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Ground Truth in Classification Accuracy Assessment: Myth and Reality (2024)
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Foody, G. M. (2024). Ground Truth in Classification Accuracy Assessment: Myth and Reality. Geomatics, 4(1), 81-90. https://doi.org/10.3390/geomatics4010005

The ground reference dataset used in the assessment of classification accuracy is typically assumed implicitly to be perfect (i.e., 100% correct and representing ground truth). Rarely is this assumption valid, and errors in the ground dataset can cau... Read More about Ground Truth in Classification Accuracy Assessment: Myth and Reality.

Analysis of the heat transfer and anti-corrosion performance of an aluminum nitride porous ceramic skeleton with controllable preparation (2024)
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Wang, H., Li, Z., Shang, Z., Tian, L., Zhang, S., & Yan, Y. (2024). Analysis of the heat transfer and anti-corrosion performance of an aluminum nitride porous ceramic skeleton with controllable preparation. Applied Thermal Engineering, 244, Article 122687. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2024.122687

Porous skeletons play a positive role in improving the heat storage and release rate of molten salt phase change materials, making their development a research hot spot. However, the current simple structure of the porous skeletons limits their appli... Read More about Analysis of the heat transfer and anti-corrosion performance of an aluminum nitride porous ceramic skeleton with controllable preparation.

A Physically Motivated Framework to Compare Pair Fractions of Isolated Low- and High-mass Galaxies across Cosmic Time (2024)
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Chamberlain, K., Besla, G., Patel, E., Rodriguez-Gomez, V., Torrey, P., Martin, G., …Stierwalt, S. (2024). A Physically Motivated Framework to Compare Pair Fractions of Isolated Low- and High-mass Galaxies across Cosmic Time. Astrophysical Journal, 962(2), Article 162. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/ad19d0

Low-mass galaxy pair fractions are understudied, and it is unclear whether low-mass pair fractions evolve in the same way as more massive systems over cosmic time. In the era of JWST, Roman, and Rubin, selecting galaxy pairs in a self-consistent way... Read More about A Physically Motivated Framework to Compare Pair Fractions of Isolated Low- and High-mass Galaxies across Cosmic Time.

The neurodevelopmental trajectory of beta band oscillations: an OPM-MEG study (2024)
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Rier, L., Rhodes, N., Pakenham, D., Boto, E., Holmes, N., Hill, R. M., …Brookes, M. J. (2024). The neurodevelopmental trajectory of beta band oscillations: an OPM-MEG study. eLife, Article 94561v1. https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.94561.1

Neural oscillations mediate coordination of activity within and between brain networks, supporting cognition and behaviour. How these processes develop throughout childhood is not only a critical neuroscientific question but could also shed light on... Read More about The neurodevelopmental trajectory of beta band oscillations: an OPM-MEG study.

Development, characterization, and evaluation of a simple polymicrobial colony biofilm model for testing of antimicrobial wound dressings (2024)
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Robertson, S. N., Romero, M., Fenn, S., Riedi, P. L. K., & Cámara, M. (2024). Development, characterization, and evaluation of a simple polymicrobial colony biofilm model for testing of antimicrobial wound dressings. Journal of Applied Microbiology, 135(3), Article lxae042. https://doi.org/10.1093/jambio/lxae042

Chronic wound infections are generally of polymicrobial nature with aerobic and anaerobic bacteria, as well as fungi frequently observed in them. Wound treatment involves a series of steps, including debridement of the wound, flushing, and often the... Read More about Development, characterization, and evaluation of a simple polymicrobial colony biofilm model for testing of antimicrobial wound dressings.

The Role of Fundamental Movement Skills and Spatial Abilities in the Relationship between Physical Activity and Mathematics Achievement in Primary School Children (2024)
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Scott, J., Jay, T., & Spray, C. M. (2024). The Role of Fundamental Movement Skills and Spatial Abilities in the Relationship between Physical Activity and Mathematics Achievement in Primary School Children. Journal of Intelligence, 12(2), Article 22. https://doi.org/10.3390/jintelligence12020022

Research has demonstrated positive relationships between fundamental movement skills (FMS) and mathematics achievement in children, and this relationship may be mediated by spatial ability. Engaging in physical activity (PA) may also have positive ou... Read More about The Role of Fundamental Movement Skills and Spatial Abilities in the Relationship between Physical Activity and Mathematics Achievement in Primary School Children.

The effects of land-use change on semi-aquatic bugs (Gerromorpha, Hemiptera) in rainforest streams in Sabah, Malaysia (2024)
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Harianja, M. F., Turner, E. C., Barclay, H., Chey, V. K., Aldridge, D. C., Foster, W. A., & Luke, S. H. (2024). The effects of land-use change on semi-aquatic bugs (Gerromorpha, Hemiptera) in rainforest streams in Sabah, Malaysia. Freshwater Biology, 69(4), 556-572. https://doi.org/10.1111/fwb.14229

Land‐use change and agricultural expansion have caused marked biodiversity loss in Southeast Asia, but impacts on freshwater communities have been very little studied. Semi‐aquatic bugs are abundant in streams, provide prey for many other animals, an... Read More about The effects of land-use change on semi-aquatic bugs (Gerromorpha, Hemiptera) in rainforest streams in Sabah, Malaysia.

Time Matters in Cross-Strait Relations: Tsai Ing-wen and Taiwan’s Future (2024)
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Sullivan, J. (in press). Time Matters in Cross-Strait Relations: Tsai Ing-wen and Taiwan’s Future. China Quarterly, https://doi.org/10.1017/s0305741023001649

In this article, I examine the ROC president's discursive response to PRC efforts to limit Taiwan's future possibilities and undermine confidence in Taiwan's future. I argue that the capacity to imagine the future, and perceiving agency to affect fut... Read More about Time Matters in Cross-Strait Relations: Tsai Ing-wen and Taiwan’s Future.

Do ‘Lehman Sisters’ work in China? Women on boards and bank risk (2024)
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Huang, Y., Fang, F., Fan, Y., & Ly, K. C. (2024). Do ‘Lehman Sisters’ work in China? Women on boards and bank risk. International Review of Financial Analysis, 93, 103129. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.irfa.2024.103129

We investigate how women on boards impact bank risk in China. Using a merged dataset containing 83 Chinese banks for the period of 2006–2019, we find that more women on boards could reduce bank risk in China. We further provide the evidence that risk... Read More about Do ‘Lehman Sisters’ work in China? Women on boards and bank risk.

Cortical β Power Reflects a Neural Implementation of Decision Boundary Collapse in Speeded Decisions (2024)
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Kirschner, H., Fischer, A. G., Danielmeier, C., Klein, T. A., & Ullsperger, M. (2024). Cortical β Power Reflects a Neural Implementation of Decision Boundary Collapse in Speeded Decisions. Journal of Neuroscience, 44(13), Article e1713232024. https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1713-23.2024

A prominent account of decision-making assumes that information is accumulated until a fixed response threshold is crossed. However, many decisions require weighting of information appropriately against time. Collapsing response thresholds are a math... Read More about Cortical β Power Reflects a Neural Implementation of Decision Boundary Collapse in Speeded Decisions.

A Hybrid Multiresonances Suppression Method for Nonsynchronous LCL-Type Grid-Connected Inverter Clusters Under Weak Grid (2024)
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Liu, J., Sun, X., Chen, Z., Chi, Y., Song, W., Zhu, Q., & Wheeler, P. (2024). A Hybrid Multiresonances Suppression Method for Nonsynchronous LCL-Type Grid-Connected Inverter Clusters Under Weak Grid. IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, 39(5), 5386-5399. https://doi.org/10.1109/tpel.2024.3366191

Multiresonance phenomena occur in inverter clusters under weak grid, with more complex resonance characteristics. Traditional suppression methods are difficult to determine control parameters when considering dynamic resonance under the variation of... Read More about A Hybrid Multiresonances Suppression Method for Nonsynchronous LCL-Type Grid-Connected Inverter Clusters Under Weak Grid.

Adolescent to young adult longitudinal development of subcortical volumes in two European sites with four waves (2024)
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Backhausen, L. L., Fröhner, J. H., Lemaître, H., Artiges, E., Martinot, M. P., Herting, M. M., …Vetter, N. C. (2024). Adolescent to young adult longitudinal development of subcortical volumes in two European sites with four waves. Human Brain Mapping, 45(3), Article e26574. https://doi.org/10.1002/hbm.26574

Adolescent subcortical structural brain development might underlie psychopathological symptoms, which often emerge in adolescence. At the same time, sex differences exist in psychopathology, which might be mirrored in underlying sex differences in st... Read More about Adolescent to young adult longitudinal development of subcortical volumes in two European sites with four waves.

Spherical collapse in scalar-Gauss-Bonnet gravity: Taming ill-posedness with a Ricci coupling (2024)
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Thaalba, F., Bezares, M., Franchini, N., & Sotiriou, T. P. (2024). Spherical collapse in scalar-Gauss-Bonnet gravity: Taming ill-posedness with a Ricci coupling. Physical Review D, 109(4), L041503. https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevd.109.l041503

We study spherical collapse of a scalar cloud in scalar-Gauss-Bonnet gravity—a theory in which black holes can develop scalar hair if they are in a certain mass range. We show that an additional quadratic coupling of the scalar field to the Ricci sca... Read More about Spherical collapse in scalar-Gauss-Bonnet gravity: Taming ill-posedness with a Ricci coupling.

Approaches and challenges to assessing risk of violence in first episode psychosis: A qualitative interview study of clinicians, patients and carers (2024)
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Whiting, D., Glogowska, M., Fazel, S., & Lennox, B. (2024). Approaches and challenges to assessing risk of violence in first episode psychosis: A qualitative interview study of clinicians, patients and carers. Early Intervention in Psychiatry, 18(8), 624-632. https://doi.org/10.1111/eip.13502

Aim: Clinical services for early psychosis seek to improve prognosis for a range of adverse outcomes. For some individuals, perpetration of violence is an important potential outcome to reduce. How these clinical services currently assess this risk h... Read More about Approaches and challenges to assessing risk of violence in first episode psychosis: A qualitative interview study of clinicians, patients and carers.

Strengthening cardiac therapy pipelines using human pluripotent stem cell-derived cardiomyocytes (2024)
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Raniga, K., Nasir, A., Vo, N. T., Vaidyanathan, R., Dickerson, S., Hilcove, S., Mosqueira, D., Mirams, G. R., Clements, P., Hicks, R., Pointon, A., Stebbeds, W., Francis, J., & Denning, C. (2024). Strengthening cardiac therapy pipelines using human pluripotent stem cell-derived cardiomyocytes. Cell Stem Cell, 31(3), 292-311. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.stem.2024.01.007

Advances in hiPSC isolation and reprogramming and hPSC-CM differentiation have prompted their therapeutic application and utilization for evaluating potential cardiovascular safety liabilities. In this perspective, we showcase key efforts toward the... Read More about Strengthening cardiac therapy pipelines using human pluripotent stem cell-derived cardiomyocytes.

The association of painful and non-painful morbidities with frailty: a cross sectional analysis of a cohort of community dwelling older people in England (2024)
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Chaplin, W. J., Lewis, H. R., Shahtaheri, S. M., Millar, B. S., McWilliams, D. F., Gladman, J. R. F., & Walsh, D. A. (2024). The association of painful and non-painful morbidities with frailty: a cross sectional analysis of a cohort of community dwelling older people in England. BMC Geriatrics, 24, Article 158. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12877-023-04602-w

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The association between chronic pain and frailty might indicate that pain is an independent driver of frailty but might alternatively be explained by inclusion within frailty identification tools of morbidities that commonly lead to chr... Read More about The association of painful and non-painful morbidities with frailty: a cross sectional analysis of a cohort of community dwelling older people in England.

Free drug and ROS-responsive nanoparticle delivery of synergistic doxorubicin and olaparib combinations to triple negative breast cancer models (2024)
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Cavanagh, R. J., Monteiro, P. F., Moloney, C., Travanut, A., Mehradnia, F., Taresco, V., …Alexander, C. (2024). Free drug and ROS-responsive nanoparticle delivery of synergistic doxorubicin and olaparib combinations to triple negative breast cancer models. Biomaterials Science, 12(7), 1822-1840. https://doi.org/10.1039/d3bm01931d

Combinations of the topoisomerase II inhibitor doxorubicin and the poly (ADP-ribose) polymerase inhibitor olaparib offer potential drug-drug synergy for the treatment of triple negative breast cancers (TNBC). In this study we performed in vitro scree... Read More about Free drug and ROS-responsive nanoparticle delivery of synergistic doxorubicin and olaparib combinations to triple negative breast cancer models.

A study of extreme water waves using a hierarchy of models based on potential-flow theory (2024)
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Choi, J., Kalogirou, A., Lu, Y., Bokhove, O., & Kelmanson, M. (2024). A study of extreme water waves using a hierarchy of models based on potential-flow theory. Water Waves, 6, 225-277. https://doi.org/10.1007/s42286-024-00084-4

The formation of extreme waves arising from the interaction of three line-solitons with equal far-field amplitudes is examined through a hierarchy of water-wave models. The Kadomtsev–Petviashvili equation (KPE) is first used to prove analytically tha... Read More about A study of extreme water waves using a hierarchy of models based on potential-flow theory.

Herbal leys have no effect on soil porosity, earthworm abundance, and microbial community composition compared to a grass-clover ley in a sheep grazed grassland after 2-years (2024)
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Cooledge, E. C., Sturrock, C. J., Atkinson, B. S., Mooney, S. J., Brailsford, F. L., Murphy, D. V., …Jones, D. L. (2024). Herbal leys have no effect on soil porosity, earthworm abundance, and microbial community composition compared to a grass-clover ley in a sheep grazed grassland after 2-years. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment, 365, Article 108928. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agee.2024.108928

Herbal leys (multispecies swards) can potentially deliver greater agronomic and environmental benefits than conventional grass-clover swards in grazed agroecosystems. However, despite their popularity in agri-environment schemes, little is known abou... Read More about Herbal leys have no effect on soil porosity, earthworm abundance, and microbial community composition compared to a grass-clover ley in a sheep grazed grassland after 2-years.