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National pharmacy associations in the commonwealth: current scenario and future needs to maximise effective contributions of the pharmacy profession towards universal health coverage (2021)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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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?.

Aerodynamic and heat transfer performances of a highly loaded transonic turbine rotor with upstream generic rim seal cavity (2021)
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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.

Immune-instructive materials as new tools for immunotherapy (2021)
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Fisher, L. E., Kämmerling, L., Alexander, M. R., & Ghaemmaghami, A. M. (2022). Immune-instructive materials as new tools for immunotherapy. Current Opinion in Biotechnology, 74, 194-203. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.copbio.2021.11.005

Immune instructive materials, are materials with the ability to modulate or mimic the function of immune cells, provide exciting opportunities for developing new therapies in many areas including medical devices, chronic inflammation, cancer, and aut... Read More about Immune-instructive materials as new tools for immunotherapy.

Auger electron angular distributions following excitation or ionization from the Xe 3d and F 1s levels in xenon difluoride (2021)
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Forbes, R., Hockett, P., Powis, I., Bozek, J. D., Pratt, S. T., & Holland, D. M. P. (2022). Auger electron angular distributions following excitation or ionization from the Xe 3d and F 1s levels in xenon difluoride. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 24(3), 1367-1379. https://doi.org/10.1039/d1cp04797c

Linearly polarized synchrotron radiation has been used to record polarization dependent, non-resonant Auger electron spectra of XeF2, encompassing the bands due to the xenon M45N1N45, M45N23N45, M45N45N45 and M45N45V and fluorine KVV transitions. Res... Read More about Auger electron angular distributions following excitation or ionization from the Xe 3d and F 1s levels in xenon difluoride.

Prospects of Bioenergy Production for Sustainable Rural Development in Ghana (2021)
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Nelson, N., Darkwa, J., & Calautit, J. (2021). Prospects of Bioenergy Production for Sustainable Rural Development in Ghana. Journal of Sustainable Bioenergy Systems, 11(04), 227-259. https://doi.org/10.4236/jsbs.2021.114015

Biomass supplies about 80% of the energy needs for cooking and heating in rural Ghana. It is predominantly used in traditional and inefficient forms (firewood and charcoal), which presents environmental and health concerns. In order to better the liv... Read More about Prospects of Bioenergy Production for Sustainable Rural Development in Ghana.

Navigating Youth Transitions as a Buddhist: Privilege, reflexivity and sexuality (2021)
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Page, S., & Yip, A. K. T. (2021). Navigating Youth Transitions as a Buddhist: Privilege, reflexivity and sexuality. Journal of Global Buddhism, 22(2), 380-398. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4727652

This article focuses on how young Buddhists (aged between 18 and 25, living in the UK, who typically had not been raised Buddhist) utilised reflexivity as a strategy to navigate youth transitions. Participants’ decision-making was premised on Buddhis... Read More about Navigating Youth Transitions as a Buddhist: Privilege, reflexivity and sexuality.

“It will kill your dreams, your goals, your everything”—Humanitarian migrants, governance through containment and the Italian accommodation system (2021)
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Lumley-Sapanski, A. (2022). “It will kill your dreams, your goals, your everything”—Humanitarian migrants, governance through containment and the Italian accommodation system. Political Geography, 94, Article 102573. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.polgeo.2021.102573

While asylum seekers await the outcome of their claims to protection in Italy, they are dispersed to accommodation centers administered by subcontracted non-governmental agencies where they receive reception and integration services. In addition, in... Read More about “It will kill your dreams, your goals, your everything”—Humanitarian migrants, governance through containment and the Italian accommodation system.

Review on the Traditional and Integrated Passives: State-of-the-Art Design and Technologies (2021)
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Khowja, M. R., Abebe, R., Vakil, G., Walker, A., Patel, C., Gerada, C., …Cascella, G. L. (2021). Review on the Traditional and Integrated Passives: State-of-the-Art Design and Technologies. Energies, 15(1), Article 88. https://doi.org/10.3390/en15010088

With the increased necessity of a high power density and efficient system in aerospace and marine industries, integrated motor drives provide an excellent solution in the modern era. Therefore, a close structural and functional integration of passive... Read More about Review on the Traditional and Integrated Passives: State-of-the-Art Design and Technologies.

Wavelength dependent photoextrusion and tandem photo-extrusion reactions of ninhydrin bis-acetals for the synthesis of 8-ring lactones, benzocyclobutenes and orthoanhydrides (2021)
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Sun, W., Kayal, S., Raimbach, W. A. T., Sun, X. Z., Light, M. E., Hanson-Heine, M. W. D., …Harrowven, D. C. (2022). Wavelength dependent photoextrusion and tandem photo-extrusion reactions of ninhydrin bis-acetals for the synthesis of 8-ring lactones, benzocyclobutenes and orthoanhydrides. Chemical Communications, 58(10), 1546-1549. https://doi.org/10.1039/d1cc06800h

Ninhydrin bis-acetals give access to 8-ring lactones, benzocyclo-butenes and spirocyclic orthoanhydrides through photoextrusion and tandem photoextrusion reactions. Syntheses of fimbricalyxlactone B, isoshihunine and numerous biologically-relevant he... Read More about Wavelength dependent photoextrusion and tandem photo-extrusion reactions of ninhydrin bis-acetals for the synthesis of 8-ring lactones, benzocyclobutenes and orthoanhydrides.

Disordered Protein Stabilization by Co-Assembly of Short Peptides Enables Formation of Robust Membranes (2021)
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Ghosh, M., Majkowska, A., Mirsa, R., Bera, S., Rodríguez-Cabello, J. C., Mata, A., & Adler-Abramovich, L. (2022). Disordered Protein Stabilization by Co-Assembly of Short Peptides Enables Formation of Robust Membranes. ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, 14(1), 464-473. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.1c22136

Molecular self-assembly is a spontaneous natural process resulting in highly ordered nano to microarchitectures. We report temperature-independent formation of robust stable membranes obtained by the spontaneous interaction of intrinsically disordere... Read More about Disordered Protein Stabilization by Co-Assembly of Short Peptides Enables Formation of Robust Membranes.

The influence of printing parameters on multi-material two-photon polymerisation based micro additive manufacturing (2021)
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Hu, Q., Rance, G. A., Trindade, G. F., Pervan, D., Jiang, L., Foerster, A., …Wildman, R. D. (2022). The influence of printing parameters on multi-material two-photon polymerisation based micro additive manufacturing. Additive Manufacturing, 51, Article 102575. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.addma.2021.102575

Two-photon polymerisation (2PP) based additive manufacturing has emerged as a powerful technology to fabricate complex three-dimensional micro- and nanoscale architectures. However, a comprehensive understanding of the effect of printing parameters o... Read More about The influence of printing parameters on multi-material two-photon polymerisation based micro additive manufacturing.

Real-time monitoring of occupancy activities and window opening within buildings using an integrated deep learning-based approach for reducing energy demand (2021)
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Tien, P. W., Wei, S., Calautit, J. K., Darkwa, J., & Wood, C. (2022). Real-time monitoring of occupancy activities and window opening within buildings using an integrated deep learning-based approach for reducing energy demand. Applied Energy, 308, Article 118336. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apenergy.2021.118336

Occupancy behaviour in buildings can impact the energy performance and operation of heating, ventilation and air-conditioning (HVAC) systems. HVAC, which uses conventional control strategies or “fixed” setpoint schedules, could not adjust to the cond... Read More about Real-time monitoring of occupancy activities and window opening within buildings using an integrated deep learning-based approach for reducing energy demand.

Climatic and soil factors explain the two-dimensional spectrum of global plant trait variation (2021)
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Joswig, J. S., Wirth, C., Schuman, M. C., Kattge, J., Reu, B., Wright, I. J., …Mahecha, M. D. (2021). Climatic and soil factors explain the two-dimensional spectrum of global plant trait variation. Nature Ecology and Evolution, 6, 36-50. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-021-01616-8

Plant functional traits can predict community assembly and ecosystem functioning and are thus widely used in global models of vegetation dynamics and land–climate feedbacks. Still, we lack a global understanding of how land and climate affect plant t... Read More about Climatic and soil factors explain the two-dimensional spectrum of global plant trait variation.