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Methylcellulose Hydrogel with Melissa officinalis Essential Oil as a Potential Treatment for Oral Candidiasis (2020)
Journal Article
Serra, E., Saubade, F., Ligorio, C., Whitehead, K., Sloan, A., W. Williams, D., …Malic, S. (2020). Methylcellulose Hydrogel with Melissa officinalis Essential Oil as a Potential Treatment for Oral Candidiasis. Microorganisms, 8(2), Article 215. https://doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms8020215

Candida spp. are the most prevalent fungi of the human microbiota and are opportunistic pathogens that can cause oral candidiasis. Management of such infections is limited due to the low number of antifungal drugs available, their relatively high tox... Read More about Methylcellulose Hydrogel with Melissa officinalis Essential Oil as a Potential Treatment for Oral Candidiasis.

3D Printed Corrugated Plate Antennas with High Aperture Efficiency and High Gain at X-Band and Ka-Band (2020)
Journal Article
Alkaraki, S., Gao, Y., Stremsdoerfer, S., Gayets, E., & Parini, C. G. (2020). 3D Printed Corrugated Plate Antennas with High Aperture Efficiency and High Gain at X-Band and Ka-Band. IEEE Access, 8, 30643-30654. https://doi.org/10.1109/ACCESS.2020.2972101

A design criterion for a compact 3D printed high gain corrugated plate antenns that has high aperture efficiency and wide bandwidth is presented in this paper. The proposed design criterion is validated numerically and experimentally by fabricating 3... Read More about 3D Printed Corrugated Plate Antennas with High Aperture Efficiency and High Gain at X-Band and Ka-Band.

Methylation of 2-methylnaphthalene over metal-impregnated mesoporous MCM-41 for the synthesis of 2,6-triad dimethylnaphthalene isomers (2020)
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Niftaliyeva, A., Güleç, F., & Karaduman, A. (2020). Methylation of 2-methylnaphthalene over metal-impregnated mesoporous MCM-41 for the synthesis of 2,6-triad dimethylnaphthalene isomers. Research on Chemical Intermediates, 46(4), 2403-2416. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11164-020-04098-8

2,6-Dimethylnaphthalene (2,6-DMN) is one of the key intermediates for the production of polyethylene naphthalate (PEN), which demonstrates superior properties compared with the polyethylene terephthalate. However, the complex synthesis procedure of 2... Read More about Methylation of 2-methylnaphthalene over metal-impregnated mesoporous MCM-41 for the synthesis of 2,6-triad dimethylnaphthalene isomers.

Leverage points for sustainability transformation: a review on interventions in food and energy systems (2020)
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Riechers, M., Dorninger, C., Abson, D. J., Apetrei, C. I., Derwort, P., Ives, C. D., …von Wehrden, H. (2020). Leverage points for sustainability transformation: a review on interventions in food and energy systems. Ecological Economics, 171, 106570. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolecon.2019.106570

© 2019 Elsevier B.V. There is increasing recognition that sustainability science should be solutions orientated and that such solutions will often require transformative change. However, the concrete sustainability interventions are often not clearly... Read More about Leverage points for sustainability transformation: a review on interventions in food and energy systems.

Catalytic enantioselective arylative cyclizations of alkynyl 1,3-diketones by 1,4-rhodium(i) migration (2020)
Journal Article
Groves, A., Sun, J., Parke, H. R. I., Callingham, M., Argent, S. P., Taylor, L. J., & Lam, H. W. (2020). Catalytic enantioselective arylative cyclizations of alkynyl 1,3-diketones by 1,4-rhodium(i) migration. Chemical Science, 11(10), 2759–2764. https://doi.org/10.1039/c9sc06309a

The enantioselective synthesis of densely functionalized polycarbocycles by the rhodium(I)-catalyzed reaction of arylboronic acids with 1,3-diketones is described. The key step in these desymmetrizing domino addition–cyclization reactions is an alken... Read More about Catalytic enantioselective arylative cyclizations of alkynyl 1,3-diketones by 1,4-rhodium(i) migration.

Digital legal rights: Exploring detainees' understanding of the right to a lawyer and potential barriers to accessing legal advice (2020)
Journal Article
Kemp, V. (2020). Digital legal rights: Exploring detainees' understanding of the right to a lawyer and potential barriers to accessing legal advice. Criminal Law Review, 2020(2), 129-147

This study involved using an App to explore with detainees their understanding of the right to a lawyer and to identify what factors influence the take-up of legal advice. Also examined in this paper, from the users’ perspective, are potential barrie... Read More about Digital legal rights: Exploring detainees' understanding of the right to a lawyer and potential barriers to accessing legal advice.

High temperature strain heterogeneities tracking within hole-specimens of FV566 turbine steel via digital image correlation (2020)
Journal Article
Bao, J., Benaarbia, A., Bao, S., Guo, X., Wang, Y., & Sun, W. (2020). High temperature strain heterogeneities tracking within hole-specimens of FV566 turbine steel via digital image correlation. Materials Science and Engineering: A, 777, Article 139068. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.msea.2020.139068

This paper presents experimental and numerical investigations to study spatial-temporal distributions of strain heterogeneities within a FV566 turbine rotor steel subjected to high temperature conditions. Strain field were determined during monotonic... Read More about High temperature strain heterogeneities tracking within hole-specimens of FV566 turbine steel via digital image correlation.

HLA associations with infliximab-induced liver injury (2020)
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Bruno, C. D., Fremd, B., Church, R. J., Daly, A. K., Aithal, G. P., Bjornsson, E. S., …Chow, C. R. (2020). HLA associations with infliximab-induced liver injury. Pharmacogenomics Journal, 20, 681–686. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41397-020-0159-0

Biomarkers that are able to identify patients at risk of drug-induced liver injury (DILI) after treatment with infliximab could be important in increasing the safety of infliximab use. We performed a genetic analysis to identify possible human leukoc... Read More about HLA associations with infliximab-induced liver injury.

Business-to-business marketing research: Assessing readability and discussing relevance to practitioners (2020)
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Dziubaniuk, O., Barner-Rasmussen, W., Koporcic, N., Ivanova-Gongne, M., Mandjak, T., & Markovic, S. (2021). Business-to-business marketing research: Assessing readability and discussing relevance to practitioners. Industrial Marketing Management, 92, 217-231. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.indmarman.2020.01.012

Business practitioners tend to show little interest in academic journals, raising concerns that research-based knowledge potentially relevant to their managerial practice might evade them. The literature suggests academic writing style as one of the... Read More about Business-to-business marketing research: Assessing readability and discussing relevance to practitioners.

Mediterranean Diet Increases Endothelial Function in Adults: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials (2020)
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Shannon, O. M., Mendes, I., Köchl, C., Mazidi, M., Ashor, A. W., Rubele, S., …Siervo, M. (2020). Mediterranean Diet Increases Endothelial Function in Adults: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials. Journal of Nutrition, 150(5), 1151–1159. https://doi.org/10.1093/jn/nxaa002

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The endothelium plays a key role in the maintenance of vascular health and represents a potential physiological target for dietary and other lifestyle interventions designed to reduce the risk of cardiovascular diseases (CVD) including... Read More about Mediterranean Diet Increases Endothelial Function in Adults: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials.

A pilot study of alterations in oxidized angiotensinogen and antioxidants in pre-eclamptic pregnancy (2020)
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Dahabiyeh, L. A., Tooth, D., Kurlak, L. O., Mistry, H. D., Pipkin, F. B., & Barrett, D. A. (2020). A pilot study of alterations in oxidized angiotensinogen and antioxidants in pre-eclamptic pregnancy. Scientific Reports, 10(1), Article 1956. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-58930-7

© 2020, The Author(s). The oxidation status of angiotensinogen (AGT) may have a critical role in pre-eclampsia. We used a validated, quantitative, mass spectrometry-based method to measure the oxidized and total AGT levels in plasma of pre-eclamptic... Read More about A pilot study of alterations in oxidized angiotensinogen and antioxidants in pre-eclamptic pregnancy.

A multi-centre study using comprehensive geriatric assessment to determine differences between older women with operable breast cancer undergoing surgery or non-operative treatment (2020)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Parks, R., Howard, P., Zahit, R., Kayani, A., Lakshmanan, R., Tang, S., …Cheung, K. (2020). A multi-centre study using comprehensive geriatric assessment to determine differences between older women with operable breast cancer undergoing surgery or non-operative treatment. Breast Cancer Research and Treatment, 180(2), 527-596. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10549-019-05514-3

Aims/Objectives: Shared decision making on the choice of treatment for older women with breast cancer involves many factors. Comprehensive geriatric assessment (CGA) is recognised to have a role in older patients with cancer, but how this should be u... Read More about A multi-centre study using comprehensive geriatric assessment to determine differences between older women with operable breast cancer undergoing surgery or non-operative treatment.

The Role of Executive Functions in Socioeconomic Attainment Gaps: Results from a Randomized Controlled Trial (2020)
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Carroll, D. J., Blakey, E., Matthews, D., Cragg, L., Buck, J., Cameron, D., …Sullivan, E. (2020). The Role of Executive Functions in Socioeconomic Attainment Gaps: Results from a Randomized Controlled Trial. Child Development, 91(5), 1594-1614. https://doi.org/10.1111/cdev.13358

© 2020 Society for Research in Child Development The socioeconomic attainment gap in mathematics starts early and increases over time. This study aimed to examine why this gap exists. Four-year-olds from diverse backgrounds were randomly allocated to... Read More about The Role of Executive Functions in Socioeconomic Attainment Gaps: Results from a Randomized Controlled Trial.

Effect of Concrete Infill and Slenderness on Column-Face Component in Anchored Blind-Bolt Connections (2020)
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Tizani, W., Mahmood, M., & Bournas, D. (2020). Effect of Concrete Infill and Slenderness on Column-Face Component in Anchored Blind-Bolt Connections. Journal of Structural Engineering, 146(4), 1-18. https://doi.org/10.1061/%28ASCE%29ST.1943-541X.0002557

© 2020 American Society of Civil Engineers. Previous research on blind-bolted connections to hollow columns have provided a wealth of experimental data but little information on parametric analytical models to guide their design. One of the connectio... Read More about Effect of Concrete Infill and Slenderness on Column-Face Component in Anchored Blind-Bolt Connections.

A lost cause? Fundamental problems for causal theories of parenthood (2020)
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Baron, T. (2020). A lost cause? Fundamental problems for causal theories of parenthood. Bioethics, 34(7), 664-670. https://doi.org/10.1111/bioe.12719

In this paper, I offer a critique of (actual and possible) causal theories of parenthood. I do not offer a competing account of who incurs parental obligations and why; rather, I aim to show that there are fundamental problems for any account of who... Read More about A lost cause? Fundamental problems for causal theories of parenthood.

Capital Gains Overhang with a Dynamic Reference Point (2020)
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Riley, C., Summers, B., & Duxbury, D. (2020). Capital Gains Overhang with a Dynamic Reference Point. Management Science, 66(10), 4726-4745. https://doi.org/10.1287/mnsc.2019.3404

Financial models incorporating a reference point, such as the Capital Gains Overhang (CGO) model, typically assume it is fixed at the purchase price. Combining experimental and market data, this paper examines whether such models can be improved by i... Read More about Capital Gains Overhang with a Dynamic Reference Point.