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The role of the gut microbiome in sustainable teleost aquaculture (2020)
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Perry, W. B., Lindsay, E., Payne, C. J., Brodie, C., & Kazlauskaite, R. (2020). The role of the gut microbiome in sustainable teleost aquaculture. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 287(1926), 20200184. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2020.0184

As the most diverse vertebrate group and a major component of a growing global aquaculture industry, teleosts continue to attract significant scientific attention. The growth in global aquaculture, driven by declines in wild stocks, has provided addi... Read More about The role of the gut microbiome in sustainable teleost aquaculture.

On the completeness of interface descriptions and the consistency of blocked forces obtained in-situ (2020)
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Meggitt, J., & Moorhouse, A. (2020). On the completeness of interface descriptions and the consistency of blocked forces obtained in-situ. Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing, 145, 106850. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ymssp.2020.106850

Blocked forces can be used to describe, independently, the operational characteristics of a vibratory source. Their use within a computational model avoids the need to represent explicitly the complex mechanisms that lead to vibratory excitation. T... Read More about On the completeness of interface descriptions and the consistency of blocked forces obtained in-situ.

Transcriptome-wide analysis reveals different categories of response to a standardised immune challenge in a wild rodent (2020)
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Wanelik, K., Begon, M., Arriero, E., Bradley, J., Friberg, I., Jackson, J., …Paterson, S. (2020). Transcriptome-wide analysis reveals different categories of response to a standardised immune challenge in a wild rodent. Scientific reports, 10(1), 7444. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-64307-7

Individuals vary in their immune response and, as a result, some are more susceptible to infectious disease than others. Little is known about the nature of this individual variation in natural populations, or which components of immune pathways are... Read More about Transcriptome-wide analysis reveals different categories of response to a standardised immune challenge in a wild rodent.

Comparison of two Meglumine-Diatrizoate based bowel preparations for computed tomography colonography : comparison of patient symptoms and bowel preparation quality (2020)
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Wilson, S., & Thompson, J. (2020). Comparison of two Meglumine-Diatrizoate based bowel preparations for computed tomography colonography : comparison of patient symptoms and bowel preparation quality. Radiography, 26(4), e290-e296. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.radi.2020.04.007

Introduction To investigate the impact of two Meglumine-Diatrizoate based bowel preparation regimes for computed tomography colonography (CTC) on the patient experience and image quality. Methods 100 patients consumed Meglumine-Diatrizoate at 2... Read More about Comparison of two Meglumine-Diatrizoate based bowel preparations for computed tomography colonography : comparison of patient symptoms and bowel preparation quality.

Discount or premium? Pricing of structured products : an analysis of Chinese market (2020)
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Chen, R., Zhou, H., Jin, C., & Liu, J. (2020). Discount or premium? Pricing of structured products : an analysis of Chinese market. International Review of Financial Analysis, 70, 101493. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.irfa.2020.101493

Structured products combine elementary instruments from the spot and derivative markets. The existing evidence on mature markets shows that structured products are commonly charged with large implicit premiums compared to their theoretical values. Ho... Read More about Discount or premium? Pricing of structured products : an analysis of Chinese market.

Time does tell : an analysis of observable audience responses from the 2016 American presidential campaigns (2020)
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Goode, E., & Bull, P. (2020). Time does tell : an analysis of observable audience responses from the 2016 American presidential campaigns. Journal of Social and Political Psychology, 8(1), 368-387. https://doi.org/10.5964/jspp.v8i1.953

In this study a microanalysis of OAR (Observable Audience Responses) in the 2016 U.S. Presidential Election was conducted. OAR were coded into dimensions including response rate (frequency per minute), response type, and categorised as either a unita... Read More about Time does tell : an analysis of observable audience responses from the 2016 American presidential campaigns.

Learning to chill : the role of design schools and professional training to improve urban climate and urban metabolism (2020)
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Taleghani, M., Montazami, A., & Perrotti, D. (2020). Learning to chill : the role of design schools and professional training to improve urban climate and urban metabolism. Energies, 13(9), 2243. https://doi.org/10.3390/en13092243

The increased frequency of heat-related mortality and morbidity in urban environments indicates the importance of urban climate studies. As most of the world’s population lives in cities, the education of designers, planners and policy makers is cruc... Read More about Learning to chill : the role of design schools and professional training to improve urban climate and urban metabolism.

Supportive strategies for men who perform a care role : an occupational perspective (2020)
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Davys, D., & Collins, T. (2020). Supportive strategies for men who perform a care role : an occupational perspective. International Journal of Therapy and Rehabilitation, 27(5), 1-10. https://doi.org/10.12968/ijtr.2018.0133

Background/Aim: Health and social care practitioners often work alongside care givers. The aim of this study is consider commonality in the experience of being a male caregiver from specific perspectives utilising secondary analysis of research relat... Read More about Supportive strategies for men who perform a care role : an occupational perspective.

Moratorium on travel may devastate U.K. fruit and vegetable growers (2020)
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Lane, A., & Owens, J. (2020). Moratorium on travel may devastate U.K. fruit and vegetable growers

Getting food products from the ground quickly and with minimal waste, then to the marketplace — in order to maintain a constant supply [so] as not to bring about destabilization — is vital in feeding a nation

Consideration of the ‘cooling off period’ as part of the consent process (2020)
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Kelso, K. (2020). Consideration of the ‘cooling off period’ as part of the consent process. Journal of Aesthetic Nursing, 9(4), 166-167. https://doi.org/10.12968/joan.2020.9.4.166

Kate Kelso, in conjunction with Tracey Bell Education and ICE Postgraduate Dental Institute, provides an insight into the cooling off period and what the guidance regarding this suggests in regard to non-surgical aesthetic treatments

The effect of training with weightlifting catching or pulling derivatives on squat jump and countermovement jump force–time adaptations (2020)
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Suchomel, T., McKeever, S., McMahon, J., & Comfort, P. (2020). The effect of training with weightlifting catching or pulling derivatives on squat jump and countermovement jump force–time adaptations. Journal of Functional Morphology and Kinesiology, 5(2), 28. https://doi.org/10.3390/jfmk5020028

The purpose of this study was to examine the changes in squat jump (SJ) and countermovement jump (CMJ) force−time curve characteristics following 10 weeks of training with either load-matched weightlifting catching (CATCH) or pulling derivatives (PUL... Read More about The effect of training with weightlifting catching or pulling derivatives on squat jump and countermovement jump force–time adaptations.

Outcomes from applying the inverted classroom to a first year structures module (2020)
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Haynes, B., & Currie, N. (2020). Outcomes from applying the inverted classroom to a first year structures module. Structural engineer (London. 1924), 98(5), 8-15

The Institution of Structural Engineers has recently invested considerable eff ort in the thorny problem of how to improve understanding of structural behaviour among undergraduate students. This paper, based on a winning entry to the Institution’... Read More about Outcomes from applying the inverted classroom to a first year structures module.

Teacher motivation : a study of Polish Secondary School EFL teachers (2020)
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Stężycka, P., & Etherington, S. (2020). Teacher motivation : a study of Polish Secondary School EFL teachers. TESL-EJ (Berkeley, Calif.), 24(1),

The current study aimed at investigating the motivation of Polish EFL teachers working in state secondary schools in Poland. In order to collect research data, a mixed-methods approach involving the use of quantitative and qualitative research instru... Read More about Teacher motivation : a study of Polish Secondary School EFL teachers.

The confluence of us : creative-relational (love) making of gay men's identities (2020)
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Rodriguez-Dorans, E. (2020). The confluence of us : creative-relational (love) making of gay men's identities. Departures in Critical Qualitative Research, 9(2), 103-113. https://doi.org/10.1525/dcqr.2020.9.2.103

This essay explores gay men's identities as processes of creative-relational construction of the self. I problematize the common sex-centered conception of being gay as “I am gay because I have sex with men.” Bringing together Paul Ricœur's work on i... Read More about The confluence of us : creative-relational (love) making of gay men's identities.

A comparison of kinetic and kinematic variables during the midthigh pull and countermovement shrug, across loads (2020)
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Meechan, D., Suchomel, T., McMahon, J., & Comfort, P. (2020). A comparison of kinetic and kinematic variables during the midthigh pull and countermovement shrug, across loads. Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research, 34(7), 1830-1841. https://doi.org/10.1519/JSC.0000000000003288

This study compared kinetic and kinematic variables during the midthigh pull (MTP) and countermovement shrug (CMS). Eighteen men (age: 29.43 ± 3.95 years, height: 1.77 ± 0.08 m, body mass: 84.65 ± 18.79 kg, and 1 repetition maximum [1RM] power clean:... Read More about A comparison of kinetic and kinematic variables during the midthigh pull and countermovement shrug, across loads.

Impact of storage time on characteristics of synthetic greywater for two different pollutant strengths to be treated or recycled (2020)
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Abed, S., Almuktar, S., & Scholz, M. (2020). Impact of storage time on characteristics of synthetic greywater for two different pollutant strengths to be treated or recycled. Water, Air, and Soil Pollution, 231(5), 211. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11270-020-04602-1

Storage of greywater is controversial for environmental and health reasons. Artificial greywater was assessed after 2 and 7 days of storage time. Two different greywater pollutant strengths were statistically compared at each storage time. A negative... Read More about Impact of storage time on characteristics of synthetic greywater for two different pollutant strengths to be treated or recycled.

The design, kinematics and torque analysis of the self-bending soft contraction actuator (2020)
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Al-Ibadi, A., Nefti-Meziani, S., & Davis, S. (2020). The design, kinematics and torque analysis of the self-bending soft contraction actuator. Actuators open access journal, 9(2), e33. https://doi.org/10.3390/act9020033

This article presents the development of a self-bending contraction actuator (SBCA) through analysis of its structure, kinematics, and torque formulas, and then explores its applications. The proposed actuator has been fabricated by two methods to pr... Read More about The design, kinematics and torque analysis of the self-bending soft contraction actuator.