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"They don't see it as priority if the kid's not sporty": parents' perceptions of clinic communication around physical activity to children with type 1 diabetes and their families (2018)
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Background: The aim of the study was to understand parent’s perceptions of the way in which information about physical activity (PA) is communicated to families by healthcare professionals, and gather their views on the use of digital resources for p... Read More about "They don't see it as priority if the kid's not sporty": parents' perceptions of clinic communication around physical activity to children with type 1 diabetes and their families.

Role of interface potential barrier, Auger recombination and temporal coherence in In0.5Ga0.5As/GaAs quantum dots based p-i-n light emitting diodes (2018)
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© 2018 IOP Publishing Ltd. In this work, we investigate the mechanisms that control the electroluminescence from p-i-n heterostructures containing self-assembled In 0.5 Ga 0.5 As quantum dots embedded inside a GaAs/Al 0.3 Ga 0.7 As quantum well as a... Read More about Role of interface potential barrier, Auger recombination and temporal coherence in In0.5Ga0.5As/GaAs quantum dots based p-i-n light emitting diodes.

Ghostly desires in Edith Wharton’s ‘Miss Mary Pask’ (2018)
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Exceptional Performance of Hierarchical Ni-Fe (hydr)oxide@NiCu Electrocatalysts for Water Splitting (2018)
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Developing low‐cost bifunctional electrocatalysts with superior activity for both the oxygen evolution reaction (OER) and hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) is of great importance for the widespread application of the water splitting technique. In thi... Read More about Exceptional Performance of Hierarchical Ni-Fe (hydr)oxide@NiCu Electrocatalysts for Water Splitting.

Current-Fed Isolated DC/DC Converter for Future Aerospace Microgrids (2018)
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High-performance power conversion equipment is currently gaining an increasing interest for aircraft applications. In particular, isolated bidirectional dc/dc converters are often proposed for modern aircraft distribution systems. A current-fed isola... Read More about Current-Fed Isolated DC/DC Converter for Future Aerospace Microgrids.

Phase-shift-modulation for a current-fed isolated DC-DC converter in more electric aircraft (2018)
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A Phase-Shift-Modulation (PSM) technique is proposed for an Active-Bridge-Active-Clamp (ABAC) topology. This topology is aimed for high power more-electric-aircraft applications. The proposed PSM has a complete switching harmonics cancellation on the... Read More about Phase-shift-modulation for a current-fed isolated DC-DC converter in more electric aircraft.

Low-field, benchtop NMR spectroscopy as a potential tool for point-of-care diagnostics of metabolic conditions: Validation, protocols and computational models (2018)
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Novel sensing technologies for liquid biopsies offer promising prospects for the early detection of metabolic conditions through omics techniques. Indeed, high-field nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) facilities are routinely used for metabolomics inve... Read More about Low-field, benchtop NMR spectroscopy as a potential tool for point-of-care diagnostics of metabolic conditions: Validation, protocols and computational models.

Evaluating the recently imposed English compulsory dog microchipping policy. Evidence from an English Local Authority (2018)
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This is the first empirical study examining the effectiveness of the newly imposed English compulsory dog microchipping policy. A dataset of 2974 records was retrieved from an English local authority’s website. Records were from the period 2010–2018... Read More about Evaluating the recently imposed English compulsory dog microchipping policy. Evidence from an English Local Authority.

Sound therapy (using amplification devices and/or sound generators) for tinnitus (2018)
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BACKGROUND: Tinnitus affects 10% to 15% of the adult population, with about 20% of these experiencing symptoms that negatively affect quality of life. In England alone there are an estimated ¾ million general practice consultations every year where t... Read More about Sound therapy (using amplification devices and/or sound generators) for tinnitus.

An experimental evaluation of the use of ?13C as a proxy for palaeoatmospheric CO2 (2018)
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Understanding changes in atmospheric CO2 over geological time via the development of well constrained and tested proxies is of increasing importance within the Earth sciences. Recently a new proxy (identified as the C3 proxy) has been proposed that i... Read More about An experimental evaluation of the use of ?13C as a proxy for palaeoatmospheric CO2.

The efficacy of ‘static’ training interventions for improving indices of cardiorespiratory fitness in premenopausal females (2018)
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PURPOSE: Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the leading cause of death worldwide. Many risk factors for CVD can be modified pharmacologically; however, uptake of medications is low, especially in asymptomatic people. Exercise is also effective at reduc... Read More about The efficacy of ‘static’ training interventions for improving indices of cardiorespiratory fitness in premenopausal females.

The effect of prophylactic treatment with levetiracetam on the incidence of post-attenuation seizures in dogs undergoing surgical management of single congenital extrahepatic portosystemic shunts (2018)
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Objectives: To report (1) the incidence of post-attenuation seizures (PAS) in dogs that underwent single congenital extrahepatic portosystemic shunt (cEHPSS) attenuation and (2) to compare incidence of PAS in dogs that either did or did not receive p... Read More about The effect of prophylactic treatment with levetiracetam on the incidence of post-attenuation seizures in dogs undergoing surgical management of single congenital extrahepatic portosystemic shunts.

The Connected Shower: Studying Intimate Data in Everyday Life (2018)
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This paper presents the design and field study of the Connected Shower, a bespoke IoT device that captures water flow, temperature, shower-head movement, and shower product weight. We deployed the device in six UK homes for a week to understand the u... Read More about The Connected Shower: Studying Intimate Data in Everyday Life.

The general court of the Agenais revisited: an innovation of the Albigensian Crusade (2018)
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The general court of the Agenais is an example of the diverse forms of semi-autonomous regional assemblies which emerged in the high-medieval Languedoc. They were identified and examined most convincingly by Thomas Bisson. However, the origins of the... Read More about The general court of the Agenais revisited: an innovation of the Albigensian Crusade.

Design and Development of a Slender Dual-Structure Continuum Robot for In-Situ Aeroengine Repair (2018)
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© 2018 IEEE. In-situ aeroengine maintenance works (e.g. inspection, repair) are highly beneficial as it can significantly reduce currently accepted maintenance cycle which is extensive and costly due to the need to remove engines from the wing of an... Read More about Design and Development of a Slender Dual-Structure Continuum Robot for In-Situ Aeroengine Repair.

A general framework for optimizing arterial spin labeling MRI experiments (2018)
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Purpose Arterial spin labeling (ASL) MRI is a non‐invasive perfusion imaging technique that is inherently SNR limited, so scan protocols ideally need to be rigorously optimized to provide the most accurate measurements. A general framework is presen... Read More about A general framework for optimizing arterial spin labeling MRI experiments.

Cell response to plasma electrolytic oxidation surface-modified low-modulus ?-type titanium alloys (2018)
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Plasma electrolytic oxidation (PEO) has been demonstrated to be an effective surface treatment for enhancing the osteoconduction and osseointegration of commercially pure ?-Ti (CP ?-Ti) dental implant materials for clinical application. To explore th... Read More about Cell response to plasma electrolytic oxidation surface-modified low-modulus ?-type titanium alloys.

How good is collaboration between maternity service providers in the Netherlands? (2018)
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Aims: To examine the experiences of inter-professional collaboration of maternity service providers in the Netherlands and to identify potential enhancing and inhibiting factors for inter-professional collaboration within maternity care in the Nether... Read More about How good is collaboration between maternity service providers in the Netherlands?.

Genetic biomarkers predict response to dual BCL-2 and MCL-1 targeting in acute myeloid leukaemia cells (2018)
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Acute myeloid leukaemia (AML) cells often up-regulate pro-survival members of the BCL-2 protein family, such as BCL-2 and MCL-1, to avoid apoptosis. Venetoclax (ABT-199) targets BCL-2 and has shown promising efficacy in AML but over-expression of MCL... Read More about Genetic biomarkers predict response to dual BCL-2 and MCL-1 targeting in acute myeloid leukaemia cells.

The resilience paradox: flooding experience, coping and climate change mitigation intentions (2018)
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Climate change is projected to increase the frequency, intensity and unpredictability of extreme weather events across the globe and these events are likely to have significant mental health implications. The mental health literature broadly characte... Read More about The resilience paradox: flooding experience, coping and climate change mitigation intentions.