Polyphenol protection and treatment of hypertension
Introduction High blood pressure is the major risk factor for cardiovascular diseases and the rising prevalence of human hypertension precedes the trend toward a global epidemic of unhealthy ageing. A...
View ArticleImproving the representation of major landforms in analytical relief shading
Relief shading is the most common type of cartographic relief representation for print and digital maps. Manual relief shading results in informative and visually pleasing representations of terrain,...
View ArticleUtilising mixed methods research to inform low-carbon social housing...
There is an over reliance on cost-benefit analysis in the policy development and evaluation of sustainable housing outcomes. This paper presents both qualitative and quantitative analyses from a...
View ArticleOn the generalized multivariate Gumbel distribution
In this article, main characteristics, marginal, joint, and conditional inferences of a generalized multivariate Gumbel model are derived, and random vector generation is described. Distribution of the...
View ArticleDifferentiated performance management in virtualized environments using...
The efficient management of shared resources in virtualized environments has become an important issue with the advent of cloud computing. This is a challenging management task because the resources of...
View ArticleVersatile SERS sensing based on black silicon
Black Si (b-Si) with gold or silver metal coating has been shown to be an extremely effective substrate for surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS). Here, we demonstrate that it is also a highly...
View Article(In Press) Service quality appraisal: a study of interactions
Customer satisfaction or dissatisfaction is a direct response from the appraisal of service quality (SQ) attributes. The purpose of this study is to discuss and test for interactions in customers'...
View ArticleAre Investor Protection and Ownership Concentration Substitutes in Chinese...
By using a unique and detailed data set on China's family firms, we investigate the effect of investor protection on the choice of ownership concentration of family businesses. Our study extends the...
View ArticleTargeted inactivation of kinesin-1 in pancreatic beta-cells in vivo leads to...
OBJECTIVE-Suppression of Kinesin-1 by antisense oligonucleotides, or overexpression of dominant-negative acting kinesin heavy chain, has been reported to affect the sustained phase of...
View ArticleAn evaluation of the adhesion of solid oral dosage form coatings to the...
There is a requirement for the development of oral dosage forms that are adhesive and allow extended oesophageal residence time for localised therapies, or are non-adhesive for ease of swallowing. This...
View ArticleElectronic transport in Si:P delta-doped wires
Despite the importance of Si:P delta-doped wires for modern nanoelectronics, there are currently no computational models of electron transport in these devices. In this paper we present a...
View ArticleCharge filling factors in clean and disordered arrays of tunnel junctions
We simulate one-dimensional arrays of tunnel junctions using the kinetic Monte Carlo method to study charge filling behaviour in the large charging energy limit. By applying a small fixed voltage bias...
View ArticleLearning, memory and long-term potentiation are altered in Nedd4 heterozygous...
The consolidation of short-term memory into long-term memory involves changing protein level and activity for the synaptic plasticity required for long-term potentiation (LTP). AMPA receptor...
View ArticleGendered Responses to the 2009 Black Saturday Bushfires in Victoria, Australia
This paper presents findings from a gendered analysis of resident responses to the 2009 Black Saturday bushfires (wildfires) in Victoria, Australia. One hundred and seventy-three people lost their...
View ArticleIsoflurane in the presence or absence of surgery increases hippocampal...
Evidence from experimental animal studies convincingly argues for a role of pro-inflammatory cytokines due to surgical trauma in causing postoperative cognitive dysfunction. However, other studies have...
View ArticleInfluence of tryptophan and serotonin on mood and cognition with a possible...
The serotonergic system forms a diffuse network within the central nervous system and plays a significant role in the regulation of mood and cognition. Manipulation of tryptophan levels, acutely or...
View ArticleConcurrent risperidone administration attenuates the development of locomotor...
Introduction: In schizophrenia early treatment may prevent disorder onset, or at least minimize its impact, suggesting possible neuroprotective properties of antipsychotics. The present study...
View ArticleHeat treatment microstructures of a directionally solidified nickel base...
The heat treatment of a directionally solidified superalloy under high temperature gradient with different dendritic size was studied. The evolution rules of each phase in DZ125 alloy after heat...
View ArticleThe impact of port service quality on customer satisfaction: the case of...
This study investigates the concept of Port Service Quality (PSQ) and examines its influence on customer satisfaction in the port sector. Following a literature review, a conceptual model of PSQ and...
View ArticleCost consequences of a port-related supply chain disruption
Port functionality is a significant and important aspect of cargo transportation. Previous studies have identified a list of port-related supply chain disruption threats and developed a management...
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