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Clustering, growth and inequality in China (2020)
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Guo, D., Jiang, K., Xu, C., & Yang, X. (2020). Clustering, growth and inequality in China. Journal of Economic Geography, 20(5), 1207–1239. https://doi.org/10.1093/jeg/lbz038

This study examines the effects of China's industrial clusters on regional economic growth and urban-rural income inequality within a region. A density-based index (DBI) is developed to capture the unique features of cluster development in China. Fro... Read More about Clustering, growth and inequality in China.

Sophie's choice: Narratives of ‘saving’ in British public debates on abortion (2020)
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Lowe, P., & Page, S. (2020). Sophie's choice: Narratives of ‘saving’ in British public debates on abortion. Women's Studies International Forum, 79, Article 102332. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wsif.2020.102332

In the UK, narratives about saved women and babies have been a significant feature in anti-abortion campaigns to oppose bufferzones, which seek to prevent anti-abortion activists from being directly outside abortion clinics. Anti-abortion activists a... Read More about Sophie's choice: Narratives of ‘saving’ in British public debates on abortion.

Glass wool supported ruthenium complexes: versatile, recyclable heterogeneous photoredox catalysts (2020)
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Teixeira, R. I., de Lucas, N. C., Garden, S. J., Lanterna, A. E., & Scaiano, J. C. (2020). Glass wool supported ruthenium complexes: versatile, recyclable heterogeneous photoredox catalysts. Catalysis Science and Technology, 10(5), 1273-1280. https://doi.org/10.1039/c9cy02479d

The present study describes the development of heterogeneous photoredox catalysts based on ruthenium complexes anchored onto a glass surface (glass wool). These easy-to-handle, inexpensive and reusable fiber-like materials allow Ru-based photoredox c... Read More about Glass wool supported ruthenium complexes: versatile, recyclable heterogeneous photoredox catalysts.

High Xe density, high photon flux, stopped-flow spin-exchange optical pumping: Simulations versus experiments (2020)
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Skinner, J. G., Ranta, K., Whiting, N., Coffey, A. M., Nikolaou, P., Rosen, M. S., …Goodson, B. M. (2020). High Xe density, high photon flux, stopped-flow spin-exchange optical pumping: Simulations versus experiments. Journal of Magnetic Resonance, 312, Article 106686. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmr.2020.106686

© 2020 Elsevier Inc. Spin-exchange optical pumping (SEOP) can enhance the NMR sensitivity of noble gases by up to five orders of magnitude at Tesla-strength magnetic fields. SEOP-generated hyperpolarised (HP) 129Xe is a promising contrast agent for l... Read More about High Xe density, high photon flux, stopped-flow spin-exchange optical pumping: Simulations versus experiments.

MarsCAPE: Mars Communicated through an Augmented, Physical Environment (2020)
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Sprinks, J., Dowthwaite, L., Priestnall, G., & Wardlaw, J. (2020). MarsCAPE: Mars Communicated through an Augmented, Physical Environment. IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications, 40(2), 43-56. https://doi.org/10.1109/mcg.2020.2967319

In the last decade, vast amounts of planetary science data has been made available publicly often focused on Mars. Such data is typically disseminated via the web and made available through screen-based visualisations. However, this approach can make... Read More about MarsCAPE: Mars Communicated through an Augmented, Physical Environment.

Electrochemical study of different membrane materials for the fabrication of stable, reproducible and reusable reference electrode (2020)
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Al-Shara, N. K., Sher, F., Iqbal, S. Z., Sajid, Z., & Chen, G. Z. (2020). Electrochemical study of different membrane materials for the fabrication of stable, reproducible and reusable reference electrode. Journal of Energy Chemistry, 49, 33-41. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jechem.2020.01.008

© 2020 Fabrication of stable, reproducible and reusable reference electrodes for low energy and high-temperature steam splitting is of great interest for hydrogen fuel production without anthropogenic carbon dioxide (CO2) emission. This study has bee... Read More about Electrochemical study of different membrane materials for the fabrication of stable, reproducible and reusable reference electrode.

Exploring the impacts of organisational structure, policy and practice on the health inequalities of marginalised communities: Illustrative cases from the UK healthcare system (2020)
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Hui, A., Latif, A., Hinsliff-Smith, K., & Chen, T. (2020). Exploring the impacts of organisational structure, policy and practice on the health inequalities of marginalised communities: Illustrative cases from the UK healthcare system. Health Policy, 124(3), 298-302. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.healthpol.2020.01.003

This paper explores how organisational structure, policies and practices in healthcare can inadvertently disadvantage marginalised populations (e.g. individuals from ethnic minority backgrounds) and reinforce health inequalities. We draw upon three d... Read More about Exploring the impacts of organisational structure, policy and practice on the health inequalities of marginalised communities: Illustrative cases from the UK healthcare system.

The test accuracy of antenatal ultrasound definitions of fetal macrosomia to predict birth injury: a systematic review (2020)
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Robinson, R., Walker, K. F., White, V. A., Bugg, G. J., Snell, K. I., & Jones, N. W. (2020). The test accuracy of antenatal ultrasound definitions of fetal macrosomia to predict birth injury: a systematic review. European Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Reproductive Biology, 246, P79-85. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejogrb.2020.01.019

Objectives
To determine which ultrasound measurement for predicted fetal macrosomia most accurately predicts adverse delivery and neonatal outcomes.

Study Design
Four biomedical databases searched for studies published after 1966.
Randomised tr... Read More about The test accuracy of antenatal ultrasound definitions of fetal macrosomia to predict birth injury: a systematic review.

Further Thoughts on E18 Saltfleetby (2020)
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Jesch, J. (2020). Further Thoughts on E18 Saltfleetby. Futhark: International Journal of Runic Studies, 9-10, 201-213. https://doi.org/10.33063/diva-401054

The article reconsiders some of the runological, linguistic and cultural aspects of the 2010 find in Lincolnshire, England, of a lead spindle whorl inscribed with Scandinavian runes. In particular, the discussion leads to the conclusion that the insc... Read More about Further Thoughts on E18 Saltfleetby.

A Novel Approach for the Determination of the Height of the Tropopause from Ground-Based GNSS Observations (2020)
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Mendez Astudillo, J., Lau, L., Tang, Y.-T., & Moore, T. (2020). A Novel Approach for the Determination of the Height of the Tropopause from Ground-Based GNSS Observations. Remote Sensing, 12(2), Article 293. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs12020293

In this paper, we present a new method to calculate the height of the second lapse-rate tropopause (LRT2) using GNSS high-precision data. The use of GNSS data for monitoring the atmosphere is possible because as the radio signals propagate through th... Read More about A Novel Approach for the Determination of the Height of the Tropopause from Ground-Based GNSS Observations.

Cell Death in Cells Overlying Lateral Root Primordia Facilitates Organ Growth in Arabidopsis (2020)
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Escamez, S., André, D., Sztojka, B., Bollhöner, B., Hall, H., Berthet, B., …Tuominen, H. (2020). Cell Death in Cells Overlying Lateral Root Primordia Facilitates Organ Growth in Arabidopsis. Current Biology, 30(3), 455-464.e7. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2019.11.078

© 2019 The Authors Plant organ growth is widely accepted to be determined by cell division and cell expansion, but, unlike that in animals, the contribution of cell elimination has rarely been recognized. We investigated this paradigm during Arabidop... Read More about Cell Death in Cells Overlying Lateral Root Primordia Facilitates Organ Growth in Arabidopsis.

Building The Ark: Text World Theory and the evolution of dystopian epistolary (2020)
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Norledge, J. (2020). Building The Ark: Text World Theory and the evolution of dystopian epistolary. Language and Literature, 29(1), 3-21. https://doi.org/10.1177/0963947019898379

Told through a series of interrelated documents (including emails, text messages, newspaper clippings and blog posts), Annabel Smith’s interactive digital novel The Ark epitomises the contemporary hybridity of the dystopian genre. Designed to be full... Read More about Building The Ark: Text World Theory and the evolution of dystopian epistolary.

Predictive Control Based DC Microgrid Stabilization With the Dual Active Bridge Converter (2020)
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Chen, L., Gao, F., Shen, K., Wang, Z., Tarisciotti, L., Wheeler, P., & Dragicevic, T. (2020). Predictive Control Based DC Microgrid Stabilization With the Dual Active Bridge Converter. IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, 67(10), 8944-8956. https://doi.org/10.1109/tie.2020.2965460

Dual-active-bridge (DAB) enabled dc microgrids stabilization is investigated in this article. DAB has two control objectives: load current regulation and the dc-bus voltage stabilization. In multiobjective control applications, the conventional propo... Read More about Predictive Control Based DC Microgrid Stabilization With the Dual Active Bridge Converter.

Henry II, liturgical patronage and the birth of the ‘Romano‐German Pontifical’ (2020)
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Parkes, H. (2020). Henry II, liturgical patronage and the birth of the ‘Romano‐German Pontifical’. Early Medieval Europe, 28(1), 104-141. https://doi.org/10.1111/emed.12389

Variously acclaimed as coepiscopus, saint and Mönchskönig, Henry II of Germany has always had a reputation as a quasi‐religious figure. This article goes a step further, appending to his résumé the creation of the wildly successful liturgical traditi... Read More about Henry II, liturgical patronage and the birth of the ‘Romano‐German Pontifical’.

Pre- and post-copulatory traits working in concert: sexual dichromatism in passerines is associated with sperm morphology (2020)
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Durrant, K. L., Reader, T., & Symonds, M. R. E. (2020). Pre- and post-copulatory traits working in concert: sexual dichromatism in passerines is associated with sperm morphology. Biology Letters, 16(1), 20190568. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2019.0568

Passerine birds produce costly traits under intense sexual selection, including elaborate sexually dichromatic plumage and sperm morphologies, to compete for fertilizations. Plumage and sperm traits vary markedly among species, but it is unknown if t... Read More about Pre- and post-copulatory traits working in concert: sexual dichromatism in passerines is associated with sperm morphology.

Cold spray deposition of solution heat treated, artificially aged and naturally aged Al 7075 powder (2020)
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Sabard, A., McNutt, P., Begg, H., & Hussain, T. (2020). Cold spray deposition of solution heat treated, artificially aged and naturally aged Al 7075 powder. Surface and Coatings Technology, 385, Article 125367. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.surfcoat.2020.125367

The deformation behaviour of particles and substrate in cold spray is dictated by the intrinsic properties of both materials, and their bonding directly affects the resulting properties of the deposited coating. The processing through heat treatment... Read More about Cold spray deposition of solution heat treated, artificially aged and naturally aged Al 7075 powder.

Definition of hourly urine output influences reported incidence and staging of acute kidney injury (2020)
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Allen, J. C., Gardner, D. S., Skinner, H., Harvey, D., Sharman, A., & Devonald, M. A. (2020). Definition of hourly urine output influences reported incidence and staging of acute kidney injury. BMC Nephrology, 21(1), Article 19. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12882-019-1678-2

© 2020 The Author(s). Background: Acute kidney injury (AKI) is commonly defined using the KDIGO system, which includes criteria based on reduced urine output (UO). There is no consensus on whether UO should be measured using consecutive hourly readin... Read More about Definition of hourly urine output influences reported incidence and staging of acute kidney injury.

Automated detection of lameness in sheep using machine learning approaches: novel insights into behavioural differences among lame and non-lame sheep (2020)
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Kaler, J., Mitsch, J., Vázquez-Diosdado, J. A., Bollard, N., Dottorini, T., & Ellis, K. A. (2020). Automated detection of lameness in sheep using machine learning approaches: novel insights into behavioural differences among lame and non-lame sheep. Royal Society Open Science, 7(1), Article 190824. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.190824

Lameness in sheep is the biggest cause of concern regarding poor health and welfare among sheep producing countries. Best practice for lameness relies on rapid treatment, yet there are no objective measures of lameness detection. Use of accelerometer... Read More about Automated detection of lameness in sheep using machine learning approaches: novel insights into behavioural differences among lame and non-lame sheep.

Quantitative analysis of calf mortality in Great Britain (2020)
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Hyde, R. M., Green, M. J., Sherwin, V. E., Hudson, C., Gibbons, J., Forshaw, T., …Down, P. M. (2020). Quantitative analysis of calf mortality in Great Britain. Journal of Dairy Science, 103(3), 2615–2623. https://doi.org/10.3168/jds.2019-17383

National bodies in Great Britain (GB) have expressed concern over young stock health and welfare and identified calf survival as a priority; however, no national data have been available to quantify mortality rates. The aim of this study was to quant... Read More about Quantitative analysis of calf mortality in Great Britain.