Will “opt out” implementation save more lives; view of the South Asians’ in the UK

Pradeep, A; Shah, S; Ormandy, P; Augustine, T; Whitling, M

Environmental noise levels in hospital settings : a rapid review of measurement techniques and implementation in hospital settings (2020)
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Wallis, R., Harris, E., Lee, H., Davies, W., & Astin, F. (2020). Environmental noise levels in hospital settings : a rapid review of measurement techniques and implementation in hospital settings. Noise and Health, 21(102), 200-216

Background: Hospitals provide treatment to improve patient health and well-being but the characteristics of the care environment receive little attention. Excessive noise at night has a negative impact on in-patient health through disturbed sleep. To... Read More about Environmental noise levels in hospital settings : a rapid review of measurement techniques and implementation in hospital settings.

‘Should I stay or should I go?’ Group-analytic training : inhabiting the threshold of ambivalence is a matter of power, privilege and position (2020)
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Forrest, A., & Nayak, S. (2021). ‘Should I stay or should I go?’ Group-analytic training : inhabiting the threshold of ambivalence is a matter of power, privilege and position. Group Analysis, 54(1), 55-68. https://doi.org/10.1177/0533316420947999

Having in mind those gripped by ambivalence over whether to start, or stay on, the Qualifying Course in Group Analysis, we consider the training as one in ambivalence. We see ambivalence as an asset, not a hindrance. Forsaking familiar notions of amb... Read More about ‘Should I stay or should I go?’ Group-analytic training : inhabiting the threshold of ambivalence is a matter of power, privilege and position.

Ambient-pressure endstation of the Versatile Soft X-ray (VerSoX) beamline at Diamond Light Source (2020)
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Held, G., Venturini, F., Grinter, D., Ferrer, P., Arrigo, R., Deacon, L., …Scott, S. (2020). Ambient-pressure endstation of the Versatile Soft X-ray (VerSoX) beamline at Diamond Light Source. Journal of Synchrotron Radiation, 27(5), 1153-1166. https://doi.org/10.1107/S1600577520009157

The ambient-pressure endstation and branchline of the Versatile Soft X-ray (VerSoX) beamline B07 at Diamond Light Source serves a very diverse user community studying heterogeneous catalysts, pharmaceuticals and biomaterials under realistic condition... Read More about Ambient-pressure endstation of the Versatile Soft X-ray (VerSoX) beamline at Diamond Light Source.

The Sentinel-3 OLCI Terrestrial Chlorophyll Index (OTCI): algorithm improvements, spatiotemporal consistency and continuity with the MERIS archive (2020)
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Pastor-Guzman, J., Brown, L., Morris, H., Bourg, L., Goryl, P., Dransfeld, S., & Dash, J. (2020). The Sentinel-3 OLCI Terrestrial Chlorophyll Index (OTCI): algorithm improvements, spatiotemporal consistency and continuity with the MERIS archive. Remote Sensing, 12(16), https://doi.org/10.3390/rs12162652

The Ocean and Land Colour Instrument (OLCI) on-board Sentinel-3 (2016–present) was designed with similar mechanical and optical characteristics to the Envisat Medium Resolution Imaging Spectrometer (MERIS) (2002–2012) to ensure continuity with a numb... Read More about The Sentinel-3 OLCI Terrestrial Chlorophyll Index (OTCI): algorithm improvements, spatiotemporal consistency and continuity with the MERIS archive.

Foot-placement accuracy during planned and reactive target stepping during walking in stroke survivors and healthy adults (2020)
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van der Veen, S., Hammerbeck, U., & Hollands, K. (2020). Foot-placement accuracy during planned and reactive target stepping during walking in stroke survivors and healthy adults. Gait & Posture, 81, 261-267. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gaitpost.2020.08.114

Background: The high prevalence of falls due to trips and slips following stroke may signify difficulty adjusting foot-placement in response to the environment. However, little is known about under what circumstances foot-placement adjustment becomes... Read More about Foot-placement accuracy during planned and reactive target stepping during walking in stroke survivors and healthy adults.

A pin-array method for capturing tissue deformation under defined pressure distributions and its application to prosthetic socket design (2020)
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Prince, M., Kenney, L., & Howard, D. (2020). A pin-array method for capturing tissue deformation under defined pressure distributions and its application to prosthetic socket design. Medical Engineering and Physics, 84, 136-143. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.medengphy.2020.08.003

The Fit4Purpose project aims to develop upper limb prosthetic devices which are suitable for deployment in lower- and middle-income countries (LMIC's). Open-frame trans-radial socket designs are being considered, formed of several, linked components,... Read More about A pin-array method for capturing tissue deformation under defined pressure distributions and its application to prosthetic socket design.

Could relative movement between the adductor muscles and the skin invalidate surface electromyography measurement? (2020)
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Elsais, W., Preece, S., Jones, R., & Herrington, L. (2020). Could relative movement between the adductor muscles and the skin invalidate surface electromyography measurement?. Journal of Applied Biomechanics, 36(5), 319-325. https://doi.org/10.1123/jab.2019-0299

The superficial hip adductor muscles are situated in close proximity to each other. Therefore, relative movement between the overlying skin and the muscle belly could lead to a shift in the position of surface electromyography (EMG) electrodes and co... Read More about Could relative movement between the adductor muscles and the skin invalidate surface electromyography measurement?.

Vertical jump testing in rugby league : a rationale for calculating take-off momentum (2020)
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McMahon, J., Lake, J., Ripley, N., & Comfort, P. (2020). Vertical jump testing in rugby league : a rationale for calculating take-off momentum. Journal of Applied Biomechanics, 36(6), 370-374. https://doi.org/10.1123/jab.2020-0100

The purpose of this study was to determine the usefulness of calculating jump take-off momentum in rugby league (RL) by exploring its relationship with sprint momentum, due to the latter being an important attribute of this sport. Twenty-five male RL... Read More about Vertical jump testing in rugby league : a rationale for calculating take-off momentum.

Vertical jump testing in rugby league: a rationale for calculating take-off momentum (2020)
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McMahon, J., Lake, J., Ripley, N., & Comfort, P. (2020). Vertical jump testing in rugby league: a rationale for calculating take-off momentum. Journal of Applied Biomechanics, 36(6), 370-374. https://doi.org/10.1123/JAB.2020-0100

The purpose of this study was to determine the usefulness of calculating jump take-off momentum in rugby league (RL) by exploring its relationship with sprint momentum, due to the latter being an important attribute of this sport. Twenty-five male RL... Read More about Vertical jump testing in rugby league: a rationale for calculating take-off momentum.

Child safety, protection, and safeguarding in the time of COVID-19 in Great Britain : proposing a conceptual framework (2020)
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Thembekile Levine, D., Morton, J., & O'Reilly, M. (2020). Child safety, protection, and safeguarding in the time of COVID-19 in Great Britain : proposing a conceptual framework. Child Abuse and Neglect, 110(Part 2), 104668. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chiabu.2020.104668

Background: Great Britain has the highest coronavirus death rate in Europe. While the pandemic clearly poses a risk to the lives and wellbeing of vulnerable groups, necessary public health measures taken to delay or limit the spread of the virus have... Read More about Child safety, protection, and safeguarding in the time of COVID-19 in Great Britain : proposing a conceptual framework.

On performance and perceived effort in trail runners using sensor control to generate biosynchronous music (2020)
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Williams, D., Fazenda, B., Williamson, V., & Fazekas, G. (2020). On performance and perceived effort in trail runners using sensor control to generate biosynchronous music. Sensors, 20(16), e4528. https://doi.org/10.3390/s20164528

Music has been shown to be capable of improving runners’ performance in treadmill and laboratory-based experiments. This paper evaluates a generative music system, namely HEARTBEATS, designed to create biosignal synchronous music in real-time accordi... Read More about On performance and perceived effort in trail runners using sensor control to generate biosynchronous music.

Experimental and theoretical confirmation of an orthorhombic phase transition in niobium at high pressure and temperature (2020)
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Errandonea, D., Burakovsky, L., Preston, D., MacLeod, S., Santamaría-Perez, D., Chen, S., …Mezouar, M. (2020). Experimental and theoretical confirmation of an orthorhombic phase transition in niobium at high pressure and temperature. communications materials, 1, 60. https://doi.org/10.1038/s43246-020-00058-2

Compared to other body-centered cubic (bcc) transition metals, Nb has been the subject of fewer compression studies and there are still aspects of its phase diagram which are unclear. Here, we report a combined theoretical and experimental study of N... Read More about Experimental and theoretical confirmation of an orthorhombic phase transition in niobium at high pressure and temperature.

Effects of plyometric jump training on vertical jump height of volleyball players : a systematic review with meta-analysis of randomized-controlled trial (2020)
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Ramirez-Campillo, R., Andrade, D., Nikolaidis, P., Moran, J., Clemente, F., Chaabene, H., & Comfort, P. (2020). Effects of plyometric jump training on vertical jump height of volleyball players : a systematic review with meta-analysis of randomized-controlled trial. Journal of Sports Science and Medicine, 19(3), 489-499

This meta-analysis aimed to assess the effects of plyometric jump training (PJT) on volleyball players' vertical jump height (VJH), comparing changes with those observed in a matched control group. A literature search in the databases of PubMed, MEDL... Read More about Effects of plyometric jump training on vertical jump height of volleyball players : a systematic review with meta-analysis of randomized-controlled trial.

An investigation into BIM uptake among contracting firms : an empirical study in Nigeria (2020)
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Babatunde, S., Perera, S., Ekundayo, D., & Adeleke, D. (2021). An investigation into BIM uptake among contracting firms : an empirical study in Nigeria. Journal of Financial Management of Property and Construction, 26(1), 23-48. https://doi.org/10.1108/JFMPC-06-2019-0054

Purpose – Building Information Modeling (BIM) is vital in the performance improvement of contracting firms. Thus, there is a need to stimulate its implementation in the construction sector with a view to meeting the competitive demands of the industr... Read More about An investigation into BIM uptake among contracting firms : an empirical study in Nigeria.

Does the understanding of complex dynamic events at 10 months predict vocabulary development? (2020)
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Durrant, S., Jessop, A., Chang, F., Bidgood, A., Peter, M., Pine, J., & Rowland, C. (2021). Does the understanding of complex dynamic events at 10 months predict vocabulary development?. Language and Cognition, 13(1), 66-98. https://doi.org/10.1017/langcog.2020.26

By the end of their first year, infants can interpret many different types of complex dynamic visual events, such as caused-motion, chasing, and goal-directed action. Infants of this age are also in the early stages of vocabulary development, produci... Read More about Does the understanding of complex dynamic events at 10 months predict vocabulary development?.

Handling temporal constraints in interaction protocols for intelligent multi-agent systems (2020)
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Qasim, A., Iqbal, S., Aziz, Z., Kazmi, S. A. R., Munawar, A., Gilani, B. A., & Qasim, N. (2020). Handling temporal constraints in interaction protocols for intelligent multi-agent systems. International journal on smart sensing and intelligent systems (Online), 13(1), 1-15. https://doi.org/10.21307/ijssis-2020-020

This research focuses on handling temporal constraints in interaction protocols for multi-agent systems. There is a dire need of standardized interaction protocols that can be used to handle timing aspects in real-time multi-agent system’s negotiatio... Read More about Handling temporal constraints in interaction protocols for intelligent multi-agent systems.

Automated recognition of postures and drinking behaviour for the detection of compromised health in pigs (2020)
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Alameer, A., Kryiazakis, I., & Bacardit, J. (2020). Automated recognition of postures and drinking behaviour for the detection of compromised health in pigs. Scientific reports, 10, 13665. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-70688-6

Changes in pig behaviours are a useful aid in detecting early signs of compromised health and welfare. In commercial settings, automatic detection of pig behaviours through visual imaging remains a challenge due to farm demanding conditions, e.g., oc... Read More about Automated recognition of postures and drinking behaviour for the detection of compromised health in pigs.

An investigation into the roles of chlorides and sulphate salts on the performance of low salinity injection in sandstone reservoirs : experimental approach (2020)
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Al-otaibi, A. (2020). An investigation into the roles of chlorides and sulphate salts on the performance of low salinity injection in sandstone reservoirs : experimental approach. Journal of Petroleum Exploration and Production Technologies, 10(7), 2857-2871. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13202-020-00972-8

Numerous studies have been carried out to ascertain the mechanisms of low salinity and smart water flooding technique for improved oil recovery. Focus were often on brine composition and, specifically the cationic content in sandstone reservoirs. Giv... Read More about An investigation into the roles of chlorides and sulphate salts on the performance of low salinity injection in sandstone reservoirs : experimental approach.

Predicted aerodynamic damping of slender single beam structures in across-wind vibrations (2020)
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Nguyen, C., & Nguyen, D. (2020). Predicted aerodynamic damping of slender single beam structures in across-wind vibrations. Acta mechanica Sinica = Li xue xue bao / the Chinese Society of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, 36(5), 990-998. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10409-020-00981-0

The paper presents a generalization of the conventional analytical approach where the quasi-steady theory is utilised to evaluate the across-wind aerodynamic damping of slender single beam structures. This generalized theory considers the variation o... Read More about Predicted aerodynamic damping of slender single beam structures in across-wind vibrations.

Will “opt out” implementation save more lives; view of the South Asians’ in the UK (2020)
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Pradeep, A., Shah, S., Ormandy, P., Augustine, T., & Whitling, M. (2020). Will “opt out” implementation save more lives; view of the South Asians’ in the UK. International journal of surgery and invasive procedures, 3(3), 146-153

Organ transplantation is the gold standard treatment of choice for many patients with organ failure and has undoubtedly improved both the quality and longevity of life for the majority of patients. The success of human organ transplantation relies on... Read More about Will “opt out” implementation save more lives; view of the South Asians’ in the UK.

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