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The road to functional recovery : temporal effects of matrix regeneration on Amazonian bats (2018)
Journal Article
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.

Conflicts and management styles in the Sri Lankan commercial building sector (2018)
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Gunarathna, C., Jing Yang, R., & Fernando, N. (2018). Conflicts and management styles in the Sri Lankan commercial building sector. Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management, 25(2), 178-201. https://doi.org/10.1108/ECAM-10-2016-0233

The Sri Lankan commercial building industry is currently experiencing a construction boom after thirty years of civil war. Creating a dispute free environment through well conflict management is one of the main ways to keep the continuous demand and... Read More about Conflicts and management styles in the Sri Lankan commercial building sector.

Socially engaged photography and wellbeing: reflections on a case study in the northwest of England (2018)
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Bratchford, G., Giotaki, G., & Wewiora, L. (2018). Socially engaged photography and wellbeing: reflections on a case study in the northwest of England. London Journal of Primary Care, 10(4), 82-88. https://doi.org/10.1080/17571472.2018.1477439

This paper describes a 9-month project commissioned by Halton Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) and Liverpool photography organisation, Open Eye Gallery. Socially engaged photographers worked with local residents from the Windmill Hill estate in Run... Read More about Socially engaged photography and wellbeing: reflections on a case study in the northwest of England.

Do the peak and mean force methods of assessing vertical jump force asymmetry agree? (2018)
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Lake, J., Mundy, P., Comfort, P., & Suchomel, T. (2020). Do the peak and mean force methods of assessing vertical jump force asymmetry agree?. Sports Biomechanics, 19(2), 227-234. https://doi.org/10.1080/14763141.2018.1465116

The aim of this study was to assess agreement between peak and mean force methods of quantifying force asymmetry during the countermovement jump (CMJ).
Forty-five men performed four CMJ with each foot on one of two force plates recording at 1000 Hz... Read More about Do the peak and mean force methods of assessing vertical jump force asymmetry agree?.

Investigating L2 learners’ writing self-efficacy as a complex dynamic system (2018)
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Almutlaq, S., & Etherington, M. (2018). Investigating L2 learners’ writing self-efficacy as a complex dynamic system. International Journal of English Language Education, 6(1), 155-177. https://doi.org/10.5296/ijele.v6i1.13163

There has been a growing interest in SLA in studying second language (L2) writing development and change from a complex perspective, taking into consideration the full combination of learning processes, learners and contexts of learning. Thus, the re... Read More about Investigating L2 learners’ writing self-efficacy as a complex dynamic system.

An explorative philosophical study of envisaging the electrical energy infrastructure of the future (2018)
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Verkerk, M., Ribiero, P., Basden, A., & Hoogland, J. (2018). An explorative philosophical study of envisaging the electrical energy infrastructure of the future. Philosophia reformata (Online), 83(1), 90-110. https://doi.org/10.1163/23528230-08301006

The electrical energy infrastructure is one of the key life-sustaining technologies of contemporary Western society. This infrastructure is extremely complex due to its size, its multifarious technologies, and its interweaving with societal structur... Read More about An explorative philosophical study of envisaging the electrical energy infrastructure of the future.

Isolation and composition analysis of bioactive glycosaminoglycans from whelk (2018)
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Khurshid, C., & Pye, D. (2018). Isolation and composition analysis of bioactive glycosaminoglycans from whelk. Marine Drugs, 16(5), 0171. https://doi.org/10.3390/md16050171

Glycosaminoglycans (GAGs) are found covalently attached to proteins, which create conjugates known as proteoglycans. GAGs have remarkable biological activity as co-receptors for a variety of growth factors, cytokines, and chemokines. The present stud... Read More about Isolation and composition analysis of bioactive glycosaminoglycans from whelk.

China whispers : the symbolic, economic, and political presence of China in contemporary American science fiction film (2018)
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Longden, K. (2018). China whispers : the symbolic, economic, and political presence of China in contemporary American science fiction film. Open Cultural Studies, 2(1), 151-161. https://doi.org/10.1515/culture-2018-0014

China has long been present in Western science fiction, but largely through notions of Orientalism
and depictions as the 'Yellow Peril'. However, with China's new ascendancy and modernization over the
last 15 years, along with its investment and co... Read More about China whispers : the symbolic, economic, and political presence of China in contemporary American science fiction film.

Feasibility studies of post-processing techniques to strengthen 3D printed UAV wing structures (2018)
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Govdeli, Y., Ravindrababu, S., Erdal, K., & Ong, G. Z. Q. (2018). Feasibility studies of post-processing techniques to strengthen 3D printed UAV wing structures. #Journal not on list, 244-249. https://doi.org/10.25341/D4WW2K

To strengthen 3D printed unmanned aerial vehicle parts, this paper aims to investigate the feasibility of two post-processing techniques, namely heat treatment and protective coating, with polylactic acid being the base material of comparison. For a... Read More about Feasibility studies of post-processing techniques to strengthen 3D printed UAV wing structures.

On the comparison of diamond honeycomb and 3D-Kagome structures for 3D printed UAVs (2018)
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Govdeli, Y., Ravindrababu, S., Kayacan, E., & Low, J. M. (2018). On the comparison of diamond honeycomb and 3D-Kagome structures for 3D printed UAVs. #Journal not on list, 341-346. https://doi.org/10.25341/D49G6P

This study elaborates developing two different types of cellular internal structures to improve the bending stiffness and to reduce the weight of a vertical take-off and landing unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV). Whereas the number of different cellular... Read More about On the comparison of diamond honeycomb and 3D-Kagome structures for 3D printed UAVs.

Design, kinematics, and controlling a novel soft robot arm with parallel motion (2018)
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Al-Ibadi, A., Nefti-Meziani, S., & Davis, S. (2018). Design, kinematics, and controlling a novel soft robot arm with parallel motion. Robotics, 7(2), 19. https://doi.org/10.3390/robotics7020019

This article presents a novel design for a double bend pneumatic muscle actuator (DB-PMA) inspired by snake lateral undulation. The presented actuator has the ability to bend in opposite directions from its two halves. This behavior results in horizo... Read More about Design, kinematics, and controlling a novel soft robot arm with parallel motion.

Functional molecules in mesothelial to mesenchymal transition revealed by transcriptome analyses (2018)
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Namvar, S., Woolf, A., Zeef, L., Wilm, T., Wilm, B., & Herrick, S. (2018). Functional molecules in mesothelial to mesenchymal transition revealed by transcriptome analyses. Journal of Pathology, 245(4), 491-501. https://doi.org/10.1002/path.5101

Peritoneal fibrosis is a common complication of abdominal and pelvic surgery, and can also be triggered by peritoneal dialysis, resulting in treatment failure. In these settings, fibrosis is driven by activated myofibroblasts that are considered to b... Read More about Functional molecules in mesothelial to mesenchymal transition revealed by transcriptome analyses.

Novel internal regulators and candidate miRNAs within miR-379/miR-656 miRNA cluster can alter cellular phenotype of human glioblastoma (2018)
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Nayak, S., Aich, M., Kumar, A., Sengupta, S., Bajad, P., Dhapola, P., …Sarkar, C. (2018). Novel internal regulators and candidate miRNAs within miR-379/miR-656 miRNA cluster can alter cellular phenotype of human glioblastoma. Scientific reports, 8(2018), #7673. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-26000-8

Clustered miRNAs can affect functioning of downstream pathways due to possible coordinated function. We
observed 78-88% of the miR-379/miR-656 cluster (C14MC) miRNAs were downregulated in three sub-types
of diffuse gliomas, which was also corrobora... Read More about Novel internal regulators and candidate miRNAs within miR-379/miR-656 miRNA cluster can alter cellular phenotype of human glioblastoma.

Tuna labels matter in Europe : mislabelling rates in different tuna products (2018)
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Sotelo, C., Velasco, A., Perez-Martin, R., Kappel, K., Schröder, U., Verrez-Bagnis, V., …Griffiths, A. (2018). Tuna labels matter in Europe : mislabelling rates in different tuna products. PLoS ONE, 13(5), e0196641. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0196641

Tuna fisheries and processing represent economic activities of paramount importance around the world. Most of these products are traded for human consumption and in general are highly demanded commodities. However, not all tuna products achieve the s... Read More about Tuna labels matter in Europe : mislabelling rates in different tuna products.

Echinococcus multilocularis and Echinococcus shiquicus in a small mammal community on the eastern Tibetan Plateau : host species composition, molecular prevalence, and epidemiological implications (2018)
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Wang, X., Liu, J., Zuo, Q., Mu, Z., Weng, X., Sun, X., …Wang, Z. (2018). Echinococcus multilocularis and Echinococcus shiquicus in a small mammal community on the eastern Tibetan Plateau : host species composition, molecular prevalence, and epidemiological implications. Parasites and Vectors, 11(1), 302. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13071-018-2873-x

Background
The eastern part of the Tibetan Plateau is now recognized as an endemic region with the highest reported human infection rates in the world of human alveolar echinococcosis (AE) caused by Echinococcus multilocularis. Existing epidemiolog... Read More about Echinococcus multilocularis and Echinococcus shiquicus in a small mammal community on the eastern Tibetan Plateau : host species composition, molecular prevalence, and epidemiological implications.