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The tensions of innovation: experiences of teachers during a whole school pedagogical shift (2019)
Journal Article
Knight, R. (2019). The tensions of innovation: experiences of teachers during a whole school pedagogical shift. Research Papers in Education, 1-23. https://doi.org/10.1080/02671522.2019.1568527

© 2019, © 2019 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. Education in many countries is heavily influenced by what has been termed a Global Education Reform Movement, based on competition, measurement and comparison. As well as emphasi... Read More about The tensions of innovation: experiences of teachers during a whole school pedagogical shift.

SCENe things: IoT-based monitoring of a community energy scheme (2019)
Journal Article
Shipman, R., & Gillott, M. (2019). SCENe things: IoT-based monitoring of a community energy scheme. Future Cities and Environment, 5(1), https://doi.org/10.5334/fce.64

This paper describes a technology platform for monitoring homes within a community energy scheme. A range of sensors was deployed to measure in-home environmental conditions, occupancy, electrical power, electrical energy, thermal energy, heating beh... Read More about SCENe things: IoT-based monitoring of a community energy scheme.

Multi-objective ant colony optimization algorithm based on decomposition for community detection in complex networks (2019)
Journal Article
Mu, C., Zhang, J., Liu, Y., Qu, R., & Huang, T. (2019). Multi-objective ant colony optimization algorithm based on decomposition for community detection in complex networks. Soft Computing, 23, 12683-12709. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00500-019-03820-y

Community detection aims to identify topological structures and discover patterns in complex networks, which presents an important problem of great significance. The problem can be modeled as an NP hard combinatorial optimization problem, to which mu... Read More about Multi-objective ant colony optimization algorithm based on decomposition for community detection in complex networks.

A wave-based numerical scheme for damage detection and identification in two-dimensional composite structures (2019)
Journal Article
Apalowo, R., & Chronopoulos, D. (2019). A wave-based numerical scheme for damage detection and identification in two-dimensional composite structures. Composite Structures, 214, 164-182. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compstruct.2019.01.098

Previous studies on wave inspection in different propagation directions have focussed on the analysis of wave propagation and wave scattering from various types of joints in two-dimensional monolayered structures. In this work, a Finite Element (FE)... Read More about A wave-based numerical scheme for damage detection and identification in two-dimensional composite structures.

Prehospital transdermal glyceryl trinitrate in patients with ultra-acute presumed stroke (RIGHT-2): an ambulance-based, randomised, sham-controlled, blinded, phase 3 trial (2019)
Journal Article
Bath, P. M., Scutt, P., Anderson, C. S., Appleton, J. P., Berge, E., Cala, L., …Mir, R. (2019). Prehospital transdermal glyceryl trinitrate in patients with ultra-acute presumed stroke (RIGHT-2): an ambulance-based, randomised, sham-controlled, blinded, phase 3 trial. Lancet, 393(10175), 1009-1020. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736%2819%2930194-1

© 2019 The Author(s). Published by Elsevier Ltd. This is an Open Access article under the CC BY 4.0 license Background: High blood pressure is common in acute stroke and is a predictor of poor outcome; however, large trials of lowering blood pressure... Read More about Prehospital transdermal glyceryl trinitrate in patients with ultra-acute presumed stroke (RIGHT-2): an ambulance-based, randomised, sham-controlled, blinded, phase 3 trial.

The prognostic significance of lysosomal protective protein (Cathepsin A) in breast ductal carcinoma in situ (2019)
Journal Article
Toss, M. S., Miligy, I. M., Haj-Ahmad, R., Gorringe, K. L., AlKawaz, A., Mittal, K., …Rakha, E. A. (2019). The prognostic significance of lysosomal protective protein (Cathepsin A) in breast ductal carcinoma in situ. Histopathology, 74(7), 1025-1035. https://doi.org/10.1111/his.13835

Background: Cathepsin A (CTSA) is a key regulatory enzyme for galactoside metabolism. Additionally, it has a distinct proteolytic activity and plays a role in tumour progression. CTSA is differentially expressed at the mRNA level between br... Read More about The prognostic significance of lysosomal protective protein (Cathepsin A) in breast ductal carcinoma in situ.

Development of a behavioural welfare assessment tool for routine use with captive elephants (2019)
Journal Article
Yon, L., Williams, E., Harvey, N., & Archer, L. (2019). Development of a behavioural welfare assessment tool for routine use with captive elephants. PLoS ONE, 14(2), Article e0210783. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0210783

There has been much concern in recent years about the welfare of elephants in zoos across North America and Europe. While some previous studies have assessed captive elephant welfare at a particular point in time, there has been little work to devel... Read More about Development of a behavioural welfare assessment tool for routine use with captive elephants.

Trust: from the Philosophical to the Commercial (2019)
Journal Article
Tallant, J., & Donati, D. (2020). Trust: from the Philosophical to the Commercial. Philosophy of Management, 19(1), 3-19. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40926-019-00107-y

© 2019, The Author(s). This is a paper about trust, with a specific focus on the ways in which trust is investigated in the business literature and the commercial sector. The lens through which the topic is approached is distinctively philosophical.... Read More about Trust: from the Philosophical to the Commercial.

Time preferences are reliable across time- horizons and verbal versus experiential tasks (2019)
Journal Article
Lukinova, E., Wang, Y., Lehrer, S. F., & Erlich, J. C. (2019). Time preferences are reliable across time- horizons and verbal versus experiential tasks. eLife, 8, Article e39656. https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.39656

Individual differences in delay-discounting correlate with important real world outcomes, for example education, income, drug use, and criminality. As such, delay-discounting has been extensively studied by economists, psychologists and neuroscientis... Read More about Time preferences are reliable across time- horizons and verbal versus experiential tasks.

Substituent dependence on the spin crossover behaviour of mononuclear Fe(ii) complexes with asymmetric tridentate ligands (2019)
Journal Article
Saiki, R., Miyamoto, H., Sagayama, H., Kumai, R., Newton, G. N., Shiga, T., & Oshio, H. (2019). Substituent dependence on the spin crossover behaviour of mononuclear Fe(ii) complexes with asymmetric tridentate ligands. Dalton Transactions, 48(10), 3231-3236. https://doi.org/10.1039/c9dt00204a

Three mononuclear iron(II) complexes of the formula [FeII(H2L1-3)2](BF4)2.x(solv.) (H2L1-3 = 2-[5-(R-phenyl)-1H-pyrazole-3-yl] 6-benzimidazole pyridine; H2L1: R = 4-methylphenyl, H2L2, R = 2,4,6-trimethylphenyl, H2L3, R = 2,3,4,5,6pentamethylphenyl)... Read More about Substituent dependence on the spin crossover behaviour of mononuclear Fe(ii) complexes with asymmetric tridentate ligands.

On the nodal structure of nonlinear stationary waves on star graphs (2019)
Journal Article
Band, R., Gnutzmann, S., & Krueger, A. (2019). On the nodal structure of nonlinear stationary waves on star graphs. Symmetry, 11(2), https://doi.org/10.3390/sym11020185

We consider stationary waves on nonlinear quantum star graphs, i.e., solutions to the stationary (cubic) nonlinear Schrödinger equation on a metric star graph with Kirchhoff matching conditions at the centre. We prove the existence of solutions that... Read More about On the nodal structure of nonlinear stationary waves on star graphs.

Debris development in fretting contacts: debris particles and debris beds (2019)
Journal Article
Kirk, A., Shipway, P., Sun, W., & Bennett, C. (2019). Debris development in fretting contacts: debris particles and debris beds. Tribology International, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.triboint.2019.01.051

In this study, the formation and destruction of compacted beds of oxidized debris particles are investigated. Fretting tests of steel specimens were conducted, employing a cylinder-on-flat geometry with displacement amplitude being varied. The debris... Read More about Debris development in fretting contacts: debris particles and debris beds.

Don't blame it on the sunshine, don't blame it on the moonlight, don't blame it on good times, blame it on the sociocultural factors (2019)
Journal Article
Jepsen, P., & Grainge, M. J. (2019). Don't blame it on the sunshine, don't blame it on the moonlight, don't blame it on good times, blame it on the sociocultural factors. Hepatology, 69(5), 1852-1854. https://doi.org/10.1002/hep.30547

In this issue of Hepatology, Ventura‐Cots and colleagues present their study arguing that colder weather and fewer sunlight hours increase alcohol consumption and thus cause alcoholic cirrhosis (1). “Causality” is a key concept for this study. A rece... Read More about Don't blame it on the sunshine, don't blame it on the moonlight, don't blame it on good times, blame it on the sociocultural factors.

Impact of early exposure to a cafeteria diet on prefrontal cortex monoamines and novel object recognition in adolescent rats (2019)
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Moreton, E., Baron, P., Tiplady, S., McCall, S., Clifford, B., Langley-Evans, S. C., …Voigt, J. P. (2019). Impact of early exposure to a cafeteria diet on prefrontal cortex monoamines and novel object recognition in adolescent rats. Behavioural Brain Research, 363, 191-198. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bbr.2019.02.003

© 2019 Elsevier B.V. The prefrontal cortex (PFC) undergoes protracted postnatal development such that its structure and behavioural function may be profoundly altered by environmental factors. Here we investigate the effect of lactational dietary man... Read More about Impact of early exposure to a cafeteria diet on prefrontal cortex monoamines and novel object recognition in adolescent rats.

Design of steam condensation temperature for an innovative solar thermal power generation system using cascade Rankine cycle and two-stage accumulators (2019)
Journal Article
Gao, G., Li, J., Li, P., Cao, J., Pei, G., Dabwan, Y. N., & Su, Y. (2019). Design of steam condensation temperature for an innovative solar thermal power generation system using cascade Rankine cycle and two-stage accumulators. Energy Conversion and Management, 184, 389-401. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enconman.2019.01.067

An innovative solar thermal power generation system using cascade steam-organic Rankine cycle (SORC) and two-stage accumulators has recently been proposed. This system offers a significantly higher heat storage capacity than conventional direct steam... Read More about Design of steam condensation temperature for an innovative solar thermal power generation system using cascade Rankine cycle and two-stage accumulators.

Agent-Based Simulation Modelling for Reflecting on Consequences of Digital Mental Health (2019)
Working Paper
Stroud, D., Wagner, C., & Siebers, P. Agent-Based Simulation Modelling for Reflecting on Consequences of Digital Mental Health

The premise of this working paper is based around agent-based simulation models and how to go about creating them from given incomplete information. Agent-based simulations are stochastic simulations that revolve around groups of agents that each hav... Read More about Agent-Based Simulation Modelling for Reflecting on Consequences of Digital Mental Health.

Comparison of the effects of buprenorphine and methadone in combination with medetomidine followed by intramuscular alfaxalone for anaesthesia of cats undergoing ovariohysterectomy (2019)
Journal Article
Mahdmina, A., Evans, A., Yates, D., & White, K. L. (2019). Comparison of the effects of buprenorphine and methadone in combination with medetomidine followed by intramuscular alfaxalone for anaesthesia of cats undergoing ovariohysterectomy. Journal of Feline Medicine and Surgery, https://doi.org/10.1177/1098612x19826357

Objectives The aim of this study was to compare quality of anaesthesia and analgesia between methadone and buprenorphine in combination with medetomidine after induction with intramuscular (IM) alfaxalone in cats undergoing ovariohysterectomy.... Read More about Comparison of the effects of buprenorphine and methadone in combination with medetomidine followed by intramuscular alfaxalone for anaesthesia of cats undergoing ovariohysterectomy.

Defining and measuring " eczema control " : an international qualitative study to explore the views of those living with and treating atopic eczema (2019)
Journal Article
Howells, L., Thomas, K. S., Sears, A. V., Nasr, I., Wollenberg, A., Schuttelaar, M. L., …Chalmers, J. R. (2019). Defining and measuring " eczema control " : an international qualitative study to explore the views of those living with and treating atopic eczema. Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology, 33(6), 1124-1132. https://doi.org/10.1111/jdv.15475

Background: Atopic eczema (also known as eczema) is a chronic, inflammatory skin condition that often afflicts patients’ health and wellbeing. The Harmonising Outcome Measures for Eczema (HOME) initiative recommends that “long-term control of eczema”... Read More about Defining and measuring " eczema control " : an international qualitative study to explore the views of those living with and treating atopic eczema.

Experimental characterisation and computational modelling of cyclic viscoplastic behaviour of turbine steel (2019)
Journal Article
Rae, Y., Benaarbia, A., Hughes, J., & Sun, W. (2019). Experimental characterisation and computational modelling of cyclic viscoplastic behaviour of turbine steel. International Journal of Fatigue, 124, 581-594. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijfatigue.2019.01.022

Fully reversed strain controlled low cycle fatigue and creep-fatigue interaction tests have been performed at ±0.7% strain amplitude and at three different temperatures (400°C, 500°C and 600°C) to investigate the cyclic behaviour of a FV566 martensit... Read More about Experimental characterisation and computational modelling of cyclic viscoplastic behaviour of turbine steel.