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Heat removal efficiency of stratum ventilation for air-side modulation (2019)
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Zhang, S., Cheng, Y., Oladokun, M., Huan, C., & Lin, Z. (2019). Heat removal efficiency of stratum ventilation for air-side modulation. Applied Energy, 238, 1237-1249. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apenergy.2019.01.148

Stratum ventilation has significant thermal non-uniformity between the occupied and upper zones. Although the non-uniformity benefits indoor air quality and energy efficiency, it increases complexities and difficulties in the air-side modulation. In... Read More about Heat removal efficiency of stratum ventilation for air-side modulation.

The University of Salford Sound of Laughter project (2019)
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Wilkie, I., Harrison, L., Brennan, D., Briggs, H., & Battle, L. (2019). The University of Salford Sound of Laughter project. Comedy Studies, 9(2), 245-257. https://doi.org/10.1080/2040610X.2018.1494365

What follows is a report of the University of Salford’s Sound of Laughter Project (2018). This pilot study was set up as an initial attempt to ascertain whether it is possible to discern any meaning from the different laughter sounds that audiences m... Read More about The University of Salford Sound of Laughter project.

An examination of how the ‘Household Model' of care can contribute to positive ageing for residents in the ‘Fourth Age’ (2019)
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Ahmed, A., Ormandy, P., & Seekles, M. (2019). An examination of how the ‘Household Model' of care can contribute to positive ageing for residents in the ‘Fourth Age’. OBM geriatrics, 3(1), 24. https://doi.org/10.21926/obm.geriatr.1901030

Background: Promoting a good quality of life for the oldest members of society has become a top priority as evidenced in UK policy. The ‘household’ model is a departure from traditional approaches to care provision since it offers person-centred supp... Read More about An examination of how the ‘Household Model' of care can contribute to positive ageing for residents in the ‘Fourth Age’.

A randomised controlled trial of a mitochondrial therapeutic target for bipolar depression : mitochondrial agents, N-acetylcysteine, and placebo (2019)
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Berk, M., Turner, A., Malhi, G., Ng, C., Cotton, S., Dodd, S., …Dean, O. (2019). A randomised controlled trial of a mitochondrial therapeutic target for bipolar depression : mitochondrial agents, N-acetylcysteine, and placebo. BMC Medicine, 17, 18. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12916-019-1257-1

Background: A phasic dysregulation of mitochondrial bioenergetics may operate in bipolar disorder, increased in mania and decreased in depression. We aimed to examine efficacy of two add-on treatments in bipolar depression: N-acetylcysteine (NAC) and... Read More about A randomised controlled trial of a mitochondrial therapeutic target for bipolar depression : mitochondrial agents, N-acetylcysteine, and placebo.

Revisiting the disabilities of the arm, shoulder and hand (DASH) and QuickDASH in rheumatoid arthritis (2019)
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Prodinger, B., Hammond, A., Tennant, A., Prior, Y., & Tyson, S. (2019). Revisiting the disabilities of the arm, shoulder and hand (DASH) and QuickDASH in rheumatoid arthritis. BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders, 20(1), 41. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12891-019-2414-6

Background Limitations in upper limb functioning are common in Musculoskeletal disorders and the Disabilities of the Arm, Shoulder and Hand scale (DASH) has gained widespread use in this context. However, various concerns have been raised about its... Read More about Revisiting the disabilities of the arm, shoulder and hand (DASH) and QuickDASH in rheumatoid arthritis.

Civil society activism, strategic alignment and international public policy making for spectrum (2019)
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Rashid, I., & Simpson, S. (2019). Civil society activism, strategic alignment and international public policy making for spectrum. Journal of Civil Society, 15(1), 62-81. https://doi.org/10.1080/17448689.2019.1565181

Recent work in political science asserts a growth in prominence of civil society in international public policy processes, something that has been to this point under-addressed in the field of public policy research in communication. This article und... Read More about Civil society activism, strategic alignment and international public policy making for spectrum.

The effects of classroom noise on the reading comprehension of adolescents (2019)
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Connolly, D., Dockrell, J., Shield, B., Conetta, R., Mydlarz, C., & Cox, T. (2019). The effects of classroom noise on the reading comprehension of adolescents. ˜The œJournal of the Acoustical Society of America (Online), 145(1), 372-381. https://doi.org/10.1121/1.5087126

An investigation has been carried out to examine the impact of different levels of classroom noise on adolescents’ performance on reading and vocabulary-learning tasks. A total of 976 English high school pupils (564 aged 11 to 13 years and 412 aged 1... Read More about The effects of classroom noise on the reading comprehension of adolescents.

Optimal deployment of components of cloud-hosted application for guaranteeing multitenancy isolation (2019)
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Ochei, L., Petrovski, A., & Bass, J. (2019). Optimal deployment of components of cloud-hosted application for guaranteeing multitenancy isolation. Journal of Cloud Computing: Advances, Systems and Applications, 8(1), 1-38. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13677-018-0124-5

One of the challenges of deploying multitenant cloud-hosted services that are designed to use (or be integrated with) several components is how to implement the required degree of isolation between the components when there is a change in the wor... Read More about Optimal deployment of components of cloud-hosted application for guaranteeing multitenancy isolation.

Stakeholder dynamics, perceptions and representation in a regional coastal partnership (2019)
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Buchan, P., & Yates, K. (2019). Stakeholder dynamics, perceptions and representation in a regional coastal partnership. Marine Policy, 101(Mar 19), 125-136. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpol.2018.12.017

Effective stakeholder participation is increasingly seen as an essential part of improving marine and coastal management. Coastal partnerships are a well-established informal method for enabling stakeholder participation in coastal management. Howeve... Read More about Stakeholder dynamics, perceptions and representation in a regional coastal partnership.

The effects of inflammation, aging and oxidative stress on the pathogenesis of diabetes mellitus (type 2 diabetes) (2019)
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Halim, M., & Halim, A. (2019). The effects of inflammation, aging and oxidative stress on the pathogenesis of diabetes mellitus (type 2 diabetes). Diabetes and Metabolic Syndrome: Clinical Research and Reviews, 13(2), 1165-1172. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dsx.2019.01.040

Diabetes mellitus is seen to be prevalent among the different epidemics. The prevalence rate of the diabetes mellitus is seen to be increasing in different regions of the world. Type 2 diabetes mellitus is the most common form of the disease that cau... Read More about The effects of inflammation, aging and oxidative stress on the pathogenesis of diabetes mellitus (type 2 diabetes).

Analysis of the profile, characteristics, patient experience and community value of community hospitals : a multimethod study (2019)
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Davidson, D., Paine, A., Glasby, J., Williams, I., Tucker, H., Crilly, T., …Marriott, J. (2019). Analysis of the profile, characteristics, patient experience and community value of community hospitals : a multimethod study. Health Services and Delivery Research, 7(1), https://doi.org/10.3310/hsdr07010

Background: Community hospitals have been part of England’s health-care landscape since the mid-nineteenth century. Evidence on them has not kept pace with their development. Aim: To provide a comprehensive analysis of the profile, characteristics,... Read More about Analysis of the profile, characteristics, patient experience and community value of community hospitals : a multimethod study.

Smart tattoo : technology for monitoring blood glucose in the future (2019)
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Meetoo, D., Wong, L., & Ochieng, B. (2019). Smart tattoo : technology for monitoring blood glucose in the future. British Journal of Nursing, 28(2), 110-115. https://doi.org/10.12968/bjon.2019.28.2.110

New ways of measuring blood glucose bring hope of easing the burden of diabetes management for patients living with the conditions. The smart tattoo is an innovation that represents a nascent nanotechnology, which is designed to be implanted within t... Read More about Smart tattoo : technology for monitoring blood glucose in the future.

The conventional gait model, an open-source implementation that reproduces the past but prepares for the future (2019)
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Leboeuf, F., Baker, R., Barré, A., Reay, J., Jones, R., & Sangeux, M. (2019). The conventional gait model, an open-source implementation that reproduces the past but prepares for the future. Gait & Posture, 69(Mar 19), 126-129. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gaitpost.2019.01.034

Background: The Conventional Gait Model (CGM), known by a variety of different names, is widely used in clinical gait analysis. We present pyCGM2, an open-source implementation of the CGM with two versions. The first, CGM1.0, is a clone of Vicon Plug... Read More about The conventional gait model, an open-source implementation that reproduces the past but prepares for the future.

The consistency of superior face recognition skills in police officers (2019)
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Bate, S., Frowd, C., Bennetts, R., Hasshim, N., Portch, E., Murray, E., & Dudfield, G. (2019). The consistency of superior face recognition skills in police officers. Applied Cognitive Psychology, 33(5), 828--842. https://doi.org/10.1002/acp.3525

In recent years, there has been increasing interest in people with superior face recognition skills. Yet identification of these individuals has mostly relied on criterion performance on a single attempt at a single measure of face memory. The curren... Read More about The consistency of superior face recognition skills in police officers.

The use of the political categories of Brexiter and Remainer in online comments about the EU referendum (2019)
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Meredith, J., & Richardson, E. (2019). The use of the political categories of Brexiter and Remainer in online comments about the EU referendum. Journal of Community and Applied Social Psychology, 29(1), 43-55. https://doi.org/10.1002/casp.2384

In June 2016, the UK held a referendum on EU membership; 52% of those who voted, voted to leave, and 48% voted to remain. During the referendum campaign two identities emerged: ‘Brexiter’ and ‘Remainer’, which remained salient post-referendum. This s... Read More about The use of the political categories of Brexiter and Remainer in online comments about the EU referendum.

Interpreting research to inform practice : the hierarchy of evidence framework (2019)
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Ball, E., & Regan, P. (2019). Interpreting research to inform practice : the hierarchy of evidence framework. Journal of Health Visiting, 7(1), 32-38. https://doi.org/10.12968/johv.2019.7.1.32

Background: This paper examines the hierarchy of evidence (HoE) framework and evidence-based practice (EBP) for clinical practice and nurse education. Student evaluations of a post-qualifying EBP module identified consistent tension in interpreting r... Read More about Interpreting research to inform practice : the hierarchy of evidence framework.

A systematic review of the discriminating biomechanical parameters during the single leg squat (2019)
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Warner, M., Wilson, D., Herrington, L., Dixon, S., Power, C., Jones, R., …Lewis, C. (2019). A systematic review of the discriminating biomechanical parameters during the single leg squat. Physical Therapy in Sport, 36(Mar 19), 78-91. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ptsp.2019.01.007

Objective: To determine whether there are common biomechanical parameters when analysing the single leg squat movement to compare pathological and non-pathological groups and whether these parameters are able to effectively distinguish between groups... Read More about A systematic review of the discriminating biomechanical parameters during the single leg squat.

BAP1 status determines the sensitivity of malignant mesothelioma cells to gemcitabine treatment (2019)
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Guazzelli, A., Meysami, P., Bakker, E., Demonacos, C., Giordano, A., Krstic- Demonacos, M., & Mutti, L. (2019). BAP1 status determines the sensitivity of malignant mesothelioma cells to gemcitabine treatment. International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 20(2), 429. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms20020429

Malignant mesothelioma (MMe) is a cancer with poor prognosis and resistance to standard treatments. Recent reports have highlighted the role of the BRCA associated protein 1 gene BAP1 in the development of MMe. In this study, the chemosensitivity of... Read More about BAP1 status determines the sensitivity of malignant mesothelioma cells to gemcitabine treatment.

Making visible an invisible trade : exploring the everyday experiences of doing social work and being a social worker (2019)
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Leigh, J., Morriss, L., & Morriss, M. (2020). Making visible an invisible trade : exploring the everyday experiences of doing social work and being a social worker. Qualitative Social Work, 19(2), 267-283. https://doi.org/10.1177/1473325018824629

This article demonstrates that making art in conjunction with story-telling is a method which can elucidate the everyday working practices of social work practitioners. To date, the relationship between art and social workers has rarely been noted, i... Read More about Making visible an invisible trade : exploring the everyday experiences of doing social work and being a social worker.

Cognitive factors are associated with disability and pain, but not fatigue among physiotherapy attendees with persistent pain and fatigue (2019)
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Thompson, D., Antcliff, D., & Woby, S. (2020). Cognitive factors are associated with disability and pain, but not fatigue among physiotherapy attendees with persistent pain and fatigue. Physiotherapy, 106, 94-100. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physio.2019.01.006

Objectives Most research exploring the relationship between cognitive factors and pain, disability and fatigue in patients with persistent pain/fatigue has been performed in multi disciplinary environments. It is unclear whether these associations a... Read More about Cognitive factors are associated with disability and pain, but not fatigue among physiotherapy attendees with persistent pain and fatigue.