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The effect of capital ratios on the risk, efficiency and profitability of banks: Evidence from OECD countries (2017)
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Bitar, M., Pukthuanthong, K., Walker, T., & Molson, J. (2017). The effect of capital ratios on the risk, efficiency and profitability of banks: Evidence from OECD countries. Journal of International Financial Markets, Institutions and Money, 53, 227-262. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.intfin.2017.12.002

Using a sample of 1,992 banks from 39 OECD countries during the 1999-2013 period, we examine whether the imposition of higher capital ratios is effective in reducing risk and improving the efficiency and profitability of banking institutions. We demo... Read More about The effect of capital ratios on the risk, efficiency and profitability of banks: Evidence from OECD countries.

Investigating the genetic architecture of dementia with Lewy bodies: a two-stage genome-wide association study (2017)
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Guerreiro, R., Ross, O. A., Kun-Rodrigues, C., Hernandez, D., Orme, T., Eicher, J. D., …Morgan, K. (2018). Investigating the genetic architecture of dementia with Lewy bodies: a two-stage genome-wide association study. Lancet Neurology, 17(1), 64-74. https://doi.org/10.1016/S1474-4422%2817%2930400-3

Background Dementia with Lewy bodies is the second most common form of dementia in elderly people but has been overshadowed in the research field, partly because of similarities between dementia with Lewy bodies, Parkinson’s disease, and Alzheimer’s... Read More about Investigating the genetic architecture of dementia with Lewy bodies: a two-stage genome-wide association study.

Tuberculosis treatment adherence in Ghana: patients’ perspectives of barriers and enablers to treatment (2017)
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Salifu, Y., Eliason, C., & Mensah, G. (2017). Tuberculosis treatment adherence in Ghana: patients’ perspectives of barriers and enablers to treatment

Tuberculosis (TB) treatment continues to be a daunting task in most low and middle- income countries due to cultural beliefs held by people and inadequate information about the importance of treatment adherence in the community. This study explored t... Read More about Tuberculosis treatment adherence in Ghana: patients’ perspectives of barriers and enablers to treatment.

DichroCalc: improvements in computing protein circular dichroism spectroscopy in the near-ultraviolet (2017)
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Jasim, S. B., Li, Z., Guest, E. E., & Hirst, J. D. (in press). DichroCalc: improvements in computing protein circular dichroism spectroscopy in the near-ultraviolet. Journal of Molecular Biology, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmb.2017.12.009

A fully quantitative theory connecting protein conformation and optical spectroscopy would facilitate deeper insights into biophysical and simulation studies of protein dynamics and folding. The web-server DichroCalc (http://comp.chem.nottingham.ac.u... Read More about DichroCalc: improvements in computing protein circular dichroism spectroscopy in the near-ultraviolet.

Research Progress and Perspectives on High Voltage, Flame Retardant Electrolytes for Lithium-Ion Batteries (2017)
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Xia, L., Yu, L., Hu, D., & Chen, Z. G. (2017). Research Progress and Perspectives on High Voltage, Flame Retardant Electrolytes for Lithium-Ion Batteries. Acta Chimica Sinica, 75(12), 1183-1195. https://doi.org/10.6023/A17060284

© 2017 Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences. The electrolyte is an indispensable constituent in lithium ion batteries, and its role conducts electricity by means of the transportation of charge carries between the pair... Read More about Research Progress and Perspectives on High Voltage, Flame Retardant Electrolytes for Lithium-Ion Batteries.

Characterization of the impact of rpoB mutations on the in vitro and in vivo competitive fitness of Clostridium difficile and susceptibility to fidaxomicin (2017)
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Kuehne, S. A., Dempster, A. W., Collery, M. M., Joshi, N., Jowett, J., Kelly, M. L., …Minton, N. P. (2018). Characterization of the impact of rpoB mutations on the in vitro and in vivo competitive fitness of Clostridium difficile and susceptibility to fidaxomicin. Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, 73(4), 973-980. https://doi.org/10.1093/jac/dkx486

Objectives
To establish the role of specific, non-synonymous SNPs in the RNA polymerase β subunit (rpoB) gene in reducing the susceptibility of Clostridium difficile to fidaxomicin and to explore the potential in vivo significance of rpoB mutant str... Read More about Characterization of the impact of rpoB mutations on the in vitro and in vivo competitive fitness of Clostridium difficile and susceptibility to fidaxomicin.

Gas-free calibrated fMRI with a correction for vessel-size sensitivity (2017)
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Berman, A. J., Mazerolle, E. L., MacDonald, M. E., Blockley, N. P., Luh, W., & Pike, G. B. (2018). Gas-free calibrated fMRI with a correction for vessel-size sensitivity. NeuroImage, 169, 176-188. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroimage.2017.12.047

Calibrated functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) is a method to independently measure the metabolic and hemodynamic contributions to the blood oxygenation level dependent (BOLD) signal. This technique typically requires the use of a respirator... Read More about Gas-free calibrated fMRI with a correction for vessel-size sensitivity.

VLT/FORS2 view at z ~ 6: Lyman-α emitter fraction and galaxy physical properties at the edge of the epoch of cosmic reionization (2017)
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De Barros, S., Pentericci, L., Vanzella, E., Castellano, M., Fontana, A., Grazian, A., Conselice, C. J., Yan, H., Koekemoer, A., Cristiani, S., Dickinson, M., Finkelstein, S., & Maiolino, R. (2017). VLT/FORS2 view at z ~ 6: Lyman-α emitter fraction and galaxy physical properties at the edge of the epoch of cosmic reionization. Astronomy and Astrophysics, 608, Article A123. https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201731476

The fraction of Lyman-α emitters (LAEs) among the galaxy population has been found to increase from z ~ 0 to z ~ 6 and drop dramatically at z> 6. This drop has been interpreted as an effect of an increasingly neutral intergalactic medium (IGM) with i... Read More about VLT/FORS2 view at z ~ 6: Lyman-α emitter fraction and galaxy physical properties at the edge of the epoch of cosmic reionization.

Enhancing cell and gene therapy manufacture through the application of advanced fluorescent optical sensors (Review) (2017)
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Harrison, R. P., & Chauhan, V. M. (2018). Enhancing cell and gene therapy manufacture through the application of advanced fluorescent optical sensors (Review). Biointerphases, 13(1), Article 01A301-1-01A301-8. https://doi.org/10.1116/1.5013335

Cell and gene therapies (CGTs) are examples of future therapeutics that can be used to cure or alleviate the symptoms of disease, by repairing damaged tissue or reprogramming defective genetic information. However, despite the recent advancements in... Read More about Enhancing cell and gene therapy manufacture through the application of advanced fluorescent optical sensors (Review).

Using simulation to incorporate dynamic criteria into multiple criteria decision making (2017)
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Aickelin, U., Reps, J. M., Siebers, P., & Li, P. (2018). Using simulation to incorporate dynamic criteria into multiple criteria decision making. Journal of the Operational Research Society, 69(7), 1021-1032. https://doi.org/10.1080/01605682.2017.1410010

In this paper we present a case study demonstrating how dynamic and uncertain criteria can be incorporated into a multi-criteria analysis with the help of discrete event simulation. The simulation guided multi-criteria analysis can include both monet... Read More about Using simulation to incorporate dynamic criteria into multiple criteria decision making.

UDP-sugars activate P2Y 14 receptors to mediate vasoconstriction of the porcine coronary artery (2017)
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Abbas, Z. S., Latif, M. L., Dovlatova, N., Fox, S. C., Heptinstall, S., Dunn, W. R., & Ralevic, V. (2018). UDP-sugars activate P2Y 14 receptors to mediate vasoconstriction of the porcine coronary artery. Vascular Pharmacology, 103-105, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.vph.2017.12.063

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UDP-sugars can act as extracellular signalling molecules, but relatively little is known about their cardiovascular actions. The P2Y14 receptor is a Gi/o-coupled receptor which is activated by UDP-glucose and related sugar nucleotides. In thi... Read More about UDP-sugars activate P2Y 14 receptors to mediate vasoconstriction of the porcine coronary artery.

The Arabidopsis thaliana F-box gene HAWAIIAN SKIRT is a new player in the microRNA pathway (2017)
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Zhang, X., Jayaweera, D., Peters, J. L., Szecsi, J., Bendahmane, M., Roberts, J. A., & Gonzalez-Carranza, Z. H. (2017). The Arabidopsis thaliana F-box gene HAWAIIAN SKIRT is a new player in the microRNA pathway. PLoS ONE, 12(12), Article e0189788. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0189788

In Arabidopsis, the F-box HAWAIIAN SKIRT (HWS) protein is important for organ growth. Loss of function of HWS exhibits pleiotropic phenotypes including sepal fusion. To dissect the HWS role, we EMS-mutagenized hws-1 seeds and screened for mutations t... Read More about The Arabidopsis thaliana F-box gene HAWAIIAN SKIRT is a new player in the microRNA pathway.

An English cover-up: masks, murders, and English cruelty in Goncourt, Lorrain, and Schwob (2017)
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Scott, H. (in press). An English cover-up: masks, murders, and English cruelty in Goncourt, Lorrain, and Schwob. Dix-Neuf, 21(3), https://doi.org/10.1080/14787318.2017.1386886

Fin-de-siècle writers from diverse disciplines were drawn to the seductive potential of masks and disguise; mask-wearing characters of indefinite identity, indeterminate gender, and insecure psychology proliferate in their texts. However, when charac... Read More about An English cover-up: masks, murders, and English cruelty in Goncourt, Lorrain, and Schwob.

Transnational mobility, strong states and contested sovereignty: learning from the China–Taiwan context (2017)
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Momesso, L., & Lee, C.-Y. (2017). Transnational mobility, strong states and contested sovereignty: learning from the China–Taiwan context. Asian and Pacific Migration Journal, 26(4), https://doi.org/10.1177/0117196817747102

Mobility across the Taiwan Strait has intensified since the border was opened in 1987. The cross-border social, cultural and economic exchanges, however, have remained closely embedded in the nationalistic logic specific to cross-Strait relations. Em... Read More about Transnational mobility, strong states and contested sovereignty: learning from the China–Taiwan context.

Insights into the mechanical properties of several triplyperiodic minimal surface lattice structures made by polymeradditive manufacturing (2017)
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Maskery, I., Sturm, L., Aremu, A., Panesar, A., Williams, C., Tuck, C., …Hague, R. J. (2018). Insights into the mechanical properties of several triplyperiodic minimal surface lattice structures made by polymeradditive manufacturing. Polymer, 152, 62-71. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.polymer.2017.11.049

Three-dimensional lattices have applications across a range of fields including structural lightweighting, impact absorption and biomedicine. In this work, lattices based on triply periodic minimal surfaces were produced by polymer additive manufactu... Read More about Insights into the mechanical properties of several triplyperiodic minimal surface lattice structures made by polymeradditive manufacturing.

Nature of events and alcohol-related content in marketing materials at a university freshers’ fair: a summative content analysis (2017)
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Fuller, A., Fleming, K. M., Szatkowski, L., & Bains, M. (2018). Nature of events and alcohol-related content in marketing materials at a university freshers’ fair: a summative content analysis. Journal of Public Health, 40(3), e320-e327. https://doi.org/10.1093/pubmed/fdx181

Introduction:The transition to university is a potentially influential time upon students’ drinking behaviour. This study explored the nature of activities and alcohol-related content in marketing materials from student-led societies and local busine... Read More about Nature of events and alcohol-related content in marketing materials at a university freshers’ fair: a summative content analysis.

Reliance of building energy in various climatic regions using multi criteria (2017)
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Alwetaishi, M., Gadi, M., & Issa, U. (in press). Reliance of building energy in various climatic regions using multi criteria. International Journal for Sustainable Built Environment, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijsbe.2017.12.002

Selecting a ventilation system for a certain building has always been considered as one of the critical problems for designers. Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) is characterized by a large area of significant climatic changes. In this research, five cri... Read More about Reliance of building energy in various climatic regions using multi criteria.

Ultrasonographic scoring system for superficial digital flexor tendon injuries in horses: intra- and inter-rater variability (2017)
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Alzola Domingo, R., Riggs, C. M., Gardner, D. S., & Freeman, S. (2017). Ultrasonographic scoring system for superficial digital flexor tendon injuries in horses: intra- and inter-rater variability. Veterinary Record, 181(24), https://doi.org/10.1136/vr.104233

Superficial digital flexor tendon (SDFT) tendinopathy is an important musculoskeletal problem in horses. The study objective was to validate an ultrasonographic scoring system for SDFT injuries. Ultrasonographic images from 14 Thoroughbred racehorses... Read More about Ultrasonographic scoring system for superficial digital flexor tendon injuries in horses: intra- and inter-rater variability.