Article
Environmental Studies
Xiaobin Lou, Liman Man Wai Li
Summary: The relationship between identity and environmental concern varies significantly in research, with different types of identities having different impacts on environmental concern in different cultural contexts.
JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY
(2021)
Article
Computer Science, Information Systems
Tarek Alkhaeir, Bartosz Walter
Summary: The relationship between design patterns and defects varies in literature, potentially due to contextual factors such as code smells. Results show that design pattern classes with code smells attract more defects, while non-smelly pattern classes have minimal impact on defects.
Article
Computer Science, Software Engineering
Jose Amancio M. Santos, Gadiel Xavier Antunes Petronilo
Summary: Code smell refers to potential problems in software design, while design pattern describes good design solutions. Both concepts serve as metaphors for understanding and communication in software design. This study aimed to empirically investigate the relationship between code smells and design patterns. Through mining software repositories and studying software evolution, the researchers analyzed 61 software and identified classes linked to both code smells and design patterns. The findings showed that the relationship between smells and design patterns varied depending on the software, and that the instability metric weakly reflected this relationship.
JOURNAL OF SOFTWARE-EVOLUTION AND PROCESS
(2022)
Review
Psychology, Multidisciplinary
Vivien Pong, Kim-Pong Tam
Summary: Global issues require collective efforts. Global identity has been linked to pro-environmental behavior and environmental concern, but the underlying mechanisms are not well understood. This systematic review examines past studies on the relationship between global identity and pro-environmental behavior and environmental concern, and identifies the potential pathways, such as obligation, responsibility, and relevance. The review also highlights the heterogeneity in measurements and suggests future research directions.
FRONTIERS IN PSYCHOLOGY
(2023)
Article
Food Science & Technology
Haixia Yang, Xingxia Tuo, Lingbo Wang, Rosa Tundis, Maria P. Portillo, Jesus Simal-Gandara, Yan Yu, Liang Zou, Jianbo Xiao, Jianjun Deng
Summary: Procyanidins, commonly found in plants, are beneficial compounds with various health effects. The relationship between their structure and activity has been reviewed, highlighting challenges in understanding their complexity and isolating them for research.
TRENDS IN FOOD SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
(2021)
Article
Chemistry, Physical
Ming Xi, Famin Chen, Chunsheng Gong, Shangjie Tian, Qiangwei Yin, Tian Qian, Hechang Lei
Summary: In this study, ferrimagnetic MnSb2Te4 crystals with enhanced magnetic and topological properties were obtained using a modified crystal growth method. Time-and angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy revealed the electronic structure characteristics of MnSb2Te4.
JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY LETTERS
(2022)
Article
Engineering, Mechanical
Fufu Yang, Miao Zhang, Jiayao Ma, Zhong You, Ying Yu, Yan Chen, Glaucio H. Paulino
Summary: Resch patterns are tessellation origami patterns consisting of more than one type of polygons. They are generally rigid foldable but have a large number of degrees of freedom. In order to achieve one-DOF forms of triangular Resch pattern units, the thick-panel technique is employed to replace spherical linkages with spatial linkages. The compatibility among all the vertices is studied by kinematic analysis, and two design schemes are obtained to form a one-DOF origami structure.
MECHANISM AND MACHINE THEORY
(2022)
Article
Physics, Multidisciplinary
Peco Myint, Karl F. Ludwig, Lutz Wiegart, Yugang Zhang, Andrei Fluerasu, Xiaozhi Zhang, Randall L. Headrick
Summary: In investigating the self-organized ion-beam nanopatterning of silicon using coherent x-ray scattering, a relationship similar to de Gennes narrowing is discovered. However, unlike the classic phenomenon, the dynamic surface exhibits a wide range of behaviors with compressed exponential relaxation at lengths corresponding to the dominant structural motif. This behavior is attributed to the morphological persistence of the self-organized surface ripple patterns.
PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS
(2021)
Article
Engineering, Industrial
Craig Langston
Summary: The research explores the importance of innovation during project delivery and how it can be optimized by the contractor for better outcomes. The findings show that project innovation is correlated with contractor success, leading to improved efficacy, efficiency, and margin. These findings are of significant value to both the head contractor and subcontractors.
ENGINEERING CONSTRUCTION AND ARCHITECTURAL MANAGEMENT
(2023)
Article
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Josko Osredkar, Barbara Zvar Baskovic, Petra Finderle, Barbara Bobrowska-Korczak, Paulina Gatarek, Angelina Rosiak, Joanna Giebultowicz, Maja Jekovec Vrhovsek, Joanna Kaluzna-Czaplinska
Summary: Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a complex developmental disorder that affects communication and behavior. This study found higher levels of uremic toxins, p-cresyl sulphate (pCS) and indoxyl sulphate (IS), in the urine of children with ASD compared to healthy children. Additionally, lower levels of trimethylamine N-oxide (TMAO), symmetric dimethylarginine (SDMA), and asymmetric dimethylarginine (ADMA) were observed in ASD patients.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES
(2023)
Article
Polymer Science
Patrich Ferretti, Christian Leon-Cardenas, Gian Maria Santi, Merve Sali, Elisa Ciotti, Leonardo Frizziero, Giampiero Donnici, Alfredo Liverani
Summary: This study focuses on the development of 3D printing technology and parameter optimization in the FDM process and its impact on quality. The results are expected to make the FDM process a reliable manufacturing method that can be used not only for prototyping but also in industrial manufacturing.
Article
Environmental Sciences
Ghazala Aziz, Suleman Sarwar, Muhammad Shahbaz, Muhammad Nasir Malik, Rida Waheed
Summary: This article examines the role of creativity in controlling carbon intensity in OPEC countries. Panel estimation techniques are used to analyze annual data from 1990 to 2018. The empirical evidence shows that patent rights and innovation are policy factors that help control carbon intensity, leading to an energy-efficient and environmentally friendly society. However, the impact of innovations is stronger than that of patents. On the other hand, urbanization and economic growth are key determinants that increase carbon intensity, while renewable energy has an insignificant effect. The empirical analysis, particularly on creativity, provides practical implications for authorities in controlling carbon intensity and improving energy efficiency.
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH
(2023)
Review
Psychology, Multidisciplinary
Barbara Csala, Constanze Maria Springinsfeld, Ferenc Koteles
Summary: The review found a positive association between yoga practice and spirituality, with aspects such as spiritual aspirations, a search for insight/wisdom, an integrative worldview, and faith being linked to yoga practice. However, caution is advised in interpreting the results due to the risk of bias in the majority of reviewed studies.
FRONTIERS IN PSYCHOLOGY
(2021)
Article
Agricultural Engineering
Weiming Li, Lihui Lu, Chi Cheng, Nanqi Ren, Shang-Tian Yang, Meng Liu
Summary: This study investigates the relationship between substrate reduction degree and hydrogen production performance by fermenting mannitol and mannitol-rich seaweed. The results show that higher reduction degree substrates yield higher hydrogen production and demonstrate the great application potential of brown algae fermentation for the co-production of hydrogen and butyrate.
BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY
(2022)
Article
Health Care Sciences & Services
Alessio Gori, Eleonora Topino, Caterina Pucci, Mark D. Griffiths
Summary: Exercise addiction can severely impact individuals' lives and have significant psychophysical consequences. Research has shown that alexithymia has a significant positive association with exercise addiction, mainly mediated by body image concerns. Self-esteem plays a crucial moderating role in this relationship.
JOURNAL OF PERSONALIZED MEDICINE
(2021)
Article
Computer Science, Software Engineering
Fiorella Zampetti, Carmine Vassallo, Sebastiano Panichella, Gerardo Canfora, Harald Gall, Massimiliano Di Penta
EMPIRICAL SOFTWARE ENGINEERING
(2020)
Article
Computer Science, Software Engineering
Phuong T. Nguyen, Juri Di Rocco, Davide Di Ruscio, Massimiliano Di Penta
JOURNAL OF SYSTEMS AND SOFTWARE
(2020)
Article
Computer Science, Information Systems
Fiorella Zampetti, Andrea Di Sorbo, Corrado Aaron Visaggio, Gerardo Canfora, Massimiliano Di Penta
INFORMATION AND SOFTWARE TECHNOLOGY
(2020)
Article
Biology
Francesca Pia Caruso, Luciano Garofano, Fulvio D'Angelo, Kai Yu, Fuchou Tang, Jinzhou Yuan, Jing Zhang, Luigi Cerulo, Stefano M. Pagnotta, Davide Bedognetti, Peter A. Sims, Mario Suva, Xiao-Dong Su, Anna Lasorella, Antonio Iavarone, Michele Ceccarelli
Article
Biochemical Research Methods
Antonio de Falco, Zoltan Dezso, Francesco Ceccarelli, Luigi Cerulo, Angelo Ciaramella, Michele Ceccarelli
Summary: The cost of drug development has increased, requiring the selection of drug targets, and the authors propose a Gaussian Process model. Due to the lack of negative samples, a new hyperparameter selection method is proposed. In the prediction of oncology drug druggability, the author's method has achieved good results.
Article
Pathology
A. Remo, S. Sina, S. Barbi, I Simeone, J. Insolda, P. Parcesepe, G. Giordano, L. Cerulo, M. Ceccarelli, F. Fiorica, A. Bonetti, M. Pancione, E. Manfrin
Summary: The study evaluated the biological relationship between canonical and non-canonical Wnt pathways in breast carcinomas with extensive peritumoral vascular invasion. Results showed that both pathways are synergistic in malignant progression and survival time, with nWnt activation associated with a poor prognosis similar to inflammatory breast carcinoma. Additionally, ePVI may represent a precursor form of IBC due to its clinicopathological and biological similarities with IBC.
PATHOLOGY RESEARCH AND PRACTICE
(2021)
Article
Computer Science, Software Engineering
Andrea Di Sorbo, Sebastiano Panichella, Corrado A. Visaggio, Massimiliano Di Penta, Gerardo Canfora, Harald C. Gall
Summary: The study introduces NEON, a natural language processing-based software documentation analyzer, which automates the mining of patterns and rules, reducing the manual effort required for tagging. Through analysis and classification of mobile app reviews, developers discussions, and issues, NEON demonstrates excellent performance and significant time savings.
IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON SOFTWARE ENGINEERING
(2021)
Article
Computer Science, Software Engineering
Camilo Escobar-Velasquez, Mario Linares-Vasquez, Gabriele Bavota, Michele Tufano, Kevin Moran, Massimiliano Di Penta, Christopher Vendome, Carlos Bernal-Cardenas, Denys Poshyvanyk
Summary: This paper presents the process of creating a taxonomy of mutation operations and two tools for generating mutant Android apps. The taxonomy includes 262 types of Android faults grouped into 14 categories, and the tools implement 38 mutation operators. The evaluation shows the effectiveness of the taxonomy, operators, and tools in generating representative mutants compared to other mutation tools.
IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON SOFTWARE ENGINEERING
(2022)
Article
Physics, Multidisciplinary
Luigi Cerulo, Stefano Maria Pagnotta
Summary: Gene-set enrichment analysis is a crucial method to obtain biological information from transcriptomic data. While global tests have received more attention, competitive methods, which are independent of gene-profile sources, have been less explored. In this study, we analyzed the properties of the competitive Mann-Whitney-Wilcoxon test and introduced a Normalized Enrichment Score for interpretation in enrichment analysis. We provided two implementations, an R package and an online web tool, for reproducible research with tabular and graphical results.
Article
Computer Science, Software Engineering
Phuong T. Nguyen, Juri Di Rocco, Claudio Di Sipio, Davide Di Ruscio, Massimiliano Di Penta
Summary: This article introduces a new approach called FOCUS, which provides developers with API calls and source code during programming by extracting API usage from open-source software projects through collaborative filtering technique. Empirical evaluation on Android programming shows that FOCUS outperforms other API recommenders in terms of prediction accuracy, and users positively perceive the recommended API and source code.
IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON SOFTWARE ENGINEERING
(2021)
Article
Computer Science, Software Engineering
Vittoria Nardone, Biruk Muse, Mouna Abidi, Foutse Khomh, Massimiliano Di Penta
Summary: This article aims to define a catalog of bad smells related to video game development by mining discussions on forums and surveying game development professionals. The catalog consists of 28 bad smells organized into five categories, covering various problems in game design, physics, animation, rendering, and multiplayer. The survey respondents agreed with these bad smells and provided further insights on them.
ACM TRANSACTIONS ON SOFTWARE ENGINEERING AND METHODOLOGY
(2023)
Article
Computer Science, Software Engineering
Andrea Di Sorbo, Fiorella Zampetti, Aaron Visaggio, Massimiliano Di Penta, Sebastiano Panichella
Summary: Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) are widely used nowadays and software defects in these systems can cause safety issues. To minimize the harm to humans and properties, it is important to identify and manage safety risks throughout the lifecycle of UAV software. Researchers experiment with automated approaches to detect safety-related matters in issue reports and pull requests, and propose a categorization of hazards and accidents discussed in these reports.
ACM TRANSACTIONS ON SOFTWARE ENGINEERING AND METHODOLOGY
(2023)
Article
Computer Science, Software Engineering
Fiorella Zampetti, Damian Tamburri, Sebastiano Panichella, Annibale Panichella, Gerardo Canfora, Massimiliano Di Penta
Summary: CI/CD practices have benefits for software development and operations, but applying them to CPS development can be challenging. This study investigates the challenges and barriers of applying CI/CD to CPS development in 10 organizations across eight domains. The study reveals peculiarities in the application of CI/CD to CPSs and suggests the need for balancing continuous and periodic builds, addressing difficulties in software deployment, considering behavior differences in simulators and Hardware-in-the-Loop, and combining hardware/software expertise in the development team. The findings can inform the development of CI/CD pipelines and interdisciplinary university curricula.
ACM TRANSACTIONS ON SOFTWARE ENGINEERING AND METHODOLOGY
(2023)
Article
Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence
Phuong T. Nguyen, Claudio Di Sipio, Juri Di Rocco, Davide Di Ruscio, Massimiliano Di Penta
Summary: While implementing software projects, developers aim to reuse existing API calls and source code rather than reinventing the wheel. The problems of recommending APIs and code snippets have been extensively studied, but there is a need for further improvement. This work proposes LUPE, a novel approach that utilizes deep learning techniques to effectively learn and recommend API sequences based on a given coding context. LUPE outperforms state-of-the-art API recommender systems and achieves high prediction accuracy with augmented training data.
EXPERT SYSTEMS WITH APPLICATIONS
(2023)
Article
Biochemical Research Methods
Luigi Ferraro, Giovanni Scala, Luigi Cerulo, Emanuele Carosati, Michele Ceccarelli
Summary: This study developed an artificial neural network model for predicting drug sensitivity, enhancing interpretability. The model utilized multiomics data from different tumor tissue sources and molecular descriptors encapsulating drug properties. Results showed favorable outcomes in predicting drug synergy, outperforming state-of-the-art machine learning algorithms in publicly available drug screening datasets.
