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Learning to look: evaluating the student experience of an interactive image appraisal activity (2019)
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Ashworth, J., Thompson, J., & Mercer, C. (2019). Learning to look: evaluating the student experience of an interactive image appraisal activity. Radiography, 25(4), 314-319. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.radi.2019.02.011

Introduction Student radiographers have expressed difficulty in performing image appraisal tasks. The purpose of this study was to investigate the value of a workshop delivered to level 4 undergraduate students. All students completed an image appra... Read More about Learning to look: evaluating the student experience of an interactive image appraisal activity.

A tale of three tribes : UK MPs, Twitter and the EU Referendum (2019)
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Ward, S., McLoughlin, L., Southern, R., & Gibson, R. (2020). A tale of three tribes : UK MPs, Twitter and the EU Referendum. Information Polity, 25(1), 49-66. https://doi.org/10.3233/IP-190140

This paper examines the structure of Twitter communication networks between MPs during the 2016 EU Referendum campaign. In particular, the research examines the impact of Twitter in two dimensions: (1) how far social media might facilitate inter-part... Read More about A tale of three tribes : UK MPs, Twitter and the EU Referendum.

Applying design science approach to architectural design development (2019)
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Aburamadan, R., & Trillo, C. (2020). Applying design science approach to architectural design development. Frontiers of Architectural Research, 9(1), 216-235. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foar.2019.07.08

Unlike research methods for social science and positivist sciences, those for architectural design lack a discipline- specific conceptual framework. Performative science aims at producing outcomes for future use and therefore needs a robust methodolo... Read More about Applying design science approach to architectural design development.

Legal systems, national governance and renewable energy investment : evidence from around the world (2019)
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Liu, J., Zhang, D., Cai, J., & Davenport, J. (2021). Legal systems, national governance and renewable energy investment : evidence from around the world. British Journal of Management, 32(3), 579-610. https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-8551.12377

This paper examines renewable energy (RE) investment and the role of a country’s legal system in shaping investment decisions. Analysing data from 236 renewable energy companies between 2000 and 2017 across the world, our study establishes that thos... Read More about Legal systems, national governance and renewable energy investment : evidence from around the world.

Reflection on creating a coaching approach to student nurse clinical leadership development (2019)
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Leigh, J., Littlewood, L., & Lyons, G. (2019). Reflection on creating a coaching approach to student nurse clinical leadership development. British Journal of Nursing, 28(17), 1124-1128. https://doi.org/10.12968/bjon.2019.28.17.1124

Coaching is as an intervention that facilitates another person’s learning, development and performance. Applied to student nurse practice learning, coaching has the potential to promote leadership learning that is student-led, less focused on followi... Read More about Reflection on creating a coaching approach to student nurse clinical leadership development.

Pruning neural networks using multi-armed bandits (2019)
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Ameen, S., & Vadera, S. (2020). Pruning neural networks using multi-armed bandits. Computer Journal, 63(7), 1099-1108. https://doi.org/10.1093/comjnl/bxz078

The successful application of deep learning has led to increasing expectations of their use in embedded systems. This in turn, has created the need to find ways of reducing the size of neural networks. Decreasing the size of a neural network requi... Read More about Pruning neural networks using multi-armed bandits.

R&D investment, firm performance and the moderating role of systems and safeguards : evidence from emerging markets (2019)
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Alam, M., Uddin, M., Yazdifar, H., Shafique, S., & Lartey, T. (2020). R&D investment, firm performance and the moderating role of systems and safeguards : evidence from emerging markets. Journal of Business Research, 106, 94-105. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbusres.2019.09.018

The relationship between R&D and firm performance is highly dependent on the external environment. Therefore, this paper examined the effects of country level investor protection (safeguards) and governance mechanisms (systems) on the relationship be... Read More about R&D investment, firm performance and the moderating role of systems and safeguards : evidence from emerging markets.

A review on maintenance optimization (2019)
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De Jonge, B., & Scarf, P. (2020). A review on maintenance optimization. European Journal of Operational Research, 285(3), 805-824. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejor.2019.09.047

To this day, continuous developments of technical systems and increasing reliance on equipment have resulted in a growing importance of effective maintenance activities. During the last couple of decades, a substantial amount of research has been car... Read More about A review on maintenance optimization.

Geographical location influences the composition of the gut microbiota in wild house mice (Mus musculus domesticus) at a fine spatial scale. (2019)
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Goertz, S., de Menezes, A., Birtles, R., Fenn, J., Lowe, A., MacColl, A., …Taylor, C. (2019). Geographical location influences the composition of the gut microbiota in wild house mice (Mus musculus domesticus) at a fine spatial scale. PLoS ONE, 14(9), e0222501. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0222501

The composition of the mammalian gut microbiota can be influenced by a multitude of environmental variables such as diet and infections. Studies investigating the effect of these variables on gut microbiota composition often sample across multiple se... Read More about Geographical location influences the composition of the gut microbiota in wild house mice (Mus musculus domesticus) at a fine spatial scale..

Homotopy semi-numerical modeling of non-Newtonian nanofluid transport external to multiple geometries using a revised Buongiorno Model (2019)
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Ray, A., Vasu, B., Beg, O., Gorla, R., & Murthy, P. (2019). Homotopy semi-numerical modeling of non-Newtonian nanofluid transport external to multiple geometries using a revised Buongiorno Model. Inventions, 4(4), https://doi.org/10.3390/inventions4040054

A semi-analytical solution for the convection of a power-law nanofluid external to three different geometries (i.e. cone, wedge and plate), subject to convective boundary condition is presented. A revised Buongiorno model is employed for the nanoflui... Read More about Homotopy semi-numerical modeling of non-Newtonian nanofluid transport external to multiple geometries using a revised Buongiorno Model.

Rolling to mechanisation : excavations at Lymm Slitting Mill (2019)
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Miller, I. (2019). Rolling to mechanisation : excavations at Lymm Slitting Mill. Industrial Archaeology Review, 41(2), 1-15. https://doi.org/10.1080/03090728.2019.1665900

An archaeological excavation at Lymm slitting mill in Cheshire was undertaken by Oxford Archaeology North in 2005 as a key component of the Lymm's Life Project, which was financed by the Heritage Lottery Fund. The slitting mill was established in the... Read More about Rolling to mechanisation : excavations at Lymm Slitting Mill.

Internal fission strategies in corporate entrepreneurship : a case study in China (2019)
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Zhao, W., Liu, W., & Chen, Y. (2019). Internal fission strategies in corporate entrepreneurship : a case study in China. Sustainability, 11(19), 5275. https://doi.org/10.3390/su11195275

Although the research of corporate entrepreneurship has continued to advance, few studies investigate corporate entrepreneurial activities within existing organizations in emerging market firms based on a case study approach. Building on a case study... Read More about Internal fission strategies in corporate entrepreneurship : a case study in China.

BIM business value for asset owners through effective asset information management (2019)
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Munir, M., Kiviniemi, A., Finnegan, S., & Jones, S. (2020). BIM business value for asset owners through effective asset information management. Facilities, 38(3/4), 181-200. https://doi.org/10.1108/f-03-2019-0036

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the processes, tools and techniques of strategic asset information management (AIM) for built assets, and how the asset information content enhances the proficiency of asset managers to effectively manage t... Read More about BIM business value for asset owners through effective asset information management.

Sirtuin family members selectively regulate autophagy in osteosarcoma and mesothelioma cells in response to cellular stress (2019)
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Garva, R., Thepmalee, C., Yasamut, U., Sudsaward, S., Guazzelli, A., Rajendran, R., …Demonacos, C. (2019). Sirtuin family members selectively regulate autophagy in osteosarcoma and mesothelioma cells in response to cellular stress. Frontiers in Oncology, 9, 949. https://doi.org/10.3389/fonc.2019.00949

The class III NAD+ dependent deacetylases-sirtuins (SIRTs) link transcriptional regulation to DNA damage response and reactive oxygen species generation thereby modulating a wide range of cellular signalling pathways. Here the contribution of SIRT1,... Read More about Sirtuin family members selectively regulate autophagy in osteosarcoma and mesothelioma cells in response to cellular stress.

Predicting biodiversity loss in island and countryside ecosystems through the lens of taxonomic and functional biogeography (2019)
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Farneda, F., Grelle, C., Rocha, R., Ferreira, D., López-Baucells, A., & Meyer, C. (2020). Predicting biodiversity loss in island and countryside ecosystems through the lens of taxonomic and functional biogeography. Ecography, 43(1), https://doi.org/10.1111/ecog.04507

We investigate how variation in patch area and forest cover quantified for three different spatial scales (buffer size of 500, 1500 and 3000 m radius) affects species richness and functional diversity of bat assemblages in two ecosystems differing in... Read More about Predicting biodiversity loss in island and countryside ecosystems through the lens of taxonomic and functional biogeography.

Perivascular adipose tissue contributes to the modulation of vascular tone in vivo (2019)
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Saxton, S., Withers, S., Nyvad, J., Mazur, A., Matchkov, V., Heagerty, A., & Aalkjær, C. (2019). Perivascular adipose tissue contributes to the modulation of vascular tone in vivo. Journal of Vascular Research, 56(6), 320-332. https://doi.org/10.1159/000502689

Perivascular adipose tissue (PVAT) reduces vascular tone in isolated arteries in vitro, however there are no studies of PVAT effects on vascular tone in vivo. In vitro adipocyte β3-adrenoceptors play a role in PVAT function via secretion of the vasod... Read More about Perivascular adipose tissue contributes to the modulation of vascular tone in vivo.

A systematic review of the effect of footwear, foot orthoses and taping on lower limb muscle activity during walking and running (2019)
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Reeves, J., Jones, R., Liu, A., Bent, L., Plater, E., & Nester, C. (2019). A systematic review of the effect of footwear, foot orthoses and taping on lower limb muscle activity during walking and running. Prosthetics and Orthotics International, 43(6), 576-596. https://doi.org/10.1177/0309364619870666

Background: External devices are used to manage musculoskeletal pathologies by altering loading of the foot, which could result in altered muscle activity that could have therapeutic benefits. Objectives: To establish if evidence exists that f... Read More about A systematic review of the effect of footwear, foot orthoses and taping on lower limb muscle activity during walking and running.

Mobile assemblies of four-spherical-4R-integrated linkages and the associated four-crease-integrated rigid origami patterns (2019)
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Chen, Y., Lv, W., Peng, R., & Wei, G. (2019). Mobile assemblies of four-spherical-4R-integrated linkages and the associated four-crease-integrated rigid origami patterns. Mechanism and Machine Theory, 142, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mechmachtheory.2019.103613

Rigid origami, which can be regarded as assemblies of spherical linkages, inspires a new paradigm of design for mechanical metamaterials and deployable structural systems with large deployable ratio. In this paper, the kinematic properties of assembl... Read More about Mobile assemblies of four-spherical-4R-integrated linkages and the associated four-crease-integrated rigid origami patterns.

Solubility trapping as a potential secondary mechanism for CO2 sequestration during enhanced gas recovery by CO2 injection in conventional natural gas reservoirs : an experimental approach (2019)
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Abba, M., Abbas, A., Nasr, G., Athari, A., Burby, M., Saidu, B., & Suleiman, S. (2019). Solubility trapping as a potential secondary mechanism for CO2 sequestration during enhanced gas recovery by CO2 injection in conventional natural gas reservoirs : an experimental approach. Journal of Natural Gas Science and Engineering, 71(103002), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jngse.2019.103002

This study aims to experimentally investigate the potential of solubility trapping mechanism in increasing CO2 storage during EGR by CO2 injection and sequestration in conventional natural gas reservoirs. A laboratory core flooding process was carrie... Read More about Solubility trapping as a potential secondary mechanism for CO2 sequestration during enhanced gas recovery by CO2 injection in conventional natural gas reservoirs : an experimental approach.