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Do productive firms get external finance? Evidence from Chinese listed manufacturing firms (2019)
Journal Article
Chen, M., & Matousek, R. (2019). Do productive firms get external finance? Evidence from Chinese listed manufacturing firms. International Review of Financial Analysis, 67, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.irfa.2019.101422

© 2019 Elsevier Inc. Due to information asymmetry problem in financial markets good quality firms often find it difficult to prove to external finance providers about their true quality and to distinguish themselves from bad quality firms. We argue t... Read More about Do productive firms get external finance? Evidence from Chinese listed manufacturing firms.

Ambiguity and price competition (2019)
Journal Article
Routledge, R. R., & Edwards, R. A. (2019). Ambiguity and price competition. Theory and Decision, 1-26. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11238-019-09725-4

© 2019, The Author(s). There are few models of price competition in a homogeneous-good market which permit general asymmetries of information amongst the sellers. This work studies a price game with discontinuous payoffs in which both costs and marke... Read More about Ambiguity and price competition.

Genetic variability in response to amyloid beta deposition influences Alzheimer’s disease risk (2019)
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Salih, D. A., Bayram, S., Guelfi, S., Reynolds, R. H., Shoai, M., Ryten, M., …Hardy, J. (2019). Genetic variability in response to amyloid beta deposition influences Alzheimer’s disease risk. Brain Communications, 1(1), Article fcz022. https://doi.org/10.1093/braincomms/fcz022

Genome-wide association studies of late-onset Alzheimer’s disease risk have previously identified genes primarily expressed in microglia that form a transcriptional network. Using transgenic mouse models of amyloid deposition, we previously showed th... Read More about Genetic variability in response to amyloid beta deposition influences Alzheimer’s disease risk.

Ga and Ce ion-doped phosphate glass fibres with antibacterial properties and their composite for wound healing applications (2019)
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Łapa, A., Cresswell, M., Campbell, I., Jackson, P., Goldmann, W. H., Detsch, R., …Boccaccini, A. R. (2019). Ga and Ce ion-doped phosphate glass fibres with antibacterial properties and their composite for wound healing applications. Journal of Materials Chemistry B, 7(44), 6981-6993. https://doi.org/10.1039/c9tb00820a

© 2019 The Royal Society of Chemistry. Novel gallium/cerium-doped phosphate glass fibres (PGF) were successfully manufactured by the melt-quenching and melt-spinning process. The amorphous character of the materials produced was confirmed using X-ray... Read More about Ga and Ce ion-doped phosphate glass fibres with antibacterial properties and their composite for wound healing applications.

Greening the concept of state crime (2019)
Journal Article
Heydon, J. (2019). Greening the concept of state crime. State Crime Journal, 8(1), 39-58. https://doi.org/10.13169/statecrime.8.1.0039

© 2019 Pluto Journals. All rights reserved. Green criminologists often deploy the notion of harm to capture patterns of environmental victimization sitting outside the narrow and legalistic confines of environmental “crime”. In doing so, their analyt... Read More about Greening the concept of state crime.

Re-asserting paradigm plurality: pragmatism and co-production in management and organisation studies (2019)
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Kelemen, M., & Rumens, N. (2019). Re-asserting paradigm plurality: pragmatism and co-production in management and organisation studies. Studi di Sociologia, 2019-1, 81-92. https://doi.org/10.26350/000309_000053

Burrell and Morgan’s (1979) paradigm model has made an enduring impact on management and organisation studies (MOS). Indeed, in a review of its influence and on-going relevance for MOS scholars, Hassard and Cox (2013) reply in the affirmative, extend... Read More about Re-asserting paradigm plurality: pragmatism and co-production in management and organisation studies.

Effects of ZnO addition on thermal properties, degradation and biocompatibility of P45Mg24Ca16Na(15−x)Znx glasses (2019)
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Wang, Y., Zhu, C., Parsons, A., Rudd, C., Ahmed, I., & Sharmin, N. (2019). Effects of ZnO addition on thermal properties, degradation and biocompatibility of P45Mg24Ca16Na(15−x)Znx glasses. Biomedical Glasses, 5(1), 53-66. https://doi.org/10.1515/bglass-2019-0005

Four phosphate-based glass formulations in the system P45Mg24Ca16Na(15−x)Znx, referred to as P45Znx (x = 0, 5, 10 and 15 mol%), were prepared using a melt quenching process. The effect of ZnO addition on density, molar volume, thermal properties and... Read More about Effects of ZnO addition on thermal properties, degradation and biocompatibility of P45Mg24Ca16Na(15−x)Znx glasses.

An intersectionality-based analysis of high seas policy making stagnation and equity in United Nations negotiations (2019)
Journal Article
Sparks, J., & Silva, S. M. (2019). An intersectionality-based analysis of high seas policy making stagnation and equity in United Nations negotiations. Journal of Community Practice, 27(3-4), 260-278. https://doi.org/10.1080/10705422.2019.1647325

© 2019 Taylor & Francis Group, LLC. This paper used an intersectionality-based policy analysis to critically dissect systemic power structures within the UN that likely contributed to marine policy making’s stagnation. An empirical analysis of UN o... Read More about An intersectionality-based analysis of high seas policy making stagnation and equity in United Nations negotiations.

Fatigue in inflammatory bowel disease: Understanding research needs through an exploratory narrative review (2019)
Journal Article
Radford, S. J. (2019). Fatigue in inflammatory bowel disease: Understanding research needs through an exploratory narrative review. Gastrointestinal Nursing, 17(4), 30-35. https://doi.org/10.12968/gasn.2019.17.4.30

© 2019 MA Healthcare Ltd Aims: To summarise the main findings from research on current understanding of fatigue in inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). Methods: A narrative review of relevant literature corresponding to IBD fatigue was conducted. Result... Read More about Fatigue in inflammatory bowel disease: Understanding research needs through an exploratory narrative review.

Periconceptional environment and the developmental origins of disease (2019)
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Velazquez, M. A., Fleming, T. P., & Watkins, A. J. (2019). Periconceptional environment and the developmental origins of disease. Journal of Endocrinology, 242(1), T33-T49. https://doi.org/10.1530/JOE-18-0676

© 2019 Society for Endocrinology Published by Bioscientifica Ltd. The concept emerging from Professor David Barker's seminal research on the developmental origins of later-life disease has progressed in many directions since it was first published. O... Read More about Periconceptional environment and the developmental origins of disease.

Advancing Long-Term Care Science Through Using Common Data Elements: Candidate Measures for Care Outcomes of Personhood, Well-Being, and Quality of Life (2019)
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Edvardsson, D., Baxter, R., Corneliusson, L., Anderson, R. A., Beeber, A., Boas, P. V., …Zúñiga, F. (2019). Advancing Long-Term Care Science Through Using Common Data Elements: Candidate Measures for Care Outcomes of Personhood, Well-Being, and Quality of Life. Gerontology and Geriatric Medicine, 5, 1-15. https://doi.org/10.1177/2333721419842672

To support the development of internationally comparable common data elements (CDEs) that can be used to measure essential aspects of long-term care (LTC) across low-, middle-, and high-income countries, a group of researchers in medicine, nursing, b... Read More about Advancing Long-Term Care Science Through Using Common Data Elements: Candidate Measures for Care Outcomes of Personhood, Well-Being, and Quality of Life.

“We got more than we expected.” Older people’s experiences of falls-prevention exercise interventions and implications for practice. A qualitative study. (2019)
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Lafond, N., Maula, A., Iliffe, S., Vedhara, K., Audsley, S., Kendrick, D., & Orton, E. (2019). “We got more than we expected.” Older people’s experiences of falls-prevention exercise interventions and implications for practice. A qualitative study. Primary Health Care Research and Development, 20, Article e103. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1463423619000379

Aim: To explore the experiences of older adults participating in strength and balance exercise programmes and understand participants’ rationale for programme uptake and completion. Background: Regular physical activity, specifically strength an... Read More about “We got more than we expected.” Older people’s experiences of falls-prevention exercise interventions and implications for practice. A qualitative study..

Transitioning primary school students with Autism Spectrum Disorder from a special education setting to a mainstream classroom: successes and difficulties (2019)
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Martin, T., Dixon, R., Verenikina, I., & Costley, D. (2019). Transitioning primary school students with Autism Spectrum Disorder from a special education setting to a mainstream classroom: successes and difficulties. International Journal of Inclusive Education, 1-16. https://doi.org/10.1080/13603116.2019.1568597

© 2019, © 2019 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. Students with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) are increasingly being educated in mainstream classroom environments. Commonly students commence their education in a segregated set... Read More about Transitioning primary school students with Autism Spectrum Disorder from a special education setting to a mainstream classroom: successes and difficulties.

A quick method for evaluating the thresholds of workpiece surface damage in machining (2019)
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Xu, D., Liao, Z., Axinte, D., Hardy, M., & M'Saoubi, R. (2019). A quick method for evaluating the thresholds of workpiece surface damage in machining. CIRP Annals - Manufacturing Technology, 68(1), 61-64. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cirp.2019.03.015

© 2019 This paper proposes a Pendulum-Based Cutting Test (PBCT) methodology which allows quick cutting tests for surface integrity evaluation along with providing cutting energies associated with particular level of workpiece surface damage, this is... Read More about A quick method for evaluating the thresholds of workpiece surface damage in machining.

The ontology of early labour (and the difficulties of talking about it): Using interview methods to investigate uncertain and gendered concepts (2019)
Journal Article
Roberts, J. (2019). The ontology of early labour (and the difficulties of talking about it): Using interview methods to investigate uncertain and gendered concepts. Methodological Innovations, 12(1), https://doi.org/10.1177/2059799119825594

This article presents reflections on the process of collecting interview data about fathers’ experiences of ‘early labour’. Early labour is the first phase of labour, defined in textbooks by regular contractions and cervical dilation of up to 4 cm. W... Read More about The ontology of early labour (and the difficulties of talking about it): Using interview methods to investigate uncertain and gendered concepts.

Radical Stabilization Energies for Enzyme Engineering: Tackling the Substrate Scope of the Radical Enzyme QueE (2019)
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Suess, C. J., Martins, F. L., Croft, A. K., & Jäger, C. M. (2019). Radical Stabilization Energies for Enzyme Engineering: Tackling the Substrate Scope of the Radical Enzyme QueE. Journal of Chemical Information and Modeling, https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jcim.9b00017

© 2019 American Chemical Society. Experimental assessment of catalytic reaction mechanisms and profiles of radical enzymes can be severely challenging due to the reactive nature of the intermediates and sensitivity of cofactors such as iron-sulfur cl... Read More about Radical Stabilization Energies for Enzyme Engineering: Tackling the Substrate Scope of the Radical Enzyme QueE.

“T2-high” in severe asthma related to blood eosinophil, exhaled nitric oxide and serum periostin (2019)
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Pavlidis, S., Takahashi, K., Kwong, F. N. K., Xie, J., Hoda, U., Sun, K., …Chung, K. F. (2019). “T2-high” in severe asthma related to blood eosinophil, exhaled nitric oxide and serum periostin. European Respiratory Journal, 53(1), Article 1800938. https://doi.org/10.1183/13993003.00938-2018

Copyright ©ERS 2019. Type-2 (T2) immune responses in airway epithelial cells (AECs) classifies mild–moderate asthma into a T2-high phenotype. We examined whether currently available clinical biomarkers can predict AEC-defined T2-high phenotype withi... Read More about “T2-high” in severe asthma related to blood eosinophil, exhaled nitric oxide and serum periostin.

Evaluation of the implementation of the response assessment in neuro-oncology criteria in the HERBY trial of pediatric patients with newly diagnosed high-grade gliomas (2019)
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Rodriguez, D., Chambers, T., Warmuth-Metz, M., Sanchez Aliaga, E., Warren, D., Calmon, R., …Jaspan, T. (2019). Evaluation of the implementation of the response assessment in neuro-oncology criteria in the HERBY trial of pediatric patients with newly diagnosed high-grade gliomas. American Journal of Neuroradiology, 40(3), 568-575. https://doi.org/10.3174/ajnr.A5982

© 2019 American Society of Neuroradiology. All rights reserved. BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: HERBY was a Phase II multicenter trial setup to establish the efficacy and safety of adding bevacizumab to radiation therapy and temozolomide in pediatric patient... Read More about Evaluation of the implementation of the response assessment in neuro-oncology criteria in the HERBY trial of pediatric patients with newly diagnosed high-grade gliomas.

Human factors in exclusive and shared use in the UK transport system (2019)
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Golightly, D., Houghton, R., HUGHES, N., & Sharples, S. (2019). Human factors in exclusive and shared use in the UK transport system. Foresight, Government Office for Science

Transport sharing describes a growing set of practices, systems and services that sit between traditional notions of private and public transport provision, and may have benefits in terms of both improving mobility in society and helping to address e... Read More about Human factors in exclusive and shared use in the UK transport system.