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Exploring expert opinion on the practicality and effectiveness of biosecurity measures on dairy farms in the United Kingdom using choice modeling (2017)
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Shortall, O., Green, M., Brennan, M. L., Wapenaar, W., & Kaler, J. (in press). Exploring expert opinion on the practicality and effectiveness of biosecurity measures on dairy farms in the United Kingdom using choice modeling. Journal of Dairy Science, 100(3), https://doi.org/10.3168/jds.2016-11435

Biosecurity, defined as a series of measures aiming to stop disease-causing agents entering or leaving an area where farm animals are present, is very important for the continuing economic viability of the United Kingdom dairy sector, and for animal... Read More about Exploring expert opinion on the practicality and effectiveness of biosecurity measures on dairy farms in the United Kingdom using choice modeling.

Automated extraction of single H atoms with STM: tip state dependency (2017)
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Møller, M., Jarvis, S. P., Guérinet, L., Sharp, P., Woolley, R., Rahe, P., & Moriarty, P. (in press). Automated extraction of single H atoms with STM: tip state dependency. Nanotechnology, 28(7), https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6528/28/7/075302

The atomistic structure of the tip apex plays a crucial role in performing reliable atomic-scale surface and adsorbate manipulation using scanning probe techniques. We have developed an automated extraction routine for controlled removal of single hy... Read More about Automated extraction of single H atoms with STM: tip state dependency.

Evolution of plasticity-based wear damage in gross sliding fretting of a Ti-6Al-4V non-conforming contact (2017)
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Mohd Tobi, A., Sun, W., & Shipway, P. (in press). Evolution of plasticity-based wear damage in gross sliding fretting of a Ti-6Al-4V non-conforming contact. Tribology International, 113, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.triboint.2017.01.010

This paper examines the evidence for a plasticity based wear mechanism in the fretting wear of Ti-6Al-4V. Driven by near-surface plastic strain accumulation, the generation of wear debris evolves from coarse metallic debris towards loose fine oxide d... Read More about Evolution of plasticity-based wear damage in gross sliding fretting of a Ti-6Al-4V non-conforming contact.

Trajectories escaping to infinity in finite time (2017)
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Langley, J. (2017). Trajectories escaping to infinity in finite time. Proceedings of the American Mathematical Society, 145(5), 2107-2117. https://doi.org/10.1090/proc/13377

Given a function which is transcendental and meromorphic in the plane, such that either the function has finitely many poles or its inverse function has a logarithmic singularity over infinity, the corresponding meromorphic flow has infinitely many... Read More about Trajectories escaping to infinity in finite time.

Rapid acting fentanyl formulations in breakthrough pain in cancer: drug selection by means of the System of Objectified Judgement Analysis (2017)
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Janknegt, R., van den Beuken, M., Schiere, S., Überall, M., Knaggs, R., Hanley, J., & Thronaes, M. (in press). Rapid acting fentanyl formulations in breakthrough pain in cancer: drug selection by means of the System of Objectified Judgement Analysis. European Journal of Hospital Pharmacy, 25(3), https://doi.org/10.1136/ejhpharm-2016-001127

Drug selection of rapid acting fentanyl formulations in the treatment of breakthrough pain in patients with cancer is performed by the System of Objectified Judgement Analysis method. All seven available formulations were included in the analysis. Th... Read More about Rapid acting fentanyl formulations in breakthrough pain in cancer: drug selection by means of the System of Objectified Judgement Analysis.

Picosecond acoustics in single quantum wells of cubic GaN/(Al,Ga)N (2017)
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Czerniuk, T., Ehrlich, T., Wecker, T., As, D., Yakovlev, D., Akimov, A., & Bayer, M. (2017). Picosecond acoustics in single quantum wells of cubic GaN/(Al,Ga)N. Physical Review Applied, 7(1), Article 014006. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevApplied.7.014006

A picosecond acoustic pulse is used to study the photoelastic interaction in single zinc-blende GaN/AlxGa1−xN quantum wells. We use an optical time-resolved pump-probe setup and demonstrate that tuning the photon energy to the quantum well’s lowest e... Read More about Picosecond acoustics in single quantum wells of cubic GaN/(Al,Ga)N.

Editorial [to] Themed issue on sustainability in energy and buildings, part 1 (2017)
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Calautit, J. K. (2017). Editorial [to] Themed issue on sustainability in energy and buildings, part 1. Proceedings of the ICE - Engineering Sustainability, 170(1), https://doi.org/10.1680/jensu.2017.170.1.1

This themed issue includes the selected papers from the proceedings of the seventh International Conference on Sustainability and Energy in Buildings 2015 (SEB15), which was successfully held in the vibrant city of Lisbon, Portugal and was organised... Read More about Editorial [to] Themed issue on sustainability in energy and buildings, part 1.

Executive function during teacher preparation (2017)
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Corcoran, R. P., & O'Flaherty, J. (2017). Executive function during teacher preparation. Teaching and Teacher Education, 63, 168-175. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tate.2016.12.023

This three-year study examined executive function development during teacher preparation. The sample consisted of 231 students in spring at Time 1, 36 students at Time 2, and 109 students at Time 3. Results indicate a non-significant decrease in the... Read More about Executive function during teacher preparation.

Spontaneous extrusion of gallstones after percutaneous drainage (2017)
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Hariharan, D., & Lobo, D. N. (2017). Spontaneous extrusion of gallstones after percutaneous drainage. Annals of The Royal College of Surgeons of England, 99(3), Article e1-e2. https://doi.org/10.1308/rcsann.2017.0015

There have been reports of late discharge of gallstones through operative wounds after spillage into the peritoneal cavity during laparoscopic cholecystectomy and after the development of spontaneous cholecystocutaneous fistulae. However, spontaneous... Read More about Spontaneous extrusion of gallstones after percutaneous drainage.

Investor reaction to IFRS for financial instruments in Europe: the role of firm-specific factors (2017)
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Onali, E., Ginesti, G., & Ballestra, L. V. (2017). Investor reaction to IFRS for financial instruments in Europe: the role of firm-specific factors. Finance Research Letters, 21, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.frl.2017.01.002

We examine the market reaction to events related to the standard-setting process of International Financial Reporting Standard (IFRS) 9 for over 3,000 European firms that have adopted IFRS. We find that the market reaction to IFRS 9 is largely affect... Read More about Investor reaction to IFRS for financial instruments in Europe: the role of firm-specific factors.

Pain prediction by serum biomarkers of bone turnover in people with knee osteoarthritis: an observational study of TRAcP5b and cathepsin K in OA (2017)
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Nwosu, L. N., Allen, M., Wyatt, L., Huebner, J., Chapman, V., Walsh, D. A., & Kraus, V. (2017). Pain prediction by serum biomarkers of bone turnover in people with knee osteoarthritis: an observational study of TRAcP5b and cathepsin K in OA. Osteoarthritis and Cartilage, 25(6), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joca.2017.01.002

Objectives: To investigate serum biomarkers, tartrate resistant acid phosphatase 5b (TRAcP5b) and cathepsin K, indicative of osteoclastic bone resorption, and their relationship to pain and pain change in knee osteoarthritis (OA). Methods: Sera and... Read More about Pain prediction by serum biomarkers of bone turnover in people with knee osteoarthritis: an observational study of TRAcP5b and cathepsin K in OA.

The scales of general well-being (SGWB) (2017)
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Longo, Y., Coyne, I., & Joseph, S. (2017). The scales of general well-being (SGWB). Personality and Individual Differences, 109, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2017.01.005

This paper presents the development and validation of a new well-being questionnaire: the Scales of General Well-Being (SGWB). A review of current measures identified fourteen common constructs as lower-order indicators of well-being: happiness, vita... Read More about The scales of general well-being (SGWB).

“I’m a Red River local”: rock climbing mobilities and community hospitalities (2017)
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Rickly, J. (2017). “I’m a Red River local”: rock climbing mobilities and community hospitalities. Tourist Studies, 17(1), https://doi.org/10.1177/1468797616685648

With individuals continually on the move, mobility fosters constellations of places at which individuals collectively moor and perform community. By focusing on one climbing destination – the Red River Gorge – this paper works across scales to highli... Read More about “I’m a Red River local”: rock climbing mobilities and community hospitalities.

Mixed discretization of the time-domain MFIE at low frequencies (2017)
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Ulku, H. A., Bogaert, I., Cools, K., Andriulli, F. P., & Bagci, H. (2017). Mixed discretization of the time-domain MFIE at low frequencies. IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters, 16, 1565-1568. https://doi.org/10.1109/LAWP.2017.2651045

Solution of the magnetic field integral equation, which is obtained by the classical marching-on-in-time (MOT) scheme, becomes inaccurate when the time-step is large, i.e., under low-frequency excitation. It is shown here that the inaccuracy stems fr... Read More about Mixed discretization of the time-domain MFIE at low frequencies.

Comparative efficacy and tolerability of pharmacological interventions for attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder in children, adolescents and adults: protocol for a systematic review and network meta-analysis (2017)
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Cortese, S., Adamo, N., Mohr-Jensen, C., Hayes, A. J., Bhatti, S., Carucci, S., …Coghill, D. (in press). Comparative efficacy and tolerability of pharmacological interventions for attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder in children, adolescents and adults: protocol for a systematic review and network meta-analysis. BMJ Open, 7(1), Article e013967. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2016-013967

Introduction Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is a major public health issue. Pharmacological treatments play an important role in the multimodal treatment of ADHD. Currently, there is a lack of up-to-date and comprehensive evidence on... Read More about Comparative efficacy and tolerability of pharmacological interventions for attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder in children, adolescents and adults: protocol for a systematic review and network meta-analysis.

Narcissism normalisation: tourism influences and sustainability implications (2017)
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Canavan, B. (2017). Narcissism normalisation: tourism influences and sustainability implications. Journal of Sustainable Tourism, 25(9), 1322-1337. https://doi.org/10.1080/09669582.2016.1263309

The concept of narcissism normalisation suggests that individuals and societies are becoming more narcissistic due to various cultural influences. Tourism is reviewed here as one such possible influence. Exploitative, entitled and exhibitionistic ten... Read More about Narcissism normalisation: tourism influences and sustainability implications.

Expertons and uncertain averaging operators versus correlational approaches: A case study on corporate social responsibility and effectiveness (2017)
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Yepes-Baldo, M., Boria-Reverter, S., Romeo, M., & Torres-Retamal, L. (2017). Expertons and uncertain averaging operators versus correlational approaches: A case study on corporate social responsibility and effectiveness. Kybernetes, 46(1), 38-49. https://doi.org/10.1108/K-06-2016-0127

Purpose Our purpose is to explore the relationship between Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), work-life balance (WLB) and effectiveness comparing (a) a correlational approach, (b) expertons method, and (c) uncertain averaging operators (UA, UWA... Read More about Expertons and uncertain averaging operators versus correlational approaches: A case study on corporate social responsibility and effectiveness.

Palladium-catalyzed enantioselective C-H activation of aliphatic amines using chiral anionic BINOL-phosphoric acid ligands (2017)
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Smalley, A. P., Cuthbertson, J. D., & Gaunt, M. J. (2017). Palladium-catalyzed enantioselective C-H activation of aliphatic amines using chiral anionic BINOL-phosphoric acid ligands. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 139(4), 1412-1415. https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.6b12234

© 2017 American Chemical Society. The design of an enantioselective Pd(II)-catalyzed C-H amination reaction is described. The use of a chiral BINOL phosphoric acid ligand enables the conversion of readily available amines into synthetically valuable... Read More about Palladium-catalyzed enantioselective C-H activation of aliphatic amines using chiral anionic BINOL-phosphoric acid ligands.