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Chronic pain in people living with dementia: challenges to recognising and managing pain, and personalising intervention by phenotype (2023)
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Collins, J. T., Harwood, R. H., Cowley, A., Di Lorito, C., Ferguson, E., Minicucci, M. F., …Gladman, J. R. (2023). Chronic pain in people living with dementia: challenges to recognising and managing pain, and personalising intervention by phenotype. Age and Ageing, 52(1), Article afac306. https://doi.org/10.1093/ageing/afac306

Pain is common in people with dementia, and pain can exacerbate the behavioural and psychological symptoms of dementia. Effective pain management is challenging, not least in people with dementia. Impairments of cognition, communication and abstract... Read More about Chronic pain in people living with dementia: challenges to recognising and managing pain, and personalising intervention by phenotype.

International business and Africa: Theoretical and applied challenges, and future directions (2023)
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Kamoche, K., & Wood, G. (2023). International business and Africa: Theoretical and applied challenges, and future directions. Journal of International Business Studies, 54(5), 956–967. https://doi.org/10.1057/s41267-022-00589-5

In response to Nachum et al.’s (J Int Bus Stud, 2023) call for further research in Africa by international business (IB) scholars, we argue that while IB scholars may have been slow to engage with Africa, the same cannot be said of related and IB-rel... Read More about International business and Africa: Theoretical and applied challenges, and future directions.

Reentry support in Victoria, Australia: managing risk, or fostering agency? (2023)
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Kennedy, K., Sandy, L., & Martinovic, M. (2023). Reentry support in Victoria, Australia: managing risk, or fostering agency?. Journal of Offender Rehabilitation, 62(1), 21-38. https://doi.org/10.1080/10509674.2022.2158984

More than half of Australia’s prison population have experienced prior incarceration. Factors such as homelessness, mental illness, and poverty compound the challenges of reentry. Reentry support in Victoria, Australia is state funded, yet delivered... Read More about Reentry support in Victoria, Australia: managing risk, or fostering agency?.

Towards Handling Uncertainty-at-Source in AI – A Review and Next Steps for Interval Regression (2023)
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Kabir, S., Wagner, C., & Ellerby, Z. (2023). Towards Handling Uncertainty-at-Source in AI – A Review and Next Steps for Interval Regression. IEEE Transactions on Artificial Intelligence, 5(1), 3-22. https://doi.org/10.1109/TAI.2023.3234930

Most of statistics and AI draw insights through modelling discord or variance between sources (i.e., inter-source) of information. Increasingly however, research is focusing on uncertainty arising at the level of individual measurements (i.e., within... Read More about Towards Handling Uncertainty-at-Source in AI – A Review and Next Steps for Interval Regression.

Increasing the build rate of high-strength aluminium alloys produced by laser powder bed fusion (2023)
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Del Guercio, G., & Simonelli, M. (2023). Increasing the build rate of high-strength aluminium alloys produced by laser powder bed fusion. Optics and Laser Technology, 161, Article 109133. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.optlastec.2023.109133

Aluminium alloys from the 2xxx series represent important structural materials due to their optimal combination of strength and corrosion resistance. However, their production by means of laser powder bed fusion (PBF-LB/M) is hampered by the presence... Read More about Increasing the build rate of high-strength aluminium alloys produced by laser powder bed fusion.

Investigation of structural and electrical properties of ITO thin films and correlation to optical parameters extracted using novel method based on PSO algorithm (2023)
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Amrani, R., Garoudja, E., Lekoui, F., Filali, W., Neggaz, H., Djebeli, Y. A., …Henini, M. (2023). Investigation of structural and electrical properties of ITO thin films and correlation to optical parameters extracted using novel method based on PSO algorithm. Bulletin of Materials Science, 46(1), Article 8. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12034-022-02845-8

Thermally annealed DC sputtered indium tin oxide (ITO) thin films were investigated for improvement in properties. The structural and optoelectronic characteristics of as-grown and air annealed films were studied and correlated to the film deposition... Read More about Investigation of structural and electrical properties of ITO thin films and correlation to optical parameters extracted using novel method based on PSO algorithm.

COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy in care home staff: A survey of Liverpool care homes (2023)
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Tulloch, J. S., Lawrenson, K., Gordon, A. L., Ghebrehewet, S., Ashton, M., Peddie, S., & Parvulescu, P. (2023). COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy in care home staff: A survey of Liverpool care homes. Vaccine, 41(7), 1290-1294. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.vaccine.2023.01.009

Uptake of COVID-19 vaccine first doses in UK care homes has been higher among residents compared to staff. We aimed to identify causes of lower COVID-19 vaccine uptake amongst care home staff within Liverpool. An anonymised online survey was distribu... Read More about COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy in care home staff: A survey of Liverpool care homes.

Solid–Gas Thermochemical Energy Storage Materials and Reactors for Low to High-Temperature Applications: A Concise Review (2023)
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Kur, A., Darkwa, J., Calautit, J., Boukhanouf, R., & Worall, M. (2023). Solid–Gas Thermochemical Energy Storage Materials and Reactors for Low to High-Temperature Applications: A Concise Review. Energies, 16(2), Article 756. https://doi.org/10.3390/en16020756

Thermochemical energy storage materials and reactors have been reviewed for a range of temperature applications. For low-temperature applications, magnesium chloride is found to be a suitable candidate at temperatures up to 100 °C, whereas calcium hy... Read More about Solid–Gas Thermochemical Energy Storage Materials and Reactors for Low to High-Temperature Applications: A Concise Review.

Modelling the effects of patch-plug configuration on the impact performance of patch-repaired composite laminates (2023)
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Liu, H., Liu, J., Hall, Z. E., Brooks, R. A., Crocker, J. W., Joesbury, A. M., …Dear, J. P. (2023). Modelling the effects of patch-plug configuration on the impact performance of patch-repaired composite laminates. Composites Science and Technology, 233, Article 109917. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compscitech.2023.109917

The patch-plug configuration has been widely used to repair composite structures and restore the structural integrity of damaged composites. In the present research, single-sided CFRP patch-repaired panels, with different patch-plug configurations, a... Read More about Modelling the effects of patch-plug configuration on the impact performance of patch-repaired composite laminates.

Machining of long ceramic fibre reinforced metal matrix composites – How could temperature influence the cutting mechanisms? (2023)
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Zan, S., Liao, Z., Robles-Linares, J. A., Garcia Luna, G., & Axinte, D. (2023). Machining of long ceramic fibre reinforced metal matrix composites – How could temperature influence the cutting mechanisms?. International Journal of Machine Tools and Manufacture, 185, Article 103994. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijmachtools.2023.103994

Metal matrix composites (MMCs) offer a unique set of properties due to the ductile-brittle combination produced by the matrix and the reinforcements. Conventional MMCs are usually particle-reinforced, and their cutting mechanisms have been thoroughly... Read More about Machining of long ceramic fibre reinforced metal matrix composites – How could temperature influence the cutting mechanisms?.

The Connection between Imported Inputs and Exports: The Importance of Strategic Interdependence (2023)
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Mukherjee, A., & Liu, Y. (2023). The Connection between Imported Inputs and Exports: The Importance of Strategic Interdependence. Games, 14(1), Article 6. https://doi.org/10.3390/g14010006

Ignoring strategic interactions among final goods producers, the extant theoretical literature shows that lower costs of imported inputs increase the exports of the final goods using those inputs. Hence, it does not explain the empirically relevant p... Read More about The Connection between Imported Inputs and Exports: The Importance of Strategic Interdependence.

Bronchopulmonary dysplasia prediction models: a systematic review and meta-analysis with validation (2023)
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Kwok, T. C., Batey, N., Luu, K. L., Prayle, A., & Sharkey, D. (2023). Bronchopulmonary dysplasia prediction models: a systematic review and meta-analysis with validation. Pediatric Research, 94, 43–54. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41390-022-02451-8

Abstract: Prediction models could identify infants at the greatest risk of bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD) and allow targeted preventative strategies. We performed a systematic review and meta-analysis with external validation of identified models.... Read More about Bronchopulmonary dysplasia prediction models: a systematic review and meta-analysis with validation.

Political uncertainty and stock market liquidity, size, and transaction cost: The role of institutional quality (2023)
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Kwabi, F. . O., Adegbite, E., Ezeani, E., Wonu, C., & Mumbi, H. (2024). Political uncertainty and stock market liquidity, size, and transaction cost: The role of institutional quality. International Journal of Finance and Economics, 29(2), 2030-2048. https://doi.org/10.1002/ijfe.2760

Using panel data of 42 countries from 2001 to 2019, we examine whether political uncertainty (caused by uncertainty about national elections) explains variations in cross-country liquidity, market size, and transaction cost. We also investigate wheth... Read More about Political uncertainty and stock market liquidity, size, and transaction cost: The role of institutional quality.

Young People’s Trust in Cocreated Web-Based Resources to Promote Mental Health Literacy: Focus Group Study (2023)
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Ito-Jaeger, S., Perez Vallejos, E., Logathasan, S., Curran, T., & Crawford, P. (2023). Young People’s Trust in Cocreated Web-Based Resources to Promote Mental Health Literacy: Focus Group Study. JMIR Mental Health, 10, Article e38346. https://doi.org/10.2196/38346

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There is a pressing need to create resources to promote mental health literacy among young people. Digital media is one of the methods that can be used to successfully promote mental health literacy. Although digital mental health resour... Read More about Young People’s Trust in Cocreated Web-Based Resources to Promote Mental Health Literacy: Focus Group Study.

Design, synthesis and biological evaluation of novel 9-N-substituted-13-alkylberberine derivatives from Chinese medicine as anti-hepatocellular carcinoma agents (2023)
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Chen, J., Duan, Y., Yang, K., Wang, J., Yan, J., Gu, C., …Xu, J. (2023). Design, synthesis and biological evaluation of novel 9-N-substituted-13-alkylberberine derivatives from Chinese medicine as anti-hepatocellular carcinoma agents. Bioorganic and Medicinal Chemistry, 79, Article 117156. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bmc.2023.117156

A series of novel 9-N-substituted-13-alkylberberine derivatives from Chinese medicine were designed and synthesized with improved anti-hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) activities. The optimal compound 4d showed strong activities against HepG2, Sk-Hep-1... Read More about Design, synthesis and biological evaluation of novel 9-N-substituted-13-alkylberberine derivatives from Chinese medicine as anti-hepatocellular carcinoma agents.

Me, my child and Covid-19: Parents' reflections on their child's experiences of lockdown in the UK and China (2023)
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Hoskins, K., Thu, T., Xu, Y., Gao, J., & Zhai, J. (2023). Me, my child and Covid-19: Parents' reflections on their child's experiences of lockdown in the UK and China. British Educational Research Journal, 49(3), 455-475. https://doi.org/10.1002/berj.3850

Over the past 2 years, the world has been living through the unprecedented Covid-19 pandemic. Children have had to adapt to online classrooms and lessons of some sort, and many parents have been forced to work from home while supervising their child'... Read More about Me, my child and Covid-19: Parents' reflections on their child's experiences of lockdown in the UK and China.

An 1800-year oxygen-isotope record of short- and long-term hydroclimate variability in the northern neotropics from a Jamaican marl lake (2023)
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Holmes, J., Burn, M., Cisneros-Dozal, L. M., Jones, M., & Metcalfe, S. (2023). An 1800-year oxygen-isotope record of short- and long-term hydroclimate variability in the northern neotropics from a Jamaican marl lake. Quaternary Science Reviews, 301, Article 107930. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2022.107930

Hydroclimate variability on multi-decadal timescales has been a prominent feature of the circum-Caribbean region over the common era, with marked dry intervals noted in particular for the period 800–950 CE coinciding with the Terminal Classic Period... Read More about An 1800-year oxygen-isotope record of short- and long-term hydroclimate variability in the northern neotropics from a Jamaican marl lake.

Formulation engineering of water-in-oil-in-water emulsions for salt reduction with sucrose oleate as a PGPR-alternative lipophilic emulsifier (2023)
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Zhang, L., Gould, J., & Wolf, B. (2023). Formulation engineering of water-in-oil-in-water emulsions for salt reduction with sucrose oleate as a PGPR-alternative lipophilic emulsifier. Food Structure, 35, Article 100309. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foostr.2023.100309

Sucrose oleate was assessed as an alternative lipophilic emulsifier to polyglycerol polyricinoleate (PGPR) for the stabilisation of the internal aqueous phase of a water-in-oil-in-water emulsion formulation designed for salt release from the internal... Read More about Formulation engineering of water-in-oil-in-water emulsions for salt reduction with sucrose oleate as a PGPR-alternative lipophilic emulsifier.

A Common Anaesthetic, MS-222, Alters Measurements Made Using High-Resolution Respirometry in the Three-Spined Stickleback (Gasterosteus aculeatus) (2023)
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Barnes, M., Ebanks, B., MacColl, A., & Chakrabarti, L. (2023). A Common Anaesthetic, MS-222, Alters Measurements Made Using High-Resolution Respirometry in the Three-Spined Stickleback (Gasterosteus aculeatus). Fishes, 8(1), Article 42. https://doi.org/10.3390/fishes8010042

Submersion in the anaesthetic MS-222 is a well-established and effective method used during the euthanasia of fish, but the consequences of treatment with this anaesthetic for mitochondrial respiration are yet to be established. This is important to... Read More about A Common Anaesthetic, MS-222, Alters Measurements Made Using High-Resolution Respirometry in the Three-Spined Stickleback (Gasterosteus aculeatus).

Unhealthy histories: sports and addictive sponsorship (2023)
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Greenwood, A., Mold, A., & Wardle, H. (2023). Unhealthy histories: sports and addictive sponsorship. Lancet, 401(10370), 18-19. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736%2822%2902579-X

Professional sport has been criticised for its role as a vehicle to market addictive products or services. Despite the harmful health effects on society, football audiences are inured to seeing sponsors of such products not only on pitch-side hoardin... Read More about Unhealthy histories: sports and addictive sponsorship.