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The materiality of debt to Jews in England, 1194-1276 (2018)
Journal Article
Irwin, D. (2018). The materiality of debt to Jews in England, 1194-1276. #Journal not on list, 49, 56-71. https://doi.org/10.14324/111.444.jhs.2017v49.045

Acknowledgements of debt have long been used in the study of medieval Anglo-Jewish moneylending activities. Such studies have been primarily based upon a socio-economic approach. In contrast, this paper is based upon an analysis of the material, pala... Read More about The materiality of debt to Jews in England, 1194-1276.

Roma persons and EU Citizenship (2018)
Book Chapter
Martin, P., Scullion, L., & Brown, P. (2018). Roma persons and EU Citizenship. In F. Pennings, & M. Seeleib-Kaiser (Eds.), European Citizenship and Social Rights: Entitlements and Impediments to Accessing Welfare (173-198). Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar. https://doi.org/10.4337/9781788112710

Long term durability properties of concrete modified with metakaolin and polymer admixture (2018)
Journal Article
Al Menhosh, A., Wang, Y., Wang, Y., & Augusthus Nelson, L. (2018). Long term durability properties of concrete modified with metakaolin and polymer admixture. Construction and Building Materials, 172, 41-51. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2018.03.215

Previous studies show that both metakaolin (MK) and polymer can respectively improve certain mechanical and durability properties of concrete. Also, recent studies show that a combination of MK and polymer further enhances the mechanical properties b... Read More about Long term durability properties of concrete modified with metakaolin and polymer admixture.

Disproportionate collapse analysis of mid-rise cross-laminated timber buildings (2018)
Journal Article
Mpidi Bita, H., Currie, N., & Tannert, T. (2018). Disproportionate collapse analysis of mid-rise cross-laminated timber buildings. Structure and Infrastructure Engineering, 14(11), 1547-1560. https://doi.org/10.1080/15732479.2018.1456553

This paper investigates the structural behaviour of a twelve-storey Cross-Laminated Timber (CLT) building subjected to sudden removal of internal and external ground floor loadbearing walls, and computes the probability of disproportionate collapse.... Read More about Disproportionate collapse analysis of mid-rise cross-laminated timber buildings.

Latency reduction by dynamic channel estimator selection in C-RAN networks using fuzzy logic (2018)
Journal Article
Mahmood, A., Al-Yasiri, A., & Alani, O. (2018). Latency reduction by dynamic channel estimator selection in C-RAN networks using fuzzy logic. Computer Networks, 138, 44-56. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.comnet.2018.03.027

Due to a dramatic increase in the number of mobile users, operators are forced to expand their networks accordingly. Cloud Radio Access Network (C-RAN) was introduced to tackle the problems of the current generation of mobile networks and to supp... Read More about Latency reduction by dynamic channel estimator selection in C-RAN networks using fuzzy logic.

Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering 482: Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Electrical and Information Technologies for Rail Transportation (EITRT) 2017 - Electrical Traction (2018)
Book
(2018). L. Jia, Y. Qin, J. Suo, J. Feng, L. Diao, & M. An (Eds.), Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering 482: Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Electrical and Information Technologies for Rail Transportation (EITRT) 2017 - Electrical Traction. Singapore: Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-7986-3

Lecture Note in Electrical Engineering, Volume 482 contains research papers from 3rd International Conference on Electrical and Information Technologies for Rail Transportation (EITRT) 2017 - Electrical Traction section.

Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering 483: Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Electrical and Information Technologies for Rail Transportation (EITRT) 2017 - Transportation (2018)
Book
(2018). L. Jia, Y. Qin, J. Suo, J. Feng, L. Diao, & M. An (Eds.), Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering 483: Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Electrical and Information Technologies for Rail Transportation (EITRT) 2017 - Transportation. Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd: Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-7989-4

Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering 483 contains research papers from the 3rd International Conference on Electrical and Information Technologies for Rail Transportation (EITRT) 2017 - Transportation Section.

Book review : Authenticity and how we fake it : belief and subjectivity in reality TV, Facebook and YouTube by Aaron Duplantier (2018)
Journal Article
Hernandez Perez, M. (2018). Book review : Authenticity and how we fake it : belief and subjectivity in reality TV, Facebook and YouTube by Aaron Duplantier. Journalism and Mass Communication Quarterly, 95(3), 853-855. https://doi.org/10.1177/1077699018764310

Review of: Authenticity and How We Fake It: Belief and Subjectivity in Reality TV, Facebook and YouTube. DuplantierAaron. Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Company, 2016. 185 pp. 196 pp. $29.95 pbk. $15.99 ebk.

Information security policies’ compliance: a perspective for higher education institutions (2018)
Journal Article
Hina, S., & Dominic, P. (2018). Information security policies’ compliance: a perspective for higher education institutions. Journal of Computer Information Systems, 60(3), 201-211. https://doi.org/10.1080/08874417.2018.1432996

This paper provides a systematic literature review in the information security policies’ compliance (ISPC) field, with respect to information security culture, information security awareness, and information security management exploring in various s... Read More about Information security policies’ compliance: a perspective for higher education institutions.

Heat transfer in viscoplastic boundary layer flow from a vertical permeable cone with momentum and thermal wall slip : numerical study (2018)
Journal Article
Rao, A., Prasad, V., Radhika, V., & Beg, O. (2018). Heat transfer in viscoplastic boundary layer flow from a vertical permeable cone with momentum and thermal wall slip : numerical study. Heat Transfer Research, 49(3), 189-204. https://doi.org/10.1615/HeatTransRes.2017018153

A mathematical model is presented for the laminar free convection boundary layer flow of Casson viscoplastic non-Newtonian fluid external to a vertical penetrable circular cone in the presence of thermal and hydrodynamic slip conditions. The cone sur... Read More about Heat transfer in viscoplastic boundary layer flow from a vertical permeable cone with momentum and thermal wall slip : numerical study.

Use of electrical resistance tomography (ERT) for the detection of biofilm disruption mediated by biosurfactants (2018)
Journal Article
de Rienzo, M., Hou, R., & Martin, P. (2018). Use of electrical resistance tomography (ERT) for the detection of biofilm disruption mediated by biosurfactants. #Journal not on list, 110, 1-5. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fbp.2018.03.006

Inline measurement of biofilms could provide a valuable technology for water, food and bioprocessing industries to improve quality control and avoid contamination. This study presents the first use of electrical resistance tomography (ERT) to detect... Read More about Use of electrical resistance tomography (ERT) for the detection of biofilm disruption mediated by biosurfactants.

Everyone has something worthwhile to say: an introduction to Salford Zine Library (2018)
Journal Article
Carlton, S., & Francis, I. (2018). Everyone has something worthwhile to say: an introduction to Salford Zine Library. Art Libraries Journal, 43(02), 101-105. https://doi.org/10.1017/alj.2018.9

Salford Zine Library is a volunteer-run, not-for-profit collection of approximately 2,000 zines and other self-published materials housed at Nexus Art Café in Manchester. The makeup of the collection, the way it has been built and its comparatively l... Read More about Everyone has something worthwhile to say: an introduction to Salford Zine Library.

Ultralow loss CaMgGeO4 microwave dielectric ceramic and its chemical compatibility with silver electrodes for low-temperature cofired ceramic applications (2018)
Journal Article
Xiang, H., Li, C., Jantunen, H., Fang, L., & Hill, A. (2018). Ultralow loss CaMgGeO4 microwave dielectric ceramic and its chemical compatibility with silver electrodes for low-temperature cofired ceramic applications. ACS sustainable chemistry & engineering, 6(5), 6458-6466. https://doi.org/10.1021/acssuschemeng.8b00220

ABSTRACT: A new ultralow dielectric loss cofired CaMg- GeO4 dielectric material with olivine structure was fabricated by the solid-state route. The X-ray patterns, Rietveld refinement, and microstructure revealed the characteristics of the synthe... Read More about Ultralow loss CaMgGeO4 microwave dielectric ceramic and its chemical compatibility with silver electrodes for low-temperature cofired ceramic applications.

Adaptive thermal comfort evaluation of typical public primary school classrooms in Imo state, Nigeria (2018)
Journal Article
Munonye, C., & Ji, Y. (2018). Adaptive thermal comfort evaluation of typical public primary school classrooms in Imo state, Nigeria

Climate change is causing high-temperature increase, which is affecting people’s health especially the vulnerable group such as children. Literature reviews revealed various complaints about health issues caused by heat stress as they relate to this... Read More about Adaptive thermal comfort evaluation of typical public primary school classrooms in Imo state, Nigeria.

How new nursing roles affect accountability and delegation (2018)
Journal Article
Kendall, N. (2018). How new nursing roles affect accountability and delegation. Nursing Times, 114(4), 45-47

With the emergence of healthcare support staff, the boundaries of the role of registered nurses have been blurred. Often healthcare workers are now allocated tasks that were once the responsibility of qualified nurses. With this change comes a greate... Read More about How new nursing roles affect accountability and delegation.

UK consumers’ perceived risk of buying products from emerging economies : a moderated mediation model (2018)
Journal Article
Wang, W., Hongwei, H., Sahadev, S., & Song, W. (2018). UK consumers’ perceived risk of buying products from emerging economies : a moderated mediation model. Journal of Consumer Behaviour, 17(3), 326-339. https://doi.org/10.1002/cb.1714

While considerable research has been conducted on consumer attitude towards foreign products, most of these studies focuses on the attitude of products from Western developed countries. Our study intends to investigate the effects of consumers’ natio... Read More about UK consumers’ perceived risk of buying products from emerging economies : a moderated mediation model.

An exploration of the lived experiences of men who have an eating disorder in the guise of anorexia or a-typical anorexia/EDNOS (2018)
Thesis
Lyons, G. (in press). An exploration of the lived experiences of men who have an eating disorder in the guise of anorexia or a-typical anorexia/EDNOS. (Thesis). University of Salford

Background: In the United Kingdom (UK) the number of males with Eating Disorders (ED) admitted to hospital has risen by 70% since 2000. Taking account of under-reporting and misdiagnosis, men are now thought to represent 25% of those diagnosed with a... Read More about An exploration of the lived experiences of men who have an eating disorder in the guise of anorexia or a-typical anorexia/EDNOS.

A variable stiffness soft gripper using granular jamming and biologically inspired pneumatic muscles (2018)
Journal Article
Al Abeach, L., Nefti-Meziani, S., Theodoridis, T., & Davis, S. (2018). A variable stiffness soft gripper using granular jamming and biologically inspired pneumatic muscles. Journal of Bionic Engineering, 15(2), 236-246. https://doi.org/10.1007/s42235-018-0018-8

As the domains in which robots operate change the objects a robot may be required to grasp and manipulate are likely to vary significantly and often. Furthermore there is increasing likelihood that in the future robots will work collaboratively along... Read More about A variable stiffness soft gripper using granular jamming and biologically inspired pneumatic muscles.

Physical cues controlling seasonal immune allocation in a naturally-occurring vertebrate (2018)
Journal Article
Stewart, A., Hablützel, P., Watson, H., Brown, M., Friberg, I., Cable, J., & Jackson, J. (2018). Physical cues controlling seasonal immune allocation in a naturally-occurring vertebrate. Frontiers in Immunology, 9, 582. https://doi.org/10.3389/fimmu.2018.00582

Seasonal patterns in immunity are frequently observed in vertebrates but are poorly understood. Here we focussed on a natural piscine model, the three-spined stickleback (Gasterosteus aculeatus), and asked how seasonal immune allocation is driven by... Read More about Physical cues controlling seasonal immune allocation in a naturally-occurring vertebrate.