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A new high-resolution chronology for the late Maastrichtian warming event: establishing robust temporal links with the onset of Deccan volcanism (2017)
Journal Article
Barnet, J. S., Littler, K., Kroon, D., Leng, M. J., Westerhold, T., Röhl, U., & Zachos, J. C. (in press). A new high-resolution chronology for the late Maastrichtian warming event: establishing robust temporal links with the onset of Deccan volcanism. Geology, https://doi.org/10.1130/G39771.1

The late Maastrichtian warming event was defined by a global temperature increase of ∼2.5–5 °C that occurred ∼150–300 k.y. before the Cretaceous-Paleogene (K-Pg) mass extinction. This transient warming event has traditionally been associated with a m... Read More about A new high-resolution chronology for the late Maastrichtian warming event: establishing robust temporal links with the onset of Deccan volcanism.

‘Like being on death row’: Britain and the end of coal, c. 1970 to the present (2017)
Journal Article
Arnold, J. (in press). ‘Like being on death row’: Britain and the end of coal, c. 1970 to the present. Contemporary British History, https://doi.org/10.1080/13619462.2017.1401476

ABSTRACT
The introduction draws on the work of Raymond Williams to identify the ‘structures of feeling’ that surround the figure of the coal miner in contemporary British culture. As an analysis of the media coverage of the closure of the UK’s last... Read More about ‘Like being on death row’: Britain and the end of coal, c. 1970 to the present.

Expression profiles of genes involved in TLRs and NLRs signaling pathways of water buffaloes infected with Fasciola gigantica (2017)
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Zhang, F.-K., Hou, J.-L., Guo, A.-J., Tian, A.-L., Shi, W., Sheng, Z.-A., Zheng, W.-B., Huang, W.-Y., Elsheikha, H. M., & Zhu, X.-Q. (2018). Expression profiles of genes involved in TLRs and NLRs signaling pathways of water buffaloes infected with Fasciola gigantica. Molecular Immunology, 94, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.molimm.2017.12.007

Infection of ruminants and humans with Fasciola gigantica is attracting increasing attention due to its economic impact and public health significance. However, little is known of innate immune responses during F. gigantica infection. Here, we invest... Read More about Expression profiles of genes involved in TLRs and NLRs signaling pathways of water buffaloes infected with Fasciola gigantica.

Supervised methods of image segmentation accuracy assessment in land cover mapping (2017)
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Costa, H., Foody, G. M., & Boyd, D. S. (2018). Supervised methods of image segmentation accuracy assessment in land cover mapping. Remote Sensing of Environment, 205, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rse.2017.11.024

Land cover mapping via image classification is sometimes realized through object-based image analysis. Objects are typically constructed by partitioning imagery into spatially contiguous groups of pixels through image segmentation and used as the bas... Read More about Supervised methods of image segmentation accuracy assessment in land cover mapping.

Evaluation of methods and marker systems in genomic selection of oil palm (Elaeis guineensis Jacq.) (2017)
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Kwong, Q. B., Teh, C. K., Ong, A. L., Chew, F. T., Mayes, S., Kulaveerasingam, H., Tammi, M., Yeoh, S. H., Appleton, D. R., & Harikrishna, J. A. (2017). Evaluation of methods and marker systems in genomic selection of oil palm (Elaeis guineensis Jacq.). BMC Genetics, 18(1), https://doi.org/10.1186/s12863-017-0576-5

Background

Genomic selection (GS) uses genome-wide markers as an attempt to accelerate genetic gain in breeding programs of both animals and plants. This approach is particularly useful for perennial crops such as oil palm, which have long breedin... Read More about Evaluation of methods and marker systems in genomic selection of oil palm (Elaeis guineensis Jacq.).

When is working memory important for arithmetic?: the impact of strategy and age (2017)
Journal Article
Cragg, L., Richardson, S., Hubber, P. J., Keeble, S., & Gilmore, C. (in press). When is working memory important for arithmetic?: the impact of strategy and age. PLoS ONE, 12(12), Article e0188693. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0188693

Our ability to perform arithmetic relies heavily on working memory, the manipulation and maintenance of information in mind. Previous research has found that in adults, procedural strategies, particularly counting, rely on working memory to a greater... Read More about When is working memory important for arithmetic?: the impact of strategy and age.

Facilitating Imagine Arts in residential care homes: the artists’ perspectives (2017)
Journal Article
Broome, E., Dening, T., & Schneider, J. M. (2019). Facilitating Imagine Arts in residential care homes: the artists’ perspectives. Arts and Health: An International Journal for Research, Policy and Practice, 11(1), 54-66. https://doi.org/10.1080/17533015.2017.1413399

Background:
This study explores factors affecting the successful facilitation of a residential arts programme. The aim was to identify barriers and describe how they could be overcome, this was both formative, to help shape the programme, and summa... Read More about Facilitating Imagine Arts in residential care homes: the artists’ perspectives.

Pharmacology training in mental health nurse education: justification for an increase in frequency and depth in the UK (2017)
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Pearson, M., Carter, T., McCormick, D., & Wright, N. (2018). Pharmacology training in mental health nurse education: justification for an increase in frequency and depth in the UK. Nurse Education Today, 62, 36-38. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nedt.2017.11.035

This article explores the role and importance of Pharmacology within mental health nurse education.

The article proposes that a lack of pharmacology content within undergraduate mental health nurse education may not fully prepare nurses for their... Read More about Pharmacology training in mental health nurse education: justification for an increase in frequency and depth in the UK.

Elevating Design in the Organization (2017)
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Micheli, P., Perks, H., & Beverland, M. B. (2018). Elevating Design in the Organization. Journal of Product Innovation Management, 35(4), 629-651. https://doi.org/10.1111/jpim.12434

© 2017 Product Development & Management Association Following evidence of its positive contribution to innovation and company performance, many firms are seeking to elevate design to a strategic level. However, little is known as to how this can be... Read More about Elevating Design in the Organization.

A systematic review of outcome measures utilised to assess self-management in clinical trials in patients with chronic pain (2017)
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Banerjee, A., Hendrick, P., Bhattacharjee, P., & Blake, H. (2018). A systematic review of outcome measures utilised to assess self-management in clinical trials in patients with chronic pain. Patient Education and Counseling, 101(5), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pec.2017.12.002

Objectives
The aim of this review was to identify, appraise and synthesise the outcome measures used to assess self-management in patients with chronic pain.

Methods
Medline, Embase, CINAHL, PsycINFO, the Cochrane Library and Google Scholar were... Read More about A systematic review of outcome measures utilised to assess self-management in clinical trials in patients with chronic pain.

Africa's urban adaptation transition under a 1.5° climate (2017)
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Pelling, M., Leck, H., Pasquini, L., Ajibade, I., Osuteye, E., Parnell, S., Lwasa, S., Johnson, C., Fraser, A., Barcena, A., & Boubacar, S. (2018). Africa's urban adaptation transition under a 1.5° climate. Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability, 31, 10-15. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cosust.2017.11.005

For cities in sub-Saharan Africa a 1.5 °C increase in global temperature will bring forward the urgency of meeting basic needs in sanitation, drinking water and land-tenure, and underlying governance weaknesses. The challenges of climate sensitive ma... Read More about Africa's urban adaptation transition under a 1.5° climate.

Which outcomes are reported in cellulitis trials?: results of a review of outcomes included in cellulitis trials and a patient priority setting survey (2017)
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Smith, E., Patel, M., & Thomas, K. (2018). Which outcomes are reported in cellulitis trials?: results of a review of outcomes included in cellulitis trials and a patient priority setting survey. British Journal of Dermatology, 178(5), 1028-1034. https://doi.org/10.1111/bjd.16235

Background

There is an emerging need to develop consistent outcomes in clinical trials to allow effective comparison of treatment effects. No systematic review has previously looked at the reporting of outcome measures used in randomised controlle... Read More about Which outcomes are reported in cellulitis trials?: results of a review of outcomes included in cellulitis trials and a patient priority setting survey.

N-term 2017: Proteostasis via the N-terminus (2017)
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Dissmeyer, N., Graciet, E., Holdsworth, M. J., & Gibbs, D. J. (in press). N-term 2017: Proteostasis via the N-terminus. Trends in Biochemical Sciences, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tibs.2017.11.006

N-term 2017 was the first international meeting to bring together researchers from diverse disciplines with a shared interest in protein N-terminal modifications and the N-end rule pathway of ubiquitin-mediated proteolysis, providing a platform for i... Read More about N-term 2017: Proteostasis via the N-terminus.

“The Lincoln Memorial Was Too Crowded”: Interpreting the United States' Memorial Landscape through Film and Television (2017)
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Frame, G. (2017). “The Lincoln Memorial Was Too Crowded”: Interpreting the United States' Memorial Landscape through Film and Television. Journal of Popular Film and Television, 45(4), 190-201. https://doi.org/10.1080/01956051.2017.1343795

This article argues for a more rigorous understanding of the use of memorials in American film and television as part of the ongoing negotiation and development of American memory, looking beyond the disaster genre and the Lincoln Memorial to other s... Read More about “The Lincoln Memorial Was Too Crowded”: Interpreting the United States' Memorial Landscape through Film and Television.

Invasive cordgrass (Spartina spp.) in south-eastern Australia induces island formation, salt marsh development, and carbon storage (2017)
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Kennedy, D. M., Konlechner, T., Zavadil, E., Mariani, M., Wong, V., Ierodiaconou, D., & Macreadie, P. (2018). Invasive cordgrass (Spartina spp.) in south-eastern Australia induces island formation, salt marsh development, and carbon storage. Geographical Research, 56(1), 80-91. https://doi.org/10.1111/1745-5871.12265

Invasive vegetation species can lead to major changes in the geomorphology of coastal systems. Within temperate estuaries in the southern hemisphere, especially Australia and New Zealand, the cordgrass Spartina spp. has become established. These spec... Read More about Invasive cordgrass (Spartina spp.) in south-eastern Australia induces island formation, salt marsh development, and carbon storage.

Determinantal generalizations of instrumental variables (2017)
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Weihs, L., Robinson, B., Dufresne, E., Kenkel, J., Kubjas, K., McGee, R. L. I., Nguyen, N., Robeva, E., & Drton, M. (2018). Determinantal generalizations of instrumental variables. Journal of Causal Inference, 6(1), https://doi.org/10.1515/jci-2017-0009

Linear structural equation models relate the components of a random vector using linear interdependencies and Gaussian noise. Each such model can be naturally associated with a mixed graph whose vertices correspond to the components of the random vec... Read More about Determinantal generalizations of instrumental variables.

Wheat lines exhibiting variation in tolerance of Septoria tritici blotch differentiated by grain source limitation (2017)
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Collin, F., Bancal, P., Spink, J., Kock Appelgren, P., Smith, J., Paveley, N., Bancal, M., & Foulkes, M. (2018). Wheat lines exhibiting variation in tolerance of Septoria tritici blotch differentiated by grain source limitation. Field Crops Research, 217, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fcr.2017.11.022

Septoria tritici blotch (STB) is the most damaging disease of wheat crops in Europe. Because of the partial nature of genotypic resistance or the increasing resistance against fungicides, the tolerance, i.e. maintaining yield in the presence of expre... Read More about Wheat lines exhibiting variation in tolerance of Septoria tritici blotch differentiated by grain source limitation.

Dynamic expression of cytokine and transcription factor genes during experimental Fasciola gigantica infection in buffaloes (2017)
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Shi, W., Wei, Z.-Y., Elsheikha, H. M., Zhang, F.-K., Sheng, Z.-A., Lu, K.-J., Wang, D.-Y., Huang, W.-Y., & Zhu, X.-Q. (2017). Dynamic expression of cytokine and transcription factor genes during experimental Fasciola gigantica infection in buffaloes. Parasites and Vectors, 10(1), Article 602. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13071-017-2538-1

Background

Determining the mechanisms involved in the immune-pathogenesis of the tropical liver fluke, Fasciola gigantica, is crucial to the development of any effective therapeutic intervention. Here, we examined the differential gene expression... Read More about Dynamic expression of cytokine and transcription factor genes during experimental Fasciola gigantica infection in buffaloes.

Factors influencing the experience of sexual and reproductive healthcare for female adolescents with perinatally-acquired HIV: a qualitative case study (2017)
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Mwalabu, G., Evans, C., & Redsell, S. (2017). Factors influencing the experience of sexual and reproductive healthcare for female adolescents with perinatally-acquired HIV: a qualitative case study. BMC Women's Health, 17(1), Article 125. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12905-017-0485-9

Background

Young people living with perinatally-acquired HIV require age-appropriate support regarding sex and relationships as they progress towards adulthood. HIV affects both genders but evidence suggests that young women are particularly vulne... Read More about Factors influencing the experience of sexual and reproductive healthcare for female adolescents with perinatally-acquired HIV: a qualitative case study.

A minimally invasive optical trapping system to understand cellular interactions at onset of an immune response (2017)
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Glass, D. G., McAlinden, N., Millington, O. R., & Wright, A. J. (2017). A minimally invasive optical trapping system to understand cellular interactions at onset of an immune response. PLoS ONE, 12(12), Article e0188581. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0188581

T-cells and antigen presenting cells are an essential part of the adaptive immune response system and how they interact is crucial in how the body effectively fights infection or responds to vaccines. Much of the experimental work studying interactio... Read More about A minimally invasive optical trapping system to understand cellular interactions at onset of an immune response.