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The development and diversity of religious cognition and behavior: Protocol for Wave 1 data collection with children and parents by the Developing Belief Network (2024)
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Weisman, K., Ghossainy, M. E., Williams, A. J., Payir, A., Lesage, K. A., Reyes-Jaquez, B., … Developing Belief Network, . D. B. N. (2024). The development and diversity of religious cognition and behavior: Protocol for Wave 1 data collection with children and parents by the Developing Belief Network. PLoS ONE, 19(3), Article e0292755. https://doi.org/10.31219/osf.io/wkjgs

The Developing Belief Network is a consortium of researchers studying human development in diverse social-cultural settings, with a focus on the interplay between general cognitive development and culturally specific processes of socialization and cu... Read More about The development and diversity of religious cognition and behavior: Protocol for Wave 1 data collection with children and parents by the Developing Belief Network.

Generation of hiPSC-Derived Intestinal Organoids for Developmental and Disease Modelling Applications (2024)
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Durczak, P. M., Fair, K. L., Jinks, N., Cuevas Ocaña, S., Sainz Zuñiga, C. B., & Hannan, N. R. F. (2024). Generation of hiPSC-Derived Intestinal Organoids for Developmental and Disease Modelling Applications. Journal of Visualized Experiments, 2024(205), Article e61199. https://doi.org/10.3791/61199

hiPSC-derived intestinal organoids are epithelial structures that self-assemble from differentiated cells into complex 3D structures, representative of the human intestinal epithelium, in which they exhibit crypt/villus-like structures. Here, we desc... Read More about Generation of hiPSC-Derived Intestinal Organoids for Developmental and Disease Modelling Applications.

Young dictators—Speaking about oneself decreases generosity in children from two cultural contexts (2024)
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Weltzien, S., Marsh, L., Kanngiesser, P., & Hood, B. (2024). Young dictators—Speaking about oneself decreases generosity in children from two cultural contexts. PLoS ONE, 19(3), Article e0300200. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0300200

Sharing of resources is a common feature of human societies. Yet, there is substantial societal variation in children’s generosity, and this variation emerges during middle childhood. Societal differences in self-construal orientation may be one fact... Read More about Young dictators—Speaking about oneself decreases generosity in children from two cultural contexts.

Structure and chemical composition of the Mg electrode during cycling in a simple glyme electrolyte (2024)
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Dimogiannis, K., Sankowski, A., Holc, C., Parmenter, C. D., Newton, G. N., Walsh, D. A., …Johnson, L. R. (2024). Structure and chemical composition of the Mg electrode during cycling in a simple glyme electrolyte. Energy Storage Materials, 67, Article 103280. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ensm.2024.103280

The volumetric energy density of magnesium exceeds that of lithium, making magnesium batteries particularly promising for next-generation energy storage. However, electrochemical cycling of magnesium electrodes in common battery electrolytes is coulo... Read More about Structure and chemical composition of the Mg electrode during cycling in a simple glyme electrolyte.

Deep Learning‐Driven Exploration of Pyrroloquinoline Quinone Neuroprotective Activity in Alzheimer's Disease (2024)
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Li, X., Sun, Y., Zhou, Z., Li, J., Liu, S., Chen, L., Shi, Y., Wang, M., Zhu, Z., Wang, G., & Lu, Q. (2024). Deep Learning‐Driven Exploration of Pyrroloquinoline Quinone Neuroprotective Activity in Alzheimer's Disease. Advanced Science, 11(18), Article 2308970. https://doi.org/10.1002/advs.202308970

Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a pressing concern in neurodegenerative research. To address the challenges in AD drug development, especially those targeting Aβ, this study uses deep learning and a pharmacological approach to elucidate the potential of... Read More about Deep Learning‐Driven Exploration of Pyrroloquinoline Quinone Neuroprotective Activity in Alzheimer's Disease.

Spontaneous scalarization (2024)
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Doneva, D. D., Ramazanoǧlu, F. M., Silva, H. O., Sotiriou, T. P., & Yazadjiev, S. S. (2024). Spontaneous scalarization. Reviews of Modern Physics, 96(1), Article 015004. https://doi.org/10.1103/revmodphys.96.015004

Scalarization is a mechanism that endows strongly self-gravitating bodies, such as neutron stars and black holes, with a scalar-field configuration. It resembles a phase transition in that the scalar configuration appears only when a certain quantity... Read More about Spontaneous scalarization.

A molecular dynamics analysis of the influence of iron corrosion products on the healing process of bitumen (2024)
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Xu, H., Zou, Y., Airey, G., Wang, H., Zhang, H., Wu, S., & Chen, A. (2024). A molecular dynamics analysis of the influence of iron corrosion products on the healing process of bitumen. Construction and Building Materials, 421, Article 135662. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2024.135662

Corrosion of iron materials in the asphalt concrete pavement occurs commonly when the bitumen film peels off, and the generation of corrosion products would affect the healing performance of bitumen. To identify the affection, this research focuses o... Read More about A molecular dynamics analysis of the influence of iron corrosion products on the healing process of bitumen.

Life Characterization of PEEK and Nanofilled Enamel Insulated Wires Under Thermal Ageing (2024)
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Khowja, M. R., Vakil, G., Ahmad, S. S., Ramanathan, R., Gerada, C., & Benarous, M. (2024). Life Characterization of PEEK and Nanofilled Enamel Insulated Wires Under Thermal Ageing. IEEE Access, 12, 39470- 39483. https://doi.org/10.1109/access.2024.3374637

This paper characterizes and develops life models for two different wire insulating materials: Poly-ether-ketone (PEEK) and nanofilled enamel (Allotherm wire). The article focuses on predicting the lifespan of PEEK and Allotherm wire insulating mater... Read More about Life Characterization of PEEK and Nanofilled Enamel Insulated Wires Under Thermal Ageing.

City drafting: property-making and bureaucratic urbanism in South Asia (2024)
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Jonnalagadda, I., & Cowan, T. (2024). City drafting: property-making and bureaucratic urbanism in South Asia. City, 28(1-2), 7-23. https://doi.org/10.1080/13604813.2024.2321024

This Special Feature explores the negotiated bureaucratic politics shaping urbanization in South Asia. City drafting refers to the flexible and contextual practices, procedures and policies required to haul diverse property regimes into order and pro... Read More about City drafting: property-making and bureaucratic urbanism in South Asia.

Prepublication abstract-only reports compared with full-text manuscripts for randomised controlled trials in inflammatory bowel disease: a systematic review (2024)
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Egiz, A. M. A. M., Sinopoulou, V., Abousaleh, Gordon, M., Moran, G. W., Phlananthachai, S., Rane, A., & Al-Tameemi, A. H. A. (2024). Prepublication abstract-only reports compared with full-text manuscripts for randomised controlled trials in inflammatory bowel disease: a systematic review. BMJ Open Gastroenterology, 11(1), Article e001334. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjgast-2023-001334

Introduction Randomised controlled trials (RCTs) of key therapies in inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) are often presented and available as abstracts for significant periods of time prior to full publication, often being employed to make strategic and... Read More about Prepublication abstract-only reports compared with full-text manuscripts for randomised controlled trials in inflammatory bowel disease: a systematic review.

Institutional pluralism and the implementation of women’s enterprise policy (2024)
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Mallett, O., Wapshott, R., & Wilson, N. (2024). Institutional pluralism and the implementation of women’s enterprise policy. International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behavior and Research, 30(7), 1950-1968. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJEBR-04-2023-0431

Purpose: This research paper generates new insights into the challenges of implementation in women’s enterprise policy. It argues that organisations involved in policy implementation need to be understood as operating in a context of institutional pl... Read More about Institutional pluralism and the implementation of women’s enterprise policy.

Synergy of nanocrystalline carbon nitride with Cu single atom catalyst leads to selective photocatalytic reduction of CO2 to methanol (2024)
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LeMercier, T. M., Thangamuthu, M., Kohlrausch, E. C., Chen, Y., Stoppiello, C. T., Fay, M. W., Rance, G. A., Aliev, G. N., Theis, W., Biskupek, J., Kaiser, U., Lanterna, A. E., Alves Fernandes, J., & Khlobystov, A. N. (2024). Synergy of nanocrystalline carbon nitride with Cu single atom catalyst leads to selective photocatalytic reduction of CO2 to methanol. Sustainable Energy and Fuels, 1691-1703. https://doi.org/10.1039/D4SE00028E

Carbon nitride (C3N4) possesses both a band gap in the visible range and a low-lying conduction band potential, suitable for water splitting and CO2 reduction reactions (CO2RR). Yet, bulk C3N4 (b-C3N4) suffers from structural disorder leading to slug... Read More about Synergy of nanocrystalline carbon nitride with Cu single atom catalyst leads to selective photocatalytic reduction of CO2 to methanol.

Starting a career in research nursing during a global pandemic (2024)
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Rodgers, K., Jones, A., Carlin, A., Redsell, S., & Andreyev, J. (2024). Starting a career in research nursing during a global pandemic. British Journal of Nursing, 33(5), 266-270. https://doi.org/10.12968/bjon.2024.33.5.266

In the spring of 2020, two nurses (KR and AJ) commenced their research nurse careers amid the SARS-Cov-2 (COVID-19) global pandemic. This reflective article discusses their experiences of beginning a clinical research nursing career, presented as a c... Read More about Starting a career in research nursing during a global pandemic.

Oxygen-enhanced MRI assessment of tumour hypoxia in head and neck cancer is feasible and well tolerated in the clinical setting (2024)
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McCabe, A., Martin, S., Rowe, S., Shah, J., Morgan, P. S., Borys, D., & Panek, R. (2024). Oxygen-enhanced MRI assessment of tumour hypoxia in head and neck cancer is feasible and well tolerated in the clinical setting. European Radiology Experimental, 8(1), Article 27. https://doi.org/10.1186/s41747-024-00429-1

Background: Tumour hypoxia is a recognised cause of radiotherapy treatment resistance in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC). Current positron emission tomography-based hypoxia imaging techniques are not routinely available in many centres.... Read More about Oxygen-enhanced MRI assessment of tumour hypoxia in head and neck cancer is feasible and well tolerated in the clinical setting.

Antiproliferative activities of some selected Nigerian medicinal plants against breast, liver, and cervical cancer cells (2024)
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Olaleye, O. O., Kim, D.-H., & Spriggs, K. A. (2024). Antiproliferative activities of some selected Nigerian medicinal plants against breast, liver, and cervical cancer cells. BMC Complementary Medicine and Therapies, 24(1), Article 110. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12906-024-04365-w

Background: Phytochemicals have become a growing source of alternative medicine in developing countries due to the poor prognosis, high cost of conventional pharmaceuticals, and undesirable effects associated with mainstream cancer treatment. Objecti... Read More about Antiproliferative activities of some selected Nigerian medicinal plants against breast, liver, and cervical cancer cells.

Understanding the impact of numerical solvers on inference for differential equation models (2024)
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Creswell, R., Shepherd, K. M., Lambert, B., Mirams, G. R., Lei, C. L., Tavener, S., Robinson, M., & Gavaghan, D. J. (2024). Understanding the impact of numerical solvers on inference for differential equation models. Journal of the Royal Society, Interface, 21(212), Article 20230369. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsif.2023.0369

Most ordinary differential equation (ODE) models used to describe biological or physical systems must be solved approximately using numerical methods. Perniciously, even those solvers that seem sufficiently accurate for the forward problem, i.e. for... Read More about Understanding the impact of numerical solvers on inference for differential equation models.

Ethylene regulates auxin-mediated root gravitropic machinery and controls root angle in cereal crops (2024)
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Kong, X., Xiong, Y., Song, X., Wadey, S., Yu, S., Rao, J., Lale, A., Lombardi, M., Fusi, R., Bhosale, R., & Huang, G. (2024). Ethylene regulates auxin-mediated root gravitropic machinery and controls root angle in cereal crops. Plant Physiology, 195(3), 1969-1980. https://doi.org/10.1093/plphys/kiae134

Root angle is a critical factor in optimizing the acquisition of essential resources from different soil depths. The regulation of root angle relies on the auxin-mediated root gravitropism machinery. While the influence of ethylene on auxin levels is... Read More about Ethylene regulates auxin-mediated root gravitropic machinery and controls root angle in cereal crops.

Enhanced Photon–Phonon Interaction in WSe2 Acoustic Nanocavities (2024)
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Carr, A. D., Ruppert, C., Samusev, A. K., Magnabosco, G., Vogel, N., Linnik, T. L., …Akimov, A. V. (2024). Enhanced Photon–Phonon Interaction in WSe2 Acoustic Nanocavities. ACS Photonics, 11(3), 1147–1155. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsphotonics.3c01601

Acoustic nanocavities (ANCs) with resonance frequencies much above 1 GHz are prospective to be exploited in sensors and quantum operating devices. Nowadays, acoustic nanocavities fabricated from van der Waals (vdW) nanolayers allow them to exhibit re... Read More about Enhanced Photon–Phonon Interaction in WSe2 Acoustic Nanocavities.

The impact of heat treatment of bovine milk on gastric emptying and nutrient appearance in peripheral circulation in healthy females: a randomized controlled trial comparing pasteurized and ultra-high temperature milk (2024)
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Milan, A. M., Barnett, M. P., McNabb, W. C., Roy, N. C., Coutinho, S., Hoad, C. L., …Mithen, R. F. (2024). The impact of heat treatment of bovine milk on gastric emptying and nutrient appearance in peripheral circulation in healthy females: a randomized controlled trial comparing pasteurized and ultra-high temperature milk. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 119(5), 1200-1215. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajcnut.2024.03.002

Background: Heat treatments of dairy, including pasteurization and ultra-high temperature (UHT) processing, alter milk macromolecular structures, and ultimately affect digestion. In vitro, animal, and human studies show faster nutrient release or cir... Read More about The impact of heat treatment of bovine milk on gastric emptying and nutrient appearance in peripheral circulation in healthy females: a randomized controlled trial comparing pasteurized and ultra-high temperature milk.

Bayesian Inference for Non-linear forward model by using a VAE-based neural network structure (2024)
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Zhang, Y., Zheng, J.-Q., & Chappell, M. (2024). Bayesian Inference for Non-linear forward model by using a VAE-based neural network structure. IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing, 72, 1400-1411. https://doi.org/10.1109/TSP.2024.3374115

In this paper, a Variational Autoencoder (VAE) based framework is introduced to solve parameter estimation problems for non-linear forward models. In particular, we focus on applications in the field of medical imaging where many thousands of model-b... Read More about Bayesian Inference for Non-linear forward model by using a VAE-based neural network structure.