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Bank failure prediction: corporate governance and financial indicators (2023)
Journal Article
Alzayed, N., Eskandari, R., & Yazdifar, H. (in press). Bank failure prediction: corporate governance and financial indicators. Review of Quantitative Finance and Accounting, https://doi.org/10.1007/s11156-023-01158-z

This paper reiterates the importance of corporate governance in banks. Failure prediction studies have mainly relied on using financial ratios as predictors. The most suitable financial predictors for banks are financial ratios following the CAMEL ra... Read More about Bank failure prediction: corporate governance and financial indicators.

Most common movements preceding goal scoring situations in female professional soccer (2023)
Journal Article
Martínez-Hernández, D., Quinn, M., & Jones, P. (in press). Most common movements preceding goal scoring situations in female professional soccer. Science and Medicine in Football, 1-9. https://doi.org/10.1080/24733938.2023.2214106

This study aimed to assess movements occurring during goal scoring situations in a female professional league. Data from all the goals on the Women’s Super League 2018/2019 were collected through time-motion analysis using a modified version of th... Read More about Most common movements preceding goal scoring situations in female professional soccer.

Technical and clinical assessment of latest technology SiPM integrated digital PETCT scanner (2023)
Journal Article
Singh, M., Mohan, P., Mahajan, H., & Kaushik, C. (2023). Technical and clinical assessment of latest technology SiPM integrated digital PETCT scanner. Radiography, 29(4), 705-711. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.radi.2023.04.020

Objective The aim of this study was to conduct a technical and clinical evaluation of a Silicon Photomultiplier (SiPM) integrated digital Positron Emission Tomography – Computed Tomography (PETCT) Scanner using National Electrical Manufacturers Asso... Read More about Technical and clinical assessment of latest technology SiPM integrated digital PETCT scanner.

Psychometric testing of the British‐English Long‐Term Conditions Job Strain Scale, Long‐Term Conditions Work Spillover Scale and Work‐Health‐Personal Life Perceptions Scale in four rheumatic and musculoskeletal conditions (2023)
Journal Article
Hammond, A., Tennant, A., Ching, A., Parker, J., Prior, Y., Gignac, M. A. M., …O’Brien, R. (in press). Psychometric testing of the British‐English Long‐Term Conditions Job Strain Scale, Long‐Term Conditions Work Spillover Scale and Work‐Health‐Personal Life Perceptions Scale in four rheumatic and musculoskeletal conditions. Musculoskeletal Care, https://doi.org/10.1002/msc.1774

Objective: The aims were to validate linguistically British-English versions of the Long-Term Conditions Job Strain Scale (LTCJSS), Long-Term Conditions Work Spillover Scale (LTCWSS) and Work-Health-Personal Life Perceptions Scale (WHPLPS) in rheumat... Read More about Psychometric testing of the British‐English Long‐Term Conditions Job Strain Scale, Long‐Term Conditions Work Spillover Scale and Work‐Health‐Personal Life Perceptions Scale in four rheumatic and musculoskeletal conditions.

The 2010–15 coalition government and the legacy of free schools in England (2023)
Journal Article
Williams, B. (2023). The 2010–15 coalition government and the legacy of free schools in England. Policy Futures in Education, https://doi.org/10.1177/14782103231176360

Free schools were a flagship policy of the Conservative-Liberal Democrat coalition (2010–15), aligned with the broader academisation programme, yet both consolidating and transcending New Labour’s educational narrative between 1997 and 2010. Driven b... Read More about The 2010–15 coalition government and the legacy of free schools in England.