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The effect of increasing trunk flexion during normal walking (2020)
Journal Article
Preece, S., & Alghamdi, W. (2021). The effect of increasing trunk flexion during normal walking. Gait & Posture, 83, 250-255. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gaitpost.2020.10.021

Background: The head, arms and trunk segment constitute a large proportion of the body’s mass. Therefore, small alterations in trunk inclination may affect lower limb joint moments and muscle activation patterns. Although previous research has invest... Read More about The effect of increasing trunk flexion during normal walking.

At the edge of the safety net : unsuccessful benefits claims at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic - Welfare at a (Social) Distance Rapid Report #3 (2020)
Report
Geiger, B., Scullion, L., Summers, K., Martin, P., Lawler, C., Edmiston, D., …de Vries, R. (2020). At the edge of the safety net : unsuccessful benefits claims at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic - Welfare at a (Social) Distance Rapid Report #3

There has been much scrutiny of the British benefits system during COVID-19, and most experts agree that the benefits system has performed well, even if historic weaknesses remain. Yet little attention has been paid to those who start a claim that is... Read More about At the edge of the safety net : unsuccessful benefits claims at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic - Welfare at a (Social) Distance Rapid Report #3.

In celebration of the K8 telephone kiosk – Britain’s last red, cast-iron phonebox (2020)
Journal Article
Linge, N., Sutton, A., Hurley, A., & Johannessen, N. (2020). In celebration of the K8 telephone kiosk – Britain’s last red, cast-iron phonebox. Industrial Archaeology Review, 42(2), 141-153. https://doi.org/10.1080/03090728.2020.1812026

Whilst every country in the world has introduced phoneboxes onto its streets, the UK stands alone in having adopted the red phonebox as a symbol of its national identity. However, that symbol is of phonebox designs produced by Giles Gilbert Scott... Read More about In celebration of the K8 telephone kiosk – Britain’s last red, cast-iron phonebox.

Enteral feeding of children on noninvasive respiratory support : a four-centre European study (2020)
Journal Article
Tume, L., Eveleens, R., Mayordomo-Colunga, J., Lopez, J., Verbruggen, S., Fricaudet, M., …Valla, F. (2021). Enteral feeding of children on noninvasive respiratory support : a four-centre European study. Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, 22(3), e192-e202. https://doi.org/10.1097/PCC.0000000000002602

Objective: To explore enteral feeding practices and the achievement of energy targets in children on Non-invasive respiratory support (NRS), in four European Pediatric Intensive Care Units (PICUs).
Design: A four centre retrospective cohort study... Read More about Enteral feeding of children on noninvasive respiratory support : a four-centre European study.

Heavier than air (2020)
Digital Artefact
Rodriguez-Dorans, E. (2020). Heavier than air. [Film]

‘Heavier than Air’ is a film based on the theatre of the same title, written play written by Dan Harris and Stacy Holman Jones. Devised from transcripts of interviews with queer teachers, Heavier than Air helps to educate non-LGBTQIA+ audiences, alon... Read More about Heavier than air.

New 12S metabarcoding primers for enhanced Neotropical freshwater fish biodiversity assessment (2020)
Journal Article
Milan, D., Mendes, I., Damasceno, J., Teixeria, D., Guimaraes Sales, N., & Carvalho, D. (2020). New 12S metabarcoding primers for enhanced Neotropical freshwater fish biodiversity assessment. Scientific reports, 10, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-74902-3

The megadiverse Neotropical fish fauna lacks a comprehensive and reliable DNA reference database, which hampers precise species identification and DNA based biodiversity assessment in the region. Here, we developed a mitochondrial 12S ribosomal DNA r... Read More about New 12S metabarcoding primers for enhanced Neotropical freshwater fish biodiversity assessment.

Aggressive mimicry in a coral reef fish: The prey's view (2020)
Journal Article
Pierotti, M., Wandycz, A., Wandycz, P., Rebelein, A., Corredor, V., Tashiro, J., …Loew, E. (2020). Aggressive mimicry in a coral reef fish: The prey's view. Ecology and Evolution, 10(23), 12990-13010. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.6883

Since all forms of mimicry are based on perceptual deception, the sensory ecology of the intended receiver is of paramount importance to test the necessary precondition for mimicry to occur, that is, model-mimic misidentification, and to gain insight... Read More about Aggressive mimicry in a coral reef fish: The prey's view.

Modelling the effects of ionising radiation on a vole population from the Chernobyl Red forest in an ecological context (2020)
Journal Article
Vives i Batlle, J., Sazykina, T., Kryshev, A., Wood, M., Smith, K., Copplestone, D., & Biermans, G. (2020). Modelling the effects of ionising radiation on a vole population from the Chernobyl Red forest in an ecological context. Ecological Modelling, 438, 109306. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2020.109306

A novel mathematical model was developed to study the historical effects of ionising radiation from the 1986 Chernobyl accident on a vole population. The model uses an ecosystem approach combining radiation damages and repair, life history and ecolog... Read More about Modelling the effects of ionising radiation on a vole population from the Chernobyl Red forest in an ecological context.

Protein disulfide isomerase A1 regulates breast cancer cell immunorecognition in a manner dependent on redox state (2020)
Journal Article
Alhammad, R., Khunchai, S., Tongmuang, N., Limjindaporn, T., Yenchitsomanus, P., Mutti, L., …Demonacos, C. (2020). Protein disulfide isomerase A1 regulates breast cancer cell immunorecognition in a manner dependent on redox state. Oncology Reports, 44(6), 2406-2418. https://doi.org/10.3892/or.2020.7816

Oxidoreductase protein disulphide isomerases (PDI) are involved in the regulation of a variety of biological processes including the modulation of endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress, unfolded protein response (UPR), ER‑mitochondria communication and t... Read More about Protein disulfide isomerase A1 regulates breast cancer cell immunorecognition in a manner dependent on redox state.

The implementation of quality culture in Iran’s oil and gas industry (2020)
Thesis
Sadabad, M. The implementation of quality culture in Iran’s oil and gas industry. (Thesis). University of Salford

Iran is an energy superpower and the Petroleum industry in Iran plays an important part in it. Iran holds world’s 4th largest crude oil and 1st gas reserves and is ranked as the second largest economy in the Middle East and North Africa in terms of G... Read More about The implementation of quality culture in Iran’s oil and gas industry.

Coronavirus pandemic and disruptive impact on marketing and consumers (2020)
Journal Article
Sirkeci, I., & Baghdasaryan, L. (2020). Coronavirus pandemic and disruptive impact on marketing and consumers. Transnational Marketing Journal, 8(2), 133-134. https://doi.org/10.33182/tmj.v8i2.1180

A year full of exciting expectations, technological innovations and business opportunities, this is how 2020 was predicted to be by many business analysts and experts. However, some unexpected events followed since the identification of COVID-19 in C... Read More about Coronavirus pandemic and disruptive impact on marketing and consumers.

Cold-start NOx emissions : diesel and waste lubricating oil as a fuel additive (2020)
Journal Article
Zare, A., Bodisco, T., Jafari, M., Verma, P., Yang, L., Babaie, M., …Stevanovic, S. (2021). Cold-start NOx emissions : diesel and waste lubricating oil as a fuel additive. Fuel, 286(Part 2), 119430. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fuel.2020.119430

NOx emissions from diesel engines are a concern from both environmental and health perspectives. Recently this attention has targeted cold-start emissions highlighting that emission after-treatment systems are not effective in this period. Using a 6-... Read More about Cold-start NOx emissions : diesel and waste lubricating oil as a fuel additive.

Songs I Want To Play 15 - Prince vs. Michael Jackson (2020)
Digital Artefact
Robinson, P., & Court, A. (2020). Songs I Want To Play 15 - Prince vs. Michael Jackson. [Music Video]

'Prince vs. Michael Jackson is a creative re-arrangement and segue-ing of two tracks, 'I Want To Be Your Lover' by Prince, and 'Pretty Young Thing' by Michael Jackson. The creative idents produced here are an experiment in Photoshop to After Effects... Read More about Songs I Want To Play 15 - Prince vs. Michael Jackson.

A comparative review on mobile robot path planning : classical or meta-heuristic methods? (2020)
Journal Article
Wahab, M., Nefti-Meziani, S., & Atyabi, A. (2020). A comparative review on mobile robot path planning : classical or meta-heuristic methods?. Annual Reviews in Control, 50, 233-252. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.arcontrol.2020.10.001

The involvement of Meta-heuristic algorithms in robot motion planning has attracted the attention of researchers in the robotics community due to the simplicity of the approaches and their effectiveness in the coordination of the agents. This study e... Read More about A comparative review on mobile robot path planning : classical or meta-heuristic methods?.

Reliability of walking and stair climbing kinematics in a young obese population using a standard kinematic and the CGM2 model (2020)
Journal Article
Horsak, B., Schwab, C., Leboeuf, F., & Kranzl, A. (2021). Reliability of walking and stair climbing kinematics in a young obese population using a standard kinematic and the CGM2 model. Gait & Posture, 83, 96-99. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gaitpost.2020.10.017

Background:
Recently, the successor of the Conventional Gait Model, the CGM2 was introduced. Even though achievable reliability of gait kinematics is a well-assessed topic in gait analysis for several models, information about reliability in difficu... Read More about Reliability of walking and stair climbing kinematics in a young obese population using a standard kinematic and the CGM2 model.

Caring for adolescents with acute and complex mental health needs in hospital settings : conceptualising and enabling nursing identity, task and intervention (2020)
Thesis
identity, task and intervention. (Thesis). University of Salford

Background: Adolescent psychiatric intensive care units (PICU) play a significant role in child and adolescent mental health care pathways, not just in the UK but across Europe. Prior to the papers included in this thesis, there was no primary resear... Read More about Caring for adolescents with acute and complex mental health needs in hospital settings : conceptualising and enabling nursing identity, task and intervention.

Japanese aesthetics in the art of poetry film (2020)
Book Chapter
Kendall, J. (2021). Japanese aesthetics in the art of poetry film. In S. Tremlett (Ed.), The Poetics of Poetry Film : film poetry, videopoetry, lyric voice, reflection (296-300). Bristol: Intellect Books

Challenges and opportunities occur when placing written poetic text in a visual, kinetic and aural setting. Mainstream poetry places a distinct emphasis on verbal effects, although it is also visual, since all written text with the exception of brail... Read More about Japanese aesthetics in the art of poetry film.

Urban cooling : which façade orientation has the most impact on a microclimate? (2020)
Journal Article
Taleghani, M., Swan, W., Johansson, E., & Ji, Y. (2021). Urban cooling : which façade orientation has the most impact on a microclimate?. Sustainable Cities and Society, 64, 102547. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scs.2020.102547

Deploying solar reflective materials on urban surfaces is known as an effective heat mitigation strategy. Several studies have shown their cooling impacts; however, most of them have focused on rooftops rather than facades. The novelty of this paper... Read More about Urban cooling : which façade orientation has the most impact on a microclimate?.