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Do seasoned offerings improve the performance of issuing firms? Evidence from China (2018)
Journal Article
Zhang, D., Wu, Y., Ye, Q., & Liu, J. (2019). Do seasoned offerings improve the performance of issuing firms? Evidence from China. International Review of Financial Analysis, 62(Mar 19), 104-123. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.irfa.2018.08.001

This study provides new evidence that the performance of issuing firms varies by issue type, based on survival analysis methods. Our non-parametric results show that firms raising capital through rights issues, and notably through cash offers, experi... Read More about Do seasoned offerings improve the performance of issuing firms? Evidence from China.

In-situ sub-structure decoupling of resiliently coupled assemblies (2018)
Journal Article
Meggitt, J., & Moorhouse, A. (2019). In-situ sub-structure decoupling of resiliently coupled assemblies. Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing, 117, 723-737. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ymssp.2018.07.045

The context of this paper is the increasing need for vibro-acoustic simulation across many sectors. A procedure
is derived for decoupling the components of resiliently mounted assemblies. An independent characterisation of
the components is obtaine... Read More about In-situ sub-structure decoupling of resiliently coupled assemblies.

An innovative asphalt patch repair pre–heating method using dynamic heating (2018)
Journal Article
Byzyka, J., Rahman, M., & Chamberlain, D. A. (2018). An innovative asphalt patch repair pre–heating method using dynamic heating. Construction and Building Materials, 188, 178-197. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2018.08.086

In hot mix asphalt patch repair, inadequate temperature at the interfaces is one of the influencing factors for inferior compaction and poor interface bonding. To enhance repair performance, a precisely controlled infrared pre-heating method for patc... Read More about An innovative asphalt patch repair pre–heating method using dynamic heating.

A Liftless Intervention to Prevent Preterm Birth and Low Birthweight Among Pregnant Ghanaian Women: Protocol of a Stepped-Wedge Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial (2018)
Journal Article
Kwegyir-Afful, E., Verbeek, J., Aziato, L., Seffah, J., & Räsänen, K. (2018). A Liftless Intervention to Prevent Preterm Birth and Low Birthweight Among Pregnant Ghanaian Women: Protocol of a Stepped-Wedge Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial. JMIR Research Protocols, 7(8), e10095. https://doi.org/10.2196/10095

Background: Preterm birth (PTB) is a leading cause of infant morbidity and mortality worldwide. Every year, 20 million babies are born with low birthweight (LBW), about 96% of which occur in low-income countries. Despite the associated dangers, in ab... Read More about A Liftless Intervention to Prevent Preterm Birth and Low Birthweight Among Pregnant Ghanaian Women: Protocol of a Stepped-Wedge Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial.

A perspective on using experiment and theory to identify design principles in dye-sensitized solar cells (2018)
Journal Article

Dye-sensitized solar cells (DSCs) have been the subject of wide-ranging studies for many
years because of their potential for large-scale manufacturing using roll-to-roll processing
allied to their use of earth abundant raw materials. Two main chal... Read More about A perspective on using experiment and theory to identify design principles in dye-sensitized solar cells.

'They like you to pretend to be something you are not' : an exploration of working with the intersections of gender, sexuality, 'race', religion and 'refugeeness', through the experience of Lesbian Immigration Support Group (LISG) members and volunteers (2018)
Book Chapter
Held, N., & McCarthy, K. (2018). 'They like you to pretend to be something you are not' : an exploration of working with the intersections of gender, sexuality, 'race', religion and 'refugeeness', through the experience of Lesbian Immigration Support Group (LISG) members and volunteers. In S. Nayak, & R. Robbins (Eds.), Intersectionality in social work : activism and practice in context (142-155). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315210810-11

This chapter looks at the intersections of gender, sexuality, ‘race’, religion and ‘refugeeness’. By drawing on research conducted with members of the Lesbian Immigration Support Group (LISG) in Manchester, it discusses current issues faced by bisexu... Read More about 'They like you to pretend to be something you are not' : an exploration of working with the intersections of gender, sexuality, 'race', religion and 'refugeeness', through the experience of Lesbian Immigration Support Group (LISG) members and volunteers.

Effects of ramped wall temperature and concentration on viscoelastic Jeffrey’s fluid flows from a vertical permeable cone (2018)
Journal Article
Gaffar, S., Prasad, V., Beg, O., Khan, M., & Venkatadri, K. (2018). Effects of ramped wall temperature and concentration on viscoelastic Jeffrey’s fluid flows from a vertical permeable cone. Journal of the Brazilian Society of Mechanical Sciences and Engineering, 40(9), #441. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40430-018-1354-7

In thermo-fluid dynamics, free convection flows external to different geometries such as cylinders, ellipses, spheres, curved walls, wavy plates, cones etc. play major role in various industrial and process engineering systems. The thermal buoyancy f... Read More about Effects of ramped wall temperature and concentration on viscoelastic Jeffrey’s fluid flows from a vertical permeable cone.

Decentering mediates the relationship between vmPFC activation during a stressor and positive emotion during stress recovery (2018)
Journal Article
Bendall, R., & Royle, S. (2018). Decentering mediates the relationship between vmPFC activation during a stressor and positive emotion during stress recovery. Journal of Neurophysiology, 120(5), 2379-2382. https://doi.org/10.1152/jn.00353.2018

The stress response has profound implications on health and behaviour and stress is considered a risk factor for the development of psychopathologies including depression. The neural mechanisms supporting successful stress recovery are not fully unde... Read More about Decentering mediates the relationship between vmPFC activation during a stressor and positive emotion during stress recovery.

Relationships between unilateral muscle strength qualities and change of direction in adolescent team-sport athletes (2018)
Journal Article
Thomas, C., Dos'Santos, T., Comfort, P., & Jones, P. (2018). Relationships between unilateral muscle strength qualities and change of direction in adolescent team-sport athletes. Sports, 6(3), 83. https://doi.org/10.3390/sports6030083

Previous studies have reported an association between global measures of bilateral strength and change of direction (COD) ability. Yet, little is known about the association between unilateral muscle strength qualities and COD ability. The aim of thi... Read More about Relationships between unilateral muscle strength qualities and change of direction in adolescent team-sport athletes.

HiDE : a tool for unrestricted literature based discovery (2018)
Presentation / Conference
Preiss, J., & Stevenson, M. (2018, August). HiDE : a tool for unrestricted literature based discovery. Presented at 27th International Conference on Computational Linguistics (COLING 2018), Santa Fe, New-Mexico, USA

As the quantity of publications increases daily, researchers are forced to narrow their attention to their own specialism and are therefore less likely to make new connections with other areas. Literature based discovery (LBD) supports the identifica... Read More about HiDE : a tool for unrestricted literature based discovery.

Soil multifunctionality and drought resistance are determined by plant structural traits in restoring grassland (2018)
Journal Article

It is increasingly recognized that belowground responses to vegetation change are closely linked to plant functional traits. However, our understanding is limited concerning the relative importance of different plant traits for soil functions and of... Read More about Soil multifunctionality and drought resistance are determined by plant structural traits in restoring grassland.

Contaminations of soil and two Capsicum annuum generations irrigated by reused urban wastewater treated by different reed beds (2018)
Journal Article
Almuktar, S., Abed, S., & Scholz, M. (2018). Contaminations of soil and two Capsicum annuum generations irrigated by reused urban wastewater treated by different reed beds. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 15(8), #1776. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph15081776

Background: In order to save potable water, this study aims to evaluate the contamination of soil and Capsicum annuum L. (chilli) watered with urban wastewater (sewage) pre-treated by various wetland systems.
Methods: The appropriateness of wetlan... Read More about Contaminations of soil and two Capsicum annuum generations irrigated by reused urban wastewater treated by different reed beds.

Towards prevention of post-traumatic osteoarthritis : report from an international expert working group on considerations for the design and conduct of interventional studies following acute knee injury (2018)
Journal Article

Objective: There are few guidelines for clinical trials of interventions for prevention of post-traumatic osteoarthritis (PTOA), reflecting challenges in this area. An international multi-disciplinary expert group including patients was convened to g... Read More about Towards prevention of post-traumatic osteoarthritis : report from an international expert working group on considerations for the design and conduct of interventional studies following acute knee injury.

Quadriceps Strength and Functional Performance After Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction in Professional Soccer players at Time of Return to Sport (2018)
Journal Article
Herrington, L., Hussain, G., & Comfort, P. (2021). Quadriceps Strength and Functional Performance After Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction in Professional Soccer players at Time of Return to Sport. Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research, 35(3), 769-775. https://doi.org/10.1519/jsc.0000000000002749

Poor quadriceps strength has been associated with poor outcome after anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstruction (ACLR). This study aims to assess quadriceps strength, muscle inhibition, and hop test performance in professional soccer players aft... Read More about Quadriceps Strength and Functional Performance After Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction in Professional Soccer players at Time of Return to Sport.

A review of feeding intolerance in critically ill children (2018)
Journal Article
Tume, L., & Valla, F. (2018). A review of feeding intolerance in critically ill children. European Journal of Pediatrics, 177, 1675-1683. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00431-018-3229-4

Ensuring optimal nutrition is vital in critically ill children and enteral feeding is the main route of delivery in intensive care.
Feeding intolerance is the most commonly cited reason amongst pediatric intensive care unit healthcare professionals... Read More about A review of feeding intolerance in critically ill children.