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Understanding faculty perceptions of quality assurance in Saudi higher education (2021)
Journal Article
Safadi, S., & Vlachopoulos, D. (2021). Understanding faculty perceptions of quality assurance in Saudi higher education. International Journal of Assessment and Evaluation, 28(1), 79-97. https://doi.org/10.18848/2327-7920/CGP/v28i01/79-97

Research in the field of quality assurance (QA) in education ranges from accreditation to employing specific quality systems. In Saudi Arabia (KSA), QA in education is relatively new, and studies on QA in Saudi higher education institutions (HEIs) ar... Read More about Understanding faculty perceptions of quality assurance in Saudi higher education.

Electro-osmotic propulsion of Jeffrey fluid in a ciliated channel under the effect of nonlinear radiation and heat source/sink (2021)
Journal Article
Shaheen, S., Beg, O., Gul, F., & Maqbool, K. (2021). Electro-osmotic propulsion of Jeffrey fluid in a ciliated channel under the effect of nonlinear radiation and heat source/sink. Journal of Biomechanical Engineering, 143(5), 051008. https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4049810

Mathematical modelling of mechanical system in microfluidics is an emerging area of interest in micro scale engineering. Since microfluidic devices use the hair like structure of artificial cilia for pumping, mixing and sensing in different fields, t... Read More about Electro-osmotic propulsion of Jeffrey fluid in a ciliated channel under the effect of nonlinear radiation and heat source/sink.

Geometric constraint-based reconfiguration and self-motions of a 4-CRU parallel mechanism (2021)
Journal Article
Nurahmi, L., Putrayudanto, P., Wei, G., & Agrawal, S. (2021). Geometric constraint-based reconfiguration and self-motions of a 4-CRU parallel mechanism. Journal of Mechanisms and Robotics, 13(2), 021017. https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4049879

This paper aims to investigate the reconfiguration and self-motions of a 4-CRU parallel mechanism based on the mechanism geometric constraints. The targeted application of such mechanism in this research is for 3D-printing buildings of multi-directio... Read More about Geometric constraint-based reconfiguration and self-motions of a 4-CRU parallel mechanism.

The impact of in-Service physical injury or illness on the mental health of military veterans (2021)
Journal Article
Hynes, C., Scullion, L., Lawler, C., Steel, R., & Boland, P. (2021). The impact of in-Service physical injury or illness on the mental health of military veterans. BMJ Military Health, https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjmilitary-2020-001759

Background Each year approximately 2000 UK service personnel are medically discharged with physical and/or psychological injury or illness. While there is much research on both psychological injury and physical injury, the challenges of transition... Read More about The impact of in-Service physical injury or illness on the mental health of military veterans.

Exploring value propositions to drive Self-Sovereign Identity adoption (2021)
Journal Article
Lockwood, M. (2021). Exploring value propositions to drive Self-Sovereign Identity adoption. Frontiers in Block Chain, 4, 611945. https://doi.org/10.3389/fbloc.2021.611945

This paper presents research exploring the balancing of interactive friction and value proposition in the context of Self-Sovereign Identity (SSI) technology adoption. This work extends a related investigation of a full agency engagement with a User-... Read More about Exploring value propositions to drive Self-Sovereign Identity adoption.

The Strepsirrhine and Tarsier genome sequencing initiative : conservation genomics of the non-anthropoid primate (2021)
Journal Article
Orkin, J., Kuderna, L., Gut, M., Gut, I., Horvath, J., Janiak, M., …Marques-Bonet, T. (2021). The Strepsirrhine and Tarsier genome sequencing initiative : conservation genomics of the non-anthropoid primate. American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 174(S71), 79. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajpa.24262

Tremendous effort has been made to study the ecology and evolution of strepsirrhines and tarsiers. However, in comparison to the anthro-poids, they remain relatively understudied. This disparity is particularly evident in the field of genomics. While... Read More about The Strepsirrhine and Tarsier genome sequencing initiative : conservation genomics of the non-anthropoid primate.

Prison as a site of intense religious change : the example of conversion to Islam (2021)
Journal Article
Wilkinson, M., Irfan, L., Quraishi, M., & Schneuwly Purdie, M. (2021). Prison as a site of intense religious change : the example of conversion to Islam. Religions, 12(3), e162. https://doi.org/10.3390/rel12030162

Based on the findings of mixed-methods research conducted with 279 Muslim prisoners in 10 prisons in England, Switzerland and France, this paper argues that contemporary European prisons are sites of intense religious change, in which many people bor... Read More about Prison as a site of intense religious change : the example of conversion to Islam.

Identifying information needs of patients with IgA Nephropathy, using an innovative social media stepped analytical approach (2021)
Journal Article
Vasilica, C., Oates, T., Clausner, C., Ormandy, P., Barratt, J., & Graham-Brown, M. (2021). Identifying information needs of patients with IgA Nephropathy, using an innovative social media stepped analytical approach. Kidney International Reports, 6(5), 1317-1325. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ekir.2021.02.030

Introduction Increasingly people with kidney disease are using social media to search for medical information and to find peer-support. IgA nephropathy (IgAN) predominantly affects young adults, demographically the biggest users of... Read More about Identifying information needs of patients with IgA Nephropathy, using an innovative social media stepped analytical approach.

698 mothers and babies, 38 390 nappy changes : what did we learn? (2021)
Journal Article
MacVane Phipps, F., Price, A., Ackers-Johnson, J., Cook, P., Clarke-Cornwell, A., & Lythgoe, J. (2021). 698 mothers and babies, 38 390 nappy changes : what did we learn?. British Journal of Midwifery, 29(3), 150-157. https://doi.org/10.12968/bjom.2021.29.3.150

Background Several industry funded studies between 2001–2018 have compared the use of a single brand of baby wipes to cleansing with water and either cloth or cotton wool during nappy changes. All of these studies found that wipes were safe and effec... Read More about 698 mothers and babies, 38 390 nappy changes : what did we learn?.

Biomechanical Effects of a 6-Week Change of Direction Speed and Technique Modification Intervention: Implications for Change of Direction Side step Performance (2021)
Journal Article
Dos'Santos, T., Thomas, C., Comfort, P., & Jones, P. A. (2021). Biomechanical Effects of a 6-Week Change of Direction Speed and Technique Modification Intervention: Implications for Change of Direction Side step Performance. Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research, 36(10), 2780-2791. https://doi.org/10.1519/jsc.0000000000003950

The aim of this study was to evaluate the biomechanical effects of change of direction (COD) speed and technique modification training on COD performance (completion time, ground contact time [GCT], and exit velocity) during 45° (CUT45) and 90° (CUT9... Read More about Biomechanical Effects of a 6-Week Change of Direction Speed and Technique Modification Intervention: Implications for Change of Direction Side step Performance.

An accessible interface layer for Self-Sovereign Identity (2021)
Journal Article
Lockwood, M. (2021). An accessible interface layer for Self-Sovereign Identity. Frontiers in Block Chain, 3, 609101. https://doi.org/10.3389/fbloc.2020.609101

The mechanisms and evolving standards collectively known as self-sovereign identity (SSI) offer the prospect of a decentralized Internet by providing a central pillar for a human-centered data ecosystem (HCDE). Once established this technology promis... Read More about An accessible interface layer for Self-Sovereign Identity.

Prescribing issues in the COVID-19 pandemic (2021)
Journal Article
Robertson, D. (2021). Prescribing issues in the COVID-19 pandemic. Journal of Prescribing Practice, 3(3), 102-103. https://doi.org/10.12968/jprp.2021.3.3.102

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

Effects of intermittent claudication due to arterial disease on pain-free gait (2021)
Journal Article
Evangelopoulou, E., Jones, R., Jameel, M., Boyd, P., & Nester, C. (2021). Effects of intermittent claudication due to arterial disease on pain-free gait. Clinical Biomechanics, 83, 105309. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.clinbiomech.2021.105309

Studies of intermittent claudication gait report inconsistent outcomes. Changes in gait are often attributed to degradation of calf muscles, but causation has not been proven through real-time electromyographic data. Neither have effects of walking s... Read More about Effects of intermittent claudication due to arterial disease on pain-free gait.

Demonstrating the potential of indoor positioning for monitoring building occupancy through ecologically valid trials (2021)
Journal Article
Mashuk, M., Pinchin, J., Siebers, P., & Moore, T. (2021). Demonstrating the potential of indoor positioning for monitoring building occupancy through ecologically valid trials. Journal of Location Based Services, 15(4), 305-327. https://doi.org/10.1080/17489725.2021.1893394

Assessing building performance related to energy consumption in post-design-occupancy stage requires knowledge of building occupancy pattern. These occupancy data can potentially be collected from trials and used to improve the prediction capability... Read More about Demonstrating the potential of indoor positioning for monitoring building occupancy through ecologically valid trials.

Greigite as an Indicator for Salinity and Sedimentation Rate Change: Evidence From the Yangtze River Delta, China (2021)
Journal Article
Chen, Y., Zhang, W., Nian, X., Sun, Q., Ge, C., Hutchinson, S. M., …Zhao, X. (2021). Greigite as an Indicator for Salinity and Sedimentation Rate Change: Evidence From the Yangtze River Delta, China. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 126(3), e2020JB021085. https://doi.org/10.1029/2020jb021085

Ferrimagnetic greigite (Fe3S4) is widespread in the sedimentary environment. Despite abundant reports of greigite occurrence in marine and lacustrine deposits, its formation mechanisms in deltaic deposits remain poorly studied. Here we investigate gr... Read More about Greigite as an Indicator for Salinity and Sedimentation Rate Change: Evidence From the Yangtze River Delta, China.

Carry-over of attentional settings between distinct tasks : a transient effect independent of top-down contextual biases (2021)
Journal Article
Thompson, C., Pasquini, A., & Hills, P. (2021). Carry-over of attentional settings between distinct tasks : a transient effect independent of top-down contextual biases. Consciousness and Cognition, 90, 103104. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.concog.2021.103104

Top-down attentional settings can persist between two unrelated tasks, influencing visual attention and performance. This study investigated whether top-down contextual information in a second task could moderate this “attentional inertia” effect. Fo... Read More about Carry-over of attentional settings between distinct tasks : a transient effect independent of top-down contextual biases.

Science and conservation of Amazonian crocodilians: a historical review (2021)
Journal Article
Marioni, B., Barão‐Nóbrega, J. A. L., Botero‐Arias, R., Muniz, F., Campos, Z., Da Silveira, R., …Villamarín, F. (2021). Science and conservation of Amazonian crocodilians: a historical review. Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems, 31(5), 1056-1067. https://doi.org/10.1002/aqc.3541

Crocodilians represent one of the oldest extant vertebrate lineages. They have co‐existed with humans throughout the Amazon basin for thousands of years, often having a strong cultural and economic influence on people's lives. Shifts in the socio‐eco... Read More about Science and conservation of Amazonian crocodilians: a historical review.

Establishing a protocol to measure tetrodotoxin (TTX) levels in small bodied newts (genus Lissotriton) in western Europe (2021)
Thesis
Wagstaff, R. Establishing a protocol to measure tetrodotoxin (TTX) levels in small bodied newts (genus Lissotriton) in western Europe. (Dissertation). University of Salford

Tetrodotoxin (TTX) is a defence toxin most commonly found in marine organisms, and amphibians are the only land vertebrates (tetrapods) which are known to produce TTX. However, the origin of TTX in amphibians remains largely unknown, and our knowledg... Read More about Establishing a protocol to measure tetrodotoxin (TTX) levels in small bodied newts (genus Lissotriton) in western Europe.

Los funnies de Hobart (2021)
Journal Article
Searle, D. (2021). Los funnies de Hobart. Desperta ferro. Contemporánea, 62-65