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A canopy conundrum: can wind-induced movement help to increase crop productivity by relieving photosynthetic limitations? (2019)
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Burgess, A. J., Gibbs, J. A., & Murchie, E. H. (2019). A canopy conundrum: can wind-induced movement help to increase crop productivity by relieving photosynthetic limitations?. Journal of Experimental Botany, 70(9), 2371-2380. https://doi.org/10.1093/jxb/ery424

Wind-induced movement is a ubiquitous occurrence for all plants grown in natural or agricultural settings and in the context of high, damaging wind speeds it has been well studied. However, the impact of lower wind speeds (that do not cause any damag... Read More about A canopy conundrum: can wind-induced movement help to increase crop productivity by relieving photosynthetic limitations?.

Measuring health related quality of life of care home residents: comparison of self-report with staff proxy responses (2019)
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Usman, A., Lewis, S., Hinsliff-Smith, K., Long, A., Housley, G., Jordan, J., …Gordon, A. L. (2019). Measuring health related quality of life of care home residents: comparison of self-report with staff proxy responses. Age and Ageing, 48(3), 407–413. https://doi.org/10.1093/ageing/afy191

Introduction: Care home residents are often unable to complete Health Related Quality of Life questionnaires for themselves because of prevalent cognitive impairment. This study compared care home resident and staff proxy responses for two measures,... Read More about Measuring health related quality of life of care home residents: comparison of self-report with staff proxy responses.

Development of a Non-invasive Device for Swallow Screening in Patients at Risk of Oropharyngeal Dysphagia: Results from a Prospective Exploratory Study (2019)
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Steele, C. M., Mukherjee, R., Kortelainen, J. M., Pölönen, H., Jedwab, M., Brady, S. L., …Muehlemann, N. (2019). Development of a Non-invasive Device for Swallow Screening in Patients at Risk of Oropharyngeal Dysphagia: Results from a Prospective Exploratory Study. Dysphagia, 34(5), 698-707. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00455-018-09974-5

Oropharyngeal dysphagia is prevalent in several at-risk populations, including post-stroke patients, patients in intensive care and the elderly. Dysphagia contributes to longer hospital stays and poor outcomes, including pneumonia. Early identificati... Read More about Development of a Non-invasive Device for Swallow Screening in Patients at Risk of Oropharyngeal Dysphagia: Results from a Prospective Exploratory Study.

Outcomes of Radiofrequency Ablation as First-Line Therapy for Hepatocellular Carcinoma less than 3 cm in Potentially Transplantable Patients (2019)
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Doyle, A., Gorgen, A., Muaddi, H., Aravinthan, A. D., Issachar, A., Mironov, O., …Sapisochin, G. (2019). Outcomes of Radiofrequency Ablation as First-Line Therapy for Hepatocellular Carcinoma less than 3 cm in Potentially Transplantable Patients. Journal of Hepatology, 70(5), 866-873. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhep.2018.12.027

© 2019 European Association for the Study of the Liver Background & Aims: Radiofrequency ablation (RFA) is an effective treatment for single hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) ≤3 cm. Disease recurrence is common, and in some patients will occur outside t... Read More about Outcomes of Radiofrequency Ablation as First-Line Therapy for Hepatocellular Carcinoma less than 3 cm in Potentially Transplantable Patients.

OMEGA – OSIRIS mapping of emission-line galaxies in A901/2 – V. The rich population of jellyfish galaxies in the multi-cluster system Abell 901/2 (2019)
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Roman-Oliveira, F. V., Chies-Santos, A. L., Rodríguez Del Pino, B., Aragón-Salamanca, A., Gray, M. E., & Bamford, S. P. (2019). OMEGA – OSIRIS mapping of emission-line galaxies in A901/2 – V. The rich population of jellyfish galaxies in the multi-cluster system Abell 901/2. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 484(1), 892–905. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stz007

We present the results of a systematic search and characterisation of galaxies with morphological signatures of ram-pressure stripping, known as jellyfish galaxies, in the multi-cluster system A901/2, at z ∼ 0.165, as part of the OMEGA survey. By vis... Read More about OMEGA – OSIRIS mapping of emission-line galaxies in A901/2 – V. The rich population of jellyfish galaxies in the multi-cluster system Abell 901/2.

Exposure to a Nonionic Surfactant Induces a Response Akin to Heat-Shock Apoptosis in Intestinal Epithelial Cells: Implications for Excipients Safety (2019)
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Cavanagh, R. J., Smith, P. A., & Stolnik, S. (2019). Exposure to a Nonionic Surfactant Induces a Response Akin to Heat-Shock Apoptosis in Intestinal Epithelial Cells: Implications for Excipients Safety. Molecular Pharmaceutics, 16(2), 618-631. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.molpharmaceut.8b00934

© 2019 American Chemical Society. Amphipathic, nonionic, surfactants are widely used in pharmaceutical, food, and agricultural industry to enhance product features; as pharmaceutical excipients, they are also aimed at increasing cell membrane permeab... Read More about Exposure to a Nonionic Surfactant Induces a Response Akin to Heat-Shock Apoptosis in Intestinal Epithelial Cells: Implications for Excipients Safety.

On the priming of risk preferences: the role of fear and general affect (2019)
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Alempaki, D., Starmer, C., & Tufano, F. (2019). On the priming of risk preferences: the role of fear and general affect. Journal of Economic Psychology, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joep.2018.12.011

Priming is an established tool in psychology for investigating aspects of cognitive processes underlying decision making and is increasingly applied in economics. We report a systematic attempt to test the reproducibility and generalisability of prim... Read More about On the priming of risk preferences: the role of fear and general affect.

Protocol for the process evaluation of the Promoting Activity, Independence and Stability in Early Dementia and Mild Cognitive Impairment (PrAISED 2) Randomised Controlled Trial (2019)
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Di Lorito, C., Pollock, K., Harwood, R., das Nair, R., Logan, P., Goldberg, S., …Van Der Wardt, V. (2019). Protocol for the process evaluation of the Promoting Activity, Independence and Stability in Early Dementia and Mild Cognitive Impairment (PrAISED 2) Randomised Controlled Trial. Maturitas, 122, 8-21. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.maturitas.2019.01.001

Introduction. Promoting Activity, Independence and Stability in Early Dementia and Mild Cognitive Impairment (PrAISED 2) is a randomised controlled trial to test the effectiveness of an intervention to promote activity and independence amongst people... Read More about Protocol for the process evaluation of the Promoting Activity, Independence and Stability in Early Dementia and Mild Cognitive Impairment (PrAISED 2) Randomised Controlled Trial.

Experimental study of liquid to air membrane energy exchanger (LAMEE) performance by measuring its temperature fields (2019)
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Chu, J., Chen, Z., Bai, H., & Zhu, J. (2019). Experimental study of liquid to air membrane energy exchanger (LAMEE) performance by measuring its temperature fields. Thermal Science and Engineering Progress, 10, 163-168. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tsep.2019.01.005

Many studies have already been conducted to assess liquid to air membrane energy exchanger (LAMEE) performance by numerical and experimental methods. However, the LAMEE temperature field is still an unknown area due to the operation difficult. In thi... Read More about Experimental study of liquid to air membrane energy exchanger (LAMEE) performance by measuring its temperature fields.

Surface plasmon resonance imaging of excitable cells (2019)
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Howe, C. L., Webb, K. F., Abayzeed, S. A., Anderson, D. J., Denning, C., & Russell, N. A. (2019). Surface plasmon resonance imaging of excitable cells. Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics, 52(10), Article 104001. https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6463/aaf849

Surface plasmons (SPs) are surface charge density oscillations occuring at a metal/dieletric interface and are highly sensitive to refractive index variations adjacent to the surface. This sensitivity has been exploited successfully for chemical and... Read More about Surface plasmon resonance imaging of excitable cells.

Expression of Lamin A/C in early-stage breast cancer and its prognostic value (2019)
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Alhudiri, I., Nolan, C., Ellis, I., Elzagheid, A., Rakha, E., Green, A., & Chapman, C. (2019). Expression of Lamin A/C in early-stage breast cancer and its prognostic value. Breast Cancer Research and Treatment, 174(3), 661–668. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10549-018-05092-w

Purpose: Lamins A/C, a major component of the nuclear lamina, plays key roles in maintaining nuclear integrity, regulation of gene expression, cell proliferation and apoptosis. Reduced lamin A/C expression in cancer has been reported to be a sign of... Read More about Expression of Lamin A/C in early-stage breast cancer and its prognostic value.

Arabidopsis bioinformatics resources: the current state, challenges, and priorities for the future (2019)
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Doherty, C., Friesner, J., Gregory, B., Loraine, A., Megraw, M., Meyers, B., …Wurtele, E. (2019). Arabidopsis bioinformatics resources: the current state, challenges, and priorities for the future. Plant Direct, 3(1), Article e00109. https://doi.org/10.1002/pld3.109

Effective research, education, and outreach efforts by the Arabidopsis thaliana community, as well as other scientific communities that depend on Arabidopsis resources, depend vitally on easily available and publicly-shared resources. These resources... Read More about Arabidopsis bioinformatics resources: the current state, challenges, and priorities for the future.

How do midwives facilitate women to give birth during physiological second stage of labour? A protocol for a systematic review (2019)
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Verhoeven, C. J., Spence, D., Nyman, V., Otten, R. H. J., & Healy, M. (2019). How do midwives facilitate women to give birth during physiological second stage of labour? A protocol for a systematic review. Systematic Reviews, 8, Article 1. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13643-018-0916-1

Background Midwives’ practices during the second stage of labour vary nationally and internationally. We aim to retrieve evidence that supports high-quality intrapartum care by conducting a systematic review of the literature. Methods Electronic... Read More about How do midwives facilitate women to give birth during physiological second stage of labour? A protocol for a systematic review.

Deep p-Ring Trench Termination: An Innovative and Cost-Effective Way to Reduce Silicon Area (2019)
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Antoniou, M., Lophitis, N., Udrea, F., Rahimo, M., Vemulapati, U., Corvasce, C., & Badstuebner, U. (2019). Deep p-Ring Trench Termination: An Innovative and Cost-Effective Way to Reduce Silicon Area. IEEE Electron Device Letters, 40(2), 177-180. https://doi.org/10.1109/LED.2018.2890702

© 1980-2012 IEEE. A new type of high-voltage termination, namely the 'deep p-ring trench' termination design for high-voltage, high-power devices, is presented and extensively simulated. Termination of such devices consumes a large proportion of the... Read More about Deep p-Ring Trench Termination: An Innovative and Cost-Effective Way to Reduce Silicon Area.

The Influence of Winding Location in Flux-Switching Permanent-Magnet Machines (2019)
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Zhang, H., Hua, W., Hu, M., Gerada, D., & Gerada, C. (2019). The Influence of Winding Location in Flux-Switching Permanent-Magnet Machines. IEEE Transactions on Magnetics, 55(7), Article 8104205. https://doi.org/10.1109/tmag.2018.2886686

The main purpose of this paper is to investigate the influence of winding location on back electromotive force (EMF) and armature inductance in flux-switching permanent-magnet (FSPM) machines. To obtain an analytical solution, a double-stator-pitch m... Read More about The Influence of Winding Location in Flux-Switching Permanent-Magnet Machines.

Sensory-Guided Analysis of Key Taste-Active Compounds in Pufferfish (Takifugu obscurus) (2019)
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Zhang, N., Ayed, C., Wang, W., & Liu, Y. (2019). Sensory-Guided Analysis of Key Taste-Active Compounds in Pufferfish (Takifugu obscurus). Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, 67(50), 13809-13816. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jafc.8b06047

To investigate key taste-active components in Takifugu obscurus, 28 putative taste compounds in cooked muscle of T. obscurus were quantitatively analyzed and the pivotal components were identified by taste reconstitution, omission, and addition tests... Read More about Sensory-Guided Analysis of Key Taste-Active Compounds in Pufferfish (Takifugu obscurus).

Chemical Imaging of Buried Interfaces in Organic-Inorganic Devices Using Focused Ion Beam-Time-of-Flight-Secondary-Ion Mass Spectrometry (2019)
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Tiddia, M., Mihara, I., Seah, M. P., Trindade, G. F., Kollmer, F., Roberts, C. J., …Havelund, R. (2019). Chemical Imaging of Buried Interfaces in Organic-Inorganic Devices Using Focused Ion Beam-Time-of-Flight-Secondary-Ion Mass Spectrometry. ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, 11(4), 4500-4506. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.8b15091

Copyright © 2019 American Chemical Society. Organic-inorganic hybrid materials enable the design and fabrication of new materials with enhanced properties. The interface between the organic and inorganic materials is often critical to the device's pe... Read More about Chemical Imaging of Buried Interfaces in Organic-Inorganic Devices Using Focused Ion Beam-Time-of-Flight-Secondary-Ion Mass Spectrometry.

Analysing Slavery through Satellite Technology: How Remote Sensing Could Revolutionise Data Collection to Help End Modern Slavery (2019)
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Jackson, B., Bales, K., Owen, S., Wardlaw, J., & Boyd, D. S. (2019). Analysing Slavery through Satellite Technology: How Remote Sensing Could Revolutionise Data Collection to Help End Modern Slavery. Journal of Modern Slavery, 4(2), 169-199

An estimated 40.3 million people are enslaved globally across a range of industries. Whilst these industries are known, their scale can hinder the fight against slavery. Some industries using slave labour are visible in satellite imagery, including m... Read More about Analysing Slavery through Satellite Technology: How Remote Sensing Could Revolutionise Data Collection to Help End Modern Slavery.