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Variations in the U-Value measurement of a whole dwelling using infrared thermography under controlled conditions (2018)
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controlled conditions. Buildings, 8(46), 1-17. https://doi.org/10.3390/buildings8030046

U-values of building elements are often determined using point measurements, where infrared imagery may be used to identify a suitable location for these measurements. Current methods identify that surface areas exhibiting a homogeneous temperature—a... Read More about Variations in the U-Value measurement of a whole dwelling using infrared thermography under controlled conditions.

Out with the old in with the new? The media campaign (2018)
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Ward, S., & Wring, D. (2018). Out with the old in with the new? The media campaign. Parliamentary Affairs, 71(S1), 203-221. https://doi.org/10.1093/pa/gsx057

The 2017 General Election will likely be remembered as the campaign where the once dominant forms of TV and print journalism were challenged by digital platforms. This chapter analyses this development while also acknowledging that social media netwo... Read More about Out with the old in with the new? The media campaign.

The impact of increasing urban surface albedo on outdoor summer thermal comfort within a university campus (2018)
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Taleghani, M. (2018). The impact of increasing urban surface albedo on outdoor summer thermal comfort within a university campus. Urban Climate, 24, 175-184. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.uclim.2018.03.001

The impact of increasing urban surface albedo on outdoor thermal comfort was studied in two phases: Firstly, the thermal conditions of three locations with different ground surface materials were compared. The study used CFD modelling followed by... Read More about The impact of increasing urban surface albedo on outdoor summer thermal comfort within a university campus.

Clinical profile, risk and critical factors and the application of the “path towards intended violence” model in the case of mass shooter Dylann Roof (2018)
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Allely, C., & Faccini, L. (2018). Clinical profile, risk and critical factors and the application of the “path towards intended violence” model in the case of mass shooter Dylann Roof. Deviant Behavior, 40(6), 672-689. https://doi.org/10.1080/01639625.2018.1437653

A threat assessment perspective, namely the Path towards Intended Violence, was applied in the case of the mass shooting perpetrated by Dylann Roof on June 17, 2015 at an Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, South Carolina. This... Read More about Clinical profile, risk and critical factors and the application of the “path towards intended violence” model in the case of mass shooter Dylann Roof.

Effective lifetime radiation risk for a number of national mammography screening programmes (2018)
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Ali, R., England, A., McEntee, M., Tootell, A., Mercer, C., & Hogg, P. (2018). Effective lifetime radiation risk for a number of national mammography screening programmes. Radiography, 24(3), 240-246. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.radi.2018.02.001

Background and purpose: The performance of mammography screening programmes is focussed mainly on breast cancer detection rates. However, when the benefits and risks of mammography are considered, the risk of radiation-induced cancer is calculated fo... Read More about Effective lifetime radiation risk for a number of national mammography screening programmes.

Fine-scale genetic structure and helping decisions in a cooperatively breeding bird (2018)
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Leedale, A., Sharp, S., Simeoni, M., Robinson, E., & Hatchwell, B. (2018). Fine-scale genetic structure and helping decisions in a cooperatively breeding bird. Molecular Ecology, 27(7), 1714-1726. https://doi.org/10.1111/mec.14553

In animal societies, characteristic demographic and dispersal patterns may lead to genetic structuring of populations, generating the potential for kin selection to operate. However, even in genetically structured populations, social interactions may... Read More about Fine-scale genetic structure and helping decisions in a cooperatively breeding bird.

Flow visualization using heat lines for unsteady radiative hydromagnetic Micropolar convection from a vertical slender hollow cylinder (2018)
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Janardhana Reddy, G., Kethireddy, B., & Beg, O. (2018). Flow visualization using heat lines for unsteady radiative hydromagnetic Micropolar convection from a vertical slender hollow cylinder. International Journal of Mechanical Sciences, 140, 493-505. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijmecsci.2018.03.014

The present study aims to investigate the thermal radiation heat transfer effect on unsteady magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) flow of micropolar fluid over a uniformly heated vertical hollow cylinder using Bejan’s heat function concept. The normalized conse... Read More about Flow visualization using heat lines for unsteady radiative hydromagnetic Micropolar convection from a vertical slender hollow cylinder.

The association between suicidal behavior, attentional control, and frontal asymmetry (2018)
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Thompson, C., & Ong, E. (2018). The association between suicidal behavior, attentional control, and frontal asymmetry. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 9(79), https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2018.00079

It can be difficult to identify those at risk of suicide because suicidal thoughts are often internalized and not shared with others. Yet to prevent suicide attempts it is crucial to identify suicidal thoughts and actions at an early stage. Past stud... Read More about The association between suicidal behavior, attentional control, and frontal asymmetry.

The impact of power clean ability and training age on adaptations to weightlifting-style training (2018)
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James, L., Comfort, P., Suchomel, T., Kelly, V., Beckman, E., & Haff, G. (2019). The impact of power clean ability and training age on adaptations to weightlifting-style training. Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research, 33(11), 2936-2944. https://doi.org/10.1519/JSC.0000000000002534

The purpose of this investigation was to determine whether weightlifting actions are a viable method for improving athletic performance amongst weaker, inexperienced lifters when compared to individuals with a greater power clean result, and hence we... Read More about The impact of power clean ability and training age on adaptations to weightlifting-style training.

Optimisation of inspection policy for multi-line production systems (2018)
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Zahedi-Hosseini, F., Syntetos, A., & Scarf, P. (2018). Optimisation of inspection policy for multi-line production systems. European Journal of Industrial Engineering, 12(2), 233. https://doi.org/10.1504/EJIE.2018.090616

This paper develops a simulation model to determine the cost-optimum inspection policy for a multi-line production system taking account of simultaneous downtime. The machines in the multi-line system are subject to a two stage failure process that i... Read More about Optimisation of inspection policy for multi-line production systems.

The complete mitochondrial genome of a Buckfast bee, Apis mellifera (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Apidae) in Northern Ireland (2018)
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Okuyama, H., Hill, J., Martin, S., & Takahashi, J. (2018). The complete mitochondrial genome of a Buckfast bee, Apis mellifera (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Apidae) in Northern Ireland. Mitochondrial DNA Part B, 3(1), 338-339. https://doi.org/10.1080/23802359.2018.1450660

We analyzed the complete mitochondrial genome of the ‘Buckfast bee’, Apis mellifera, collected from Northern Ireland, UK. It consisted of a circular molecule of 16,353 bp. The genome contained 13 protein-coding, 22 tRNA, and 2 rRNA genes, along with... Read More about The complete mitochondrial genome of a Buckfast bee, Apis mellifera (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Apidae) in Northern Ireland.

Variability of plyometric and ballistic exercise technique maintains jump performance (2018)
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Chandler, P., Greig, M., & McMahon, J. (2018). Variability of plyometric and ballistic exercise technique maintains jump performance. Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research, 32(6), 1571-1582. https://doi.org/10.1519/JSC.0000000000002572

The aim of this study was to investigate changes in vertical jump technique over the course of a training session. Twelve plyometric and ballistic exercise trained male athletes (age = 23.4 ± 4.6 years, body mass = 78.7 ± 18.8 kg, height = 177.1 ± 9.... Read More about Variability of plyometric and ballistic exercise technique maintains jump performance.

Partitioning of soil phosphorus among arbuscular and ectomycorrhizal trees in tropical and subtropical forests (2018)
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Liu, X., Burslem, D., Taylor, J., Taylor, A., Khoo, E., Majalap-Lee, N., …Johnson, D. (2018). Partitioning of soil phosphorus among arbuscular and ectomycorrhizal trees in tropical and subtropical forests. Ecology Letters, 21(5), 713-723. https://doi.org/10.1111/ele.12939

Partitioning of soil phosphorus (P) pools has been proposed as a key mechanism maintaining plant diversity, but experimental support is lacking. Here, we provided different chemical forms of P to 15 tree species with contrasting root symbiotic relati... Read More about Partitioning of soil phosphorus among arbuscular and ectomycorrhizal trees in tropical and subtropical forests.

Rough-fuzzy based scene categorization for text detection and recognition in video (2018)
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Roy, S., Shivakumara, P., Jain, N., Khare, V., Dutta, A., Pal, U., & Lu, T. (2018). Rough-fuzzy based scene categorization for text detection and recognition in video. Pattern recognition, 80, 64-82. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.patcog.2018.02.014

Scene image or video understanding is a challenging task especially when number of video types increases drastically with high variations in background and foreground. This paper proposes a new method for categorizing scene videos into different clas... Read More about Rough-fuzzy based scene categorization for text detection and recognition in video.

Physics of fractional imaging in biomedicine (2018)
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Sohail, A., Beg, O., Li, Z., & Maqbool, K. (2018). Physics of fractional imaging in biomedicine. Progress in Biophysics and Molecular Biology, 140(Dec 18), 13-20. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pbiomolbio.2018.03.002

Medical imaging is a rapidly evolving sub-field of biomedical engineering as it considers novel approaches to visualizing biological tissues with the general goal of improving health. Medical imaging research provides improved diagnostic tools in clin... Read More about Physics of fractional imaging in biomedicine.

A phylogenomic perspective on the robust capuchin monkey (Sapajus) radiation : first evidence for extensive population admixture across South America (2018)
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Lima, M., Silva-Junior, J., Cerny, D., Buckner, J., Aleixo, A., Chang, J., …Lynch Alfaro, J. (2018). A phylogenomic perspective on the robust capuchin monkey (Sapajus) radiation : first evidence for extensive population admixture across South America. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 124, 137-150. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2018.02.023

Phylogenetic relationships amongst the robust capuchin monkeys (genus Sapajus) are poorly understood. Morphology-based taxonomies have recognized anywhere from one to twelve different species. The current IUCN (2017) classification lists eight robust... Read More about A phylogenomic perspective on the robust capuchin monkey (Sapajus) radiation : first evidence for extensive population admixture across South America.

Design and analysis of an original powered foot clearance creator mechanism for walking in patients with spinal cord injury (2018)
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Maleki, M., Badri, S., Shayestehepour, H., Arazpour, M., Farahmand, F., Mousavi, M., …Mardani, M. (2019). Design and analysis of an original powered foot clearance creator mechanism for walking in patients with spinal cord injury. Disability and Rehabilitation: Assistive Technology, 14(4), 333-337. https://doi.org/10.1080/17483107.2018.1447610

Background: The aim of this study was to assess the performance of an original powered foot clearance creator (PFCC) mechanism worn in conjunction with an isocentric reciprocal gait orthosis (IRGO) and evaluate its effect on trunk compensatory moveme... Read More about Design and analysis of an original powered foot clearance creator mechanism for walking in patients with spinal cord injury.

Reporting sexual violence on mental health wards (2018)
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Foley, M., & Cummins, I. (2018). Reporting sexual violence on mental health wards. Journal of Adult Protection, 20(2), 93-100. https://doi.org/10.1108/jap-11-2017-0036

Purpose This paper reports the findings of a scoping study that explored the extent of recorded sexual violence perpetrated on inpatients on mental health units. Design/methodology/approach Using Freedom of Information Act (FOI) requests, d... Read More about Reporting sexual violence on mental health wards.

Outcomes in patients with short bowel syndrome after autologous intestinal reconstruction : does etiology matter? (2018)
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Pederiva, F., Sgrò, A., Coletta, R., Khalil, B., & Morabito, A. (2018). Outcomes in patients with short bowel syndrome after autologous intestinal reconstruction : does etiology matter?. Journal of Pediatric Surgery, 53(7), 1345-1350. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2018.03.009

Background Short bowel syndrome (SBS) is the most common cause of intestinal failure in children. Many factors have been investigated in an attempt to define which parameters influence most survival and ability to wean off parenteral nutrition (PN)... Read More about Outcomes in patients with short bowel syndrome after autologous intestinal reconstruction : does etiology matter?.

Using simulation to test use of coaching in clinical placements (2018)
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Leigh, J., Littlewood, L., & Heggs, K. (2018). Using simulation to test use of coaching in clinical placements. Nursing Times, 114(4), 44-46

Clinical placement providers and higher education institutions in Greater Manchester are working on a new model of clinical placements, based on the University of East Anglia’s Collaborative Learning in Practice model. The GM Synergy Project placemen... Read More about Using simulation to test use of coaching in clinical placements.