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Thioalbamide, a thioamidated peptide from amycolatopsis alba, affects tumor growth and stemness by inducing metabolic dysfunction and oxidative stress (2019)
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Thioalbamide, a thioamidated peptide biosynthesized by Amycolatopsis alba, is a thioviridamide-like molecule, and is part of a family of natural products representing a focus of biotechnological and pharmaceutical research in recent years due to thei... Read More about Thioalbamide, a thioamidated peptide from amycolatopsis alba, affects tumor growth and stemness by inducing metabolic dysfunction and oxidative stress.

Predominant mechanisms for the removal of nickel metal ion from aqueous solution using cement kiln dust (2019)
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The experimental methodology achieved in the present study signified that
the adsorption and precipitation were mainly mechanisms occurred together in the
removal of nickel from aqueous solutions by sorption using cement kiln dust (CKD)
byproduct... Read More about Predominant mechanisms for the removal of nickel metal ion from aqueous solution using cement kiln dust.

Imaginary homelessness prevention with prison leavers in Wales (2019)
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Despite a move towards more preventative practices, we have reported that policy objectives to help prison leavers find accommodation on release in Wales have not translated into improved outcomes for this group. In this article we engage in a critic... Read More about Imaginary homelessness prevention with prison leavers in Wales.

Homelessness prevention policy in an international context : The Housing Act (Wales) 2014 (2019)
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A review article preceding a series of articles in this special issue considering specific aspects of the impacts and implementation processes of the Welsh legislation – we contextualise the introduction of the prevention agenda in Wales by defining... Read More about Homelessness prevention policy in an international context : The Housing Act (Wales) 2014.

Comparison of countermovement jump–derived reactive strength index modified and underpinning force-time variables between super league and championship rugby league players (2019)
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McMahon, J., Jones, P., & Comfort, P. (2019). Comparison of countermovement jump–derived reactive strength index modified and underpinning force-time variables between super league and championship rugby league players. Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research, https://doi.org/10.1519/JSC.0000000000003380

The countermovement jump (CMJ) is regularly tested in rugby league (RL), with recent work reporting reactive strength index modified (RSImod) to distinguish between levels of play. Differences in CMJ-derived RSImod and underpinning force-time variabl... Read More about Comparison of countermovement jump–derived reactive strength index modified and underpinning force-time variables between super league and championship rugby league players.

Corrections to : The effect of Nordic hamstring exercise intervention volume on eccentric strength and muscle architecture adaptations : a systematic review and meta-analyses (2019)
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Cuthbert, M., Ripley, N., McMahon, J., Evans, M., Haff, G., & Comfort, P. (2020). Corrections to : The effect of Nordic hamstring exercise intervention volume on eccentric strength and muscle architecture adaptations : a systematic review and meta-analyses. Sports Medicine, 50(1), 101-102. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40279-019-01208-4

Correction to: Sports Medicine https://doi.org/10.1007/s40279-019-01178-7

“I need somebody who knows about feet” a qualitative study investigating the lived experiences of conservative treatment for patients with posterior tibial tendon dysfunction (2019)
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Campbell, R., Morriss-Roberts, C., Durrant, B., & Cahill, S. (2019). “I need somebody who knows about feet” a qualitative study investigating the lived experiences of conservative treatment for patients with posterior tibial tendon dysfunction. Journal of Foot and Ankle Research, 12(1), 51. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13047-019-0360-z

Background: Posterior tibial tendon dysfunction is a disabling, chronic, progressive tendon condition that detrimentally affects foot, ankle and lower limb function. Research suggests that posterior tibial tendon dysfunction is poorly recognised and... Read More about “I need somebody who knows about feet” a qualitative study investigating the lived experiences of conservative treatment for patients with posterior tibial tendon dysfunction.

Extremes in Benthic ecosystem services; blue carbon natural capital shallower than 1000 m in isolated, small, and young Ascension Island’s EEZ (2019)
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Barnes, D., Sands, C., Richardson, A., & Smith, N. (2019). Extremes in Benthic ecosystem services; blue carbon natural capital shallower than 1000 m in isolated, small, and young Ascension Island’s EEZ. Frontiers in Marine Science, 6, https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2019.00663

Biodiversity tends to decrease with increasing isolation and reduced habitat size, and increase with habitat age. Ascension Island and its seamounts are small, isolated and relatively young, yet harbor patchily dense life. Large areas of these waters... Read More about Extremes in Benthic ecosystem services; blue carbon natural capital shallower than 1000 m in isolated, small, and young Ascension Island’s EEZ.

The use of the gait profile score and gait variable score in individuals with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (2019)
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Angélica de Souza, M., Cezarani, A., Aparecida da Silva Lizzi, E., Barroso de Queiroz Davoli, G., Márcia Mattiello, S., Jones, R., & Cláudia Mattiello-Sverzut, A. (2020). The use of the gait profile score and gait variable score in individuals with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy. Journal of Biomechanics, 98, 109485. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbiomech.2019.109485

Therapeutic gait interventions for individuals with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD) should be based on understanding how movement of the individual is affected and whether different clusters of individuals, determined by clinical severity, differ.... Read More about The use of the gait profile score and gait variable score in individuals with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy.

Isotropic silicon etch characteristics in a purely inductively coupled SF6 plasma (2019)
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Panduranga, P., Abdou, A., Ren, Z., H. Pedersen, R., & P. Nezhad, M. (2019). Isotropic silicon etch characteristics in a purely inductively coupled SF6 plasma. Journal of Vacuum Science and Technology B, 37(6), https://doi.org/10.1116/1.5116021

The characteristics of isotropic etching of silicon in a purely inductively coupled SF plasma are quantitatively studied. Since the etch results are strongly dependent on mask features, the authors investigated both large area and narrow trench etch... Read More about Isotropic silicon etch characteristics in a purely inductively coupled SF6 plasma.

Investigating the Integrity of Graphene towards the Electrochemical Hydrogen Evolution Reaction (HER) (2019)
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Ferrari, A., Brownson, D., & Banks, C. (2019). Investigating the Integrity of Graphene towards the Electrochemical Hydrogen Evolution Reaction (HER). Scientific Reports, 9, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-52463-4

Mono-, few-, and multilayer graphene is explored towards the electrochemical Hydrogen Evolution Reaction (HER). Careful physicochemical characterisation is undertaken during electrochemical perturbation revealing that the integrity of graphene is str... Read More about Investigating the Integrity of Graphene towards the Electrochemical Hydrogen Evolution Reaction (HER).

Suggestibility, false confessions and competency to stand trial in individuals with fetal alcohol spectrum disorders : current concerns and recommendations (2019)
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Thirty years after the fall of the Berlin Wall, the ghosts of West European communism live on (2019)
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Germany marked the 30th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall on 9 November 2019. This article argues that alongside the sweeping changes that occurred in central and eastern Europe, the end of the Cold War also had a lasting legacy for western... Read More about Thirty years after the fall of the Berlin Wall, the ghosts of West European communism live on.

Wheat is an emerging exposure route for arsenic in Bihar, India (2019)
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In arsenic (As) endemic areas of south-east Asia, where a subsistence rice-based diet is 19 prevalent, As exposure from food is mainly focused on rice intake. However, consumption of 20 wheat is substantial and increasing. We present a probabilistic... Read More about Wheat is an emerging exposure route for arsenic in Bihar, India.

Researching exhibitions of South Asian women artists in Britain in the 1980s (2019)
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This paper narrates the author’s research methodologies and findings relating to her ongoing project, Articulating British Asian Art Histories. With a specific focus on four exhibitions of South Asian women artists during the 1980s and early 1990s, i... Read More about Researching exhibitions of South Asian women artists in Britain in the 1980s.

Vacant to Vibrant : creating successful green infrastructure networks (book review) (2019)
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Hayes, S. (2019). Vacant to Vibrant : creating successful green infrastructure networks (book review). Town Planning Review, 90(6), 679-680. https://doi.org/10.3828/tpr.2019.42

Hayes reviews Vacant to Vibrant: Creating Successful Green Infrastructure Networks by Sandra Albro

The reliability of an Achilles tendon infrared image analysis method (2019)
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Herrington, L., Oliver, B., Munro, A., & Gerald, S. (2019). The reliability of an Achilles tendon infrared image analysis method. Thermology international, 29(4), 136-145

INTRODUCTION: Prior to utilising smartphone-based thermal imaging for clinical assessment of the Achilles tendon, the intra-rater and inter-rater reliability of the method of analysis must be established, with associated standard error of measurement... Read More about The reliability of an Achilles tendon infrared image analysis method.

Dark night of the soul : applicability of theory in comics and radio through the scripted podcast drama (2019)
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This article responds to McCloud’s theoretical framework for comics and applies this framework to audio drama, which I argue is, like comics, a mono-sensory medium (one can only be seen in static image and the other can only be heard); both require a... Read More about Dark night of the soul : applicability of theory in comics and radio through the scripted podcast drama.

First record of an Odontaspidid shark in Ascension Island waters (2019)
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Richardson, A., Burgess, G., Shepherd, C., & Weber, S. (2019). First record of an Odontaspidid shark in Ascension Island waters. Arquipélago - Life and Marine Sciences, 36, 79-84

The occurrence of the poorly understood shark species Odontapsis ferox is reported at an oceanic seamount in the central south Atlantic, within the Exclusive Economic Zone of Ascension Island. The presence of the species at this location is confirmed... Read More about First record of an Odontaspidid shark in Ascension Island waters.

Plant Disease Detection and Classification by Deep Learning (2019)
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Saleem, M. H., Potgieter, J., & Arif, K. M. (2019). Plant Disease Detection and Classification by Deep Learning. Plants, 8(11), 468. https://doi.org/10.3390/plants8110468

Plant diseases affect the growth of their respective species, therefore their early identification is very important. Many Machine Learning (ML) models have been employed for the detection and classification of plant diseases but, after the advanceme... Read More about Plant Disease Detection and Classification by Deep Learning.