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Regulatory feedback response mechanisms to phosphate starvation in rice (2018)
Journal Article
Ajmera, I., Shi, J., Giri, J., Wu, P., Stekel, D. J., Lu, C., & Hodgman, C. (in press). Regulatory feedback response mechanisms to phosphate starvation in rice. npj Systems Biology and Applications, 4(4), https://doi.org/10.1038/s41540-017-0041-0

Phosphorus is a growth-limiting nutrient for plants. The growing scarcity of phosphate stocks threatens global food security. Phosphate-uptake regulation is so complex and incompletely known that attempts to improve phosphorus use efficiency have had... Read More about Regulatory feedback response mechanisms to phosphate starvation in rice.

Effect of wettability on two-phase quasi-static displacement: validation of two pore scale modeling approaches (2018)
Journal Article
Verma, R., Icardi, M., & Prodanovic, M. (2018). Effect of wettability on two-phase quasi-static displacement: validation of two pore scale modeling approaches. Journal of Contaminant Hydrology, 212, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jconhyd.2018.01.002

Abstract Understanding of pore-scale physics for multiphase flow in porous media is essential for accurate description of various flow phenomena. In particular, capillarity and wettability strongly influence capillary pressure-saturation and relative... Read More about Effect of wettability on two-phase quasi-static displacement: validation of two pore scale modeling approaches.

Long-term management of moderate-to-severe atopic dermatitis with dupilumab and concomitant topical corticosteroids (LIBERTY AD CHRONOS): a critical appraisal (2018)
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Thomson, J., Wernham, A., & Williams, H. C. (2018). Long-term management of moderate-to-severe atopic dermatitis with dupilumab and concomitant topical corticosteroids (LIBERTY AD CHRONOS): a critical appraisal. British Journal of Dermatology, 178(4), 897-902. https://doi.org/10.1111/bjd.16317

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Blauvelt et al. (The Lancet 2017; 389: 2287-303) aimed to compare the long-term efficacy and safety of dupilumab with medium-potency topical corticosteroids (TCS) versus placebo with TCS in adults with moderate-to-severe atopic dermatitis (AD)... Read More about Long-term management of moderate-to-severe atopic dermatitis with dupilumab and concomitant topical corticosteroids (LIBERTY AD CHRONOS): a critical appraisal.

IL-6 pathway upregulation in subgroup of severe asthma is associated with neutrophilia and poor lung function (2018)
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Turan, N., Edwards, M., Bates, S., Shaw, D., Chung, K., Loza, M., James, A., & Van Oosterhout, A. (2018). IL-6 pathway upregulation in subgroup of severe asthma is associated with neutrophilia and poor lung function. Clinical and Experimental Allergy, 48(4), 475-478. https://doi.org/10.1111/cea.13085

Use of clinical vignette questionnaires to investigate the variation in management of keratoconjunctivitis sicca and acute glaucoma in dogs (2018)
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White, C., Downes, M. J., Jones, G., Wigfall, C., Dean, R. S., & Brennan, M. L. (2018). Use of clinical vignette questionnaires to investigate the variation in management of keratoconjunctivitis sicca and acute glaucoma in dogs. Veterinary Record, 182(1), https://doi.org/10.1136/vr.104390

There is little peer-reviewed research assessing therapeutic effectiveness in canine eye disease. Current treatments used in first opinion and ophthalmology referral practices are also somewhat poorly documented. The aim of this study was to investig... Read More about Use of clinical vignette questionnaires to investigate the variation in management of keratoconjunctivitis sicca and acute glaucoma in dogs.

The changing role of fire in conifer-dominated temperate rainforest through the last 14,000 years (2018)
Journal Article
Fletcher, M., Bowman, D., Whitlock, C., Mariani, M., & Stahle, L. (2018). The changing role of fire in conifer-dominated temperate rainforest through the last 14,000 years. Quaternary Science Reviews, 182, 37-47. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2017.12.023

Applied neuroscience in the research of place (2018)
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Ahmadpoor, N. (2018). Applied neuroscience in the research of place. Urban Transcripts, 1(4),

There is a continuous dialogue between the physical environment and the brain's functions. The human constructs the physical environment and subsequently makes physical interventions to it, and this physical environment with its all different attribu... Read More about Applied neuroscience in the research of place.

Considering service animals in tourism (2018)
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Rickly, J. M. (2018). Considering service animals in tourism. Annals of Tourism Research, 71, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.annals.2017.12.012

Accessible tourism is a rapidly growing sector of the tourism industry and increasingly recognized as essential to supporting mobility and leisure as human rights (Buhalis & Darcy, 2001; Buhalis, Darcy, & Ambrose, 2012; McCabe & Diekmann, 2015). This... Read More about Considering service animals in tourism.

PINX1 and TERT are required for TNF-α-induced airway smooth muscle chemokine gene expression (2018)
Journal Article
Deacon, K., & Knox, A. J. (2018). PINX1 and TERT are required for TNF-α-induced airway smooth muscle chemokine gene expression. Journal of Immunology, 200(4), https://doi.org/10.4049/jimmunol.1700414

Airway smooth muscle (ASM) cells contribute to asthmatic lung pathology with chemokine hypersecretion and increased ASM cell mass. With little recent progress in the development of asthma therapies, a greater understanding of lung inflammation mechan... Read More about PINX1 and TERT are required for TNF-α-induced airway smooth muscle chemokine gene expression.

Magnetic field and torque output of packaged hydraulic torque motor (2018)
Journal Article
Yan, L., Duan, Z., Zhang, Q., Niu, S., Dong, Y., & Gerada, C. (2018). Magnetic field and torque output of packaged hydraulic torque motor. Energies, 11(1), https://doi.org/10.3390/en11010134

Hydraulic torque motors are one key component in electro-hydraulic servo valves that convert the electrical signal into mechanical motions. The systematic characteristics analysis of the hydraulic torque motor has not been found in the previous resea... Read More about Magnetic field and torque output of packaged hydraulic torque motor.

Is intuition really cooperative? Improved tests support the social heuristics hypothesis (2018)
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Isler, O., Maule, J., & Starmer, C. (in press). Is intuition really cooperative? Improved tests support the social heuristics hypothesis. PLoS ONE, 13(1), Article e0190560. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0190560

Understanding human cooperation is a major scientific challenge. While cooperation is typically explained with reference to individual preferences, a recent cognitive process view hypothesized that cooperation is regulated by socially acquired heuris... Read More about Is intuition really cooperative? Improved tests support the social heuristics hypothesis.

Real-time estimation of horizontal gaze angle by saccade integration using in-ear electrooculography (2018)
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Hládek, Ľ., Porr, B., & Brimijoin, W. O. (2018). Real-time estimation of horizontal gaze angle by saccade integration using in-ear electrooculography. PLoS ONE, 13(1), Article e0190420. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0190420

The manuscript proposes and evaluates a real-time algorithm for estimating eye gaze angle based solely on single-channel electrooculography (EOG), which can be obtained directly from the ear canal using conductive ear moulds. In contrast to conventio... Read More about Real-time estimation of horizontal gaze angle by saccade integration using in-ear electrooculography.

Optimal healthcare delivery to care homes in the UK: a realist evaluation of what supports effective working to improve healthcare outcomes (2018)
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Gordon, A. L., Goodman, C., Davies, S. L., Dening, T., Gage, H., Meyer, J., …Zubair, M. (2018). Optimal healthcare delivery to care homes in the UK: a realist evaluation of what supports effective working to improve healthcare outcomes. Age and Ageing, 47(4), 595-603. https://doi.org/10.1093/ageing/afx195

Introduction: care home residents have high healthcare needs not fully met by prevailing healthcare models. This study explored how healthcare configuration influences resource use.

Methods: a realist evaluation using qualitative and quantitative... Read More about Optimal healthcare delivery to care homes in the UK: a realist evaluation of what supports effective working to improve healthcare outcomes.

"Live” (stained) benthic foraminiferal living depths, stable isotopes, and taxonomy offshore South Georgia, Southern Ocean: implications for calcification depths (2018)
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Dejardin, R., Kender, S., Allen, C. S., Leng, M. J., Swann, G. E., & Peck, V. L. (2018). "Live” (stained) benthic foraminiferal living depths, stable isotopes, and taxonomy offshore South Georgia, Southern Ocean: implications for calcification depths. Journal of Micropalaeontology, 37(1), 25-71. https://doi.org/10.5194/jm-37-25-2018

It is widely held that benthic foraminifera exhibit species-specific calcification depth preferences, with their tests recording sediment pore water chemistry at that depth (i.e. stable isotope and trace metal compositions). This assumed depth habita... Read More about "Live” (stained) benthic foraminiferal living depths, stable isotopes, and taxonomy offshore South Georgia, Southern Ocean: implications for calcification depths.

Losing the Faith: Public Sector Work and the Erosion of Career Calling (2018)
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Cohen, L., Duberley, J., & Smith, P. (2019). Losing the Faith: Public Sector Work and the Erosion of Career Calling. Work, Employment and Society, 33(2), 326-335. https://doi.org/10.1177/0950017017746906

This article tells the story of Dave, a welfare rights advisor who worked his way up to be Assistant Director of Social Services in a Midlands local authority. Dave joined the public sector with a sense of calling and a belief that local government c... Read More about Losing the Faith: Public Sector Work and the Erosion of Career Calling.

PHysical activity Implementation Study In Community-dwelling AduLts (PHISICAL): study protocol (2018)
Journal Article
Carpenter, H., Audsley, S., Coupland, C., Gladman, J. R., Kendrick, D., Lafond, N., …Orton, E. (in press). PHysical activity Implementation Study In Community-dwelling AduLts (PHISICAL): study protocol. Injury Prevention, https://doi.org/10.1136/injuryprev-2017-042627

Background: Falls in older people are a leading causes of unintentional injury. Due to an ageing population, injuries are likely to increase unless more is done to reduce older people’s falls risk. In clinical trials, the Falls Management Exercise (F... Read More about PHysical activity Implementation Study In Community-dwelling AduLts (PHISICAL): study protocol.

Colonialism, Postcolonialism and the Liberal Welfare State (2018)
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Bhambra, G. K., & Holmwood, J. (2018). Colonialism, Postcolonialism and the Liberal Welfare State. New Political Economy, 23(5), 574-587. https://doi.org/10.1080/13563467.2017.1417369

© 2018, © 2018 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. This article addresses the colonial and racial origins of the welfare state with a particular emphasis on the liberal welfare state of the USA and UK. Both are understood in term... Read More about Colonialism, Postcolonialism and the Liberal Welfare State.

Inhibiting the ins and outs of HIV replication: cell-intrinsic antiretroviral restrictions at the plasma membrane (2018)
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Foster, T. L., Pickering, S., & Neil, S. J. D. (2018). Inhibiting the ins and outs of HIV replication: cell-intrinsic antiretroviral restrictions at the plasma membrane. Frontiers in Immunology, 8, Article 1853. https://doi.org/10.3389/fimmu.2017.01853

© 2018 Foster, Pickering and Neil. Like all viruses, human immunodeficiency viruses (HIVs) and their primate lentivirus relatives must enter cells in order to replicate and, once produced, new virions need to exit to spread to new targets. These proc... Read More about Inhibiting the ins and outs of HIV replication: cell-intrinsic antiretroviral restrictions at the plasma membrane.

Consensus on Training and Implementation of Enhanced Recovery After Surgery: A Delphi Study (2018)
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Francis, N. K., Walker, T., Carter, F., Hübner, M., Balfour, A., Jakobsen, D. H., …Ljungqvist, O. (2018). Consensus on Training and Implementation of Enhanced Recovery After Surgery: A Delphi Study. World Journal of Surgery, 42(7), 1919–1928. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00268-017-4436-2

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)
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Davies, E., Rogers, N. K., Lloyd-Lavery, A., Grindlay, D. J. C., & Thomas, K. S. (2018). What's new in atopic eczema? An analysis of systematic reviews published in 2015. Part 1: epidemiology and methodology. Clinical and Experimental Dermatology, 43(4), 375-379. https://doi.org/10.1111/ced.13377

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.