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Relationship Between Reactive Strength Index Variants in Rugby League Players (2018)
Journal Article
McMahon, J. J., Suchomel, T. J., Lake, J. P., & Comfort, P. (2023). Relationship Between Reactive Strength Index Variants in Rugby League Players. Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research, 35(1), 280-285. https://doi.org/10.1519/jsc.0000000000002462

Two reactive strength index (RSI) variants exist, the RSI and RSI modified (RSImod) which are typically calculated during the drop jump (DJ) and countermovement jump (CMJ), respectively. Both RSI variants have been used to monitor athletes’ ability t... Read More about Relationship Between Reactive Strength Index Variants in Rugby League Players.

Reasons for the slow uptake of embodied carbon estimation in the Sri Lankan building sector (2018)
Journal Article
estimation in the Sri Lankan building sector. https://doi.org/10.1999/1307-6892/10008556

Global carbon reduction is not merely a responsibility of environmentally advanced developed countries, but also a responsibility of developing countries regardless of their less impact on global carbon emissions. In recognition of that, Sri Lanka... Read More about Reasons for the slow uptake of embodied carbon estimation in the Sri Lankan building sector.

Supply chain management (SCM) : disintegration team factors in Malaysian industrialised building system (IBS) construction projects (2018)
Journal Article
Mohd Nawi, M., Lee, A., Mydin, M., Osman, W., & Rofie, M. (2018). Supply chain management (SCM) : disintegration team factors in Malaysian industrialised building system (IBS) construction projects. International journal of supply chain management (Online), 7(1), 140-143

Malaysia as a developing country, is driving for implementing a new or modern construction method called Industrialised Building System (IBS), as an alternative towards enhancing construction productivity. The level of implementation of IBS however i... Read More about Supply chain management (SCM) : disintegration team factors in Malaysian industrialised building system (IBS) construction projects.

Understanding the indoor soundscape of study areas in terms of users' satisfaction, coping methods and perceptual dimensions (2018)
Journal Article
Acun, V., & Yilmazer, S. (2018). Understanding the indoor soundscape of study areas in terms of users' satisfaction, coping methods and perceptual dimensions. Noise Control Engineering Journal, 66(1), 66-75. https://doi.org/10.3397/1/37667

The soundscape approach is not concerned with the sound level of an acoustic environment, but how it relates to human perception, how it is conceived by the individual and how it should be measured and managed. Even though it reached wide popularity... Read More about Understanding the indoor soundscape of study areas in terms of users' satisfaction, coping methods and perceptual dimensions.

Automatic speech-to-background ratio selection to maintain speech intelligibility in broadcasts using an objective intelligibility metric (2018)
Journal Article
Tang, Y., Fazenda, B., & Cox, T. (2018). Automatic speech-to-background ratio selection to maintain speech intelligibility in broadcasts using an objective intelligibility metric. Applied Sciences, 8(1), 59. https://doi.org/10.3390/app8010059

While mixing, sound producers and audio professionals empirically set the speech-to-background ratio (SBR) based on rules of thumb and their own perception of sounds. There is no guarantee that the speech content will be intelligible for the general... Read More about Automatic speech-to-background ratio selection to maintain speech intelligibility in broadcasts using an objective intelligibility metric.

Branding in pictures : using Instagram as a brand management tool in professional team sport organisations (2018)
Journal Article
Anagnostopoulos, C., Parganas, P., Fenton, A., & Chadwick, S. (2018). Branding in pictures : using Instagram as a brand management tool in professional team sport organisations. European Sport Management Quarterly, 18(4), 413-438. https://doi.org/10.1080/16184742.2017.1410202

Research question/purpose – Instagram has become an increasingly popular tool for sport organisations to share visual content. This study aims to examine how professional team sport organisations use Instagram for branding purposes and to explore the... Read More about Branding in pictures : using Instagram as a brand management tool in professional team sport organisations.

Experimental investigation of methane-water and methane-brine IFT measurements using pendant drop (rising bubble) method (2018)
Journal Article
Yahaya, A., Akpan, E., Enyi, G., Nasr, G., & Abbas, A. (2018). Experimental investigation of methane-water and methane-brine IFT measurements using pendant drop (rising bubble) method. Journal of Engineering Technology, 6(1), 394-407

Gas hydrate formation involves low molecular gas mass transfer to a cage-like structure formed by water molecule under low temperature and high-pressure conditions. Gas hydrate is considered a problem if it develops along a pipeline. In order to solv... Read More about Experimental investigation of methane-water and methane-brine IFT measurements using pendant drop (rising bubble) method.

Organisational barriers to the facilitation of overseas volunteering and training placements in the NHS (2018)
Journal Article
Chatwin, J., & Ackers, H. (2018). Organisational barriers to the facilitation of overseas volunteering and training placements in the NHS. BMC Public Health, 18(1), 69. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-018-2853-z

Background Undertaking a period of voluntary work or a professional placement overseas has long been a feature of medical training in the UK. There are now a number of high profile National Health Service (NHS) initiatives aimed at increasing acces... Read More about Organisational barriers to the facilitation of overseas volunteering and training placements in the NHS.

Understanding the key phases of the countermovement jump force-time curve (2018)
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McMahon, J., Suchomel, T., Lake, J., & Comfort, P. (2018). Understanding the key phases of the countermovement jump force-time curve. Strength and Conditioning Journal, 40(4), 96-106. https://doi.org/10.1519/SSC.0000000000000375

The countermovement jump (CMJ) test is commonly conducted to assess neuromuscular function and is being increasingly performed using force platforms. Comprehensive insight into athletes’ neuromuscular function can be gained through detailed analys... Read More about Understanding the key phases of the countermovement jump force-time curve.

Analysing poverty in Nigeria through theoretical lenses (2018)
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Danaan, V. (2018). Analysing poverty in Nigeria through theoretical lenses. Journal of Sustainable Development, 11(1), 20-31. https://doi.org/10.5539/jsd.v11n1p20

Various indicators suggest that poverty is a major obstacle to Nigeria’s socio-economic development. Poverty has persisted, and several interventions have failed to yield significant improvement in Nigeria’s Human Development Index even in periods of... Read More about Analysing poverty in Nigeria through theoretical lenses.

Christine Brooke-Rose : motes, beams and the horse's mouth (2018)
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White, G. (2018). Christine Brooke-Rose : motes, beams and the horse's mouth. Textual Practice, 32(2), 317-336. https://doi.org/10.1080/0950236X.2018.1413049

The founding of the Christine Brooke-Rose Society and its inaugural event prompted me to revisit my history with the author with whom I was fortunate enough to correspond during the last decade of her life. Our correspondence ran alongside my complet... Read More about Christine Brooke-Rose : motes, beams and the horse's mouth.

Effect of low-pass filtering on isometric midthigh pull kinetics (2018)
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Dos'Santos, T., Lake, J., Jones, P., & Comfort, P. (2018). Effect of low-pass filtering on isometric midthigh pull kinetics. Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research, 32(4), 983-989. https://doi.org/10.1519/JSC.0000000000002473

The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of low-pass filtering on isometric mid-thigh pull (IMTP) kinetics, including body weight (BW), onset threshold force, time-specific force values (50, 100, 150 and 200 ms) and peak force (PF). Fo... Read More about Effect of low-pass filtering on isometric midthigh pull kinetics.

Mitigating wind induced noise in outdoor microphone signals using a singular spectral subspace method (2018)
Journal Article
Eldwaik, O., & Li, F. (2018). Mitigating wind induced noise in outdoor microphone signals using a singular spectral subspace method. Technologies, 6(1), https://doi.org/10.3390/technologies6010019

Wind induced noise is one of the major concerns of outdoor acoustic signal acquisition. It affects many field measurement and audio recording scenarios. Filtering such noise is known to be difficult due to its broadband and time varying nature. In t... Read More about Mitigating wind induced noise in outdoor microphone signals using a singular spectral subspace method.

Can an interactive e-learning training package improve the understanding of personality disorder within mental health professionals? (2018)
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Lamph, G., Sampson, M., Smith, D., Williamson, G., & Guyers, M. (2018). Can an interactive e-learning training package improve the understanding of personality disorder within mental health professionals?. Journal of Mental Health Training, Education and Practice, 13(2), 124-134. https://doi.org/10.1108/jmhtep-03-2017-0023

Purpose Personality disorder is reported to elicit strong emotional responses and negative attitudes in mental health staff (Bodner et al, 2015). This paper provides an overview of the design and development of a co-produced e-learning training p... Read More about Can an interactive e-learning training package improve the understanding of personality disorder within mental health professionals?.

Human papillomavirus E7 induces p63 expression to modulate DNA damage response (2018)
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Eldakhakhny, S., Zhou, Q., Crosbie, E., & Sayan, B. (2018). Human papillomavirus E7 induces p63 expression to modulate DNA damage response. Cell Death and Disease, 9, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41419-017-0149-6

Cervical cancer is the third most common malignancy diagnosed in women worldwide. The major aetiological factor underlying the malignant transformation of cervical cells is the persistent infection with high-risk human papillomaviruses (HR-HPV), with... Read More about Human papillomavirus E7 induces p63 expression to modulate DNA damage response.

Mapping urban green infrastructure : a novel landscape-based approach to incorporating land-use and land-cover in the mapping of human-dominated systems (2018)
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Dennis, M., Barlow, D., Cavan, G., Cook, P., Gilchrist, A., Handley, J., …Lindley, S. (2018). Mapping urban green infrastructure : a novel landscape-based approach to incorporating land-use and land-cover in the mapping of human-dominated systems. Land, 7(1), 17. https://doi.org/10.3390/land7010017

Common approaches to mapping green infrastructure in urbanized landscapes invariably focus on measures of land-use or land-cover and associated functional or physical traits. However, such one-dimensional perspectives do not accurately capture the ch... Read More about Mapping urban green infrastructure : a novel landscape-based approach to incorporating land-use and land-cover in the mapping of human-dominated systems.

Celebrity ambassador/celebrity endorsement – takes a licking but keeps on ticking (2018)
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Proctor, T., & Kitchen, P. (2019). Celebrity ambassador/celebrity endorsement – takes a licking but keeps on ticking. Journal of Strategic Marketing, 27(5), 373-387. https://doi.org/10.1080/0965254x.2018.1430059

The paper examines the use of advertising and celebrity endorsement in promoting wristwatches from the beginning of the 20th century up until today. It shows a progression from simple informational advertisements stressing the technical, aesthetic an... Read More about Celebrity ambassador/celebrity endorsement – takes a licking but keeps on ticking.

Extending conceptual understanding : how interprofessional education influences affective domain development (2018)
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Stephens, M., & Ormandy, P. (2018). Extending conceptual understanding : how interprofessional education influences affective domain development. Journal of Interprofessional Care, 32(3), 348-357. https://doi.org/10.1080/13561820.2018.1425291

Background: Interprofessional learning (IPL) can influence affective domain development of students, through teaching activities that facilitate learning with, from and about other professions. Current quantitative evidence offers limited explanati... Read More about Extending conceptual understanding : how interprofessional education influences affective domain development.

Incoherent dictionary pair learning : application to a novel open-source database of chinese numbers (2018)
Journal Article
Abolghasemi, V., Chen, M., Alameer, A., Ferdowsi, S., Chambers, J., & Nazarpour, K. (2018). Incoherent dictionary pair learning : application to a novel open-source database of chinese numbers. IEEE Signal Processing Letters, 25(4), 472-476. https://doi.org/10.1109/LSP.2018.2798406

We enhance the efficacy of an existing dictionary pair learning algorithm by adding a dictionary incoherence penalty term. After presenting an alternating minimization solution, we apply the proposed incoherent dictionary pair learning (InDPL) method... Read More about Incoherent dictionary pair learning : application to a novel open-source database of chinese numbers.