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Partitioning the environmental drivers of immunocompetence (2020)
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Jackson, J., Friberg, I., Hablutzel, P., Masud, N., Stewart, A., Synnott, R., & Cable, J. (2020). Partitioning the environmental drivers of immunocompetence. Science of the Total Environment, 747, 141152. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.141152

By determining susceptibility to disease, environment-driven variation in immune responses can affect the health, productivity and fitness of vertebrates. Yet how the different components of the total environment control this immune variation is rema... Read More about Partitioning the environmental drivers of immunocompetence.

FoxP3+ T regulatory cells in cancer : prognostic biomarkers and therapeutic targets (2020)
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Saleh, R., & Elkord, E. (2020). FoxP3+ T regulatory cells in cancer : prognostic biomarkers and therapeutic targets. Cancer Letters, 490, 174-185. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.canlet.2020.07.022

T Regulatory cells (Tregs) can have both protective and pathological roles. They maintain immune homeostasis and inhibit immune responses in various diseases, including cancer. Proportions of Tregs in the peripheral blood of some cancer patients incr... Read More about FoxP3+ T regulatory cells in cancer : prognostic biomarkers and therapeutic targets.

Social behavior in Nototriton brodiei in the Cloud Forest of Cusuco National Park, Honduras (2020)
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Sasso, T., Cox, C., & Gilroy, D. (2020). Social behavior in Nototriton brodiei in the Cloud Forest of Cusuco National Park, Honduras. South american journal of herpetology (Impresso), 17(1), 29-32. https://doi.org/10.2994/SAJH-D-18-00015.1

The slender and elusive Nototriton brodiei is known only from a few specimens at two separate sites in the Sierra de Merendón, in Guatemala and Honduras. We present the first record of an aggregation of three adults of N. brodiei on a single leaf in... Read More about Social behavior in Nototriton brodiei in the Cloud Forest of Cusuco National Park, Honduras.

Adomain computation of radiative-convective bi-directional stretching flow of a magnetic non-Newtonian fluid in porous media with homogeneous-heterogeneous reactions (2020)
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Mishra, S., Shamshuddin, M., Beg, O., & Kadir, A. (2020). Adomain computation of radiative-convective bi-directional stretching flow of a magnetic non-Newtonian fluid in porous media with homogeneous-heterogeneous reactions. International Journal of Modern Physics B, 34(18), 2050165. https://doi.org/10.1142/S0217979220501659

In the present communication, laminar, incompressible, hydromagnetic flow of an electrically conducting non-Newtonian (Sisko) fluid over a bi-directional stretching sheet in a porous medium is studied theoretically. Thermal radiation flux, homogene... Read More about Adomain computation of radiative-convective bi-directional stretching flow of a magnetic non-Newtonian fluid in porous media with homogeneous-heterogeneous reactions.

Affordable housing provision in informal settlements through land value capture and inclusionary housing (2020)
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Nzau, B., & Trillo, C. (2020). Affordable housing provision in informal settlements through land value capture and inclusionary housing. Sustainability, 12(15), 5975. https://doi.org/10.3390/su12155975

Public-driven attempts to provide decent housing to slum residents in developing countries have either failed or achieved minimal output when compared to the growing slum population. This has been attributed mainly to shortage of public funds. Howeve... Read More about Affordable housing provision in informal settlements through land value capture and inclusionary housing.

Distinguishing factors that influence attendance and behaviour change in family‐based treatment of childhood obesity: a qualitative study (2020)
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Watson, P., Dugdill, L., Pickering, K., Hargreaves, J., Staniford, L., Owen, S., …Cable, N. (2020). Distinguishing factors that influence attendance and behaviour change in family‐based treatment of childhood obesity: a qualitative study. British Journal of Health Psychology, 26(1), 67-89. https://doi.org/10.1111/bjhp.12456

Objectives For the effective treatment of childhood obesity, intervention attendance and behaviour change at home are both important. The purpose of this study was to qualitatively explore influences on attendance and behaviour change during a famil... Read More about Distinguishing factors that influence attendance and behaviour change in family‐based treatment of childhood obesity: a qualitative study.

Who's in charge? Changing character agency in early Doctor Who (2020)
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Hewett, R. (2020). Who's in charge? Changing character agency in early Doctor Who. Series: International Journal of TV Serial Narratives, 6(1), 5-15. https://doi.org/10.6092/issn.2421-454X/9805

This article investigates the impact of production process upon character agency in early Doctor Who, focusing on the period between 1963 and 1966, during which time William Hartnell starred as the Doctor. As originally conceived by Sydney Newman, Ve... Read More about Who's in charge? Changing character agency in early Doctor Who.

Presenting research reflexivity in your PhD thesis (2020)
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Davis, D. (2020). Presenting research reflexivity in your PhD thesis. Nurse Researcher, 28(3), 37-43. https://doi.org/10.7748/nr.2020.e1644

Background It is important for researchers to be open and transparent about the relationship between themselves and the subjects of their enquiry. Reflexivity enables them to do this, but although there is much guidance in the literature about reflex... Read More about Presenting research reflexivity in your PhD thesis.

Does sex impact the differences and relationships in the one repetition maximum performance across weightlifting overhead pressing exercises? (2020)
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Soriano, M., García-Ramos, A., Calderbank, J., Marín, P., Sainz de Baranda, P., & Comfort, P. (2020). Does sex impact the differences and relationships in the one repetition maximum performance across weightlifting overhead pressing exercises?. Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research, https://doi.org/10.1519/JSC.0000000000003746

This study aimed to determine the impact of sex on the differences and relationships of the one repetition maximum (1RM) performance between 3 overhead pressing exercises (push press [PP], push jerk [PJ] and split jerk [SJ]). 15 men (body mass [BM]:... Read More about Does sex impact the differences and relationships in the one repetition maximum performance across weightlifting overhead pressing exercises?.

Global status and conservation potential of reef sharks (2020)
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MacNeil, M., Chapman, D., Heupel, M., Simpfendorfer, C., Heithaus, M., Meekan, M., …et al. (2020). Global status and conservation potential of reef sharks. Nature, 583, 801-806. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-020-2519-y

Decades of overexploitation have devastated shark populations, leaving considerable doubt as to their ecological status1,2. Yet much of what is known about sharks has been inferred from catch records in industrial fisheries, whereas far less informat... Read More about Global status and conservation potential of reef sharks.

Uniform flow past a closed body at low Reynolds number employing a novel matching in a boundary element formulation (2020)
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Dang, B., & Chadwick, E. (2020). Uniform flow past a closed body at low Reynolds number employing a novel matching in a boundary element formulation. Engineering Analysis with Boundary Elements, 119, 95-104. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enganabound.2020.07.008

Consider a two dimensional steady low Reynolds number flow past a circular cylinder. A boundary integral representation that matches an outer Oseen flow and inner Stokes flow is given, and the matching error is shown to be smallest when the outer dom... Read More about Uniform flow past a closed body at low Reynolds number employing a novel matching in a boundary element formulation.

Computation of gold-water nanofluid natural convection in a three-dimensional tilted prismatic solar enclosure with aspect ratio and volume fraction effects (2020)
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Kuharat, S., Beg, O., Kadir, A., Vasu, B., Beg, T., & Jouri, W. (2020). Computation of gold-water nanofluid natural convection in a three-dimensional tilted prismatic solar enclosure with aspect ratio and volume fraction effects. Nanoscience and Technology: An International Journal, 11(2), 141-167. https://doi.org/10.1615/NanoSciTechnolIntJ.2020031257

Nanofluids are increasingly being deployed in numerous energy applications owing to their impressive thermal enhancement properties. Motivated by these developments in the current study we present finite volume numerical simulations of natural c... Read More about Computation of gold-water nanofluid natural convection in a three-dimensional tilted prismatic solar enclosure with aspect ratio and volume fraction effects.

The use of biotechnologies in textile processing and environmental sustainability : an emerging market context (2020)
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Rahman, M., Billah, M., Hack-Polay, D., & Alam, M. (2020). The use of biotechnologies in textile processing and environmental sustainability : an emerging market context. Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 159, 120204. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.techfore.2020.120204

The research aims to critically discuss key new biotechnologies in textile processing and examines the foundation of the resistance to adoption of such technologies in emerging markets. Using semi-structured interviews and the scientific literature,... Read More about The use of biotechnologies in textile processing and environmental sustainability : an emerging market context.

Evaluating reachable workspace and user control over prehensor aperture for a body-powered prosthesis (2020)
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Chadwell, A., Kenney, L., Howard, D., Ssekitoleko, R., Nakandi, B., & Head, J. (2020). Evaluating reachable workspace and user control over prehensor aperture for a body-powered prosthesis. IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering, 28(9), 2005-2014. https://doi.org/10.1109/TNSRE.2020.3010625

Using a shoulder harness and control cable, a person can control the opening and closing of a bodypowered prosthesis prehensor. In many setups the cable does not pass adjacent to the shoulder joint center allowing shoulder flexion on the prostheti... Read More about Evaluating reachable workspace and user control over prehensor aperture for a body-powered prosthesis.

What is the evidence for the impact of gardens and gardening on health and well-being : a scoping review and evidence-based logic model to guide healthcare strategy decision making on the use of gardening approaches as a social prescription (2020)
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Howarth, M., Brettle, A., Hardman, M., & Maden, M. (2020). What is the evidence for the impact of gardens and gardening on health and well-being : a scoping review and evidence-based logic model to guide healthcare strategy decision making on the use of gardening approaches as a social prescription. BMJ Open, 10(7), https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2020-036923

Objective: To systematically identify and describe studies that have evaluated the impact of gardens and gardening on health and wellbeing. A secondary objective was to use this evidence to build evidence-based logic models to guide health stra... Read More about What is the evidence for the impact of gardens and gardening on health and well-being : a scoping review and evidence-based logic model to guide healthcare strategy decision making on the use of gardening approaches as a social prescription.

Child first, offender second – a progressive model for education in custody (2020)
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Case, S., & Hazel, N. (2020). Child first, offender second – a progressive model for education in custody. International Journal of Educational Development, 77, 102244. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijedudev.2020.102244

Dis­en­gage­ment and poor ed­u­ca­tional at­tain­ment in ed­u­ca­tion are firmly es­tab­lished risk fac­tors for ju­ve­nile crime, lead­ing pol­i­cy­mak­ers to iden­tify ed­u­ca­tional pro­vi­sion in and af­ter cus­tody as a key path­way for ef­fec­t... Read More about Child first, offender second – a progressive model for education in custody.

Recent advances in portable heavy metal electrochemical sensing platforms (2020)
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Ferrari, A., Carrington, P., Rowley-Neale, S., & Banks, C. (2020). Recent advances in portable heavy metal electrochemical sensing platforms. Environmental Science: Water Research & Technology, https://doi.org/10.1039/D0EW00407C

In 2020, the new European Drinking Water Directive will be updated to include new drinking-water safety parameters. These will introduce reduced thresholds for the presence of heavy metals, pesticides and other contaminants in domestic drinking water... Read More about Recent advances in portable heavy metal electrochemical sensing platforms.

Acoustic metamaterial for low frequency sound absorption in linear and nonlinear regimes (2020)
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Brooke, D., Umnova, O., Leclaire, P., & Dupont, T. (2020). Acoustic metamaterial for low frequency sound absorption in linear and nonlinear regimes. Journal of Sound and Vibration, 485, 115585. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsv.2020.115585

Acoustic metamaterial absorbers have been built and tested with focus on low frequency airborne sound absorption in linear and nonlinear regimes. The absorbers are made up of a series of piled up flat cavities, separated by thin walls and traverse... Read More about Acoustic metamaterial for low frequency sound absorption in linear and nonlinear regimes.

Countermovement jump standards in rugby league : what is a “good” performance? (2020)
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McMahon, J., Lake, J., Dos'Santos, T., Jones, P., Thomasson, M., & Comfort, P. (2020). Countermovement jump standards in rugby league : what is a “good” performance?. Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research, 36(6), 1691-1698. https://doi.org/10.1519/JSC.0000000000003697

The countermovement jump (CMJ) is considered an important test in rugby league and the force platform is the recommended tool for assessing CMJ performance in this cohort. Due to inconsistent methods applied across previous studies, there is curren... Read More about Countermovement jump standards in rugby league : what is a “good” performance?.