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The right isotherms for the right reasons?: validation of generic force fields for prediction of methane adsorption in metal-organic frameworks (2017)
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Lennox, M. J., Bound, M., Henley, A., & Besley, E. (2017). The right isotherms for the right reasons?: validation of generic force fields for prediction of methane adsorption in metal-organic frameworks. Molecular Simulation, 43(10-11), 828-837. https://doi.org/10.1080/08927022.2017.1301665

In recent years, the use of computational tools to aid in the evaluation, understanding and design of advanced porous materials for gas storage and separation processes has become ever-more widespread. High-performance computing facilities have becom... Read More about The right isotherms for the right reasons?: validation of generic force fields for prediction of methane adsorption in metal-organic frameworks.

Comparison of grain to grain orientation and stiffness mapping by spatially resolved acoustic spectroscopy and EBSD (2017)
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Mark, A., Li, W., Sharples, S., & Withers, P. (in press). Comparison of grain to grain orientation and stiffness mapping by spatially resolved acoustic spectroscopy and EBSD. Journal of Microscopy, https://doi.org/10.1111/jmi.12550

Our aim was to establish the capability of spatially resolved acoustic spectroscopy (SRAS) to map grain orientations and the anisotropy in stiffness at the sub-mm to micron scale by comparing the method with electron backscatter diffraction (EBSD) un... Read More about Comparison of grain to grain orientation and stiffness mapping by spatially resolved acoustic spectroscopy and EBSD.

Combustion behavior profiling of single pulverized coal particles in a drop tube furnace through high-speed imaging and image analysis (2017)
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Bai, X., Lu, G., Bennet, T. D., Sarroza, A. C., Eastwick, C., Liu, H., & Yan, Y. (in press). Combustion behavior profiling of single pulverized coal particles in a drop tube furnace through high-speed imaging and image analysis. Experimental Thermal and Fluid Science, 85, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.expthermflusci.2017.03.018

Experimental investigations into the combustion behaviors of single pulverized coal particles are carried out based on high-speed imaging and image processing techniques. A high-speed video camera is employed to acquire the images of coal particles d... Read More about Combustion behavior profiling of single pulverized coal particles in a drop tube furnace through high-speed imaging and image analysis.

Challenges and opportunities in understanding dementia and delirium in the acute hospital (2017)
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Jackson, T. A., Gladman, J. R., Harwood, R. H., MacLullich, A. M., Sampson, E. L., Sheehan, B., & Davis, D. H. (2017). Challenges and opportunities in understanding dementia and delirium in the acute hospital. PLoS Medicine, 14(3), Article e1002247. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1002247

What is the problem? Dementia in general hospitals Dementia is very common in patients admitted to acute hospitals, affecting one in four patients, with 6% of people living with dementia being inpatients in acute hospitals at any given time [1,... Read More about Challenges and opportunities in understanding dementia and delirium in the acute hospital.

Understanding the implementation and adoption of a technological intervention to improve medication safety in primary care: a realist evaluation (2017)
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Jeffries, M., Phipps, D. L., Howard, R. L., Avery, A. J., Rodgers, S., & Ashcroft, D. M. (2017). Understanding the implementation and adoption of a technological intervention to improve medication safety in primary care: a realist evaluation. BMC Health Services Research, 17(1), https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-017-2131-5

Background: Monitoring for potentially hazardous prescribing is increasingly important to improve medication safety. Healthcare information technology can be used to achieve this aim, for example by providing access to prescribing data through survei... Read More about Understanding the implementation and adoption of a technological intervention to improve medication safety in primary care: a realist evaluation.

Effectiveness of 2009 pandemic influenza A(H1N1) vaccines: a systematic review and meta-analysis (2017)
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Lansbury, L. E., Smith, S., Beyer, W., Karamehic, E., Pasic-Juhas, E., Sikira, H., …Nguyen-Van-Tam, J. (in press). Effectiveness of 2009 pandemic influenza A(H1N1) vaccines: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Vaccine, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.vaccine.2017.02.059

Background: The clinical effectiveness of monovalent influenza A(H1N1)pdm09 vaccines has not been comprehensively summarised. We undertook a systematic review and meta-analysis to assess vaccine effectiveness (VE) for adjuvanted and unadjuvanted vacc... Read More about Effectiveness of 2009 pandemic influenza A(H1N1) vaccines: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Periodic domains of quasiregular maps (2017)
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Nicks, D. A., & Sixsmith, D. J. (2018). Periodic domains of quasiregular maps. Ergodic Theory and Dynamical Systems, 38(6), 2321-2344. https://doi.org/10.1017/etds.2016.116

We consider the iteration of quasiregular maps of transcendental type from Rd to Rd. We give a bound on the rate at which the iterates of such a map can escape to infinity in a periodic component of the quasi-Fatou set. We give examples which show th... Read More about Periodic domains of quasiregular maps.

Performance testing of a cross-flow membrane-based liquid desiccant dehumidification system (2017)
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Bai, H., Zhu, J., Chen, Z., Ma, L., Wang, R., & Li, T. (2017). Performance testing of a cross-flow membrane-based liquid desiccant dehumidification system. Applied Thermal Engineering, 119, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2017.03.058

A membrane-based liquid desiccant dehumidification system is one of high energy efficient dehumidification approaches, which allows heat and moisture transfers between air stream and desiccant solution without carryover problem. The system performanc... Read More about Performance testing of a cross-flow membrane-based liquid desiccant dehumidification system.

Analytical thermal model for fast stator winding temperature prediction (2017)
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Sciascera, C., Giangrande, P., Papini, L., Gerada, C., & Galea, M. (2017). Analytical thermal model for fast stator winding temperature prediction. IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, 64(8), 6116-6126. https://doi.org/10.1109/TIE.2017.2682010

This paper introduces an innovative thermal modelling technique which accurately predicts the winding temperature of electrical machines, both at transient and steady state conditions, for applications where the stator Joule losses are the dominant h... Read More about Analytical thermal model for fast stator winding temperature prediction.

Risk factors and outcome differences in hypoglycaemia-related hospital admissions: A case-control study in England: ZACCARDIet al. (2017)
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Zaccardi, F., Webb, D. R., Davies, M. J., Dhalwani, N. N., Housley, G., Shaw, D., …Khunti, K. (2017). Risk factors and outcome differences in hypoglycaemia-related hospital admissions: A case-control study in England: ZACCARDIet al. Diabetes, Obesity and Metabolism, 19(10), 1371-1378. https://doi.org/10.1111/dom.12941

Aims: To evaluate risk factors for hospital admissions for hypoglycaemia and compare length of hospitalization, inpatient mortality and hospital readmission between hypoglycaemia- and nonhypoglycaemia-related admissions. Materials and methods: We us... Read More about Risk factors and outcome differences in hypoglycaemia-related hospital admissions: A case-control study in England: ZACCARDIet al..

When immediate interactive feedback boosts optimization problem solving: a ‘human-in-the-loop’ approach for solving capacitated vehicle routing problems (2017)
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Kefalidou, G. (2017). When immediate interactive feedback boosts optimization problem solving: a ‘human-in-the-loop’ approach for solving capacitated vehicle routing problems. Computers in Human Behavior, 73, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2017.03.019

In past, feedback in problem solving was found to improve human performance and focused mainly on learning applications. Interactive tools supporting decision-making and general problem-solving processes have long being developed to assist operations... Read More about When immediate interactive feedback boosts optimization problem solving: a ‘human-in-the-loop’ approach for solving capacitated vehicle routing problems.

Changing hands: persistent alterations to body image following brief exposure to multisensory distortions (2017)
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Perera, A. T., Newport, R., & McKenzie, K. J. (2017). Changing hands: persistent alterations to body image following brief exposure to multisensory distortions. Experimental Brain Research, 235(6), https://doi.org/10.1007/s00221-017-4935-2

The dynamic flexibility of body representation has been highlighted through numerous lines of research that range from clinical studies reporting disorders of body ownership, to experimentally induced somatic illusions that have provided evidence for... Read More about Changing hands: persistent alterations to body image following brief exposure to multisensory distortions.

When Democratic Principles are not Enough: Tensions and Temporalities of Dialogic Stakeholder Engagement (2017)
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Passetti, E., Bianchi, L., Battaglia, M., & Frey, M. (2019). When Democratic Principles are not Enough: Tensions and Temporalities of Dialogic Stakeholder Engagement. Journal of Business Ethics, 155(1), 173-190. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10551-017-3500-z

© 2017, Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht. Stakeholder engagement and dialogue have a central role in defining the relations between organisations and their internal and external interlocutors. Drawing upon the analysis of dialogic motifs, po... Read More about When Democratic Principles are not Enough: Tensions and Temporalities of Dialogic Stakeholder Engagement.

Gut microbiome diversity and high-fibre intake are related to lower long-term weight gain (2017)
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Menni, C., Jackson, M., Pallister, T., Steves, C., Spector, T., & Valdes, A. (2017). Gut microbiome diversity and high-fibre intake are related to lower long-term weight gain. International Journal of Obesity, 41(7), 1099-1105. https://doi.org/10.1038/ijo.2017.66

BACKGROUND: Cross-sectional studies suggest that the microbes in the human gut have a role in obesity by influencing the human body’s ability to extract and store calories. The aim of this study was to assess if there is a correlation between change... Read More about Gut microbiome diversity and high-fibre intake are related to lower long-term weight gain.

Naturalistic reading in the L2 and the impact of word frequency and cross-linguistic similarity (2017)
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Allen, D., & Conklin, K. (2017). Naturalistic reading in the L2 and the impact of word frequency and cross-linguistic similarity. 00 Journal not listed, 7(3), 41-57

While psycholinguistic studies of first language (L1) reading have identified multiple factors that predict the speed of lexical access, there are few studies investigating whether such factors influence second language (L2) reading. For usage-based... Read More about Naturalistic reading in the L2 and the impact of word frequency and cross-linguistic similarity.

A discrete choice experiment to explore carer preferences (2017)
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Chester, H., Clarkson, P., Davies, L., Sutcliffe, C., Roe, B., Hughes, J., & Challis, D. (2017). A discrete choice experiment to explore carer preferences. Quality in Ageing and Older Adults, 18(1), 33-43. https://doi.org/10.1108/QAOA-10-2015-0047

© Emerald Publishing Limited. Purpose - The purpose of this paper is to describe a case study to test the applicability of the discrete choice experiment (DCE) method to assess the preferences of carers of people with dementia. The focus of enquiry w... Read More about A discrete choice experiment to explore carer preferences.

Synergies and tensions between and within domestic and international market activities of firms (2017)
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Karafyllia, M., & Zucchella, A. (2017). Synergies and tensions between and within domestic and international market activities of firms. International Business Review, 26(5), 942-958. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ibusrev.2017.03.003

© 2017 Elsevier Ltd The distinction between domestic and international market activities has an idiosyncratic meaning for international business research. This study examines the significant yet unclear role of domestic market activities for the inte... Read More about Synergies and tensions between and within domestic and international market activities of firms.

Antioxidant properties of novel dimers derived from natural ??elemene through inhibiting H2O2?induced apoptosis (2017)
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Chen, J., Wang, R., Wang, T., Ding, Q., Khalil, A., Xu, S., …Xu, J. (in press). Antioxidant properties of novel dimers derived from natural β‑elemene through inhibiting H2O2‑induced apoptosis. ACS Medicinal Chemistry Letters, 8(4), https://doi.org/10.1021/acsmedchemlett.7b00035

A series of novel ?-elemene dimer derivatives were synthesized and evaluated for their antioxidant activities. The results indicated that most of the target compounds showed more potent cytoprotective effects than positive control vitamin E. In parti... Read More about Antioxidant properties of novel dimers derived from natural ??elemene through inhibiting H2O2?induced apoptosis.

Effects of exemplar scenarios on public preferences for energy futures using the my2050 scenario-building tool (2017)
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Demski, C., Spence, A., & Pidgeon, N. (2017). Effects of exemplar scenarios on public preferences for energy futures using the my2050 scenario-building tool. Nature Energy, 2, https://doi.org/10.1038/nenergy.2017.27

Understanding which energy future configurations provide publicly acceptable levels of energy security, affordability, and environmental protection is critical for institutional decision-making. However, little is known about how scenarios influence... Read More about Effects of exemplar scenarios on public preferences for energy futures using the my2050 scenario-building tool.

Hierarchical Bayesian inference for ion channel screening dose-response data [version 2; peer review: 2 approved] (2017)
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Johnstone, R. H., Gavaghan, D. J., Johnstone, R. H., Bardenet, R., Gavaghan, D. J., & Mirams, G. R. (2017). Hierarchical Bayesian inference for ion channel screening dose-response data [version 2; peer review: 2 approved]. Wellcome Open Research, 1, 1-23. https://doi.org/10.12688/wellcomeopenres.9945.2

Dose-response (or 'concentration-effect') relationships commonly occur in biological and pharmacological systems and are well characterised by Hill curves. These curves are described by an equation with two parameters: the inhibitory concentration 50... Read More about Hierarchical Bayesian inference for ion channel screening dose-response data [version 2; peer review: 2 approved].