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The effects of dog management on Echinococcus spp. prevalence in villages on the eastern Tibetan Plateau, China (2020)
Journal Article
Wang, Z., Xiaodong, W., Mu, Z., Wang, X., Zuo, Q., Ma, S., …Craig, P. (2020). The effects of dog management on Echinococcus spp. prevalence in villages on the eastern Tibetan Plateau, China. Parasites and Vectors, 13(1), 207. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13071-020-04082-6

Background The pastoral area of the eastern Tibetan plateau is a very important human echinococcosis endemic region. Domestic dogs are the main definitive host for the transmission of Echinococcus granulosus sensu lato (s.1.) and E. multilocularis to... Read More about The effects of dog management on Echinococcus spp. prevalence in villages on the eastern Tibetan Plateau, China.

With our Clipped Wings : a research-based performance on gay men’s identities devised through narrative portraiture (2020)
Journal Article
Rodriguez-Dorans, E. (2020). With our Clipped Wings : a research-based performance on gay men’s identities devised through narrative portraiture. Text and Performance Quarterly, 40(2), 190-209. https://doi.org/10.1080/10462937.2020.1752931

With our Clipped Wings is a performance that showcases the research findings of the doctoral research project “Understanding gay men’s identities through narratives of their erotic and romantic relationships.” The performance delivers compelling narr... Read More about With our Clipped Wings : a research-based performance on gay men’s identities devised through narrative portraiture.

Telomerase inhibition, Telomere attrition and proliferation arrest of cancer cells induced by Phosphorothioate ASO-NLS conjugates targeting hTERC and siRNAs targeting hTERT (2020)
Journal Article
Diala, I., Shiohama, Y., Fujita, T., Demonacos, C., Krstic- Demonacos, M., Di Leva, G., & Fujii, N. (2020). Telomerase inhibition, Telomere attrition and proliferation arrest of cancer cells induced by Phosphorothioate ASO-NLS conjugates targeting hTERC and siRNAs targeting hTERT. Nucleosides, Nucleotides and Nucleic Acids, 39(1-3), 407-425. https://doi.org/10.1080/15257770.2020.1713357

Telomerase activity has been regarded as a critical step in cellular immortalization and carcinogenesis and because of this, regulation of telomerase represents an attractive target for anti-tumor specific therapeutics. Recently, one avenue of cancer... Read More about Telomerase inhibition, Telomere attrition and proliferation arrest of cancer cells induced by Phosphorothioate ASO-NLS conjugates targeting hTERC and siRNAs targeting hTERT.

The long run relationship between fish production, marine trade balance and foreign direct investment (2020)
Journal Article
Jamei, N., Nurmakhanova, M., Mustafa, S., Egbulonu, A., & Hadidan, W. (2020). The long run relationship between fish production, marine trade balance and foreign direct investment. Maritime Business Review, 5(3), 271-280. https://doi.org/10.1108/MABR-01-2020-0008

Purpose:
This paper aims to focus on testing the long-run relationship between fish production and two main variables, the foreign direct investment inflow and the marine trade balance in Oman, which is one of the Arab Gulf countries, during the per... Read More about The long run relationship between fish production, marine trade balance and foreign direct investment.

Audit committees, female directors and the types of female and male financial experts : further evidence (2020)
Journal Article
Abbasi, K., Alam, M., & Bhuiyan, B. (2020). Audit committees, female directors and the types of female and male financial experts : further evidence. Journal of Business Research, 114, 186-197. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbusres.2020.04.013

Evidence on the association between female directors on audit committees and audit quality is weak. Further, researchers’ failure to identify the types of female and male financial experts may have a) resulted in the mixed evidence on the relationshi... Read More about Audit committees, female directors and the types of female and male financial experts : further evidence.

Biomathematical model for gyrotactic free-forced bioconvection with oxygen diffusion in near-wall transport within a porous medium fuel cell (2020)
Journal Article
Nima, N., Ferdows, M., Beg, O., Kuharat, S., & Alzahrani, F. (2020). Biomathematical model for gyrotactic free-forced bioconvection with oxygen diffusion in near-wall transport within a porous medium fuel cell. International Journal of Biomathematics, 13(4), 2050026. https://doi.org/10.1142/S1793524520500266

Bioconvection has shown significant promise for environmentally friendly, sustainable “green” fuel cell technologies.
The improved design of such systems requires continuous refinements in biomathematical modelling in conjunction
with laboratory an... Read More about Biomathematical model for gyrotactic free-forced bioconvection with oxygen diffusion in near-wall transport within a porous medium fuel cell.

Change in pain and its relation to change in activity in osteoarthritis (2020)
Journal Article
Parkes, M., jones, R., Carter, S., Liu, A., Callaghan, M., & Felson, D. (2020). Change in pain and its relation to change in activity in osteoarthritis. Osteoarthritis and Cartilage Open, 2(3), 100063. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ocarto.2020.100063

Objective

Trials testing promising interventions in knee osteoarthritis (OA) often fail to show pain reductions. This may be due to change in activity whereby a person’s pain decreases, leading them to increase their activity levels, in turn incr... Read More about Change in pain and its relation to change in activity in osteoarthritis.

Coronavirus and long term lockdown – How HR need to be proactive and not panic (2020)
Journal Article
Lord, J., & Fenton, A. (2020). Coronavirus and long term lockdown – How HR need to be proactive and not panic

As the nationwide lockdown is extended, and uncertainty surrounding when it will end, a HR expert and digital transformation expert from the University of Salford Business School give their top tips for HR teams when supporting their staff with long... Read More about Coronavirus and long term lockdown – How HR need to be proactive and not panic.

Evaluating the perception of thermal environment in naturally ventilated schools in a warm and humid climate in Nigeria (2020)
Journal Article
Munonye, C., & Ji, Y. (2021). Evaluating the perception of thermal environment in naturally ventilated schools in a warm and humid climate in Nigeria. Building Services Engineering Research and Technology, 42(1), 5-25. https://doi.org/10.1177/0143624420911148

Field study was conducted in naturally ventilated primary school buildings in a warm and humid environment in Imo State, Nigeria to determine the thermal comfort perception of young children (aged 7–12 years) and to understand the thermal conditions... Read More about Evaluating the perception of thermal environment in naturally ventilated schools in a warm and humid climate in Nigeria.

Opinions of small and medium UK construction companies on environmental management systems (2020)
Journal Article
Bailey, M., Booth, C., Horry, R., Vidalakis, C., Mahamadu, A., & Gyau, K. (2021). Opinions of small and medium UK construction companies on environmental management systems. Proceedings of the ICE - Management, Procurement and Law, 174(1), 23-34. https://doi.org/10.1680/jmapl.19.00033

Pressure to reduce the environmental impact of construction activities has increased, such that a paradigm shift is required. This paper presents stakeholder opinions of environmental management systems as a means for the construction industry to res... Read More about Opinions of small and medium UK construction companies on environmental management systems.

How to relax in stressful situations : a smart stress reduction system (2020)
Journal Article
Can, Y., Iles-Smith, H., Chalabianloo, N., Ekiz, D., Fernández-Álvarez, J., Repetto, C., …Ersoy, C. (2020). How to relax in stressful situations : a smart stress reduction system. Healthcare, 8(2), 100. https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare8020100

Stress is an inescapable element of the modern age. Instances of untreated stress may lead to a reduction in the individual’s health, well-being and socio-economic situation. Stress management application development for wearable smart devices is a g... Read More about How to relax in stressful situations : a smart stress reduction system.

A systematic review of viewing conditions and monitor specifications in mammography (2020)
Journal Article
Papathanasiou, S., Walton, L., & Thompson, J. (2020). A systematic review of viewing conditions and monitor specifications in mammography. Radiography, 26(4), 325-331. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.radi.2020.03.001

Objectives

The purpose of this systematic review was to establish the current status of recommended monitor specifications and viewing conditions in mammography for image acquisition and reporting rooms. A literature search was completed between... Read More about A systematic review of viewing conditions and monitor specifications in mammography.

Preventive replacement with defaulting (2020)
Journal Article
Alotaibi, N., Cavalcante, C., Lopes, R., & Scarf, P. (2020). Preventive replacement with defaulting. IMA Journal of Management Mathematics, 31(4), 491-504. https://doi.org/10.1093/imaman/dpaa002

This paper models age replacement and block replacement when there is the possibility of defaulting on the planned maintenance. A default occurs when a planned preventive replacement is not executed, and we discuss how defaults can arise in practice.... Read More about Preventive replacement with defaulting.

Marine social sciences : looking towards a sustainable future (2020)
Journal Article
McKinley, E., Acott, T., & Yates, K. (2020). Marine social sciences : looking towards a sustainable future. Environmental Science and Policy, 108, 85-92. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envsci.2020.03.015

Marine and coastal environments provide extensive and essential ecosystem services upon which much of humanity
relies, yet the incorporation of human dimensions into marine and coastal policy and management has historically
been lacking. As efforts... Read More about Marine social sciences : looking towards a sustainable future.

Harnessing the real estate market for equitable affordable housing provision : insights from the city of Santa Monica, California (2020)
Journal Article
Nzau, B., & Trillo, C. (2021). Harnessing the real estate market for equitable affordable housing provision : insights from the city of Santa Monica, California. Housing Studies, 36(7), 1086-1121. https://doi.org/10.1080/02673037.2020.1746244

Inclusionary housing is considered a powerful local policy tool that can help address housing affordability and social inclusion issues. This paper draws from empirical research conducted in the City of Santa Monica in California to provide fresh ins... Read More about Harnessing the real estate market for equitable affordable housing provision : insights from the city of Santa Monica, California.

Marine social sciences: Looking towards a sustainable future (2020)
Journal Article
McKinley, E., Acott, T., & Yates, K. (2020). Marine social sciences: Looking towards a sustainable future. Environmental Science and Policy, 108, 85-92. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envsci.2020.03.015

Marine and coastal environments provide extensive and essential ecosystem services upon which much of humanity relies, yet the incorporation of human dimensions into marine and coastal policy and management has historically been lacking. As efforts t... Read More about Marine social sciences: Looking towards a sustainable future.

The psychology of extreme violence : a case study approach to serial homicide, mass shooting, school shooting and lone-actor terrorism (2020)
Book
Allely, C. (2020). The psychology of extreme violence : a case study approach to serial homicide, mass shooting, school shooting and lone-actor terrorism. Routledge

Featuring a unique overview of the different forms of extreme violence, this book considers the psychology of extreme violence alongside a variety of contributing factors, such as brain abnormalities in homicide offenders. Featuring several contempor... Read More about The psychology of extreme violence : a case study approach to serial homicide, mass shooting, school shooting and lone-actor terrorism.

Does free-living physical activity improve one-year following total knee arthroplasty in patients with osteoarthritis : a prospective study (2020)
Journal Article
Bin sheeha, B., Granat, M., Williams, A., Sands Johnson, D., & Jones, R. (2020). Does free-living physical activity improve one-year following total knee arthroplasty in patients with osteoarthritis : a prospective study. Osteoarthritis and Cartilage Open, 2(3), 100065. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ocarto.2020.100065

Objective Total knee arthroplasty (TKA) is the gold-standard treatment for end-stage knee osteoarthritis, and the primary expectations are reduced pain and improved function. However, there is conflicting evidence regarding functional changes post-TK... Read More about Does free-living physical activity improve one-year following total knee arthroplasty in patients with osteoarthritis : a prospective study.