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  • Article
  • Open Access
13 Citations
3,443 Views
19 Pages

13 July 2020

The grand theory of action of Parsons has an important place in social theories. Furthermore, there are many uncertainties in the theory of Parsons. Classical math logic is often insufficient to explain these uncertainties. In this study, we explain...

  • Article
  • Open Access
19 Citations
6,830 Views
20 Pages

12 March 2017

This study, based on fluid inclusion petrography, microthermometry and ultraviolet microspectroscopy of inclusion oil, investigates the petroleum charge history at Parsons Pond, western Newfoundland. To address this matter, drill core and cuttings sa...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2,106 Views
22 Pages

Heterogeneous reservoirs are prevalent; otherwise, they are rare. The problem is detecting the degree of such heterogeneity, which has a significant impact on hydrocarbon production in oilfields. Several vertical heterogeneity measures were introduce...

  • Article
  • Open Access
13 Citations
4,582 Views
13 Pages

The purpose of this study is to investigate the role of the combination of transformational leadership and social capital in safety capacity building. Drawing on the A-G-I-L concept of Talcott Parsons, we test a model for patient safety. The hypothes...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
8,370 Views
18 Pages

1 June 2011

This article summarizes a version of the “mourning religion” thesis—derived from the work of Peter Homans and further developed and advanced by William Parsons, Diane Jonte-Pace, and Susan Henking—and then demonstrates how this thesis can shed light...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
3,291 Views
11 Pages

30 June 2021

Modifications to the traditional Onsager theory for modeling isotropic–nematic phase transitions in hard prolate spheroidal systems are presented. Pure component systems are used to identify the need to update the Lee–Parsons resummation term. The Le...

  • Review
  • Open Access
38 Citations
9,480 Views
29 Pages

A Review and Meta-Analysis of Underwater Noise Radiated by Small (<25 m Length) Vessels

  • Miles J. G. Parsons,
  • Christine Erbe,
  • Mark G. Meekan and
  • Sylvia K. Parsons

Managing the impacts of vessel noise on marine fauna requires identifying vessel numbers, movement, behaviour, and acoustic signatures. However, coastal and inland waters are predominantly used by ‘small’ (<25 m-long) vessels, for which there is a...

  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
3,258 Views
16 Pages

19 October 2021

This paper presents a Pareto-based multi-objective optimization for operating CO2 sequestration with a multi-well system under geological uncertainty; the optimal well allocation, i.e., the optimal allocation of CO2 rates at injection wells, is obtai...

  • Review
  • Open Access
3 Citations
4,436 Views
41 Pages

A Critical Review on the Dosing and Safety of Antifungals Used in Exotic Avian and Reptile Species

  • Naresh Visvanathan,
  • Jolise Yi An Lim,
  • Hui Ting Chng and
  • Shangzhe Xie

31 July 2023

Antifungals are used in exotic avian and reptile species for the treatment of fungal diseases. Dose extrapolations across species are common due to lack of species-specific pharmacological data. This may not be ideal because interspecies physiologica...

  • Article
  • Open Access
833 Views
14 Pages

Metarhizium (M.) granulomatis and M. viride have previously been described as pathogens causing hyalohyphomycosis in various species of captive chameleons and bearded dragons (Pogona vitticeps). Previous studies yielded different genotypes of M. gran...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
4,138 Views
14 Pages

19 December 2020

This paper sets out (1) to provide an affirmative genealogy that shed light on the different forms taken by sacrifice, the origins of its various conceptual layers and the various social practices from which they come; (2) to analyze the initial conc...

  • Article
  • Open Access
12 Citations
3,814 Views
20 Pages

3 November 2020

Since August 2015, a large range of sexual health and reproductive health services have been provided in more than 120 pharmacies across Birmingham (England). Our study aimed to explore how pharmacy staff and pharmacy users experience delivering or b...

  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
19 Citations
5,367 Views
21 Pages

A public food procurement policy has been identified as having significant potential to drive food consumption and production towards greater sustainability, delivering social, economic, environmental, and health benefits to multiple beneficiaries. H...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
4,888 Views
14 Pages

22 March 2022

Attractive Toxic Sugar Baits (ATSB) deployed outdoors are likely to be particularly effective against outdoor biting mosquitoes and, if they contain insecticides with a different mode of action, mosquitoes resistant to pyrethroids. One such ATSB base...

  • Review
  • Open Access
92 Citations
9,637 Views
17 Pages

The Interconnected Mechanisms of Oxidative Stress and Neuroinflammation in Epilepsy

  • Anna L. M. Parsons,
  • Eboni M. V. Bucknor,
  • Enrico Castroflorio,
  • Tânia R. Soares,
  • Peter L. Oliver and
  • Daniel Rial

14 January 2022

One of the most important characteristics of the brain compared to other organs is its elevated metabolic demand. Consequently, neurons consume high quantities of oxygen, generating significant amounts of reactive oxygen species (ROS) as a by-product...

  • Article
  • Open Access
34 Citations
8,230 Views
16 Pages

Digital Intervention for Problematic Smartphone Use

  • Sarah Kent,
  • Ciara Masterson,
  • Raian Ali,
  • Christine E. Parsons and
  • Bridgette M. Bewick

Smartphones have become the primary devices for accessing the online world. The potential for smartphone use to become problematic has come into increasing focus. Students and young adults have been shown to use their smartphones at high rates and ma...

  • Article
  • Open Access
16 Citations
3,391 Views
18 Pages

Aurivillius Oxides Nanosheets-Based Photocatalysts for Efficient Oxidation of Malachite Green Dye

  • David A. Collu,
  • Cristina Carucci,
  • Marco Piludu,
  • Drew F. Parsons and
  • Andrea Salis

Aurivillius oxides ferroelectric layered materials are formed by bismuth oxide and pseu-do-perovskite layers. They have a good ionic conductivity, which is beneficial for various photo-catalyzed reactions. Here, we synthesized ultra-thin nanosheets o...

  • Article
  • Open Access
20 Citations
4,131 Views
24 Pages

Time-Domain Implementation and Analyses of Multi-Motion Modes of Floating Structures

  • Wanan Sheng,
  • Evdokia Tapoglou,
  • Xiandong Ma,
  • C. James Taylor,
  • Robert Dorrell,
  • Daniel R. Parsons and
  • George Aggidis

The study of wave-structure interactions involving nonlinear forces would often make use of the popular hybrid frequency–time domain method. In the hybrid method, the frequency-domain analysis could firstly provide the reliable and accurate dyn...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
3,859 Views
19 Pages

Microgels Formed by Spontaneous Click Chemistries Utilizing Microfluidic Flow Focusing for Cargo Release in Response to Endogenous or Exogenous Stimuli

  • Paige J. LeValley,
  • Amanda L. Parsons,
  • Bryan P. Sutherland,
  • Kristi L. Kiick,
  • John S. Oakey and
  • April M. Kloxin

Protein therapeutics have become increasingly popular for the treatment of a variety of diseases owing to their specificity to targets of interest. However, challenges associated with them have limited their use for a range of ailments, including the...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
4,125 Views
22 Pages

Soluble amyloid β (Aβ) oligomers have been shown to be highly toxic to neurons and are considered to be a major cause of the neurodegeneration underlying Alzheimer’s disease (AD). That makes soluble Aβ oligomers a promising drug...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
2,494 Views
12 Pages

Using a Weekly Patient-Reported Outcome Questionnaire to Track Acute Toxicity in Patients Undergoing Pelvic Radiotherapy for Gynecologic Cancers

  • Matthew Chan,
  • Robert Olson,
  • Vincent Lapointe,
  • Jeremy Hamm,
  • Francois Bachand,
  • Caroline Holloway,
  • Christina Parsons and
  • Peter Lim

5 May 2022

There are limited patient-reported outcome (PRO) data tracking changes in toxicity in patients actively undergoing radiotherapy. Between 2015–2019, acute toxicity was prospectively measured in 698 patients undergoing a 5-week course of pelvic r...

  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
4,034 Views
10 Pages

Mapping Fine-Scale Crown Scorch in 3D with Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems

  • Christopher J. Moran,
  • Valentijn Hoff,
  • Russell A. Parsons,
  • Lloyd P. Queen and
  • Carl A. Seielstad

29 April 2022

Remotely piloted aircraft systems (RPAS) are providing fresh perspectives for the remote sensing of fire. One opportunity is mapping tree crown scorch following fires, which can support science and management. This proof-of-concept shows that crown s...

  • Article
  • Open Access
22 Citations
10,186 Views
40 Pages

Despite evidence that Indigenous peoples’ multiple subjectivities engender diverse lived experiences both between and within Indigenous groups, the influence of multiple subjectivities on Indigenous peoples’ vulnerability and adaptation t...

  • Abstract
  • Open Access
1,200 Views
1 Page

USP9X Inhibition Enhances Radiosensitisation of Head and Neck Cancer Cells in Response to High-LET Radiation by Destabilising Centrosome Proteins

  • Maria Rita Fabbrizi,
  • Catherine M. Nickson,
  • Rachel J. Carter,
  • Jonathan R. Hughes,
  • Andrzej Kacperek,
  • Mark A. Hill and
  • Jason L. Parsons

Ionising radiation (IR) is widely used in cancer treatment as it induces vast DNA damage, ultimately leading to tumour cell death. The mechanisms involved in X-ray-induced cell death have been deeply studied, while little is known about the impact of...

  • Review
  • Open Access
76 Citations
9,960 Views
28 Pages

A Review of Plasma Synthesis Methods for Polymer Films and Nanoparticles under Atmospheric Pressure Conditions

  • Hyo Jun Jang,
  • Eun Young Jung,
  • Travis Parsons,
  • Heung-Sik Tae and
  • Choon-Sang Park

10 July 2021

In this paper, we present an overview of recent approaches in the gas/aerosol-through-plasma (GATP) and liquid plasma methods for synthesizing polymer films and nanoparticles (NPs) using an atmospheric-pressure plasma (APP) technique. We hope to aid...

  • Review
  • Open Access
25 Citations
5,317 Views
9 Pages

1 July 2021

Successful pregnancy requires the establishment of a highly regulated maternal–fetal environment. This is achieved through the harmonious regulation of steroid hormones, which modulate both maternal and fetal physiology, and are critical for pregnanc...

  • Review
  • Open Access
1 Citations
3,097 Views
19 Pages

26 July 2021

An impediment to curing HIV-1 infection is the persistence of latently infected cells in ART-treated people living with HIV (PLWH). A key strategy for curing HIV-1 infection is to activate transcription and translation of latent virus using latency r...

  • Review
  • Open Access
19 Citations
9,497 Views
16 Pages

30 July 2021

Irish society went into one of the most stringent lockdowns in March 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and barring a few weeks, remains highly restricted at time of writing. This has produced a wide range of challenges for those affected by eating d...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
3,571 Views
12 Pages

Pediatric Oncologists’ Experiences Returning and Incorporating Genomic Sequencing Results into Cancer Care

  • Rebecca L. Hsu,
  • Amanda M. Gutierrez,
  • Sophie K. Schellhammer,
  • Jill O. Robinson,
  • Sarah Scollon,
  • Richard L. Street,
  • Alyssa N. Salisbury,
  • Stacey Pereira,
  • Sharon E. Plon and
  • Amy L. McGuire
  • + 2 authors

18 June 2021

Pediatric oncologists’ perspectives around returning and incorporating tumor and germline genomic sequencing (GS) results into cancer care are not well-described. To inform optimization of cancer genomics communication, we assessed oncologists’ exper...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
3,385 Views
9 Pages

Influence of Residual Feed Intake and Cow Age on Dry Matter Intake Post-Weaning and Peak Lactation of Black Angus Cows

  • Cory T. Parsons,
  • Julia M. Dafoe,
  • Samuel A. Wyffels,
  • Timothy DelCurto and
  • Darrin L. Boss

18 June 2021

We evaluated heifer post-weaning residual feed intake (RFI) classification and cow age on dry matter intake (DMI) at two stages of production. Fifty-nine non-lactating, pregnant, (Study 1) and fifty-four lactating, non-pregnant (Study 2) commercial b...

  • Article
  • Open Access
12 Citations
5,567 Views
12 Pages

Identification of Shiga-Toxin-Producing Shigella Infections in Travel and Non-Travel Related Cases in Alberta, Canada

  • Shuai Zhi,
  • Brendon D. Parsons,
  • Jonas Szelewicki,
  • Yue T. K. Yuen,
  • Patrick Fach,
  • Sabine Delannoy,
  • Vincent Li,
  • Christina Ferrato,
  • Stephen B. Freedman and
  • Linda Chui
  • + 2 authors

25 October 2021

It has long been accepted that Shiga toxin (Stx) only exists in Shigella dysenteriae serotype 1. However, in recent decades, the presence of Shiga toxin genes (stx) in other Shigella spp. have been reported. We screened 366 Shigella flexneri strains...

  • Review
  • Open Access
27 Citations
9,241 Views
37 Pages

Combination of Stem Cells and Rehabilitation Therapies for Ischemic Stroke

  • Reed Berlet,
  • Stefan Anthony,
  • Beverly Brooks,
  • Zhen-Jie Wang,
  • Nadia Sadanandan,
  • Alex Shear,
  • Blaise Cozene,
  • Bella Gonzales-Portillo,
  • Blake Parsons and
  • Cesario V. Borlongan
  • + 4 authors

6 September 2021

Stem cell transplantation with rehabilitation therapy presents an effective stroke treatment. Here, we discuss current breakthroughs in stem cell research along with rehabilitation strategies that may have a synergistic outcome when combined together...

  • Reply
  • Open Access
2,981 Views
9 Pages

28 February 2024

Thank you for the opportunity to respond to the concerns raised by Ayoub-Charette et al [...]

  • Article
  • Open Access
12 Citations
7,516 Views
35 Pages

Background: Pressure is growing in North America for heavy-duty, long-haul trucking to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, ultimately to zero. With freight volumes rising, improvement depends on zero-emissions technologies, e.g., battery electric...

  • Review
  • Open Access
6 Citations
3,520 Views
23 Pages

29 August 2024

Radiotherapy is one of the main cancer treatments being used for ~50% of all cancer patients. Conventional radiotherapy typically utilises X-rays (photons); however, there is increasing use of particle beam therapy (PBT), such as protons and carbon i...

  • Article
  • Open Access
858 Views
14 Pages

Vanadyl Phthalocyanine as a Low-Temperature/Low-Pressure Catalyst for the Conversion of Fructose to Methyl Levulinate

  • Juan Luna,
  • Mataz Alcoutlabi,
  • Elizabeth Fletes,
  • Helia Morales and
  • Jason G. Parsons

In this study, a vanadyl phthalocyanine was synthesized and characterized using XRD, FTIR, and XPS, confirming the successful metalation of the phthalocyanine ring. XRD analysis showed the vanadyl phthalocyanine crystallized in the P-1 crystal lattic...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,244 Views
14 Pages

Evaluating Bias in Self-Reported Symptoms During a Cyanobacterial Algal Bloom

  • John S. Reif,
  • Rebecca Koszalinski,
  • Malcolm M. McFarland,
  • Michael L. Parsons,
  • Rachael Schinbeckler,
  • Judyta Kociolek,
  • Alex Rockenstyre and
  • Adam M. Schaefer

6 June 2025

Algal blooms produced by cyanobacteria liberate microcystins and other toxins that create a public health hazard. During the 2018 bloom of Microcystis aeruginosa in Florida, USA, residential and recreational exposures were associated with an increase...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,189 Views
13 Pages

27 May 2025

Early determination of the Shiga toxin type of Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) is crucial for guiding STEC-infected patients for proper and timely treatment and patient care. Most diagnostic microbiology laboratories rely on PCR assays...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,759 Views
24 Pages

GAL-201 as a Promising Amyloid-β-Targeting Small-Molecule Approach for Alzheimer’s Disease Treatment: Consistent Effects on Synaptic Plasticity, Behavior and Neuroinflammation

  • Katrin Riemann,
  • Jeldrik von Ahsen,
  • Tamara Böhm,
  • Martin Schlegel,
  • Matthias Kreuzer,
  • Thomas Fenzl,
  • Hermann Russ,
  • Christopher G. Parsons and
  • Gerhard Rammes

Soluble oligomeric forms of Amyloid-β (Aβ) are considered the major toxic species leading to the neurodegeneration underlying Alzheimer’s disease (AD). Therefore, drugs that prevent oligomer formation might be promising. The atypical...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,310 Views
11 Pages

14 June 2025

It is important to determine whether amino acid (AA) digestibility values from individual ingredients are additive and predictive for mixed diets. This study had two objectives: (1) measure the AA concentrations and digestibilities of individual prot...

  • Review
  • Open Access
2 Citations
1,953 Views
33 Pages

Bio-Coal Briquetting as a Potential Sustainable Valorization Strategy for Fine Coal: A South African Perspective in a Global Context

  • Veshara Ramdas,
  • Sesethu Gift Njokweni,
  • Parsons Letsoalo,
  • Solly Motaung and
  • Santosh Omrajah Ramchuran

15 July 2025

The generation of fine coal particles during mining and processing presents significant environmental and logistical challenges, particularly in coal-dependent, developing countries like South Africa (SA). This review critically evaluates the technic...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,971 Views
17 Pages

In the sciences of the deep past, it is taken for granted that the hypothesis that offers the best explanation is the best confirmed. I examine in detail the debate over the K/Pg mass extinctions that began in 1980 with the publication of the paper b...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,502 Views
31 Pages

Comparing Terrestrial and Mobile Laser Scanning Approaches for Multi-Layer Fuel Load Prediction in the Western United States

  • Eugênia Kelly Luciano Batista,
  • Andrew T. Hudak,
  • Jeff W. Atkins,
  • Eben North Broadbent,
  • Kody Melissa Brock,
  • Michael J. Campbell,
  • Nuria Sánchez-López,
  • Monique Bohora Schlickmann,
  • Francisco Mauro and
  • Carlos Alberto Silva
  • + 14 authors

8 August 2025

Effective estimation of fuel load is critical for mitigating wildfire risks. Here, we evaluate the performance of mobile laser scanning (MLS) and terrestrial laser scanning (TLS) to estimate fuel loads across multiple vegetation layers. Data were col...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,160 Views
24 Pages

On the Biosynthesis of Bioactive Tryptamines in Black Cohosh (Actaea racemosa L.)

  • Martin J. Spiering,
  • James F. Parsons and
  • Edward Eisenstein

20 January 2025

Botanical dietary supplements are widely used, but issues of authenticity, consistency, safety, and efficacy that complicate their poorly understood mechanism of action have prompted questions and concerns in the popular and scientific literature. Bl...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
5,434 Views
40 Pages

29 August 2019

There are frequently interactions between active folds and major rivers (mean annual water discharges > 70 m3s−1). The major river may incise across the fold, to produce a water gap across the fold, or a bevelling (or lateral planation) of t...

  • Article
  • Open Access
13 Citations
5,246 Views
32 Pages

The Role of Continental Mesoscale Convective Systems in Forecast Busts within Global Weather Prediction Systems

  • David B. Parsons,
  • Samuel P. Lillo,
  • Christopher P. Rattray,
  • Peter Bechtold,
  • Mark J. Rodwell and
  • Connor M. Bruce

6 November 2019

Despite significant, steady improvements in the skill of medium-range weather prediction systems over the past several decades, the accuracy of these forecasts are occasionally very poor. These forecast failures are referred to as “busts”...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
3,434 Views
8 Pages

Listeria monocytogenes is a foodborne pathogen that is widely distributed in nature, having been isolated from a variety of sources such as soil, water, plant matter, and animals. In addition, L. monocytogenes is often detected in the regular samplin...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2,535 Views
7 Pages

Introduction: Cerebral perfusion computed tomography (PCT) provides crucial information in acute stroke and has an increasing role in traumatic brain injury (TBI) management. Most studies on TBI patients utilize 64-slice scanners, which are limited t...

  • Article
  • Open Access
16 Citations
5,402 Views
23 Pages

The Effect of Pressure on Halogen Bonding in 4-Iodobenzonitrile

  • Nico Giordano,
  • Sergejs Afanasjevs,
  • Christine M. Beavers,
  • Claire L. Hobday,
  • Konstantin V. Kamenev,
  • Earl F. O’Bannon,
  • Javier Ruiz-Fuertes,
  • Simon J. Teat,
  • Rafael Valiente and
  • Simon Parsons

The crystal structure of 4-iodobenzonitrile, which is monoclinic (space group I2/a) under ambient conditions, contains chains of molecules linked through C≡N···I halogen-bonds. The chains interact through CH··...

  • Article
  • Open Access
12 Citations
4,034 Views
14 Pages

Epidemiology of Shiga Toxin-Producing Escherichia coli O157 in the Province of Alberta, Canada, 2009–2016

  • Luiz F. Lisboa,
  • Jonas Szelewicki,
  • Alex Lin,
  • Sarah Latonas,
  • Vincent Li,
  • Shuai Zhi,
  • Brendon D. Parsons,
  • Byron Berenger,
  • Sumana Fathima and
  • Linda Chui

22 October 2019

Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) infections are the product of the interaction between bacteria, phages, animals, humans, and the environment. In the late 1980s, Alberta had one of the highest incidences of STEC infections in North Ameri...

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