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A vast 4000-year-old spatial pattern of termite mounds (2018)
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Martin, S., Funch, R., Hanson, P., & Yoo, E. (2018). A vast 4000-year-old spatial pattern of termite mounds. Current Biology, 28(22), R1292-R1293. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2018.09.061

The origins of many large-scale ‘biogenic’ earthen structures are controversial, because often the species that built them have vanished. This is especially true when they form regular (over-dispersed), self-organized vegetation patterns [1]. Here, w... Read More about A vast 4000-year-old spatial pattern of termite mounds.

Putting context to numbers : a geotechnical risk trajectory to cost overrun extremism (2018)
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Amadi, A., & Higham, A. (2019). Putting context to numbers : a geotechnical risk trajectory to cost overrun extremism. Construction Management and Economics, 37(4), 217-237. https://doi.org/10.1080/01446193.2018.1513656

The study investigates the cause of the unusually high cost overruns experienced in highway project delivery in the tropical wetland setting of the Niger Delta region of Nigeria. This is in view of the extensive literature supporting the link betw... Read More about Putting context to numbers : a geotechnical risk trajectory to cost overrun extremism.

Quantifying and contextualising cyclone-driven, extreme flood magnitudes in bedrock-influenced dryland rivers (2018)
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Heritage, G., Entwistle, N., Milan, D., & Tooth, S. (2018). Quantifying and contextualising cyclone-driven, extreme flood magnitudes in bedrock-influenced dryland rivers. Advances in water resources, 123(Jan 19), 145-159. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.advwatres.2018.11.006

In many drylands worldwide, rivers are subjected to episodic, extreme flood events and associated sediment stripping. These events may trigger transformations from mixed bedrock-alluvial channels characterised by high geomorphic and ecological divers... Read More about Quantifying and contextualising cyclone-driven, extreme flood magnitudes in bedrock-influenced dryland rivers.

Many Labs 2 : Investigating Variation in Replicability Across Sample and Setting (2018)
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Klein, R., & et al. (2018). Many Labs 2 : Investigating Variation in Replicability Across Sample and Setting. https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/9654g

We conducted preregistered replications of 28 classic and contemporary published findings with protocols that were peer reviewed in advance to examine variation in effect magnitudes across sample and setting. Each protocol was administered to approxi... Read More about Many Labs 2 : Investigating Variation in Replicability Across Sample and Setting.

Critical success factors for Kaizen implementation in the Nigerian construction industry (2018)
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Omotayo, T., Kulatunga, U., & Bjeirmi, B. (2018). Critical success factors for Kaizen implementation in the Nigerian construction industry. International Journal of Productivity and Performance Management, 67(9), 1816-1836. https://doi.org/10.1108/ijppm-11-2017-0296

Purpose: Kaizen in construction is a new paradigm stemming out of lean production systems. Construction companies in developing economies, such as Nigeria, have a task to innovate to liquidate in certain cases. With the aid of kaizen, which encompass... Read More about Critical success factors for Kaizen implementation in the Nigerian construction industry.

Book review : Manga and anime go to Hollywood : the amazing rapidly evolving relationship between Hollywood and Japanese animation, manga, television, and film (2018)
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Hernandez Perez, M. (2018). Book review : Manga and anime go to Hollywood : the amazing rapidly evolving relationship between Hollywood and Japanese animation, manga, television, and film. Animation, 13(3), 252-254. https://doi.org/10.1177/1746847718799406

Review of : Northrop Davis, Manga and Anime Go to Hollywood: The Amazing Rapidly Evolving Relationship between Hollywood and Japanese Animation, Manga, Television, and Film, Bloomsbury: London, 2016: 410 pp.: ISBN 9781623562489, £80 (hbk); ISBN 97816... Read More about Book review : Manga and anime go to Hollywood : the amazing rapidly evolving relationship between Hollywood and Japanese animation, manga, television, and film.

The barriers and enablers of the educational cloud: a doctoral student perspective (2018)
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Ali, M. (2018). The barriers and enablers of the educational cloud: a doctoral student perspective. Open Journal of Business and Management, 7, 1-24. https://doi.org/10.4236/ojbm.2019.71001

Background, Motivation and Objective: Cloud computing (CC) within UK HEIs is an emerging research phenomenon. When adopting new innovations, it is important to assess whether it will add value to the organisation. Contri- bution/Method: This explorat... Read More about The barriers and enablers of the educational cloud: a doctoral student perspective.

Prediction of setup times for an advanced upper limb functional electrical stimulation system (2018)
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Smith, C., Kenney, L., Howard, D., Waring, K., Sun, M., Luckie, H., …Cotterill, S. (2018). Prediction of setup times for an advanced upper limb functional electrical stimulation system. Journal of Rehabilitation and Assistive Technologies Engineering, 5, https://doi.org/10.1177/2055668318802561

Introduction Rehabilitation devices take time to don, and longer or unpredictable setup time impacts on usage. This paper reports on the development of a model to predict setup time for upper limb functional electrical stimulation. Methods... Read More about Prediction of setup times for an advanced upper limb functional electrical stimulation system.

‘That’s what they talk about when they talk about epiphanies’ : an invitation to engage with the process of developing found poetry to illuminate exceptional human experience (2018)
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Amos, I. (2019). ‘That’s what they talk about when they talk about epiphanies’ : an invitation to engage with the process of developing found poetry to illuminate exceptional human experience. Counselling and Psychotherapy Research, 19(1), 16-24. https://doi.org/10.1002/capr.12195

This paper illuminates some of the journey taken by me, the researcher, whilst completing my doctoral research into the lived experience of epiphanies. The research journey is conceptualised as one of discovery; into the task of qualitative research... Read More about ‘That’s what they talk about when they talk about epiphanies’ : an invitation to engage with the process of developing found poetry to illuminate exceptional human experience.

Learning causality for Arabic - proclitics (2018)
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Sadek, J., & Meziane, F. (2018). Learning causality for Arabic - proclitics. Procedia Computer Science, 142, 141-149. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.procs.2018.10.469

The use of prefixed particles is a prevalent linguistic form to express causation in Arabic Language. However, such particles are complicated and highly ambiguous as they imply different meanings according to their position in the text. This ambiguit... Read More about Learning causality for Arabic - proclitics.

Low cost triazatruxene hole transporting material for >20% efficiency perovskite solar cells (2018)
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Connell, A., Zhiping, W., Lin, Y., Greenwood, P., Wiles, A., Jones, E., …Holliman, P. (2019). Low cost triazatruxene hole transporting material for >20% efficiency perovskite solar cells. Journal of Materials Chemistry C, 7(18), 5235-5243. https://doi.org/10.1039/c8tc04231d

Organic hole-transporting materials (HTM) have shown excellent ability in achieving high efficiency perovskite solar cells. However, their high cost significantly limits their applications in scaling-up perovskite solar cells. Here, we report an ef... Read More about Low cost triazatruxene hole transporting material for >20% efficiency perovskite solar cells.

Azithromycin and Roxithromycin define a new family of “senolytic” drugs that target senescent human fibroblasts (2018)
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Ozsvari, B., Nuttall, J., Sotgia, F., & Lisanti, M. (2018). Azithromycin and Roxithromycin define a new family of “senolytic” drugs that target senescent human fibroblasts. Aging, 10(11), 3294-3307. https://doi.org/10.18632/aging.101633

Here, we employed a “senolytic” assay system as a screening tool, with the goal of identifying and repurposing FDA-approved antibiotics, for the targeting of the senescent cell population. Briefly, we used two established human fibroblast cell lines... Read More about Azithromycin and Roxithromycin define a new family of “senolytic” drugs that target senescent human fibroblasts.

An evolutionary modelling approach to predicting stress-strain behaviour of saturated granular soils (2018)
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Ahangar Asr, A., Faramarzi, A., & Javadi, A. (2018). An evolutionary modelling approach to predicting stress-strain behaviour of saturated granular soils. Engineering Computations, 35(8), 2931-2952. https://doi.org/10.1108/EC-01-2018-0025

Purpose: To develop a unified framework for modelling triaxial deviator stress - axial strain and volumetric strain – axial strain behaviour of granular soils with the ability to predict the entire stress paths, incrementally, point by point, in de... Read More about An evolutionary modelling approach to predicting stress-strain behaviour of saturated granular soils.

Application of differential transform method to unsteady free convective heat transfer of a couple stress fluid over a stretching sheet (2018)
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Kumar, M., Reddy, G., Kumar, N., & Beg, O. (2018). Application of differential transform method to unsteady free convective heat transfer of a couple stress fluid over a stretching sheet. Heat Transfer - Asian Research, 48(2), 582-600. https://doi.org/10.1002/htj.21396

In the present article, the transient rheological boundary layer flow over a stretching sheet with heat transfer is investigated, a topic of relevance to non-Newtonian thermal materials processing. Stokes couple stress model is deployed to simulate... Read More about Application of differential transform method to unsteady free convective heat transfer of a couple stress fluid over a stretching sheet.

Novel design and position control strategy of a soft robot arm (2018)
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Al-Ibadi, A., Nefti-Meziani, S., Davis, S., & Theodoridis, T. (2018). Novel design and position control strategy of a soft robot arm. Robotics, 7(4), https://doi.org/10.3390/robotics7040072

This article presents a novel design of a continuum arm, which has the ability to extend and bend efficiently. Numerous designs and experiments have been done to different dimensions on both types of McKibben pneumatic muscle actuators (PMA) in order... Read More about Novel design and position control strategy of a soft robot arm.

Individual consumption of supplemental food as a predictor of reproductive performance and viral infection intensity (2018)
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Tollington, S., Ewen, J., Newton, J., McGill, R., Smith, D., Henshaw, A., …Groombridge, J. (2018). Individual consumption of supplemental food as a predictor of reproductive performance and viral infection intensity. Journal of Applied Ecology, 56(3), 594-603. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2664.13303

Supplemental food is often provided to threatened species in order to maintain or enhance reproductive fitness and thus population growth. However, its impact on individual reproductive fitness is rarely evaluated, despite being associated with bot... Read More about Individual consumption of supplemental food as a predictor of reproductive performance and viral infection intensity.

Musical events and perceptual ecologies (2018)
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Clarke, E., Williams, A., & Reynolds, D. (2018). Musical events and perceptual ecologies. Senses and Society, 13(3), 264-281. https://doi.org/10.1080/17458927.2018.1516023

This paper, followed by two responses, discusses the application of ecological theory to an understanding of a number of issues in the aesthetics of music. It argues for an understanding of music as based in event perception, with an expanded concept... Read More about Musical events and perceptual ecologies.

A survey to explore the interventions used by occupational therapists and occupational therapy students with refugees and asylum seekers (2018)
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Trimboli, C., & Halliwell, V. (2018). A survey to explore the interventions used by occupational therapists and occupational therapy students with refugees and asylum seekers. WFOT Bulletin, 74(2), 106-113. https://doi.org/10.1080/14473828.2018.1535562

Forced displacement trends have resulted in significant numbers of refugees and asylum seekers. Occupational therapists can contribute to addressing many of the occupational needs of refugees and asylum seekers (WFOT, 2014). Position statement on hum... Read More about A survey to explore the interventions used by occupational therapists and occupational therapy students with refugees and asylum seekers.

Athlete and practitioner insights regarding a novel coping oriented Personal-Disclosure Mutual-Sharing (COPDMS) intervention in youth soccer (2018)
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Evans, A., Morris, R., Barker, J., Johnson, T., Brenan, Z., & Warner, B. (2019). Athlete and practitioner insights regarding a novel coping oriented Personal-Disclosure Mutual-Sharing (COPDMS) intervention in youth soccer. Sport Psychologist, 33(1), 64-74. https://doi.org/10.1123/tsp.2017-0125

This paper aimed to provide athlete and practitioner insights regarding a novel Coping Oriented Personal-Disclosure Mutual-Sharing (COPDMS) intervention developed and administered in youth soccer. Participants were 18 male soccer athletes (Mage = 17.... Read More about Athlete and practitioner insights regarding a novel coping oriented Personal-Disclosure Mutual-Sharing (COPDMS) intervention in youth soccer.