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Exercise instructors in the UK are not using the physical activity guidelines to inform their strength prescription with older adults (2022)
Journal Article

Strength recommendations have been embedded within the UK’s Chief Medical Officers’ physical activity guidelines since 2011. There is limited evidence that these recommendations are used by exercise instructors in the community to underpin strength p... Read More about Exercise instructors in the UK are not using the physical activity guidelines to inform their strength prescription with older adults.

‘Form is temporary, class is permanent’: identifying a longer-term hot hand in golf (2022)
Journal Article
Baker, R., & McHale, I. (2022). ‘Form is temporary, class is permanent’: identifying a longer-term hot hand in golf. Journal of Quantitative Analysis in Sports, 18(4), 241-251. https://doi.org/10.1515/jqas-2022-0051

The existence (or not) of the hot hand in sport continues to attract the attention of economists and psychologists. The paper presents analysis to test the belief prevalent in golfing circles that golfers go in and out of form quickly, while ‘class’... Read More about ‘Form is temporary, class is permanent’: identifying a longer-term hot hand in golf.

Structural investigations into colour-tuneable fluorescent InZnP-based quantum dots from zinc carboxylate and aminophosphine precursors (2022)
Journal Article

Fluorescent InP-based quantum dots have emerged as valuable nanomaterials for display technologies, biological imaging, and optoelectronic applications. The inclusion of zinc can enhance both their emissive and structural properties and reduce interf... Read More about Structural investigations into colour-tuneable fluorescent InZnP-based quantum dots from zinc carboxylate and aminophosphine precursors.

Radiographer abnormality flagging systems in the UK – A preliminary updated assessment of practice (2022)
Journal Article
Harcus, J., & Stevens, B. (2023). Radiographer abnormality flagging systems in the UK – A preliminary updated assessment of practice. Radiography, 29(1), 234-239. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.radi.2022.11.014

Introduction
Radiographer abnormality flagging systems have been in use in the UK for over 30 years, with the guidance of the Society and College of Radiographers indicated that the preliminary clinical evaluation (PCE), or comment, be the preferred... Read More about Radiographer abnormality flagging systems in the UK – A preliminary updated assessment of practice.

‘U OK hun’? Classed femininities, meme culture and locating humour in the celebrity ‘hun’ (2022)
Journal Article
Minor, L. (2022). ‘U OK hun’? Classed femininities, meme culture and locating humour in the celebrity ‘hun’. European Journal of Cultural Studies, 26(6), 840-862. https://doi.org/10.1177/13675494221134344

This article examines ‘huns’ – specifically celebrity huns in the public spotlight – as memetic ‘figures’ who are defined by their loud, tongue-in-cheek and humorous display of British femininities coded as working class. Unlike other female figures... Read More about ‘U OK hun’? Classed femininities, meme culture and locating humour in the celebrity ‘hun’.

Whole exome-sequencing of vitiligo lesions indicate lower burden of somatic variations: implications in risk for non-melanoma skin cancers (2022)
Journal Article

Genetic depigmentary conditions such as albinism with complete loss of epidermal pigmentation pose a higher risk for cutaneous malignancies ( Lekalakala et al., 2015 ). By analogy, clinical management for photoprotection of the acquired depigmented s... Read More about Whole exome-sequencing of vitiligo lesions indicate lower burden of somatic variations: implications in risk for non-melanoma skin cancers.

Framing the barriers to construction industry transformation (2022)
Journal Article
Watts, G., McDermott, P., & Kolo, S. (in press). Framing the barriers to construction industry transformation. Built Environment Project and Asset Management, https://doi.org/10.1108/bepam-01-2022-0010

Purpose (limit 100 words) ‘Transforming construction’ is a wide-ranging strategic term, under which sit numerous initiatives. It is the latest, in a long line of strategies and reports introduced to with the intention of industry improvement. Arguabl... Read More about Framing the barriers to construction industry transformation.

Vegan celebrity activism: an analysis of the critical reception of Joaquin Phoenix’s awards speech activism (2022)
Journal Article

Acceptance speeches have long been used by celebrity activists as platforms from which to promote their personal, political or ethical agendas. The actor Joaquin Phoenix, an outspoken proponent for animal rights and veganism, dominated the Hollywood... Read More about Vegan celebrity activism: an analysis of the critical reception of Joaquin Phoenix’s awards speech activism.

Thermo-solutal stratification and chemical reaction effects on radiative magnetized nanofluid flow along an exponentially stretching sensor plate: computational analysis (2022)
Journal Article
Shamshuddin, M., Shahzad, F., Jamshed, W., Beg, O., Eid, M., & Beg, T. (2022). Thermo-solutal stratification and chemical reaction effects on radiative magnetized nanofluid flow along an exponentially stretching sensor plate: computational analysis. Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials, 565, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmmm.2022.170286

Motivated by emerging technologies in nanofluid electromagnetic sensor systems, a
mathematical model is developed for free convective chemically reacting magnetized
Buongiorno nanofluid flow along a stretching exponential Riga plate with dual (ther... Read More about Thermo-solutal stratification and chemical reaction effects on radiative magnetized nanofluid flow along an exponentially stretching sensor plate: computational analysis.

Biomechanical analysis of the effect of finger joint configuration on hand grasping performance: rigid vs flexible (2022)
Journal Article
Wei, Y., Zou, Z., Qian, Z., Ren, L., & Wei, G. (2022). Biomechanical analysis of the effect of finger joint configuration on hand grasping performance: rigid vs flexible. IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering, 1-1. https://doi.org/10.1109/tnsre.2022.3229165

Human finger joints are conventionally simplified as rigid joints in robotic hand design and biomechanical hand modelling, due to their anatomic and morphologic complexity. However, our understanding of the effect of the finger joint configuration on... Read More about Biomechanical analysis of the effect of finger joint configuration on hand grasping performance: rigid vs flexible.

Mitigation of Chilling Stress by Ozone Pretreatment and Acclimation of Sweet Pepper Grown under Unheated Greenhouse Conditions (2022)
Journal Article
Sharaf-Eldin, M. A., Etman, A. A., Yassin, A. M., Elsayed, S., Scholz, M., & Yaseen, Z. M. (2022). Mitigation of Chilling Stress by Ozone Pretreatment and Acclimation of Sweet Pepper Grown under Unheated Greenhouse Conditions. Horticulturae, 8(12), Article 1189. https://doi.org/10.3390/horticulturae8121189

Ozone is an important air pollutant that causes many challenges for human health, such as lung diseases. The negative impacts of exogenous ozone on cultivated plants have been discussed in several publications, but the positive impacts are less inves... Read More about Mitigation of Chilling Stress by Ozone Pretreatment and Acclimation of Sweet Pepper Grown under Unheated Greenhouse Conditions.

Analysis of dissipative non‐Newtonian magnetic polymer flow from a curved stretching surface with slip and radiative effects (2022)
Journal Article
Beg, O., Gnaneswara Reddy, M., & Tripathi, D. (2022). Analysis of dissipative non‐Newtonian magnetic polymer flow from a curved stretching surface with slip and radiative effects. Heat Transfer, 52(3), 2694-2714. https://doi.org/10.1002/htj.22801

The convective-radiative magnetohydrodynamic non-Newtonian second grade fluid
boundary layer flow from a curved stretching surface has been scrutinized in the present study.
The Reiner-Rivlin second grade viscoelastic model is deployed which provid... Read More about Analysis of dissipative non‐Newtonian magnetic polymer flow from a curved stretching surface with slip and radiative effects.

Data-driven digital transformation for emergency situations: the case of the UK retail sector (2022)
Journal Article
Papanagnou, C., Seiler, A., Spanaki, K., Papadopoulos, T., & Bourlakis, M. (2022). Data-driven digital transformation for emergency situations: the case of the UK retail sector. International Journal of Production Economics, 250, 108628. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpe.2022.108628

The study explores data-driven Digital Transformation (DT) for emergency situations. By adopting a dynamic capability view, we draw on the predictive practices and Big Data (BD) capabilities applied in the UK retail sector and how such capabilities s... Read More about Data-driven digital transformation for emergency situations: the case of the UK retail sector.

Combined procedures for surgical short bowel syndrome: experience from two European centres (2022)
Journal Article
Gigola, F., Coletta, R., Certini, M., Del Riccio, M., Forsythe, L., & Morabito, A. (2022). Combined procedures for surgical short bowel syndrome: experience from two European centres. ANZ Journal of Surgery, https://doi.org/10.1111/ans.18184

Autologous gastrointestinal reconstructive surgery (AGIR) has become a key component of intestinal rehabilitation programs. However, the best surgical option for short bowel syndrome (SBS) remains unknown. This paper presents our experience using com... Read More about Combined procedures for surgical short bowel syndrome: experience from two European centres.

EJISDC Paper 2022 - Appendix (2022)
Data

This document contains the initial and reviewed interview guides used for this study data collection. The document also contains the table describing the attributes of participants and their organizations.

Excess mortality and COVID-19 in Sweden in 2020: A demographic account (2022)
Journal Article
Kolk, M., Drefahl, S., Wallace, M., & Andersson, G. (2022). Excess mortality and COVID-19 in Sweden in 2020: A demographic account. Vienna Yearbook of Population Research, 20, 317-348. https://doi.org/10.1553/populationyearbook2022.res2.2

In this study, we provide an account of mortality levels in Sweden in 2020, focusing on both excess mortality and mortality due to COVID-19 deaths.We present various measures of life expectancy for women and men based on age-specific death rates in 2... Read More about Excess mortality and COVID-19 in Sweden in 2020: A demographic account.

A machine learning approach for predicting critical factors determining adoption of off-site construction in Nigeria (2022)
Journal Article
Wusu, G., Alaka, H., Yusuf, W., Mporas, I., Toriola-Coker, O., & Oseghale, R. (in press). A machine learning approach for predicting critical factors determining adoption of off-site construction in Nigeria. Smart and Sustainable Built Environment, https://doi.org/10.1108/sasbe-06-2022-0113

Purpose (limit 100 words) Several factors influence OSC adoption, but extant literature did not articulate the dominant barriers or drivers influencing adoption. Therefore, this research has not only ventured into analyzing the core influencing facto... Read More about A machine learning approach for predicting critical factors determining adoption of off-site construction in Nigeria.