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A fractional cointegration VAR analysis of Islamic stocks: A global perspective (2019)
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Salisu, A. A., Ndako, U. B., Adediran, I. A., & Swaray, R. (2020). A fractional cointegration VAR analysis of Islamic stocks: A global perspective. North American journal of economics and finance, 51, Article 101056. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.najef.2019.101056

In this study, we analyse the behaviour of Islamic stocks from a global perspective covering an array of regional Islamic stock markets. Both the fractional integration and fractional cointegration techniques are employed. Thus, we are able to establ... Read More about A fractional cointegration VAR analysis of Islamic stocks: A global perspective.

The CD105:CD106 microparticle ratio is CD106 dominant in polycystic ovary syndrome compared to type 2 diabetes and healthy subjects (2019)
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Al-Qaissi, A., Alqarni, S., Javed, Z., Atkin, S. L., Sathyapalan, T., Vince, R., & Madden, L. A. (2019). The CD105:CD106 microparticle ratio is CD106 dominant in polycystic ovary syndrome compared to type 2 diabetes and healthy subjects. Endocrine, https://doi.org/10.1007/s12020-019-02059-9

© 2019, The Author(s). Background: A retrospective analysis was carried out from patients and controls during the past 5 years from a series of studies investigating endothelial microparticles (MP). Methods: In total, 319 samples from 207 individuals... Read More about The CD105:CD106 microparticle ratio is CD106 dominant in polycystic ovary syndrome compared to type 2 diabetes and healthy subjects.

Study of the host-guest interaction between: N, N ′-bis[4-(dimethylaminophenyl)methyl]butane-1,4-diamine and the cucuribit [n] urils (n = 6, 7) (2019)
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Xiao, Z., Zhou, Y., Xu, W., Prior, T. J., Bian, B., Redshaw, C., …Xiao, X. (2019). Study of the host-guest interaction between: N, N ′-bis[4-(dimethylaminophenyl)methyl]butane-1,4-diamine and the cucuribit [n] urils (n = 6, 7). New journal of chemistry = Nouveau journal de chimie, 43(37), 14938-14943. https://doi.org/10.1039/c9nj03254a

The interaction between the cucuribit[n]urils (Q[n]), where n = 6 or 7, and the guest N,N/-bis[4-(dimethylaminophenyl)methyl]butane-1,4-diamine (G) has been studied in aqueous solution by 1H NMR spectroscopy, electronic absorption spectroscopy and Is... Read More about Study of the host-guest interaction between: N, N ′-bis[4-(dimethylaminophenyl)methyl]butane-1,4-diamine and the cucuribit [n] urils (n = 6, 7).

Patterns, mechanisms and genetics of speciation in reptiles and amphibians (2019)
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Wollenberg Valero, K. C., Marshall, J. C., Bastiaans, E., Caccone, A., Camargo, A., Morando, M., …Steinfartz, S. (2019). Patterns, mechanisms and genetics of speciation in reptiles and amphibians. Genes, 10(9), Article 646. https://doi.org/10.3390/genes10090646

© 2019 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. In this contribution, the aspects of reptile and amphibian speciation that emerged from research performed over the past decade are reviewed. First, this study assesses how patterns and proces... Read More about Patterns, mechanisms and genetics of speciation in reptiles and amphibians.

Models of SEND: the impact of political and economic influences on policy and provision (2019)
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Rolfe, S. (2020). Models of SEND: the impact of political and economic influences on policy and provision. British Journal of Special Education, 46(4), 423-444. https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-8578.12284

The content and direction of policy can be impacted upon by broader political and economic influences that are of central concern to the government in office. With regard to education, the concepts of inclusion and SEND are at the forefront of... Read More about Models of SEND: the impact of political and economic influences on policy and provision.

Redshift measurement through star formation (2019)
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Lindholmer, M. O., & Pimbblet, K. A. (2019). Redshift measurement through star formation. Astronomy and Astrophysics, 629, Article A7. https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201833046

© ESO 2019. In this work we use the property that, on average, star formation rate increases with redshift for objects with the same mass - the so called galaxy main sequence - to measure the redshift of galaxy clusters. We use the fact that the gene... Read More about Redshift measurement through star formation.

Prevalence and incidence of atrial fibrillation in ambulatory patients with heart failure (2019)
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Pellicori, P., Urbinati, A., Kaur, K., Zhang, J., Shah, P., Kazmi, S., …Clark, A. L. (2019). Prevalence and incidence of atrial fibrillation in ambulatory patients with heart failure. The American journal of cardiology, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.amjcard.2019.08.018

Heart failure (HF) and atrial fibrillation (AF) commonly co-exist. We aimed to determine the prevalence and incidence of AF in ambulatory patients with HF.

Strain rate dependence of work of fracture tests on bone and similar tissues: Reflections on testing methods and mineral content effects (2019)
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Currey, J. D., Brear, K., & Zioupos, P. (2019). Strain rate dependence of work of fracture tests on bone and similar tissues: Reflections on testing methods and mineral content effects. Bone, 128, Article 115038. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bone.2019.115038

This paper is concerned with the effect of different strain rate on the Work of Fracture (Wf) of various vertebrate mineralised tissues, controlling for the effect of mineral content and Young's modulus of elasticity. Using specimens of uniform shape... Read More about Strain rate dependence of work of fracture tests on bone and similar tissues: Reflections on testing methods and mineral content effects.

Facile co-sintering process to fabricate sustainable antifouling silver nanoparticles (AgNPs)-enhanced tight ceramic ultrafiltration membranes for protein separation (2019)
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Zou, D., Drioli, E., Chen, X., Ke, X., Qiu, M., & Fan, Y. (2020). Facile co-sintering process to fabricate sustainable antifouling silver nanoparticles (AgNPs)-enhanced tight ceramic ultrafiltration membranes for protein separation. Journal of membrane science, 593, Article 117402. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.memsci.2019.117402

Protein separation in chemical industry applications using tight ceramic ultrafiltration (UF) membranes with multilayer asymmetric structures is hindered by challenges in their fabrication and fouling phenomenon. In this study, a facile co-sintering... Read More about Facile co-sintering process to fabricate sustainable antifouling silver nanoparticles (AgNPs)-enhanced tight ceramic ultrafiltration membranes for protein separation.

Images depicting headache pain – a tool to aid the diagnosis of cluster headache: a pilot study (2019)
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Buture, A., Boland, J. W., Ahmed, F., & Dikomitis, L. (2019). Images depicting headache pain – a tool to aid the diagnosis of cluster headache: a pilot study. Journal of Multidisciplinary Healthcare, 12, 691-698. https://doi.org/10.2147/JMDH.S207128

Introduction and objective: The diagnosis of primary headaches is based on the International Classification of Headache Disorders (ICHD-3). Cluster headache (CH), a debilitating primary headache, is often misdiagnosed as migraine. In the absence of b... Read More about Images depicting headache pain – a tool to aid the diagnosis of cluster headache: a pilot study.

H-He Shell Interactions and Nucleosynthesis in Massive Population III Stars (2019)
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Clarkson, O., Herwig, F., Andrassy, R., Woodward, P., Pignatari, M., & Mao, H. (in press). H-He Shell Interactions and Nucleosynthesis in Massive Population III Stars. Springer Proceedings in Physics, 219, 321-325. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-13876-9_56

© 2019, Springer Nature Switzerland AG. We report on our ongoing investigation into the nucleosynthetic and hydrodynamic nature of mixing at the interface between the H- and He-convection zones in massive Pop III stars. Studying recent a grid of 26 1... Read More about H-He Shell Interactions and Nucleosynthesis in Massive Population III Stars.

Inhomogeneous Chemical Evolution of r-Process Elements in the Galactic Halo (2019)
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Wehmeyer, B., Fröhlich, C., Pignatari, M., & Thielemann, F. K. (in press). Inhomogeneous Chemical Evolution of r-Process Elements in the Galactic Halo. Springer Proceedings in Physics, 219, 91-96. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-13876-9_15

© 2019, Springer Nature Switzerland AG. The origin of the heaviest elements is still a matter of debate. For the rapid neutron capture process (“r-process”), multiple sites have been proposed, e.g., neutron star mergers and (sub-classes) of supernova... Read More about Inhomogeneous Chemical Evolution of r-Process Elements in the Galactic Halo.

Heavy Elements Nucleosynthesis on Accreting White Dwarfs Surface: Seeding the p-Process (2019)
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Battino, U., Travaglio, C., Pignatari, M., & Lederer-Woods, C. (in press). Heavy Elements Nucleosynthesis on Accreting White Dwarfs Surface: Seeding the p-Process. Springer Proceedings in Physics, 219, 179-182. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-13876-9_29

© 2019, Springer Nature Switzerland AG. The production of the proton-rich isotopes beyond iron that we observe today in the solar system is still uncertain. Thermonuclear supernovae (SNe Ia) exploding within the single-degenerate scenario have been p... Read More about Heavy Elements Nucleosynthesis on Accreting White Dwarfs Surface: Seeding the p-Process.

Presolar SiC Grains of Type AB with Isotopically Light Nitrogen: Contributions from Supernovae? (2019)
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Hoppe, P., Pignatari, M., & Amari, S. (2019). Presolar SiC Grains of Type AB with Isotopically Light Nitrogen: Contributions from Supernovae?. Springer Proceedings in Physics, 219, 373-376. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-13876-9_68

Primitive solar system materials contain presolar grains that formed in the winds of evolved stars and in the ejecta of stellar explosions. Here, we report on NanoSIMS measurements of C-, N-, Al–Mg-, Si-, and S-isotopic compositions of 10 submicromet... Read More about Presolar SiC Grains of Type AB with Isotopically Light Nitrogen: Contributions from Supernovae?.

NuGrid stellar data set - III. Updated low-mass AGB models and s-process nucleosynthesis with metallicities Z = 0.01, Z = 0.02, and Z = 0.03 (2019)
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Battino, U., Tattersall, A., Lederer-Woods, C., Herwig, F., Denissenkov, P., Hirschi, R., …Pignatari, M. (2019). NuGrid stellar data set - III. Updated low-mass AGB models and s-process nucleosynthesis with metallicities Z = 0.01, Z = 0.02, and Z = 0.03. Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 489(1), 1082-1098. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stz2158

© 2019 Oxford University Press. All rights reserved. The production of the neutron-capture isotopes beyond iron that we observe today in the Solar system is the result of the combined contribution of the r-process, the s-process, and possibly the i-p... Read More about NuGrid stellar data set - III. Updated low-mass AGB models and s-process nucleosynthesis with metallicities Z = 0.01, Z = 0.02, and Z = 0.03.

Therapeutic effects of Crocin in autoimmune diseases: A review (2019)
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Korani, S., Korani, M., Sathyapalan, T., & Sahebkar, A. (2019). Therapeutic effects of Crocin in autoimmune diseases: A review. BioFactors, 45(6), 835-843. https://doi.org/10.1002/biof.1557

The immune system when acts against selfmolecules results in an imbalance in immunologic tolerance leading to the development of several autoimmune diseases (ADs) such as rheumatoid arthritis, asthma, ulcerative colitis, type 1 diabetes, and multiple... Read More about Therapeutic effects of Crocin in autoimmune diseases: A review.

The Capitanian (Guadalupian, Middle Permian) mass extinction in NW Pangaea (Borup Fiord, Arctic Canada): a global crisis driven by volcanism and anoxia (2019)
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Bond, D., Wignall, P., & Grasby, S. (in press). The Capitanian (Guadalupian, Middle Permian) mass extinction in NW Pangaea (Borup Fiord, Arctic Canada): a global crisis driven by volcanism and anoxia. Geological Society of America Bulletin, 132(5-6), 931–942

Until recently the biotic crisis that occurred within the Capitanian Stage (Middle Permian, ca. 262 Ma) was known only from equatorial (Tethyan) latitudes and its global extent was poorly resolved. The discovery of a Boreal Capitanian crisis in Spits... Read More about The Capitanian (Guadalupian, Middle Permian) mass extinction in NW Pangaea (Borup Fiord, Arctic Canada): a global crisis driven by volcanism and anoxia.