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Aid and domestic resource mobilisation with a focus on sub-Saharan Africa (2015)
Journal Article
Morrissey, O. (2015). Aid and domestic resource mobilisation with a focus on sub-Saharan Africa. Oxford Review of Economic Policy, 31(3-4), https://doi.org/10.1093/oxrep/grv029

Increasing tax revenues in low income countries is essential to address future development finance requirements. This is particularly important for aid recipients, the focus of this paper. Theory shows that although there are many ways in which aid c... Read More about Aid and domestic resource mobilisation with a focus on sub-Saharan Africa.

Psychosocial work environment and leisure-time physical activity: the Stormont Study (2015)
Journal Article
Houdmont, J., Clemes, S., Munir, F., Wilson, K., Kerr, R., & Addley, K. (2015). Psychosocial work environment and leisure-time physical activity: the Stormont Study. Occupational Medicine, 65(3), https://doi.org/10.1093/occmed/kqu208

Background: Research findings are equivocal on relations between the psychosocial work environment and leisure-time physical activity (LTPA). This might be partly due to studies having focused on a restricted set of psychosocial dimensions, thereby... Read More about Psychosocial work environment and leisure-time physical activity: the Stormont Study.

Development and validation of risk prediction algorithms to estimate future risk of common cancers in men and women: prospective cohort study (2015)
Journal Article
Hippisley-Cox, J., & Coupland, C. (2015). Development and validation of risk prediction algorithms to estimate future risk of common cancers in men and women: prospective cohort study. BMJ Open, 5(3), Article e007825. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2015-007825

Objective: To derive and validate a set of clinical risk prediction algorithm to estimate the 10-year risk of 11 common cancers. Design: Prospective open cohort study using routinely collected data from 753 QResearch general practices in England.... Read More about Development and validation of risk prediction algorithms to estimate future risk of common cancers in men and women: prospective cohort study.

A potter's day (2015)
Journal Article
Argyle, E. (2015). A potter's day. Ceramic Review, 272,

Characterization Of oil/ gas flow pattern in vertical pipes using electrical capacitance tomography (2015)
Journal Article
Abdulkareem, L. A., Azzopardi, B. J., Hamid, S. A., & Abdulkahdir, M. (2015). Characterization Of oil/ gas flow pattern in vertical pipes using electrical capacitance tomography. European Journal of Scientific Research, 130(1),

Electrical Capacitance Tomography provides the opportunity to visualize the contents of a process of many applications such as pipeline and obtain information on the flow configuration. Multiphase flow is an extremely complex field of fluid mechanics... Read More about Characterization Of oil/ gas flow pattern in vertical pipes using electrical capacitance tomography.

The quality and implications of Balance of Care studies: Lessons from a systematic literature review (2015)
Journal Article
Tucker, S., Hughes, J., Brand, C., Buck, D., & Challis, D. (2015). The quality and implications of Balance of Care studies: Lessons from a systematic literature review. Health Services Management Research, 28(1-2), 34-45. https://doi.org/10.1177/0951484815607548

© The Author(s) 2015. The Balance of Care approach provides a framework for assessing the relative costs and outcomes of changes in the mix of services provided for a particular client group in a defined geographical area. A 2008/2009 systematic lite... Read More about The quality and implications of Balance of Care studies: Lessons from a systematic literature review.

An experimental study of wave power generation using a flexible piezoelectric device (2015)
Journal Article
Tanaka, Y., Oko, T., Mutsuda, H., Patel, R., McWilliam, S., & Popov, A. (2015). An experimental study of wave power generation using a flexible piezoelectric device. Journal of Ocean Technology, 2(1), 28-36

An experimental study of wave power generation using flexible piezoelectric devices (FPEDs) is presented in this paper. Two alternate configurations for harvesting power from waves are proposed. In the first configuration, the FPEDs are installed hor... Read More about An experimental study of wave power generation using a flexible piezoelectric device.

Is there an association between the coverage of immunisation boosters by the age of 5 and deprivation? An ecological study (2015)
Journal Article
Sandford, H., Tata, L. J., Browne, I., & Pritchard, C. (2015). Is there an association between the coverage of immunisation boosters by the age of 5 and deprivation? An ecological study. Vaccine, 33(9), 1218-1222. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.vaccine.2014.12.006

Objective: To determine whether there was an association between the coverage of booster immunisation of Diphtheria, Tetanus, acellular Pertussis and Polio (DTaP/IPV) and second Measles, Mumps and Rubella (MMR) dose by age 5 in accordance with the En... Read More about Is there an association between the coverage of immunisation boosters by the age of 5 and deprivation? An ecological study.

On becoming a counselor: challenges and opportunities to support interpersonal skills training (2015)
Conference Proceeding
Slovak, P., Thieme, A., Murphy, D., Tennent, P., Olivier, P., & Fitzpatrick, G. (2015). On becoming a counselor: challenges and opportunities to support interpersonal skills training.

Well-developed interpersonal skills are crucial for all social interactions. However, understanding how interpersonal skills are taught or learned, and how technology can play a part in this, is yet an under-researched area in CSCW and HCI research.... Read More about On becoming a counselor: challenges and opportunities to support interpersonal skills training.

Enantioselective copper-catalyzed reductive coupling of vinylazaarenes with N-Boc aldimines (2015)
Journal Article
Choi, B., Saxena, A., Smith, J. J., Churchill, G. H., & Lam, H. W. (2015). Enantioselective copper-catalyzed reductive coupling of vinylazaarenes with N-Boc aldimines. SYNLETT, 26(3), https://doi.org/10.1055/s-0034-1379548

The diastereo- and enantioselective reductive coupling of vinylazaarenes with N-Boc aldimines is described. The reactions proceed using chiral copper–bisphosphine complexes in the presence of TMDS as a hydride source to give reductive coupling produc... Read More about Enantioselective copper-catalyzed reductive coupling of vinylazaarenes with N-Boc aldimines.

Linifanib – a multi-targeted receptor tyrosine kinase inhibitor and a low molecular weight gelator (2015)
Journal Article
Marlow, M., Al-Ameedee, M., Smith, T., Wheeler, S., & Stocks, M. J. (in press). Linifanib – a multi-targeted receptor tyrosine kinase inhibitor and a low molecular weight gelator. Chemical Communications, 51, https://doi.org/10.1039/c5cc00454c

In this study we demonstrate that linifanib, a multi-targeted receptor tyrosine kinase inhibitor, with a key urea containing pharmacophore, self-assembles into a hydrogel in the presence of low amounts of solvent. We demonstrate the role of the urea... Read More about Linifanib – a multi-targeted receptor tyrosine kinase inhibitor and a low molecular weight gelator.

Blinded randomised controlled trial of low-dose Adjuvant Steroids in Adults admitted to hospital with Pandemic influenza (ASAP): a trial 'in hibernation', ready for rapid activation (2015)
Journal Article
Lim, W. S., Brittain, C., Duley, L., Edwards, S., Gordon, S., Montgomery, A., …Wootton, D. (2015). Blinded randomised controlled trial of low-dose Adjuvant Steroids in Adults admitted to hospital with Pandemic influenza (ASAP): a trial 'in hibernation', ready for rapid activation. Health Technology Assessment, 19(16), https://doi.org/10.3310/hta19160

Background: There are no completed randomised trials of the use of corticosteroids in patients with severe influenza infection. Corticosteroid use in influenza is widespread, non-systematic and marked by controversy. A recent meta-analysis of observa... Read More about Blinded randomised controlled trial of low-dose Adjuvant Steroids in Adults admitted to hospital with Pandemic influenza (ASAP): a trial 'in hibernation', ready for rapid activation.

Perspectives on enhancing physical activity and diet for health promotion among at-risk urban UK South Asian communities: a qualitative study (2015)
Journal Article
Cross-Bardell, L., George, T., Bhoday, M., Tuomainen, H., Qureshi, N., & Kai, J. (2015). Perspectives on enhancing physical activity and diet for health promotion among at-risk urban UK South Asian communities: a qualitative study. BMJ Open, 5(2), Article e007317. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2014-007317

Objectives To explore perspectives on enhancing physical activity and diet among South Asians in urban deprived communities at high risk of chronic disease and to inform development of culturally appropriate health promotion intervention. Des... Read More about Perspectives on enhancing physical activity and diet for health promotion among at-risk urban UK South Asian communities: a qualitative study.

Estimation of cortical magnification from positional error in normally sighted and amblyopic subjects (2015)
Journal Article
Hussain, Z., Svensson, C., Besle, J., Webb, B. S., Barrett, B. T., & McGraw, P. (2015). Estimation of cortical magnification from positional error in normally sighted and amblyopic subjects. Journal of Vision, 15(2), doi:10.1167/15.2.25

We describe a method for deriving the linear cortical magnification factor from positional error across the visual field. We compared magnification obtained from this method between normally sighted individuals and amblyopic individuals, who receive... Read More about Estimation of cortical magnification from positional error in normally sighted and amblyopic subjects.

Comparison of Anticraving Efficacy of Right and Left Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation in Alcohol Dependence: A Randomized Double-Blind Study (2015)
Journal Article
Mishra, B. R., Praharaj, S. K., Katshu, M. Z. U. H., Sarkar, S., & Nizamie, H. (2015). Comparison of Anticraving Efficacy of Right and Left Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation in Alcohol Dependence: A Randomized Double-Blind Study. Journal of Neuropsychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences, 27(1), e54-e59. https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.neuropsych.13010013