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A systematic review and meta-synthesis of the qualitative research into mandatory personal psychotherapy during training (2018)
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Murphy, D., Irfan, N., Barnett, H., Castledine, E., & Enescu, L. (in press). A systematic review and meta-synthesis of the qualitative research into mandatory personal psychotherapy during training. Counselling and Psychotherapy Research, 18(2), https://doi.org/10.1002/capr.12162

Background: This study addresses the thorny issue of mandatory personal psychotherapy within counselling and psychotherapy training. It is expensive, emotionally demanding and time-consuming. Nevertheless, proponents argue that it is essential in pro... Read More about A systematic review and meta-synthesis of the qualitative research into mandatory personal psychotherapy during training.

Multiparameter estimation in networked quantum sensors (2018)
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Proctor, T. J., Knott, P. A., & Dunningham, J. A. (2018). Multiparameter estimation in networked quantum sensors. Physical Review Letters, 120(8), https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.120.080501

We introduce a general model for a network of quantum sensors, and we use this model to consider the following question: When can entanglement between the sensors, and/or global measurements, enhance the precision with which the network can measure a... Read More about Multiparameter estimation in networked quantum sensors.

Health service factors that affect adherence to tuberculosis treatment in Ghana (2018)
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Salifu, Y., Eliason, C., & Mensah, G. (2018). Health service factors that affect adherence to tuberculosis treatment in Ghana. Primary Health Care, 28(2), 27-33. https://doi.org/10.7748/phc.2018.e1312

Most of the global cases of tuberculosis (TB) are found in Asia and Africa. This is largely due to deficient educational information, myths, beliefs and suboptimal service delivery as a result of inadequate infrastructure. Even though proper treatmen... Read More about Health service factors that affect adherence to tuberculosis treatment in Ghana.

Switching the uniaxial magnetic anisotropy by ion irradiation induced compensation (2018)
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Yuan, Y., Amarouche, T., Xu, C., Rushforth, A., Böttger, R., Edmonds, K., …Zhou, S. (2018). Switching the uniaxial magnetic anisotropy by ion irradiation induced compensation. Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics, 51(14), https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6463/aab1db

© 2018 IOP Publishing Ltd. In the present work, the uniaxial magnetic anisotropy of GaMnAsP is modified by helium ion irradiation. According to the micro-magnetic parameters, e.g. resonance fields and anisotropy constants deduced from ferromagnetic r... Read More about Switching the uniaxial magnetic anisotropy by ion irradiation induced compensation.

Improved NOE fitting for flexible molecules based on molecular mechanics data – a case study with S-adenosylmethionine (2018)
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Bame, J., Hoeck, C., Carrington, M. J., Butts, C. P., Jäger, C. M., & Croft, A. K. (2018). Improved NOE fitting for flexible molecules based on molecular mechanics data – a case study with S-adenosylmethionine. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 11(20), https://doi.org/10.1039/C7CP07265A

The use of molecular dynamics (MD) calculations to derive relative populations of conformers is highly sensitive to both timescale and parameterisation of the MD. Where these calculations are coupled with NOE data to determine the dynamics of a molec... Read More about Improved NOE fitting for flexible molecules based on molecular mechanics data – a case study with S-adenosylmethionine.

Facilitating ecosystem assembly: plant-soil interactions as a restoration tool (2018)
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van der Bij, A., Weijters, M., Robbink, R., Harris, J., Pawlett, M., Ritz, K., …van Diggelen, R. (2018). Facilitating ecosystem assembly: plant-soil interactions as a restoration tool. Biological Conservation, 220, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2018.02.010

Although plant-soil interactions are increasingly recognized as an important factor in ecosystem restoration, their effects on community assembly during de novo ecosystem establishment are largely unknown. In a heathland restoration trial after topso... Read More about Facilitating ecosystem assembly: plant-soil interactions as a restoration tool.

A novel spatiotemporal home heating controller design: system emulation and field testing (2018)
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Kruusimagi, M., Sharples, S., & Robinson, D. (2018). A novel spatiotemporal home heating controller design: system emulation and field testing. Building and Environment, 135, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.buildenv.2018.02.027

We have developed a spatiotemporal heating control algorithm for use in homes. This system utilises a combination of relatively low-tech hardware interfaced with electric heating systems and a smartphone interface to this hardware, and a central serv... Read More about A novel spatiotemporal home heating controller design: system emulation and field testing.

Rheumatoid arthritis and excess mortality: down but not out: a primary care cohort study using data from Clinical Practice Research Datalink (2018)
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Abhishek, A., Nakafero, G., Kuo, C., Mallen, C., Zhang, W., Grainge, M. J., & Doherty, M. (2018). Rheumatoid arthritis and excess mortality: down but not out: a primary care cohort study using data from Clinical Practice Research Datalink. Rheumatology, 57(6), 977–981. https://doi.org/10.1093/rheumatology/key013

Objectives: To examine temporal trends in all-cause and cause-specific mortality in RA. Methods: Data from the Clinical Practice Research Datalink (CPRD) were used. Incident RA cases and four age, sex and general practice matched controls were id... Read More about Rheumatoid arthritis and excess mortality: down but not out: a primary care cohort study using data from Clinical Practice Research Datalink.

Micro mechanics of the critical state line at high stresses (2018)
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de Bono, J. P., & McDowell, G. R. (2018). Micro mechanics of the critical state line at high stresses. Computers and Geotechnics, 98, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compgeo.2018.02.016

A critical state line is presented for a crushable numerical soil, which is parallel to the isotropic normal compression line. A previous theory for the normal compression line, which correctly predicts the slope as a function of the size-effect on p... Read More about Micro mechanics of the critical state line at high stresses.

Consistent description of field theories with non-Hermitian mass terms (2018)
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Alexandre, J., Millington, P., & Seynaeve, D. (2018). Consistent description of field theories with non-Hermitian mass terms. Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 952, https://doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/952/1/012012

We review how to describe a field theory that includes a non-Hermitian mass term in the region of parameter space where the Lagrangian is PT-symmetric. The discrete symmetries of the system are essential for understanding the consistency of the model... Read More about Consistent description of field theories with non-Hermitian mass terms.

Does the diurnal pattern of enteric methane emissions from dairy cows change over time? (2018)
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Bell, M., Craigon, J., Saunders, N., Goodman, J., & Garnsworthy, P. (2018). Does the diurnal pattern of enteric methane emissions from dairy cows change over time?. Animal, 12(10), 2065-2070. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1751731118000228

Diet manipulation and genetic selection are two important mitigation strategies for reducing enteric methane (CH4) emissions from ruminant livestock. The aim of this study was to assess whether the diurnal pattern of CH4 emissions from individual dai... Read More about Does the diurnal pattern of enteric methane emissions from dairy cows change over time?.

Use of radiography in small animal practice in the UK and Republic of Ireland in 2013 (2018)
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Booth, N. J., Morley, S. J., & Ewers, R. (in press). Use of radiography in small animal practice in the UK and Republic of Ireland in 2013. Veterinary Record, 182(8), https://doi.org/10.1136/vr.104670

Background: Radiography is an essential diagnostic tool in small animal practice. A major transition is currently underway from film-screen to digital systems. However, there is limited published research detailing the use of radiography in practices... Read More about Use of radiography in small animal practice in the UK and Republic of Ireland in 2013.

Spatiotemporal patterns and environmental drivers of human echinococcoses over a twenty-year period in Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, China (2018)
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Cadavid Restrepo, A. M., Yang, Y. R., McManus, D. P., Gray, D. J., Barnes, T. S., Williams, G. M., …Clements, A. C. (2018). Spatiotemporal patterns and environmental drivers of human echinococcoses over a twenty-year period in Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, China. Parasites and Vectors, 11, Article 108. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13071-018-2693-z

Background Human cystic (CE) and alveolar (AE) echinococcoses are zoonotic parasitic diseases that can be influenced by environmental variability and change through effects on the parasites, animal intermediate and definitive hosts, and human popu... Read More about Spatiotemporal patterns and environmental drivers of human echinococcoses over a twenty-year period in Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, China.

Micro-pharmacokinetics: quantifying local drug concentration at live cell membranes (2018)
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Gherbi, K., Briddon, S. J., & Charlton, S. J. (in press). Micro-pharmacokinetics: quantifying local drug concentration at live cell membranes. Scientific Reports, 8, Article 3479. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-21100-x

Fundamental equations for determining pharmacological parameters, such as the binding afnity of a ligand for its target receptor, assume a homogeneous distribution of ligand, with concentrations in the immediate vicinity of the receptor being the sam... Read More about Micro-pharmacokinetics: quantifying local drug concentration at live cell membranes.

What’s in a price? the American raw cotton market in Liverpool and the Anglo-American war (2018)
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Haggerty, S. (2019). What’s in a price? the American raw cotton market in Liverpool and the Anglo-American war. Business History, 61(6), 942-970. https://doi.org/10.1080/00076791.2018.1434146

This article argues that an embryonic futures market was present in Liverpool during the Anglo-American war. The analysis of a previously unseen dataset of printed Prices Currents has facilitated not only a price series of raw cotton prices, but an i... Read More about What’s in a price? the American raw cotton market in Liverpool and the Anglo-American war.

FISSA: a neuropil decontamination toolbox for calcium imaging signals (2018)
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Keemink, S. W., Lowe, S. C., Pakan, J. M., Dylda, E., van Rossum, M. C., & Rochefort, N. L. (in press). FISSA: a neuropil decontamination toolbox for calcium imaging signals. Scientific Reports, 8, Article 3493. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-21640-2

In vivo calcium imaging has become a method of choice to image neuronal population activity throughout the nervous system. These experiments generate large sequences of images. Their analysis is computationally intensive and typically involves motion... Read More about FISSA: a neuropil decontamination toolbox for calcium imaging signals.

N_LyST: a simple and rapid screening test for Lynch Syndrome (2018)
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Susanti, S., Fadhil, W., Ebili, H. O., Asiri, A., Nestarenkaite, A., Hadjimichael, E., …Ilyas, M. (2018). N_LyST: a simple and rapid screening test for Lynch Syndrome. Journal of Clinical Pathology, 71(8), 713-720. https://doi.org/10.1136/jclinpath-2018-205013

Aims: We sought to use PCR followed by high-resolution melting (HRM) analysis to develop a single closed-tube screening panel to screen for Lynch Syndrome. This comprises tests for microsatellite instability (MSI), MLH1 methylation promoter and BRAF... Read More about N_LyST: a simple and rapid screening test for Lynch Syndrome.

Non-Competitive Agency and Luther's Experiential Argument Against Virtue: Non-Competitive Agency (2018)
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Zahl, S. (2019). Non-Competitive Agency and Luther's Experiential Argument Against Virtue: Non-Competitive Agency. Modern Theology, 35(2), 199-222. https://doi.org/10.1111/moth.12410

This article examines a critique that has been levied against Martin Luther’s account of the passivity of the human agent in salvation, and his corresponding critique of Aristotelian and Scholastic accounts of virtue. According to Reinhard Hütter and... Read More about Non-Competitive Agency and Luther's Experiential Argument Against Virtue: Non-Competitive Agency.

Kinetics of lithium peroxide oxidation by redox mediators and consequences for the lithium–oxygen cell (2018)
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Chen, Y., Gao, X., Johnson, L. R., & Bruce, P. G. (in press). Kinetics of lithium peroxide oxidation by redox mediators and consequences for the lithium–oxygen cell. Nature Communications, 9, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-03204-0

Lithium–oxygen cells in which lithium peroxide forms in solution rather than on the electrode surface, can sustain relatively high cycling rates but require redox mediators to charge. The mediators are oxidised at the electrode surface and then oxidi... Read More about Kinetics of lithium peroxide oxidation by redox mediators and consequences for the lithium–oxygen cell.

Facilitation of motor excitability during listening to spoken sentences is not modulated by noise or semantic coherence (2018)
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Panouillères, M. T., Boyles, R., Chesters, J., Watkins, K. E., & Möttönen, R. (2018). Facilitation of motor excitability during listening to spoken sentences is not modulated by noise or semantic coherence. Cortex, 103, 44-54. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cortex.2018.02.007

Comprehending speech can be particularly challenging in a noisy environment and in the absence of semantic context. It has been proposed that the articulatory motor system would be recruited especially in difficult listening conditions. However, it r... Read More about Facilitation of motor excitability during listening to spoken sentences is not modulated by noise or semantic coherence.