From Research to Returns: A Firm-Level Analysis of R&D and Productivity in the Human Health Industry by Felipe Queiroz Silva, Bernardo Pereira Cabral, Fabio Batista Mota

“…Notably, this relationship is more pronounced in large firms based in Asia than in smaller firms in other regions. …”
Get full text

An effective stability solution for small power systems with high distributed generation by Tharangika Bambaravanage, Chenuka Perera, Asanka Rodrigo

“…Although they are highly variable, and unpredictable, this methodology paves way for more SPVs to penetrate the system.…”
Get full text

Sex Differences in Sleep Architecture After Traumatic Brain Injury: Potential Implications on Short-Term Episodic Memory and Recovery by Stefanie N. Howell, Grace S. Griesbach

“…Particular attention was placed on the impact of sleep architecture on learning and memory. Because women are more likely to report SWDs, we examined sex as a biological variable. …”
Get full text

Experimental and numerical modelling of desiccation shrinkage process of kaolin clays by Wenqing Cheng, Hanbing Bian, Hao Shi, Fangfang Xun

“…Abstract With global climate change, extreme weather occurs more and more frequently, leading to soil cracking becoming a common disaster. …”
Get full text

An efficient binary Harris hawks optimization based on logical operators for wind turbine layout according to various wind scenarios by Ayşe Beşkirli

“…Thus, the wind farming area is divided into more grids and more flexible positioning of the turbines is aimed. …”
Get full text

Shearing Layers of Space: Exploration of Permanency and Temporality in the Public Realm by Michael Crilly, Georgiana Varna

“…A move from end-state planning within the public realm, to thinking about the variable nature of change will support a more flexible and resilient public realm. …”
Get full text

Convergent evolution of a mobile bony tongue in flighted dinosaurs and pterosaurs. by Zhiheng Li, Zhonghe Zhou, Julia A Clarke

“…Shifts from hypercarnivory to more diverse feeding ecologies and diets, with the evolution of novel locomotor strategies like flight, may explain the evolution of more complex tongue function.…”
Get full text

Dynamic reprogramming of DNA methylation at an epigenetically sensitive allele in mice. by Marnie E Blewitt, Nicola K Vickaryous, Andras Paldi, Haruhiko Koseki, Emma Whitelaw

“…Isogenic mice display variable expressivity, resulting in mice with a range of coat colours, from yellow through to agouti. …”
Get full text

Quality of Life in Patients with Tumors of the Nervous System and the Type and Location of the Tumor by Renata Jabłońska, Barbara Wieczorkiewicz-Świtała, Agnieszka Królikowska

“…Patients evaluate their quality of life and satisfaction of health fairly high. However they are more satisfied with their quality of life more than live their health. 2. …”
Get full text

A dynamic transmission model for assessing the impact of pneumococcal vaccination in the United States. by Tufail M Malik, Kevin M Bakker, Rachel J Oidtman, Oluwaseun Sharomi, Giulio Meleleo, Robert B Nachbar, Elamin H Elbasha

“…Multiple vaccines exist that prevent pneumococcal disease, with each vaccine covering a variable number of the more than 100 known serotypes. …”
Get full text

Cyanobacterial UV Pigments Evolved to Optimize Photon Dissipation Rather than Photoprotection by Aleksandar Simeonov, Karo Michaelian

“…An ancient repertoire of ultraviolet (UV)-absorbing pigments which survive today in the phylogenetically oldest extant photosynthetic organisms, the cyanobacteria, point to a direction in evolutionary adaptation of the pigments and their associated biota; from largely UV-C absorbing pigments in the Archean to pigments covering ever more of the longer wavelength UV and visible regions in the Phanerozoic. …”
Get full text

Stability of Saltwater‐Freshwater Mixing Zones in Beach Aquifers With Geologic Heterogeneity by Olasunkanmi Olorunsaye, James W. Heiss

“…This effect is highest for high degrees of heterogeneity and for more laterally connected geologic architecture. Compared to hydraulically equivalent homogeneous models, sediments with moderate to high heterogeneity produce mixing zones that are on average 19%–29% smaller and 3–10 times more stable due to the absence of the downward convection and seaward movement of salt fingers. …”
Get full text

Seismic Reduction Performance of Wrap Rope Connection Devices for Continuous Girder Bridges by Yanfang Liu, Wenxue Zhang, Xiuli Du, Weigang Bao

“…This analysis demonstrated that, by activating WRCD, the ratio of the acceleration response of the fixed bearing pier to the sliding bearing pier increased from 10% to 57%; moreover, the force on each pier appeared more uniform. Furthermore, with an increase in the input intensity of the earthquake, the displacement of the primary beam and the seismic response of the fixed pier bottom considerably decreased and the synergy effect of each pier was more prominent. …”
Get full text

RETRACTED: The Dynamics of Three Currencies’ Bid–Ask Spread From the Perspective of Import–Export Success: Novel Findings for Digital Trade and Sustainable Production by Lu Xu, Xijing Liu, Luboš Smutka, Wadim Strielkowski, Xin Zhao

“…In the context of economic globalization, the dynamics of exchange rates are more critical and necessary to export success and sustainable development. …”
Get full text

Features of the discursive environment as a source for creating meaning in online communication (using the example of social networks) by N. A. Yushkina, M. A. Panarina

“…With the spread of online communication, more and more attempts are being made to study it as a process occurring in different discursive spaces. …”
Get full text

Estimate Programmatic Effort using the Traditional COCOMO Model and Neural Networks by Jamal Al-Din Sayed Majeed, Isra Majeed Qabaa

“…Continuous changing in software project makes effort estimation more challenging. The main objective of this paper is find a model to get a more accurate estimation. …”
Get full text

Are Costs of Robot-Assisted Surgery Warranted for Gynecological Procedures? by Peter van Dam, Jan Hauspy, Luc Verkinderen, Xuan Bich Trinh, Pieter-Jan van Dam, Luc Van Looy, Luc Dirix

“…The average additional variable cost for gynecological procedures was about 1600 USD, rising to more than 3000 USD when the amortized cost of the robot itself was included. …”
Get full text

Illegal Maneuver Effect on Traffic Operations at Signalized Intersections: An Observational Simulation-Based Before-After Study Using Response Surface Methodology by Mahdi Jahangard, Mahyar Madarshahian, Hadi Sabur, Reza Rezvani, Abolfazl Mohammadzadeh Moghaddam, Nathan Huynh

“…The results showed that the dependent variables “travel time ratio” and “fuel consumption ratio” are affected not only by a decrease in violations ratio but also by the volume of traffic as the exogenous variable. …”
Get full text

Enhancing agroecological transitions: From locally-adapted protocols to a global transdisciplinary applied approach by Blas Lavandero, Mauricio González-Chang, Roberto Jara-Rojas, Ismael Gallardo, Kris Wyckhuys

“…We here propose that a more tailored approach that considers the spatial and temporal variability in farmers’ intentions and perceptions to generate, adapt and adopt new technologies is needed. …”
Get full text

Properties, Changes, and Controls of Deep‐Convecting Clouds in Radiative‐Convective Equilibrium by Catherine L. Stauffer, Allison A. Wing

“…The controls on anvil height and temperature have well established physical reasoning, but the response of anvil cloud fraction to warming is more variable across studies and not as well understood. …”
Get full text