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Effects of micro-molar H2O2 on inhibiting soil nitrification (2018)
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Qin, J., & Lin, C. (2018). Effects of micro-molar H2O2 on inhibiting soil nitrification. Geoderma, 333, 145-148. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geoderma.2018.07.028

Microcosm experiments were conducted to examine the effects of micro-molar hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) on soil nitrification in three scenarios: (a) without added fresh biomass and magnetite, (b) with added fresh biomass, and (c) with added magnetite. The... Read More about Effects of micro-molar H2O2 on inhibiting soil nitrification.

Flood energy dissipation in anabranching channels (2018)
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Entwistle, N., Heritage, G., & Milan, D. (2018). Flood energy dissipation in anabranching channels. River Research and Applications, 34(7), 709-720. https://doi.org/10.1002/rra.3299

This study examines the character of developing anabranched channel networks on the River Wear, north England using metre-scale aerial LiDAR. DSM-DTM interpretation reveals a well-developed vegetation structure and a locally diverse terrain, dominate... Read More about Flood energy dissipation in anabranching channels.

The wave-matching boundary integral equation - an energy approach to Galerkin BEM for acoustic wave propagation problems (2018)
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Hargreaves, J., & Lam, Y. (2019). The wave-matching boundary integral equation - an energy approach to Galerkin BEM for acoustic wave propagation problems. Wave Motion, 87, 4-36. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wavemoti.2018.07.003

In this paper, a new Boundary Integral Equation (BIE) is proposed for solution of the scalar Helmholtz equation. Applications include acoustic scattering problems, as occur in room acoustics and outdoor and underwater sound propagation. It draws toge... Read More about The wave-matching boundary integral equation - an energy approach to Galerkin BEM for acoustic wave propagation problems.

CGM2 : proposal of an evolved conventional gait model (2018)
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Leboeuf, F., Sangeux, M., Reay, J., Greuel, H., Jones, R., & Baker, R. (2018). CGM2 : proposal of an evolved conventional gait model. Gait & Posture, 65, 436-437. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gaitpost.2018.07.043

Developed during the 1990s, the Conventional Gait Model (CGM), distributed as Vicon Plugin gait (Vicon PiG), has formed the basis of gait analysis in many clinical gait analysis services. However, it is also associated with several shortcomings and p... Read More about CGM2 : proposal of an evolved conventional gait model.

Barriers block the effect of joint attention on working memory : perspective taking matters (2018)
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Gregory, S., & Jackson, M. (2019). Barriers block the effect of joint attention on working memory : perspective taking matters. Journal of Experimental Psychology, 45(5), 795-806. https://doi.org/10.1037/xlm0000622

Joint focus of attention between two individuals can influence the way that observers attend, encode, and value items. Using a nonpredictive gaze cuing task we previously found that working memory (WM) was better for jointly attended (validly cued) v... Read More about Barriers block the effect of joint attention on working memory : perspective taking matters.

Residency and reproductive status of yellowfin tuna in a proposed large-scale pelagic marine protected area (2018)
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Richardson, A., Downes, K., Nolan, E., Brickle, P., Brown, J., Weber, N., & Weber, S. (2018). Residency and reproductive status of yellowfin tuna in a proposed large-scale pelagic marine protected area. Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems, 28(6), 1308-1316. https://doi.org/10.1002/aqc.2936

Since the year 2000, the designation of remote, large-scale marine protected areas (LSMPAs) has closed over 15,000,000 km2 of ocean to commercial fishing. Yet, while these mega-reserves have collectively made a major contribution toward meeting globa... Read More about Residency and reproductive status of yellowfin tuna in a proposed large-scale pelagic marine protected area.

Developing a generic tool to routinely measure the impact of health libraries (2018)
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Ayre, S., Brettle, A., Gilroy, D., Knock, D., Pattinson, S., Smith, S., & Turner, J. (2018). Developing a generic tool to routinely measure the impact of health libraries. Health Information and Libraries Journal, 35(3), 227-245. https://doi.org/10.1111/hir.12223

Background – Health libraries contribute to many activities of a healthcare organization. Impact assessment needs to capture that range of contributions. Objectives – To develop and pilot a generic impact questionnaire that: 1) could be used rout... Read More about Developing a generic tool to routinely measure the impact of health libraries.

Lie symmetry analysis and numerical solutions for thermo-solutal chemicallyreacting radiative micropolar flow from an inclined porous surface (2018)
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Shamshuddin, M., Mishra, S., Beg, O., & Kadir, A. (2018). Lie symmetry analysis and numerical solutions for thermo-solutal chemicallyreacting radiative micropolar flow from an inclined porous surface. Heat Transfer - Asian Research, 47(7), 918-940. https://doi.org/10.1002/htj.21358

Steady, laminar, incompressible thermo-solutal natural convection flow of micropolar fluid from an inclined perforated surface with convective boundary conditions is studied. Thermal radiative flux and chemical reaction effects are included to re... Read More about Lie symmetry analysis and numerical solutions for thermo-solutal chemicallyreacting radiative micropolar flow from an inclined porous surface.

Influence of ankle's degree of freedom on muscle force estimation in different simulation environments (2018)
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Trinler, U., Alexander, N., Baker, R., & Schwameder, H. (2018). Influence of ankle's degree of freedom on muscle force estimation in different simulation environments. Gait & Posture, 65(Sup_1), 221-222. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gaitpost.2018.06.141

The main movements of the ankle joint are dorsi-, plantarflexion (DF/PF), eversion and inversion. In musculoskeletal modelling of walking, the ankle is often simplified, e.g. restricting the degree of freedom (DoF) of the ankle joint, which might lea... Read More about Influence of ankle's degree of freedom on muscle force estimation in different simulation environments.

A case for using both direct and indirect benchmarking to compare university performance metrics (2018)
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Harris, W., Langan, A., Barrett, N., Jack, K., Wibberley, C., & Hamshire, C. (2018). A case for using both direct and indirect benchmarking to compare university performance metrics. Studies in Higher Education, 44(12), 2281-2292. https://doi.org/10.1080/03075079.2018.1490893

Benchmarking is used in higher education as a means to improve and compare performance. Comparative metric benchmarks may take two forms, based on direct standardization (DS) or indirect standardization (IS). DS can be used to measure variation in pe... Read More about A case for using both direct and indirect benchmarking to compare university performance metrics.

Modeling doctoral population growth in premier technology institutions in India (2018)
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Menon, B., Ghatak, S., Mahanty, B., & Sahadev, S. (2018). Modeling doctoral population growth in premier technology institutions in India. Systems Research and Behavioral Science, 35(6), 738-745. https://doi.org/10.1002/sres.2515

The present study utilizes the basic reproductive number ‘R0’ to make sense of the Indian Institute of Technologies’ (IITs) doctoral population growth. The analysis shows that the R0 for seven IITs under study, and for the engineering disciplines in... Read More about Modeling doctoral population growth in premier technology institutions in India.

Conserving European biodiversity across realms (2018)
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Giakoumi, S., Hermoso, V., Carvalho, S., Markantonatou, V., Dagys, M., Iwamura, T., …Vogiatzakis, I. (2019). Conserving European biodiversity across realms. Conservation Letters, 12(1), e12586. https://doi.org/10.1111/conl.12586

Terrestrial, freshwater, and marine ecosystems are connected via multiple biophysical and ecological processes. Identifying and quantifying links among ecosystems is necessary for the uptake of integrated conservation actions across realms. Such acti... Read More about Conserving European biodiversity across realms.

Reflexivity and ethical research practice while interviewing on sexual topics (2018)
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Rodriguez-Dorans, E. (2018). Reflexivity and ethical research practice while interviewing on sexual topics. International Journal of Social Research Methodology, 21(6), 747-760. https://doi.org/10.1080/13645579.2018.1490980

Reflexivity is a multimodal research feature that relies on the researcher’s subjectivity and self-awareness. This paper discusses uses of reflexivity when carrying out qualitative in-depth interviews on sexual topics. Through extracts of a challengi... Read More about Reflexivity and ethical research practice while interviewing on sexual topics.

Titi monkey biogeography : parallel Pleistocene spread by Plecturocebus and Cheracebus into a post-Pebas Western Amazon (2018)
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Byrne, H., Lynch Alfaro, J., Sampaio, I., Farias, I., Schneider, H., Hrbek, T., & Boubli, J. (2018). Titi monkey biogeography : parallel Pleistocene spread by Plecturocebus and Cheracebus into a post-Pebas Western Amazon. Zoologica Scripta, 47(5), 499-517. https://doi.org/10.1111/zsc.12300

Titi monkeys, subfamily Callicebinae, are a diverse, species‐rich group of Neotropical primates with an extensive range across South America. Their distribution in space and time makes them an interesting primate model for addressing questions of Neo... Read More about Titi monkey biogeography : parallel Pleistocene spread by Plecturocebus and Cheracebus into a post-Pebas Western Amazon.

Radiocaesium transfer and radiation exposure of frogs in Fukushima Prefecture (2018)
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Tagami, K., Uchida, S., Wood, M., & Beresford, N. (2018). Radiocaesium transfer and radiation exposure of frogs in Fukushima Prefecture. Scientific reports, 8(1), 10662. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-28866-0

The International Commission on Radiological Protection has proposed an environmental assessment framework. This includes ionising radiation exposure assessment for different frog life-stages, but radiocaesium transfer parameters are unavailable. We... Read More about Radiocaesium transfer and radiation exposure of frogs in Fukushima Prefecture.

Active bacterioplankton community response to dissolved ‘free’ deoxyribonucleic acid (dDNA) in surface coastal marine waters (2018)
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Taylor, J., Bird, K., Widdicome, C., & Cunliffe, M. (2018). Active bacterioplankton community response to dissolved ‘free’ deoxyribonucleic acid (dDNA) in surface coastal marine waters. FEMS Microbiology Ecology, 94(10), https://doi.org/10.1093/femsec/fiy132

Seawater contains dissolved ‘free’ DNA (dDNA) that is part of a larger <0.2 μm pool of DNA (D-DNA) including viruses and uncharacterised bound DNA. Previous studies have shown that bacterioplankton readily degrade dDNA and culture-based approaches... Read More about Active bacterioplankton community response to dissolved ‘free’ deoxyribonucleic acid (dDNA) in surface coastal marine waters.

pH plays a role in the mode of action of trimethoprim on Escherichia coli (2018)
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AlRabiah, H., Allwood, J., Correa, E., Xu, Y., & Goodacre, R. (2018). pH plays a role in the mode of action of trimethoprim on Escherichia coli. PLoS ONE, 13(7), e0200272. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0200272

Metabolomics-based approaches were applied to understand interactions of trimethoprim with Escherichia coli K-12 at sub-minimum inhibitory concentrations (MIC≈0.2, 0.03 and 0.003 mg L-1). Trimethoprim inhibits dihydrofolate reductase and thereby is a... Read More about pH plays a role in the mode of action of trimethoprim on Escherichia coli.

Development of NanoLuc-PEST expressing Leishmania mexicana as a new drug discovery tool for axenic- and intramacrophage-based assays (2018)
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Berry, S., Hameed, H., Thomason, A., Maciej-Hulme, M., Saif Abou-Akkada, S., Horrocks, P., & Price, H. (2018). Development of NanoLuc-PEST expressing Leishmania mexicana as a new drug discovery tool for axenic- and intramacrophage-based assays. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 12(7), e0006639. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0006639

The protozoan parasite Leishmania causes leishmaniasis; a spectrum of diseases of which there are an estimated 1 million new cases each year. Current treatments are toxic, expensive, difficult to administer, and resistance to them is emerging. New th... Read More about Development of NanoLuc-PEST expressing Leishmania mexicana as a new drug discovery tool for axenic- and intramacrophage-based assays.