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Are tibial angles measured with inertial sensors useful surrogates for frontal plane projection angles using 2-dimensional video analysis during single leg squat tasks? A reliability and agreement analysis in elite football (soccer) players (2018)
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Hughes, T., Jones, R., Starbuck, C., Picot, J., Sergeant, J., & Callaghan, M. (2019). Are tibial angles measured with inertial sensors useful surrogates for frontal plane projection angles using 2-dimensional video analysis during single leg squat tasks? A reliability and agreement analysis in elite football (soccer) players. Journal of Electro - myography and Kinesiology, 44, 21-30. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jelekin.2018.11.005

During single leg squats (SLS), tibial angle (TA) quantification using inertial measurement units (IMU) may offer a practical alternative to frontal plane projection angle (FPPA) measurement using 2-dimensional (2D) video analysis. This study deter... Read More about Are tibial angles measured with inertial sensors useful surrogates for frontal plane projection angles using 2-dimensional video analysis during single leg squat tasks? A reliability and agreement analysis in elite football (soccer) players.

Numerical study of viscoelastic micropolar heat transfer from a vertical cone for thermal polymer coating (2018)
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Madhavi, K., Prasad, V., Rao, A., Beg, O., & Kadir, A. (2018). Numerical study of viscoelastic micropolar heat transfer from a vertical cone for thermal polymer coating. Nonlinear Engineering, 8(1), 449-460. https://doi.org/10.1515/nleng-2018-0064

A mathematical model is developed to study laminar, nonlinear, non-isothermal, steady-state free convection boundary layer flow and heat transfer of a micropolar viscoelastic fluid from a vertical isothermal cone. The Eringen model and Jeffery’s visc... Read More about Numerical study of viscoelastic micropolar heat transfer from a vertical cone for thermal polymer coating.

Health care in a technological world (2018)
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Meetoo, D., Rylance, R., & Abuhaimid, H. (2018). Health care in a technological world. British Journal of Nursing, 27(20), 1172-1177. https://doi.org/10.12968/bjon.2018.27.20.1172

Ongoing innovation in the field of mobile health (mHealth) has the potential to change the landscape of healthcare practice both inside and outside formal clinical settings. mHealth could enhance patient education, prevent disease, improve diagnosis... Read More about Health care in a technological world.

Within-subject consistency of unimodal and bimodal force application during the countermovement jump (2018)
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Lake, J., & McMahon, J. (2018). Within-subject consistency of unimodal and bimodal force application during the countermovement jump. Sports, 6(4), 143. https://doi.org/10.3390/sports6040143

Countermovement jump (CMJ) force data are often time-normalized so researchers and practitioners can study the effect that sex, training status, and training intervention have on CMJ strategy: the so-called force⁻time curve shape. Data are often coll... Read More about Within-subject consistency of unimodal and bimodal force application during the countermovement jump.

Organisational uptake of NICE guidance in promoting employees’ psychological health (2018)
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Weinberg, A., Hudson, J., Pearson, A., & Chaudhury, S. (2019). Organisational uptake of NICE guidance in promoting employees’ psychological health. Occupational Medicine, 69(1), 47-53. https://doi.org/10.1093/occmed/kqy148

Background Annual costs to organisations of poor mental health are estimated to be between £33bn-£42bn. The UK’s National Institute for Clinical Excellence (NICE) has produced evidence-based guidance on improving employees’ psychological health, de... Read More about Organisational uptake of NICE guidance in promoting employees’ psychological health.

A qualitative study of the experiences and perceptions of adults with chronic musculoskeletal conditions following a 12-week Pilates exercise programme (2018)
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Gaskell, L., & Williams, A. (2019). A qualitative study of the experiences and perceptions of adults with chronic musculoskeletal conditions following a 12-week Pilates exercise programme. Musculoskeletal Care, 17(1), 54-62. https://doi.org/10.1002/msc.1365

Introduction The aim of the present study was to explore the experiences and perceptions of adult patients with chronic musculoskeletal conditions following a Pilates exercise programme. A qualitative approach was taken to both data collection an... Read More about A qualitative study of the experiences and perceptions of adults with chronic musculoskeletal conditions following a 12-week Pilates exercise programme.

Active treatment of acidic mine water to minimize environmental impacts in a densely populated downstream area (2018)
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Qin, J., Cui, X., Yan, H., Lu, W., & Lin, C. (2019). Active treatment of acidic mine water to minimize environmental impacts in a densely populated downstream area. Journal of Cleaner Production, 210, 309-316. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2018.11.029

Field monitoring was conducted to evaluate the effects of active mine water treatment on improving the water quality of receiving river in a densely populated catchment. Microcosm experiment was also performed to assess the effects of treated mine wa... Read More about Active treatment of acidic mine water to minimize environmental impacts in a densely populated downstream area.

Assessment of perceptual distortion boundary through applying reversible watermarking to brain MR images (2018)
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Qasim, A., Aspin, R., Meziane, F., & Hogg, P. (2019). Assessment of perceptual distortion boundary through applying reversible watermarking to brain MR images. Signal Processing: Image Communication, 70, 246-258. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.image.2018.10.007

The digital medical workflow faces many circumstances in which the images can be manipulated during viewing, extracting and exchanging. Reversible and imperceptible watermarking approaches have the potential to enhance trust within the medical imagin... Read More about Assessment of perceptual distortion boundary through applying reversible watermarking to brain MR images.

Persistence of environmental DNA in marine systems (2018)
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Collins, R., Wangensteen Fuentes, O., O'Gorman, E., Mariani, S., Sims, D., & Genner, M. (2018). Persistence of environmental DNA in marine systems. Communications Biology, 1, 185. https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-018-0192-6

As environmental DNA (eDNA) becomes an increasingly valuable resource for marine eco-system monitoring, understanding variation in its persistence across contrasting environments is critical. Here, we quantify the breakdown of macrobial eDNA over a s... Read More about Persistence of environmental DNA in marine systems.

Variable stiffness robotic hand for stable grasp and flexible handling (2018)
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Mahboubi, S., Davis, S., & Nefti-Meziani, S. (2018). Variable stiffness robotic hand for stable grasp and flexible handling. IEEE Access, 6, 68195-68209. https://doi.org/10.1109/ACCESS.2018.2879633

Robotic grasping is a challenging area in the field of robotics. When interacting with an object, the dynamic properties of the object will play an important role where a gripper (as a system), which has been shown to be stable as per appropriate sta... Read More about Variable stiffness robotic hand for stable grasp and flexible handling.

The validity of the Push Band 2.0 during vertical jump performance (2018)
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Lake, J., Augustus, S., Austin, K., Mundy, P., McMahon, J., Comfort, P., & Haff, G. (2018). The validity of the Push Band 2.0 during vertical jump performance. Sports, 6(4), 140. https://doi.org/10.3390/sports6040140

The Push Band has the potential to provide a cheap and practical method of measuring velocity and power during countermovement vertical jumping (CMJ). However, very little is known about whether it conforms to laboratory-based gold standards. The aim... Read More about The validity of the Push Band 2.0 during vertical jump performance.

Contextualising mainstreaming of disaster resilience concepts in the construction process (2018)
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Amaratunga, D., Malalgoda, C., & Keraminiyage, K. (2018). Contextualising mainstreaming of disaster resilience concepts in the construction process. International Journal of Disaster Resilience in the Built Environment, 9(4/5), 348-367. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJDRBE-10-2017-0057

Purpose: Construction industry and the built environment professions play an important role in contributing to society’s improved resilience. It is therefore important to improve their knowledge base to strengthen their capacities. This paper aims to... Read More about Contextualising mainstreaming of disaster resilience concepts in the construction process.

Resistance training volume load with and without exercise displacement (2018)
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Hornsby, W., Gentles, J., Comfort, P., Suchomel, T., Mizuguchi, S., & Stone, M. (2018). Resistance training volume load with and without exercise displacement. Sports, 6(4), 137. https://doi.org/10.3390/sports6040137

Monitoring the resistance training volume load (VL) (sets × reps × load) is essential to managing resistance training and the recovery⁻adaptation process. Eight trained weightlifters, seven of which were at national level, participated in the study.... Read More about Resistance training volume load with and without exercise displacement.

Influential factors of aligning Spotify squads in mission-critical and offshore projects – a longitudinal embedded case study (2018)
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Salameh, A., & Bass, J. (2018). Influential factors of aligning Spotify squads in mission-critical and offshore projects – a longitudinal embedded case study. #Journal not on list, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-03673-7_15

Changing the development process of an organization is one of the toughest and riskiest decisions. This is particularly true if the known experiences and practices of the new considered ways of working are relative and subject to contextual assumptio... Read More about Influential factors of aligning Spotify squads in mission-critical and offshore projects – a longitudinal embedded case study.

Pharmacology and prescribing in anxiety (2018)
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Robertson, D. (2018). Pharmacology and prescribing in anxiety. Nurse Prescribing, 16(11), 497-499. https://doi.org/10.12968/npre.2018.16.11.562

In this article in the series of ‘bite sized’ pharmacology, we will look at the pharmacological actions of drugs used in the management of anxiety disorders. This article will outline the categories of anxiety disorder and pharmacological interventio... Read More about Pharmacology and prescribing in anxiety.

Cleaner nudges? Policy labels and investment decision-making (2018)
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Lange, I., Moro, M., & Rahman, M. (2018). Cleaner nudges? Policy labels and investment decision-making. Energy Journal, 39(6), 27-52. https://doi.org/10.5547/01956574.39.6.ilan

Recent evidence suggests that labeling of unconditional cash transfers leads recipients to spend more on the labeled good. In this paper we show that the Winter Fuel Payment, an unconditional cash transfer, has distortionary effects on the market for... Read More about Cleaner nudges? Policy labels and investment decision-making.

Prolonged grief disorder and its association with perceived social support and depression among university students after the death of a significant person (2018)
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Al-Gamal, E., Bin Saeed, S., Agnes, M., & Long, T. (2018). Prolonged grief disorder and its association with perceived social support and depression among university students after the death of a significant person. Journal of Psychosocial Nursing and Mental Health Services, 57(2), 44-51. https://doi.org/10.3928/02793695-20181023-03

The response to loss through the death of a loved one may elicit emotional problems such as depression. Family, friends, significant others and academic staff have been considered to be the major sources of social support for university students. The... Read More about Prolonged grief disorder and its association with perceived social support and depression among university students after the death of a significant person.

Gait speeds classifications by supervised modulation based machine-learning using Kinect camera (2018)
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Elkurdi, A., Soufian, M., & Nefti-Meziani, S. (2018). Gait speeds classifications by supervised modulation based machine-learning using Kinect camera. Medical research and innovations, 2(4), 1-6. https://doi.org/10.15761/MRI.1000147

Early indication of some diseases such as Parkinson and Multiple Sclerosis often manifests with walking difficulties. Gait analysis provides vital information for assessing the walking patterns during the locomotion, especially when the outcomes are... Read More about Gait speeds classifications by supervised modulation based machine-learning using Kinect camera.

Electro-osmosis modulated viscoelastic embryo transport in uterine hydrodynamics : mathematical modelling (2018)
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transport in uterine hydrodynamics : mathematical modelling. Journal of Biomechanical Engineering, 141(2), 021003. https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4041904

Embryological transport features a very interesting and complex application of peristaltic fluid dynamics. Electro-osmotic phenomena are also known to arise in embryo transfer location. The fluid dynamic environment in embryological systems is also k... Read More about Electro-osmosis modulated viscoelastic embryo transport in uterine hydrodynamics : mathematical modelling.

On full charge (2018)
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Owens, J., & Toye, K. (2018). On full charge

A demand increases the need for a more a more concerted and coordinated effort to increase the Electric Vehicle (EV) network is growing. How well positioned is the City of Manchester to adopt and develop an EV charge point infrastructure?