Social entrepreneurs as ecosystem catalysts: the dynamics of forming and withdrawing from a self-sustaining ecosystem by Savaget, P, Ozcan, P, Pitsis, T

“…Creating a long-lasting impact is one of the defining goals of social entrepreneurship. …”

Origins and immunopathogenesis of autoimmune central nervous system disorders by Ramanathan, S, Brilot, F, Irani, SR, Dale, RC

“…Fourth, we outline how advances in our understanding of the anatomy of lymphatic drainage and neuroimmune interfaces are challenging long-held notions of CNS immune privilege, with direct relevance to CNS autoimmunity, and how disruption of B cell and T cell tolerance and the passage of immune cells between the peripheral and intrathecal compartments have key roles in initiating disease activity. …”

Highly selective upcycling of plastic mixture waste by microwave-assisted catalysis over Zn/b-ZnO by Zhao, J, Liu, B, Xiong, L, Liu, W, Wang, D, Ma, W, Jiang, L, Yang, J, Wang, P, Xiao, T, Zhao, S, Edwards, PP, Tang, J

“…Unprecedented turnover number (250 gplastic g−1catalyst) of plastic depolymerisation and long-time stability over 50 successive cycles have been demonstrated, together with 8-time higher energy efficiency compared with conventional catalysis, indicating this strategy is an economical approach to efficient upcycling of plastics towards valuable products. …”

Deep learning for detecting and early predicting chronic obstructive pulmonary disease from spirogram time series by Mei, S, Li, X, Zhou, Y, Xu, J, Zhang, Y, Wan, Y, Cao, S, Zhao, Q, Geng, S, Xie, J, Chen, S, Hong, S

“…In summary, DeepSpiro can effectively predict the long-term progression of COPD disease.…”

Multi-objective grey wolf optimizer algorithm for task scheduling in cloud-fog computing by Saif, Faten A., Latip, Rohaya, Hanapi, Zurina Mohd, Shafinah, Kamarudin

“…Still, it increases the energy consumption of the end users, while transferring tasks to the cloud reduces users’ energy consumption but increases the transmission delay due to the long distance; besides, assigning tasks to appropriate resources compatible with task requirements. …”
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Genetic diversity of Ganoderma in oil palm plantings by Miller, R.N.G., Holderness, M., Bridge, P.D., Chung, G.F.

“…The results may indicate infection spread through basidiospore dispersal or through contact with a heterogenous long-term residual inoculum in debris.…”
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Royal Malaysia Custom Department (RMCD): A Case of Information Systems Success towards Employee Performance by Abd Zakaria, Zuhdi, Anuar, Herman Shah, Mohamed Udin, Zulkifli

“…This will later on further improve the performance of the respective departments in achieving their key performance indicators as well as increasing their productivity in the long run…”
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Saving Concepts in Supply Chain Management: A Study on Inventory and Transportation Costs by Muhammad Khodri Harahap, Afif Zuhri, Abdul Rahim, Mohd Kamarul Irwan

“…Supply chain is a systematic and strategic coordination of the traditional business function to across business function within supply chain for the purpose of improving the long-term performance of the business. The objective of the paper is to understand the saving concepts are used in operational path to achieve optimization in term of cost saving. …”
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Advanced Ni tar reforming catalysts resistant to syngas impurities: current knowledge, research gaps and future prospects by Dara Khairunnisa Mohamed, Veksha, Andrei, Quan Luu Manh Ha, Chan, Wei Ping, Lim, Teik-Thye, Lisak, Grzegorz

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Rapid construction of green nanopesticide delivery systems using sophorolipids as surfactants by flash nanoprecipitation by Ma, Enguang, Chen, Kai, Sun, Liang, Fu, Zhinan, Guo, Jiangtao, Liu, Jichang, Zhao, Jigang, Liu, Zhiyong, Lei, Zhigang, Li, Li, Hu, Xiao, Guo, Xuhong

“…Green delivery carriers of nanopesticides, like sophorolipid biosurfactants, are of great significance to reduce environmental pollution and promote sustainable agricultural development. …”
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High p16 expression and heterozygous RB1 loss are biomarkers for CDK4/6 inhibitor resistance in ER+ breast cancer by Palafox, Marta, Monserrat, Laia, Bellet, Meritxell, Villacampa, Guillermo, Gonzalez-Perez, Abel, Oliveira, Mafalda, Brasó-Maristany, Fara, Ibrahimi, Nusaibah, Kannan, Srinivasaraghavan, Mina, Leonardo, Herrera-Abreu, Maria Teresa, Òdena, Andreu, Sánchez-Guixé, Mònica, Capelán, Marta, Azaro, Analía, Bruna, Alejandra, Rodríguez, Olga, Guzmán, Marta, Grueso, Judit, Viaplana, Cristina, Hernández, Javier, Su, Faye, Lin, Kui, Clarke, Robert B., Caldas, Carlos, Arribas, Joaquín, Michiels, Stefan, García-Sanz, Alicia, Turner, Nicholas C., Prat, Aleix, Nuciforo, Paolo, Dienstmann, Rodrigo, Verma, Chandra Shekhar, Lopez-Bigas, Nuria, Scaltriti, Maurizio, Arnedos, Monica, Saura, Cristina, Serra, Violeta

“…Combination of the CDK4/6 inhibitor ribociclib with the PI3K inhibitor alpelisib showed antitumor activity in estrogen receptor-positive non-basal-like breast cancer patient-derived xenografts, independently of PIK3CA, ESR1 or RB1 mutation, also in drug de-escalation experiments or omitting endocrine therapy. …”
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3D reconstruction from single images by Ping, Guiju

“…For 3D reconstruction tasks, objects with higher precision are required to capture the widely varying structures of objects in daily life. This thesis provides three methods to enhance the quality of the single-view 3D reconstruction using publicly accessible 3D datasets…”
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Impact of structural eurocodes on steel and composite structures by Jin, Y. F., Cai, Y. Q., Chiew, Sing Ping, Lee, Chi King

“…The introduction of Structural Eurocodes to replace the existing British Standard design codes will benefit the construction industry in the long run. However, in the short term, to help our engineers migrate over to the new Eurocodes, it is useful to conduct a comparative study on both Eurocodes and British Standards to identify some of the key changes and impact on the performance of the steel and composite structures. …”
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Colossal positive magnetoresistance in surface-passivated oxygen-deficient strontium titanite by David, Adrian, Tian, Yufeng, Yang, Ping, Gao, Xingyu, Lin, Weinan, Shah, Amish B., Zuo, Jian-Min, Prellier, Wilfrid, Wu, Tom

“…Modulation of resistance by an external magnetic field, i.e. magnetoresistance effect, has been a long-lived theme of research due to both fundamental science and device applications. …”
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Personnel Formalization and the Enhancement Of Teamwork: A public–private comparison by Chen, Chung-An, Rainey, Hal G.

“…Formalization has long been regarded as one of the most distinctive features of the public sector. …”
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Ultrasonic shot peening advancements and their impact on alloys microstructure behavior: A concise review by Aina Najwa, Azmi, Muhammad Syamim, Mazlan, Mohamad Rusydi, Mohamad Yasin

“…USP has huge potential to be utilized in improving the mechanical properties and fatigue life of metallic components, hence it has recently gained much attention as a novel surface treatment technique. …”
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Optimizing targeted vaccination across cyber–physical networks: an empirically based mathematical simulation stud by Mones, Enys, Stopczynski, Arkadiusz, Pentland, Alex, Hupert, Nathaniel, Lehmann, Sune

“…Digital communication networks may reflect not only virtual but also physical interactions that could result in disease transmission, but the precise overlap between these cyber and physical networks has never been empirically explored in real-life settings. Here, we study the digital communication activity of more than 500 individuals along with their person-to-person contacts at a 5-min temporal resolution. …”
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Optimizing targeted vaccination across cyber–physical networks: an empirically based mathematical simulation study by Mones, Enys, Stopczynski, Arkadiusz, Pentland, Alex, Hupert, Nathaniel, Lehmann, Sune

“…Digital communication networks may reflect not only virtual but also physical interactions that could result in disease transmission, but the precise overlap between these cyber and physical networks has never been empirically explored in real-life settings. Here, we study the digital communication activity of more than 500 individuals along with their person-to-person contacts at a 5-min temporal resolution. …”
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An implantable soft robotic ventilator augments inspiration in a pig model of respiratory insufficiency by Hu, Lucy, Bonnemain, Jean, Saeed, Mossab Y., Singh, Manisha, Quevedo Moreno, Diego, Vasilyev, Nikolay V., Roche, Ellen T.

“…Robotic implants that intervene at the diaphragm rather than at the upper airway and that augment physiological metrics of ventilation may restore respiratory performance without sacrificing quality of life.…”
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First-in-human trial of an ingestible vitals-monitoring pill by Traverso, Giovanni, Finomore, Victor, Mahoney, James, Kupec, Justin, Stansbury, Robert, Bacher, Daniel, Pless, Benjamin, Schuetz, Shannon, Hayward, Alison, Langer, Robert, Rezai, Ali

“…Ingestible vital sign monitors can transform the diagnosis of sleep-related respiratory disorders and can capture life-threatening events such as apnea or opioid overdose.…”
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