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Radiative and magnetohydrodynamics flow of third grade viscoelastic fluid past an isothermal inverted cone in the presence of heat generation/absorption (2018)
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Gaffar, S., Prasad, V., Beg, O., Khan, M., & Venkatadri, V. (2018). Radiative and magnetohydrodynamics flow of third grade viscoelastic fluid past an isothermal inverted cone in the presence of heat generation/absorption. Journal of the Brazilian Society of Mechanical Sciences and Engineering, 40(127), https://doi.org/10.1007/s40430-018-1049-0

A mathematical analysis is presented to investigate the nonlinear, isothermal, steady-state, free convection boundary layer flow of an incompressible third grade viscoelastic fluid past an isothermal inverted cone in the presence of magnetohydrodynam... Read More about Radiative and magnetohydrodynamics flow of third grade viscoelastic fluid past an isothermal inverted cone in the presence of heat generation/absorption.

An Architectural Approach To Level Design (2018)
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Ali, U. (2018). An Architectural Approach To Level Design. ˜The œcomputer games journal, 7(1), 39-41. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40869-017-0050-7

This paper review’s Christopher Totten’s 2014 book, An Architectural Approach to Level Design. Totten’s work arguably represents the most advanced and up to date discussion in applying traditional architecture principles to level design. The work in... Read More about An Architectural Approach To Level Design.

Finding influential users for different time bounds in social networks using multi-objective optimization (2018)
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Mohammadi, A., & Saraee, M. (2018). Finding influential users for different time bounds in social networks using multi-objective optimization. Swarm and Evolutionary Computation, 40, 158-165. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.swevo.2018.02.003

Online social networks play an important role in marketing services. Influence maximization is a major challenge, in which the goal is to find the most influential users in a social network. Increasing the number of influenced users at the end of a d... Read More about Finding influential users for different time bounds in social networks using multi-objective optimization.

Valuing and understanding fish populations in the Anthropocene : key questions to address (2018)
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Obregón, C., Lyndon, A., Barker, J., Christiansen, H., Godley, B., Kurland, S., …Mariani, S. (2018). Valuing and understanding fish populations in the Anthropocene : key questions to address. Journal of Fish Biology, 92(3), 828-845. https://doi.org/10.1111/jfb.13536

Research on the values of fish populations and fisheries has primarily focused on bio-economic aspects; a more nuanced and multidimensional perspective is mostly neglected. Although a range of social aspects is increasingly being considered in fisher... Read More about Valuing and understanding fish populations in the Anthropocene : key questions to address.

Improving student nurses' confidence in managing the acutely ill patient (2018)
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Smith, J., & Rushton, M. (2018). Improving student nurses' confidence in managing the acutely ill patient. British Journal of Nursing, 27(3), 124-129. https://doi.org/10.12968/bjon.2018.27.3.124

Aim: The Acute Illness Management (AIM) course was introduced into NHS trusts across Greater Manchester in 2002/03 for registered nurses. In preparation for the transition from student to registered nurse, the AIM course was then included in the fi... Read More about Improving student nurses' confidence in managing the acutely ill patient.

Personalised, multi-modal, affective state detection for hybrid brain-computer music interfacing (2018)
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Daly, I., Williams, D., Malik, A., Weaver, J., Kirke, A., Hwang, F., …Nasuto, S. (2020). Personalised, multi-modal, affective state detection for hybrid brain-computer music interfacing. IEEE Transactions on Affective Computing, 11(1), 111-124. https://doi.org/10.1109/taffc.2018.2801811

Brain-computer music interfaces (BCMIs) may be used to modulate affective states, with applications in music therapy, composition, and entertainment. However, for such systems to work they need to be able to reliably detect their user's current affec... Read More about Personalised, multi-modal, affective state detection for hybrid brain-computer music interfacing.

A systematic review of approaches to modelling lower limb muscle forces during gait : applicability to clinical gait analyses (2018)
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Trinler, U., Hollands, K., Jones, R., & Baker, R. (2018). A systematic review of approaches to modelling lower limb muscle forces during gait : applicability to clinical gait analyses. Gait & Posture, 61, 353-361. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gaitpost.2018.02.005

Computational methods to estimate muscle forces during walking are becoming more common in biomechanical research but not yet in clinical gait analysis. This systematic review aims to identify the current state-of-the-art, examine the differences bet... Read More about A systematic review of approaches to modelling lower limb muscle forces during gait : applicability to clinical gait analyses.

Tangential attachments: Towards a more nuanced understanding of the impacts of cultural urban regeneration on local identities (2018)
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Yarker, S. (2018). Tangential attachments: Towards a more nuanced understanding of the impacts of cultural urban regeneration on local identities. Urban Studies, 55(15), 3421-3436. https://doi.org/10.1177/0042098017748093

This article offers the concept of tangential attachments as a way to interpret the meaning of urban regeneration for local residents. This contribution to the critical study of cultural regeneration allows us to consider the multiple ways in which u... Read More about Tangential attachments: Towards a more nuanced understanding of the impacts of cultural urban regeneration on local identities.

‘I have a renewed enthusiasm for going to the gym’: what keeps resistance-trained older adults coming back to the gym? (2018)
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Gluchowski, A., Warbrick, I., Oldham, T., & Harris, N. (2018). ‘I have a renewed enthusiasm for going to the gym’: what keeps resistance-trained older adults coming back to the gym?. Qualitative Research in Sport, Exercise and Health, 10(3), 333-345. https://doi.org/10.1080/2159676x.2018.1431305

The purpose of this study was to identify the factors that were responsible for the feelings of satisfaction and the behaviours of adherence to an intense exercise intervention recently completed by resistance-trained older adults. A total of 21 heal... Read More about ‘I have a renewed enthusiasm for going to the gym’: what keeps resistance-trained older adults coming back to the gym?.

A systematic PRISMA review of individuals with autism spectrum disorder in secure psychiatric care : prevalence, treatment, risk assessment and other clinical considerations (2018)
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Allely, C. (2018). A systematic PRISMA review of individuals with autism spectrum disorder in secure psychiatric care : prevalence, treatment, risk assessment and other clinical considerations. Journal of Criminal Psychology, 8(1), 58-79. https://doi.org/10.1108/JCP-06-2017-0028

Purpose – Patients with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) present with specific assessment, specific difficulties, needs and therapeutic issues and therefore are a challenging group for forensic services. Given the challenge that individuals with ASD p... Read More about A systematic PRISMA review of individuals with autism spectrum disorder in secure psychiatric care : prevalence, treatment, risk assessment and other clinical considerations.

Centre of pressure characteristics in normal, planus and cavus feet (2018)
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Buldt, A., Forghany, S., Landorf, K., Murley, G., Levinger, P., & Menz, H. (2018). Centre of pressure characteristics in normal, planus and cavus feet. Journal of Foot and Ankle Research, 11(3), https://doi.org/10.1186/s13047-018-0245-6

Background The aim of this study was to compare centre of pressure (COP) characteristics between healthy adults with normal, planus or cavus feet who were allocated to groups based on reliable foot posture measurement techniques. Methods... Read More about Centre of pressure characteristics in normal, planus and cavus feet.

Drought neutralises plant–soil feedback of two mesic grassland forbs (2018)
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Fry, E., Johnson, G., Evans, A., Pritchard, W., Bullock, J., & Bardgett, R. (2018). Drought neutralises plant–soil feedback of two mesic grassland forbs. Oecologia, 186, 1113-1125. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00442-018-4082-x

Plant–soil feedbacks (PSFs) describe the effect of a plant species on soil properties, which affect the performance of future generations. Here we test the hypothesis that drought alters PSFs by reducing plant–microbe associations and nutrient uptake... Read More about Drought neutralises plant–soil feedback of two mesic grassland forbs.

Play within the pre-registration children's nursing curriculum within the United Kingdom : a content analysis of programme specifications (2018)
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Stonehouse, D., Piper, C., Briggs, M., & Brown, F. (2018). Play within the pre-registration children's nursing curriculum within the United Kingdom : a content analysis of programme specifications. Journal of Pediatric Nursing, 41, e33-e38. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pedn.2018.01.013

Purpose: To determine the number of programme specifications which cite play within the curriculum and in what context. Play is an essential part of childhood. Therefore we might expect nurses caring for children to be trained in how to facilitate pl... Read More about Play within the pre-registration children's nursing curriculum within the United Kingdom : a content analysis of programme specifications.

PHOABE : securely outsourcing multi-authority attribute based encryption with policy hidden for cloud assisted IoT (2018)
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Belguith, S., Kaaniche, N., Laurent, M., Jemai, A., & Attia, R. (2018). PHOABE : securely outsourcing multi-authority attribute based encryption with policy hidden for cloud assisted IoT. Computer Networks, 133, 141-156. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.comnet.2018.01.036

Attribute based encryption (ABE) is an encrypted access control mechanism that ensures efficient data sharing among dynamic group of users. Nevertheless, this encryption technique presents two main drawbacks, namely high decryption cost and publicly... Read More about PHOABE : securely outsourcing multi-authority attribute based encryption with policy hidden for cloud assisted IoT.

Conditional inspection and maintenance of a system with two interacting components (2018)
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Berrade, M., Scarf, P., & Cavalcante, C. (2018). Conditional inspection and maintenance of a system with two interacting components. European Journal of Operational Research, 268(2), 533-544. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejor.2018.01.042

In this paper we consider the inspection and maintenance of a two-component system with stochastic dependence. A failure of component 1 may induce the defective state in component 2 which in turn leads to its failure. A failure of component 1 and a d... Read More about Conditional inspection and maintenance of a system with two interacting components.

In search of a meaningful classification for Amazonian marmosets : should dwarf marmosets be considered Mico congenerics? (2018)
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Silva, F., Costa-Araújo, R., Boubli, J., Santana, M., Franco, C., Bertuol, F., …Hrbek, T. (2018). In search of a meaningful classification for Amazonian marmosets : should dwarf marmosets be considered Mico congenerics?. Zoologica Scripta, 47(2), 133-143. https://doi.org/10.1111/zsc.12278

The criteria to classify the diversity of Neotropical Primates have recently taken the discussion boards due to the reappraisal on the phylogenetic relationship of some groups. Such controversial and arbitrary decisions, however, can hamper conservat... Read More about In search of a meaningful classification for Amazonian marmosets : should dwarf marmosets be considered Mico congenerics?.

Numerical study of hydromagnetic non-Newtonian nanofluid transport phenomena from a horizontal cylinder with thermal slip : aerospace nanomaterial enrobing simulation (2018)
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Nagendra, N., Subba Rao, A., Amanulla, C., Reddy, M., Beg, O., & Kadir, A. (2018). Numerical study of hydromagnetic non-Newtonian nanofluid transport phenomena from a horizontal cylinder with thermal slip : aerospace nanomaterial enrobing simulation. Journal of Nanofluids, 7(1), 115-128. https://doi.org/10.1166/jon.2018.1423

In this article, the combined magnetohydrodynamic heat, momentum and mass (species) transfer in external boundary layer flow of Casson nanofluid from a horizontal circular cylinder surface with convective condition under an applied magnetic field is... Read More about Numerical study of hydromagnetic non-Newtonian nanofluid transport phenomena from a horizontal cylinder with thermal slip : aerospace nanomaterial enrobing simulation.

Asymmetries in isometric force-time characteristics are not detrimental to change of direction speed (2018)
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Dos'Santos, T., Thomas, C., Jones, P., & Comfort, P. (2018). Asymmetries in isometric force-time characteristics are not detrimental to change of direction speed. Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research, 32(2), 520-527. https://doi.org/10.1519/JSC.0000000000002327

The purpose of this study was to determine the impact of between-limb asymmetries in isometric midthigh pull (IMTP) force-time characteristics on change of direction speed (CODS). Twenty multisport collegiate athletes (mean ± SD: age: 21.0 ± 1.9 year... Read More about Asymmetries in isometric force-time characteristics are not detrimental to change of direction speed.

Roll to roll atmospheric pressure plasma enhanced CVD of titania as a step towards the realisation of large area perovskite solar cell technology (2018)
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Hodgkinson, J., Yates, H., Walter, A., Sacchetto, D., Moon, S., & Nicolay, S. (2018). Roll to roll atmospheric pressure plasma enhanced CVD of titania as a step towards the realisation of large area perovskite solar cell technology. Journal of Materials Chemistry C, 6(8), 1988-1995. https://doi.org/10.1039/c8tc00110c

Atmospheric pressure plasma enhanced CVD (AP PECVD) systems have attracted considerable interest in recent years due to the significant benefits for large area, low cost substrates and low temperature operation. In this work we describe the use of... Read More about Roll to roll atmospheric pressure plasma enhanced CVD of titania as a step towards the realisation of large area perovskite solar cell technology.