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Discrete particle modelling of buoyant convective particle-laden air flow in solar cavity free-falling particle receivers

open access: yesEnergy Reports, 2022
A coupled computational fluid dynamics and discrete particle method numerical model is developed to provide a systematic analysis of buoyant convective particle-laden air flow and heat losses from a solar cavity receiver with free-falling particles.
Sahan Trushad Wickramasooriya Kuruneru   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Using Real-Time Kinematic (RTK) Devices to Show a Limited Effect of Boldness and Fearfulness on Social Proximity in Sheep Grazing at Pasture

open access: yesFrontiers in Animal Science, 2022
Sheep are gregarious animals that can form close inter-individual relationships. Social bonds are affected by environmental and within-animal factors, but there is limited understanding of individual factors that influence social relationships, in part ...
Hamideh Keshavarzi   +7 more
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High ploidy large cytoplasmic megakaryocytes are hematopoietic stem cells regulators and essential for platelet production

open access: yesNature Communications, 2023
Megakaryocytes (MK) generate platelets. Recently, we and others, have reported MK also regulate hematopoietic stem cells (HSC). Here we show high ploidy large cytoplasmic megakaryocytes (LCM) are critical negative regulators of HSC and critical for ...
Shen Y. Heazlewood   +21 more
doaj   +1 more source

Technical and technological constraints facing Tanzania leather value chain: a snapshot of intervention measures

open access: yesJournal of Leather Science and Engineering, 2022
The leather value chain starts with livestock, the key source of hides and skins, and the main raw materials for the industry. Despite having the second-largest livestock population in Africa, Tanzania is only the 11th largest exporter of leather on the ...
Cecilia Rolence China   +4 more
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Rapid Evaporative Ionization Mass Spectrometry: A Review on Its Application to the Red Meat Industry with an Australian Context

open access: yesMetabolites, 2021
The red meat supply chain is a complex network transferring product from producers to consumers in a safe and secure way. There can be times when fragmentation can arise within the supply chain, which could be exploited. This risk needs reduction so that
Robert S. Barlow   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Madness of the crowd: Understanding mass behaviors through a multidisciplinary lens

open access: yesFrontiers in Psychology, 2022
Mass or crowd behaviors refer to those that occur at a group level and suggest that crowds behave differently to individuals. Mass behaviors are typically triggered by a significant societal event. The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has provided many tangible
Emily Brindal   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Determinants of construction sector profitability in Croatia [PDF]

open access: yesZbornik radova Ekonomskog fakulteta u Rijeci : časopis za ekonomsku teoriju i praksu, 2018
This paper examines the determinants of profitability for construction companies in Croatia. Sample includes more than 8678 construction companies covering the period from 2003 to 2014 what present 11 years of observation including Croatian milestone ...
Lorena Škuflić   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Designing the Competitive Intelligence Model for Organization

open access: yesAnnales Universitatis Mariae Curie-Skłodowska Sectio H, Oeconomia, 2023
Theoretical background: These studies are motivated by three reasons: (1) the Competitive Intelligence (CI) approach is a critical factor in increasing the organization’s ability to monitor and strengthen competitive advantage; (2) too little research ...
Kamila Bartuś
doaj   +1 more source

Do Increasing Markups Matter? Lessons from Empirical Industrial Organization

open access: yesJournal of Economic Perspectives, 2019
This article considers the recent literature on firm markups in light of both new and classic work in the field of industrial organization. We detail the shortcomings of papers that rely on discredited approaches from the “structure-conduct-performance ...
Steven T. Berry   +2 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Comparative genomics of Australian isolates of the wheat stem rust pathogen Puccinia graminis f. sp. tritici reveals extensive polymorphism in candidate effector genes

open access: yesFrontiers in Plant Science, 2015
The wheat stem rust fungus Puccinia graminis f. sp. tritici (Pgt), is one of the most destructive pathogens of wheat. In this study, a draft genome was built for a founder Australian Pgt isolate of pathotype (pt.) 21-0 (collected in 1954) by next ...
Narayana Mithur Upadhyaya   +11 more
doaj   +1 more source

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