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Increasing source to image distance for AP pelvis imaging – impact on radiation dose and image quality (2014)
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Tugwell, E., Everton, C., Kingma, A., & Hogg, P. (2014). Increasing source to image distance for AP pelvis imaging – impact on radiation dose and image quality. Radiography, 20(4), 351-355. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.radi.2014.05.012

Aim: A quantative primary study to determine whether increasing source to image distance (SID), with and without the use of automatic exposure control (AEC) for antero-posterior (AP) pelvis imaging, reduces dose whilst still producing an image of d... Read More about Increasing source to image distance for AP pelvis imaging – impact on radiation dose and image quality.

Image quality and dose analysis for a PA chest X-ray: Comparison between AEC mode acquisition and manual mode using the 10 kVp ‘rule’ (2014)
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Reis, C., Gonçalves, J., Klompmaker, C., Bárbara, A., Bloor, C., Hegarty, R., …Hogg, P. (2014). Image quality and dose analysis for a PA chest X-ray: Comparison between AEC mode acquisition and manual mode using the 10 kVp ‘rule’. Radiography, 20(4), 339-345. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.radi.2014.06.001

Purpose To compare the image quality and effective dose applying the 10 kVp rule with manual mode acquisition and AEC mode in PA chest X-ray. Method 68 images (with and without lesions) were acquired using an anthropomorphic chest phantom us... Read More about Image quality and dose analysis for a PA chest X-ray: Comparison between AEC mode acquisition and manual mode using the 10 kVp ‘rule’.

Direct measurements of SR free Ca reveal the mechanism underlying the transient effects of RyR potentiation under physiological conditions (2014)
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Greensmith, D., Galli, G., Trafford, A., & Eisner, D. (2014). Direct measurements of SR free Ca reveal the mechanism underlying the transient effects of RyR potentiation under physiological conditions. Cardiovascular Research, 103(4), 554-563. https://doi.org/10.1093/cvr/cvu158

AIMS: Most of the calcium that activates contraction is released from the sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR) through the ryanodine receptor (RyR). It is controversial whether activators of the RyR produce a maintained increase in the amplitude of the systol... Read More about Direct measurements of SR free Ca reveal the mechanism underlying the transient effects of RyR potentiation under physiological conditions.

Impact of upstream anthropogenic river regulation on downstream water availability in transboundary river watersheds (2014)
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Al-Faraj, F., & Scholz, M. (2014). Impact of upstream anthropogenic river regulation on downstream water availability in transboundary river watersheds. International Journal of Water Resources Development, 31(1), 28-49. https://doi.org/10.1080/07900627.2014.924395

This article assesses the adverse impact of upstream anthropogenic regulation of a transboundary river watershed on the natural flow regime of the downstream country, by focusing on a case study: the Diyala (Sīrvān) River watershed shared between Ira... Read More about Impact of upstream anthropogenic river regulation on downstream water availability in transboundary river watersheds.

Facing to events in Ukraine : the Belarus opposition’s dilemmas (2014)
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Bekerman, M. (2014). Facing to events in Ukraine : the Belarus opposition’s dilemmas. Regard sur l'Est (En ligne),

Should the opposition in Belarus rejoice at the events of 2013-14 in Ukraine or see them as a threat to their aspirations to affect change in Belarus? The tired mantra of President A.Lukashenka -that only he can guarantee stability in Belarus- has be... Read More about Facing to events in Ukraine : the Belarus opposition’s dilemmas.

Species undersampling in tropical bat surveys : effects on emerging biodiversity patterns (2014)
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Meyer, C., Aguiar, L., Aguirre, J., Baumgarten, J., Clarke, F., Cosson, J., …Kalko, E. (2014). Species undersampling in tropical bat surveys : effects on emerging biodiversity patterns. Journal of Animal Ecology, 84(1), 113-123. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2656.12261

Summary: Undersampling is commonplace in biodiversity surveys of species-rich tropical assemblages in which rare taxa abound, with possible repercussions for our ability to implement surveys and monitoring programmes in a cost-effective way. We... Read More about Species undersampling in tropical bat surveys : effects on emerging biodiversity patterns.

Influence of missing values substitutes on multivariate analysis of metabolomics data (2014)
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Gromski, P., Xu, Y., Kotze, H., Correa, E., Ellis, D., Armitage, E., …Goodacre, R. (2014). Influence of missing values substitutes on multivariate analysis of metabolomics data. Metabolites, 4(2), 433-452. https://doi.org/10.3390/metabo4020433

Missing values are known to be problematic for the analysis of gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS) metabolomics data. Typically these values cover about 10%–20% of all data and can originate from various backgrounds, including analytical, co... Read More about Influence of missing values substitutes on multivariate analysis of metabolomics data.

Efficient parallel implementation of the nonparaxial beam propagation method (2014)
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Sanchez-Curto, J., Chamorro-Posada, P., & McDonald, G. (2014). Efficient parallel implementation of the nonparaxial beam propagation method. Parallel Computing, 40(8), 394-407. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.parco.2014.06.003

An efficient parallel implementation of a nonparaxial beam propagation method for the numerical study of the nonlinear Helmholtz equation is presented. Our solution focuses on minimizing communication and computational demands of the method which are... Read More about Efficient parallel implementation of the nonparaxial beam propagation method.

Modelling the transmission dynamics of cystic echinococcosis in donkeys of different ages from Tunisia (2014)
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Lahmar, S., Boufana, B., Jebabli, L., Craig, P., Ayari, H., Basti, T., …Torgerson, P. (2014). Modelling the transmission dynamics of cystic echinococcosis in donkeys of different ages from Tunisia. Veterinary Parasitology, 205(1-2), 119-124. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.vetpar.2014.06.007

During the period from March 2006 to July 2009 a total of 2040 slaughtered donkeys were examined for cystic echinococcosis (CE). CE prevalence in donkeys was 8.48% and the infection pressure (0.0088 infections per year) and infection rate (0.0448 cys... Read More about Modelling the transmission dynamics of cystic echinococcosis in donkeys of different ages from Tunisia.

Compression force behaviours : an exploration of the beliefs and values influencing the application of breast compression during screening mammography (2014)
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Murphy, F., Nightingale, J., Hogg, P., Robinson, L., Seddon, D., & Mackay, S. (2015). Compression force behaviours : an exploration of the beliefs and values influencing the application of breast compression during screening mammography. Radiography, 21(1), 30-35. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.radi.2014.05.009

This research project investigated the compression behaviours of practitioners during screening mammography. The study sought to provide a qualitative understanding of ‘how’ and ‘why’ practitioners apply compression force. With a clear conflict in t... Read More about Compression force behaviours : an exploration of the beliefs and values influencing the application of breast compression during screening mammography.

Evaluating the cumulative impact problem in spatial planning : a case study of wind turbines in Aberdeenshire, UK (2014)
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Scott, A., Shannon, P., Hardman, M., & Miller, D. (2014). Evaluating the cumulative impact problem in spatial planning : a case study of wind turbines in Aberdeenshire, UK. Town Planning Review, 85(4), 457-488. https://doi.org/10.3828/tpr.2014.27

The problem of cumulative impact (CI) is an under-researched issue in spatial planning theory and practice with important implications for sustainability. This paper investigates how cumulative impact is addressed within the Scottish planning system... Read More about Evaluating the cumulative impact problem in spatial planning : a case study of wind turbines in Aberdeenshire, UK.

2Loud? : Community mapping of exposure to traffic noise with mobile phones (2014)
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Zarpelon Leao, S., Ong, K., & Krezel, A. (2014). 2Loud? : Community mapping of exposure to traffic noise with mobile phones. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 186(10), 6193-6206. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10661-014-3848-9

Despite ample medical evidence of the adverse impacts of traffic noise on health, most policies for traffic noise management are arbitrary or incomplete, resulting in serious social and economic impacts. Surprisingly, there is limited information abo... Read More about 2Loud? : Community mapping of exposure to traffic noise with mobile phones.

MicroRNA profiles discriminate among colon cancer metastasis (2014)
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Drusco, A., Nuovo, G., Zanesi, N., Di Leva, G., Pichiorri, F., Volinia, S., …Croce, C. (2014). MicroRNA profiles discriminate among colon cancer metastasis. PLoS ONE, 9(6), e96670. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0096670

MicroRNAs are being exploited for diagnosis, prognosis and monitoring of cancer and other diseases. Their high tissue specificity and critical role in oncogenesis provide new biomarkers for the diagnosis and classification of cancer as well as predic... Read More about MicroRNA profiles discriminate among colon cancer metastasis.

ADM-LDA : an aspect detection model based on topic modelling using the structure of review sentences (2014)
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Bagheri, A., Saraee, M., & de Jong, F. (2014). ADM-LDA : an aspect detection model based on topic modelling using the structure of review sentences. Journal of Information Science, 40(5), 621-636. https://doi.org/10.1177/0165551514538744

Probabilistic topic models are statistical methods whose aim is to discover the latent structure in a large collection of documents. The intuition behind topic models is that, by generating documents by latent topics, the word distribution for each t... Read More about ADM-LDA : an aspect detection model based on topic modelling using the structure of review sentences.

Synthesis, mobility and multifurcation of deployable polyhedral mechanisms with radially reciprocating motion (2014)
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Wei, G., Chen, Y., & Dai, J. (2014). Synthesis, mobility and multifurcation of deployable polyhedral mechanisms with radially reciprocating motion. Journal of Mechanical Design, 136(9), 091003. https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4027638

Extending the method coined virtual-center-based (VCB) for synthesizing a group of deployable platonic mechanisms with radially reciprocating motion by implanting dual-plane-symmetric 8-bar linkages into the platonic polyhedron bases, this paper prop... Read More about Synthesis, mobility and multifurcation of deployable polyhedral mechanisms with radially reciprocating motion.

Electronic and optical structure of wurtzite CuInS2 (2014)
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Tomic, S., Bernasconi, L., Searle, B., & Harrison, N. (2014). Electronic and optical structure of wurtzite CuInS2. Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 118(26), 14478-14484. https://doi.org/10.1021/jp411213d

We present a theoretical study of the electronic structure of the wurtzite CuInS2 material. To address reliably some material properties of this new phase we use hybrid density functional theory. Among possible wurtzite polymorphs, we have determi... Read More about Electronic and optical structure of wurtzite CuInS2.

Effect of mobile telephones on sperm quality : a systematic review and meta-analysis (2014)
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and meta-analysis. Environment International, 70, 106-112. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envint.2014.04.015

Mobile phones are owned by most of the adult population worldwide. Radio-frequency electromagnetic radiation (RF-EMR) from these devices could potentially affect sperm development and function. Around 14% of couples in high- and middle-income count... Read More about Effect of mobile telephones on sperm quality : a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Is pain disabling adults with musculoskeletal conditions? (2014)
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Prior, Y., Hammond, A., & Tyson, S. (2014). Is pain disabling adults with musculoskeletal conditions?. Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases, 73(Supp2), 1172. https://doi.org/10.1136/annrheumdis-2014-eular.3399

Background: Pain is the most common symptom of musculoskeletal (MSK) conditions, affecting two thirds of adults aged ≥50 years in the UK (1). MSK pain often becomes chronic and significantly reduces people’s ability to participate in daily activities... Read More about Is pain disabling adults with musculoskeletal conditions?.

Do Occupational therapy services fulfil the work related needs of rheumatology patients in the UK? (2014)
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Prior, Y., & Hammond, A. (2014). Do Occupational therapy services fulfil the work related needs of rheumatology patients in the UK?. Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases, 73(Suppl2), 93. https://doi.org/10.1136/annrheumdis-2014-eular.3407

Background: Before becoming work disabled, people with inflammatory arthritis (IA) experience work instability, which threatens employment. Thus, many employed people with IA are at risk of losing their job. Rheumatology Occupational Therapists (OT)... Read More about Do Occupational therapy services fulfil the work related needs of rheumatology patients in the UK?.

OP0083-HPR development of the evaluation of daily activities questionnaire in musculoskeletal conditions: Psychometric testing (2014)
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Hammond, A., Prior, Y., Horton, M., Tennant, A., & Tyson, S. (2014). OP0083-HPR development of the evaluation of daily activities questionnaire in musculoskeletal conditions: Psychometric testing. Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases, 73(Suppl2), 93. https://doi.org/10.1136/annrheumdis-2014-eular.3334

Background The English Evaluation of Daily Activity Questionnaire (EDAQ) is a patient reported measure of activity limitations including 138 activities in 14 domains. It has been linguistically and culturally validated from the original Swedish to En... Read More about OP0083-HPR development of the evaluation of daily activities questionnaire in musculoskeletal conditions: Psychometric testing.