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Adomian decomposition solution for propulsion of dissipative magnetic Jeffrey biofluid in a ciliated channel containing a porous medium with forced convection heat transfer (2018)
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Manzoor, N., Maqbool, K., Beg, O., & Shaheen, S. (2018). Adomian decomposition solution for propulsion of dissipative magnetic Jeffrey biofluid in a ciliated channel containing a porous medium with forced convection heat transfer. Heat Transfer - Asian Research, 48(2), 556-581. https://doi.org/10.1002/htj.21394

Physiological transport phenomena often feature ciliated internal walls. Heat, momentum and multi-species mass transfer may arise and additionally non-Newtonian biofluid characteristics are common in smaller vessels. Blood (containing hemoglobin) or... Read More about Adomian decomposition solution for propulsion of dissipative magnetic Jeffrey biofluid in a ciliated channel containing a porous medium with forced convection heat transfer.

Important paradigms of the thermoelastic waves (2018)
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Khan, A., Sohail, A., Beg, O., & Tariq, R. (2018). Important paradigms of the thermoelastic waves. Arabian Journal for Science and Engineering, 44(1), 663-671. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13369-018-3649-5

This paper is devoted to the investigation of the propagation of magneto-thermo-elastic waves in a rotating monoclinic system. The system is electrically conducting in the presence of an applied magnetic field. A general dispersion relation is obtaine... Read More about Important paradigms of the thermoelastic waves.

The blind men and the elephant (2018)
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MacVane Phipps, F. (2018). The blind men and the elephant. International Journal of Health Governance, 23(4), 330-334. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJHG-12-2018-071

An old folk tale describes five blind men encountering an elephant. One grasps the tail, another feels the tusk, the third explores the flank while the last men encounter an ear and the elephant’s trunk. Each man describes a very different animal, ye... Read More about The blind men and the elephant.

The contributory role of autism symptomology in child pornography offending : why there is an urgent need for empirical research in this area (2018)
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Purpose
As recently highlighted by Creaby-Attwood and Allely (2017) it is crucial that the possible innate
vulnerabilities that contributed to sexual offending behaviour in an individual with an autism spectrum disorder (ASD) are taken into consid... Read More about The contributory role of autism symptomology in child pornography offending : why there is an urgent need for empirical research in this area.

Dynamics of Fe, Mn, and Al liberated from contaminated soil by low-molecular-weight organic acids and their effects on the release of soil-borne trace elements (2018)
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soil-borne trace elements. Applied Sciences, 8(12), 2444. https://doi.org/10.3390/app8122444

A 15-day batch experiment was conducted to investigate the behaviours of Fe, Mn, and
Al oxides upon attack by three common low-molecular-weight organic acids, and their effects on
liberation of trace elements from a multi-contaminated soil. While t... Read More about Dynamics of Fe, Mn, and Al liberated from contaminated soil by low-molecular-weight organic acids and their effects on the release of soil-borne trace elements.

Prospects of nanotechnology and materials design on the basis of refractory compounds (2018)
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Shabalin, I. (2018). Prospects of nanotechnology and materials design on the basis of refractory compounds. Известия вузов. Порошковая металлургия и функциональные покрытия. Izvestiâ vuzov. Poroškovaâ metallurgiâ i funkcionalʹnye pokrytiâ, 2018(4), 73-81. https://doi.org/10.17073/1997-308X-2018-4-73-81

As a matter of discussion, the prospects for the development of high-temperature ceramic materials science are considered. The paper provides a rationale for developing hetero-modulus ceramic composites as a possibility to implement the unique physic... Read More about Prospects of nanotechnology and materials design on the basis of refractory compounds.

Optimizing Squat Technique—Revisited (2018)
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Comfort, P., McMahon, J., & Suchomel, T. J. (2018). Optimizing Squat Technique—Revisited. Strength and Conditioning Journal, 40(6), 68-74. https://doi.org/10.1519/SSC.0000000000000398

The back squat is the cornerstone of many strength and conditioning programs, with increases in back squat strength associated with improvements in athletic performance. A variety of back squat techniques have been described throughout the literature... Read More about Optimizing Squat Technique—Revisited.

Nutritional management of young infants presenting with acute bronchiolitis in Belgium, France and Switzerland: survey of current practices and documentary search of national guidelines worldwide (2018)
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practices and documentary search of national guidelines worldwide. European Journal of Pediatrics, 178(3), 331-340. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00431-018-3300-1

Nutritional management of young infants presenting with acute
bronchiolitis in Belgium, France and Switzerland: survey of current
practices and documentary search of national guidelines worldwide Conclusion: practices were inconsistent among physic... Read More about Nutritional management of young infants presenting with acute bronchiolitis in Belgium, France and Switzerland: survey of current practices and documentary search of national guidelines worldwide.

Enteral feeding practices in infants with congenital heart disease across European PICUs : a European Society of Pediatric and Neonatal Intensive Care survey (2018)
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Intensive Care survey. Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, 19(2), 137-144. https://doi.org/10.1097/PCC.0000000000001412

Objectives: To describe enteral feeding practices in pre and
postoperative infants with congenital heart disease in European
PICUs.
Design: Cross-sectional electronic survey.
Setting: European PICUs that admit infants with congenital heart
disea... Read More about Enteral feeding practices in infants with congenital heart disease across European PICUs : a European Society of Pediatric and Neonatal Intensive Care survey.

Asking the right questions : opportunities and challenges of survey methods in widening participation research (2018)
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Collins, B., Hunt, C., Wardrop, A., Gauntlett, E., Heaslip, V., Hutchings, M., & Pritchard, C. (2018). Asking the right questions : opportunities and challenges of survey methods in widening participation research. International studies in widening participation (Online), 5(2), 55-69

The development of an institution-wide survey at one English university raised questions for the researchers in relation to how to ask students about their background. The survey was to focus future widening participation (WP) practice. A detailed it... Read More about Asking the right questions : opportunities and challenges of survey methods in widening participation research.

An FCM-based dynamic modelling of integrated project delivery implementation challenges in construction projects (2018)
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Kahvandi, Z., Saghatforoush, E., Ravasan, A., & Mansouri, T. (2018). An FCM-based dynamic modelling of integrated project delivery implementation challenges in construction projects. Lean construction journal, 2018, 63-87

Question: What are the Integrated Project Delivery Implementation challenges in
construction projects, their interrelationships and their effects on the project time,
cost and quality?
Purpose: The Purpose of this study is applying an efficient me... Read More about An FCM-based dynamic modelling of integrated project delivery implementation challenges in construction projects.

I'm so glad I came, but I can't wait to leave : an autoethnography of identity, gayness, and migration through theatre and performance (2018)
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Rodriguez-Dorans, E. (2018). I'm so glad I came, but I can't wait to leave : an autoethnography of identity, gayness, and migration through theatre and performance. Departures in Critical Qualitative Research, 7(4), 123-138. https://doi.org/10.1525/dcqr.2018.7.4.123

Can a theatre play provide actors and audiences with a feeling of being at home? This article is an autoethnographic work that addresses how the author finds, in his work directing the research-based theatre play Heavier than Air devised by Anne Harr... Read More about I'm so glad I came, but I can't wait to leave : an autoethnography of identity, gayness, and migration through theatre and performance.

Onward to the mid-Atlantic: first records of Cuban Brown Anoles (Anolis sagrei) on Ascension Island (2018)
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Stroud, J., Richardson, A., Sim, J., Airnes, A., & Stritch, J. (2018). Onward to the mid-Atlantic: first records of Cuban Brown Anoles (Anolis sagrei) on Ascension Island. Iguana times, 25(3), 220-222

Cuban Brown Anoles (Anolis sagrei) are native to Cuba and many Bahamian islands (Schwartz and Henderson1991), but the species has an expansive non-native range, having been introduced and become established in a number of US states (Florida, Georgia,... Read More about Onward to the mid-Atlantic: first records of Cuban Brown Anoles (Anolis sagrei) on Ascension Island.

Chebyshev collocation computation of magneto-bioconvection nanofluid flow over a wedge with multiple slips and magnetic induction (2018)
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Uddin, M., Kabir, M., Beg, O., & Alginahi, Y. (2018). Chebyshev collocation computation of magneto-bioconvection nanofluid flow over a wedge with multiple slips and magnetic induction. Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part N: Journal of Nanomaterials, Nanoengineering and Nanosystems, 232(4), 109-122. https://doi.org/10.1177/2397791418809795

In this paper the steady two dimensional stagnation point flow of a viscous incompressible electrically conducting bio-nanofluid over a stretching/shrinking wedge in the presence of passively control boundary condition, Stefan blowing and multiple sl... Read More about Chebyshev collocation computation of magneto-bioconvection nanofluid flow over a wedge with multiple slips and magnetic induction.

The impact of heat mitigation strategies on the energy balance of a neighborhood in Los Angeles (2018)
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Taleghani, M., Crank, P., Mohegh, A., Sailor, D., & Ban-Weiss, G. (2018). The impact of heat mitigation strategies on the energy balance of a neighborhood in Los Angeles. Solar Energy, 177, 604-611. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.solener.2018.11.041

Heat mitigation strategies can reduce excess heat in urban environments. These strategies, including solar reflective cool roofs and pavements, green vegetative roofs, and street vegetation, alter the surface energy balance to reduce absorption of su... Read More about The impact of heat mitigation strategies on the energy balance of a neighborhood in Los Angeles.

The role of the copper oxidation state in the electrocatalytic reduction of CO2 into valuable hydrocarbons (2018)
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Redox-active copper catalysts with accurately prepared oxidation states (Cu0, Cu+ and Cu2+) and high selectivity to C2 hydrocarbon formation, from electrocatalytic cathodic reduction of CO2, were fabricated and characterized. The electrochemically pr... Read More about The role of the copper oxidation state in the electrocatalytic reduction of CO2 into valuable hydrocarbons.

Origins of Vespa velutina hornet that recently invaded Iki Island, Japan and Jersey Island, UK (2018)
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Takahashi, J., Okuyama, H., Kiyoshi, T., Takeuchi, T., & Martin, S. (2019). Origins of Vespa velutina hornet that recently invaded Iki Island, Japan and Jersey Island, UK. Mitochondrial DNA Part A, 30(3), 434-439. https://doi.org/10.1080/24701394.2018.1538366

The native distribution of the yellow-legged hornet, Vespa velutina, is throughout East Asia. Around 15 years ago this species was accidentally introduced into South Korea and France, where it became established and then spread into neighbouring coun... Read More about Origins of Vespa velutina hornet that recently invaded Iki Island, Japan and Jersey Island, UK.

A murky business : a phenomenological ontology of risk in child protection social work (2018)
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Smeeton, J. (2020). A murky business : a phenomenological ontology of risk in child protection social work. Qualitative Social Work, 19(2), 284-300. https://doi.org/10.1177/1473325018815732

This paper is based upon ongoing theoretical work by the author. A growing number of academics are starting to problematise social work within a risk paradigm by highlighting the impact this has on how service user's experiences are atomised into uni... Read More about A murky business : a phenomenological ontology of risk in child protection social work.