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Abdominal / adductor strength imbalance in soccer players with osteitis pubis (2018)
Journal Article
Mohammad, W., & Elsais, W. (2018). Abdominal / adductor strength imbalance in soccer players with osteitis pubis. Journal of Men's Health, 14(3), e33-e40. https://doi.org/10.22374/1875-6859.14.3.5

Background and Objective: The muscle imbalance between abdominal and hip adductor muscles as an etiology for osteitis pubis is not well understood. The concept of a relationship between eccentric/concentric ratios at the pelvis and osteitis pubis... Read More about Abdominal / adductor strength imbalance in soccer players with osteitis pubis.

Fisheries sanctuary planning in practice: lesson learnt from ecosystem approach to fisheries management in North Kalimantan province (2018)
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Prasetyo, A., Priatna, A., Setiyawan, A., Lasnihora, R., Yahya, F., Oktaviani, D., …Burkiki, D. (2018). Fisheries sanctuary planning in practice: lesson learnt from ecosystem approach to fisheries management in North Kalimantan province. Indonesian Fisheries Research Journal (Jakarta), 24, 31-38. https://doi.org/10.15578/ifrj.24.1.2018.45-52

Governor Decree of North Kalimantan No. 26 in 2014 concerning Management of Bombay Duck in the North Kalimantan Province Waters was established in order to address over-exploitation of bombay duck (Harpadon nehereus) population. Fisheries sanctuary i... Read More about Fisheries sanctuary planning in practice: lesson learnt from ecosystem approach to fisheries management in North Kalimantan province.

Market Clearing and Settlement Using Participant Based Distributed Slack Optimal Power Flow Model for a Double Sided Electricity Auction Market –Part I (2018)
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(2018). Market Clearing and Settlement Using Participant Based Distributed Slack Optimal Power Flow Model for a Double Sided Electricity Auction Market –Part I. Electric Power Components and Systems, 46(5), 533-543. https://doi.org/10.1080/15325008.2018.1460639

AC and DC OPF models are widely used in the industry for market clearing and settlement of primary electricity market. Research works available in literature have used locational marginal price to price electricity. But this research work by using Pa... Read More about Market Clearing and Settlement Using Participant Based Distributed Slack Optimal Power Flow Model for a Double Sided Electricity Auction Market –Part I.

Clay-induced DNA breaks as a path for genetic diversity, antibiotic resistance, and asbestos carcinogenesis (2018)
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Gonzalez Tortuero, E., Rodríguez-Beltrán, J., Radek, R., Blázquez, J., & Rodríguez-Rojas, A. (2018). Clay-induced DNA breaks as a path for genetic diversity, antibiotic resistance, and asbestos carcinogenesis. Scientific reports, 8, 8504. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-26958-5

Natural clays and synthetic nanofibres can have a severe impact on human health. After several decades of research, the molecular mechanism of how asbestos induces cancer is not well understood. Different fibres, including asbestos, can penetrate cel... Read More about Clay-induced DNA breaks as a path for genetic diversity, antibiotic resistance, and asbestos carcinogenesis.

Design and control of a novel variable stiffness soft arm (2018)
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Hao, L., Chaoqun, X., Giannaccini, M., Cheng, H., Zhang, Y., Nefti-Meziani, S., & Davis, S. (2018). Design and control of a novel variable stiffness soft arm. Advanced robotics : the international journal of the Robotics Society of Japan, 32(11), 605-622. https://doi.org/10.1080/01691864.2018.1476179

Soft robot arms possess such characteristics as light weight, simple structure and good adaptability to the environment, among others. On the other hand, robust control of soft robot arms presents many difficulties. Based on these reasons, this pap... Read More about Design and control of a novel variable stiffness soft arm.

How SMART are your patient goals? (2018)
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Stonehouse, D. (2018). How SMART are your patient goals?. British Journal of Healthcare Assistants, 12(5), 233-235. https://doi.org/10.12968/bjha.2018.12.5.233

As a follow-up to ‘understanding the nursing process’ (Stonehouse, 2017), this article examines the importance of goal-setting within the planning stage of the nursing process. The acronym ‘SMART’ will be explored, to help guide the support worker in... Read More about How SMART are your patient goals?.

The usage of social media and e-reputation system in global supply chain : comparative cases from diamond & automotive industries (2018)
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Mohamad, M., Ali, M., Abdullah, A., & El Fiky, A. (2018). The usage of social media and e-reputation system in global supply chain : comparative cases from diamond & automotive industries. International Journal of Communications, Network and System Sciences, 11(5), 69-103. https://doi.org/10.4236/ijcns.2018.115006

The last decade witnesses a heave use of social media-based information systems in different fields of business such as logistics, procurement, and supply chain management. Managing these types of information systems, could help companies to outsourc... Read More about The usage of social media and e-reputation system in global supply chain : comparative cases from diamond & automotive industries.

Concurrent validity of a portable force plate using vertical jump force-time characteristics (2018)
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Lake, J., Mundy, P., Comfort, P., McMahon, J., Suchomel, T., & Carden, P. (2018). Concurrent validity of a portable force plate using vertical jump force-time characteristics. Journal of Applied Biomechanics, 34(5), 410-413. https://doi.org/10.1123/jab.2017-0371

This study examined concurrent validity of countermovement vertical jump (CMJ) reactive strength index modified and force-time characteristics recorded using a one dimensional portable and laboratory force plate system. Twenty-eight men performed bil... Read More about Concurrent validity of a portable force plate using vertical jump force-time characteristics.

The study of shark and ray abundance in Nusa Penida Aquatic Conservation Area (2018)
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Prasetyo, A., Simpfendorfer, C., Sherman, S., & Moore, S. (2018). The study of shark and ray abundance in Nusa Penida Aquatic Conservation Area. https://doi.org/10.31227/osf.io/pagct

Limited information is one of major problem in managing shark and ray population in Indonesia. This research aims to demonstrate a cost-effective video approach to quantify the relative abundance of sharks, rays and other megafaunas (morays, turtles... Read More about The study of shark and ray abundance in Nusa Penida Aquatic Conservation Area.

Russkiy mir : the geopolitics of Russian compatriots abroad (2018)
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Pieper, M. (2020). Russkiy mir : the geopolitics of Russian compatriots abroad. Geopolitics, 25(3), 756-779. https://doi.org/10.1080/14650045.2018.1465047

This paper argues that the instrumental reference to Russian ‘compatriots’ in Georgia in 2008 and Ukraine in 2014 served as a discursive framing to justify contradictions in Russian approaches to state sovereignty to an international audience. Contra... Read More about Russkiy mir : the geopolitics of Russian compatriots abroad.

Shear behaviour of lightweight concrete beams strengthened with CFRP composite (2018)
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Al-Allaf, M., Weekes, L., & Augusthus Nelson, L. (2019). Shear behaviour of lightweight concrete beams strengthened with CFRP composite. Magazine of Concrete Research, 71(18), 949-964. https://doi.org/10.1680/jmacr.17.00488

This paper presents the experimental results obtained from lightweight and normal concrete beams with closed and U-shaped configurations of epoxy bonded Carbon FRP (CFRP) reinforcement in order to compare the shear resisting mechanisms between lightw... Read More about Shear behaviour of lightweight concrete beams strengthened with CFRP composite.

Performance of case-based reasoning retrieval using classification based on associations versus Jcolibri and FreeCBR : a further validation study (2018)
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Aljuboori, A., Coenen, F., Nsaif, M., & Parsons, D. (2018). Performance of case-based reasoning retrieval using classification based on associations versus Jcolibri and FreeCBR : a further validation study. Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 1003(1), https://doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/1003/1/012130

Case-Based Reasoning (CBR) plays a major role in expert system research. However, a critical problem can be met when a CBR system retrieves incorrect cases. Class Association Rules (CARs) have been utilized to offer a potential solution in a previous... Read More about Performance of case-based reasoning retrieval using classification based on associations versus Jcolibri and FreeCBR : a further validation study.

An evaluation of fracture liaison services in the detection and management of osteoporotic fragility fractures : a narrative review (2018)
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Eccles, E., Thompson, J., & Roddam, H. (2018). An evaluation of fracture liaison services in the detection and management of osteoporotic fragility fractures : a narrative review. Radiography, 24(2), 392-395. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.radi.2018.05.003

Objectives: To evaluate the current evidence for whether Fracture Liaison Services are being utilised effectively in the UK to aid in the prevention of fragility fractures. Key Findings: Radiological under-reporting and non-standardised assessmen... Read More about An evaluation of fracture liaison services in the detection and management of osteoporotic fragility fractures : a narrative review.

The road to functional recovery : temporal effects of matrix regeneration on Amazonian bats (2018)
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Farneda, F., Rocha, R., Lopez-Baucells, A., Sampaio, E., Palmeirim, J., Bobrowiec, P., …Meyer, C. (2018). The road to functional recovery : temporal effects of matrix regeneration on Amazonian bats. Tropical Conservation Science, 11, https://doi.org/10.1177/1940082918777185

Across the tropics, vast deforested areas are undergoing forest regeneration due to land abandonment. Although secondary forest is an expanding type of landscape matrix that has been shown to buffer some of the negative consequences of forest loss an... Read More about The road to functional recovery : temporal effects of matrix regeneration on Amazonian bats.

Response of a spring-fed fen ecosystem in Central Eastern Europe (NW Romania) to climate changes during the last 4000 years : a high resolution multi-proxy reconstruction (2018)
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Galka, M., Feurdean, A., Hutchinson, S., Krystyna, M., Tantau, I., & Apolinarska, K. (2018). Response of a spring-fed fen ecosystem in Central Eastern Europe (NW Romania) to climate changes during the last 4000 years : a high resolution multi-proxy reconstruction. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 504, 170-185. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.palaeo.2018.05.027

We document the long-term development of a spring-fed fen assessing its sensivity to climate changes over the last ca. 4000 years. Our investigation is based on high-resolution, continuous plant macrofossil remains and mollusc records, complemented b... Read More about Response of a spring-fed fen ecosystem in Central Eastern Europe (NW Romania) to climate changes during the last 4000 years : a high resolution multi-proxy reconstruction.

Risk and benefit of different cooking methods on essential elements and arsenic in rice (2018)
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Mwale, T., Rahman, M., & Mondal, D. (2018). Risk and benefit of different cooking methods on essential elements and arsenic in rice. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 15(6), 1056. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph15061056

Use of excess water in cooking of rice is a well-studied short-term arsenic removal technique. However, the outcome on the nutritional content of rice is not well addressed. We determined the benefit of different cooking techniques on arsenic removal... Read More about Risk and benefit of different cooking methods on essential elements and arsenic in rice.

The work undertaken by mechanically ventilated patients in intensive care : a qualitative meta-ethnography of survivors' experiences (2018)
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Carruthers, H., Gomersall, T., & Astin, F. (2018). The work undertaken by mechanically ventilated patients in intensive care : a qualitative meta-ethnography of survivors' experiences. International Journal of Nursing Studies, 86, 60-73. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2018.05.013

Background: Mechanical ventilation is a routine intervention for the critically ill but patients' experiences of this intervention are largely hidden from clinicians. A comprehensive understanding of Intensive Care Units survivors' accounts is requir... Read More about The work undertaken by mechanically ventilated patients in intensive care : a qualitative meta-ethnography of survivors' experiences.

‘Knowing where I am’ : self-monitoring of blood glucose in diabetes (2018)
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Meetoo, D., Wong, L., & Fatani, T. (2018). ‘Knowing where I am’ : self-monitoring of blood glucose in diabetes. British Journal of Nursing, 27(10), 537-541. https://doi.org/10.12968/bjon.2018.27.10.537

Although the prevalence of all types of chronic conditions is increasing, diabetes is one of the few long-term metabolic disorders that individuals can successfully manage, monitor and control on a day-to-day basis. Self-monitoring of blood glucose (... Read More about ‘Knowing where I am’ : self-monitoring of blood glucose in diabetes.