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Employer attitudes towards general health checks and HIV testing in the workplace (2018)
Journal Article
Blake, H., Banerjee, A., & Evans, C. (2018). Employer attitudes towards general health checks and HIV testing in the workplace. Public Health, 156, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.puhe.2017.12.004

Objective: There is a need to increase HIV testing rates in the UK. One approach is to increase access to testing through general health checks (GHCs) in the workplace. However, it is unclear whether GHCs are routinely offered by organisations, and e... Read More about Employer attitudes towards general health checks and HIV testing in the workplace.

Host genetic factors associated with hepatocellular carcinoma in patients with hepatitis C virus infection: a systematic review (2018)
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Walker, A. J., Peacock, C. J., Pedergnana, V., & Irving, W. L. (in press). Host genetic factors associated with hepatocellular carcinoma in patients with hepatitis C virus infection: a systematic review. Journal of Viral Hepatitis, 25(5), https://doi.org/10.1111/jvh.12871

Hepatitis C virus (HCV)-infected patients are at risk of developing hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). Individuals at heightened riskcould be targeted by intensive follow-up surveillance. We have conducted a systematic review of the literature to identi... Read More about Host genetic factors associated with hepatocellular carcinoma in patients with hepatitis C virus infection: a systematic review.

Estimating the healthcare costs of children born to pregnant smokers in England: cohort study using primary and secondary healthcare data (2018)
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Vaz, L. R., Jones, M. J., Szatkowski, L., Tata, L. J., Petrou, S., & Coleman, T. (2018). Estimating the healthcare costs of children born to pregnant smokers in England: cohort study using primary and secondary healthcare data. Addiction, 113(7), 1305-1316. https://doi.org/10.1111/add.14183

Background and aims: Little is known about the long term economic consequences of smoking during pregnancy. We estimated the association between smoking in pregnancy and the costs of delivering healthcare to infants and children in England, and inves... Read More about Estimating the healthcare costs of children born to pregnant smokers in England: cohort study using primary and secondary healthcare data.

Pulmonary basaloid squamous cell carcinoma in a dog (2018)
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Morey-Matamalas, A., de Stefani, A., Corbetta, D., Grau-Roma, L., & de Brot, S. (2018). Pulmonary basaloid squamous cell carcinoma in a dog. Journal of Comparative Pathology, 159, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcpa.2017.12.007

A 9-year-old neutered male crossbred dog with a 4-week history of progressive vestibulocerebellar signs was presented for necropsy examination. Gross examination revealed neoplastic growth in the lungs, thoracic lymph nodes, the left kidney and the c... Read More about Pulmonary basaloid squamous cell carcinoma in a dog.

Drones in carbonate geology: opportunities and challenges, and application in diagenetic dolomite geobody mapping (2018)
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Madjid, M., Vandeginste, V., Hampson, G., Jordan, C., & Booth, A. (2018). Drones in carbonate geology: opportunities and challenges, and application in diagenetic dolomite geobody mapping. Marine and Petroleum Geology, 91, 723-734. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2018.02.002

Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) or drones have become widely available for use in a broad range of disciplines. Despite the decreased cost and technological developments of platforms, sensors and software, the use of drones in carbonate geology has y... Read More about Drones in carbonate geology: opportunities and challenges, and application in diagenetic dolomite geobody mapping.

Advances in metabolic engineering in the microbial production of fuels and chemicals from C1 gas (2018)
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Humphreys, C. M., & Minton, N. P. (in press). Advances in metabolic engineering in the microbial production of fuels and chemicals from C1 gas. Current Opinion in Biotechnology, 50, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.copbio.2017.12.023

The future sustainable production of chemicals and fuels from non-petrochemical sources, while at the same time reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, represent two of society's greatest challenges. Microbial chassis able to grow on waste carbon mo... Read More about Advances in metabolic engineering in the microbial production of fuels and chemicals from C1 gas.

Emergency Manuals: How Quality Improvement and Implementation Science Can Enable Better Perioperative Management During Crises (2018)
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Goldhaber-Fiebert, S. N., & Macrae, C. (2018). Emergency Manuals: How Quality Improvement and Implementation Science Can Enable Better Perioperative Management During Crises. Anesthesiology Clinics, 36(1), 45-62. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anclin.2017.10.003

© 2017 Sara N. Goldhaber-Fiebert, Carl Macrae How can teams manage critical events more effectively? There are commonly gaps in performance during perioperative crises, and emergency manuals are recently available tools that can improve team performa... Read More about Emergency Manuals: How Quality Improvement and Implementation Science Can Enable Better Perioperative Management During Crises.

Cost-effective envelope optimisation for social housing in Brazil's moderate climates zones (2018)
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Tubelo, R., Rodrigues, L., Gillott, M., & Gonçalves Soares, J. C. (2018). Cost-effective envelope optimisation for social housing in Brazil's moderate climates zones. Building and Environment, 133, 213-227. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.buildenv.2018.01.038

© 2018 Elsevier Ltd Brazil faces a housing deficit of more than 5.5 million units and nearly 11 million existing homes present inadequate living conditions. In response, the Brazilian government launched in 2009 a mass social housing programme with a... Read More about Cost-effective envelope optimisation for social housing in Brazil's moderate climates zones.

Thermal analysis of fault-tolerant electrical machines for more electric aircraft applications (2018)
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Madonna, V., Giangrande, P., Gerada, C., & Galea, M. (2018). Thermal analysis of fault-tolerant electrical machines for more electric aircraft applications. Journal of Engineering, 2018(13), 461-467. https://doi.org/10.1049/joe.2018.0040

For safety critical applications, electrical machines need to satisfy several constraints, in order to be considered fault-tolerant. In fact, if specific design choices and appropriate control strategies are adopted, fault-tolerant machines can opera... Read More about Thermal analysis of fault-tolerant electrical machines for more electric aircraft applications.

SHRIMP zircon U–Pb ages from coal beds across the Permian–Triassic boundary, eastern Yunnan, southwestern China (2018)
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Wang, J., Shao, L.-Y., Wang, H., Spiro, B., & Large, D. (2018). SHRIMP zircon U–Pb ages from coal beds across the Permian–Triassic boundary, eastern Yunnan, southwestern China. Journal of Palaeogeography, 7(2), 117-129. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jop.2018.01.002

The first SHRIMP zircon U–Pb ages from coal beds close to the end-Permian mass extinction are reported from the C1 coal seam in the Yantang Mine in Laibin Town, Xuanwei County, eastern Yunnan Province. Zircons were extracted from kaolinite claystone... Read More about SHRIMP zircon U–Pb ages from coal beds across the Permian–Triassic boundary, eastern Yunnan, southwestern China.

Vortex-induced vibration of a 5:1 rectangular cylinder: A comparison of wind tunnel sectional model tests and computational simulations (2018)
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Nguyen, D. T., Hargreaves, D. M., & Owen, J. S. (2018). Vortex-induced vibration of a 5:1 rectangular cylinder: A comparison of wind tunnel sectional model tests and computational simulations. Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics, 175, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jweia.2018.01.029

Considered to be representative of a generic bridge deck geometry and characterised by a highly unsteady flow
field, the 5:1 rectangular cylinder has been the main case study in a number of studies including the “Benchmark on the Aerodynamics of a R... Read More about Vortex-induced vibration of a 5:1 rectangular cylinder: A comparison of wind tunnel sectional model tests and computational simulations.

Cortical differences in diverticular disease and correlation with symptom reports (2018)
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Pitiot, A., Smith, J. K., Garratt, J., Francis, S. T., Gowland, P. A., Spiller, R. C., & Marciani, L. (2018). Cortical differences in diverticular disease and correlation with symptom reports. Neurogastroenterology and Motility, 30(7), Article e13303. https://doi.org/10.1111/nmo.13303

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Recent studies have shown that the brain of patients with gastrointestinal disease differ both structurally and functionally from that of controls. Highly somatizing diverticular disease (HSDD) patients were also shown to differ from l... Read More about Cortical differences in diverticular disease and correlation with symptom reports.

Variation in thermally induced taste response across thermal tasters (2018)
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Skinner, M., Eldeghaidy, S., Ford, R., Giesbrecht, T., Thomas, A., Francis, S., & Hort, J. (2018). Variation in thermally induced taste response across thermal tasters. Physiology and Behavior, 188, 67-78. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physbeh.2018.01.017

Thermal tasters (TTs) perceive thermally induced taste (thermal taste) sensations when the tongue is stimulated with temperature in the absence of gustatory stimuli, while thermal non tasters (TnTs) only perceive temperature. This is the first study... Read More about Variation in thermally induced taste response across thermal tasters.

Unusual and tunable negative linear compressibility in the metal–organic framework MFM-133(M)(M = Zr, Hf) (2018)
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Yan, Y., O'Connor, A. E., Kanthasamy, G., Atkinson, G., Allan, D. R., Blake, A. J., & Schröder, M. (in press). Unusual and tunable negative linear compressibility in the metal–organic framework MFM-133(M)(M = Zr, Hf). Journal of the American Chemical Society, https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.7b11747

High pressure single-crystal X-ray structural analyses of isostructural MFM-133(M) (M = Zr, Hf) of flu topology and incorporating the tetracarboxylate ligand TCHB4– [H4TCHB = 3,3',5,5'-tetrakis(4-carboxyphenyl)-2,2',4,4',6,6'-hexamethyl-1,1'-biphenyl... Read More about Unusual and tunable negative linear compressibility in the metal–organic framework MFM-133(M)(M = Zr, Hf).

Evaluating attitudes to safety leadership within rail construction projects (2018)
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Stiles, S., Ryan, B., & Golightly, D. (2018). Evaluating attitudes to safety leadership within rail construction projects. Safety Science, 110(B), 134-144. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssci.2017.12.030

© 2018 Elsevier Ltd Safety leadership is widely discussed, commonly relating to improving safety performance within an occupational environment. Whilst there is considerable research on the characteristics of positive and negative safety leadership b... Read More about Evaluating attitudes to safety leadership within rail construction projects.

Mendelian adult-onset leukodystrophy genes in Alzheimer´s disease. Critical influence of CSF1R and NOTCH3 (2018)
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Sassi, C., Nalls, M., Ridge, P., Gibbs, R., Lupton, M., Troakes, C., Lunnon, K., Al-Sarraj, S., Brown, K., Medway, C., Lord, J., Turton, J., Bras, J., Blumenau, S., Thielke, M., Josties, C., Freyer, D., Dietrich, A., Hammer, M., Baier, M., …Hardy, J. (in press). Mendelian adult-onset leukodystrophy genes in Alzheimer´s disease. Critical influence of CSF1R and NOTCH3. Neurobiology of Aging, 66, Article 179.e17-179.e29. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2018.01.015

Mendelian adult-onset leukodystrophies are a spectrum of rare inherited progressive neurodegenerative disorders affecting the white matter of the central nervous system. Among these, Cerebral Autosomal Dominant and Recessive Arteriopathy with Subcort... Read More about Mendelian adult-onset leukodystrophy genes in Alzheimer´s disease. Critical influence of CSF1R and NOTCH3.