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Determining optimal cadence for an individual road cyclist from field data (2016)
Journal Article
Reed, R., Scarf, P., Jobson, S., & Passfield, L. (2016). Determining optimal cadence for an individual road cyclist from field data. European Journal of Sport Science, 16(8), 903-911. https://doi.org/10.1080/17461391.2016.1146336

The cadence that maximises power output developed at the crank by an individual cyclist is conventionally determined using a
laboratory test. The purpose of this study was two-fold: (i) to show that such a cadence, which we call the optimal cadence,... Read More about Determining optimal cadence for an individual road cyclist from field data.

Executive function in relation to suicidal thinking (2016)
Presentation / Conference
Ong, E., Eachus, P., Tang, A., & Thompson, C. (2016, February). Executive function in relation to suicidal thinking. Presented at th Annual International Conference on Cognitive and Behavioral Psychology (CBP 2016), Singapore

Suicidal behaviour is a public health problem and there is increasing concern regarding the rise of such behaviour. Although past studies have identified the role of cognitive factors in suicide, little has been done to explore the cognitive processe... Read More about Executive function in relation to suicidal thinking.

Automated segmentation of tumours in MRI brain scans (2016)
Presentation / Conference
Hasan, A., Meziane, F., & Khadim, M. (2016, February). Automated segmentation of tumours in MRI brain scans. Presented at the 9th International Joint Conference on Biomedical Engineering Systems and Technologies, Rome, Italy

The research reported in this paper concerns the development of a novel automated algorithm to identify and
segment brain tumours in MRI scans. The input is the patient's scan slices and the output is a subset of the
slices that includes the tumour... Read More about Automated segmentation of tumours in MRI brain scans.

Bacterial gliding fluid dynamics on a layer of non-Newtonian slime : perturbation and numerical study (2016)
Journal Article
Ali, N., Asghar, Z., Beg, A., & Sajid, M. (2016). Bacterial gliding fluid dynamics on a layer of non-Newtonian slime : perturbation and numerical study. Journal of Theoretical Biology, 397, 22-32. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtbi.2016.02.011

Gliding bacteria are an assorted group of rod-shaped prokaryotes that adhere to and glide on certain layers of ooze slime attached to a substratum. Due to the absence of organelles of motility, such as flagella, the gliding motion is caused by the wa... Read More about Bacterial gliding fluid dynamics on a layer of non-Newtonian slime : perturbation and numerical study.

Environmental magnetism as a dating proxy for recent overbank sediments of (peri-)industrial regions in the Czech Republic and UK (2016)
Journal Article
sediments of (peri-)industrial regions in the Czech Republic and UK. CATENA, 142, 21-35. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.catena.2016.02.008

Twenty five floodplain sediment profiles from seven rivers in eastern Czech Republic and three in north west
England were collected to examine the hypothesis that magnetic enhancement in recent sediments is predominantly
of anthropogenic origin and... Read More about Environmental magnetism as a dating proxy for recent overbank sediments of (peri-)industrial regions in the Czech Republic and UK.

The fine jewellery industry : corporate responsibility challenges and institutional forces facing SMEs (2016)
Journal Article
Carrigan, M., McEachern, M., Moraes, C., & Bosangit, C. (2017). The fine jewellery industry : corporate responsibility challenges and institutional forces facing SMEs. Journal of Business Ethics, 143(4), 681-699. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10551-016-3071-4

There has been limited coverage of the corporate responsibility (CR) practices of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in the mainstream CR literature. Furthermore, there has been no systematic analysis of the responsibilities of the high value... Read More about The fine jewellery industry : corporate responsibility challenges and institutional forces facing SMEs.

An evaluation of property valuation practice in Sub-Saharan Africa : a case study of Ghana (2016)
Other
Gyau, K., Proverbs, D., Lamond, J., & Gyamfi Yeboah, F. (2016). An evaluation of property valuation practice in Sub-Saharan Africa : a case study of Ghana

Gauging the school-based acceptability of Web 2.0 collaborative tools (2016)
Journal Article
Hina, S., & Dominic, P. (2016). Gauging the school-based acceptability of Web 2.0 collaborative tools. International Journal of Business Information Systems, 21(3), 321-341. https://doi.org/10.1504/ijbis.2016.074761

This article develops an insight of the factors affecting the use of social networking sites (SNSs) for mutual participation/collaboration among school stakeholders. Collaborative social networks that have a casual disregard for personal information... Read More about Gauging the school-based acceptability of Web 2.0 collaborative tools.

Role of vertical transmission of Toxoplasma gondii in prevalence of infection (2016)
Journal Article
Hide, G. (2016). Role of vertical transmission of Toxoplasma gondii in prevalence of infection. Expert Review of Anti-infective Therapy, 14(3), 335-44. https://doi.org/10.1586/14787210.2016.1146131

The parasite, Toxoplasma gondii, is a highly successful pathogen that infects around 30% of the global human population. Additionally, it is able to infect all warm blooded animals with high prevalence. This is surprising as it is a parasite of the c... Read More about Role of vertical transmission of Toxoplasma gondii in prevalence of infection.

Quadrupedal movement training improves markers of cognition and joint repositioning (2016)
Journal Article
Matthews, M., Yusuf, M., Doyle, C., & Thompson, C. (2016). Quadrupedal movement training improves markers of cognition and joint repositioning. Human Movement Science, 47, 70-80. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.humov.2016.02.002

Introduction - Exercise, and in particular balance and coordination related activities such as dance, appear to have positive effects on cognitive function, as well as neurodegenerative conditions such as dementia and Parkinson’s disease. Quadrupedal... Read More about Quadrupedal movement training improves markers of cognition and joint repositioning.

The impact of clinical librarian services on patients and health care organisations (2016)
Journal Article
Brettle, A., Maden, M., & Payne, C. (2016). The impact of clinical librarian services on patients and health care organisations. Health Information and Libraries Journal, 33(2), 100-120. https://doi.org/10.1111/hir.12136

Background - Systematic reviews have found limited evidence of effectiveness and impact of clinical librarians (CLs) due to the poor quality of reporting, scale and design of previous studies.
Objectives - To measure specific CL impact on organisa... Read More about The impact of clinical librarian services on patients and health care organisations.

Vegetation phenology and habitat discrimination : impacts for E.multilocularis transmission host modelling (2016)
Journal Article
Marston, C., Giraudoux, P., Armitage, R., Danson, F., Reynolds, S., Wang, Q., …Craig, P. (2016). Vegetation phenology and habitat discrimination : impacts for E.multilocularis transmission host modelling. Remote Sensing of Environment, 176, 320-327. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rse.2016.02.015

Echinococcus multilocularis (Em), a parasitic tapeworm, is responsible for a significant burden of human disease across continental Asia. Here, we use a time-series of MODIS 16-day 250 m Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI) satellite data to quantify the... Read More about Vegetation phenology and habitat discrimination : impacts for E.multilocularis transmission host modelling.

The role of contracting strategies in social value implementation (2016)
Journal Article
Awuzie, B., & McDermott, P. (2016). The role of contracting strategies in social value implementation. Proceedings of the ICE - Management, Procurement and Law, 169(3), 106-114. https://doi.org/10.1680/jmapl.15.00024

There has been an increasing demand for social value (SV) implementation to assume a cardinal position in the infrastructure delivery efforts of infrastructure client organisations (ICOs). However, whereas successful implementation has been recorded... Read More about The role of contracting strategies in social value implementation.

Taxonomic review of the New World tamarins (Primates: Callitrichidae) (2016)
Journal Article
Rylands, A., Heymann, E., Lynch Alfaro, J., Buckner, J., Roos, C., Matauschek, C., …Mittermeier, R. (2016). Taxonomic review of the New World tamarins (Primates: Callitrichidae). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 177(44), 1003-1028. https://doi.org/10.1111/zoj.12386

Twelve generic names have been ascribed to the New World tamarins but all are currently placed in just one: Saguinus Hoffmannsegg, 1807. Based on geographical distributions, morphology, and pelage patterns and coloration, they have been divided into... Read More about Taxonomic review of the New World tamarins (Primates: Callitrichidae).

Simultaneous assessment of acidogenesis-mitigation and specific bacterial growth-inhibition by dentifrices (2016)
Journal Article
Yilmaz, Ö., Forbes, S., Latimer, J., Sreenivasan, P., & McBain, A. (2016). Simultaneous assessment of acidogenesis-mitigation and specific bacterial growth-inhibition by dentifrices. PLoS ONE, 11(2), e0149390. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0149390

Dentifrices can augment oral hygiene by inactivating bacteria and at sub-lethal concentrations may affect bacterial metabolism, potentially inhibiting acidogenesis, the main cause of caries. Reported herein is the development of a rapid method to sim... Read More about Simultaneous assessment of acidogenesis-mitigation and specific bacterial growth-inhibition by dentifrices.

Exploring clients’ responses to changing pronoun use from second person (you) to first person (I) during therapy : a constructivist qualitative approach (2016)
Journal Article
Priest, A., Hollins Martin, C., & Bager Charleson, S. (2016). Exploring clients’ responses to changing pronoun use from second person (you) to first person (I) during therapy : a constructivist qualitative approach. Counselling and Psychotherapy Research, 16(3), 183-192. https://doi.org/10.1002/capr.12065

Background: Personal pronouns like ‘I’, ‘me’ or ‘mine’ are inextricably linked with ownership, with one key benefit of a counsellor inviting a client to consider their pronoun use being an invitation to change their awareness and understanding of a s... Read More about Exploring clients’ responses to changing pronoun use from second person (you) to first person (I) during therapy : a constructivist qualitative approach.

High genetic diversity of common toad (Bufo bufo) populations under strong natural fragmentation on a Northern archipelago (2016)
Journal Article
on a Northern archipelago. Ecology and Evolution, 6(6), 1626-1636. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.1957

The last decades have shown a surge in studies focusing on the interplay
between fragmented habitats, genetic variation, and conservation. In the present
study, we consider the case of a temperate pond-breeding anuran (the common
toad Bufo bufo) i... Read More about High genetic diversity of common toad (Bufo bufo) populations under strong natural fragmentation on a Northern archipelago.

Studies investigating fetal alcohol spectrum disorders in the criminal justice system : a systematic PRISMA review (2016)
Journal Article
Allely, C., & Gebbia, P. (2016). Studies investigating fetal alcohol spectrum disorders in the criminal justice system : a systematic PRISMA review. https://doi.org/10.15226/2374-6874/3/1/00123

Within correctional/confinement settings, screening in order to detect Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders(FASD) or Alcohol-Related Neuro Developmental Disorder (ARND) is frequently lacking. The courts may not recognize FAS/ ARND which lead... Read More about Studies investigating fetal alcohol spectrum disorders in the criminal justice system : a systematic PRISMA review.

Manual therapy student handbook : assessment & treatment of the hip - part 5 (2016)
Journal Article
Hatcher, J. (2016). Manual therapy student handbook : assessment & treatment of the hip - part 5. Co-kinetic, 42-45

This article is the fifth in a series from our Manual Therapy Student Handbook (see the class 'Contents panel’ for further details) and it describes how to assess and treat common hip complaints. As well as listing a comprehensive assessment procedur... Read More about Manual therapy student handbook : assessment & treatment of the hip - part 5.

Human annoyance, acceptability and concern as responses to vibration from the construction of light rapid transit lines in residential environments (2016)
Journal Article
rapid transit lines in residential environments. Science of the Total Environment, 568, 1308-1314. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2016.01.121

The aim of this paper is to investigate the use of different self-reported measures for assessing the human response to environmental vibration from the construction of an urban LRT (Light Rapid Transit) system. The human response to environmental st... Read More about Human annoyance, acceptability and concern as responses to vibration from the construction of light rapid transit lines in residential environments.