Peptidylarginine Deiminase Isozyme-Specific PAD2, PAD3 and PAD4 Inhibitors Differentially Modulate Extracellular Vesicle Signatures and Cell Invasion in Two Glioblastoma Multiforme... by Uysal-Onganer, Pinar, MacLatchy, Amy, Mahmoud, Rayan, Kraev, Igor, Thompson, Paul R., Inal, Jameel, Lange, Sigrun

“…Furthermore, Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes (KEGG) pathways for deiminated proteins relating to cancer, metabolism and inflammation differed between the two GBM cell lines. Our findings highlight roles for the different PAD isozymes in the heterogeneity of GBM tumours and the potential for tailored PAD-isozyme specific treatment.…”
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Community pharmacist led medication reviews in the UK: a scoping review of the medicines use review and the new medicine service literatures by Stewart, Duncan, Whittlesea, Cate, Dhital, Ranjita, Newbould, Louise, McCambridge, Jim

“…Data were extracted into Excel for examination of study characteristics, participant characteristics, type of intervention/services delivered and key study quantitative and/or qualitative findings. Results: Forty-one papers from 37 studies met the inclusion criteria: 28 papers were of MURs, 10 of NMS and 3 for both services. …”
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Alcohol consumption and all-cause mortality: an analysis of general practice database records for patients with long-term conditions by Stewart, Duncan, Han, Lu, Doran, Tim, McCambridge, Jim

“…Conclusions: Heavier drinkers with long-term conditions are at significantly greater risk of death than lighter drinkers. The findings support the UK Chief Medical Officers' guidance on having similar low-risk alcohol consumption guidelines for men and women. …”
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A framework to achieve sustainability in manufacturing organisations of developing economies using industry 4.0 technologies' enablers by Yadav, Gunjan, Kumar, Anil, Luthra, Sunil, Garza-Reyes, Jose Arturo, Kumar, Vikas, Batista, Luciano

“…Finally, Robust Best Worst Method (RBWM) is utilised to identify the intensity of influence of each enabler included in the framework. The findings of the study reveal that managerial and economical, and environmental enablers possess a strong contribution toward sustainability adoption. …”
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A review of hijack events by airline employees, with a particular reference to Pilot Suicide Using an Aircraft (PSUA): an analysis of the triggering factors and current mitigation by Nori, Hani

“…Hence, it was decided to compile an academically accredited and professionally filtered reference that lists relevant events, establish PSUA triggering factors, identify an effective mitigation and immediately bridge the current measures identified gaps. The research findings, short and long term recommendations are backed up by the author's 30 years of aviation experience and are validated by recognised aviation experts. …”
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Accelerating retail supply chain performance against pandemic disruption: adopting resilient strategies to mitigate the long-term effects by Sharma, Manu, Luthra, Sunil, Joshi, Sudhanshu, Kumar, Anil

“…The FUCOM has been employed to identify the priorities of determinants enhancing business performance, whereas RSC strategies are evaluated using the BWM method. Finding: The current study identifies ‘Collaboration Efficiency’ as the main criterion for accelerating the performance of RSCs in a dynamic social environment. …”
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Sustainability concerns on consumers’ attitude towards short food supply chains: an empirical Investigation by Wang, Meng, Kumar, Vikas, Ruan, Ximing, Saad, Mohammed, Garza-Reyes, Jose Arturo, Kumar, Anil

“…With its intuitive benefits, the economic pillar emerged as the most approved factor by the participants. Interestingly our findings show that the social aspect is less prominent than others, which is contrary to existing studies conducted in developed countries.…”
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Analysing the impact of sustainable human resource management practices and industry 4.0 technologies adoption on employability skills by Sharma, Manu, Joshi, Sudhanshu, Luthra, Sunil, Kumar, Anil

“…The study employed Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA) and Structural Equation Modelling (SEM) using SPSS 25.0 and AMOS 25.0 to confirm the construct and test the hypotheses. Findings: The current study reveals that all the four SHRM practices (TR, FL, EP and EE) along with I4Te directly influence ES in the organisation. …”
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Mature non-specialist undergraduate students and the challenges they face in learning mathematics by Zergaw, Getachew

“…The study shows that the major perceived factors that affect mature non-specialist students learning of mathematics include the pedagogical model that is used; the attitudes and beliefs of the learners; the support available to aid learning; and the prevalent discourses about the learning and perceptions of mathematics. These findings have a number of important implications for policy and practice for teaching mathematics to such students, for our understanding of student identities and for widening participation. …”
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Benchmarking the outsourcing factors of third-party logistics services selection: analysing influential strength and building a sustainable decision model by Ahmed Khan, Sharfuddin, Alkhatib, Shahed, Ammar, Zaina, Moktadir, Md. Abdul, Kumar, Anil

“…A courier company in the United Arab Emirates is considered for implementation. Findings: All identified and validated factors are segregated into two categories (cause and effect). …”
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A rule and graph-based approach for targeted identity resolution on policing data by Phillips, Michael, Hossein Amirhosseini, Mohammad, Kazemian, Hassan

“…Therefore, an identity resolution approach using both a rule-based scoring system and graph analysis, could be effective in facilitating the investigation process for law enforcement agencies and assisting them in finding criminals using false identities.…”
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Evaluation of sustainable supply chain risk: evidence from the Iranian food industry by Tavakoli Haji Abadi, Yasamin, Avakh Darestani, Soroush

“…Risk management in the sustainable supply chain has the role of identifying, analyzing and providing solutions to control risks. Findings The following criteria in each group gained more weight: loss of credibility and brand, dangerous and unhealthy working environment, unproductive use of energy, human error, supplier quality, quality risk, product perishability and security. …”
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Progress and trends in integrating Industry 4.0 within circular economy: a comprehensive literature review and future research propositions by Agrawal, Rohit, Wankhede, Vishal A., Kumar, Anil, Luthra, Sunil, Huisingh, Donald

“…The review provided insights into the present and future trends in integration of I4.0 and related Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools in CE’s. Based on the findings, a framework for integrating I4.0 and CE, was developed to guide CE decision-making that will help researchers and industrialists, integrate I4.0 tools within CEs to improve logistics, resource efficiency, safety, product quality, and reduce fossil-carbon footprints.…”
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Forecasting exchange rates : an empirical investigation of advanced, emerging and frontier market economies by Newaz, Mohammad Khaleq

“…The results show that single volatility models outperform other time series and a causal model in many of the emerging and frontier markets. These findings also provide additional evidence on leverage effects of advanced, emerging and frontier currencies exchange rates. …”
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Non-performing bank loans and banking crisis in the Pakistani banking system by Masood, Omar

“…The inefficiency of the banking sector was highlighted in our findings, showing an increase in interest spread between lending and deposit, as well as unequal distribution of credit among different sectors. …”
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Making sense of humour: some pragmatic and political aspects by Willis, Ken

“…The study then examines the relevant aspects of gender before the final analysis is then elaborated. Some of the findings challenge the conventional conversation analytical notion of preference organisation, draw attention, contra CA theory, to its significant subjective content, and also point up how politeness phenomena also play a prominent role, further underlining the subjective element. …”
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Heritage tourism and English national identity by Palmer, Catherine

“…In all three sites the language and symbolism of nation-ness is shown to be central to the way in which identity and belonging is both constructed and communicated. A key finding relates to the studies of visitor behaviour which reveal the many ways in which attachment to the nation is understood and internalised. …”
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The social dimension of chronic pain: problems of measurement by Rennell, Beverley

“…There has been little research into patients own accounts of their pain and in particular how the measurements relate to their experiences. The findings in this study suggest that the pain measurements are both methodologically and theoretically problematic. …”
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The sexual politics of asylum: lived experiences of sexual minority asylum seekers and refugees in the UK by Giametta, Calogero

“…Second, I elaborate on the structural discourses explored throughout the thesis by putting them into direct dialogue with the findings arising from the ethnography. Within this space respondents' biographical accounts highlight how being situated in liminal socio-political and legal interstices produc.es precarious forms of life. …”
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An empirical analysis of European retail banking integration by Rughoo, Aarti

“…The results on integration depend crucially on which methodology and data is employed. In particular, the findings point to a more heterogeneous consumer credit market compared to the household deposit and mortgage market and the deposit and lending market to non-financial corporations. …”
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