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Adding lemon juice to poison: examining the oxymoronic nature of mindfulness in education and its future direction (2019)
Journal Article
Sellman, E. M., & Buttarazzi, G. F. (2020). Adding lemon juice to poison: examining the oxymoronic nature of mindfulness in education and its future direction. British Journal of Educational Studies, 68(1), 61-78. https://doi.org/10.1080/00071005.2019.1581128

This article seeks to amplify a debate initiated in this journal by Hyland (2016)by deepening a number of conceptual, methodological and implementationalissues concerning the application of mindfulness based interventions (MBIs) toschools and other p... Read More about Adding lemon juice to poison: examining the oxymoronic nature of mindfulness in education and its future direction.

Synthesis and characterisation of rylene diimide dimers using molecular handcuffs (2019)
Journal Article
Yang, L., Langer, P., Davies, E. S., Baldoni, M., Wickham, K., Besley, N. A., …Champness, N. R. (2019). Synthesis and characterisation of rylene diimide dimers using molecular handcuffs. Chemical Science, 10(13), 3723-3732. https://doi.org/10.1039/c9sc00167k

A strategy for positioning, and loosely connecting, molecules in close proximity using mechanically interlocked handcuffs is described. The strategy is demonstrated using rylene diimides, creating dimeric structures in which two components are linked... Read More about Synthesis and characterisation of rylene diimide dimers using molecular handcuffs.

Fit-for-purpose modelling of radiocaesium soil-to-plant transfer for nuclear emergencies: a review (2019)
Journal Article
Almahayni, T., Beresford, N. A., Crout, N. M., & Sweeck, L. (2019). Fit-for-purpose modelling of radiocaesium soil-to-plant transfer for nuclear emergencies: a review. Journal of Environmental Radioactivity, 201, 58-66. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvrad.2019.01.006

Numerous radioecological models have been developed to predict radionuclides transfer from contaminated soils to the food chain, which is an essential step in preparing and responding to nuclear emergencies. However, the lessons learned from applying... Read More about Fit-for-purpose modelling of radiocaesium soil-to-plant transfer for nuclear emergencies: a review.

A design methodology of multi-resonant controllers for high performance 400Hz ground power units (2019)
Journal Article
Rojas, F., Cardenas-Dobson, R., Clare, J. C., Diaz, M., Pereda, J., & Kennel, R. (2019). A design methodology of multi-resonant controllers for high performance 400Hz ground power units. IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, 66(8), 654 -6559. https://doi.org/10.1109/tie.2019.2898610

In aerospace applications, a Ground Power Unit (GPU) has to provide balanced and sinusoidal 400 Hz phase-to-neutral voltages to unbalanced and non-linear single-phase loads. Compensation of high-order harmonics is complex, as the ratio between sampli... Read More about A design methodology of multi-resonant controllers for high performance 400Hz ground power units.

FT modulates genome-wide DNA-binding of the bZIP transcription factor FD (2019)
Journal Article
Collani, S., Neumann, M., Yant, L., & Schmid, M. (2019). FT modulates genome-wide DNA-binding of the bZIP transcription factor FD. Plant Physiology, 180(1), 367-380. https://doi.org/10.1104/pp.18.01505

© 2019, American Society of Plant Biologists. All rights reserved. The transition to flowering is a crucial step in the plant life cycle that is controlled by multiple endogenous and environmental cues, including hormones, sugars, temperature, and ph... Read More about FT modulates genome-wide DNA-binding of the bZIP transcription factor FD.

Symmetron scalar fields: modified gravity, dark matter, or both? (2019)
Journal Article
Burrage, C., Copeland, E. J., Käding, C., & Millington, P. (2019). Symmetron scalar fields: modified gravity, dark matter, or both?. Physical Review D, 99(4), Article 043539. https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevd.99.043539

Scalar fields coupled to gravity through the Ricci scalar have been considered both as dark matter candidates and as a possible modified gravity explanation for galactic dynamics. It has recently been demonstrated that the dynamics of baryonic matter... Read More about Symmetron scalar fields: modified gravity, dark matter, or both?.

Selective low temperature chemical looping combustion of higher alkanes with Cu- and Mn- oxides (2019)
Journal Article
Güleç, F., Meredith, W., Sun, C., & Snape, C. E. (2019). Selective low temperature chemical looping combustion of higher alkanes with Cu- and Mn- oxides. Energy, 173, 658-666. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.energy.2019.02.099

Chemical looping combustion (CLC) of n-hexadecane and n-heptane with copper and manganese oxides (CuO and Mn2O3) has been investigated in a fixed bed reactor to reveal the extent to which low temperature CLC can potentially be applicable to hydrocarb... Read More about Selective low temperature chemical looping combustion of higher alkanes with Cu- and Mn- oxides.

Changing play – writing, researching and learning in an early years arts project (2019)
Journal Article
Franks, A., & Thomson, P. (2019). Changing play – writing, researching and learning in an early years arts project. Ethnography and Education, https://doi.org/10.1080/17457823.2019.1579659

'Changing Play' is an ongoing project initiated by education curators from the Serpentine, a prestigious London art gallery, working with the Portman children's centre nursery. Viewed by curators as a collaboration between artist, children's centre s... Read More about Changing play – writing, researching and learning in an early years arts project.

Enhancing environmental engagement with natural language interfaces for in-vehicle navigation systems (2019)
Journal Article
Antrobus, V., Large, D., Burnett, G., & Hare, C. (2019). Enhancing environmental engagement with natural language interfaces for in-vehicle navigation systems. Journal of Navigation, 72(3), 513-527. https://doi.org/10.1017/S037346331800108X

Four on-road studies were conducted in the Clifton area of Nottingham, UK, aiming to explore the relationships between driver workload and environmental engagement associated with ‘active’ and ‘passive’ navigation systems. In a between-subjects desig... Read More about Enhancing environmental engagement with natural language interfaces for in-vehicle navigation systems.

Victor Segalen: Écrire sur les traces et la question de l’informe (2019)
Book Chapter
Ridon, J. (2019). Victor Segalen: Écrire sur les traces et la question de l’informe. In M. Poizat-Amar (Ed.), Dans le sillage de Victor Segalen: Héritages, présences, trajectoires. Passages

Je commence par le paradoxe qui est au centre de l’idée de trace et qui en même temps donne une direction à toute l’œuvre de Victor Segalen. En effet la trace est à priori l’opposée de l’altérité que l’écrivain cherche à définir dans son concept d’ex... Read More about Victor Segalen: Écrire sur les traces et la question de l’informe.

High- versus low-intensity interventions for perinatal depression delivered by non-specialist primary maternal care providers in Nigeria: cluster randomised controlled trial (the EXPONATE trial) (2019)
Journal Article
Gureje, O., Oladeji, B. D., Montgomery, A. A., Araya, R., Bello, T., Chisholm, D., …Zelkowitz, P. (2019). High- versus low-intensity interventions for perinatal depression delivered by non-specialist primary maternal care providers in Nigeria: cluster randomised controlled trial (the EXPONATE trial). British Journal of Psychiatry, 215(3), 528-535. https://doi.org/10.1192/bjp.2019.4

Background: Contextually appropriate interventions delivered by primary maternal care providers might be effective in reducing the treatment gap for perinatal depression. Aim: To compare a high intensity psychological intervention with a low intensi... Read More about High- versus low-intensity interventions for perinatal depression delivered by non-specialist primary maternal care providers in Nigeria: cluster randomised controlled trial (the EXPONATE trial).

The resurrection appearances in 1 Corinthians 15 (2019)
Book Chapter
Bell, R. H. (2019). The resurrection appearances in 1 Corinthians 15. In R. Deines, & M. Wreford (Eds.), Epiphanies of the Divine in the Septuagint and the New Testament. Tübingen, Germany: Mohr Siebeck. https://doi.org/10.1628/978-3-16-156271-6

The purpose of my contribution is to examine what Paul writes of the resurrection appearances in 1 Cor 15:5-8 and to draw conclusions about their “historicity,” their nature, and their purpose. The implications of such appearances for Christian theol... Read More about The resurrection appearances in 1 Corinthians 15.

Globalisation, governance, accountability and the natural resource 'curse': Implications for socio-economic growth of oil-rich developing countries (2019)
Journal Article
Adams, D., Adams, K., Ullah, S., & Ullah, F. (2019). Globalisation, governance, accountability and the natural resource 'curse': Implications for socio-economic growth of oil-rich developing countries. Resources Policy, 61, 128-140. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.resourpol.2019.02.009

Motivated by recent inconclusive debates on the natural resource 'curse' phenomenon, this paper reviews studies that have explored the causes and implications of natural resource endowments 'curse' within oil-rich developing countries (ODCs). Most of... Read More about Globalisation, governance, accountability and the natural resource 'curse': Implications for socio-economic growth of oil-rich developing countries.

Cloud-assisted secure eHealth systems for tamper-proofing EHR via blockchain (2019)
Journal Article
Cao, S., Zhang, G., Liu, P., Zhang, X., & Neri, F. (2019). Cloud-assisted secure eHealth systems for tamper-proofing EHR via blockchain. Information Sciences, 485, 427-440. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ins.2019.02.038

© 2019 Elsevier Inc. The wide deployment of cloud-assisted electronic health (eHealth) systems has already shown great benefits in managing electronic health records (EHRs) for both medical institutions and patients. However, it also causes critical... Read More about Cloud-assisted secure eHealth systems for tamper-proofing EHR via blockchain.

Developing practical recommendations for preventative healthcare consultations involving dogs and cats using a Delphi technique (2019)
Journal Article
Belshaw, Z., Robinson, N. J., Dean, R. S., & Brennan, M. L. (2019). Developing practical recommendations for preventative healthcare consultations involving dogs and cats using a Delphi technique. Veterinary Record, 184(11), Article 348. https://doi.org/10.1136/vr.104970

© © British Veterinary Association 2019. Re-use permitted under CC BY-NC. No commercial re-use. Published by BMJ. Preventive healthcare is the focus of a large proportion of UK small animal veterinary consultations. The evidence base for how to optim... Read More about Developing practical recommendations for preventative healthcare consultations involving dogs and cats using a Delphi technique.

Revealing solvent-dependent folding behavior of mycolic acids from Mycobacterium tuberculosis by advanced simulation analysis (2019)
Journal Article
Groenewald, W., Parra Cruz, R., Jaeger, C., & Croft, A. (2019). Revealing solvent-dependent folding behavior of mycolic acids from Mycobacterium tuberculosis by advanced simulation analysis. Journal of Molecular Modeling, 25, 1-12. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00894-019-3943-5

Mycobacterium tuberculosis remains a persistent pathogen, partly due to its lipid rich cell wall, of which mycolic acids (MAs) are a major component. The fluidity and conformational flexibilities of different MAs in the bacterial cell wall significan... Read More about Revealing solvent-dependent folding behavior of mycolic acids from Mycobacterium tuberculosis by advanced simulation analysis.

The spatial variation of the maximum possible contaminant concentration from a steady line source (2019)
Journal Article
Mole, N., & Munro, R. (2019). The spatial variation of the maximum possible contaminant concentration from a steady line source. Boundary-Layer Meteorology, 172(1), 67–80. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10546-019-00432-9

When considering the possible hazard or nuisance associated with a release of toxic or malodorous gas into the atmosphere, large concentrations are especially important, but relatively little work has been done on measuring or modelling the probabili... Read More about The spatial variation of the maximum possible contaminant concentration from a steady line source.

Comparison of forced and impulse oscillometry measurements: a clinical population and printed airway model study (2019)
Journal Article
Soares, M., Richardson, M., Thorpe, J., Owers-Bradley, J., & Siddiqui, S. (2019). Comparison of forced and impulse oscillometry measurements: a clinical population and printed airway model study. Scientific Reports, 9, Article 2130. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-38513-x

The use of commercialised forced oscillation (FOT) devices to assess impedance in obstructive diseases such as asthma has gained popularity. However, it has yet to be fully established whether resistance and reactance measurements are comparable acro... Read More about Comparison of forced and impulse oscillometry measurements: a clinical population and printed airway model study.

Search tactics used in solving everyday how-to technical tasks: repertoire, selection and tenacity (2019)
Journal Article
Rutter, S., Blinzler, V., Ye, C., Wilson, M. L., & Twidale, M. D. (2019). Search tactics used in solving everyday how-to technical tasks: repertoire, selection and tenacity. Information Processing and Management, 56(3), 919-938. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ipm.2019.02.008

With greater access to computational resources, people use search to address many everyday challenges in their lives, including solving technology problems. Although there are now many useful ‘how-to’ resources online (especially videos on YouTube),... Read More about Search tactics used in solving everyday how-to technical tasks: repertoire, selection and tenacity.