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Consensus on Training and Implementation of Enhanced Recovery After Surgery: A Delphi Study (2018)
Journal Article

Background Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS) is widely accepted in current surgical practice due to its positive impact on patient outcomes. The successful implementation of ERAS is chal-lenging and compliance with protocols varies widely. Cont... Read More about Consensus on Training and Implementation of Enhanced Recovery After Surgery: A Delphi Study.

What's new in atopic eczema? An analysis of systematic reviews published in 2015. Part 1: epidemiology and methodology (2018)
Journal Article

This review forms part of a series of annual updates that summarize the evidence base for atopic eczema (AE), providing a succinct guide for clinicians and patients. It provides a summary of key findings from 15 systematic reviews that were published... Read More about What's new in atopic eczema? An analysis of systematic reviews published in 2015. Part 1: epidemiology and methodology.

Online technology as a driver of sharing (2018)
Book Chapter

Climate, conflict and society: changing responses to weather extremes in nineteenth century Zululand (2018)
Journal Article

Changing climates affect human societies differently depending on societal structures, cultural perceptions and their relative vulnerability and resilience. In this study, we explore the complex relationship between climate, conflict and society in n... Read More about Climate, conflict and society: changing responses to weather extremes in nineteenth century Zululand.

Transaminases for chiral amine synthesis (2018)
Journal Article

Amine transaminases are important biocatalysts for the synthesis of chiral primary amines. Unlike many enzymes that have been employed for the synthesis of optically active amines, amine transaminases are capable of asymmetric synthesis and do not re... Read More about Transaminases for chiral amine synthesis.

Chromium speciation in foodstuffs: a review (2018)
Journal Article

Numerous critical reviews have evaluated exposure to toxic and carcinogenic hexavalent chromium (Cr(VI)) from a number of pathways; including workplace air, cement and packaging materials. The contribution of foodstuffs to dietary Cr(VI) has been inc... Read More about Chromium speciation in foodstuffs: a review.

Influence of fibres on rheological properties and toughness of bituminous binder (2018)
Journal Article

Many studies have been made to examine different ways to modify bitumen and asphalt mixtures in response to increasing performance requirements. One of these is the use of additive materials and in this study, the potential of cellulose and glass fib... Read More about Influence of fibres on rheological properties and toughness of bituminous binder.

Dehydrogenation of dimethylamine-borane mediated by Group 1 pincer complexes (2018)
Journal Article

Group 1 salts containing carbazolido NNN pincer ligands are precatalysts for the dehydrogenation of Me2NH·BH3. NMR monitoring and DOSY studies show a heavy dependence on the metal and solvent, allowing in some cases selective formation of dehydrogena... Read More about Dehydrogenation of dimethylamine-borane mediated by Group 1 pincer complexes.

Synthesis and properties of open fullerenes encapsulating ammonia and methane (2018)
Journal Article

We describe the synthesis and characterisation of open fullerene (1) and its reduced form (2) in which CH₄ and NH₃ are encapsulated, respectively. The ¹H NMR resonance of endohedral NH₃ is broadened by scalar coupling to the quadrupolar ¹⁴N nucleus,... Read More about Synthesis and properties of open fullerenes encapsulating ammonia and methane.

How to do health services research in stroke: a focus on performance measurement and quality improvement (2018)
Journal Article

The objective of this ‘How to’ research series article is to provide guidance on getting started in Health Services Research. The purpose of health services research is to contribute knowledge that can be used to help improve health systems and clini... Read More about How to do health services research in stroke: a focus on performance measurement and quality improvement.

Serum metabolic profiling of oocyst-induced Toxoplasma gondii acute and chronic infections in mice using mass-spectrometry (2018)
Journal Article

Toxoplasma gondii is an obligate intracellular parasite causing severe diseases in immunocompromised individuals and congenitally infected neonates, such as toxoplasmosis encephalitis and toxoplasmic chorioretinitis. This study aimed to determine whe... Read More about Serum metabolic profiling of oocyst-induced Toxoplasma gondii acute and chronic infections in mice using mass-spectrometry.

Friedlander-Keller ray expansions and scalar wave reflection at canonically-perturbed boundaries (2018)
Journal Article

This paper concerns the reflection of high-frequency, monochromatic linear waves of wavenumber k (>>1) from smooth boundaries which are O (k-1/2) perturbations away from either a specified near-planar boundary or else from a given smooth, two-dimensi... Read More about Friedlander-Keller ray expansions and scalar wave reflection at canonically-perturbed boundaries.

Pure-connection gravity and anisotropic singularities (2018)
Journal Article

In four space-time dimensions, there exists a special infinite-parameter family of chiral modified gravity theories. They are most properly described by a connection field, with space-time metric being a secondary and derived concept. All these theor... Read More about Pure-connection gravity and anisotropic singularities.

Politicising the study of sustainable living practices (2018)
Journal Article

In studies of consumption, social theories of practice foreground the purchasing and use of resources not for intrinsic pleasure but rather in the routine accomplishment of ‘normal’ ways of living. In this paper we argue that a key strength of theori... Read More about Politicising the study of sustainable living practices.

A randomised pragmatic trial of corticosteroid optimization in severe asthma using a composite biomarker algorithm to adjust corticosteroid dose versus standard care: study protocol for a randomised trial (2018)
Journal Article

Background: Patients with difficult-to-control asthma consume 50–60% of healthcare costs attributed to asthma and cost approximately five-times more than patients with mild stable disease. Recent evidence demonstrates that not all patients with asthm... Read More about A randomised pragmatic trial of corticosteroid optimization in severe asthma using a composite biomarker algorithm to adjust corticosteroid dose versus standard care: study protocol for a randomised trial.

The discourse of austerity in the British press (2018)
Book Chapter

In this paper we analyse the discourse of austerity in British broadsheets. Theoretically, we combine insights from discourse analysis and political science. Methodologically, we present a novel procedure to build and analyse a robust corpus derived... Read More about The discourse of austerity in the British press.

Influence of the micro-structure on saturated transverse flow in fibre arrays (2018)
Journal Article

This study analyses the influence of the random filament arrangement in fibre bundles on the resin flow behaviour. Transverse steady-state resin flow which occurs behind a liquid resin flow front was simulated numerically through statistically equiva... Read More about Influence of the micro-structure on saturated transverse flow in fibre arrays.

Drought and disaster in a revolutionary age: colonial Antigua during the American Independence War (2018)
Journal Article

The American War of Independence (1775-1783) spelled crisis for the British West Indies. Trade embargos between rebelling and loyal territories, losses to American pirates and hostilities with other European states left the Crown’s tropical Atlantic... Read More about Drought and disaster in a revolutionary age: colonial Antigua during the American Independence War.

Light-Induced Sonogashira C–C Coupling under Mild Conditions Using Supported Palladium Nanoparticles (2018)
Journal Article

The Sonogashira reaction can easily be photocatalyzed by supported palladium nanoparticles. Herein, we demonstrate that the direct excitation of PdNPs can catalyze the C–C coupling between different aryl iodides and acetylenes under very mild conditi... Read More about Light-Induced Sonogashira C–C Coupling under Mild Conditions Using Supported Palladium Nanoparticles.

A novel evaporative cooling system with a polymer hollow fibre spindle (2018)
Journal Article

A polymer hollow fibre evaporative cooling system with a novel configuration of fibre bundle is proposed. With the aim to avoid the flow channelling or shielding of adjacent fibres the fibres inside each bundle were made into a spindle shape to maxim... Read More about A novel evaporative cooling system with a polymer hollow fibre spindle.