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Δccr5 Genotype Is Associated with Mild Form of Nephropathia Epidemica (2019)
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Kletenkov, K., Martynova, E., Davidyuk, Y., Kabwe, E., Shamsutdinov, A., Garanina, E., …Morzunov, S. (2019). Δccr5 Genotype Is Associated with Mild Form of Nephropathia Epidemica. Viruses, 11(7), Article 675. https://doi.org/10.3390/v11070675

Nephropathia Epidemica (NE), a mild form of hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (HFRS) and linked to hantavirus infection, is endemic in the Republic of Tatarstan. Several genetic markers of HFRS severity have been identified previously, including... Read More about Δccr5 Genotype Is Associated with Mild Form of Nephropathia Epidemica.

The influence of fine-scale topography on the impacts of Holocene fire in a Tasmanian montane landscape (2019)
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Cadd, H., Fletcher, M., Mariani, M., Heijnis, H., & Gadd, P. S. (2019). The influence of fine-scale topography on the impacts of Holocene fire in a Tasmanian montane landscape. Journal of Quaternary Science, 34(7), 491-498. https://doi.org/10.1002/jqs.3114

Copyright © 2019 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. Tasmania's montane temperate rainforests contain some of Australia's most ancient and endemic flora. Recent landscape-scale fires have impacted a significant portion of these rainforest ecosystems. The compl... Read More about The influence of fine-scale topography on the impacts of Holocene fire in a Tasmanian montane landscape.

The multitasking Fasciola gigantica Cathepsin B interferes with various functions of goat peripheral blood mononuclear cells in vitro (2019)
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Chen, D., Tian, A., Hou, J., Li, J., Tian, X., Yuan, X., …Zhu, X. (2019). The multitasking Fasciola gigantica Cathepsin B interferes with various functions of goat peripheral blood mononuclear cells in vitro. Frontiers in Immunology, 10, Article 1707. https://doi.org/10.3389/fimmu.2019.01707

Cathepsin B, a lysosomal cysteine protease, is thought to be involved in the pathogenesis of Fasciola gigantica infection, but its exact role remains unclear. In the present study, a recombinant F. gigantica cathepsin B (rFgCatB) protein was expresse... Read More about The multitasking Fasciola gigantica Cathepsin B interferes with various functions of goat peripheral blood mononuclear cells in vitro.

An International Validation of a Clinical Tool to Assess Carers’ Quality of Life in Huntington’s Disease (2019)
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Aubeeluck, A. V., Stupple, E. J., Schofield, M., Hughes, A., van der Meer, L., Landwehrmeyer, B., & Ho, A. K. (2019). An International Validation of a Clinical Tool to Assess Carers’ Quality of Life in Huntington’s Disease. Frontiers in Psychology, 10, 1-12. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2019.01658

Family carers of individual’s living with Huntington’s Disease (HD) manage a distinct and unique series of difficulties arising from the complex nature of HD. This paper presents the validation of the definitive measure of quality of life for this gr... Read More about An International Validation of a Clinical Tool to Assess Carers’ Quality of Life in Huntington’s Disease.

Determining the continuous thermo-optic coefficients of chalcogenide glass thin films in the MIR region using FTIR transmission spectra (2019)
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Fang, Y., Furniss, D., Jayasuriya, D., Parnell, H., Tang, Z., Seddon, A. B., & Benson, T. M. (2019). Determining the continuous thermo-optic coefficients of chalcogenide glass thin films in the MIR region using FTIR transmission spectra. Optics Express, 27(16), 22275-22288. https://doi.org/10.1364/OE.27.022275

A new method (FTIR continuous dn / dT method, n is refractive index and T temperature) for measuring the continuous thermo-optic coefficients of thin transparent films in the mid-infrared (MIR) spectral region is introduced. The technique is based on... Read More about Determining the continuous thermo-optic coefficients of chalcogenide glass thin films in the MIR region using FTIR transmission spectra.

The Effect of a Pre-Trial Range Demonstration on Subjective Evaluations Using Category Rating of Discomfort Due to Glare (2019)
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Kent, M. G., & Fotios, S. (2019). The Effect of a Pre-Trial Range Demonstration on Subjective Evaluations Using Category Rating of Discomfort Due to Glare. LEUKOS, 17(1), 1-16. https://doi.org/10.1080/15502724.2019.1631177

Category rating is a procedure commonly used to evaluate visual discomfort due to glare. One recommended step for good practise in a category rating procedure is to use a pre-trial demonstration (PTD) of the range of stimuli to be experienced. Howeve... Read More about The Effect of a Pre-Trial Range Demonstration on Subjective Evaluations Using Category Rating of Discomfort Due to Glare.

"Reader, I married him/ her": Ali Smith, Ovid, and queer translation (2019)
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Ranger, H. (2019). "Reader, I married him/ her": Ali Smith, Ovid, and queer translation. Classical Receptions Journal, 11(3), 231-255. https://doi.org/10.1093/crj/clz009

This essay discusses Ali Smith's queer translation of Ovid Metamorphoses 9.666-797 in her 2007 novel Girl meets boy. I argue that Smith's presentation of a contemporary gender-queer Iphis and Ianthe not only fictionalizes the critical argument propos... Read More about "Reader, I married him/ her": Ali Smith, Ovid, and queer translation.

Raymond Williams and the politics of the Commons: the performative quality of the intellectual (2019)
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Stevenson, N. (2019). Raymond Williams and the politics of the Commons: the performative quality of the intellectual. International Journal of Cultural Studies, 22(5), 691-705. https://doi.org/10.1177/1367877919849958

Much of the sociological work on intellectuals is mostly concerned with the structural role they play within society. In this respect, Raymond Williams is best understood in Gramscian (1988) terms as an organic intellectual connected to the labour mo... Read More about Raymond Williams and the politics of the Commons: the performative quality of the intellectual.

The Opportunities and Challenges of Using Photo-Elicitation in Child-Centered Constructivist Grounded Theory Research (2019)
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Poku, B. A., Caress, A. L., & Kirk, S. (2019). The Opportunities and Challenges of Using Photo-Elicitation in Child-Centered Constructivist Grounded Theory Research. International Journal of Qualitative Methods, 18, 1-7. https://doi.org/10.1177/1609406919851627

In the last three decades, there has been a growing interest in listening to children’s voices in child health research. Ensuring an appropriate level of dialogical engagement with children calls for participatory methods. Auto-driven photo-elicitati... Read More about The Opportunities and Challenges of Using Photo-Elicitation in Child-Centered Constructivist Grounded Theory Research.

Verification of a low fidelity fast simulation framework through RANS simulations (2019)
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Carrizales, M. A., Dussart, G., Portapas, V., Pontillo, A., & Lone, M. (2020). Verification of a low fidelity fast simulation framework through RANS simulations. CEAS Aeronautical Journal, 11(1), 161-176. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13272-019-00409-x

Verification and validation of simulation models are critical steps in engineering. This paper aims at verifying the suitability of reduced order aerodynamic models used in an aeroservoelastic framework designed to analyze the flight dynamics of flex... Read More about Verification of a low fidelity fast simulation framework through RANS simulations.

Strong zero modes in a class of generalized Ising spin ladders with plaquette interactions (2019)
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Vasiloiu, L. M., Carollo, F., Marcuzzi, M., & Garrahan, J. P. (2019). Strong zero modes in a class of generalized Ising spin ladders with plaquette interactions. Physical Review B, 100(2), Article 024309. https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevb.100.024309

© 2019 American Physical Society. We study a class of spin-1/2 quantum ladder models with generalized plaquette interactions in the presence of a transverse field. We show that in certain parameter regimes, these models have strong zero modes respons... Read More about Strong zero modes in a class of generalized Ising spin ladders with plaquette interactions.

Empathetic Understanding and Deliberative Democracy (2019)
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Hannon, M. (2020). Empathetic Understanding and Deliberative Democracy. Philosophy and Phenomenological Research, 101(3), 591-611. https://doi.org/10.1111/phpr.12624

Epistemic democracy is standardly characterized in terms of “aiming at truth”. This presupposes a veritistic conception of epistemic value, according to which truth is the fundamental epistemic goal. I will raise an objection to the standard (veritis... Read More about Empathetic Understanding and Deliberative Democracy.

Efficacy of direct‐acting antivirals: UK real‐world data from a well‐characterised predominantly cirrhotic HCV cohort (2019)
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Macken, L., Gelson, W., Priest, M., Abouda, G., Barclay, S., Fraser, A., …Verma, S. (2019). Efficacy of direct‐acting antivirals: UK real‐world data from a well‐characterised predominantly cirrhotic HCV cohort. Journal of Medical Virology, 91(11), 1979-1988. https://doi.org/10.1002/jmv.25552

Direct-acting antivirals (DAAs) have revolutionised the management of chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection. We describe UK real-world DAA experience. Individuals commencing HCV treatment containing a DAA regimen (Mar 2014-Nov 2016), participatin... Read More about Efficacy of direct‐acting antivirals: UK real‐world data from a well‐characterised predominantly cirrhotic HCV cohort.

Recovering Wind-induced Plant motion in Dense Field Environments via Deep Learning and Multiple Object Tracking (2019)
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Gibbs, J. A., Burgess, A. J., Pound, M. P., Pridmore, T. P., & Murchie, E. H. (2019). Recovering Wind-induced Plant motion in Dense Field Environments via Deep Learning and Multiple Object Tracking. Plant Physiology, 181, 28-42. https://doi.org/10.1104/pp.19.00141

Understanding the relationships between local environmental conditions and plant structure and function is critical for both fundamental science and for improving the performance of crops in field settings. Wind-induced plant motion is important in m... Read More about Recovering Wind-induced Plant motion in Dense Field Environments via Deep Learning and Multiple Object Tracking.

Genetic diversity of Koala retrovirus env gene subtypes: insights into northern and southern koala populations (2019)
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Sarker, N., Fabijan, J., Seddon, J., Tarlinton, R., Owen, H., Simmons, G., …Meers, J. (2019). Genetic diversity of Koala retrovirus env gene subtypes: insights into northern and southern koala populations. Journal of General Virology, 100(9), 1328-1339. https://doi.org/10.1099/jgv.0.001304

Koala retrovirus (KoRV) is a recently endogenised retrovirus associated with neoplasia and immunosuppression in koala populations. The virus is known to display sequence variability and to be present at varying prevalence in different populations, wi... Read More about Genetic diversity of Koala retrovirus env gene subtypes: insights into northern and southern koala populations.

Unconditional and conditional monetary incentives to increase response to mailed questionnaires: A randomized controlled study within a trial (SWAT) (2019)
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Young, B., Bedford, L., das Nair, R., Gallant, S., Littleford, R., Robertson, J. F., …ECLS Study Team. (2020). Unconditional and conditional monetary incentives to increase response to mailed questionnaires: A randomized controlled study within a trial (SWAT). Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice, 26(3), 893-902. https://doi.org/10.1111/jep.13230

Rationale, aims, and objectives: High response rates to research questionnaires can help to ensure results are more representative of the population studied and provide increased statistical power, on which the study may have been predicated. Improvi... Read More about Unconditional and conditional monetary incentives to increase response to mailed questionnaires: A randomized controlled study within a trial (SWAT).

Internet-Based Interventions for Adults With Hearing Loss, Tinnitus, and Vestibular Disorders: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis (2019)
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Beukes, E. W., Manchaiah, V., Allen, P. M., Baguley, D. M., & Andersson, G. (2019). Internet-Based Interventions for Adults With Hearing Loss, Tinnitus, and Vestibular Disorders: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Trends in Hearing, 23, 1-22. https://doi.org/10.1177/2331216519851749

Internet-based interventions have been developed to improve access to audiovestibular health care. This review aimed to identify outcomes of Internet interventions for adults with hearing loss, tinnitus, and vestibular disorders. Electronic databases... Read More about Internet-Based Interventions for Adults With Hearing Loss, Tinnitus, and Vestibular Disorders: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

Distribution on warp maps for alignment of open and closed curves (2019)
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Bharath, K., & Kurtek, S. (2019). Distribution on warp maps for alignment of open and closed curves. Journal of the American Statistical Association, 115(531), 1378-1392. https://doi.org/10.1080/01621459.2019.1632066

Alignment of curve data is an integral part of their statistical analysis, and can be achieved using model-or optimization-based approaches. The parameter space is usually the set of monotone, continuous warp maps of a domain. Infinite-dimensional na... Read More about Distribution on warp maps for alignment of open and closed curves.