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Full-scale investigations into installation damage of nonwoven geotextiles (2019)
Journal Article
Sardehaei, E. A., Mehrjardi, G. T., & Dawson, A. (2019). Full-scale investigations into installation damage of nonwoven geotextiles. Geomechanics and Engineering, 17(1), 81-95. https://doi.org/10.12989/gae.2019.17.1.081

Due to the importance of soil reinforcement using geotextiles in geotechnical engineering, study and investigation into long-term performance, design life and survivability of geotextiles, especially due to installation damage are necessary and will... Read More about Full-scale investigations into installation damage of nonwoven geotextiles.

Life imprisonment a global human rights analysis (2019)
Book
Van Zyl Smit, D., & Appleton, C. (2019). Life imprisonment a global human rights analysis. Harvard University, Harvard Law School

Life imprisonment has replaced capital punishment as the most common sentence imposed for heinous crimes worldwide. As a consequence, it has become the leading issue in international criminal justice reform. In the first global survey of prisoners se... Read More about Life imprisonment a global human rights analysis.

Human tissue kallikrein in the treatment of acute ischemic stroke (2019)
Journal Article
Alexander-Curtis, M., Pauls, R., Chao, J., Volpi, J. J., Appel, S. H., Bath, P. M., & Verdoorn, T. A. (2019). Human tissue kallikrein in the treatment of acute ischemic stroke. Therapeutic Advances in Neurological Disorders, 12, 1-15. https://doi.org/10.1177/1756286418821918

Acute ischemic stroke (AIS) remains a major cause of death and disability throughout the world. The most severe form of stroke results from large vessel occlusion of the major branches of the Circle of Willis. The treatment strategies currently avail... Read More about Human tissue kallikrein in the treatment of acute ischemic stroke.

The co-evolution of media and politics in Taiwan: implications for political communications (2019)
Journal Article
Sullivan, J. (2019). The co-evolution of media and politics in Taiwan: implications for political communications. International Journal of Taiwan Studies, 2(1), 85-110. https://doi.org/10.1163/24688800-00201005

Over the course of democratisation, Taiwan’s communications environment has experienced significant changes. Liberalisation and commercialisation of the media, and the emergence and popularisation of digital, have substantially altered the informatio... Read More about The co-evolution of media and politics in Taiwan: implications for political communications.

Belief in conspiracy theories and intentions to engage in everyday crime (2019)
Journal Article
Jolley, D., Douglas, K. M., Leite, A. C., & Schrader, T. (2019). Belief in conspiracy theories and intentions to engage in everyday crime. British Journal of Social Psychology, 58(3), 534-549. https://doi.org/10.1111/bjso.12311

Belief in conspiracy theories is associated with negative outcomes such as political disengagement, prejudice, and environmental inaction. The current studies – one cross‐sectional (N = 253) and one experimental (N = 120) – tested the hypothesis that... Read More about Belief in conspiracy theories and intentions to engage in everyday crime.

Bambara Groundnut is a Climate-Resilient Crop: How Could a Drought-Tolerant and Nutritious Legume Improve Community Resilience in the Face of Climate Change? (2019)
Book Chapter
Feldman, A., Ho, W. K., Massawe, F., & Mayes, S. (2019). Bambara Groundnut is a Climate-Resilient Crop: How Could a Drought-Tolerant and Nutritious Legume Improve Community Resilience in the Face of Climate Change?. In A. Sarkar, S. Sensarma, & G. vanLoon (Eds.), Sustainable Solutions for Food Security: Combating Climate Change by Adaptation (150-167). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-77878-5_8

Bambara groundnut (Vigna subterranea (L.) Verdc.; www.bamyield.org) is a crop similar in morphology and growth habit to groundnut (Arachis hypogaea L.). It was also historically largely displaced by groundnut upon the latter’s introduction to sub-Sah... Read More about Bambara Groundnut is a Climate-Resilient Crop: How Could a Drought-Tolerant and Nutritious Legume Improve Community Resilience in the Face of Climate Change?.

Crop Diversification Through a Wider Use of Underutilised Crops: A Strategy to Ensure Food and Nutrition Security in the Face of Climate Change (2019)
Book Chapter
Mustafa, M. A., Mayes, S., & Massawe, F. (2019). Crop Diversification Through a Wider Use of Underutilised Crops: A Strategy to Ensure Food and Nutrition Security in the Face of Climate Change. In A. Sarkar, S. Sensarma, & G. vanLoon (Eds.), Sustainable Solutions for Food Security: Combating Climate Change by Adaptation (125-149). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-77878-5_7

© Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2019. Global dependence on only a few crops for food and non-food uses is risky due to the multifaceted challenges that crop production faces. One such challenge is climate change and its effects on food production. E... Read More about Crop Diversification Through a Wider Use of Underutilised Crops: A Strategy to Ensure Food and Nutrition Security in the Face of Climate Change.

State-of-the-art and limitations in the life cycle assessment of ionic liquids (2019)
Journal Article
Maciel, V. G., Wales, D. J., Seferin, M., Ugaya, C. M. L., & Sans, V. (2019). State-of-the-art and limitations in the life cycle assessment of ionic liquids. Journal of Cleaner Production, 217, 844-858. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2019.01.133

Even though the development and use of ionic liquids (ILs) has rapidly grown in recent years, in the literature, information addressing the environmental performance of these substances in a life cycle context is comparatively scarce. This review cri... Read More about State-of-the-art and limitations in the life cycle assessment of ionic liquids.

A thermoresponsive three-dimensional fibrous cell culture platform for enzyme-free expansion of mammalian cells (2019)
Journal Article
Aladdad, A. M., Amer, M. H., Sidney, L., Hopkinson, A., White, L. J., Alexander, C., & Rose, F. R. (2019). A thermoresponsive three-dimensional fibrous cell culture platform for enzyme-free expansion of mammalian cells. Acta Biomaterialia, 95, 427-438. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actbio.2019.01.037

A three-dimensional thermoresponsive fibrous scaffold system for the subsequent extended culture and enzyme-free passaging of a range of mammalian cell types is presented. Poly(PEGMA188) was incorporated with poly(ethylene terephthalate) (PET) via bl... Read More about A thermoresponsive three-dimensional fibrous cell culture platform for enzyme-free expansion of mammalian cells.

Gaussian process machine learning-based surface extrapolation method for improvement of the edge effect in surface filtering (2019)
Journal Article
Liu, M. Y., Cheung, C. F., Feng, X., Ho, L. T., & Yang, S. M. (2019). Gaussian process machine learning-based surface extrapolation method for improvement of the edge effect in surface filtering. Measurement, 137, 214-224. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.measurement.2019.01.048

Filtering for signal and data is an important technology to reduce and/or remove noise signal for further extraction of desired information. However, it is well known that significant distortions may occur in the boundary areas of the filtered data b... Read More about Gaussian process machine learning-based surface extrapolation method for improvement of the edge effect in surface filtering.

Drug-Induced Liver Injury due to Flucloxacillin: Relevance of Multiple Human Leukocyte Antigen Alleles (2019)
Journal Article
Nicoletti, P., Aithal, G. P., Chamberlain, T. C., Coulthard, S., Alshabeeb, M., Grove, J. I., …Daly, A. K. (2019). Drug-Induced Liver Injury due to Flucloxacillin: Relevance of Multiple Human Leukocyte Antigen Alleles. Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics, 106(1), 245-253. https://doi.org/10.1002/cpt.1375

© 2019 The Authors Clinical Pharmacology & Therapeutics © 2019 American Society for Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics Some patients prescribed flucloxacillin (~0.01%) develop drug-induced liver injury (DILI). HLA-B*57:01 is an established gene... Read More about Drug-Induced Liver Injury due to Flucloxacillin: Relevance of Multiple Human Leukocyte Antigen Alleles.

Assessment of HMGA2 and PLAG1 rearrangements in breast adenomyoepitheliomas (2019)
Journal Article
Pareja, F., Geyer, F. C., Brown, D. N., Sebastião, A. P. M., Gularte-Mérida, R., Li, A., …Reis-Filho, J. S. (2019). Assessment of HMGA2 and PLAG1 rearrangements in breast adenomyoepitheliomas. npj Breast Cancer, 5, Article 6 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41523-018-0101-7

Breast adenomyoepitheliomas (AMEs) are rare epithelial-myoepithelial neoplasms that may occasionally produce myxochondroid matrix, akin to pleomorphic adenomas (PAs). Regardless of their anatomic location, PAs often harbor rearrangements involving HM... Read More about Assessment of HMGA2 and PLAG1 rearrangements in breast adenomyoepitheliomas.

Conversion therapy in China (2019)
Book Chapter
Bao, H. (2019). Conversion therapy in China. In H. Chiang, A. Arondekar, M. Epprecht, J. Evans, R. G. Forman, H. Al-Samman, …Z. Tortorici (Eds.), Global Encyclopedia of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer ( LGBTQ) History, 418-422. Charles Scribner & Sons

Interactions between a water molecule and C 60 in the endohedral fullerene H2O@C60 (2019)
Journal Article
Rashed, E., & Dunn, J. L. (2019). Interactions between a water molecule and C 60 in the endohedral fullerene H2O@C60. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 21(6), 3347-3359. https://doi.org/10.1039/C8CP04390F

A water molecule encapsulated inside a C 60 fullerene cage behaves almost like an asymmetric top rotor, as would be expected of an isolated water molecule. However, inelastic neutron scattering (INS) experiments show evidence of interactions between... Read More about Interactions between a water molecule and C 60 in the endohedral fullerene H2O@C60.

A Missense Variant in PTPN22 is a Risk Factor for Drug-induced Liver Injury (2019)
Journal Article
Cirulli, E. T., Nicoletti, P., Abramson, K., Andrade, R. J., Bjornsson, E. S., Chalasani, N., …Watkins, P. B. (2019). A Missense Variant in PTPN22 is a Risk Factor for Drug-induced Liver Injury. Gastroenterology,

Background & Aims: We performed genetic analyses of a multiethnic cohort of patients with idiosyncratic drug-induced liver injury (DILI) to identify variants associated with susceptibility.

Methods: We performed a genome-wide association study of... Read More about A Missense Variant in PTPN22 is a Risk Factor for Drug-induced Liver Injury.

Assessing the potential of drone-based thermal infrared imagery for quantifying river temperature heterogeneity (2019)
Journal Article
Dugdale, S. J., Kelleher, C. A., Malcolm, I. A., Caldwell, S., & Hannah, D. M. (2019). Assessing the potential of drone-based thermal infrared imagery for quantifying river temperature heterogeneity. Hydrological Processes, 33(7), 1152-1163. https://doi.org/10.1002/hyp.13395

© 2019 Crown copyright. Hydrological Processes © 2019 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. Climate change is altering river temperature regimes, modifying the dynamics of temperature-sensitive fishes. The ability to map river temperature is therefore important... Read More about Assessing the potential of drone-based thermal infrared imagery for quantifying river temperature heterogeneity.

Coupling between cerebral blood flow and cerebral blood volume: contributions of different vascular compartments (2019)
Journal Article
Wesolowski, R., Blockley, N., Driver, I., Francis, S., & Gowland, P. (2019). Coupling between cerebral blood flow and cerebral blood volume: contributions of different vascular compartments. NMR in Biomedicine, 32(3), 1-11. https://doi.org/10.1002/nbm.4061

A better understanding of the coupling between changes in cerebral blood flow (CBF) and cerebral blood volume (CBV) is vital for furthering our understanding of the BOLD response. The aim of this study was to measure CBF-CBV coupling in different vas... Read More about Coupling between cerebral blood flow and cerebral blood volume: contributions of different vascular compartments.

Removal of masking effect for damage detection of structures (2019)
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Wah, W. S. L., Owen, J. S., Chen, Y.-T., Elamin, A., & Roberts, G. W. (2019). Removal of masking effect for damage detection of structures. Engineering Structures, 183, 646-661. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.engstruct.2019.01.005

Damage detection of civil engineering structures relies heavily on the use of outlier analysis/novelty detection analysis. Generally, data captured from a structure in its normal environmental condition are used to create a model and compute control... Read More about Removal of masking effect for damage detection of structures.

Substitution and food system de-animalisation: the case of non-dairy milk (2019)
Journal Article
Morris, C., Mylan, J., & Beech, E. (2019). Substitution and food system de-animalisation: the case of non-dairy milk. International Journal of Sociology of Agriculture and Food, 25(1), 490-506

Situated within the context of concerns about sustainability and the over production and consumption of foods from animals the paper extends the emerging social science research field that addresses the ‘de-animalisation’ of the food system to explor... Read More about Substitution and food system de-animalisation: the case of non-dairy milk.