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Sensitivity to experiencing alcohol hangovers: Reconsideration of the 0.11% blood alcohol concentration (BAC) threshold for having a hangover (2020)
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The 2010 Alcohol Hangover Research Group consensus paper defined a cutoff blood alcohol concentration (BAC) of 0.11% as a toxicological threshold indicating that sufficient alcohol had been consumed to develop a hangover. The cutoff was based on prev... Read More about Sensitivity to experiencing alcohol hangovers: Reconsideration of the 0.11% blood alcohol concentration (BAC) threshold for having a hangover.

Bribery, motivations for bribery and life satisfaction in transitional countries (2020)
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The focus on bribery and corruption and its impact on life satisfaction is relatively new in the economics and development studies literature. This paper contributes to this emerging field by asking whether reasons for making informal payments are c... Read More about Bribery, motivations for bribery and life satisfaction in transitional countries.

Burden of injuries in Nepal, 1990–2017: Findings from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017 (2020)
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Background: Nepal is a low-income country undergoing rapid political, economic and social development. To date, there has been little evidence published on the burden of injuries during this period of transition.

Methods: The Global Burden of Dise... Read More about Burden of injuries in Nepal, 1990–2017: Findings from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017.

The home exchange phenomenon in the sharing economy: A research agenda (2020)
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The emergence of the sharing economy has been driven by the increasing value of temporary access to goods over ownership as an alternative mode of consumption. This economy has been enabled by the rapidly evolving Web 2.0 technologies. Scholars have... Read More about The home exchange phenomenon in the sharing economy: A research agenda.

A non-contact impedimetric biosensing system for classification of toxins associated with cytotoxicity testing (2020)
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© 2019 We report on a novel impedance spectroscopy measurement and data analysis technique for cytotoxicity testing. The technique combines non-contact measurement with real-time impedance data analysis based on the toxin dose dependency of the outpu... Read More about A non-contact impedimetric biosensing system for classification of toxins associated with cytotoxicity testing.

Development of efficient electroactive biofilm in urine-fed microbial fuel cell cascades for bioelectricity generation (2020)
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The Microbial fuel cell (MFC) technology harnesses the potential of some naturally occurring bacteria for electricity generation. Digested sludge is commonly used as the inoculum to initiate the process. There are, however, health hazards and practic... Read More about Development of efficient electroactive biofilm in urine-fed microbial fuel cell cascades for bioelectricity generation.

Leading the healthy city: Taking advantage of the power of place (2020)
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Creating healthy cities requires the exercise of bold city and community leadership. However, our understanding of the role of local leadership, from inside and outside the state, in bringing about processes that can co-create healthy, just and susta... Read More about Leading the healthy city: Taking advantage of the power of place.

Emotional well-being in adults born with cleft lip and/or palate: A whole of life survey in the United Kingdom (2020)
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Objectives: Previous research with adults born with cleft lip and/or palate (CL/P) has identified a range of concerns regarding mental health and quality of life, concluding that overall emotional functioning is poorer compared to the general populat... Read More about Emotional well-being in adults born with cleft lip and/or palate: A whole of life survey in the United Kingdom.

A biopsychosocial model of social media use and body image concerns, disordered eating, and muscle-building behaviors among adolescent girls and boys (2020)
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Social media use is associated with body image concerns, disordered eating and body change behaviors in adolescents. This study aimed to examine these relationships within a biopsychosocial framework and test an integrated model. A sample of 681 adol... Read More about A biopsychosocial model of social media use and body image concerns, disordered eating, and muscle-building behaviors among adolescent girls and boys.

The climate emergency and eating insects: Food for thought (2020)
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The children in our classrooms are bombarded with doom and gloom stories about the state of the world: food poverty, war, carbon emissions, water shortages… . Fellow geographers, David Hicks (2018) and Hilary Whitehouse (2018), remind us that we shou... Read More about The climate emergency and eating insects: Food for thought.

Shaping urban freight systems via a participatory approach to inform policy-making (2020)
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© 2020 by the authors. In the upcoming era of new technologies, a transport system is expected to be 'more sustainable,' 'safer,' and 'more efficient.' However, to what extent is this true? Based on the results of a series of stakeholder engagement w... Read More about Shaping urban freight systems via a participatory approach to inform policy-making.

The rise of digital financialisation: The case of India (2020)
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Traditional notions of financialisation require updating to study the reorganisation of finance around digital infrastructures. We introduce the concept of digital financialisation, defined as the often-coerced merging of two hitherto separate aspect... Read More about The rise of digital financialisation: The case of India.

Risk of respiratory hospital admission associated with modelled concentrations of Aspergillus fumigatus from composting facilities in England (2020)
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Bioaerosols have been associated with adverse respiratory-related health effects and are emitted in elevated concentrations from composting facilities. We used modelled Aspergillus fumigatus concentrations, a good indicator for bioaerosol emissions,... Read More about Risk of respiratory hospital admission associated with modelled concentrations of Aspergillus fumigatus from composting facilities in England.

Is glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase a central redox mediator? (2020)
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D-Glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase (GAPDH) is an immensely important enzyme carrying out a vital step in glycolysis and is found in all living organisms. Although there are several isoforms identified in many species, it is now recognized tha... Read More about Is glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase a central redox mediator?.

Voltage and frequency regulation in an islanded microgrid with PEM fuel cell based on a fuzzy logic voltage control and adaptive droop control (2020)
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Nowadays, the demand for electrical energy is increasing, and conventional power systems will face major problems in the future if they cannot generate extra demand for electrical energy. One of the best solutions for solving extra demand for electri... Read More about Voltage and frequency regulation in an islanded microgrid with PEM fuel cell based on a fuzzy logic voltage control and adaptive droop control.

Comparisons of different force fields in conformational analysis and searching of organic molecules: A review (2020)
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This review aims to examine literature where different force fields are compared by their performances in conformational analysis and searching of organic molecules. Conformational analysis studies are those where energies and/or geometries of confor... Read More about Comparisons of different force fields in conformational analysis and searching of organic molecules: A review.

APC and AXIN2 are promising biomarker candidates for the early detection of adenomas and hyperplastic polyps (2020)
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Aberrant activation of the WNT/CTNNB1 pathway is notorious in colorectal cancer (CRC). Here, we demonstrate that the expression of specific and crucial WNT signaling pathway genes is linked to disease progression in colonic adenomatous (AP) and hyper... Read More about APC and AXIN2 are promising biomarker candidates for the early detection of adenomas and hyperplastic polyps.

One size fits all? What counts as quality practice in (reflexive) thematic analysis? (2020)
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Developing a universal quality standard for thematic analysis (TA) is complicated by the existence of numerous iterations of TA that differ paradigmatically, philosophically and procedurally. This plurality in TA is often not recognised by editors, r... Read More about One size fits all? What counts as quality practice in (reflexive) thematic analysis?.

Polydopamine-lysophosphatidate-functionalised titanium: A novel hybrid surface finish for bone regenerative applications (2020)
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© 2020 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Aseptic loo... Read More about Polydopamine-lysophosphatidate-functionalised titanium: A novel hybrid surface finish for bone regenerative applications.

U -Model-Based Finite-Time Control for Nonlinear Valve-Controlled Hydraulic Servosystem (2020)
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© 2020 Hao Yan et al. Valve-controlled servosystems are widely used in dynamic tracking, but, not properly studied, nonlinearity, perturbation of internal parameters, and external disturbance have significant impacts on the control performance and ch... Read More about U -Model-Based Finite-Time Control for Nonlinear Valve-Controlled Hydraulic Servosystem.