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Joint venture healthcare system as common practice in developing countries : game changing on assessing health services (2020)
Journal Article
Al-Mazroei, A., Bener, A., & Arif, M. (2020). Joint venture healthcare system as common practice in developing countries : game changing on assessing health services. International Journal of Preventive Medicine, 11, 10. https://doi.org/10.4103/ijpvm.IJPVM_507_18

To explore the essence of game changing on applying joint venture (JV) approach for healthcare system improvement in developing countries. This is cross-sectional study exploring the factors influencing the successful implementation of JV for the hea... Read More about Joint venture healthcare system as common practice in developing countries : game changing on assessing health services.

MiRNAs as novel adipokines : obesity-related circulating MiRNAs influence chemosensitivity in cancer patients (2020)
Journal Article
Withers, S., Dewhurst, T., Hammond, C., & Topham, C. (2020). MiRNAs as novel adipokines : obesity-related circulating MiRNAs influence chemosensitivity in cancer patients. Non-Coding RNA, 6(1), e5. https://doi.org/10.3390/ncrna6010005

Adipose tissue is an endocrine organ, capable of regulating distant physiological processes in other tissues via the release of adipokines into the bloodstream. Recently, circulating adipose-derived microRNAs (miRNAs) have been proposed as a novel cl... Read More about MiRNAs as novel adipokines : obesity-related circulating MiRNAs influence chemosensitivity in cancer patients.

Symptomatic pes planus in children : a synthesis of allied health professional practices (2020)
Journal Article
Morrison, S., Tait, M., Bong, E., Kane, K., & Nester, C. (2020). Symptomatic pes planus in children : a synthesis of allied health professional practices. Journal of Foot and Ankle Research, 13, 5. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13047-020-0372-8

This study sought to explore professional perspectives on the assessment and management of symptomatic pes planus in children. Data was collected from three professional groups (podiatrists, physiotherapists, and orthotists) with experience of managi... Read More about Symptomatic pes planus in children : a synthesis of allied health professional practices.

Is mare sexual behavior affected by age and can it predict ovulation? (2020)
Journal Article
Rocha, C., de Carvalho, E. D. C., de Castro, F., de Sena Xavier, I., Young, R., Palhares, M., …Valle, G. (2020). Is mare sexual behavior affected by age and can it predict ovulation?. Applied Animal Behaviour Science, 224, 104937. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.applanim.2020.104937

Although discontinued with the introduction of ultrasonography, the study of mare sexual behavior may provide useful information for herds that lack technical assistance. In order to investigate how mare sexual behavior is associated with ovulation a... Read More about Is mare sexual behavior affected by age and can it predict ovulation?.

Designing probiotic therapies with broad-spectrum activity against a wildlife pathogen (2020)
Journal Article
Antwis, R., Harrison, X., Sewell, T., & Fisher, M. (2020). Designing probiotic therapies with broad-spectrum activity against a wildlife pathogen. Frontiers in Microbiology, 10, 3134. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2019.03134

Host-associated microbes form an important component of immunity that protect against infection by pathogens. Treating wild individuals with these protective microbes, known as probiotics, can reduce rates of infection and disease in both wild and... Read More about Designing probiotic therapies with broad-spectrum activity against a wildlife pathogen.

Lead optimisation of dehydroemetine for repositioned use in malaria (2020)
Journal Article
Panwar, P., Burusco, K., Abubaker, M., Matthews, H., Gutnov, A., Fernández-Álvaro, E., …Nirmalan, N. (2020). Lead optimisation of dehydroemetine for repositioned use in malaria. Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, 64(4), 1-10. https://doi.org/10.1128/AAC.01444-19

Drug repositioning offers an effective alternative to de novo drug design to tackle the urgent need for novel anti-malarial treatments. The anti-amoebic compound, emetine dihydrochloride, has been identified as a potent in-vitro inhibitor of the mult... Read More about Lead optimisation of dehydroemetine for repositioned use in malaria.

International Society for Peritoneal Dialysis practice recommendations: prescribing high-quality goal-directed peritoneal dialysis (2020)
Journal Article
Brown, E., Blake, P., Boudville, N., Davies, S., de Arteaga, J., Dong, J., …Warady, B. (2020). International Society for Peritoneal Dialysis practice recommendations: prescribing high-quality goal-directed peritoneal dialysis. Peritoneal dialysis international, 40(3), https://doi.org/10.1177/0896860819895364

The International Society for Peritoneal Dialysis last published a guideline on prescribing peritoneal dialysis (PD) in 2006. This focused on clearance of toxins and used a measure of waste product removal by dialysis using urea as an example. This g... Read More about International Society for Peritoneal Dialysis practice recommendations: prescribing high-quality goal-directed peritoneal dialysis.

Developing corporate communications : insights from the Italian scenario (2020)
Journal Article
Palazzo, M., Foroudi, P., Kitchen, P., & Siano, A. (2020). Developing corporate communications : insights from the Italian scenario. Qualitative Market Research: An International Journal, 23(3), 407-426. https://doi.org/10.1108/QMR-12-2017-0185

Purpose - Based on managerial perceptions from large firms, this paper explores the emergence, growth and importance of corporate communications and how it is evolving and creating competitive advantage for Italian firms. Design/methodology/appro... Read More about Developing corporate communications : insights from the Italian scenario.

Post Traumatic Stress Disorder in incarcerated populations : current clinical considerations and recommendations (2020)
Journal Article
Allely, C., & Allely, B. (2020). Post Traumatic Stress Disorder in incarcerated populations : current clinical considerations and recommendations. Journal of Criminal Psychology, 10(1), 30-42. https://doi.org/10.1108/JCP-09-2019-0044

Purpose: Post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) may have a detrimental impact on the individual’s ability to benefit from rehabilitative prison-based programmes and studies have also found that there is an association between PTSD and higher rates of... Read More about Post Traumatic Stress Disorder in incarcerated populations : current clinical considerations and recommendations.

Pain Catastrophising Predicts Alcohol Hangover Severity and Symptoms (2020)
Journal Article
Royle, S., Owen, L., Roberts, D., & Marrow, L. (2020). Pain Catastrophising Predicts Alcohol Hangover Severity and Symptoms. Journal of Clinical Medicine, 9(1), 280. https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm9010280

Alcohol hangover is a cause of considerable social and economic burden. Identification of predictors of alcohol hangover severity have the potential to contribute to reductions in costs associated with both absenteeism/presenteeism and health care. P... Read More about Pain Catastrophising Predicts Alcohol Hangover Severity and Symptoms.

‘Hello, world’ : GCHQ, Twitter and social media engagement (2020)
Journal Article
McLoughlin, L., Ward, S., & Lomas, D. (2020). ‘Hello, world’ : GCHQ, Twitter and social media engagement. Intelligence and National Security, 35(2), 233-251. https://doi.org/10.1080/02684527.2020.1713434

In May 2016, Britain’s signals intelligence agency the Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ) joined the social media platform Twitter with the message ‘Hello, world’. For an agency once seen as the UK’s ‘most secret’, GCHQ’s moved to social m... Read More about ‘Hello, world’ : GCHQ, Twitter and social media engagement.

Island rule and bone metabolism in fossil murines from Timor (2020)
Journal Article
Miszkiewicz, J., Louys, J., Beck, R., Mahoney, P., Aplin, K., & O’Connor, S. (2020). Island rule and bone metabolism in fossil murines from Timor. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 129(3), 570-586. https://doi.org/10.1093/biolinnean/blz197

Skeletal growth rates reconstructed from bone histology in extinct insular hippopotamids, elephants, bovids and sauropods have been used to infer dwarfism as a response to island conditions. Limited published records of osteocyte lacunae densities... Read More about Island rule and bone metabolism in fossil murines from Timor.

Transport's historical, contemporary and future role in shaping urban development : re-evaluating transit oriented development (2020)
Journal Article
Knowles, R., Ferbrache, F., & Nikitas, A. (2020). Transport's historical, contemporary and future role in shaping urban development : re-evaluating transit oriented development. Cities, 99, 102607. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cities.2020.102607

This paper reviews transport's historical, contemporary and future role in shaping urban development since industrialisation. Previous definitions of Transit Oriented Development (TOD) starting in the late 20th century are challenged. Three distinct... Read More about Transport's historical, contemporary and future role in shaping urban development : re-evaluating transit oriented development.

Delivering peritoneal dialysis for the multimorbid, frail and palliative patient (2020)
Journal Article
Brown, E., & Hurst, H. (2020). Delivering peritoneal dialysis for the multimorbid, frail and palliative patient. Peritoneal dialysis international, 40(3), https://doi.org/10.1177/0896860819893558

Peritoneal dialysis (PD) is only one component of care for older multimorbid, frail and/or palliative patients. Goals of care should be determined for all patients by shared decision-making at the start of during time on PD. Burden of PD should be mi... Read More about Delivering peritoneal dialysis for the multimorbid, frail and palliative patient.

Prescribing high-quality peritoneal dialysis: moving beyond urea clearance (2020)
Journal Article
Glavinovic, T., Hurst, H., Hutchison, A., Johansson, L., Ruddock, N., & Perl, J. (2020). Prescribing high-quality peritoneal dialysis: moving beyond urea clearance. Peritoneal dialysis international, 40(3), https://doi.org/10.1177/0896860819893571

Urea removal in peritoneal dialysis (PD) has been a primary measure of dialysis adequacy, but its utility remains limited due to its poor correlation with the clearance of other important uraemic retention solutes and the low certainty of evidence re... Read More about Prescribing high-quality peritoneal dialysis: moving beyond urea clearance.

Complete mitochondrial DNA sequence of the parasitic honey bee mite Varroa destructor (Mesostigmata : Varroidae) (2020)
Journal Article
Harada, R., Yoshioka, M., Okuyama, H., Kato, M., Martin, S., & Takahashi, J. (2020). Complete mitochondrial DNA sequence of the parasitic honey bee mite Varroa destructor (Mesostigmata : Varroidae). Mitochondrial DNA Part B, 5(1), 635-636. https://doi.org/10.1080/23802359.2019.1711219

Varroa destructor is a parasite mite of the eastern honey bee Apis cerana, which is native to Asia. The European honey bee Apis mellifera was imported to Asia from Europe and the USA for apiculture in the 19th century. In a short period of time, V. d... Read More about Complete mitochondrial DNA sequence of the parasitic honey bee mite Varroa destructor (Mesostigmata : Varroidae).

Validity and reliability of a standardized protocol for assessing the one repetition maximum performance during overhead pressing exercises (2020)
Journal Article
Soriano, M., García-Ramos, A., Torres-González, A., Castillo-Palencia, J., Ayuso, V., Marín, P., & Comfort, P. (2021). Validity and reliability of a standardized protocol for assessing the one repetition maximum performance during overhead pressing exercises. Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research, 35(11), 2988-2992. https://doi.org/10.1519/JSC.0000000000003284

The aim of this study was to determine the validity of performing 3 one repetition maximum (1RM) assessments for the push press (PP), push jerk (PJ), and split jerk (SJ) in sequence in one testing session vs. the criterion method (testing on separate... Read More about Validity and reliability of a standardized protocol for assessing the one repetition maximum performance during overhead pressing exercises.

Diet choice in a generalist predator, the invasive lionfish (Pterois volitans/miles) (2020)
Journal Article
Ritger, A. L., Fountain, C. T., Bourne, K., Martín-Fernández, J. A., & Pierotti, M. E. (2020). Diet choice in a generalist predator, the invasive lionfish (Pterois volitans/miles). Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, 524, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jembe.2020.151311

Diet choice in marine species is typically derived from indirect methods such as stomach contents and stable isotope analysis, while choice experiments in controlled laboratory settings are used to infer foraging decisions in the wild. However, these... Read More about Diet choice in a generalist predator, the invasive lionfish (Pterois volitans/miles).

Projecting university brand image via satisfaction and behavioral response : perspectives from UK-based Malaysian students (2020)
Journal Article
Alwi, S., Che-Ha, N., Nguyen, B., Ghazali, E., Mutum, D., & Kitchen, P. (2020). Projecting university brand image via satisfaction and behavioral response : perspectives from UK-based Malaysian students. Qualitative Market Research: An International Journal, 23(1), 47-68. https://doi.org/10.1108/QMR-12-2017-0191

This study attempts to ascertain the essential dimensions and components of university corporate brand image, including the cognitive attributes (service/educational quality) and affective attributes (corporate brand image) of the university. It bu... Read More about Projecting university brand image via satisfaction and behavioral response : perspectives from UK-based Malaysian students.

Sustainability ranking of desalination plants using Mamdani Fuzzy Logic Inference Systems (2020)
Journal Article
Rustum, R., Kurichiyanil, A., Forrest, S., Sommariva, C., Adeloye, A., Zounemat-Kermani, M., & Scholz, M. (2020). Sustainability ranking of desalination plants using Mamdani Fuzzy Logic Inference Systems. Sustainability, 12(2), e631. https://doi.org/10.3390/su12020631

As water desalination continues to expand globally, desalination plants are continually under pressure to meet the requirements of sustainable development. However, the majority of desalination sustainability research has focused on new desalination... Read More about Sustainability ranking of desalination plants using Mamdani Fuzzy Logic Inference Systems.