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The Archae System Revisited: The Records of Indebtedness to Medieval Jews (2021)
Journal Article
Irwin, D. (2021). The Archae System Revisited: The Records of Indebtedness to Medieval Jews. Medieval Encounters, 27(6), 335-359. https://doi.org/10.1163/15700674-12340111

This article examines on document acknowledging debt to Maruna, a Jewish woman, to John of Kent that was deposited in a chest in Canterbury in 1264. Using this document, the article examines what can be learned about the archae system in thirteenth-c... Read More about The Archae System Revisited: The Records of Indebtedness to Medieval Jews.

Why big brains? A comparison of models for both primate and carnivore brain size evolution (2021)
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Chambers, H., Heldstab, S., & O'Hara, S. (2021). Why big brains? A comparison of models for both primate and carnivore brain size evolution. PLoS ONE, 16(12), e0261185. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0261185

Despite decades of research, much uncertainty remains regarding the selection pressures responsible for brain size variation. Whilst the influential social brain hypothesis once garnered extensive support, more recent studies have failed to find supp... Read More about Why big brains? A comparison of models for both primate and carnivore brain size evolution.

How do people who are homeless find out about local health and social care services: a mixed method study (2021)
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Heaslip, V., Green, S., Simkhada, B., Dogan, H., & Richer, S. (2021). How do people who are homeless find out about local health and social care services: a mixed method study. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19(1), 46. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19010046

Background: There are significant numbers of people experiencing homelessness both in the UK and internationally. People who are homeless are much more likely to die prematurely and, therefore, need strong access to ongoing health and social care sup... Read More about How do people who are homeless find out about local health and social care services: a mixed method study.

Evaluation of Sentinel-3A and Sentinel-3B ocean land colour instrument green instantaneous fraction of absorbed photosynthetically active radiation (2021)
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Gobron, N., Morgan, O., Adams, J., Brown, L., Cappucci, F., Dash, J., …Marioni, M. (2021). Evaluation of Sentinel-3A and Sentinel-3B ocean land colour instrument green instantaneous fraction of absorbed photosynthetically active radiation. Remote Sensing of Environment, 270, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rse.2021.112850

This article presents the evaluation of the Copernicus Sentinel-3 Ocean Land Colour Instrument (OLCI) operational terrestrial products corresponding to the green instantaneous Fraction of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (FAPAR) and its a... Read More about Evaluation of Sentinel-3A and Sentinel-3B ocean land colour instrument green instantaneous fraction of absorbed photosynthetically active radiation.

A Novel Method for Field Measurement of Ankle Joint Stiffness in Hopping (2021)
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Ghorbani Faal, S., Shirzad, E., Sharifnezhad, A., Ashrostaghi, M., & Naemi, R. (2021). A Novel Method for Field Measurement of Ankle Joint Stiffness in Hopping. Applied Sciences, 11(24), https://doi.org/10.3390/app112412140

Stiffness of ankle joint has been investigated in a wide range of biomechanical studies with a focus on the improvement of performance and reduction in the risk of injury. However, measuring ankle joint stiffness (AJS) using the existing conventional... Read More about A Novel Method for Field Measurement of Ankle Joint Stiffness in Hopping.

Co-designing an Adaption of a Mobile App to Enhance Communication, Safety, and Well-being Among People Living at Home With Early-Stage Dementia: Protocol for an Exploratory Multiple Case Study (2021)
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Davies, K., Cheraghi-Sohi, S., Nio Ong, B., Cheraghi-Sohi, S., Perryman, K., & Sanders, C. (2021). Co-designing an Adaption of a Mobile App to Enhance Communication, Safety, and Well-being Among People Living at Home With Early-Stage Dementia: Protocol for an Exploratory Multiple Case Study. JMIR Research Protocols, 10(12), https://doi.org/10.2196/19543

Background:
There is a growing interest in using mobile apps to support communication, safety, and well-being. Evidence directly from people with dementia regarding the usability, usefulness, and relevance of mobile apps is limited.

Objective:
T... Read More about Co-designing an Adaption of a Mobile App to Enhance Communication, Safety, and Well-being Among People Living at Home With Early-Stage Dementia: Protocol for an Exploratory Multiple Case Study.

Impact of lockdown relaxation and implementation of the face-covering policy on mental health: a United Kingdom COVID-19 study (2021)
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Rathod, S., Pallikadavath, S., Graves, E., Rahman, M., Brooks, A., Soomro, M., …Phiri, P. (2021). Impact of lockdown relaxation and implementation of the face-covering policy on mental health: a United Kingdom COVID-19 study. World Journal of Psychiatry, 11(12), 1346-1365. https://doi.org/10.5498/wjp.v11.i12.1346

Background: Pandemic mitigation policies, such as lockdown, are known to impact on mental health of individuals. Compulsory face covering under relaxed lockdown restrictions gives assurance of less transmission of airborne infection and has the poten... Read More about Impact of lockdown relaxation and implementation of the face-covering policy on mental health: a United Kingdom COVID-19 study.

Deletion of glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase (gapN) in Clostridium saccharoperbutylacetonicum N1-4(HMT) using CLEAVE™ increases the ATP pool and accelerates solvent production (2021)
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Monahan, T., Baker, J. A., Krabben, P., Davies, E. T., Jenkinson, E. R., Goodhead, I. B., …Shepherd, M. (2021). Deletion of glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase (gapN) in Clostridium saccharoperbutylacetonicum N1-4(HMT) using CLEAVE™ increases the ATP pool and accelerates solvent production. Microbial Biotechnology, 15(5), 1574-1585. https://doi.org/10.1111/1751-7915.13990

SummaryThe development and advent of mutagenesis tools for solventogenic clostridial species in recent years has allowed for the increased refinement of industrially relevant strains. In this study we have utilised CLEAVE™, a CRISPR/Cas genome editin... Read More about Deletion of glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase (gapN) in Clostridium saccharoperbutylacetonicum N1-4(HMT) using CLEAVE™ increases the ATP pool and accelerates solvent production.

Qualitative investigation into pre- and post-natal experience of parents of triplets (2021)
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Kotera, Y., Kaluzeviciute, G., & Viliardos, L. (2021). Qualitative investigation into pre- and post-natal experience of parents of triplets. Journal of Child and Family Studies, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10826-021-02200-1

Although parents of triplets experience substantial mental distress, research about this increasing population has primarily focused on physical health risks of triplets and mothers, failing to capture the subjective wellbeing of parents. Accordingly... Read More about Qualitative investigation into pre- and post-natal experience of parents of triplets.

Factors influencing the young physicians’ intention to use Internet of Things (IoT) services in healthcare (2021)
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Hasan, N., Bao, Y., Miah, S. J., & Fenton, A. (2021). Factors influencing the young physicians’ intention to use Internet of Things (IoT) services in healthcare. Information Development, 39(4), 902-919. https://doi.org/10.1177/02666669211064114

The Internet of Things (IoT) enabled technologies to have proliferated due to their abilities to capture and exchange quality information. This empirical study aims to investigate the factors influencing the intention to use IoT services in healthcar... Read More about Factors influencing the young physicians’ intention to use Internet of Things (IoT) services in healthcare.

Species identification and phylogenetic analysis of Leishmania isolated from patients, vectors and hares in the Xinjiang Autonomous Region, The People's Republic of China (2021)
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Chen, Y., Liao, L., Wu, N., Gao, J., Zhang, P., Wen, Y., …Lun, Z. (2021). Species identification and phylogenetic analysis of Leishmania isolated from patients, vectors and hares in the Xinjiang Autonomous Region, The People's Republic of China. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 15(12), e0010055. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0010055

Visceral leishmaniasis (VL) has been declared as one of the six major tropical diseases by the World Health Organization. This disease has been successfully controlled in China, except for some areas in the western region, such as the Xinjiang Autono... Read More about Species identification and phylogenetic analysis of Leishmania isolated from patients, vectors and hares in the Xinjiang Autonomous Region, The People's Republic of China.

Dynamics at polarized, carbon dioxide-iron oxyhydroxide interfaces unveil the origin of multicarbon product formation (2021)
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Arrigo, R., Blume, R., Streibel, V., Genovese, C., Roldan, A., Schuster, M., …Centi, G. (2022). Dynamics at polarized, carbon dioxide-iron oxyhydroxide interfaces unveil the origin of multicarbon product formation. ACS catalysis, 12(1), 411-430. https://doi.org/10.1021/acscatal.1c04296

Surface-sensitive ambient pressure X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy and near edge X-ray absorption fine structure spectroscopy combined with an electrocatalytic reactivity study, multilength scale electron microscopy and theo-retical modelling provid... Read More about Dynamics at polarized, carbon dioxide-iron oxyhydroxide interfaces unveil the origin of multicarbon product formation.

Appropriate use criteria for endotracheal suction interventions in mechanically ventilated children : the RAND/UCLA development process (2021)
Journal Article
mechanically ventilated children : the RAND/UCLA development process. Australian Critical Care, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aucc.2021.10.006

Objectives:
Endotracheal suction is an invasive airway clearance technique used in mechanically ventilated children. This article outlines the methods used to develop appropriate use criteria for endotracheal suction interventions in mechanically ve... Read More about Appropriate use criteria for endotracheal suction interventions in mechanically ventilated children : the RAND/UCLA development process.

Influence of iron filing waste on the performance of warm mix asphalt (2021)
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Wang, Y., Latief, R., Al‐Mosawe, H., Mohammad, H., Albayati, A., & Haynes, B. (2021). Influence of iron filing waste on the performance of warm mix asphalt. Sustainability, 13(24), 13828. https://doi.org/10.3390/su132413828

Recently, interest in the use of projectiles in research on recycling waste materials for construction applications has grown. Using recycled materials for the construction of asphalt concrete pavement, in the meantime, has become a topic of research... Read More about Influence of iron filing waste on the performance of warm mix asphalt.

Comparative analysis of gene prediction tools for viral genome annotation (2021)
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Gonzalez-Tortuero, E., Krishnamurthi, R., Allison, H., Goodhead, I., & James, C. Comparative analysis of gene prediction tools for viral genome annotation. https://doi.org/10.1101/2021.12.11.472104. Manuscript submitted for publication

The number of newly available viral genomes and metagenomes has increased exponentially since the development of high throughput sequencing platforms and genome analysis tools. Bioinformatic annotation pipelines are largely based on open reading fram... Read More about Comparative analysis of gene prediction tools for viral genome annotation.

Foetal alcohol spectrum disorder and Investigative interviewing : a systematic review highlighting clinical and legal implications and recommendations (2021)
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Gilbert, D., Allely, C., Mukherjee, R., & Cook, P. (2022). Foetal alcohol spectrum disorder and Investigative interviewing : a systematic review highlighting clinical and legal implications and recommendations. Behavioral Sciences and the Law, 40(1), 170-185. https://doi.org/10.1002/bsl.2552

Individuals with foetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASD) are estimated to be 19 times more likely to encounter the criminal justice system (CJS) in comparison to individuals without FASD. During encounters with the CJS, investigative interviews are... Read More about Foetal alcohol spectrum disorder and Investigative interviewing : a systematic review highlighting clinical and legal implications and recommendations.

Radiative bioconvection nanofluid squeezing flow between rotating circular plates : semi-numerical study with the DTM-Padé approach (2021)
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Zeeshan, A., Arain, M., Bhatti, M., Alzahrani, F., & Beg, O. (2022). Radiative bioconvection nanofluid squeezing flow between rotating circular plates : semi-numerical study with the DTM-Padé approach. Modern Physics Letters B, 36(03), 2150552. https://doi.org/10.1142/S0217984921505527

Modern biomedical and tribological systems are increasingly deploying combinations of
nanofluids and bioconvecting micro-organisms which enable improved control of thermal management.
Motivated by these developments, in this study a new mathematica... Read More about Radiative bioconvection nanofluid squeezing flow between rotating circular plates : semi-numerical study with the DTM-Padé approach.

Computation of reactive mixed convection radiative viscoelastic nanofluid thermo-solutal transport from a stretching sheet with Joule heating (2021)
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Shamshuddin, M., Salawu, S., Beg, O., Kadir, A., & Beg, T. (2021). Computation of reactive mixed convection radiative viscoelastic nanofluid thermo-solutal transport from a stretching sheet with Joule heating. International Journal of Modelling and Simulation, 42(6), 1005-1029. https://doi.org/10.1080/02286203.2021.2012635

As a model for electroconductive nanomaterials processing, the present article examines incompressible mixed
convection nanofluid flow with convective heat transport from a stretching sheet under the impact of Joule heating
and radiative heat flux.... Read More about Computation of reactive mixed convection radiative viscoelastic nanofluid thermo-solutal transport from a stretching sheet with Joule heating.