbon Nanotube Walls for Porous Carbon Nanoreactors: Implications for CO2 Sorption and the Hydrosilylation of Phenylacetylene.

A miniaturized thin-plate low cycle fatigue test method at elevated temperature (2022)
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Li, M., Maskill, S., Wen, Z., Yue, Z., & Sun, W. (2022). A miniaturized thin-plate low cycle fatigue test method at elevated temperature. Fatigue and Fracture of Engineering Materials and Structures, 45(5), 1361-1378. https://doi.org/10.1111/ffe.13665

This study aims to develop a high-temperature low cycle fatigue test method using a nonstandard miniature thin-plate specimen in order to characterize the cyclic viscoplasticity behavior of a component material. For demonstration, fully reversed stra... Read More about A miniaturized thin-plate low cycle fatigue test method at elevated temperature.

Defect-driven antiferromagnetic domain walls in CuMnAs films (2022)
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Reimers, S., Kriegner, D., Gomonay, O., Carbone, D., Krizek, F., Novák, V., …Edmonds, K. W. (2022). Defect-driven antiferromagnetic domain walls in CuMnAs films. Nature Communications, 13(1), Article 724. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-28311-x

Efficient manipulation of antiferromagnetic (AF) domains and domain walls has opened up new avenues of research towards ultrafast, high-density spintronic devices. AF domain structures are known to be sensitive to magnetoelastic effects, but the micr... Read More about Defect-driven antiferromagnetic domain walls in CuMnAs films.

Anticholinergic drugs and forebrain magnetic resonance imaging changes in cognitively normal people and those with mild cognitive impairment (2022)
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Meng, D., Mohammadi-Nejad, A. R., Sotiropoulos, S. N., & Auer, D. P. (2022). Anticholinergic drugs and forebrain magnetic resonance imaging changes in cognitively normal people and those with mild cognitive impairment. European Journal of Neurology, https://doi.org/10.1111/ene.15251

Background and purpose: Anticholinergic (AC) medication use is associated with cognitive decline and dementia, which may be related to an AC-induced central hypocholinergic state, but the exact mechanisms remain to be understood. We aimed to further... Read More about Anticholinergic drugs and forebrain magnetic resonance imaging changes in cognitively normal people and those with mild cognitive impairment.

Anticholinergic drugs and forebrain magnetic resonance imaging changes in cognitively normal people and those with mild cognitive impairment (2022)
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Meng, D., Mohammadi-Nejad, A.-R., Sotiropoulos, S. N., & Auer, D. P. (2022). Anticholinergic drugs and forebrain magnetic resonance imaging changes in cognitively normal people and those with mild cognitive impairment. European Journal of Neurology, 29(5), 1344-1353. https://doi.org/10.1111/ene.15251

Background Anticholinergic (AC) medication use is associated with cognitive decline and dementia, which may be related to an AC induced central hypocholinergic state, but the exact mechanisms remain to be understood. We aimed to further elucidate th... Read More about Anticholinergic drugs and forebrain magnetic resonance imaging changes in cognitively normal people and those with mild cognitive impairment.

Directors duties and human rights impacts: a comparative approach (2022)
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McCorquodale, R., & Neely, S. (2022). Directors duties and human rights impacts: a comparative approach. Journal of Corporate Law Studies, 22(2), https://doi.org/10.1080/14735970.2021.2016147

This article provides a comparative perspective on the issue of directors’ liability for actions by a company which causes or contributes to human rights impacts. International, European and national regulatory developments in business and human righ... Read More about Directors duties and human rights impacts: a comparative approach.

A Quantitative Systems Pharmacology Perspective on the Importance of Parameter Identifiability (2022)
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Sher, A., Niederer, S. A., Mirams, G. R., Kirpichnikova, A., Allen, R., Pathmanathan, P., …Noble, D. (2022). A Quantitative Systems Pharmacology Perspective on the Importance of Parameter Identifiability. Bulletin of Mathematical Biology, 84(3), Article 39. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11538-021-00982-5

There is an inherent tension in Quantitative Systems Pharmacology (QSP) between the need to incorporate mathematical descriptions of complex physiology and drug targets with the necessity of developing robust, predictive and well-constrained models.... Read More about A Quantitative Systems Pharmacology Perspective on the Importance of Parameter Identifiability.

Feasibility of a Novel ECG Electrode Placement Method in Newborn Infants (2022)
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Henry, C., Shipley, L., Morgan, S., Crowe, J. A., Carpenter, J., Hayes-Gill, B., & Sharkey, D. (2022). Feasibility of a Novel ECG Electrode Placement Method in Newborn Infants. Neonatology, 119(2), 264-267. https://doi.org/10.1159/000521530

Background: International newborn resuscitation guidelines recommend electrocardiogram (ECG) heart rate (HR) monitoring at birth. We evaluated the application time of pre-set ECG electrodes fixed to a polyethene patch allowing adhesive-free attachmen... Read More about Feasibility of a Novel ECG Electrode Placement Method in Newborn Infants.

Gibbs phenomena for Lq-best approximation in finite element spaces (2022)
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Houston, P., Roggendorf, S., & Van Der Zee, K. G. (2022). Gibbs phenomena for Lq-best approximation in finite element spaces. ESAIM: Mathematical Modelling and Numerical Analysis, 56(1), 177-211. https://doi.org/10.1051/m2an/2021086

Recent developments in the context of minimum residual finite element methods are paving the way for designing quasi-optimal discretization methods in non-standard function spaces, such as L q-type Sobolev spaces. For q → 1, these methods have demons... Read More about Gibbs phenomena for Lq-best approximation in finite element spaces.

Laboratory strains of Escherichia coli K-12: things are seldom what they seem (2022)
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Browning, D. F., Hobman, J. L., & Busby, S. J. W. (2023). Laboratory strains of Escherichia coli K-12: things are seldom what they seem. Microbial Genomics, 9(2), Article 000922. https://doi.org/10.1099/mgen.0.000922

Escherichia coli K-12 was originally isolated 100 years ago and since then it has become an invaluable model organism and a cornerstone of molecular biology research. However, despite its pedigree, since its initial isolation E. coli K-12 has been re... Read More about Laboratory strains of Escherichia coli K-12: things are seldom what they seem.

Ubiquitin-conjugating enzyme 2C (UBE2C) is a poor prognostic biomarker in invasive breast cancer (2022)
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Kariri, Y., Toss, M. S., Alsaleem, M., Elsharawy, K. A., Joseph, C., Mongan, N. P., …Rakha, E. A. (2022). Ubiquitin-conjugating enzyme 2C (UBE2C) is a poor prognostic biomarker in invasive breast cancer. Breast Cancer Research and Treatment, 192(3), 529-539. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10549-022-06531-5

Background The Ubiquitin-conjugating enzyme 2C (UBE2C) is essential for the ubiquitin–proteasome system and is involved in cancer cell migration and apoptosis. This study aimed to determine the prognostic value of UBE2C in invasive breast cancer (BC... Read More about Ubiquitin-conjugating enzyme 2C (UBE2C) is a poor prognostic biomarker in invasive breast cancer.

Measuring honesty and explaining adulteration in naturally occurring markets (2022)
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Rustagi, D., & Kroell, M. (2022). Measuring honesty and explaining adulteration in naturally occurring markets. Journal of Development Economics, 156, Article 102819. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jdeveco.2022.102819

There is astounding variation in product quality sold in markets even when quality is difficult to ascertain and rules are poorly enforced. We investigate whether sellers differ in innate honesty (incur private cost to provide good quality) and wheth... Read More about Measuring honesty and explaining adulteration in naturally occurring markets.

The high frequency of alcohol advertising during televised English Premier League football games shown in Ethiopia (2022)
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Tamire, M., Barker, A., Getachew, S., Murray, R. L., Amedala, R., Britton, J., …Fogarty, A. W. (2022). The high frequency of alcohol advertising during televised English Premier League football games shown in Ethiopia. Harm Reduction Journal, 19, Article 11. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12954-022-00591-y

Background: Excessive alcohol consumption is an important risk factor for increased morbidity, mortality and other social harms globally. Televised sport allows the promotion of alcoholic drinks to a large and often young audience, and thus can be us... Read More about The high frequency of alcohol advertising during televised English Premier League football games shown in Ethiopia.

Exploring trust in (bio)medical and experiential knowledge of birth: The perspectives of pregnant women, new mothers and maternity care providers (2022)
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Clancy, G., Boardman, F., & Rees, S. (2022). Exploring trust in (bio)medical and experiential knowledge of birth: The perspectives of pregnant women, new mothers and maternity care providers. Midwifery, 107, Article 103272. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.midw.2022.103272

Objective: To explore women's and maternity care providers’ experiences of birth, and the roles of (bio)medical and experiential knowledge therein. Research design/setting: In-depth qualitative interviews were undertaken with pregnant women and new m... Read More about Exploring trust in (bio)medical and experiential knowledge of birth: The perspectives of pregnant women, new mothers and maternity care providers.

Brain simulation as a cloud service: The Virtual Brain on EBRAINS (2022)
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Schirner, M., Domide, L., Perdikis, D., Triebkorn, P., Stefanovski, L., Pai, R., …Ritter, P. (2022). Brain simulation as a cloud service: The Virtual Brain on EBRAINS. NeuroImage, 251, Article 118973. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroimage.2022.118973

The Virtual Brain (TVB) is now available as open-source services on the cloud research platform EBRAINS (ebrains.eu). It offers software for constructing, simulating and analysing brain network models including the TVB simulator; magnetic resonance i... Read More about Brain simulation as a cloud service: The Virtual Brain on EBRAINS.

An experimental and theoretical study of the Kr 3d correlation satellites (2022)
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Kiselev, M. D., Reinhardt, M., Patanen, M., Kivimaki, A. E., Powis, I., Zatsarinny, O., …Holland, D. M. P. (2022). An experimental and theoretical study of the Kr 3d correlation satellites. Journal of Physics B: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics, 55(5), Article 055002. https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6455/ac521a

The Kr 3d correlation satellites have been studied experimentally by using plane polarized synchrotron radiation to record polarization dependent photoelectron spectra (PES), and theoretically by employing the R-matrix method to calculate photoioniza... Read More about An experimental and theoretical study of the Kr 3d correlation satellites.

Life Cycle Assessment of International Biomass Utilization: A Case Study of Malaysian Palm Kernel Shells for Biomass Power Generation in Japan (2022)
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Gamaralalage, D., Kanematsu, Y., Ng, D. K. S., Foong, S. Z. Y., Andiappan, V., Foo, D. C. Y., & Kikuchi, Y. (2022). Life Cycle Assessment of International Biomass Utilization: A Case Study of Malaysian Palm Kernel Shells for Biomass Power Generation in Japan. Waste and Biomass Valorization, 13(5), 2717-2733. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12649-021-01643-3

Palm kernel shell (PKS) is a by-product in palm oil milling during the extraction of crude palm oil from fresh fruit bunches. PKS is a promising solid fuel to replace coal with its high calorific value. As Japan is moving towards renewable power to r... Read More about Life Cycle Assessment of International Biomass Utilization: A Case Study of Malaysian Palm Kernel Shells for Biomass Power Generation in Japan.

Parenthood as a Window of Opportunity for Dietary Changes: Perspectives From Uruguayan Parents (2022)
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Moura, A. F., Vidal, L., Girona, A., & Ares, G. (2023). Parenthood as a Window of Opportunity for Dietary Changes: Perspectives From Uruguayan Parents. Health Education and Behavior, 50(1), 84-96. https://doi.org/10.1177/10901981221074912

Research on behavioral and social science has demonstrated that transitions throughout a person’s life course, as the life event of becoming a parent, represent an opportunity for dietary changes. However, research in this area has been mostly restri... Read More about Parenthood as a Window of Opportunity for Dietary Changes: Perspectives From Uruguayan Parents.

Study of deterministic surface micro-texture generation in ultra-precision grinding considering wheel oscillation (2022)
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Chen, S., Yang, S., Liao, Z., Fai Cheung, C. F., Jiang, Z., & Zhang, F. (2022). Study of deterministic surface micro-texture generation in ultra-precision grinding considering wheel oscillation. Optics Express, 30(4), 5329-5346. https://doi.org/10.1364/OE.452751

Ultra-precision grinding is crucial for manufacturing high-end optics and molds, while the unbalanced wheel vibration is inevitable and becomes even more critical in surface generation, which resulted in undesired waviness and micro-texture on the gr... Read More about Study of deterministic surface micro-texture generation in ultra-precision grinding considering wheel oscillation.

Mineral micronutrient status and spatial distribution among the Ethiopian population (2022)
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Belay, A., Gashu, D., Joy, E. J., Lark, R. M., Chagumaira, C., Zerfu, D., …Broadley, M. R. (2022). Mineral micronutrient status and spatial distribution among the Ethiopian population. British Journal of Nutrition, https://doi.org/10.1017/s0007114522000319

Multiple micronutrient deficiencies are widespread in Ethiopia. However, the distribution of selenium and zinc deficiency risks has previously shown evidence of spatially dependent variability, warranting the need to explore this aspect for wider mic... Read More about Mineral micronutrient status and spatial distribution among the Ethiopian population.