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What can the UK learn from the impact of migrant populations on national life expectancy? (2022)
Journal Article
Hiam, L., Zhang, C. X., Burns, R., Darlington-Pollock, F., Wallace, M., & McKee, M. (2022). What can the UK learn from the impact of migrant populations on national life expectancy?. Journal of Public Health, 44(4), e499-e505. https://doi.org/10.1093/pubmed/fdac013

Improvements in life expectancy at birth in the UK had stalled prior to 2020 and have fallen during the COVID-19 pandemic. The stagnation took place at a time of relatively high net migration, yet we know that migrants to Australia, the USA and some... Read More about What can the UK learn from the impact of migrant populations on national life expectancy?.

Differences in Health-Related Physical Fitness and Academic School Performance in Male Middle-School Students in Qatar: A Preliminary Study (2022)
Journal Article
Hermassi, S., Hayes, L. D., Sanal-Hayes, N. E. M., & Schwesig, R. (in press). Differences in Health-Related Physical Fitness and Academic School Performance in Male Middle-School Students in Qatar: A Preliminary Study. Frontiers in Psychology, 13, https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.791337

This study examined the differences in the level of physical fitness and academic performance among male middle-school children based on different body status categories. A total of 69 male children [age: 12.4 ± 0.7 years; body mass: 58.5 ± 7.2 kg; h... Read More about Differences in Health-Related Physical Fitness and Academic School Performance in Male Middle-School Students in Qatar: A Preliminary Study.

Freelisting as a suitable method to estimate the composition and harvest rates of hunted species in tropical forests (2022)
Journal Article

The aim of this study was to test the use of measures obtained from freelisting as possible surrogates of the harvest rate of game species. For this purpose, we interviewed 100 rural and urban hunters in southwestern Amazonia to obtain the frequency... Read More about Freelisting as a suitable method to estimate the composition and harvest rates of hunted species in tropical forests.

Measuring Foot Abduction Brace Wear Time Using a Single 3-Axis Accelerometer (2022)
Journal Article
Griffiths, B., Silver, N., Granat, M. H., & Lebel, E. (2022). Measuring Foot Abduction Brace Wear Time Using a Single 3-Axis Accelerometer. Sensors, 22(7), 2433. https://doi.org/10.3390/s22072433

The recommended treatment for idiopathic congenital clubfoot deformity involves a series of weekly castings, surgery, and a period of bracing using a foot abduction brace (FAB). Depending on the age of the child, the orthotic should be worn for perio... Read More about Measuring Foot Abduction Brace Wear Time Using a Single 3-Axis Accelerometer.

Spatial mixture modeling for analyzing a rainfall pattern: A case study in Ireland (2022)
Journal Article
Hussein, A., & Kadhem, S. (2022). Spatial mixture modeling for analyzing a rainfall pattern: A case study in Ireland. Open Engineering, 12(1), 204-214. https://doi.org/10.1515/eng-2022-0024

Abstract This study investigates the spatial heterogeneity in the maximum monthly rainfall amounts reported by stations in Ireland from January 2018 to December 2020. The heterogeneity is modeled by the Bayesian normal mixture model with different ra... Read More about Spatial mixture modeling for analyzing a rainfall pattern: A case study in Ireland.

Computation of bio-nano-convection power law slip flow from a needle with blowing effects in a porous medium (2022)
Journal Article
Uddin, J., Amirsom, N., Beg, O., & Ismail, A. (in press). Computation of bio-nano-convection power law slip flow from a needle with blowing effects in a porous medium. Waves in Random and Complex Media, https://doi.org/10.1080/17455030.2022.2048919

Transport phenomena with fluid flow, heat, mass, nanoparticle species and microorganism transfer
external to a needle in a porous medium have many biomedical engineering applications (e. g.
hypodermic needles used in hemotology). It is also used to... Read More about Computation of bio-nano-convection power law slip flow from a needle with blowing effects in a porous medium.

Computation of reactive thermosolutal micropolar nanofluid Sakiadis convection flow with gold/silver metallic nanoparticles (2022)
Journal Article
Shamshuddin, M., Ferdows, M., Beg, O., Beg, T., & Leonard, H. (in press). Computation of reactive thermosolutal micropolar nanofluid Sakiadis convection flow with gold/silver metallic nanoparticles. Waves in Random and Complex Media, https://doi.org/10.1080/17455030.2022.2051773

In the present study, a mathematical model is developed by combining the Tiwari-Das nanofluid
formulation with the Eringen micro-morphic model to simulate the thermo-solutal natural convection chemically
reacting micropolar nanofluid flow from a pe... Read More about Computation of reactive thermosolutal micropolar nanofluid Sakiadis convection flow with gold/silver metallic nanoparticles.

Maximising the health impacts of free advice services in the UK : a mixed methods systematic review (2022)
Journal Article
Young, D., & Bates, G. (2022). Maximising the health impacts of free advice services in the UK : a mixed methods systematic review. Health and Social Care in the Community, 30(5), 1713-1725. https://doi.org/10.1111/hsc.13777

After a decade of austerity spending cuts and welfare reform, the COVID‐19 pandemic has posed further challenges to the finances, health and wellbeing of working‐age, low‐income people. While advice services have been widely seen (and funded) as an i... Read More about Maximising the health impacts of free advice services in the UK : a mixed methods systematic review.

N-mixture models provide informative crocodile (Crocodylus moreletii) abundance estimates in dynamic environments (2022)
Journal Article
Nobrega, J., González-Jaurégui, M., & Jehle, R. (2022). N-mixture models provide informative crocodile (Crocodylus moreletii) abundance estimates in dynamic environments. PeerJ, 10, e12906

Estimates of animal abundance provide essential information for population
ecological studies. However, the recording of individuals in the field can be
challenging, and accurate estimates require analytical techniques which account for
imperfect... Read More about N-mixture models provide informative crocodile (Crocodylus moreletii) abundance estimates in dynamic environments.

The Beveridge Report at 80 (2022)
Journal Article

Kevin Hickson and Ben Williams trace the modern history of
a foundational moment in the Britain’s welfare state: the 1942
Beveridge Report.

Municipal matters : local government reporting and news values in England’s provincial press, 1900-1950 (2022)
Journal Article

This study examines local government reporting in the English provincial press from 1900 to
1950. It has two main findings – firstly, that the press moved from verbatim council reports
in the early part of the century to selective news stories that... Read More about Municipal matters : local government reporting and news values in England’s provincial press, 1900-1950.

P&O risking reputation with possible illegal move of sacking 800 crew to then replace them with agency staff (2022)
Journal Article
Lord, J. (2022). P&O risking reputation with possible illegal move of sacking 800 crew to then replace them with agency staff

P&O Ferries have sacked all 800 crew on Thursday afternoon with “effective immediately” and all staff will be served with severance packages.

P&O Ferries said all services will be cancelled for the next few days as the business is “not viable” in... Read More about P&O risking reputation with possible illegal move of sacking 800 crew to then replace them with agency staff.

Word norms and measures of linguistic reclamation for LGBTQ+ slurs (2022)
Journal Article
Edmondson, D. (2022). Word norms and measures of linguistic reclamation for LGBTQ+ slurs. Pragmatics and Cognition, 28(1), 193-221. https://doi.org/10.1075/pc.00023.edm

While databases of taboo language word norms exist, none focus specifically on slurs as a category of taboo language. Furthermore, no existing databases include measures of linguistic reclamation, a phenomenon which may specifically affect the proces... Read More about Word norms and measures of linguistic reclamation for LGBTQ+ slurs.

Automatic Face Mask Detection System in Public Transportation in Smart Cities Using IoT and Deep Learning (2022)
Journal Article
Kumar, T. A., Rajmohan, R., Pavithra, M., Ajagbe, S. A., Hodhod, R., & Gaber, T. (2022). Automatic Face Mask Detection System in Public Transportation in Smart Cities Using IoT and Deep Learning. Electronics, 11(6), 904. https://doi.org/10.3390/electronics11060904

The World Health Organization (WHO) has stated that the spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19) is on a global scale and that wearing a face mask at work is the only effective way to avoid becoming infected with the virus. The pandemic made governments... Read More about Automatic Face Mask Detection System in Public Transportation in Smart Cities Using IoT and Deep Learning.

A pilot study of co-produced autism training for police custody staff : evaluating the impact on perceived knowledge change and behaviour intentions (2022)
Journal Article
Holloway, C., Munro, N., Cossburn, K., & Ropar, D. (2022). A pilot study of co-produced autism training for police custody staff : evaluating the impact on perceived knowledge change and behaviour intentions. Policing: An International Journal of Police Strategies and Management, https://doi.org/10.1108/PIJPSM-11-2021-0159

Purpose

Autistic people have reported particularly negative experiences in police custody, which can lead to significant long-term personal and legal consequences. Research has suggested providing autism training to police forces would help impr... Read More about A pilot study of co-produced autism training for police custody staff : evaluating the impact on perceived knowledge change and behaviour intentions.

Countermovement Jump Force–Time Curve Analysis between Strength-Matched Male and Female Soccer Players (2022)
Journal Article
Thomas, C., Jones, P. A., & Dos’Santos, T. (2022). Countermovement Jump Force–Time Curve Analysis between Strength-Matched Male and Female Soccer Players. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19(6), 3352. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19063352

The purpose of this study was to compare countermovement jump force−time measures between strength-matched male and female soccer players. Males (n = 11) and females (n = 11) were strength-matched via isometric mid-thigh pull testing, whereby peak fo... Read More about Countermovement Jump Force–Time Curve Analysis between Strength-Matched Male and Female Soccer Players.

Prediction of the intention to use a smartwatch : a comparative approach using machine learning and partial least squares structural equation modeling (2022)
Journal Article
Elnagar, A., Alnazzawi, N., Afyouni, I., Shahin, I., Bou Nassif, A., & Salloum, S. (2022). Prediction of the intention to use a smartwatch : a comparative approach using machine learning and partial least squares structural equation modeling. Informatics in Medicine Unlocked, 29, 100913. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.imu.2022.100913

This study makes use of a cohesive yet innovative research model to identify the determinants of the adoption of smart watches using constructs from the Technology Acceptance Model (TAM) and constructs of smartwatches, including effectiveness, conten... Read More about Prediction of the intention to use a smartwatch : a comparative approach using machine learning and partial least squares structural equation modeling.