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A synopsis on data protection under the Nigerian laws : has the universality of right to privacy trickled down to Nigeria? (2020)
Journal Article
Elgujja, A. (2020). A synopsis on data protection under the Nigerian laws : has the universality of right to privacy trickled down to Nigeria?. https://doi.org/10.31219/osf.io/fk5xg

The concept of personal data protection is no doubt, an off-shoot of the universal human right to privacy and confidentiality. Not only has it been ingrained under Article 12 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, but it has also been incorpor... Read More about A synopsis on data protection under the Nigerian laws : has the universality of right to privacy trickled down to Nigeria?.

PALMER: improving pathway annotation based on the biomedical literature mining with a constrained latent block model (2020)
Journal Article
Nam, J. H., Couch, D., da Silveira, W. A., Yu, Z., & Chung, D. (2020). PALMER: improving pathway annotation based on the biomedical literature mining with a constrained latent block model. BMC Bioinformatics, 21, Article 432. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12859-020-03756-3

Background: In systems biology, it is of great interest to identify previously unreported associations between genes. Recently, biomedical literature has been considered as a valuable resource for this purpose. While classical clustering algorithms h... Read More about PALMER: improving pathway annotation based on the biomedical literature mining with a constrained latent block model.

Micropolar pulsatile blood flow conveying nanoparticles in a stenotic tapered artery : non-Newtonian pharmacodynamic simulation (2020)
Journal Article
Vasu, B., Dubey, A., Beg, O., & Gorla, R. (2020). Micropolar pulsatile blood flow conveying nanoparticles in a stenotic tapered artery : non-Newtonian pharmacodynamic simulation. Computers in Biology and Medicine, 126, 104025. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compbiomed.2020.104025

Two-dimensional rheological laminar hemodynamics through a diseased tapered artery with a
mild stenosis present is simulated theoretically and computationally. The effect of different
metallic nanoparticles homogeneously suspended in the blood is c... Read More about Micropolar pulsatile blood flow conveying nanoparticles in a stenotic tapered artery : non-Newtonian pharmacodynamic simulation.

Prescribing in end of life care (2020)
Journal Article
Robertson, D. (2020). Prescribing in end of life care. Journal of Prescribing Practice, 2(10), 530-531. https://doi.org/10.12968/jprp.2020.2.10.530

Deborah Robertson provides an overview of recently published articles that may be of interest to non-medical prescribers. Should you wish to look at any of the papers in more detail, a full reference is provided

Comparative study on effects of injection mode on combustion and emission characteristics of a combined injection n-butanol/gasoline SI engine with hydrogen direct injection (2020)
Journal Article
Shang, Z., Yu, X., Ren, L., Wei, G., Li, G., Li, D., & Li, Y. (2020). Comparative study on effects of injection mode on combustion and emission characteristics of a combined injection n-butanol/gasoline SI engine with hydrogen direct injection. Energy, 213, 118903. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.energy.2020.118903

In this paper, on the basis of combined injection technique, three injection modes with five n-butanol/gasoline volume ratios () were put forward, aiming to compare and evaluate the relationship between the injection mode and the combustion and emiss... Read More about Comparative study on effects of injection mode on combustion and emission characteristics of a combined injection n-butanol/gasoline SI engine with hydrogen direct injection.

Occupational therapy, loneliness and social isolation : a thematic review of the literature (2020)
Journal Article
Collins, T., Davys, D., Martin, R., Russell, R., & Kenney, C. (2020). Occupational therapy, loneliness and social isolation : a thematic review of the literature. International Journal of Therapy and Rehabilitation, 27(10), 1-23. https://doi.org/10.12968/ijtr.2019.0044

Background/Aims: Loneliness and social isolation are thought to have a negative impact on health and wellbeing. There is little literature that provides an explicit focus on loneliness and social isolation in occupational therapy practice. The aim of... Read More about Occupational therapy, loneliness and social isolation : a thematic review of the literature.

Use of Factory-Calibrated Real-time Continuous Glucose Monitoring Improves Time in Target and HbA1c in a Multiethnic Cohort of Adolescents and Young Adults With Type 1 Diabetes: The MILLENNIALS Study (2020)
Journal Article
Thabit, H., Navis Prabhu, J., Mubita, W., Fullwood, C., Azmi, S., Urwin, A., …Leelarathna, L. (2020). Use of Factory-Calibrated Real-time Continuous Glucose Monitoring Improves Time in Target and HbA1c in a Multiethnic Cohort of Adolescents and Young Adults With Type 1 Diabetes: The MILLENNIALS Study. Diabetes Care, 43(10), 2537–2543. https://doi.org/10.2337/dc20-0736

OBJECTIVE
International type 1 diabetes registries have shown that HbA1c levels are highest in young people with type 1 diabetes; however, improving their glycemic control remains a challenge. We propose that use of the factory-calibrated Dexcom G6... Read More about Use of Factory-Calibrated Real-time Continuous Glucose Monitoring Improves Time in Target and HbA1c in a Multiethnic Cohort of Adolescents and Young Adults With Type 1 Diabetes: The MILLENNIALS Study.

Living with Coronavirus (COVID-19) : a brief report (2020)
Journal Article
Khurshid, A., Ahmed, M., Aziz, A., & Amin, R. (2020). Living with Coronavirus (COVID-19) : a brief report. European review for medical and pharmacological sciences (Online), 24(20), 10902-10912. https://doi.org/10.26355/eurrev_202010_23455

The world will never be same after the current COVID-19 pandemic. We may have to live with the coronavirus for a long time. The severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) pandemic has resulted in a major burden on the global health... Read More about Living with Coronavirus (COVID-19) : a brief report.

EULAR definition of difficult-to-treat rheumatoid arthritis (2020)
Journal Article
Nagy, G., Roodenrijs, N., Welsing, P., Kedves, M., Hamar, A., van der Goes, M., …van Laar, J. (2021). EULAR definition of difficult-to-treat rheumatoid arthritis. Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases, 80(1), 31-35. https://doi.org/10.1136/annrheumdis-2020-217344

Background: Despite treatment according to the current management recommendations, a significant proportion of patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) remain symptomatic. These patients can be considered to have ‘difficult-to-treat RA’. However, unif... Read More about EULAR definition of difficult-to-treat rheumatoid arthritis.

Climate and land-use as the main drivers of recent environmental change in a mid-altitude mountain lake, Romanian Carpathians (2020)
Journal Article
Haliuc, A., Buczkó, K., Hutchinson, S., Ács, É., Magyari, E., Korponai, J., …Veres, D. (2020). Climate and land-use as the main drivers of recent environmental change in a mid-altitude mountain lake, Romanian Carpathians. PLoS ONE, 15(10), e0239209. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0239209

Recent decades have been marked by unprecendented environmental changes which threaten the integrity of freshwater systems and their ecological value. Although most of these changes can be attributed to human activities, disentagling natural and anth... Read More about Climate and land-use as the main drivers of recent environmental change in a mid-altitude mountain lake, Romanian Carpathians.

Investigating the impact of a psychoanalytic nursing development group within an adolescent psychiatric intensive care unit (PICU) (2020)
Journal Article
Foster, C. (2020). Investigating the impact of a psychoanalytic nursing development group within an adolescent psychiatric intensive care unit (PICU). Archives of Psychiatric Nursing, 34(6), 481-491. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apnu.2020.08.008

Objective
To evaluate the impact of an adapted psychoanalytic work discussion group for mental health nurses working in adolescent PICU.

Background
There is no prior research investigating interventions that effectively support and enable adoles... Read More about Investigating the impact of a psychoanalytic nursing development group within an adolescent psychiatric intensive care unit (PICU).

An exploration of organisational elements on social media platforms based knowledge sharing of Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) in Malaysia (2020)
Thesis
Abd Aziz, N. An exploration of organisational elements on social media platforms based knowledge sharing of Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) in Malaysia. (Thesis). University of Salford

Knowledge sharing is an important aspect of the life of many organisations, especially academic institutions, in terms of their competitiveness and longer-term survival. However, to ensure the success of knowledge sharing within Higher Education Inst... Read More about An exploration of organisational elements on social media platforms based knowledge sharing of Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) in Malaysia.

Graduate programs in acoustics at the University of Salford, United Kingdom (2020)
Journal Article
Hargreaves, J. (2020). Graduate programs in acoustics at the University of Salford, United Kingdom. ˜The œJournal of the Acoustical Society of America (Online), 148(4), 2745. https://doi.org/10.1121/1.5147628

Salford is one of the UK's leading centers for research and teaching in acoustics and audio. The courses are delivered by a research-active academic team at the very pinnacle of the profession, with an attractive staff to student ratio. Our taught co... Read More about Graduate programs in acoustics at the University of Salford, United Kingdom.

The application of theories of professionalism in valuation practice in the Republic of Ireland (2020)
Thesis
Gallivan, A. The application of theories of professionalism in valuation practice in the Republic of Ireland. (Dissertation). University of Salford

Housing is the most important class of consumption good and there is evidence of a strong link between housing and business cycles. In 2008 a global financial crisis caused partially by severe and dramatic reductions in property values, put the spotl... Read More about The application of theories of professionalism in valuation practice in the Republic of Ireland.

BIM implementation practices of construction organizations in the UK AEC industry (Second Edition paper) (2020)
Journal Article
Adedotun, O., & Pye, C. (2020). BIM implementation practices of construction organizations in the UK AEC industry (Second Edition paper). PM world journal, IX(10),

The aim of this research was to investigate the implementation practices and application of BIM technology by construction organisations through the project phases from inception to operational use in the United Kingdom. The aim and objectives of the... Read More about BIM implementation practices of construction organizations in the UK AEC industry (Second Edition paper).

Effort assessment: foreign-flagged vessels in coastal state exclusive economic zones (2020)
Presentation / Conference
Richardson, A. (2020, October). Effort assessment: foreign-flagged vessels in coastal state exclusive economic zones. Presented at 17th IOTC Compliance Committee, Online/Virtual

This report summarises the results of geospatial mapping of fishing effort as published by IOTC for the
period 2016-2018. This was an analysis of activities within the Western Indian Ocean, conducted on
behalf of the International Pole and Line Fou... Read More about Effort assessment: foreign-flagged vessels in coastal state exclusive economic zones.

Cholesterol Homeostasis: An In Silico Investigation into How Aging Disrupts Its Key Hepatic Regulatory Mechanisms (2020)
Journal Article
Morgan, A. E., & Mc Auley, M. T. (2020). Cholesterol Homeostasis: An In Silico Investigation into How Aging Disrupts Its Key Hepatic Regulatory Mechanisms. Biology, 9(10), Article 314. https://doi.org/10.3390/biology9100314

The dysregulation of intracellular cholesterol homeostasis is associated with several age-related diseases, most notably cardiovascular disease (CVD). Research in this area has benefitted from using computational modelling to study the inherent compl... Read More about Cholesterol Homeostasis: An In Silico Investigation into How Aging Disrupts Its Key Hepatic Regulatory Mechanisms.