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Persons with intellectual disability and access to justice in Nigeria : challenges and the way forward (2019)
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Arimoro, A., & Elgujja, A. (2019). Persons with intellectual disability and access to justice in Nigeria : challenges and the way forward

In conservative terms, there are approximately about 2 million persons in Nigeria who may be referred to as persons with intellectual disabilities. These persons suffer from several challenges ranging from economic to non-inclusion in the society.... Read More about Persons with intellectual disability and access to justice in Nigeria : challenges and the way forward.

Branding, authorship and transmedia adaptation in the official products of Studio Ghibli : the "Miyazaki style" in the video games of Ni No Kuni saga (2011-2018) (2019)
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Hernandez Perez, M. (2019). Branding, authorship and transmedia adaptation in the official products of Studio Ghibli : the "Miyazaki style" in the video games of Ni No Kuni saga (2011-2018). Con A de animación, 9, 102-117. https://doi.org/10.4995/caa.2019.11337

Anime is frequently the origin of media-mixes, that is, strategies of production and distribution of transmedia products in the Japanese global markets. Synergies can be formed through collaborative authorships and transmedia adaptations. While there... Read More about Branding, authorship and transmedia adaptation in the official products of Studio Ghibli : the "Miyazaki style" in the video games of Ni No Kuni saga (2011-2018).

Austerity Britain – a brief history (2019)
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Williams, B. (2019). Austerity Britain – a brief history. Political Insight, 10(1), 16-19. https://doi.org/10.1177/2041905819838148

Austerity has been a recurring theme of post-war British politics, from the 1950s right up to the present day. But with voters increasingly weary after a decade of public spending reduction, Ben Williams looks back on the modern history of austerity.

Critical success competencies for the BIM implementation process : UK construction clients (2019)
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Dakhil, A., Underwood, J., & Alshawi, M. (2019). Critical success competencies for the BIM implementation process : UK construction clients. Journal of Information Technology in Construction, 24, 80-94

Construction clients’/owners’ demand is currently being recognised as a significant motivation and drive for the construction industry to begin to transform and adopt Building Information Modelling (BIM). In addition, clients can stimulate the innova... Read More about Critical success competencies for the BIM implementation process : UK construction clients.

Radiation protection value to the operator from augmented reality smart glasses in interventional fluoroscopy procedures using phantoms (2019)
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Dorey, S., Gray, L., Tootell, A., Higgins, R., Al-Islam, S., Baxter, H., …Hogg, P. (2019). Radiation protection value to the operator from augmented reality smart glasses in interventional fluoroscopy procedures using phantoms. Radiography, 25(4), 301-307. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.radi.2019.02.008

Introduction: Smart glasses can be adapted to display radiographic images to allow clinician’s gaze not to be directionally fixed or predetermined by computer monitor location. This study presents an analysis of eye lens dose during interventional fl... Read More about Radiation protection value to the operator from augmented reality smart glasses in interventional fluoroscopy procedures using phantoms.

The contribution of visual attention and declining verbal memory abilities to age-related route learning deficits (2019)
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Grzeschik, R., Conroy-Dalton, R., Innes, A., Shanker, S., & Wiener, J. (2019). The contribution of visual attention and declining verbal memory abilities to age-related route learning deficits. Cognition, 187(Jun 19), 50-61. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cognition.2019.02.012

Our ability to learn unfamiliar routes declines in typical and atypical ageing. The reasons for this decline, however, are not well understood. Here we used eye-tracking to investigate how ageing affects people’s ability to attend to navigationally r... Read More about The contribution of visual attention and declining verbal memory abilities to age-related route learning deficits.

Direct and indirect effects of Janani Suraksha Yojana on antenatal care and institutional delivery (2019)
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Pallikadavath, S., & Rahman, M. (2019). Direct and indirect effects of Janani Suraksha Yojana on antenatal care and institutional delivery. https://doi.org/10.31579/2642-9756/006

Janani Suraksha Yojana (JSY) provides conditional cash incentives to eligible pregnant women in India so that they can take at least three antenatal care services including tetanus injection and iron-folic acid, to deliver their babies in health inst... Read More about Direct and indirect effects of Janani Suraksha Yojana on antenatal care and institutional delivery.

Renaturing a microclimate : the impact of greening a neighbourhood on indoor thermal comfort during a heatwave in Manchester, UK (2019)
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Taleghani, M., Marshall, A., Fitton, R., & Swan, W. (2019). Renaturing a microclimate : the impact of greening a neighbourhood on indoor thermal comfort during a heatwave in Manchester, UK. Solar Energy, 182, 245-255. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.solener.2019.02.062

Higher air temperatures in large cities like Manchester, UK, reduce human thermal comfort. In this paper, the impact of land cover on microclimate, and consequently on indoor thermal comfort is studied. Through different stages, field measurements an... Read More about Renaturing a microclimate : the impact of greening a neighbourhood on indoor thermal comfort during a heatwave in Manchester, UK.

Autism Spectrum Disorders in high secure psychiatric care : a review of literature, future research and clinical directions (2019)
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Murphy, D., & Allely, C. (2020). Autism Spectrum Disorders in high secure psychiatric care : a review of literature, future research and clinical directions. Advances in Autism, 6(1), 17-34. https://doi.org/10.1108/AIA-10-2018-0044

Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) refers to a group of neurodevelopmental disorders including Autism, high functioning autism, Asperger’s syndrome and atypical autism. Although different diagnostic classification systems have been adopted over the yea... Read More about Autism Spectrum Disorders in high secure psychiatric care : a review of literature, future research and clinical directions.

Small unmanned aerial model accuracy for photogrammetrical fluvial bathymetric survey (2019)
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Entwistle, N., & Heritage, G. (2019). Small unmanned aerial model accuracy for photogrammetrical fluvial bathymetric survey. Journal of Applied Remote Sensing, 13(1), 014523. https://doi.org/10.1117/1.JRS.13.014523

Fluvial systems offer a challenging and varied environment for topographic survey, displaying a rapidly varying morphology, vegetation assemblage and degree of submergence. Traditionally theodolite or GPS based systems have been used to capture cross... Read More about Small unmanned aerial model accuracy for photogrammetrical fluvial bathymetric survey.

When a portion becomes a norm : exposure to a smaller vs. larger portion of food affects later food intake (2019)
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Robinson, E., Henderson, J., Keenan, G., & Kersbergen, I. (2019). When a portion becomes a norm : exposure to a smaller vs. larger portion of food affects later food intake. Food Quality and Preference, 75, 113-117. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodqual.2019.02.013

Background: Portion sizes in the food environment may communicate information about what constitutes a ‘normal’ amount of food to eat. Here we examined whether mere visual exposure to a smaller vs. larger portion size of snack food affects perceptio... Read More about When a portion becomes a norm : exposure to a smaller vs. larger portion of food affects later food intake.

The relationship between hallux grip force and balance in people with diabetes (2019)
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Chatzistergos, P., Healy, A., Naemi, R., Sundar, L., Ramachandran, A., & Chockalingam, N. (2019). The relationship between hallux grip force and balance in people with diabetes. Gait and Posture, 70, 109-115. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gaitpost.2019.02.020

Background Diabetes accelerates the decline in muscle strength in older people and substantially increases the risk for fall and injury. Weakening of lower extremity muscles, in particular, is a strong predictor for falls, but currently there is no... Read More about The relationship between hallux grip force and balance in people with diabetes.

Tailoring product ownership in large-scale agile (2019)
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Bass, J., & Haxby, A. (2019). Tailoring product ownership in large-scale agile. IEEE Software, 36(2), 58-63. https://doi.org/10.1109/MS.2018.2885524

In large-scale agile projects, product owners undertake a range of challenging and varied activities beyond those conventionally associated with that role. Using in-depth research interviews from 93 practitioners working in cross-border teams, from 2... Read More about Tailoring product ownership in large-scale agile.

‘Post-race’ racism in the narratives of ‘Brexit’ voters (2019)
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Patel, T., & Connelly, L. (2019). ‘Post-race’ racism in the narratives of ‘Brexit’ voters. Sociological Review, 67(5), 968-984. https://doi.org/10.1177/0038026119831590

Although a growing body of scholarship seeks to understand the motivations behind the ‘Brexit’ vote – including that which centralises explorations of racism, nationalism and post-colonialism – little consideration has been given to the ways in which... Read More about ‘Post-race’ racism in the narratives of ‘Brexit’ voters.

Talent management : managerial sense making in the wake of Omanization (2019)
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Glaister, A., Al Amri, R., & Spicer, D. (2021). Talent management : managerial sense making in the wake of Omanization. International Journal of Human Resource Management, 32(3), 719-737. https://doi.org/10.1080/09585192.2018.1496128

We examine how managers in Oman make sense of localization policies (Omanisation) through their use of talent management. Through an institutional logics lens it is possible to examine how organizations confront institutional complexity and understan... Read More about Talent management : managerial sense making in the wake of Omanization.

The effect on conventional gait model kinematics and kinetics of hip joint centre equations in adult healthy gait (2019)
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Leboeuf, F., Reay, J., Jones, R., & Sangeux, M. (2019). The effect on conventional gait model kinematics and kinetics of hip joint centre equations in adult healthy gait. Journal of Biomechanics, 87(Apr 19), 167-171. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbiomech.2019.02.010

The Conventional Gait Model (CGM) needs to benefit from large investigations on localization of the hip joint centre (HJC). Incorrect positions from the native equations were demonstrated (Sangeux et al., 2014; Harrington et al., 2007). More accurate... Read More about The effect on conventional gait model kinematics and kinetics of hip joint centre equations in adult healthy gait.

Sustainability of bridge maintenance (2019)
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Balogun, T., Tomor, A., Lamond, J., Gouda, H., & Booth, C. (2019). Sustainability of bridge maintenance. Proceedings of the ICE - Bridge Engineering, 172(1), 54-64. https://doi.org/10.1680/jbren.15.00027

Bridge maintenance activities are important to consider within sustainable development due to the cost and environmental impact associated with various maintenance activities. Comparisons have been made between different bridge structural forms, base... Read More about Sustainability of bridge maintenance.