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The adoption of vendor managed inventory for hospital pharmaceutical supply (2017)
Journal Article

The study investigates Vendor Managed Inventory (VMI) for the supply of medicines between distributors and hospitals to identify factors that may affect VMI adoption. Multiple case studies are conducted involving five organizations (three hospitals,... Read More about The adoption of vendor managed inventory for hospital pharmaceutical supply.

Photoperiod-induced increases in bone mineral apposition rate in Siberian hamsters and the involvement of seasonal leptin changes (2017)
Journal Article

The adipokine leptin regulates energy balance, appetite, and reproductive maturation. Leptin also acts on bone growth and remodeling, but both osteogenic and anti-osteogenic effects have been reported depending on experimental conditions. Siberian ha... Read More about Photoperiod-induced increases in bone mineral apposition rate in Siberian hamsters and the involvement of seasonal leptin changes.

Role of interactions in a dissipative many-body localized system (2017)
Journal Article

Recent experimental and theoretical efforts have focused on the effect of dissipation on quantum many-body systems in their many-body localized (MBL) phase. While in the presence of dephasing noise such systems reach a unique ergodic state, their dyn... Read More about Role of interactions in a dissipative many-body localized system.

Developing and evaluating interventions for women firesetters in high secure mental healthcare (2017)
Journal Article

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to discuss the implementation and evaluation of interventions for women firesetters in high secure mental healthcare at the UK’s National Women’s Service. Design/methodology/approach Two types of Arson trea... Read More about Developing and evaluating interventions for women firesetters in high secure mental healthcare.

Small-signal analysis of naturally-sampled single-edge PWM control loops (2017)
Journal Article

This paper presents a simple method to analyse the behaviour of feedback loops that contain a naturally-sampled single-edge pulse-width modulator. A small-signal model is derived by means of simple geometric arguments. It is shown how this small-sign... Read More about Small-signal analysis of naturally-sampled single-edge PWM control loops.

Shared characteristics underpinning C 4 leaf maturation derived from analysis of multiple C 3 and C 4 species of Flaveria (2017)
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Most terrestrial plants use C3 photosynthesis to fix carbon. In multiple plant lineages a modified system known as C4 photosynthesis has evolved. To better understand the molecular patterns associated with induction of C4 photosynthesis, the genus Fl... Read More about Shared characteristics underpinning C 4 leaf maturation derived from analysis of multiple C 3 and C 4 species of Flaveria.

Theorizing with managers: how to achieve both academic rigor and practical relevance? (2017)
Journal Article

© 2017 Emerald Publishing Limited. Purpose: The aim of the paper is to address the widening theory-praxis gap in marketing. The authors propose that one viable solution to this challenge is involving practitioners in research processes as active, ref... Read More about Theorizing with managers: how to achieve both academic rigor and practical relevance?.

Understanding the care.data conundrum: new information flows for economic growth (2017)
Journal Article

The analysis of data from electronic health records aspires to facilitate healthcare efficiencies and biomedical innovation. There are also ethical, legal and social implications from the handling of sensitive patient information. The paper explores... Read More about Understanding the care.data conundrum: new information flows for economic growth.

A comprehensive analysis and hardware implementation of control strategies for high output voltage DC-DC boost power converter (2017)
Journal Article

Classical DC-DC converters used in high voltage direct current (HVDC) power transmission systems, lack in terms of efficiency, reduced transfer gain and increased cost with sensor (voltage/current) numbers. Besides, the internal self-parasitic behavi... Read More about A comprehensive analysis and hardware implementation of control strategies for high output voltage DC-DC boost power converter.

A novel multi-scale numerical model for prediction of texture-related impacts on fuel consumption (2017)
Journal Article

It is estimated that to overcome rolling resistance (RR) a typical vehicle, on average, consumes 4152 MJ/119 L of fuel annually, depending not only on vehicle-related factors but also on pavement-related factors. A slight improvement in surface prope... Read More about A novel multi-scale numerical model for prediction of texture-related impacts on fuel consumption.

Structure-activity relationships of the sustained effects of adenosine A2A receptor agonists driven by slow dissociation kinetics (2017)
Journal Article

The duration of action of adenosine A2A receptor (A2A) agonists is critical for their clinical efficacy, and we sought to better understand how this can be optimized. The in vitro temporal response profiles of a panel of A2A agonists were studied usi... Read More about Structure-activity relationships of the sustained effects of adenosine A2A receptor agonists driven by slow dissociation kinetics.

Increased incidence of adult pneumococcal pneumonia during school holiday periods (2017)
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Child contact is a recognised risk factor for adult pneumococcal disease. Peaks in invasive pneumococcal disease incidence observed during winter holidays may be related to changes in social dynamics. This analysis was conducted to examine adult pneu... Read More about Increased incidence of adult pneumococcal pneumonia during school holiday periods.

A cohort study investigating the effects of first stage of the English tobacco point-of-sale display ban on awareness, susceptibility and smoking uptake among adolescents (2017)
Journal Article

Objective: A prospective evaluation of the effect of 2012 point-of-sale (PoS) display ban in supermarkets in England on perceived exposure to PoS displays, and on changes in susceptibility and smoking uptake among young people. Design: Cohort study... Read More about A cohort study investigating the effects of first stage of the English tobacco point-of-sale display ban on awareness, susceptibility and smoking uptake among adolescents.

Pharmacology of modulators of alternative splicing (2017)
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More than 95% of genes in the human genome are alternatively spliced to form multiple transcripts, often encoding proteins with differing or opposing function. The control of alternative splicing is now being elucidated, and with this comes the oppor... Read More about Pharmacology of modulators of alternative splicing.