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Leadership Styles as Perceived in the Changing Aviation Industry and their Effect on Pilot Commitment: A Kenyan Case Study (2022)
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Papasava, A., & Njeru, B. B. (2022). Leadership Styles as Perceived in the Changing Aviation Industry and their Effect on Pilot Commitment: A Kenyan Case Study. Leadership and Developing Societies, 7(1), 85-108. https://doi.org/10.47697/lds.35360088

This study focuses on a Kenyan-based airline and investigates how leadership influences the commitment of its pilots. The need for this study emerged from the changes that affected the aviation industry in the past years, including COVID-19, politica... Read More about Leadership Styles as Perceived in the Changing Aviation Industry and their Effect on Pilot Commitment: A Kenyan Case Study.

Global economic policy Uncertainty, gross capital Inflows, and the mitigating role of Macroprudential policies (2022)
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Andrikopoulos, A., Chen, Z., Chortareas, G., & Li, K. (2023). Global economic policy Uncertainty, gross capital Inflows, and the mitigating role of Macroprudential policies. Journal of International Money and Finance, 131, Article 102793. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jimonfin.2022.102793

We consider the effects of global economic policy uncertainty on capital inflows and the potentially mitigating effect of different macroprudential frameworks and policies on this effect. While macroprudential policies aim to maintain domestic financ... Read More about Global economic policy Uncertainty, gross capital Inflows, and the mitigating role of Macroprudential policies.

Parents as Critical Individuals: Confucian Education Revival from the Perspective of Chinese Individualisation (2022)
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Wang, C. (2022). Parents as Critical Individuals: Confucian Education Revival from the Perspective of Chinese Individualisation. China Perspectives, 2022(2), 7-16. https://doi.org/10.4000/chinaperspectives.13655

This article uses the theory of Chinese individualisation to understand the Confucian education revival by focusing on the rise of parents as critical individuals and a case study of one Confucian private school. Drawing on interview data from parent... Read More about Parents as Critical Individuals: Confucian Education Revival from the Perspective of Chinese Individualisation.

“Sophists in academic dress: Oakeshott’s ‘The study of “politics” in a university’” (2022)
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Fear, C. (2022). “Sophists in academic dress: Oakeshott’s ‘The study of “politics” in a university’”. Cosmos+Taxis, 10(7-8), 62-71

What sort of activity should Politics academics aim to inculcate in their students? Only truth-seeking, logical thinking, and the ability to scrutinize evidence for themselves? Or also the will and ability to perform supposedly beneficial extra-acade... Read More about “Sophists in academic dress: Oakeshott’s ‘The study of “politics” in a university’”.

Mind the gap! Exploring teachers professional learning needs to cultivate critical data literacies (2022)
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Elisa Raffaghelli, J., Gouseti, A., Lakkala, M., Romero Carbonell, M., Romeu, T., & Bruni, I. (2022). Mind the gap! Exploring teachers professional learning needs to cultivate critical data literacies. Formazione & Insegnamento, 20(3), 626–648. https://doi.org/10.7346/-fei-XX-03-22_43

Critical Data Literacy as approach to the emergent problem of datafication requires teachers’ skills and awareness. However, this professional learning need appears to be overlooked. Our study aimed at exploring teachers’ dis-courses in an attempt to... Read More about Mind the gap! Exploring teachers professional learning needs to cultivate critical data literacies.

Comparative techno-economic and life cycle greenhouse gas assessment of ammonia production from thermal decomposition of methane and steam methane reforming technologies (2022)
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Oni, A. O., Giwa, T., Font-Palma, C., & Fadare, D. A. (2023). Comparative techno-economic and life cycle greenhouse gas assessment of ammonia production from thermal decomposition of methane and steam methane reforming technologies. International journal of greenhouse gas control, 123, Article 103819. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijggc.2022.103819

This study assesses the life cycle greenhouse gas (GHG) and economic feasibility of applying thermal decomposition of methane (TDM) technology for ammonia production compared to the conventional steam methane reforming (SMR) technology. A detailed pr... Read More about Comparative techno-economic and life cycle greenhouse gas assessment of ammonia production from thermal decomposition of methane and steam methane reforming technologies.

Process design and techno-economic analysis of dual hydrogen and methanol production from plastics using energy integrated system (2022)
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Al-Qadri, A. A., Ahmed, U., Jameel, A. G. A., Ahmad, N., Zahid, U., Zein, S. H., & Naqvi, S. R. (in press). Process design and techno-economic analysis of dual hydrogen and methanol production from plastics using energy integrated system. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhydene.2022.11.266

This study has been dedicated towards the conversion of plastics to methanol and hydrogen. The base design (case 1) represents the conventional design for producing syngas via steam gasification of waste plastics followed by CO2 and H₂S removal. The... Read More about Process design and techno-economic analysis of dual hydrogen and methanol production from plastics using energy integrated system.

The Nature and Character of the Public Markets and Their Effects on Public Procurement in the European Union (2022)
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Bovis, C. (2022). The Nature and Character of the Public Markets and Their Effects on Public Procurement in the European Union. Studia Iuridica Lublinensia, 31(4), 9-27. https://doi.org/10.17951/sil.2022.31.4.9-27

The regulation of public procurement in the European Union focuses on the internal market and its function in accordance with the fundamental freedoms. It aims at installing a behaviour for the public sector which is similar dynamics to the function... Read More about The Nature and Character of the Public Markets and Their Effects on Public Procurement in the European Union.

Synthesis and Characterization of Late Transition Metal Complexes of Mono-Acetate Pendant Armed Ethylene Cross-Bridged Tetraazamacrocycles with Promise as Oxidation Catalysts for Dye Bleaching (2022)
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Hoang, T., Mondal, S., Allen, M. B., Garcia, L., Krause, J. A., Oliver, A. G., …Hubin, T. J. (2023). Synthesis and Characterization of Late Transition Metal Complexes of Mono-Acetate Pendant Armed Ethylene Cross-Bridged Tetraazamacrocycles with Promise as Oxidation Catalysts for Dye Bleaching. Molecules, 28(1), Article 232. https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules28010232

Ethylene cross-bridged tetraazamacrocycles are known to produce kinetically stable transition metal complexes that can act as robust oxidation catalysts under harsh aqueous conditions. We have synthesized ligand analogs with single acetate pendant ar... Read More about Synthesis and Characterization of Late Transition Metal Complexes of Mono-Acetate Pendant Armed Ethylene Cross-Bridged Tetraazamacrocycles with Promise as Oxidation Catalysts for Dye Bleaching.

Lessons, narratives, and research directions for a sustainable circular economy (2022)
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Leipold, S., Petit-Boix, A., Luo, A., Helander, H., Simoens, M., Ashton, W. S., …Xue, B. (2022). Lessons, narratives, and research directions for a sustainable circular economy. Journal of Industrial Ecology, https://doi.org/10.1111/jiec.13346

The current enthusiasm for the circular economy (CE) offers a unique opportunity to advance the impact of research on sustainability transitions. Diverse interpretations of CE by scholars, however, produce partly opposing assessments of its potential... Read More about Lessons, narratives, and research directions for a sustainable circular economy.

Rapid disc settling and the transition from bursty to steady star formation in Milky Way-mass galaxies (2022)
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Gurvich, A. B., Stern, J., Faucher-Giguère, C. A., Hopkins, P. F., Wetzel, A., Moreno, J., …Hafen, Z. (2023). Rapid disc settling and the transition from bursty to steady star formation in Milky Way-mass galaxies. Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 519(2), 2598-2614. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stac3712

Recent observations and simulations indicate substantial evolution in the properties of galaxies with time, wherein rotationally supported and steady thin discs (like those frequently observed in the local Universe) emerge from galaxies that are clum... Read More about Rapid disc settling and the transition from bursty to steady star formation in Milky Way-mass galaxies.

Experimental and theoretical studies of the effect of molecular conformation on the photophysical properties in the pyrene system (2022)
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Song, X., Guo, H., Yu, S., Huang, L., Redshaw, C., Zhang, Q., …Feng, X. (2023). Experimental and theoretical studies of the effect of molecular conformation on the photophysical properties in the pyrene system. Dyes and pigments : an international journal, 210, Article 111036. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dyepig.2022.111036

Disordered motion is an intrinsic property of molecules. The use of controllable molecular motion can not only achieve interesting molecular geometry, but can also induce novel opto-electronic behaviour. Herein, a set of pyrene-based compounds were s... Read More about Experimental and theoretical studies of the effect of molecular conformation on the photophysical properties in the pyrene system.

Tourism and Troubles: Effects of Security Threats on the Global Travel and Tourism Industry Performance (2022)
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Akamavi, R. K., Ibrahim, F., & Swaray, R. (2022). Tourism and Troubles: Effects of Security Threats on the Global Travel and Tourism Industry Performance. Journal of Travel Research, https://doi.org/10.1177/00472875221138792

The literature on the effects of security threats such as terrorism, political instability, and geopolitical power-plays on travel and tourism has produced mixed results with scant attention paid to the spillover effects on the tourism economy (e.g.,... Read More about Tourism and Troubles: Effects of Security Threats on the Global Travel and Tourism Industry Performance.

Classical and alternate complement factor overexpression in non-obese weight matched women with polycystic ovary syndrome does not correlate with vitamin D (2022)
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Moin, A. S. M., Sathyapalan, T., Butler, A. E., & Atkin, S. L. (2022). Classical and alternate complement factor overexpression in non-obese weight matched women with polycystic ovary syndrome does not correlate with vitamin D. Frontiers in endocrinology, 13, Article 935750. https://doi.org/10.3389/fendo.2022.935750

Introduction: Women with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) exhibit complement factor expression changes that may be obesity-driven rather than an intrinsic facet of PCOS; furthermore, complement changes have been associated with vitamin D deficiency,... Read More about Classical and alternate complement factor overexpression in non-obese weight matched women with polycystic ovary syndrome does not correlate with vitamin D.

Diagnostic Value of Non-invasive Liver Function Tests in Liver Fibrosis and Changes in These Parameters Post-metabolic Surgery (2022)
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Jangjoo, S., Emami, N., Sahranavard, M., Shah, N. Z., Alidadi, M., Baratzadeh, F., …Sahebkar, A. (2023). Diagnostic Value of Non-invasive Liver Function Tests in Liver Fibrosis and Changes in These Parameters Post-metabolic Surgery. Obesity Surgery, 33, 548–554. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11695-022-06416-y

Purpose: This study aimed to ascertain the diagnostic accuracy of non-invasive liver function tests in liver fibrosis and assess their changes after metabolic surgery. Materials and Methods: 1005 individuals with severe obesity who were referred for... Read More about Diagnostic Value of Non-invasive Liver Function Tests in Liver Fibrosis and Changes in These Parameters Post-metabolic Surgery.

Stark Effect Control of the Scattering Properties of Plasmonic Nanogaps (2022)
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Pagnotto, D., Muravitskaya, A., Benoit, D. M., Bouillard, J. S. G., & Adawi, A. M. (2023). Stark Effect Control of the Scattering Properties of Plasmonic Nanogaps. ACS Applied Optical Materials, 1(1), 500–506. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsaom.2c00135

The development of actively tunable plasmonic nanostructures enables real-time and on-demand enhancement of optical signals. This is an essential requirement for a wide range of applications such as sensing and nanophotonic devices. Here we show that... Read More about Stark Effect Control of the Scattering Properties of Plasmonic Nanogaps.

Key items for reports of primary care research: an international Delphi study (2022)
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Sturgiss, E. A., Prathivadi, P., Phillips, W. R., Moriarty, F., Lucassen, P. L. B. J., van der Wouden, J. C., …Van Weel, C. (2022). Key items for reports of primary care research: an international Delphi study. BMJ open, 12(12), Article e066564. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2022-066564

Objective Reporting guidelines can improve dissemination and application of findings and help avoid research waste. Recent studies reveal opportunities to improve primary care (PC) reporting. Despite increasing numbers of guidelines, none exists for... Read More about Key items for reports of primary care research: an international Delphi study.

Recognition of social health: A conceptual framework in the context of dementia research (2022)
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Vernooij-Dassen, M., Verspoor, E., Samtani, S., Sachdev, P. S., Ikram, M. A., Vernooij, M. W., …Wolf-Ostermann, K. (2022). Recognition of social health: A conceptual framework in the context of dementia research. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 13, Article 1052009. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2022.1052009

Objective: The recognition of dementia as a multifactorial disorder encourages the exploration of new pathways to understand its origins. Social health might play a role in cognitive decline and dementia, but conceptual clarity is lacking and this hi... Read More about Recognition of social health: A conceptual framework in the context of dementia research.

The effect of exercise-induced fatigue and heat exposure on soccer-specific decision-making during high-intensity intermittent exercise (2022)
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Donnan, K., Williams, E., & Stanger, N. (2022). The effect of exercise-induced fatigue and heat exposure on soccer-specific decision-making during high-intensity intermittent exercise. PLoS ONE, 17(12), Article e0279109. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0279109

Global warming and the globalisation of sport has increased the prevalence of sports competitions being held in hot environments. However, there is currently limited research investigating the impact of the heat on soccer-specific decision-making ski... Read More about The effect of exercise-induced fatigue and heat exposure on soccer-specific decision-making during high-intensity intermittent exercise.