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Designing a culturally appropriate self- management intervention for primary breast cancer patients from different ethnic groups using Experience Based Co-Design (EBCD) (2014)
Journal Article
Scanlon, K., Tompkins, C., Wray, J., Hepworth, C., Dale, C., & Armes, J. (2014). Designing a culturally appropriate self- management intervention for primary breast cancer patients from different ethnic groups using Experience Based Co-Design (EBCD). Psycho-Oncology, 23(3), 166-167. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1099-1611.2014.3694

Breast cancer is the most common cancer among women, irrespective of ethnic background. Our understanding of the needs of breast cancer survivors from different ethnic backgrounds is limited. Breast Cancer Care currently provides a self-management co... Read More about Designing a culturally appropriate self- management intervention for primary breast cancer patients from different ethnic groups using Experience Based Co-Design (EBCD).

Patient attitudes to intensive care and life-sustaining technology (2014)
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Tully, R., Kitchen, G., Tufchi, A., Saha, B., & Baker, R. (2014). Patient attitudes to intensive care and life-sustaining technology. Journal of the Intensive Care Society, 15(4), 331-335. https://doi.org/10.1177/175114371401500413

We used a validated questionnaire to explore the views of patients regarding receiving intensive care and life-sustaining technology. Data was obtained from 38 patients. A score was obtained for ‘general attitude towards use of lifesustaining/prolong... Read More about Patient attitudes to intensive care and life-sustaining technology.

Electroluminescence from an electrostatically doped carbon nanotube field-effect transistor (2014)
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carbon nanotube field-effect transistor. Nanoscience and Nanotechnology Letters, 6(10), 881-886. https://doi.org/10.1166/nnl.2014.1831

We report electroluminescence (EL) from a carbon nanotube field-effect transistor with split-gates.
EL is generated by the electrostatic doping technique. Six EL bands could be observed, with the
strongest band peaking between 0.867 and 0.850 eV wi... Read More about Electroluminescence from an electrostatically doped carbon nanotube field-effect transistor.

The effect of autonomous information on machine learning (2014)
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Cheng, K., & Chang, K. (2014). The effect of autonomous information on machine learning. Journal of computers and applied science education, 1(2), 16-30

The wireless electrical engineering approach to DNS is defined not only by the investigation of model checking, but also by the typical need for Lamport clocks (Corbato, Raman, Cheng, & Gupta, 2002). The purpose of the study is an application for the... Read More about The effect of autonomous information on machine learning.

Persian sentiment analyzer : a framework based on a novel feature selection method (2014)
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feature selection method. International Journal of Artificial Intelligence, 12(2), 115-129

In the recent decade, with the enormous growth of digital content in internet and databases,
sentiment analysis has received more and more attention between information retrieval and
natural language processing researchers. Sentiment analysis aims... Read More about Persian sentiment analyzer : a framework based on a novel feature selection method.

Aspergillus fumigatus proteases, Asp f 5 and Asp f 13, are essential for airway inflammation and remodelling in a murine inhalation model (2014)
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BACKGROUND: In susceptible individuals, exposure to Aspergillus fumigatus can lead to the development of atopic lung diseases such as allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis (ABPA) and severe asthma with fungal sensitization (SAFS). Protease allergen... Read More about Aspergillus fumigatus proteases, Asp f 5 and Asp f 13, are essential for airway inflammation and remodelling in a murine inhalation model.

Tracking timbral changes in metal productions from 1990 to 2013 (2014)
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Williams, D. (2014). Tracking timbral changes in metal productions from 1990 to 2013. Metal music studies (Online), 1(1), 39-68. https://doi.org/10.1386/mms.1.1.39_1

The metal scene has undergone an evolution in sonic characteristics that is partially rooted in music technology developments and associated production techniques that have given rise to a set of identifiably distinct ‘metal’ timbres. The science of... Read More about Tracking timbral changes in metal productions from 1990 to 2013.

The Effectiveness of Footwear and Other Removable Off-loading Devices in the Treatment of Diabetic Foot Ulcers: A Systematic Review (2014)
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Healy, A., Naemi, R., & Chockalingam, N. (2014). The Effectiveness of Footwear and Other Removable Off-loading Devices in the Treatment of Diabetic Foot Ulcers: A Systematic Review. Current Diabetes Reviews, 10(4), 215-230. https://doi.org/10.2174/1573399810666140918121438

Aim: To conduct a systematic review which examined the effectiveness of footwear and other removable off-loading devices as interventions for the treatment of diabetic foot ulcers or the alteration of biomechanical factors associated with ulcer heali... Read More about The Effectiveness of Footwear and Other Removable Off-loading Devices in the Treatment of Diabetic Foot Ulcers: A Systematic Review.

A random forest approach for predicting the presence of Echinococcus multilocularis intermediate host Ochotona spp. presence in relation to landscape characteristics in western China (2014)
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Understanding distribution patterns of hosts implicated in the transmission of zoonotic disease remains
a key goal of parasitology. Here, random forests are employed to model spatial patterns of the presence of
the plateau pika (Ochotona spp.) smal... Read More about A random forest approach for predicting the presence of Echinococcus multilocularis intermediate host Ochotona spp. presence in relation to landscape characteristics in western China.

An assessment of land use sources of barriers and the community-based housing model in the UK (2014)
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Oladotun, A., & Ahmed, V. (2014). An assessment of land use sources of barriers and the community-based housing model in the UK. International Journal of Housing Markets and Analysis, 7(4), 539 -558. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJHMA-02-2013-0012

Purpose – The aim of this study is to define land use policy sources of barriers to community-based housing options in practice.


Design/methodology/approach – The paper accentuated the need to tackle land use sources of barrier to Community La... Read More about An assessment of land use sources of barriers and the community-based housing model in the UK.

Environmental factors influencing the recruitment and catch of tropical Panulirus lobsters in southern Java, Indonesia (2014)
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Milton, D., Satria, F., Proctor, C., Prasetyo, A., Utama, A., & Fauzi, M. (2014). Environmental factors influencing the recruitment and catch of tropical Panulirus lobsters in southern Java, Indonesia. Continental Shelf Research, 91, 247-255. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.csr.2014.09.011

Tropical Panulirus lobster fisheries in many parts of the world are open-access and poorly-regulated. This is in part because tropical Panulirus lobsters have an extended pelagic larval phase (up to 9 months) and their larval settlement may take plac... Read More about Environmental factors influencing the recruitment and catch of tropical Panulirus lobsters in southern Java, Indonesia.

Companies’ Access to Finance, Co-operative Industrial Relations, and Economic Growth: A Comparative Analysis of the States of South Eastern Europe (2014)
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This paper examines the links between corporate funding, cooperative industrial relations, and wage flexibility, on the one hand, and economic growth, on the other, in 11 countries in South Eastern Europe. These links have been downplayed in previou... Read More about Companies’ Access to Finance, Co-operative Industrial Relations, and Economic Growth: A Comparative Analysis of the States of South Eastern Europe.

Comparing the export coefficient approach with the soil and water assessment tool to predict phosphorous pollution : the Kan Watershed case study (2014)
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Delkash, M., Al-Faraj, F., & Scholz, M. (2014). Comparing the export coefficient approach with the soil and water assessment tool to predict phosphorous pollution : the Kan Watershed case study. Water, Air, and Soil Pollution, 225(10), 21-22. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11270-014-2122-7

Water quality protection has become a key concern in water resources development and management. Uncontrolled nutrient input may challenge the quality of some water bodies. This study uses the relatively steep Kan watershed located in the north-west... Read More about Comparing the export coefficient approach with the soil and water assessment tool to predict phosphorous pollution : the Kan Watershed case study.

Does flip-flop style footwear modify ankle biomechanics and foot loading patterns? (2014)
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Price, C., Andrejevas, V., Findlow, A., Graham-Smith, P., & Jones, R. (2014). Does flip-flop style footwear modify ankle biomechanics and foot loading patterns?. Journal of Foot and Ankle Research, 7(40), https://doi.org/10.1186/s13047-014-0040-y

Background
Flip-flops are an item of footwear, which are rubber and loosely secured across the dorsal fore-foot. These are popular in warm climates; however are widely criticised for being detrimental to foot health and potentially modifying walkin... Read More about Does flip-flop style footwear modify ankle biomechanics and foot loading patterns?.

European neonatal intensive care nursing research priorities: an e-Delphi study (2014)
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priorities: an e-Delphi study. Archives of Disease in Childhood, 100, F66-F71

Objective This study aimed to identify and prioritise
neonatal intensive care nursing research topics across
Europe using an e-Delphi technique.
Design An e-Delphi technique with three questionnaire
rounds was performed. Qualitative responses of... Read More about European neonatal intensive care nursing research priorities: an e-Delphi study.

The synergistic effect of gentamicin and ceftazidime against Pseudomonas fluorescens (2014)
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Morgan, A. E. (2014). The synergistic effect of gentamicin and ceftazidime against Pseudomonas fluorescens. Bioscience Horizons, 7, hzu007-hzu007. https://doi.org/10.1093/biohorizons/hzu007

With antibiotic resistance becoming a significant problem in recent years, methodologies to overcome resistance have quickly become a necessity. One such mechanism to overcome resistance is to use antibiotics in combination. Clinical advice recommend... Read More about The synergistic effect of gentamicin and ceftazidime against Pseudomonas fluorescens.