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A Missense Variant in PTPN22 is a Risk Factor for Drug-induced Liver Injury (2019)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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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.

Discrimination of gain increments in speech-shaped noises (2019)
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Caswell-Midwinter, B., & Whitmer, W. (2019). Discrimination of gain increments in speech-shaped noises. Trends in Hearing, 23, 1-12. https://doi.org/10.1177/2331216518820220

Frequency-dependent gain adjustments are routine in hearing-aid fittings, whether in matching to real-ear targets or fine-tuning to patient feedback. Patient feedback may be unreliable and fittings inefficient if adjustments are not discriminable. To... Read More about Discrimination of gain increments in speech-shaped noises.

Edward III’s household knights and the Crécy campaign of 1346 (2019)
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HEFFERAN, M. (2019). Edward III’s household knights and the Crécy campaign of 1346. Historical Research, 92(255), 24-49. https://doi.org/10.1111/1468-2281.12250

The knights of the royal household were of central importance to medieval warfare. Their contributions to the wars of Edward III have, however, received only limited attention from historians. This article uses the Crécy campaign of 1346, the largest... Read More about Edward III’s household knights and the Crécy campaign of 1346.

Bedouins of Silicon Valley: A neo-Khaldunian approach to sociology of technology (2019)
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Hashemi, M. (2019). Bedouins of Silicon Valley: A neo-Khaldunian approach to sociology of technology. Sociological Review, 67(3), 536-551. https://doi.org/10.1177/0038026118822823

The standard narrative of the emergence, rise and decline of Silicon Valley companies focuses on the evolution of institutions and technological waves, not the mentality of the innovators and entrepreneurs. This article argues that this type of expla... Read More about Bedouins of Silicon Valley: A neo-Khaldunian approach to sociology of technology.

Understanding the multi-scale structure and digestion rate of water chestnut starch (2019)
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Qiao, D., Tu, W., Zhang, B., Wang, R., Li, N., Nishinari, K., …Jiang, F. (2019). Understanding the multi-scale structure and digestion rate of water chestnut starch. Food Hydrocolloids, 91, 311-318. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodhyd.2019.01.036

Using combined techniques and two comparisons (maize and cassava starches), this work concerns the multi-scale structure and digestion rate of water chestnut tuber starch. Among the starches, the water chestnut starch showed altered hierarchical stru... Read More about Understanding the multi-scale structure and digestion rate of water chestnut starch.

Continuous testing of silica-PEI adsorbents in a lab.-scale twin bubbling fluidized-bed system (2019)
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Kim, J.-Y., Woo, J.-M., Jo, S.-H., Lee, S.-Y., Moon, J.-H., Kim, H., …Park, Y. C. (2019). Continuous testing of silica-PEI adsorbents in a lab.-scale twin bubbling fluidized-bed system. International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control, 82, 184-191. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijggc.2019.01.007

In this study, a lab.-scale twin bubbling fluidized-bed system (TBS) has been used continuously to test the performance for CO2 adsorption of silica-PEI (S.PEI) adsorbents, containing 40 wt.% of PEI, which were supplied by the University of Nottingha... Read More about Continuous testing of silica-PEI adsorbents in a lab.-scale twin bubbling fluidized-bed system.

Gap-induced inhibition of the post-auricular muscle response in humans and guinea pigs (2019)
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Wilson, C. A., Berger, J. I., de Boer, J., Sereda, M., Palmer, A. R., Hall, D. A., & Wallace, M. N. (2019). Gap-induced inhibition of the post-auricular muscle response in humans and guinea pigs. Hearing Research, 374, 13-23. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.heares.2019.01.009

A common method for measuring changes in temporal processing sensitivity in both humans and animals makes use of GaP-induced Inhibition of the Acoustic Startle (GPIAS). It is also the basis of a common method for detecting tinnitus in rodents. Howeve... Read More about Gap-induced inhibition of the post-auricular muscle response in humans and guinea pigs.

Citizen science and the professional-amateur divide: lessons from differing online practices (2019)
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Dowthwaite, L., & Sprinks, J. (2019). Citizen science and the professional-amateur divide: lessons from differing online practices. JCOM: Journal of Science Communication, 18(01), Article A06. https://doi.org/10.22323/2.18010206

Online citizen science platforms increasingly provide types of infrastructural support previously only available to organisationally-based professional scientists. Other practices, such as creative arts, also exploit the freedom and accessibility aff... Read More about Citizen science and the professional-amateur divide: lessons from differing online practices.

A sociotechnical system approach to virtual citizen science: an application of BS ISO 27500:2016 (2019)
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Houghton, R., Sprinks, J., Wardlaw, J., Bamford, S., & Marsh, S. (2019). A sociotechnical system approach to virtual citizen science: an application of BS ISO 27500:2016. JCOM: Journal of Science Communication, 18(01), https://doi.org/10.22323/2.18010201

We discuss the potential application to virtual citizen science of a recent standard (BS ISO 27500:2016 “The human-centred organisation”) which encourages the adoption of a sociotechnical systems perspective across a wide range of businesses, organiz... Read More about A sociotechnical system approach to virtual citizen science: an application of BS ISO 27500:2016.

The divergence of bank lending rates from policy rates after the financial crisis: The role of bank funding costs (2019)
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Illes, A., Lombardi, M. J., & Mizen, P. (2019). The divergence of bank lending rates from policy rates after the financial crisis: The role of bank funding costs. Journal of International Money and Finance, 93, 117-141. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jimonfin.2019.01.003

After the global financial crisis, policy rates were cut to near-zero levels, yet, bank lending rates did not fall as much as the decline in policy rates would have suggested. If the crisis represents a structural break in the relationship between mo... Read More about The divergence of bank lending rates from policy rates after the financial crisis: The role of bank funding costs.

Effect of temperature, oxygen and light on the degradation of β-carotene, lutein and α-tocopherol in spray-dried spinach juice powder during storage (2019)
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Syamila, M., Gedi, M., Briars, R., Ayed, C., & Gray, D. (2019). Effect of temperature, oxygen and light on the degradation of β-carotene, lutein and α-tocopherol in spray-dried spinach juice powder during storage. Food Chemistry, 284, 188-197. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodchem.2019.01.055

© 2019 The aim of this study was to evaluate the interaction between packaging parameters (transmission of light and oxygen) and storage temperatures (4, 20, 40 °C) on nutrient retention of Spinach (Spinacia oleracea) juice, spray-dried in the absen... Read More about Effect of temperature, oxygen and light on the degradation of β-carotene, lutein and α-tocopherol in spray-dried spinach juice powder during storage.

The effect of consumption context on consumer hedonics, emotional response and beer choice (2019)
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Nijman, M., James, S., Dehrmann, F., Smart, K., Ford, R., & Hort, J. (2019). The effect of consumption context on consumer hedonics, emotional response and beer choice. Food Quality and Preference, 74, 59-71. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodqual.2019.01.011

The context of a consumer test affects participant response. Data collected in a sensory laboratory is likely to have little predictive value of consumer experience in real-life situations. This study determined the effects of context on consumer res... Read More about The effect of consumption context on consumer hedonics, emotional response and beer choice.

Haemoproteus minutus is highly virulent for Australasian and South American parrots (2019)
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Ortiz-Catedral, L., Brunton, D., Stidworthy, M. F., Elsheikha, H. M., Pennycott, T., Schulze, C., …Olias, P. (2019). Haemoproteus minutus is highly virulent for Australasian and South American parrots. Parasites and Vectors, 12(1), https://doi.org/10.1186/s13071-018-3255-0

Background: Haemoproteus and Plasmodium species are widespread avian blood parasites. Several Plasmodium species are known for their high virulence and have caused significant declines in naïve bird populations. The impact of closely related Haemopro... Read More about Haemoproteus minutus is highly virulent for Australasian and South American parrots.

Dopamine D1-like receptors in the dorsomedial prefrontal cortex regulate contextual fear conditioning (2019)
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Stubbendorff, C., Hale, E., Cassaday, H. J., Bast, T., & Stevenson, C. W. (2019). Dopamine D1-like receptors in the dorsomedial prefrontal cortex regulate contextual fear conditioning. Psychopharmacology, 236(6), 1771-1782. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00213-018-5162-7

Rationale Dopamine D1 receptor (D1R) signalling is involved in contextual fear conditioning. The D1R antagonist SCH23390 impairs the acquisition of contextual fear when administered systemically or infused locally into the dorsal hippocampus or ba... Read More about Dopamine D1-like receptors in the dorsomedial prefrontal cortex regulate contextual fear conditioning.

Moving to another world: understanding the impact of clinical trial closure on research participants living with HIV in Uganda (2019)
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Nalubega, S., Cox, K., Cert, O., Mugerwa, H., & Evans, C. (2019). Moving to another world: understanding the impact of clinical trial closure on research participants living with HIV in Uganda. Journal of the Association of Nurses in AIDS Care, 30(5), e96-e108. https://doi.org/10.1097/JNC.0000000000000057

Despite an increasing need for clinical trials involving people living with HIV (PLWH), little is known about how PLWH experience trial closure, particularly in low-income countries, where the majority of trials take place. We sought to explore the i... Read More about Moving to another world: understanding the impact of clinical trial closure on research participants living with HIV in Uganda.