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Accuracy of FibroScan Controlled Attenuation Parameter and Liver Stiffness Measurement in Assessing Steatosis and Fibrosis in Patients With Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease (2019)
Journal Article
Tsochatzis, E., Eddowes, P. J., Sasso, M., Allison, M., Tsochatzis, E., Anstee, Q. M., …Newsome, P. N. (2019). Accuracy of FibroScan Controlled Attenuation Parameter and Liver Stiffness Measurement in Assessing Steatosis and Fibrosis in Patients With Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease. Gastroenterology, 156(6), 1717-1730. https://doi.org/10.1053/j.gastro.2019.01.042

Background & Aims: We estimated the accuracy of FibroScan vibration-controlled transient elastography controlled attenuation parameter (CAP) and liver stiffness measurements (LSMs) in assessing steatosis and fibrosis in patients with suspected NAFLD.... Read More about Accuracy of FibroScan Controlled Attenuation Parameter and Liver Stiffness Measurement in Assessing Steatosis and Fibrosis in Patients With Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease.

The Papacy, Reform and Intervention: International Collective Security in Restoration Italy (2019)
Book Chapter
Laven, D. (2019). The Papacy, Reform and Intervention: International Collective Security in Restoration Italy. In B. de Graaf, I. de Haan, & B. Vick (Eds.), Securing Europe after Napoleon: 1815 and the new European security culture (214-230). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108597050.012

In contrast to the largely critical historiography on the Italian portion of the system established at the Congress of Vienna, this chapter argues that most Italians were happy to see the establishment of a Habsburg hegemony, in part as the main driv... Read More about The Papacy, Reform and Intervention: International Collective Security in Restoration Italy.

Albuminuria regression and all-cause mortality among insulin-treated patients with Type 2 diabetes: analysis of a large UK Primary Care cohort (2019)
Journal Article
Anyanwagu, U., Donnelly, R., & Idris, I. (2019). Albuminuria regression and all-cause mortality among insulin-treated patients with Type 2 diabetes: analysis of a large UK Primary Care cohort. American Journal of Nephrology, 49(2), 146-155. https://doi.org/10.1159/000496276

Background: Overt albuminuria (urinary albumin-creatinine ratio (ACR) >300mg/g) is an established risk factor for progression of nephropathy and total mortality. However, whether, a reduction in ACR translates into a reduction in mortality and/or car... Read More about Albuminuria regression and all-cause mortality among insulin-treated patients with Type 2 diabetes: analysis of a large UK Primary Care cohort.

Sex allocation, sex ratios and reproduction (2019)
Book Chapter
Hardy, I. C., & Boulton, R. A. (2019). Sex allocation, sex ratios and reproduction. In J. Choe (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Animal Behavior (464-471). (2nd edition). Elsevier. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-08-045337-8.00194-7

Sex allocation theory provides a powerful framework for understanding a range of reproductive behavior, including the numerical sex ratio of the progeny that parents produce. Starting with evolutionary explanations for why many species have unbiased... Read More about Sex allocation, sex ratios and reproduction.

An integrated functional Weissman estimator for conditionalextreme quantiles (2019)
Journal Article
Gardes, L., & Stupfler, G. (2019). An integrated functional Weissman estimator for conditionalextreme quantiles. Revstat Statistical Journal, 17(1), 109-144

It is well-known that estimating extreme quantiles, namely, quantiles lying beyond the range of the available data, is a nontrivial problem that involves the analysis of tail behavior through the estimation of the extreme-value index. For heavy-taile... Read More about An integrated functional Weissman estimator for conditionalextreme quantiles.

Observation of angular dependence of T1 in the human white matter at 3T (2019)
Journal Article
Knight, M., Damion, R., & Kauppinen, R. (2019). Observation of angular dependence of T1 in the human white matter at 3T. Biomedical Spectroscopy and Imaging, 7(3-4), 125-133. https://doi.org/10.3233/bsi-180183

Background and Objective: Multiple factors including chemical composition and microstructure influence relaxivity of tissue water in vivo. We have quantified T1 in the human white mater (WM) together with diffusion tensor imaging to study a possible... Read More about Observation of angular dependence of T1 in the human white matter at 3T.

Tumor pH and Protein Concentration Contribute to the Signal of Amide Proton Transfer Magnetic Resonance Imaging (2019)
Journal Article
Ray, K. J., Simard, M. A., Larkin, J. R., Coates, J., Kinchesh, P., Smart, S. C., …Sibson, N. R. (2019). Tumor pH and Protein Concentration Contribute to the Signal of Amide Proton Transfer Magnetic Resonance Imaging. Cancer Research, 79(7), 1343-1352. https://doi.org/10.1158/0008-5472.can-18-2168

Abnormal pH is a common feature of malignant tumors and has been associated clinically with suboptimal outcomes. Amide proton transfer magnetic resonance imaging (APT MRI) holds promise as a means to noninvasively measure tumor pH, yet multiple facto... Read More about Tumor pH and Protein Concentration Contribute to the Signal of Amide Proton Transfer Magnetic Resonance Imaging.

Migrants in the labor market: implications for TVET (2019)
Book Chapter
Alla-Mensah, J., Fakoush, H., McGrath, S., & Wedekind, V. (2019). Migrants in the labor market: implications for TVET. In S. McGrath, M. Mulder, J. Papier, & R. Suart (Eds.), Handbook of vocational education and training: developments in the changing world of work (159-175). Cham: Springer International Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-94532-3_114

Migration is increasingly being seen as a political challenge and, thus, a policy priority. Yet the integration of migrants into labor markets is a key element of the political contestations of migration. On the one hand, successful labor market inte... Read More about Migrants in the labor market: implications for TVET.

In-situ repair/maintenance with a continuum robotic machine tool in confined space (2019)
Journal Article
Dong, X., Palmer, D., Axinte, D., & Kell, J. (2019). In-situ repair/maintenance with a continuum robotic machine tool in confined space. Journal of Manufacturing Processes, 38, 313-318. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmapro.2019.01.024

In-situ repair/maintenance is critical for the key industry sectors (e.g. aerospace, nuclear), which require prompt interventions. The paper reports on a tendon driven continuum robotic machine tool with high manoeuvrability in navigating and machini... Read More about In-situ repair/maintenance with a continuum robotic machine tool in confined space.

Young people, school engagement and perceptions of support: a mixed methods analysis (2019)
Journal Article
Ryan, L., D’Angelo, A., Kaye, N., & Lorinc, M. (2019). Young people, school engagement and perceptions of support: a mixed methods analysis. Journal of Youth Studies, 22(9), 1272-1288. https://doi.org/10.1080/13676261.2019.1571178

As levels of young people not in education, employment or training (NEET) remain high in the UK, there is growing concern about processes of school disengagement. Drawing on quantitative and qualitative data, we explore some factors that lead young p... Read More about Young people, school engagement and perceptions of support: a mixed methods analysis.

Developing a high-throughput SNP-based marker system to facilitate the introgression of traits from Aegilops species into bread wheat (Triticum aestivum) (2019)
Journal Article
Przewieslik-Allen, A. M., Burridge, A. J., Wilkinson, P. A., Winfield, M. O., Shaw, D. S., McAusland, L., …Barker, G. L. (2019). Developing a high-throughput SNP-based marker system to facilitate the introgression of traits from Aegilops species into bread wheat (Triticum aestivum). Frontiers in Plant Science, 9, Article 1993. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2018.01993

The genus Aegilops contains a diverse collection of wild species exhibiting variation in geographical distribution, ecological adaptation, ploidy and genome organization. Aegilops is the most closely related genus to Triticum which includes cultivate... Read More about Developing a high-throughput SNP-based marker system to facilitate the introgression of traits from Aegilops species into bread wheat (Triticum aestivum).

Riding the Wave of Belt and Road Initiative in Servitization: Lessons from China (2019)
Journal Article
Hua Tan, K., Guojun, J., Chung, L., Wang, C. H., Chiu, A., & Tseng, M. L. (2019). Riding the Wave of Belt and Road Initiative in Servitization: Lessons from China. International Journal of Production Economics, 211, 15-21. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpe.2019.01.027

In light of increasing demand in services, manufacturers are moving further downstream in order to interact and respond to customers' needs more effectively. Several authors have proposed servitization models based on the product service system (PSS)... Read More about Riding the Wave of Belt and Road Initiative in Servitization: Lessons from China.

Domesticating data: socio-legal perspectives on smart homes and good data design (2019)
Book Chapter
FLINTHAM, M., GOULDEN, M., PRICE, D., & Urquhart, L. (2019). Domesticating data: socio-legal perspectives on smart homes and good data design. In A. Daly, S. K. Devitt, & M. Mann (Eds.), Good data (343 -360). Institute of Network Cultures

In this chapter, we focus on the so-called ‘smart home’ as an archetypal group space into which the Internet of Things is spreading. As most homes are shared spaces we focus on what ‘good data’ might look like in a space that is essentially defined b... Read More about Domesticating data: socio-legal perspectives on smart homes and good data design.

Feasibility of a randomised controlled trial of remotely delivered problem-solving cognitive behaviour therapy versus usual care for young people with depression and repeat self-harm: lessons learnt (e-DASH) (2019)
Journal Article
Sayal, K., Roe, J., Ball, H., Atha, C., Kaylor-Hughes, C., Guo, B., …Morriss, R. (2019). Feasibility of a randomised controlled trial of remotely delivered problem-solving cognitive behaviour therapy versus usual care for young people with depression and repeat self-harm: lessons learnt (e-DASH). BMC Psychiatry, 19(1), Article 42. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12888-018-2005-3

Background

Self-harm and depression are strong risk factors for repeat self-harm and suicide. We aimed to investigate the feasibility of a randomised controlled trial (RCT) of remotely delivered problem-solving cognitive behaviour therapy (PSCBT)... Read More about Feasibility of a randomised controlled trial of remotely delivered problem-solving cognitive behaviour therapy versus usual care for young people with depression and repeat self-harm: lessons learnt (e-DASH).

Oligodendrogliogenesis and axon remyelination after traumatic spinal cord injuries in animal studies: a systematic review (2019)
Journal Article
Hassannejad, Z., Shakouri-Motlagh, A., Mokhatab, M., Abdollah Zadegan, S., Sharif-Alhoseini, M., Shokraneh, F., & Rahimi-Movaghar, V. (2019). Oligodendrogliogenesis and axon remyelination after traumatic spinal cord injuries in animal studies: a systematic review. Neuroscience, 402, 37-50. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroscience.2019.01.019

© 2019 IBRO Extensive oligodendrocyte death after acute traumatic spinal cord injuries (TSCI) leads to axon demyelination and subsequently may leave axons vulnerable to degeneration. Despite the present evidence showing spontaneous remyelination afte... Read More about Oligodendrogliogenesis and axon remyelination after traumatic spinal cord injuries in animal studies: a systematic review.

Testing for randomness in a random coefficient autoregression model (2019)
Journal Article
Horváth, L., & Trapani, L. (2019). Testing for randomness in a random coefficient autoregression model. Journal of Econometrics, 209(2), 338-352. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jeconom.2019.01.005

We propose a test to discern between an ordinary autoregressive model, and a random coefficient one. To this end, we develop a full-fledged estimation theory for the variances of the idiosyncratic innovation and of the random coefficient, based on a... Read More about Testing for randomness in a random coefficient autoregression model.

The Attraction of FDI to Conflicted States: The Counter-Intuitive Case of US Oil and Gas (2019)
Journal Article
Skovoroda, R., Goldfinch, S., DeRouen, K., & Buck, T. (2019). The Attraction of FDI to Conflicted States: The Counter-Intuitive Case of US Oil and Gas. Management International Review, 59(2), 229-251. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11575-018-0374-y

States burdened with conflict have been considered to be undesirable destinations for foreign direct investment (FDI) due to, inter alia, political instability, regulatory unpredictability, and expropriation risk. However, we develop an alternative v... Read More about The Attraction of FDI to Conflicted States: The Counter-Intuitive Case of US Oil and Gas.

The effect of accent exposure on children’s sociolinguistic evaluation of peers (2019)
Journal Article
Paquette-Smith, M., Buckler, H., White, K., Choi, J., & Johnson, E. K. (2019). The effect of accent exposure on children’s sociolinguistic evaluation of peers. Developmental Psychology, 55(4), 809-822. https://doi.org/10.1037/dev0000659

Language and accent strongly influence the formation of social groups. By five years of age, children already show strong social preferences for peers who speak their native language with a familiar accent (Kinzler, Shutts, DeJesus, & Spelke, 2009).... Read More about The effect of accent exposure on children’s sociolinguistic evaluation of peers.