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Development of human electrophysiological brain networks (2018)
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Briley, P. M., Liddle, E. B., Groom, M. J., Smith, H. J. F., Morris, P. G., Colclough, G. L., …Liddle, P. F. (2018). Development of human electrophysiological brain networks. Journal of Neurophysiology, 120(6), 3122-3130. https://doi.org/10.1152/jn.00293.2018

Functional activity in the human brain is intrinsically organized into independently active, connected brain regions. These networks include sensorimotor systems, as well as higher-order cognitive networks such as the default mode network (DMN), whic... Read More about Development of human electrophysiological brain networks.

Regards critiques en supply chain management (2018)
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Camman, C., & Touboulic, A. (2018). Regards critiques en supply chain management. Revue Française de Gestion, 44(277), 109-124. https://doi.org/10.3166/rfg.2019.00294

Cet article se propose d'approfondir la réflexion en Supply Chain Management (SCM) sur les contributions potentielles des Critical Management Studies (CMS). Celles-ci invitent à une réflexivité radicale interrogeant les fondements ontologiques et épi... Read More about Regards critiques en supply chain management.

TGF?1-induced cell motility but not cell proliferation is mediated through Cten in colorectal cancer (2018)
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Asiri, A., Raposo, T. P., Alfahed, A., & Ilyas, M. (2018). TGF?1-induced cell motility but not cell proliferation is mediated through Cten in colorectal cancer. International Journal of Experimental Pathology, 99(6), 323-330. https://doi.org/10.1111/iep.12300

Cten (C-terminal tensin-like) is a member of the tensin protein family found in complex with integrins at focal adhesions. It promotes epithelial?mesenchymal transition (EMT) and cell motility. The precise mechanisms regulating Cten are unknown, alth... Read More about TGF?1-induced cell motility but not cell proliferation is mediated through Cten in colorectal cancer.

Productivity framework (2018)
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Wagstaff, C., Kendrick, F., Dennis, C., Hollington, P., Hess, T., Brameld, J., …Mason, B. (2018). Productivity framework. Food Science and Technology -London-, 32(4), 56-61. https://doi.org/10.1002/fsat.3204_16.x

Researchers look at skills shortages and careers pathways in the agrifood industry. Sustaining the agriculture, food and drink industries requires human capital. Current estimates calculate that the agrifood supply chain employs approaching 4m people... Read More about Productivity framework.

Talking with Alexa (2018)
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Reeves, S., & Porcheron, M. (2018). Talking with Alexa. Psychologist, 31,

SUMO conjugation to the pattern recognition receptor FLS2 triggers intracellular signalling in plant innate immunity (2018)
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Srivastava, A. K., Orosa, B., Yates, G., Verma, V., Srivastava, M., Campanaro, A., …Sadanandom, A. (2018). SUMO conjugation to the pattern recognition receptor FLS2 triggers intracellular signalling in plant innate immunity. Nature Communications, 9(1), Article 5185. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-07696-8

Detection of conserved microbial patterns by host cell surface pattern recognition receptors (PRRs) activates innate immunity. The FLAGELLIN-SENSITIVE 2 (FLS2) receptor perceives bacterial flagellin and recruits another PRR, BAK1 and the cytoplasmic-... Read More about SUMO conjugation to the pattern recognition receptor FLS2 triggers intracellular signalling in plant innate immunity.

The broiler chicken as a signal of a human reconfigured biosphere (2018)
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Bennett, C. E., Thomas, R., Williams, M., Zalasiewicz, J., Edgeworth, M., Miller, H., …Marume, U. (2018). The broiler chicken as a signal of a human reconfigured biosphere. Royal Society Open Science, 5(12), 1-11. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.180325

© 2018 The Author(s) Published by the Royal Society. Changing patterns of human resource use and food consumption have profoundly impacted the Earth's biosphere. Until now, no individual taxa have been suggested as distinct and characteristic new mor... Read More about The broiler chicken as a signal of a human reconfigured biosphere.

The development of a novel technique for small ring specimen tensile testing (2018)
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Kazakeviciute, J., Rouse, J., De Focatiis, D., & Hyde, C. (2019). The development of a novel technique for small ring specimen tensile testing. Theoretical and Applied Fracture Mechanics, 99, 131-139. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tafmec.2018.11.016

The wide scale use of small specimens in routine testing programs could significantly reduce material resource requirements (factors of 10 are easily achievable). This is a major benefit to situations where there is not enough material to manufacture... Read More about The development of a novel technique for small ring specimen tensile testing.

The impact of anxiety on chronic musculoskeletal pain and the role of astrocyte activation (2018)
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Burston, J. J., Valdes, A. M., Woodhams, S. G., Mapp, P. I., Stocks, J., Watson, D. J. G., …Chapman, V. (2019). The impact of anxiety on chronic musculoskeletal pain and the role of astrocyte activation. PAIN, 160(3), 658-669. https://doi.org/10.1097/j.pain.0000000000001445

© 2018 International Association for the Study of Pain. Anxiety and depression are associated with increased pain responses in chronic pain states. The extent to which anxiety drives chronic pain, or vice versa, remains an important question that has... Read More about The impact of anxiety on chronic musculoskeletal pain and the role of astrocyte activation.

Influences of the mixed LiCl-CaCl 2 liquid desiccant solution on a membrane-based dehumidification system: parametric analysis and mixing ratio selection (2018)
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Bai, H., Zhu, J., Chu, J., Chen, X., Cui, Y., & Yan, Y. (2019). Influences of the mixed LiCl-CaCl 2 liquid desiccant solution on a membrane-based dehumidification system: parametric analysis and mixing ratio selection. Energy and Buildings, 183, 592-606. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enbuild.2018.11.038

The membrane-based liquid desiccant dehumidification system has high energy efficiency without the traditional liquid system carry-over problem. The performance of such a system strongly depends on solution's temperature and concentration, which have... Read More about Influences of the mixed LiCl-CaCl 2 liquid desiccant solution on a membrane-based dehumidification system: parametric analysis and mixing ratio selection.

Comparative study of praseodymium additives in active selenide chalcogenide optical fibers (2018)
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Tang, Z., Sojka, L., Furniss, D., Nunes, J., Sakr, H., Barney, E., …Seddon, A. B. (2018). Comparative study of praseodymium additives in active selenide chalcogenide optical fibers. Optical Materials Express, 8(12), 3910-3926. https://doi.org/10.1364/OME.8.003910

The choice of rare earth additive when doping chalcogenide glasses can affect their mid-infrared fiber performance. Three praseodymium additives, Pr-foil, PrCl3 and PrI3 are investigated in Ge-As-Ga-Se fibers. All the fibers are X-ray amorphous and t... Read More about Comparative study of praseodymium additives in active selenide chalcogenide optical fibers.

Engaging and developing the frontline clinical nurse to drive care excellence: evaluating the Chief Nurse Junior Excellence in Care Fellowship Initiative (2018)
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Bramley, L., Manning, J., & Cooper, J. (2018). Engaging and developing the frontline clinical nurse to drive care excellence: evaluating the Chief Nurse Junior Excellence in Care Fellowship Initiative. International Journal of Research in Nursing, 16(12), 1977-1990. https://doi.org/10.1177/1744987118808843

Background Global challenges in the development of a highly skilled and motivated nursing workforce, jeopardises the delivery of high quality care. Flexible and innovative workforce solutions are required to overcome these challenges. Aims... Read More about Engaging and developing the frontline clinical nurse to drive care excellence: evaluating the Chief Nurse Junior Excellence in Care Fellowship Initiative.

Creative practice with clay: a mutual route to recovery? (2018)
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Argyle, E., & Winship, G. (2018). Creative practice with clay: a mutual route to recovery?. Journal of Applied Arts and Health, 9(3), 385-397. https://doi.org/10.1386/jaah.9.3.385_1

This article summarises the findings of a project called ‘Clay Transformations’ and was part of the Creative Practice as Mutual Recovery Programme funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council. Using a mixed methods approach, the project aimed t... Read More about Creative practice with clay: a mutual route to recovery?.

A staff training intervention to improve communication between people living with dementia and health-care professionals in hospital: the VOICE mixed-methods development and evaluation study (2018)
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Harwood, R. H., O’Brien, R., Goldberg, S. E., Allwood, R., Pilnick, A., Beeke, S., …Schneider, J. (2018). A staff training intervention to improve communication between people living with dementia and health-care professionals in hospital: the VOICE mixed-methods development and evaluation study. Health Services and Delivery Research, 6(41), 1-134. https://doi.org/10.3310/hsdr06410

Background 25% of hospital beds are occupied by a person living with dementia. Dementia affects expressive communication and understanding. Healthcare professionals report lack of communication skills training. Objectives To identify teachable ef... Read More about A staff training intervention to improve communication between people living with dementia and health-care professionals in hospital: the VOICE mixed-methods development and evaluation study.

Analgesic efficacy and safety of morphine in the Procedural Pain in Premature Infants (Poppi) study: randomised placebo-controlled trial (2018)
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Hartley, C., Moultrie, F., Hoskin, A., Green, G., Monk, V., Bell, J. L., …Slater, R. (2018). Analgesic efficacy and safety of morphine in the Procedural Pain in Premature Infants (Poppi) study: randomised placebo-controlled trial. Lancet, 392(10164), 2595-2605. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736%2818%2931813-0

Background: Infant pain has immediate and long-term effects but is undertreated because of a paucity of evidence-based analgesics. Although morphine is often used to sedate ventilated infants, its analgesic efficacy is unclear. We aimed to establish... Read More about Analgesic efficacy and safety of morphine in the Procedural Pain in Premature Infants (Poppi) study: randomised placebo-controlled trial.

Food, Ethics and Community: Using Cultural Animation to Develop a Food Vision for North Staffordshire (2018)
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Surman, E., Kelemen, M., Millward, H., & Moffat, S. (2018). Food, Ethics and Community: Using Cultural Animation to Develop a Food Vision for North Staffordshire. Journal of Consumer Ethics, 2(2), 17-25

Eating ethically involves a plethora of activities, being both a contingent and a challenging practice (Williams et al, 2015). The desire to be more ethical in our food choices is connected to anxieties over food consumption, including how and what w... Read More about Food, Ethics and Community: Using Cultural Animation to Develop a Food Vision for North Staffordshire.

Amisulpride for very late-onset schizophrenia-like psychosis: the ATLAS three-arm RCT (2018)
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Howard, R., Cort, E., Bradley, R., Harper, E., Kelly, L., Bentham, P., …Gray, R. (2018). Amisulpride for very late-onset schizophrenia-like psychosis: the ATLAS three-arm RCT. Health Technology Assessment, 22(67), 1-62. https://doi.org/10.3310/hta22670

© Queen's Printer and Controller of HMSO 2018. Background: Very late-onset (aged ≥60 years) schizophrenia-like psychosis (VLOSLP) occurs frequently but no placebo-controlled, randomised trials have assessed the efficacy or risks of antipsychotic trea... Read More about Amisulpride for very late-onset schizophrenia-like psychosis: the ATLAS three-arm RCT.

Biopolitical Borders and the State of Exception in the European Migration 'Crisis' (2018)
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Davitti, D. (2018). Biopolitical Borders and the State of Exception in the European Migration 'Crisis'. European Journal of International Law, 29(4), 1173-1196. https://doi.org/10.1093/ejil/chy065

© 2018 The Author(s). This article examines the current European refugee 'crisis' by challenging, from a theoretical perspective, the way in which the European Union (EU) has used the increased number of deaths in the Mediterranean as an opportunity... Read More about Biopolitical Borders and the State of Exception in the European Migration 'Crisis'.

Topographical art and historical geography: amateur English representations of Ligurian landscape in the early nineteenth century (2018)
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Piana, P., Watkins, C., & Balzaretti, R. (2019). Topographical art and historical geography: amateur English representations of Ligurian landscape in the early nineteenth century. Geostoria. Bollettino e Notiziario del Centro Italiano per gli Studi Storico-Geografici, 26(3), 195-221

Since the 1970s scholars have studied representational landscape art to examine changing social conditions, the relationship between landscape and power, and as a source for interpreting past landscapes. Landscape and topographical art if carefully p... Read More about Topographical art and historical geography: amateur English representations of Ligurian landscape in the early nineteenth century.

Shareholder voting in mergers and acquisitions: evidence from the UK (2018)
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Tokbolat, Y., Thompson, S., & Le, H. (2019). Shareholder voting in mergers and acquisitions: evidence from the UK. European Journal of Finance, 25(9), 815-834. https://doi.org/10.1080/1351847X.2018.1552602

This paper examines the determinants and consequences of shareholder voting on mergers and acquisitions using a sample of resolutions approved by shareholders of UK publicly listed firms from 1997 to 2015. We find that dissent on M&A resolutions is n... Read More about Shareholder voting in mergers and acquisitions: evidence from the UK.