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Oestrogen receptor negative early operable primary breast cancer in older women—biological characteristics and long-term clinical outcome (2017)
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Syed, B. M., Morgan, D., Setty, T., Green, A. R., Paish, E. C., Ellis, I. O., & Cheung, K. (2017). Oestrogen receptor negative early operable primary breast cancer in older women—biological characteristics and long-term clinical outcome. PLoS ONE, 12(12), Article e0188528. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0188528

Background Older women are at the greatest risk of breast cancer development and a considerable number present with comorbidities. Although the majority of breast cancers in this age group express oestrogen receptor (ER), which makes endocrine the... Read More about Oestrogen receptor negative early operable primary breast cancer in older women—biological characteristics and long-term clinical outcome.

Gravity in the quantum lab (2017)
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Howl, R., Hackermüller, L., Bruschi, D. E., & Fuentes, I. (2018). Gravity in the quantum lab. Advances in Physics, 3(1), Article 1383184. https://doi.org/10.1080/23746149.2017.1383184

At the beginning of the previous century, Newtonian mechanics was advanced by two new revolutionary theories, Quantum Mechanics (QM) and General Relativity (GR). Both theories have transformed our view of physical phenomena, with QM accurately predic... Read More about Gravity in the quantum lab.

Adolescents’ experiences of living with sickle cell disease: An integrative narrative review of the literature (2017)
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Poku, B. A., Caress, A., & Kirk, S. (2018). Adolescents’ experiences of living with sickle cell disease: An integrative narrative review of the literature. International Journal of Nursing Studies, 80, 20-28. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2017.12.008

Background Sickle Cell Disease is the commonest monogenic haemoglobinopathy worldwide. Living with a long-term condition such as sickle cell disease during adolescence constitutes a significant challenge for the key stakeholders due to the combined... Read More about Adolescents’ experiences of living with sickle cell disease: An integrative narrative review of the literature.

Practitioners preferences of care coordination for older people: A discrete choice experiment (2017)
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Jasper, R., Chester, H., Hughes, J., Abendstern, M., Loynes, N., Sutcliffe, C., …Challis, D. (2018). Practitioners preferences of care coordination for older people: A discrete choice experiment. Journal of Gerontological Social Work, 61(2), 151-170. https://doi.org/10.1080/01634372.2017.1417342

© 2018 Taylor & Francis Group, LLC. These findings demonstrate the importance of organisations providing care coordination for older people receiving long-term funding. Further research is required to investigate the influence of service setting on... Read More about Practitioners preferences of care coordination for older people: A discrete choice experiment.

Static and dynamic incentives for Twitter usage in the European Parliament (2017)
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Daniel, W. T., Obholzer, L., & Hurka, S. (2019). Static and dynamic incentives for Twitter usage in the European Parliament. Party Politics, 25(6), 771-781. https://doi.org/10.1177/1354068817747755

In this article, we examine the static and dynamic factors that explain the use of the Twitter social media platform by all active Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) during the Fall and Winter of 2015–2016. Our analysis demonstrates that MEPs... Read More about Static and dynamic incentives for Twitter usage in the European Parliament.

Improving representation of riparian vegetation shading in a regional stream temperature model using LiDAR data (2017)
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Loicq, P., Moatar, F., Jullian, Y., Dugdale, S. J., & Hannah, D. M. (2018). Improving representation of riparian vegetation shading in a regional stream temperature model using LiDAR data. Science of the Total Environment, 624, 480-490. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2017.12.129

Modelling river temperature at the catchment scale is needed to understand how aquatic communities may adapt to current and projected climate change. In small and medium rivers, riparian vegetation can greatly reduce maximum water temperature by prov... Read More about Improving representation of riparian vegetation shading in a regional stream temperature model using LiDAR data.

Principles of bone and joint injuries and their healing (2017)
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Nyary, T., & Scammell, B. E. (2018). Principles of bone and joint injuries and their healing. Surgery (Oxford), 36(1), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mpsur.2017.10.005

This article describes the mechanisms of fracture healing (direct and indirect), general fracture management, the influence of the surgeon on the biology and biomechanical environment of bone healing, the management of articular fractures, and disord... Read More about Principles of bone and joint injuries and their healing.

Univalent higher categories via complete semi-segal types (2017)
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Capriotti, P., & Kraus, N. (2018). Univalent higher categories via complete semi-segal types. Proceedings of the ACM on Programming Languages, 2(POPL), https://doi.org/10.1145/3158132

Category theory in homotopy type theory is intricate as categorical laws can only be stated “up to homotopy”, and thus require coherences. The established notion of a univalent category (as introduced by Ahrens et al.)solves this by considering only... Read More about Univalent higher categories via complete semi-segal types.

The effect of alcohol consumption on the risk of ARDS: a systematic review and meta-analysis (2017)
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Simou, E., Leonardi-Bee, J., & Britton, J. (in press). The effect of alcohol consumption on the risk of ARDS: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Chest, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chest.2017.11.041

BACKGROUND: To conduct a systematic review and meta-analysis evaluating the association between alcohol consumption and the risk of ARDS in adults. METHODS: Medline, EMBASE and Web of Science were searched to identify observational studies evaluatin... Read More about The effect of alcohol consumption on the risk of ARDS: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

MUSCLEMOTION: a versatile open software tool to quantify cardiomyocyte and cardiac muscle contraction in vitro and in vivo (2017)
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Sala, L., van Meer, B., Tertoolen, L., Bakkers, J., Bellin, M., Davis, R., …Burton, F. (2018). MUSCLEMOTION: a versatile open software tool to quantify cardiomyocyte and cardiac muscle contraction in vitro and in vivo. Circulation Research, 122(3), e5. https://doi.org/10.1161/CIRCRESAHA.117.312067

Rationale: There are several methods to measure cardiomyocyte (CM) and muscle contraction but these require customized hardware, expensive apparatus and advanced informatics or can only be used in single experimental models. Consequently, data and te... Read More about MUSCLEMOTION: a versatile open software tool to quantify cardiomyocyte and cardiac muscle contraction in vitro and in vivo.

Ray watching: the highly protected, British prison experience of Martin Luther King’s killer (2017)
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Ling, P. (2017). Ray watching: the highly protected, British prison experience of Martin Luther King’s killer. Comparative American Studies, 15(1-2), 72-90. https://doi.org/10.1080/14775700.2017.1411829

The arrest of James Earl Ray at London Airport on 8 June 1968 marked the final stage of an international manhunt that had begun with the murder of Martin Luther King Jr. on 4 April. Arrested for travelling on a false passport and with an unlicensed f... Read More about Ray watching: the highly protected, British prison experience of Martin Luther King’s killer.

Lifestyle trends and housing typologies in emerging multicultural cities (2017)
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Salama, A. M., Wiedmann, F., & Ibrahim, H. G. (2017). Lifestyle trends and housing typologies in emerging multicultural cities. Journal of Architecture and Urbanism, 41(4), 316-327. https://doi.org/10.3846/20297955.2017.1415773

© 2017 Vilnius Gediminas Technical University (VGTU) Press. The introduction of new housing typologies in emerging cities is rooted in dynamics including infrastructural investments, urban growth rates and new development policies. In accommodating n... Read More about Lifestyle trends and housing typologies in emerging multicultural cities.

Barriers and facilitators of physical activity in knee and hip osteoarthritis: a systematic review of qualitative evidence (2017)
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Kanavaki, A. M., Rushton, A., Efstathiou, N., Alrushud, A., Klocke, R., Abhishek, A., & Duda, J. L. (2017). Barriers and facilitators of physical activity in knee and hip osteoarthritis: a systematic review of qualitative evidence. BMJ Open, 7(12), Article e017042. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2017-017042

Physical activity (PA), including engagement in structured exercise, has a key role in the management of hip and knee osteoarthritis (OA). However, maintaining a physically active lifestyle is a challenge for people with OA. PA determinants in this p... Read More about Barriers and facilitators of physical activity in knee and hip osteoarthritis: a systematic review of qualitative evidence.

Toward robust stability of aircraft electrical power systems: using a μ-based structural singular value to analyze and ensure network stability (2017)
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Sumsurooah, S., Odavic, M., Bozhko, S., & Boroyevich, D. (2017). Toward robust stability of aircraft electrical power systems: using a μ-based structural singular value to analyze and ensure network stability. IEEE Electrification Magazine, 5(4), 62-71. https://doi.org/10.1109/MELE.2017.2757383

Transport accounts for nearly two-thirds of the global crude oil consumption and about a quarter of carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions (International Energy Agency 2009, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change 2014). The energy use and CO2 emissions in... Read More about Toward robust stability of aircraft electrical power systems: using a μ-based structural singular value to analyze and ensure network stability.

Are we all on the same page? A qualitative study of the facilitation challenges associated with the implementation of deliberative priority-setting (2017)
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Crompton, A., Waring, J., Roe, B., & O’Connor, R. (2018). Are we all on the same page? A qualitative study of the facilitation challenges associated with the implementation of deliberative priority-setting. Public Management Review, 20(11), 1623-1642. https://doi.org/10.1080/14719037.2017.1417463

© 2017 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. Collaborative governance has given rise to decision-making methodologies promoting democracy, inclusivity and transparency. This is exemplified by deliberative priority-setting (DPS) tha... Read More about Are we all on the same page? A qualitative study of the facilitation challenges associated with the implementation of deliberative priority-setting.

Towards an international standard: the ISO/DIS 18504 Sustainable remediation (2017)
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Nathanail, C. P., Bakker, L. M., Bardos, P., Furukawa, Y., Nardella, A., Smith, G., …Goestsche, G. (in press). Towards an international standard: the ISO/DIS 18504 Sustainable remediation. Remediation Journal, 28(1), https://doi.org/10.1002/rem.21538

Sustainable remediation is the elimination and/or control of unacceptable risks in a safe and timely manner while optimizing the environmental, social, and economic value of the work. Forthcoming International Organization for Standardization (ISO) S... Read More about Towards an international standard: the ISO/DIS 18504 Sustainable remediation.

Therapeutic benefit for late, but not early, passage mesenchymal stem cells on pain behaviour in an animal model of osteoarthritis (2017)
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Chapman, V., Markides, H., Sagar, D. R., Xu, L., Burston, J. J., Mapp, P., …El Haj, A. J. (2017). Therapeutic benefit for late, but not early, passage mesenchymal stem cells on pain behaviour in an animal model of osteoarthritis. Stem Cells International, 2017, https://doi.org/10.1155/2017/2905104

Background: Mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) have a therapeutic potential for the treatment of osteoarthritic (OA) joint pathology and pain. The aims of this study were to determine the influence of a passage number on the effects of MSCs on pain behavi... Read More about Therapeutic benefit for late, but not early, passage mesenchymal stem cells on pain behaviour in an animal model of osteoarthritis.

The SEISICAT study: a pilot study assessing 1 efficacy and safety of spironolactone in cats with congestive heart failure secondary to cardiomyopathy (2017)
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James, R., Guillot, E., Garelli-Paar, C., Huxley, J., Grassi, V., & Cobb, M. (2018). The SEISICAT study: a pilot study assessing 1 efficacy and safety of spironolactone in cats with congestive heart failure secondary to cardiomyopathy. Journal of Veterinary Cardiology, 20(1), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jvc.2017.11.001

Introduction The pathophysiology of heart failure involves activation of several neurohormonal systems including the renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system. The mineralocorticoid receptor antagonist spironolactone has been shown to be beneficial in hu... Read More about The SEISICAT study: a pilot study assessing 1 efficacy and safety of spironolactone in cats with congestive heart failure secondary to cardiomyopathy.