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Psychosocial needs of adolescents and young adults with eczema : a secondary analysis of qualitative data to inform a behaviour change intervention (2020)
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Ghio, D., Greenwell, K., Muller, I., Roberts, A., McNiven, A., & Santer, M. (2021). Psychosocial needs of adolescents and young adults with eczema : a secondary analysis of qualitative data to inform a behaviour change intervention. British Journal of Health Psychology, 26(1), 214-231. https://doi.org/10.1111/bjhp.12467

Objectives: This study aimed to explore adolescents and young adults’ experiences of symptoms related to their eczema in order to determine their psychosocial needs. Design: A secondary qualitative analysis of two data sources collected through... Read More about Psychosocial needs of adolescents and young adults with eczema : a secondary analysis of qualitative data to inform a behaviour change intervention.

The role of the advanced clinical practitioner in breast diagnosis : a systematic review of the literature (2020)
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Spacey, A., Hipperson, V., Gloster, A., & Mercer, C. (2021). The role of the advanced clinical practitioner in breast diagnosis : a systematic review of the literature. Radiography, 27(2), 654-662. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.radi.2020.08.005

Increasing prevalence in breast cancers, workforce shortages and technological advancements have increased the need to further develop advanced practice in breast diagnosis. The Advanced Clinical Practitioner training programme has been introduced to... Read More about The role of the advanced clinical practitioner in breast diagnosis : a systematic review of the literature.

Beliefs about inevitable decline among home-living older adults at risk of malnutrition : a qualitative study (2020)
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Payne, L., Harris, P., Ghio, D., Slodkowska-Barabasz, J., Kelly, J., Stroud, M., …Morrison, L. (2020). Beliefs about inevitable decline among home-living older adults at risk of malnutrition : a qualitative study. Journal of Human Nutrition and Dietetics, 33(6), 841-851. https://doi.org/10.1111/jhn.12807

Background About 14% of free-living adults aged 65 and over are at risk of malnutrition. Malnutrition screen and treat interventions in primary care are few, show mixed results and advice given is not always accepted and followed. We need to better... Read More about Beliefs about inevitable decline among home-living older adults at risk of malnutrition : a qualitative study.

Junior doctors as senior clinical leaders – a reflection on my foundation year 2 (F2) experiences during the SARS-CoV-2 COVID-19 pandemic (2020)
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Home, J. (2021). Junior doctors as senior clinical leaders – a reflection on my foundation year 2 (F2) experiences during the SARS-CoV-2 COVID-19 pandemic. International Journal of Healthcare Management, 14(1), 245-249. https://doi.org/10.1080/20479700.2020.1810456

COVID-19 presented a huge unplanned pressure on health resources worldwide. Across the NHS, different approaches have been utilised to respond to the crisis. Leadership figures across services were faced with difficult decisions with potential of... Read More about Junior doctors as senior clinical leaders – a reflection on my foundation year 2 (F2) experiences during the SARS-CoV-2 COVID-19 pandemic.

Simulation of progressive failure in laminated composites under variable environmental conditions (2020)
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Ammasai Sengodan, G., Allegri, G., & Hallett, S. (2020). Simulation of progressive failure in laminated composites under variable environmental conditions. Materials and Design, 196, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matdes.2020.109082

This paper presents the development, calibration and finite element implementation of a novel set of phenomenological equations describing the effect of temperature and moisture on the stiffness, strength and toughness properties of fibre-reinforced... Read More about Simulation of progressive failure in laminated composites under variable environmental conditions.

Raman spectroscopy of ethane (C 2 H 6 ) to 120 GPa at 300 K (2020)
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Read, L., Spender, J., & Proctor, J. (2020). Raman spectroscopy of ethane (C 2 H 6 ) to 120 GPa at 300 K. Journal of Raman Spectroscopy, 51(11), 2311-2317. https://doi.org/10.1002/jrs.5971

We have conducted a Raman study of solid ethane (C2H6) at pressures up to 120 GPa at 300 K. We observe changes within the ν3 and ν11 Raman‐active vibrational modes providing evidence for several previously unobserved phase transitions at room tempera... Read More about Raman spectroscopy of ethane (C 2 H 6 ) to 120 GPa at 300 K.

Using scale modelling to assess the prehistoric acoustics of stonehenge (2020)
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Cox, T., Fazenda, B., & Greaney, S. (2020). Using scale modelling to assess the prehistoric acoustics of stonehenge. Journal of Archaeological Science, 122, 105218. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jas.2020.105218

With social rituals usually involving sound, an archaeological understanding of a site requires the acoustics to be assessed. This paper demonstrates how this can be done with acoustic scale models. Scale modelling is an established method in archite... Read More about Using scale modelling to assess the prehistoric acoustics of stonehenge.

The influence of environmental variation on the genetic structure of a poison frog distributed across continuous Amazonian rainforest (2020)
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Ferreira, A., Lima, A., Jehle, R., Ferrao, M., & Stow, A. (2020). The influence of environmental variation on the genetic structure of a poison frog distributed across continuous Amazonian rainforest. Journal of Heredity, 111(5), 457-470. https://doi.org/10.1093/jhered/esaa034

Biogeographic barriers such as rivers have been shown to shape spatial patterns of biodiversity in the Amazon basin, yet relatively little is known about the distribution of genetic variation across continuous rainforest. Here, we characterize the ge... Read More about The influence of environmental variation on the genetic structure of a poison frog distributed across continuous Amazonian rainforest.

Platinum nanoparticle decorated vertically aligned graphene screen-printed electrodes: electrochemical characterisation and exploration towards the hydrogen evolution reaction (2020)
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Scremin, J., dos Santos, I., Hughes, J., Ferrari, A., Valderrama, E., Zheng, W., …Banks, C. (2020). Platinum nanoparticle decorated vertically aligned graphene screen-printed electrodes: electrochemical characterisation and exploration towards the hydrogen evolution reaction. Nanoscale, 35, https://doi.org/10.1039/D0NR04336B

We present the fabrication of platinum (Pt0) nanoparticle (ca. 3 nm average diameter) decorated vertically aligned graphene (VG) screen-printed electrodes (Pt/VG-SPE) and explore their physicochemical characteristics and electrocatalytic activity tow... Read More about Platinum nanoparticle decorated vertically aligned graphene screen-printed electrodes: electrochemical characterisation and exploration towards the hydrogen evolution reaction.

An investigation into the sustainability practices in PPP infrastructure projects : a case of Nigeria (2020)
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Babatunde, S., Ekundayo, D., Udeaja, C., & Abubakar, U. (2020). An investigation into the sustainability practices in PPP infrastructure projects : a case of Nigeria. Smart and Sustainable Built Environment, https://doi.org/10.1108/SASBE-04-2020-0048

Purpose – In the global construction industry, the concept of sustainability is not new, particularly within building projects. Against this backdrop, several studies have been conducted, mostly in developed countries, on sustainability in constructi... Read More about An investigation into the sustainability practices in PPP infrastructure projects : a case of Nigeria.

Electro-osmotic nanofluid flow in a curved microchannel (2020)
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Narla, V., Tripathi, D., & Beg, O. (2020). Electro-osmotic nanofluid flow in a curved microchannel. Chinese Journal of Physics, 67, 544-558. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cjph.2020.08.010

Biological mechanisms offer significant improvement in the efficiency of next generation energv systems. Motivated by new developments in distensible pumping systems, ionic electro-kinetic manipulation and nanoscale liquids(“nanofluids"), in the pres... Read More about Electro-osmotic nanofluid flow in a curved microchannel.

Impacts of noise pollution on the agonistic interactions of the saffron finch (Sicalis flaveola Linnaeus, 1766) (2020)
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de Oliveira Passos, M., Beirão, M., Midamegbe, A., Duarte, R., Young, R., & de Azevedo, C. (2020). Impacts of noise pollution on the agonistic interactions of the saffron finch (Sicalis flaveola Linnaeus, 1766). Behavioural Processes, 180, 104222. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.beproc.2020.104222

Impacts of noise pollution are recognized as a source of stress for animals and as a form of environmental degradation. Behavioural changes associated with noise, such as reduction of reproductive success, reduction in feeding behaviour, increase in... Read More about Impacts of noise pollution on the agonistic interactions of the saffron finch (Sicalis flaveola Linnaeus, 1766).

Recent fire regime in the southern boreal forests of western Siberia is unprecedented in the last five millennia (2020)
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Feurdean, A., Florescu, G., Tanţău, I., Vannière, B., Diaconu, A., Pfeiffer, M., …Kirpotin, S. (2020). Recent fire regime in the southern boreal forests of western Siberia is unprecedented in the last five millennia. Quaternary Science Reviews, 244, 106495. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2020.106495

Wildfires in Siberia are documented to have increased in frequency and severity over recent decades. However, in the absence of long-term records, it is unclear how far and why this trend deviates from centennial to millennial scale variability. Here... Read More about Recent fire regime in the southern boreal forests of western Siberia is unprecedented in the last five millennia.

Testing the impact of direct and indirect flood warnings on population behaviour using an agent-based model (2020)
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O'Shea, T., Bates, P., & Neal, J. (2020). Testing the impact of direct and indirect flood warnings on population behaviour using an agent-based model. Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences, 20(8), https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-20-2281-2020

This paper uses a coupled hydrodynamic agent-based model (HABM) to investigate the effect of direct or indirect warnings in flood incident response. This model uses the LISFLOOD-FP hydrodynamic model and the NetLogo agent-based framework and is appli... Read More about Testing the impact of direct and indirect flood warnings on population behaviour using an agent-based model.

Resettling into a new life : exploring aspects of acculturation that could enhance the mental health of young refugees resettled under the humanitarian programme (2020)
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Mulongo, P., McAndrew, S., & Ayodeji, E. (2021). Resettling into a new life : exploring aspects of acculturation that could enhance the mental health of young refugees resettled under the humanitarian programme. International Journal of Mental Health Nursing, 30(1), 235-248. https://doi.org/10.1111/inm.12777

Globally, the exodus of individuals who have been forced to flee their home and seek refuge in countries of safety has led to a refugee crisis. The United Kingdom (UK) has engaged with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) in playi... Read More about Resettling into a new life : exploring aspects of acculturation that could enhance the mental health of young refugees resettled under the humanitarian programme.

Autoregulation in resistance training : addressing the inconsistencies (2020)
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Greig, L., Stephens Hemingway, B., Aspe, R., Cooper, K., Comfort, P., & Swinton, P. (2020). Autoregulation in resistance training : addressing the inconsistencies. Sports Medicine, 50(11), 1873-1887. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40279-020-01330-8

Autoregulation is a process that is used to manipulate training based primarily on the measurement of an individual's performance or their perceived capability to perform. Despite being established as a training framework since the 1940s, there has b... Read More about Autoregulation in resistance training : addressing the inconsistencies.

The effects of culture, attitudes and perceptions on industrial cluster policy: The case of Russia (2020)
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Sosnovskikh, S., & Cronin, B. (2020). The effects of culture, attitudes and perceptions on industrial cluster policy: The case of Russia. Competition and Change, 25(3 - 4), https://doi.org/10.1177/1024529420949491

Culture, attitudes and perceptions have an underappreciated effect on industrial cluster policies particularly in transition economies, where long-established local social norms are confronted with hard-pressed external imperatives. This paper examin... Read More about The effects of culture, attitudes and perceptions on industrial cluster policy: The case of Russia.

“Soldiers with stiff bodies” : rumors, stereotypes and the Chinese image of the British army during the First Opium War (1839-1842) (2020)
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Searle, D., & Zhang, Y. (2020). “Soldiers with stiff bodies” : rumors, stereotypes and the Chinese image of the British army during the First Opium War (1839-1842). Journal of Modern Chinese History, 14(1), 86-110. https://doi.org/10.1080/17535654.2020.1759307

One of the more curious aspects of the First Opium War was the circulation of two claims about British soldiers among Chinese officials, instigated by Commissioner Lin Zexu: their uniforms were so tight, if they were to stumble they would not be able... Read More about “Soldiers with stiff bodies” : rumors, stereotypes and the Chinese image of the British army during the First Opium War (1839-1842).

Evaluation of equity in informal land development systems in two Nigerian cities (2020)
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Gyau, K., & Booth, C. (2020). Evaluation of equity in informal land development systems in two Nigerian cities. Journal of Urban Planning and Development, 146(4), 04020037. https://doi.org/10.1061/%28ASCE%29UP.1943-5444.0000609

The informal land development system in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) is perceived to promote equity and could be leveraged to support sustainable urban development and management. However, scanty empirical evidence exists on the extent of the system’s pr... Read More about Evaluation of equity in informal land development systems in two Nigerian cities.