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Computer-Aided Design and Synthesis of a New Class of PEX14 Inhibitors: Substituted 2,3,4,5-Tetrahydrobenzo[F][1,4]oxazepines as Potential New Trypanocidal Agents (2021)
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Fino, R., Lenhart, D., Kalel, V. C., Softley, C. A., Napolitano, V., Byrne, R., …Popowicz, G. M. (2021). Computer-Aided Design and Synthesis of a New Class of PEX14 Inhibitors: Substituted 2,3,4,5-Tetrahydrobenzo[F][1,4]oxazepines as Potential New Trypanocidal Agents. Journal of Chemical Information and Modeling, 61(10), 5256-5268. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jcim.1c00472

African and American trypanosomiases are estimated to affect several million people across the world, with effective treatments distinctly lacking. New, ideally oral, treatments with higher efficacy against these diseases are desperately needed. Pero... Read More about Computer-Aided Design and Synthesis of a New Class of PEX14 Inhibitors: Substituted 2,3,4,5-Tetrahydrobenzo[F][1,4]oxazepines as Potential New Trypanocidal Agents.

Cysteamine Inhibits Glycine Utilisation and Disrupts Virulence in Pseudomonas aeruginosa (2021)
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Fraser-Pitt, D. J., Dolan, S. K., Toledo-Aparicio, D., Hunt, J. G., Smith, D. W., Lacy-Roberts, N., …O’Neil, D. A. (in press). Cysteamine Inhibits Glycine Utilisation and Disrupts Virulence in Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology, 11, https://doi.org/10.3389/fcimb.2021.718213

Pseudomonas aeruginosa is a major opportunistic human pathogen which employs a myriad of virulence factors. In people with cystic fibrosis (CF) P. aeruginosa frequently colonises the lungs and becomes a chronic infection that evolves to become less v... Read More about Cysteamine Inhibits Glycine Utilisation and Disrupts Virulence in Pseudomonas aeruginosa.

The first detection of deuterated water toward extragalactic hot cores with ALMA (2021)
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Sewiło, M., Karska, A., Kristensen, L. E., Charnley, S. B., Chen, C. R., Oliveira, J. M., …Garcia-Berrios, E. (2021). The first detection of deuterated water toward extragalactic hot cores with ALMA. Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union, 17(S373), 21-24. https://doi.org/10.1017/s1743921322004252

We discuss the first detection of deuterated water (HDO) in extragalactic hot cores. The HDO 211–212 line has been detected with the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) toward hot cores N 105–2 A and 2 B in the N 105 star-forming regi... Read More about The first detection of deuterated water toward extragalactic hot cores with ALMA.

Oil price volatility and the logistics industry: Dynamic connectedness with portfolio implications (2021)
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Maitra, D., Rehman, M. U., Dash, S. R., & Kang, S. H. (2021). Oil price volatility and the logistics industry: Dynamic connectedness with portfolio implications. Energy Economics, 102, Article 105499. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eneco.2021.105499

This paper investigates the direction and extent of volatility connectedness between fluctuating oil prices and the stock returns of international transportation or logistics companies. The dynamic equicorrelation, and the spillover index are employe... Read More about Oil price volatility and the logistics industry: Dynamic connectedness with portfolio implications.

Impacts of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Cardiac Rehabilitation Delivery around the World (2021)
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Ghisi, G. L. D. M., Xu, Z., Liu, X., Mola, A., Gallagher, R., Babu, A. S., …Grace, S. L. (in press). Impacts of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Cardiac Rehabilitation Delivery around the World. Global Heart, 16(1), 43. https://doi.org/10.5334/gh.939

Background: We investigated impacts of COVID-19 on cardiac rehabilitation (CR) delivery around the globe, including virtual delivery, as well as effects on providers and patients.

Methods: In this cross-sectional study, a piloted survey was admini... Read More about Impacts of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Cardiac Rehabilitation Delivery around the World.

The hedge asset for BRICS stock markets: Bitcoin, gold or VIX (2021)
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Shahzad, S. J. H., Bouri, E., Rehman, M. U., & Roubaud, D. (2022). The hedge asset for BRICS stock markets: Bitcoin, gold or VIX. World Economy, 45(1), 292-316. https://doi.org/10.1111/twec.13138

We compare the weak/strong hedging abilities of three alternative assets, namely bitcoin, gold and US VIX futures, against the downside movements in BRICS stock market indices. Results from the cross-quantilogram approach indicate that bitcoin and go... Read More about The hedge asset for BRICS stock markets: Bitcoin, gold or VIX.

Trends in Peritoneal Dialysis Technique Survival, Death, and Transfer to Hemodialysis: A Decade of Data from the RDPLF (2021)
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Boyer, A., Lanot, A., Lambie, M., Verger, C., Guillouet, S., Lobbedez, T., & Béchade, C. (2021). Trends in Peritoneal Dialysis Technique Survival, Death, and Transfer to Hemodialysis: A Decade of Data from the RDPLF. American Journal of Nephrology, 52(4), 318-327. https://doi.org/10.1159/000515472

There is limited information on the trends of peritoneal dialysis (PD) technique survival over time. This study aimed to estimate the effect of calendar time on technique survival, transfer to hemodialysis (HD) (and the individual causes of transfer... Read More about Trends in Peritoneal Dialysis Technique Survival, Death, and Transfer to Hemodialysis: A Decade of Data from the RDPLF.

3D simulations of oxygen shell burning with and without magnetic fields (2021)
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Varma, V., & Müller, B. (2021). 3D simulations of oxygen shell burning with and without magnetic fields. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 504(1), 636-647. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stab883

Wepresent a first 3D magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) simulation of convective oxygen and neon shell burning in a non-rotating 18M starshortly before core collapse to study the generation of magnetic fields in supernova progenitors. We also run a purely hyd... Read More about 3D simulations of oxygen shell burning with and without magnetic fields.

Mores of the customer base for ecotourism industry: Development and validation of a new measurement scale (2021)
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Bashir, S., Khwaja, M. G., & Mahmood, A. (2021). Mores of the customer base for ecotourism industry: Development and validation of a new measurement scale. PloS one, https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0246410

To date, there is no such scale that may precisely measure mores of the customer base for the ecotourism industry. Therefore, a thematic analysis of literature has been conducted by examining various good quality research works on intrinsic character... Read More about Mores of the customer base for ecotourism industry: Development and validation of a new measurement scale.

A review of machine learning applications in human resource management (2021)
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Garg, S., Sinha, S., Kar, A. K., & Mani, M. (2022). A review of machine learning applications in human resource management. International Journal of Productivity and Performance Management, 71(5), 1590-1610. https://doi.org/10.1108/ijppm-08-2020-0427

Purpose – This paper reviews 105 Scopus-indexed articles to identify the degree, scope and purposes of machine learning (ML) adoption in the core functions of human resource management (HRM).
Design/methodology/approach – A semi-systematic approach... Read More about A review of machine learning applications in human resource management.

Ontogeny of the star compass in birds: pied flycatchers (Ficedula hypoleuca) can establish the star compass in spring (2021)
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Zolotareva, A., Utvenko, G., Romanova, N., Pakhomov, A., & Chernetsov, N. (2021). Ontogeny of the star compass in birds: pied flycatchers (Ficedula hypoleuca) can establish the star compass in spring. Journal of Experimental Biology, 224(3), https://doi.org/10.1242/jeb.237875

The star compass of birds, like the sun compass, is not innate. To possess either of them, birds have to observe the rotating sky and determine its centre of rotation (in the case of the star compass) or the sun's movement (for the sun compass). Youn... Read More about Ontogeny of the star compass in birds: pied flycatchers (Ficedula hypoleuca) can establish the star compass in spring.

Enabling artificial intelligence on a donation-based crowdfunding platform: a theoretical approach (2021)
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Behl, A., Dutta, P., Luo, Z., & Sheorey, P. (2022). Enabling artificial intelligence on a donation-based crowdfunding platform: a theoretical approach. Annals of Operations Research, 319, 761–789. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10479-020-03906-z

Individual or group donations form an important aspect of disaster relief operations. Donation-based crowdfunding (DBC) tasks are often listed on crowdfunding platforms to attract donors to donate for a specific reason in a stipulated time. As the fr... Read More about Enabling artificial intelligence on a donation-based crowdfunding platform: a theoretical approach.

Can the Choice of Radiotherapy Delivery Technique Influence Which Target Delineation Protocol to Use? A Plan-Quality-Based Analysis in Left Breast Cancer (2021)
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Ahmad, I., Chufal, K. S., Bhatt, C. P., Miller, A. A., Bajpai, R., Chowdhary, R. L., …Gairola, M. (2021). Can the Choice of Radiotherapy Delivery Technique Influence Which Target Delineation Protocol to Use? A Plan-Quality-Based Analysis in Left Breast Cancer. Asian Journal of Oncology, 07, 13-21. https://doi.org/10.1055/s-0040-1722428

Introduction This study investigates the optimal target delineation protocol stratified by treatment planning technique in patients undergoing whole breast radiotherapy after breast conservation surgery. Materials and Methods Target delineation using... Read More about Can the Choice of Radiotherapy Delivery Technique Influence Which Target Delineation Protocol to Use? A Plan-Quality-Based Analysis in Left Breast Cancer.

A hierarchy of compass systems in migratory birds (2020)
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Pakhomov, A., & Chernetsov, N. (2020). A hierarchy of compass systems in migratory birds. Vestnik Sankt Peterburgskogo Universiteta. Seriya 1. Matematika, Mechanika, Astronomiya / Vestnik St. Petersburg University: Mathematics, 65(3), 7-9. https://doi.org/10.21638/spbu03.2020.306

Migratory birds use several different sources of orientation information. They have at least three compass systems based on different cues: the sun and polarized light, the stars and their constellations, and the geomagnetic field. The concurrent inf... Read More about A hierarchy of compass systems in migratory birds.

Taser use on individuals experiencing mental distress: An integrative literature review (2020)
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Hallett, N., Duxbury, J., McKee, T., Harrison, N., Haines, A., Craig, E., & O'Brien, A. J. (2020). Taser use on individuals experiencing mental distress: An integrative literature review. Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing, 28(1), 56-71. https://doi.org/10.1111/jpm.12594

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People experiencing mental distress have a high rate of contact with police in community crisis events.
Police use a continuum of responses when managing situations involving agitation, aggressio... Read More about Taser use on individuals experiencing mental distress: An integrative literature review.

Asymmetric Nonlinear Impact of Oil Prices and Inflation on Residential Property Prices: a Case of US, UK and Canada (2019)
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Rehman, M. U., Ali, S., & Shahzad, S. J. H. (2020). Asymmetric Nonlinear Impact of Oil Prices and Inflation on Residential Property Prices: a Case of US, UK and Canada. Journal of Real Estate Finance and Economics, 61(1), 39-54. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11146-019-09706-y

This paper examines the nonlinear impact of oil prices and inflation on residential prices in the US, the UK and Canada using quarterly data from 1975 to 2017. The study uses nonlinear autoregressive distributed lag (NARDL) bounds testing approach th... Read More about Asymmetric Nonlinear Impact of Oil Prices and Inflation on Residential Property Prices: a Case of US, UK and Canada.