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The effects of subjective norm on the intention to use social media networks : an exploratory study using PLS-SEM and machine learning approach (2021)
Journal Article
Al Kurdi, B., Alshurideh, M., Nuseir, M., Aburayya, A., & Salloum, S. The effects of subjective norm on the intention to use social media networks : an exploratory study using PLS-SEM and machine learning approach. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, 581-592. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-69717-4_55

Several research has been conducted on social media application's acceptance, but factors that impact educational purposes are completely ignored in this research. Therefore, the research has been conducted with the purpose of developing a conceptual... Read More about The effects of subjective norm on the intention to use social media networks : an exploratory study using PLS-SEM and machine learning approach.

The acceptance of social media sites : an empirical study using PLS-SEM and ML approaches (2021)
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Al-Skaf, S., Youssef, E., Habes, M., Alhumaid, K., & Salloum, S. The acceptance of social media sites : an empirical study using PLS-SEM and ML approaches. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, 548-558. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-69717-4_52

The study conducted aims to form a conceptual model to calculate the pupils’ acceptance of social media in education and its factors. The study is carried out by extending the Technology Acceptance Model (TAM) using social influence factors. Alongsid... Read More about The acceptance of social media sites : an empirical study using PLS-SEM and ML approaches.

Business excellence in enhancing global competitive advantage in healthcare sector of UAE (2021)
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Zainal, A., & Salloum, S. Business excellence in enhancing global competitive advantage in healthcare sector of UAE. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, 260-274. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-69717-4_27

The purpose of the study is to explore the role of business excellence in improving global competitive advantage in the UAE’s healthcare sector. The study explores various business excellence models and recognizes widely used models and the best mode... Read More about Business excellence in enhancing global competitive advantage in healthcare sector of UAE.

Exploring the impact of live music performances on the wellbeing of community-dwelling people living with dementia and their care partners (2021)
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Smith, S., Innes, A., & Bushell, S. (2021). Exploring the impact of live music performances on the wellbeing of community-dwelling people living with dementia and their care partners. Wellbeing, Space and Society, 2, 100032. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wss.2021.100032

Background: Music-based initiatives cover a wide range of activity, including music therapy in either
an individual or group capacity, choirs, orchestral performances, and apps on digital technology
enabling people to engage with individual playlis... Read More about Exploring the impact of live music performances on the wellbeing of community-dwelling people living with dementia and their care partners.

Rising to the challenge : the delivery of simulation and clinical skills during COVID-19 (2021)
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Miller, A., & Guest, K. (2021). Rising to the challenge : the delivery of simulation and clinical skills during COVID-19. Comprehensive Child and Adolescent Nursing, 44(1), 6-14. https://doi.org/10.1080/24694193.2021.1883156

The declaration of a global pandemic in March 2020 resulted in all higher education institutions having to quickly transform traditional didactic teaching and learning to online delivery. This involved delivering lectures and seminars virtually, and... Read More about Rising to the challenge : the delivery of simulation and clinical skills during COVID-19.

Understanding faculty perceptions of quality assurance in Saudi higher education (2021)
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Safadi, S., & Vlachopoulos, D. (2021). Understanding faculty perceptions of quality assurance in Saudi higher education. International Journal of Assessment and Evaluation, 28(1), 79-97. https://doi.org/10.18848/2327-7920/CGP/v28i01/79-97

Research in the field of quality assurance (QA) in education ranges from accreditation to employing specific quality systems. In Saudi Arabia (KSA), QA in education is relatively new, and studies on QA in Saudi higher education institutions (HEIs) ar... Read More about Understanding faculty perceptions of quality assurance in Saudi higher education.

Spine and pelvis coordination variability in rowers with and without chronic low back pain during rowing (2021)
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Alijanpour, E., Naemi, R., Abbasi, A., & Needham, R. (2021). Spine and pelvis coordination variability in rowers with and without chronic low back pain during rowing. Journal of Biomechanics, 120, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbiomech.2021.110356

The aim of this study was to compare the spine-pelvis coordination and coordination variability (CV) during rowing in elite rowers with and without chronic low back pain (CLBP). Fourteen professional rowers (6 healthy and 8 with CLBP) participated in... Read More about Spine and pelvis coordination variability in rowers with and without chronic low back pain during rowing.

Electro-osmotic propulsion of Jeffrey fluid in a ciliated channel under the effect of nonlinear radiation and heat source/sink (2021)
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Shaheen, S., Beg, O., Gul, F., & Maqbool, K. (2021). Electro-osmotic propulsion of Jeffrey fluid in a ciliated channel under the effect of nonlinear radiation and heat source/sink. Journal of Biomechanical Engineering, 143(5), 051008. https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4049810

Mathematical modelling of mechanical system in microfluidics is an emerging area of interest in micro scale engineering. Since microfluidic devices use the hair like structure of artificial cilia for pumping, mixing and sensing in different fields, t... Read More about Electro-osmotic propulsion of Jeffrey fluid in a ciliated channel under the effect of nonlinear radiation and heat source/sink.

Geometric constraint-based reconfiguration and self-motions of a 4-CRU parallel mechanism (2021)
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Nurahmi, L., Putrayudanto, P., Wei, G., & Agrawal, S. (2021). Geometric constraint-based reconfiguration and self-motions of a 4-CRU parallel mechanism. Journal of Mechanisms and Robotics, 13(2), 021017. https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4049879

This paper aims to investigate the reconfiguration and self-motions of a 4-CRU parallel mechanism based on the mechanism geometric constraints. The targeted application of such mechanism in this research is for 3D-printing buildings of multi-directio... Read More about Geometric constraint-based reconfiguration and self-motions of a 4-CRU parallel mechanism.

The impact of in-Service physical injury or illness on the mental health of military veterans (2021)
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Hynes, C., Scullion, L., Lawler, C., Steel, R., & Boland, P. (2021). The impact of in-Service physical injury or illness on the mental health of military veterans. BMJ Military Health, https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjmilitary-2020-001759

Background
Each year approximately 2000 UK service personnel are medically discharged with physical and/or
psychological injury or illness. While there is much research on both psychological injury and physical
injury, the challenges of transition... Read More about The impact of in-Service physical injury or illness on the mental health of military veterans.

Exploring value propositions to drive Self-Sovereign Identity adoption (2021)
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Lockwood, M. (2021). Exploring value propositions to drive Self-Sovereign Identity adoption. Frontiers in Block Chain, 4, 611945. https://doi.org/10.3389/fbloc.2021.611945

This paper presents research exploring the balancing of interactive friction and value proposition in the context of Self-Sovereign Identity (SSI) technology adoption. This work extends a related investigation of a full agency engagement with a User-... Read More about Exploring value propositions to drive Self-Sovereign Identity adoption.

The Strepsirrhine and Tarsier genome sequencing initiative : conservation genomics of the non-anthropoid primate (2021)
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Orkin, J., Kuderna, L., Gut, M., Gut, I., Horvath, J., Janiak, M., …Marques-Bonet, T. (2021). The Strepsirrhine and Tarsier genome sequencing initiative : conservation genomics of the non-anthropoid primate. American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 174(S71), 79. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajpa.24262

Tremendous effort has been made to study the ecology and evolution of strepsirrhines and tarsiers. However, in comparison to the anthro-poids, they remain relatively understudied. This disparity is particularly evident in the field of genomics. While... Read More about The Strepsirrhine and Tarsier genome sequencing initiative : conservation genomics of the non-anthropoid primate.

Prison as a site of intense religious change : the example of conversion to Islam (2021)
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Wilkinson, M., Irfan, L., Quraishi, M., & Schneuwly Purdie, M. (2021). Prison as a site of intense religious change : the example of conversion to Islam. Religions, 12(3), e162. https://doi.org/10.3390/rel12030162

Based on the findings of mixed-methods research conducted with 279 Muslim prisoners in 10 prisons in England, Switzerland and France, this paper argues that contemporary European prisons are sites of intense religious change, in which many people bor... Read More about Prison as a site of intense religious change : the example of conversion to Islam.

A systematic evaluation of cutaneous microcirculation in the foot using post‐occlusive reactive hyperemia (2021)
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Balasubramanian, G., Chockalingam, N., & Naemi, R. (2021). A systematic evaluation of cutaneous microcirculation in the foot using post‐occlusive reactive hyperemia. Microcirculation, 28, Article e12692. https://doi.org/10.1111/micc.12692

Objectives
Cutaneous microcirculatory impairments are associated with skin injury to the foot. Post-Occlusive reactive hyperemia (PORH) is one of the quick and easy methods to assess microcirculatory function. However, there are variations in the pr... Read More about A systematic evaluation of cutaneous microcirculation in the foot using post‐occlusive reactive hyperemia.

Identifying information needs of patients with IgA Nephropathy, using an innovative social media stepped analytical approach (2021)
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Vasilica, C., Oates, T., Clausner, C., Ormandy, P., Barratt, J., & Graham-Brown, M. (2021). Identifying information needs of patients with IgA Nephropathy, using an innovative social media stepped analytical approach. Kidney International Reports, 6(5), 1317-1325. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ekir.2021.02.030

Introduction
Increasingly people with kidney disease are using social media to search for medical information and to find peer-support. IgA nephropathy (IgAN) predominantly affects young adults, demographically the biggest users of... Read More about Identifying information needs of patients with IgA Nephropathy, using an innovative social media stepped analytical approach.

698 mothers and babies, 38 390 nappy changes : what did we learn? (2021)
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MacVane Phipps, F., Price, A., Ackers-Johnson, J., Cook, P., Clarke-Cornwell, A., & Lythgoe, J. (2021). 698 mothers and babies, 38 390 nappy changes : what did we learn?. British Journal of Midwifery, 29(3), 150-157. https://doi.org/10.12968/bjom.2021.29.3.150

Background Several industry funded studies between 2001–2018 have compared the use of a single brand of baby wipes to cleansing with water and either cloth or cotton wool during nappy changes. All of these studies found that wipes were safe and effec... Read More about 698 mothers and babies, 38 390 nappy changes : what did we learn?.

Biomechanical Effects of a 6-Week Change of Direction Speed and Technique Modification Intervention: Implications for Change of Direction Side step Performance (2021)
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Dos'Santos, T., Thomas, C., Comfort, P., & Jones, P. A. (2021). Biomechanical Effects of a 6-Week Change of Direction Speed and Technique Modification Intervention: Implications for Change of Direction Side step Performance. Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research, 36(10), 2780-2791. https://doi.org/10.1519/jsc.0000000000003950

The aim of this study was to evaluate the biomechanical effects of change of direction (COD) speed and technique modification training on COD performance (completion time, ground contact time [GCT], and exit velocity) during 45° (CUT45) and 90° (CUT9... Read More about Biomechanical Effects of a 6-Week Change of Direction Speed and Technique Modification Intervention: Implications for Change of Direction Side step Performance.

An accessible interface layer for Self-Sovereign Identity (2021)
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Lockwood, M. (2021). An accessible interface layer for Self-Sovereign Identity. Frontiers in Block Chain, 3, 609101. https://doi.org/10.3389/fbloc.2020.609101

The mechanisms and evolving standards collectively known as self-sovereign identity (SSI) offer the prospect of a decentralized Internet by providing a central pillar for a human-centered data ecosystem (HCDE). Once established this technology promis... Read More about An accessible interface layer for Self-Sovereign Identity.

Prescribing issues in the COVID-19 pandemic (2021)
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Robertson, D. (2021). Prescribing issues in the COVID-19 pandemic. Journal of Prescribing Practice, 3(3), 102-103. https://doi.org/10.12968/jprp.2021.3.3.102

Deborah Robertson provides an overview of recently published articles that may be of interest to non-medical prescribers. Should you wish to look at any of the papers in more detail, a full reference is provided