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Hominin brain size increase has emerged from within-species encephalization (2024)
Journal Article
Püschel, T. A., Nicholson, S. L., Baker, J., Barton, R. A., & Venditti, C. (in press). Hominin brain size increase has emerged from within-species encephalization. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences,

Adaptability culture and meeting or beating analysts’ estimates (2024)
Journal Article
Zebian, T., Harris, T., & Abdelsalam, O. (online). Adaptability culture and meeting or beating analysts’ estimates. Review of Quantitative Finance and Accounting, https://doi.org/10.1007/s11156-024-01351-8

This paper investigates the relationship between adaptability culture and the propensity of US publicly listed firms to meet or beat analysts’ expectations. We develop a novel firm- level measure of adaptability culture using textual analysis of 10-K... Read More about Adaptability culture and meeting or beating analysts’ estimates.

Towards Scalable and Secure Blockchain in Internet of Things: A Preference-Driven Committee Member Auction Consensus Approach (2024)
Journal Article
Mathur, A., Barati, M., Aujla, G. S., & Rana, O. (online). Towards Scalable and Secure Blockchain in Internet of Things: A Preference-Driven Committee Member Auction Consensus Approach. Distributed Ledger Technologies: Research and Practice, https://doi.org/10.1145/3700149

Blockchain technology is acclaimed for eliminating the need for a central authority while ensuring stability, security, and immutability. However, its integration into Internet of Things (IoT) environments is hampered by the limited computational res... Read More about Towards Scalable and Secure Blockchain in Internet of Things: A Preference-Driven Committee Member Auction Consensus Approach.

Application of superabsorbent geotextiles to decontaminate and improve crude oil-contaminated soil (2022)
Journal Article
Rezaei, A., Rowshanzamir, M., Mahdi Hejazi, S., & Banitalebi-Dehkordi, M. (2023). Application of superabsorbent geotextiles to decontaminate and improve crude oil-contaminated soil. Transportation Geotechnics, 38, Article 100910. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trgeo.2022.100910

The contamination of soil by various oil products is a severe geo-environmental problem. In this study, some geotextiles were used as superabsorbent geotextiles to decontaminate soil polluted with crude oil. The ability of these geotextiles to absorb... Read More about Application of superabsorbent geotextiles to decontaminate and improve crude oil-contaminated soil.

Dataset of 16S rRNA gene sequences of 111 healthy and Newcastle disease infected caecal samples from multiple chicken breeds of Pakistan (2024)
Journal Article
Ameer, A., Saleem, F., Keating, C., Gundogdu, O., Ijaz, U. Z., & Javed, S. (2024). Dataset of 16S rRNA gene sequences of 111 healthy and Newcastle disease infected caecal samples from multiple chicken breeds of Pakistan. Data in Brief, 57, 110957. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dib.2024.110957

The article presents a processed dataset from amplicon sequencing of the V4 region of the 16S rRNA gene to recover bacterial and archaeal taxa from the caeca of multiple chicken breeds of Pakistan. These include chicken breeds commonly raised at comm... Read More about Dataset of 16S rRNA gene sequences of 111 healthy and Newcastle disease infected caecal samples from multiple chicken breeds of Pakistan.