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The adoption of vendor managed inventory for hospital pharmaceutical supply (2017)
Journal Article
Krichanchai, S., & MacCarthy, B. L. (2017). The adoption of vendor managed inventory for hospital pharmaceutical supply. International Journal of Logistics Management, The, 28(3), https://doi.org/10.1108/ijlm-01-2015-0010

The study investigates Vendor Managed Inventory (VMI) for the supply of medicines between distributors and hospitals to identify factors that may affect VMI adoption. Multiple case studies are conducted involving five organizations (three hospitals,... Read More about The adoption of vendor managed inventory for hospital pharmaceutical supply.

Photoperiod-induced increases in bone mineral apposition rate in Siberian hamsters and the involvement of seasonal leptin changes (2017)
Journal Article
Kokolski, M., Ebling, F. J., Henstock, J. R., & Anderson, S. I. (2017). Photoperiod-induced increases in bone mineral apposition rate in Siberian hamsters and the involvement of seasonal leptin changes. Frontiers in Endocrinology, 8, Article 357. https://doi.org/10.3389/fendo.2017.00357

The adipokine leptin regulates energy balance, appetite, and reproductive maturation. Leptin also acts on bone growth and remodeling, but both osteogenic and anti-osteogenic effects have been reported depending on experimental conditions. Siberian ha... Read More about Photoperiod-induced increases in bone mineral apposition rate in Siberian hamsters and the involvement of seasonal leptin changes.

Role of interactions in a dissipative many-body localized system (2017)
Journal Article
Everest, B., Lesanovsky, I., Garrahan, J. P., & Levi, E. (2017). Role of interactions in a dissipative many-body localized system. Physical Review B, 95(2), https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.95.024310

Recent experimental and theoretical efforts have focused on the effect of dissipation on quantum many-body systems in their many-body localized (MBL) phase. While in the presence of dephasing noise such systems reach a unique ergodic state, their dyn... Read More about Role of interactions in a dissipative many-body localized system.

Developing and evaluating interventions for women firesetters in high secure mental healthcare (2017)
Journal Article
Annesley, P., Davison, L., Colley, C., Gilley, L., & Thomson, L. (2017). Developing and evaluating interventions for women firesetters in high secure mental healthcare. Journal of Forensic Practice, 19(1), https://doi.org/10.1108/JFP-12-2015-0054

Purpose

The purpose of this paper is to discuss the implementation and evaluation of interventions for women firesetters in high secure mental healthcare at the UK’s National Women’s Service.
Design/methodology/approach

Two types of Arson trea... Read More about Developing and evaluating interventions for women firesetters in high secure mental healthcare.

Small-signal analysis of naturally-sampled single-edge PWM control loops (2017)
Journal Article
Mouton, T., Cox, S., McGrath, B., Risbo, L., & Putzeys, B. (2017). Small-signal analysis of naturally-sampled single-edge PWM control loops. IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, 33(1), 51-64. https://doi.org/10.1109/TPEL.2017.2666720

This paper presents a simple method to analyse the behaviour of feedback loops that contain a naturally-sampled single-edge pulse-width modulator. A small-signal model is derived by means of simple geometric arguments. It is shown how this small-sign... Read More about Small-signal analysis of naturally-sampled single-edge PWM control loops.

Shared characteristics underpinning C 4 leaf maturation derived from analysis of multiple C 3 and C 4 species of Flaveria (2017)
Journal Article
Kümpers, B. M., Burgess, S. J., Reyna-Llorens, I., Smith-Unna, R., Boursnell, C., & Hibberd, J. M. (2017). Shared characteristics underpinning C 4 leaf maturation derived from analysis of multiple C 3 and C 4 species of Flaveria. Journal of Experimental Botany, 68(2), https://doi.org/10.1093/jxb/erw488

Most terrestrial plants use C3 photosynthesis to fix carbon. In multiple plant lineages a modified system known as C4 photosynthesis has evolved. To better understand the molecular patterns associated with induction of C4 photosynthesis, the genus Fl... Read More about Shared characteristics underpinning C 4 leaf maturation derived from analysis of multiple C 3 and C 4 species of Flaveria.

Migrating objects: John Henry Foley and empire (2017)
Book Chapter
Cullen, F. (2017). Migrating objects: John Henry Foley and empire. In K. Wager, J. David, & M. Klemencic (Eds.), Artists and migration 1400-1850. Britain, Europe and beyond. Cambridge Scholars Press

This is a chapter in a book entitled, Artists and Migration 1400-1850. Britain, Europe and beyond, edited by Kathrin Wagner, Jessica David and Matej Klemencic, published by Cambridge Scholars Press in 2017. The collection came out of a conference in... Read More about Migrating objects: John Henry Foley and empire.

Theorizing with managers: how to achieve both academic rigor and practical relevance? (2017)
Journal Article
Nenonen, S., Brodie, R. J., Storbacka, K., & Peters, L. D. (2017). Theorizing with managers: how to achieve both academic rigor and practical relevance?. European Journal of Marketing, 51(7-8), 1130-1152. https://doi.org/10.1108/EJM-03-2017-0171

© 2017 Emerald Publishing Limited. Purpose: The aim of the paper is to address the widening theory-praxis gap in marketing. The authors propose that one viable solution to this challenge is involving practitioners in research processes as active, ref... Read More about Theorizing with managers: how to achieve both academic rigor and practical relevance?.

Understanding the care.data conundrum: new information flows for economic growth (2017)
Journal Article
Vezyridis, P., & Timmons, S. (2017). Understanding the care.data conundrum: new information flows for economic growth. Big Data and Society, https://doi.org/10.1177/2053951716688490

The analysis of data from electronic health records aspires to facilitate healthcare efficiencies and biomedical innovation. There are also ethical, legal and social implications from the handling of sensitive patient information. The paper explores... Read More about Understanding the care.data conundrum: new information flows for economic growth.

A comprehensive analysis and hardware implementation of control strategies for high output voltage DC-DC boost power converter (2017)
Journal Article
Padmanaban, S., Grandi, G., Blaabjerg, F., Wheeler, P., Siano, P., & Hammami, M. (2017). A comprehensive analysis and hardware implementation of control strategies for high output voltage DC-DC boost power converter. International Journal of Computational Intelligence Systems, 10(1), https://doi.org/10.2991/ijcis.2017.10.1.10

Classical DC-DC converters used in high voltage direct current (HVDC) power transmission systems, lack in terms of efficiency, reduced transfer gain and increased cost with sensor (voltage/current) numbers. Besides, the internal self-parasitic behavi... Read More about A comprehensive analysis and hardware implementation of control strategies for high output voltage DC-DC boost power converter.

A novel multi-scale numerical model for prediction of texture-related impacts on fuel consumption (2017)
Journal Article
Mansura, D., Thom, N., & Beckedahl, H. (2017). A novel multi-scale numerical model for prediction of texture-related impacts on fuel consumption. Tire Science and Technology, 45(1), https://doi.org/10.2346/tire.17.450104

It is estimated that to overcome rolling resistance (RR) a typical vehicle, on average, consumes 4152 MJ/119 L of fuel annually, depending not only on vehicle-related factors but also on pavement-related factors. A slight improvement in surface prope... Read More about A novel multi-scale numerical model for prediction of texture-related impacts on fuel consumption.

C/N ratios and carbon isotope composition of organic matter in estuarine environments (2017)
Book Chapter
Leng, M. J., & Lewis, J. P. (2017). C/N ratios and carbon isotope composition of organic matter in estuarine environments. In K. Weckström, K. Saunders, P. Gell, & G. Skilbeck (Eds.), Applications of Paleoenvironmental Techniques in Estuarine Studies. Springer Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-024-0990-1_9

The sediments that are preserved in estuarine environments (saltmarsh, riverine estuaries, mangrove habitats, lagoons, isolation basins and fjords) contain organic matter that allows investigation of the provenance of that material. These data can th... Read More about C/N ratios and carbon isotope composition of organic matter in estuarine environments.

Structure-activity relationships of the sustained effects of adenosine A2A receptor agonists driven by slow dissociation kinetics (2017)
Journal Article
Hothersall, J. D., Guo, D., Sarda, S., Sheppard, R. J., Chen, H., Keur, W., Waring, M. J., IJzerman, A. P., Hill, S. J., Dale, I. L., & Rawlins, P. B. (2017). Structure-activity relationships of the sustained effects of adenosine A2A receptor agonists driven by slow dissociation kinetics. Molecular Pharmacology, 91(1), https://doi.org/10.1124/mol.116.105551

The duration of action of adenosine A2A receptor (A2A) agonists is critical for their clinical efficacy, and we sought to better understand how this can be optimized. The in vitro temporal response profiles of a panel of A2A agonists were studied usi... Read More about Structure-activity relationships of the sustained effects of adenosine A2A receptor agonists driven by slow dissociation kinetics.

Increased incidence of adult pneumococcal pneumonia during school holiday periods (2017)
Journal Article
Daniel, P., Rodrigo, C., Bewick, T., Sheppard, C., Greenwood, S., McKeever, T. M., Slack, M., & Lim, W. S. (2017). Increased incidence of adult pneumococcal pneumonia during school holiday periods. ERJ Open Research, 3(1), https://doi.org/10.1183/23120541.00100-2016

Child contact is a recognised risk factor for adult pneumococcal disease. Peaks in invasive pneumococcal disease incidence observed during winter holidays may be related to changes in social dynamics. This analysis was conducted to examine adult pneu... Read More about Increased incidence of adult pneumococcal pneumonia during school holiday periods.

A cohort study investigating the effects of first stage of the English tobacco point-of-sale display ban on awareness, susceptibility and smoking uptake among adolescents (2017)
Journal Article
Bogdanovica, I., McNeill, A., & Britton, J. (2017). A cohort study investigating the effects of first stage of the English tobacco point-of-sale display ban on awareness, susceptibility and smoking uptake among adolescents. BMJ Open, 7(1), Article e01245. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2016-012451

Objective: A prospective evaluation of the effect of 2012 point-of-sale (PoS) display ban in supermarkets in England on perceived exposure to PoS displays, and on changes in susceptibility and smoking uptake among young people.
Design: Cohort study... Read More about A cohort study investigating the effects of first stage of the English tobacco point-of-sale display ban on awareness, susceptibility and smoking uptake among adolescents.

Pharmacology of modulators of alternative splicing (2017)
Journal Article
Bates, D. O., Morris, J. C., Oltean, S., & Donaldson, L. F. (2017). Pharmacology of modulators of alternative splicing. Pharmacological Reviews, 69(1), https://doi.org/10.1124/pr.115.011239

More than 95% of genes in the human genome are alternatively spliced to form multiple transcripts, often encoding proteins with differing or opposing function. The control of alternative splicing is now being elucidated, and with this comes the oppor... Read More about Pharmacology of modulators of alternative splicing.