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Psychological health of pregnant and postpartum women before and during the COVID-19 Pandemic (2022)
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Kuipers, Y. J., Bleijenbergh, R., Van den Branden, L., van Gils, Y., Rimaux, S., Brosens, C., Claerbout, A., & Mestdagh, E. (2022). Psychological health of pregnant and postpartum women before and during the COVID-19 Pandemic. PLOS ONE, 17(4), Article e0267042. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0267042

Background: The COVID-19 pandemic is likely to influence psychological health of pregnant and postpartum women.

Methods: We conducted a non-concurrent cross-sectional study among 1145 women living in the Dutch-speaking part of Belgium, 541 pregnan... Read More about Psychological health of pregnant and postpartum women before and during the COVID-19 Pandemic.

Nigeria's energy review: Focusing on solar energy potential and penetration (2022)
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Chanchangi, Y. N., Adu, F., Ghosh, A., Sundaram, S., & Mallick, T. K. (2023). Nigeria's energy review: Focusing on solar energy potential and penetration. Environment, Development and Sustainability, 25, 5755-5796. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10668-022-02308-4

In Nigeria, the rapid population increase and the overreliance on fossil fuel have created significant environmental, health, political, and economic consequences leading to severe socio-economic drawbacks. These factors have developed a wide gap bet... Read More about Nigeria's energy review: Focusing on solar energy potential and penetration.

Market reactions to voluntary disclosures of a strategic alliance agreement: evidence from China (2022)
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Zhang, X., Li, W., & Gao, S. (2023). Market reactions to voluntary disclosures of a strategic alliance agreement: evidence from China. Spanish Journal of Finance and Accounting / Revista Española de Financiación y Contabilidad, 52(2), 233-263. https://doi.org/10.1080/02102412.2022.2051322

This paper examines the market reaction to strategic alliance agreements (SAAs), a prevalent yet previously uninvestigated corporate voluntary disclosure practice. We document that investors react positively to SAA disclosures in short windows, and t... Read More about Market reactions to voluntary disclosures of a strategic alliance agreement: evidence from China.

Fluctuating starvation conditions modify host-symbiont relationship between a leaf beetle and its newly identified gregarine species (2022)
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Wolz, M., Rueckert, S., & Müller, C. (2022). Fluctuating starvation conditions modify host-symbiont relationship between a leaf beetle and its newly identified gregarine species. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 10, Article 850161. https://doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2022.850161

Gregarines are ubiquitous endosymbionts in invertebrates, including terrestrial insects. However, the biodiversity of gregarines is probably vastly underestimated and the knowledge about their role in shaping fitness-related traits of their host in d... Read More about Fluctuating starvation conditions modify host-symbiont relationship between a leaf beetle and its newly identified gregarine species.

Instruments and Tools to Identify Radical Textual Content (2022)
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Mothe, J., Ullah, M. Z., Okon, G., Schweer, T., Juršėnas, A., & Mandravickaitė, J. (2022). Instruments and Tools to Identify Radical Textual Content. Information, 13(4), Article 193. https://doi.org/10.3390/info13040193

The Internet and social networks are increasingly becoming a media of extremist propaganda. On homepages, in forums or chats, extremists spread their ideologies and world views, which are often contrary to the basic liberal democratic values of the E... Read More about Instruments and Tools to Identify Radical Textual Content.

Air Pollution and Chronic Kidney Disease Risk in Oil and Gas- Situated Communities: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis (2022)
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Okoye, O. C., Carnegie, E., & Mora, L. (2022). Air Pollution and Chronic Kidney Disease Risk in Oil and Gas- Situated Communities: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. International Journal of Public Health, 67, Article 1604522. https://doi.org/10.3389/ijph.2022.1604522

Objective: This systematic review and meta-analysis aimed at synthesising epidemiological data on the association between long-term air pollution and kidney-related outcomes in oil and natural gas (ONG) situated communities.

Methods: We synthesise... Read More about Air Pollution and Chronic Kidney Disease Risk in Oil and Gas- Situated Communities: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

Assessing School Travel Safety in Scotland: An Empirical Analysis of Injury Severities for Accidents in the School Commute (2022)
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Fountas, G., Olowosegun, A., & Basbas, S. (2022). Assessing School Travel Safety in Scotland: An Empirical Analysis of Injury Severities for Accidents in the School Commute. Safety, 8(2), Article 29. https://doi.org/10.3390/safety8020029

School travel has been a significant source of safety concerns for children, parents, and public authorities. It will continue to be a source of concerns as long as severe accidents continue to emerge during pupils’ commute to school. This study prov... Read More about Assessing School Travel Safety in Scotland: An Empirical Analysis of Injury Severities for Accidents in the School Commute.

Developing a woman‐centered, inclusive definition of traumatic childbirth experiences: A discussion paper (2022)
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Leinweber, J., Fontein‐Kuipers, Y., Thomson, G., Karlsdottir, S. I., Nilsson, C., Ekström‐Bergström, A., Olza, I., Hadjigeorgiou, E., & Stramrood, C. (2022). Developing a woman‐centered, inclusive definition of traumatic childbirth experiences: A discussion paper. Birth, 49(4), 687-696. https://doi.org/10.1111/birt.12634

Introduction: Many women experience giving birth as traumatic. Although women's subjective experiences of trauma are considered the most important, currently there is no clear inclusive definition of a traumatic birth to help guide practice, educatio... Read More about Developing a woman‐centered, inclusive definition of traumatic childbirth experiences: A discussion paper.

Long-acting depot buprenorphine in people who are homeless: Views and experiences (2022)
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Matheson, C., Foster, R., Schofield, J., & Browne, T. (2022). Long-acting depot buprenorphine in people who are homeless: Views and experiences. Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment, 139, Article 108781. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsat.2022.108781

Introduction
People experiencing homelessness often experience intersecting mental and physical health problems, alongside problem substance use and a range of overlapping challenges, including access to appropriate treatment. New long-acting opioid... Read More about Long-acting depot buprenorphine in people who are homeless: Views and experiences.

Essential spawning grounds of Scottish herring: current knowledge and future challenges (2022)
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Frost, M., & Diele, K. (2022). Essential spawning grounds of Scottish herring: current knowledge and future challenges. Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries, 32, 721-744. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11160-022-09703-0

Scotland once had the largest herring fishery globally, generating local income, identity, and societal change. Following historic stock collapse, in spring 2018/2019 large herring shoals were observed on the west coast for the first time in decades,... Read More about Essential spawning grounds of Scottish herring: current knowledge and future challenges.

Risk factors for the development and evolution of deep tissue injuries: A systematic review (2022)
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Wynn, M., Stephens, M., Pradeep, S., & Kennedy, R. (2022). Risk factors for the development and evolution of deep tissue injuries: A systematic review. Journal of Tissue Viability, 31(3), 416-423. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtv.2022.03.002

The aim of this systematic review is to identify the current epidemiological evidence indicating the unique risk factors for deep tissue injury (DTI) compared to grade I-IV pressure injury (PI), the proportion of DTI which evolve rather than resolve... Read More about Risk factors for the development and evolution of deep tissue injuries: A systematic review.

Finite element modelling of micromachining process for epoxy/graphene nanoplatelet nanocomposites (2022)
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Fu, G., Wang, J., Sun, F., Sun, F., Shyha, I., Fang, C., & Huo, D. (2022). Finite element modelling of micromachining process for epoxy/graphene nanoplatelet nanocomposites. Journal of Manufacturing Processes, 77, 770-782. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmapro.2022.03.062

Polymer-based composite materials reinforced with graphene derivatives have attracted increasing attention from academia and industry, but our understanding of the cutting mechanism of these new materials is incomplete. This paper develops a three-di... Read More about Finite element modelling of micromachining process for epoxy/graphene nanoplatelet nanocomposites.

Edge-IIoTset: A New Comprehensive Realistic Cyber Security Dataset of IoT and IIoT Applications for Centralized and Federated Learning (2022)
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Ferrag, M. A., Friha, O., Hamouda, D., Maglaras, L., & Janicke, H. (2022). Edge-IIoTset: A New Comprehensive Realistic Cyber Security Dataset of IoT and IIoT Applications for Centralized and Federated Learning. IEEE Access, 10, 40281-40306. https://doi.org/10.1109/access.2022.3165809

In this paper, we propose a new comprehensive realistic cyber security dataset of IoT and IIoT applications, called Edge-IIoTset, which can be used by machine learning-based intrusion detection systems in two different modes, namely, centralized and... Read More about Edge-IIoTset: A New Comprehensive Realistic Cyber Security Dataset of IoT and IIoT Applications for Centralized and Federated Learning.

An investigation of the role of leadership in consensus decision-making (2022)
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Perret, C., & Powers, S. T. (2022). An investigation of the role of leadership in consensus decision-making. Journal of Theoretical Biology, 543, Article 111094. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtbi.2022.111094

Leadership is a widespread phenomena in social organisms and it is recognised to facilitate coordination between individuals. While the role of leadership in group foraging or swarm movement is well understood, it is not clear if leaders would also b... Read More about An investigation of the role of leadership in consensus decision-making.

The Right Place at the Right Time: Seasonal Variation of Bacterial Communities in Arid Avicennia marina Soils in the Red Sea Is Specific to Its Position in the Intertidal (2022)
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Thomson, T., Ellis, J. I., Fusi, M., Prinz, N., Bennett-Smith, M. F., Aylagas, E., Carvalho, S., & Jones, A. B. H. (2022). The Right Place at the Right Time: Seasonal Variation of Bacterial Communities in Arid Avicennia marina Soils in the Red Sea Is Specific to Its Position in the Intertidal. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 10, Article 845611. https://doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2022.845611

Mangrove forests play an important role in facilitating biogeochemical pathways and cycling acting as blue carbon sinks. These services are primarily regulated by the activity of the soil microbiome. However, there is still limited research into spat... Read More about The Right Place at the Right Time: Seasonal Variation of Bacterial Communities in Arid Avicennia marina Soils in the Red Sea Is Specific to Its Position in the Intertidal.

Understanding the ethical legitimacy of tobacco advertising, promotion and sponsorship in Indonesia in the context of increased government regulation: a legitimacy-as-perception perspective (2022)
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Tjandra, N. C., Garavan, T. N., Aroean, L., & Prabandari, Y. S. (2022). Understanding the ethical legitimacy of tobacco advertising, promotion and sponsorship in Indonesia in the context of increased government regulation: a legitimacy-as-perception perspective. European Journal of Marketing, 56(4), 1042-1064. https://doi.org/10.1108/ejm-06-2019-0512

Purpose
The authors explore the metaphors people from Indonesia use to describe their propriety beliefs about the ethical legitimacy of tobacco advertising, promotion and sponsorship (TAPS). This paper aims to understand why there is a consensus of... Read More about Understanding the ethical legitimacy of tobacco advertising, promotion and sponsorship in Indonesia in the context of increased government regulation: a legitimacy-as-perception perspective.

A novel image encryption scheme based on Arnold cat map, Newton-Leipnik system and Logistic Gaussian map (2022)
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Masood, F., Boulila, W., Alsaeedi, A., Khan, J. S., Ahmad, J., Khan, M. A., & Rehman, S. U. (2022). A novel image encryption scheme based on Arnold cat map, Newton-Leipnik system and Logistic Gaussian map. Multimedia Tools and Applications, 81, 30931-30959. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11042-022-12844-w

In the existing literature, numerous chaos-based multimedia encryption schemes have been presented. Benefiting from inherent properties such as ergodicity and key-sensitivity; this can potentially improve non-linearity in encrypted data. This paper i... Read More about A novel image encryption scheme based on Arnold cat map, Newton-Leipnik system and Logistic Gaussian map.

Unpacking value destruction at the intersection between public and private value (2022)
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Cui, T., & Osborne, S. P. (2023). Unpacking value destruction at the intersection between public and private value. Public Administration, 101(4), 1207-1226. https://doi.org/10.1111/padm.12850

Public services do not always create value. Rather, when poorly organized and/or delivered, they can destroy value and make service users’ lives worse. However, such ‘value destruction’ is presently weakly conceptualized in public management theory.... Read More about Unpacking value destruction at the intersection between public and private value.

The Pacific Community Filmmaking Consortium: Producing Pacific community-based films by Pacific filmmakers (2022)
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MacLeod, K. (2022). The Pacific Community Filmmaking Consortium: Producing Pacific community-based films by Pacific filmmakers. Media Practice and Education, 23(2), 195-201. https://doi.org/10.1080/25741136.2022.2059832

This case study will discuss the impact pathways associated with a practice-led impact and engagement project based in the Pacific through the establishment of The Pacific Community Filmmaking Consortium. The project aims to support community-based a... Read More about The Pacific Community Filmmaking Consortium: Producing Pacific community-based films by Pacific filmmakers.

Engaging Primary and Secondary School Students in Computer Science Through Computational Thinking Training (2022)
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Herrero-Alvarez, R., Miranda, G., Leon, C., & Segredo, E. (2023). Engaging Primary and Secondary School Students in Computer Science Through Computational Thinking Training. IEEE Transactions on Emerging Topics in Computing, 11(1), 56-69. https://doi.org/10.1109/tetc.2022.3163650

Although Computer Science has grown to become one of the most highly demanded professional careers, every year, only a small percentage of students choose a degree directly related to Computer Science. Perhaps the problem lies in the lack of informat... Read More about Engaging Primary and Secondary School Students in Computer Science Through Computational Thinking Training.