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Immune biomarkers predicting clinical outcomes for major trauma patients (2020)
Thesis
Saleem, A. Immune biomarkers predicting clinical outcomes for major trauma patients. (Dissertation). University of Salford

Major trauma continues to be the most common cause of death in the population under the age of 40 in England. Despite advances in trauma care in the UK, sepsis and multiple organ dysfunction syndrome (MODS) continue to be severe complications of trau... Read More about Immune biomarkers predicting clinical outcomes for major trauma patients.

In the name of common sense (2020)
Journal Article
Weinberg, A. (2020). In the name of common sense

Ashley Weinberg, chair of BPS Political Psychology Section, explores the nature of toxic behaviour in political workplaces and asks how it can made a thing of the past.

Numerical investigation of the effect of tread pattern on rotating wheel aerodynamics (2020)
Journal Article
Soliman, M., El-Baz, A., Abdel-Aziz, M., Abdel-Aziz, N., & Sugar-Gabor, O. (2020). Numerical investigation of the effect of tread pattern on rotating wheel aerodynamics. International journal of automotive and mechanical engineering (Kuantan), 17(4), 8234-8245. https://doi.org/10.15282/IJAME.17.4.2020.01.0621

The present work investigates the dynamic effect of wheel rotation on the aerodynamic characteristics of slick type (ST) wheel of Formula One racing cars using a computational approach. The ST wheel model was compared to experimental results as a val... Read More about Numerical investigation of the effect of tread pattern on rotating wheel aerodynamics.

Performance portfolio David Richard Peter Childs DMA 2020 (2020)
Thesis
Childs, D. Performance portfolio David Richard Peter Childs DMA 2020. (Thesis). University of Salford

I have chosen to be assessed as an instrumentalist and interpreter of music. The criteria laid down by the University of Salford Senate Research and Graduate Studies Committee has influenced the selection of repertoire performed on both my studio rec... Read More about Performance portfolio David Richard Peter Childs DMA 2020.

Child prosthetics – a perspective (2020)
Book Chapter
Dyson, M., Wheeler, G., Langley, J., Needham, A., Mills, N., & Head, J. (2020). Child prosthetics – a perspective. In K. Nazarpour (Ed.), Control of prosthetic hands : challenges and emerging avenues (175-188). Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET). https://doi.org/10.1049/PBHE022E_ch9

This chapter summarises conversations between researchers working in healthcare and academia linked through membership of the Starworks Network, a UK National Institute for Health Research initiative to accelerate the translation of child prosthetics... Read More about Child prosthetics – a perspective.

Infant mortality among native-born children of immigrants in France, 2008–17: results from a socio-demographic panel survey (2020)
Journal Article
Wallace, M., Khlat, M., & Guillot, M. (2021). Infant mortality among native-born children of immigrants in France, 2008–17: results from a socio-demographic panel survey. European Journal of Public Health, 31(2), 326-333. https://doi.org/10.1093/eurpub/ckaa186

Background
Within Europe, France stands out as a major country that lacks recent and reliable evidence on how infant mortality levels vary among the native-born children of immigrants compared with the native-born children of two parents born in Fra... Read More about Infant mortality among native-born children of immigrants in France, 2008–17: results from a socio-demographic panel survey.

Settlement, land-use and communication at Cuerden, Central Lancashire : an archaeological case study (2020)
Journal Article
Cook, O., & Miller, I. (2020). Settlement, land-use and communication at Cuerden, Central Lancashire : an archaeological case study

An archaeological investigation undertaken by Salford Archaeology in 2016-18 ahead of a large development at Cuerden in Central Lancashire yielded significant evidence for land use in the area from the prehistoric period through to the present day. I... Read More about Settlement, land-use and communication at Cuerden, Central Lancashire : an archaeological case study.

The effects of dry and wet rock surfaces on shear behavior of the interface between rock and cemented paste backfill (2020)
Journal Article

Cemented Paste Backfill (CPB) technology has been effective in using the tailings to refill the underground cavities. The wet or dry rock surface can significantly affect the stability of the CPB-Rock interface, and the shear load-bearing capacity of... Read More about The effects of dry and wet rock surfaces on shear behavior of the interface between rock and cemented paste backfill.

Parapatric pied and red-handed tamarin responses to congeneric and conspecific calls (2020)
Journal Article
Sobroza, T., Gordo, M., Barnett, A., Boubli, J., & Spironello, W. (2021). Parapatric pied and red-handed tamarin responses to congeneric and conspecific calls. Acta oecologica, 110, 103688. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actao.2020.103688

Aggressive behaviors are widespread among territorial species and asymmetrical aggressiveness may imply differential access to resources. At a larger scale, such asymmetry may also drive shifts in geographic distributions. The pied tamarin (Saguinus... Read More about Parapatric pied and red-handed tamarin responses to congeneric and conspecific calls.

Zero-debt policy under asymmetric information, flexibility and free cash flow considerations (2020)
Journal Article
Miglo, A. (2020). Zero-debt policy under asymmetric information, flexibility and free cash flow considerations. Journal of Risk and Financial Management, 13(12), 296. https://doi.org/10.3390/jrfm13120296

We build a model of debt for firms with investment projects, for which flexibility and free cash flow problems are important issues. We focus on the factors that lead the firm to select the zero-debt policy. Our model provides an explanation of the s... Read More about Zero-debt policy under asymmetric information, flexibility and free cash flow considerations.

Assessment of the effluents of Basra City main water treatment plants for drinking and irrigation purposes (2020)
Journal Article

A severe water scarcity challenge is facing Iraq, which is predominantly due to the absence of water management policies, negatively impacting the water quantity and quality provision from the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers. Moreover, these practices ha... Read More about Assessment of the effluents of Basra City main water treatment plants for drinking and irrigation purposes.

Burns pain management in Ghana: The role of nurse–patient communication (2020)
Journal Article
Tetteh, L., Aziato, L., Mensah, G., Vehviläinen-Julkunen, K., & Kwegyir-Afful, E. (2020). Burns pain management in Ghana: The role of nurse–patient communication. Burns, 47(6), 1416-1423. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.burns.2020.11.011

Background:

Nursing is an embodiment of knowledge, clinical work, and interpersonal communication. Effective nursing care has a distinct influence on the overall satisfaction and experience of the patient. Communication is said to be indispensabl... Read More about Burns pain management in Ghana: The role of nurse–patient communication.

Factors influencing acceptance or rejection regarding being the host community for post-disaster resettlements in developing countries (2020)
Journal Article

Post-disaster relocations have both positive and negative impacts on host communities. Receiving the
host community’s willingness to host the new community is essential to ensure integration and the
sustainability of the new resettlement. This “wil... Read More about Factors influencing acceptance or rejection regarding being the host community for post-disaster resettlements in developing countries.

A grey wolf-based method for mammographic mass classification (2020)
Journal Article
Tahoun, M., Almazroi, A., Alqarni, M., Gaber, T., Mahmoud, E., & Eltoukhy, M. (2020). A grey wolf-based method for mammographic mass classification. Applied Sciences, 10(23), e8422. https://doi.org/10.3390/app10238422

Breast cancer is one of the most prevalent cancer types with a high mortality rate in women worldwide. This devastating cancer still represents a worldwide public health concern in terms of high morbidity and mortality rates. The diagnosis of breast... Read More about A grey wolf-based method for mammographic mass classification.

Comprehensive Multi-omics Analysis Reveals Mitochondrial Stress as a Central Biological Hub for Spaceflight Impact (2020)
Journal Article

Spaceflight is known to impose changes on human physiology with unknown molecular etiologies. To reveal these causes, we used a multi-omics, systems biology analytical approach using biomedical profiles from fifty-nine astronauts and data from NASA's... Read More about Comprehensive Multi-omics Analysis Reveals Mitochondrial Stress as a Central Biological Hub for Spaceflight Impact.

Foraging behaviour alters with social environment in a juvenile songbird (2020)
Journal Article
Franks, V., G. Ewen, J., McCready, M., & Thorogood, R. (2020). Foraging behaviour alters with social environment in a juvenile songbird. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 287(1939), https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2020.1878

Early independence from parents is a critical period where social information acquired vertically may become outdated, or conflict with new information. However, across natural populations, it is unclear if newly independent young persist in using in... Read More about Foraging behaviour alters with social environment in a juvenile songbird.