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Free convection heat transfer and entropy generation analysis of water-Fe 3 O 4 /CNT hybrid nanofluid in a concentric annulus (2018)
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Shahsavar, A., Talebizadeh Sardari, P., & Toghraie, D. (2019). Free convection heat transfer and entropy generation analysis of water-Fe 3 O 4 /CNT hybrid nanofluid in a concentric annulus. International Journal of Numerical Methods for Heat and Fluid Flow, 29(3), 915-934. https://doi.org/10.1108/HFF-08-2018-0424

© 2018, Emerald Publishing Limited. Purpose: This paper aims to numerically investigate the heat transfer and entropy generation characteristics of water-based hybrid nanofluid in natural convection flow inside a concentric horizontal annulus. Desig... Read More about Free convection heat transfer and entropy generation analysis of water-Fe 3 O 4 /CNT hybrid nanofluid in a concentric annulus.

A novel type cold mix pavement material made with calcium-alginate and aggregates (2018)
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Alenezi, T., Norambuena-Contreras, J., Dawson, A., & Garcia, A. (2019). A novel type cold mix pavement material made with calcium-alginate and aggregates. Journal of Cleaner Production, 212, 37-45. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2018.11.297

This paper has been prepared in the frame of a research focused on the development of Cold Mix pavement materials made with calcium-alginate Capsules (CMC) instead of with just bitumen emulsion, as it is normally made. The initial objective was to re... Read More about A novel type cold mix pavement material made with calcium-alginate and aggregates.

Discrimination of contagious and environmental strains of Streptococcus uberis in dairy herds by means of mass spectrometry and machine-learning (2018)
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Esener, N., Green, M. J., Emes, R. D., Jowett, B., Davies, P. L., Bradley, A. J., & Dottorini, T. (2018). Discrimination of contagious and environmental strains of Streptococcus uberis in dairy herds by means of mass spectrometry and machine-learning. Scientific Reports, 8(1), Article 17517. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-35867-6

Streptococcus uberis is one of the most common pathogens of clinical mastitis in the dairy industry. Knowledge of pathogen transmission route is essential for the selection of the most suitable intervention. Here we show that spectral profiles acquir... Read More about Discrimination of contagious and environmental strains of Streptococcus uberis in dairy herds by means of mass spectrometry and machine-learning.

Verification of the HDM-4 fuel consumption model using a Big data approach: a UK case study (2018)
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Perrotta, F., Parry, T., Neves, L. C., Buckland, T., Benbow, E., & Mesgarpour, M. (2019). Verification of the HDM-4 fuel consumption model using a Big data approach: a UK case study. Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment, 67, 109-118. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trd.2018.11.001

This paper presents an assessment of the accuracy of the HDM-4 fuel consumption model calibrated for the United Kingdom and evaluates the need for further calibration of the model. The study focuses on HGVs and compares estimates made by HDM-4 to mea... Read More about Verification of the HDM-4 fuel consumption model using a Big data approach: a UK case study.

Paediatric and adult bronchiectasis: monitoring, cross-infection, role of multi-disciplinary teams and self-management plans (2018)
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Navaratnam, V., Forrester, D. L., Eg, K. P., & Chang, A. B. (2018). Paediatric and adult bronchiectasis: monitoring, cross-infection, role of multi-disciplinary teams and self-management plans. Respirology, 24(2), 115-126. https://doi.org/10.1111/resp.13451

Bronchiectasis is a chronic lung disease associated with structurally abnormal bronchi; clinically manifested by a persistent wet/productive cough, airway infections and recurrent exacerbations. Early identification and treatment of acute exacerbatio... Read More about Paediatric and adult bronchiectasis: monitoring, cross-infection, role of multi-disciplinary teams and self-management plans.

“What are you talking about?” An analysis of lexical bundles in Japanese junior high school textbooks (2018)
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Northbrook, J., & Conklin, K. (2018). “What are you talking about?” An analysis of lexical bundles in Japanese junior high school textbooks. International Journal of Corpus Linguistics, 23(3), 311-334

In a communicative approach to language teaching, students are presented with ‘authentic’ language, which is thought to allow them to produce it in a nativelike way. The current study explores whether the lexical bundles in communicative Japanese jun... Read More about “What are you talking about?” An analysis of lexical bundles in Japanese junior high school textbooks.

Short-term changes observed in multi-parametric liver MRI following therapy with direct acting antivirals in chronic hepatitis C virus patients (2018)
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Bradley, C., Scott, R., Cox, E., Palaniyappan, N., Thompson, B., Ryder, D., …Francis, S. (2019). Short-term changes observed in multi-parametric liver MRI following therapy with direct acting antivirals in chronic hepatitis C virus patients. European Radiology, 29(6), 3100–3107. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00330-018-5788-1

Methods: We applied multiparametric MRI to assess changes in liver composition, perfusion and blood flow in 17 patients before DAA therapy and after treatment completion (within 12 weeks of last DAA tablet swallowed). Results: We observed changes in... Read More about Short-term changes observed in multi-parametric liver MRI following therapy with direct acting antivirals in chronic hepatitis C virus patients.

International Perspectives on Securing Human and Social Rights and Diversity Gains at Work in the Aftermath of the Global Economic Crisis and in Times of Austerity (2018)
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Mor Barak, M., Vassilopoulou, J., Georgiadou, A., Kyriakidou, O., & da Rocha, J. P. (2019). International Perspectives on Securing Human and Social Rights and Diversity Gains at Work in the Aftermath of the Global Economic Crisis and in Times of Austerity. European Management Review, 16(4), 837-845. https://doi.org/10.1111/emre.12333

© 2018 European Academy of Management This editorial illuminates the evidence of how human and social rights and diversity gains at work are under attack in the aftermath of the global economic crisis and in times of austerity. We provide a brief ove... Read More about International Perspectives on Securing Human and Social Rights and Diversity Gains at Work in the Aftermath of the Global Economic Crisis and in Times of Austerity.

Clinical audit in farm animal veterinary practice. Part 2: conducting the audit (2018)
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Waine, K., Dean, R., Hudson, C., & Brennan, M. (2018). Clinical audit in farm animal veterinary practice. Part 2: conducting the audit. In Practice, 40(10), 465-469. https://doi.org/10.1136/inp.k4798

This article, the second in a two-part series providing practical advice for practitioners on carrying out clinical audits in farm animal practice, focuses on the data collection, analysis and discussion steps of clinical audit. Part 1, which was pub... Read More about Clinical audit in farm animal veterinary practice. Part 2: conducting the audit.

Flujos migratorios en el Mediterráneo: cifras, políticas y múltiples crisis (2018)
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D’Angelo, A. (2018). Flujos migratorios en el Mediterráneo: cifras, políticas y múltiples crisis. Anuario CIDOB de la Inmigración, 2018, 30-46. https://doi.org/10.24241/AnuarioCIDOBInmi.2018.30

ABSTRACT [English] - Migration across the Mediterranean is often presented – in media and political debates - as a single, transnational phenomenon, characterised by steady inflows of people, seemingly guided by uncontrollable forces. This chapter, b... Read More about Flujos migratorios en el Mediterráneo: cifras, políticas y múltiples crisis.

“Historical-Critical Ministry? The Biblical Studies Classroom as Restorative Secular Space” (2018)
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Parks, S. (2019). “Historical-Critical Ministry? The Biblical Studies Classroom as Restorative Secular Space”. New Blackfriars, 100(1086), 229-244. https://doi.org/10.1111/nbfr.12446

This article revisits the past decades of scholarly use (or rather non-use) of Bernadette Brooten’s _Women Leaders in the Ancient Synagogue_ to reveal that citation practices in biblical studies—or any field—can be inherently political (e.g. mis... Read More about “Historical-Critical Ministry? The Biblical Studies Classroom as Restorative Secular Space”.

Catching and reversing quantum jumps and thermodynamics of quantum trajectories (2018)
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Garrahan, J. P., & Guta, M. (2018). Catching and reversing quantum jumps and thermodynamics of quantum trajectories. Physical Review A, 98(5), https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.98.052137

A recent experiment by Minev et. al [arXiv:1803.00545] demonstrated that in a dissipative (artificial) 3-level atom with strongly intermittent dynamics it is possible to " catch and reverse " a quantum jump " mid-flight " : by the conditional applica... Read More about Catching and reversing quantum jumps and thermodynamics of quantum trajectories.

Fast-track fisticuffs? An ethnographic exploration of time and white-collar boxing (2018)
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Wright, E. J. (2018). Fast-track fisticuffs? An ethnographic exploration of time and white-collar boxing. International Review for the Sociology of Sport, 101269021881513. https://doi.org/10.1177/1012690218815139

Whilst white-collar boxing at first appears to be named according to the social class of its practitioners, this paper will argue that this initial appearance is misleading. Based on the analysis of 32 interviews and six months of ethnographic data c... Read More about Fast-track fisticuffs? An ethnographic exploration of time and white-collar boxing.

Low Molecular Weight Nucleoside Gelators: A Platform for Protein Aggregation Inhibition (2018)
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Johnson, L., Faidra Angelerou, M. G., Surikutchi, B. T., Allen, S., Zelzer, M., & Marlow, M. (2019). Low Molecular Weight Nucleoside Gelators: A Platform for Protein Aggregation Inhibition. Molecular Pharmaceutics, 16(1), 462-467. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.molpharmaceut.8b01013

© Copyright 2018 American Chemical Society. Low molecular weight nucleoside gelators hold great promise in drug delivery and particularly for the delivery of biologics because of their excellent biocompatibility. However, the influence of these gelat... Read More about Low Molecular Weight Nucleoside Gelators: A Platform for Protein Aggregation Inhibition.

Design, synthesis and biological evaluation of quinoline-indole derivatives as anti-tubulin agents targeting the colchicine binding site (2018)
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Li, W., Shuai, W., Sun, H., Xu, F., Bi, Y., Xu, J., …Xu, S. (2019). Design, synthesis and biological evaluation of quinoline-indole derivatives as anti-tubulin agents targeting the colchicine binding site. European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, 163, 428-442. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejmech.2018.11.070

A series of novel isocombretastatin A-4 (isoCA-4) analogs were designed and synthesized by replacing 3,4,5-trimethoylphenyl and isovanillin of isoCA-4 with quinoline and indole moieties, respectively. The structure activity relationships (SARs) of th... Read More about Design, synthesis and biological evaluation of quinoline-indole derivatives as anti-tubulin agents targeting the colchicine binding site.

Water availability is a principal driver of large-scale land cover spatial heterogeneity in sub-Saharan savannahs (2018)
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Marston, C. G., Wilkinson, D. M., Reynolds, S. C., Louys, J., & O’Regan, H. J. (2019). Water availability is a principal driver of large-scale land cover spatial heterogeneity in sub-Saharan savannahs. Landscape Ecology, 34, 131-145. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10980-018-0750-9

© 2018, The Author(s). Context: The heterogeneous mosaic nature of African savannah vegetation is a key aspect of its ecology. This study evaluates mosaic distributions and characteristics across sub-Saharan Africa, investigating the environmental d... Read More about Water availability is a principal driver of large-scale land cover spatial heterogeneity in sub-Saharan savannahs.

Thermo-economic evaluation of an innovative direct steam generation solar power system using screw expanders in a tandem configuration (2018)
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Li, P., Li, J., Tan, R., Wang, Y., Pei, G., Jiang, B., & Tang, J. (2018). Thermo-economic evaluation of an innovative direct steam generation solar power system using screw expanders in a tandem configuration. Applied Thermal Engineering, 148, 1007-1017. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2018.11.097

© 2018 Elsevier Ltd Tandem screw expander (SE) technology is a promising solution for large volume ratio situations. Tandem SE driven direct steam generation (DSG) system is first proposed for distributed solar thermal power generation. Steam accumul... Read More about Thermo-economic evaluation of an innovative direct steam generation solar power system using screw expanders in a tandem configuration.

Potential diagnostic and prognostic value of serum and cerebrospinal fluid biomarkers in traumatic spinal cord injury: a systematic review (2018)
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Yousefifard, M., Sarveazad, A., Babahajian, A., Baikpour, M., Shokraneh, F., Vaccaro, A. R., …Rahimi-Movaghar, V. (2018). Potential diagnostic and prognostic value of serum and cerebrospinal fluid biomarkers in traumatic spinal cord injury: a systematic review. Journal of Neurochemistry, 149(3), 317-330. https://doi.org/10.1111/jnc.14637

It remains unclear whether biomarkers in the serum or cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) can be used for diagnosis or prognosis of spinal cord injuries (SCI). Therefore, a systematic review was undertaken to evaluate the prognostic or diagnostic value of seru... Read More about Potential diagnostic and prognostic value of serum and cerebrospinal fluid biomarkers in traumatic spinal cord injury: a systematic review.