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Measuring and eliminating the bullwhip in closed loop supply chains using control theory and Internet of Things (2021)
Journal Article
Papanagnou, C. (2021). Measuring and eliminating the bullwhip in closed loop supply chains using control theory and Internet of Things. Annals of Operations Research, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10479-021-04136-7

Closed-loop supply chains are complex systems as they involve the seamless backward and forward flow of products and information. With the advent of e-commerce and online shopping, there has been a growing interest in product returns and the associat... Read More about Measuring and eliminating the bullwhip in closed loop supply chains using control theory and Internet of Things.

Ternary and quaternary blends as partial replacement of cement to produce hollow sandcrete blocks (2021)
Journal Article
Sojobi, A., Awolusi, T., Aina, G., Oke, O., Oladokun, M., & Oguntayo, D. (2021). Ternary and quaternary blends as partial replacement of cement to produce hollow sandcrete blocks. Heliyon, 7(6), e07227. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2021.e07227

Hollow sandcrete blocks constitute more than 90% of residential building construction in developing countries especially in West Africa. Over-reliance on dredged river sands and conventional ordinary Portland cement (OPC) contributes to environmental... Read More about Ternary and quaternary blends as partial replacement of cement to produce hollow sandcrete blocks.

An exploration of the lived experiences of people who self-harm in two secure/locked mental health hospitals in Ghana (2021)
Thesis
in two secure/locked mental health hospitals in Ghana. (Thesis). University of Salford

Background An increasing number of people who Self-Harm (SH) are being treated in mental health hospitals globally and it is now considered a major health problem. Incidence of SH are common in secure hospitals with those who use SH being highly dep... Read More about An exploration of the lived experiences of people who self-harm in two secure/locked mental health hospitals in Ghana.

The use of Voice Source Features for Sung Speech Recognition (2021)
Conference Proceeding
Roa Dabike, G., & Barker, J. (2021). The use of Voice Source Features for Sung Speech Recognition. . https://doi.org/10.1109/icassp39728.2021.9414950

Simulation of the onset of convection in a porous medium layer saturated by a couple-stress nanofluid (2021)
Journal Article
Umavathi, J., & Beg, O. (2021). Simulation of the onset of convection in a porous medium layer saturated by a couple-stress nanofluid. Microfluidics and Nanofluidics, 25(6), 53. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10404-021-02448-5

Linear and nonlinear stability analyses for the onset of time-dependent convection in a horizontal layer of a porous medium saturated by a couple-stress non-Newtonian nanofluid, intercalated between two thermally insulated plates, are presented. Br... Read More about Simulation of the onset of convection in a porous medium layer saturated by a couple-stress nanofluid.

Exploring Social Capital within Damietta’s furniture industry value chain as mode of community currency (2021)
Journal Article
Heysham, N., Elkadi, H., & Biscaya, S. (2021). Exploring Social Capital within Damietta’s furniture industry value chain as mode of community currency. International journal of community currency research, 25(1), 52-67. https://doi.org/10.15133/j.ijccr.2021.004

Social Capital contributes to the development of professions as well as communities, especially in small scale urban settings with a dense interlocking social structure. Within industry-based communities, a strong Social Capital Network acts as a bas... Read More about Exploring Social Capital within Damietta’s furniture industry value chain as mode of community currency.

Birley Place: a virtual community for the delivery of health and social care education (2021)
Journal Article
Wright, D. J., Greene, L., Jack, K., Hannan, E., & Hamshire, C. (2021). Birley Place: a virtual community for the delivery of health and social care education. #Journal not on list, 7(6), 627-630. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjstel-2020-000849

Virtual simulation can provide high-quality learning experiences through innovative and engaging activities while also overcoming some of the constraints associated with physical simulation. We developed a virtual community, called Birley Place,... Read More about Birley Place: a virtual community for the delivery of health and social care education.

Creating a Successful Digital Presence (2021)
Book
Fletcher, G., & Adolphus, N. (2021). Creating a Successful Digital Presence. Taylor and Francis. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003026587

Increasingly graduates, and anyone who is entering employment, need an individual digital presence to stand out and showcase themselves to secure their first professional role. This book takes an employability approach to encourage those currently st... Read More about Creating a Successful Digital Presence.

The role of N2 as booter gas during Enhanced Gas Recovery by CO2 flooding in a porous medium (2021)
Journal Article
Mohammed, N., Abbas, A., & Enyi, G. (2021). The role of N2 as booter gas during Enhanced Gas Recovery by CO2 flooding in a porous medium. Journal of Natural Gas Science and Engineering, 93, 104051. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jngse.2021.104051

Most research on CO2 flooding is focusing on CO2 storage than CH4 recovery and mostly simulation-based. To our knowledge, there have been limited reported experimental on CO2 injections capable of unlocking a high amount of the residual methane due t... Read More about The role of N2 as booter gas during Enhanced Gas Recovery by CO2 flooding in a porous medium.

Comparison of pelvic tilt before and after hip flexor stretching in healthy adults (2021)
Journal Article
Preece, S., Tan, Y., Alghamdi, T., & Arnall, F. (2021). Comparison of pelvic tilt before and after hip flexor stretching in healthy adults. Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics, 44(4), 289-294. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmpt.2020.09.006

Objectives: An increase in anterior pelvic tilt is often assumed to result from short hip flexor muscles. Such altered postural alignment may increase the stress on the lumbar spine and has been shown to be a characteristic of specific low back pain... Read More about Comparison of pelvic tilt before and after hip flexor stretching in healthy adults.

Habitat disturbance trumps moonlight effects on the activity of tropical insectivorous bats (2021)
Journal Article
Appel, G., López-Baucells, A., Rocha, R., Meyer, C. F. J., & Bobrowiec, P. E. D. (2021). Habitat disturbance trumps moonlight effects on the activity of tropical insectivorous bats. Animal Conservation, 24(6), 1046-1058. https://doi.org/10.1111/acv.12706

Changes in moonlight intensity can affect predation risk and induce changes in habitat use and activity of nocturnal species. However, the effect of moonlight on animal activity is rarely evaluated in human-modified landscapes and can be of vital imp... Read More about Habitat disturbance trumps moonlight effects on the activity of tropical insectivorous bats.

La risposta del governo italiano al Covid-19 e la "costruzione" di un primo ministro (2021)
Book Chapter
Bull, M. (2021). La risposta del governo italiano al Covid-19 e la "costruzione" di un primo ministro. In A. Giovannini, & L. Mosca (Eds.), Politica in Italia. I fatti dell'anno e le interpretazioni. Edizione 2021 (57-78). Bologna: Mulino

This chapter (which is an Italian translation of an article published in Contemporary Italian Politics) analyses the Italian government's response to the Covid-19 pandemic in the period until the end of 2020, and the impact this had on the political... Read More about La risposta del governo italiano al Covid-19 e la "costruzione" di un primo ministro.

Disabled environmentalisms (2021)
Book Chapter
Larrington-Spencer, H., Fenney, D., Middlemiss, L., & Kosanic, A. (2021). Disabled environmentalisms. In K. Bell (Ed.), Diversity and Inclusion in Environmentalism (15-33). London: Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003099185-2

This chapter develops an agenda for the fostering of disabled environmentalism, demonstrating how such an agenda, through the centralising of disabled bodies, can enable environmental justice movements to be truly inclusive of all people's needs. It... Read More about Disabled environmentalisms.

Examining the status of detained migrant unaccompanied minors in the Greek context: crossing the threshold of a new era? (2021)
Report
Papadopoulos, I. (2021). Examining the status of detained migrant unaccompanied minors in the Greek context: crossing the threshold of a new era?

Polypharmacy and multimorbidity (2021)
Journal Article
Robertson, D. (2021). Polypharmacy and multimorbidity. Journal of Prescribing Practice, 3(6), 216-217. https://doi.org/10.12968/jprp.2021.3.6.216

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

Upper Oligocene–lower-middle Miocene peramelemorphians from the Etadunna, Namba and Wipajiri formations of South Australia (2021)
Journal Article
Travouillon, K., Beck, R., & Case, J. (2021). Upper Oligocene–lower-middle Miocene peramelemorphians from the Etadunna, Namba and Wipajiri formations of South Australia. Alcheringa, 45(1), 109-125. https://doi.org/10.1080/03115518.2021.1921274

The oldest fossils referable to the marsupial order Peramelemorphia (which includes modern bandicoots and bilbies) stratigraphically date from the upper Oligocene of Australia. Here we describe new ancient peramelemorphian remains from the Etadunna,... Read More about Upper Oligocene–lower-middle Miocene peramelemorphians from the Etadunna, Namba and Wipajiri formations of South Australia.

Kinematic characteristics of male runners with a history of recurrent calf muscle strain injury (2021)
Journal Article
Bramah, C., Preece, S., Gill, N., & Herrington, L. (2021). Kinematic characteristics of male runners with a history of recurrent calf muscle strain injury. International journal of sports physical therapy, 16(3), 732-740. https://doi.org/10.26603/001c.22971

Background: Calf muscle strain injuries are a common running injury affecting male runners and are known to have high reoccurrence rates. Currently, limited evidence exists investigating factors associated with this injury with no previous study inve... Read More about Kinematic characteristics of male runners with a history of recurrent calf muscle strain injury.

Vibro-acoustic analysis of a domestic product based on experimental measurement and hybrid modelling (2021)
Journal Article
Meggitt, J., Banwell, G., Elliott, A., Moorhouse, A., & Langley, R. (2021). Vibro-acoustic analysis of a domestic product based on experimental measurement and hybrid modelling. Applied Acoustics, 182, 108144. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apacoust.2021.108144

The purpose of this paper is to present a case study whereby a hybrid experimental-numerical model is used to analyse the structureborne radiation from a domestic product (vacuum cleaner head). The passive (including radiative) properties of the str... Read More about Vibro-acoustic analysis of a domestic product based on experimental measurement and hybrid modelling.

Fecal glucocorticoid metabolites as biomarkers in equids : assay choice matters (2021)
Journal Article
Hinchcliffe, D., Lea, J., Palme, R., & Shultz, S. (2021). Fecal glucocorticoid metabolites as biomarkers in equids : assay choice matters. Journal of Wildlife Management, 85(6), 1175-1186. https://doi.org/10.1002/jwmg.22066

Free ranging animals are exposed to environmental, demographic, and ecological challenges over time, which can affect their health and fitness. Non‐invasive biomarkers can provide insight into how animals cope with these challenges and assess the eff... Read More about Fecal glucocorticoid metabolites as biomarkers in equids : assay choice matters.

The outcome from anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction in an adult male population from United Arab of Emirates (2021)
Thesis
Kananizadegan, M. The outcome from anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction in an adult male population from United Arab of Emirates. (Thesis). University of Salford

In sports physiotherapy, outcome measurements are used to identify the athlete’s ability to tolerate the physical demands inherent in sports specific movement and prevent re-injury or identify readiness to return to competition. There are limited st... Read More about The outcome from anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction in an adult male population from United Arab of Emirates.