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Triggers of acute attacks of gout, does age of gout onset matter?: a primary care based cross-sectional study (2017)
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Abhishek, A., Valdes, A. M., Jenkins, W., Zhang, W., & Doherty, M. (2017). Triggers of acute attacks of gout, does age of gout onset matter?: a primary care based cross-sectional study. PLoS ONE, 12(10), Article e0186096. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0186096

Objectives To determine the proportion of people with gout who self-report triggers of acute attacks; identify the commonly reported triggers, and examine the disease and demographic features associated with self-reporting any trigger(s) of acute... Read More about Triggers of acute attacks of gout, does age of gout onset matter?: a primary care based cross-sectional study.

Alumina-graphene nanocomposite coatings fabricated by suspension high velocity oxy-fuel thermal spraying for ultra-low-wear (2017)
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Murray, J. W., Rance, G. A., Xu, F., & Hussain, T. (in press). Alumina-graphene nanocomposite coatings fabricated by suspension high velocity oxy-fuel thermal spraying for ultra-low-wear. Journal of the European Ceramic Society, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jeurceramsoc.2017.10.022

An alumina coating containing 1 wt.% graphene nanoplatelets (GNPs) is deposited for the first time by suspension high velocity oxy-fuel (SHVOF) thermal spraying – an emerging coating deposition technique. Raman spectroscopy shows the GNPs survive the... Read More about Alumina-graphene nanocomposite coatings fabricated by suspension high velocity oxy-fuel thermal spraying for ultra-low-wear.

Accessing online data for youth mental health research: meeting the ethical challenges (2017)
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Perez Vallejos, E., Koene, A., Carter, C. J., Hunt, D., Woodard, C., Urquhart, L., …Statache, R. (in press). Accessing online data for youth mental health research: meeting the ethical challenges. Philosophy && Technology, https://doi.org/10.1007/s13347-017-0286-y

This article addresses the general ethical issues of accessing online personal data for research purposes. The authors discuss the practical aspects of online research with a specific case study that illustrates the ethical challenges encountered whe... Read More about Accessing online data for youth mental health research: meeting the ethical challenges.

Subnational institutions and open innovation: evidence from China (2017)
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Sun, F., Hong, J., Ma, X., & Wang, C. (2017). Subnational institutions and open innovation: evidence from China. Management Decision, 55(9), https://doi.org/10.1108/MD-11-2016-0781

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to examine how subnational institutions within a country explain the performance consequences of open innovation (OI) in emerging market enterprises (EMEs). Design/methodology/approach: The paper conducts a regr... Read More about Subnational institutions and open innovation: evidence from China.

The Cys-Arg/N-end rule pathway is a general sensor of abiotic stress in flowering plants (2017)
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Vicente, J., Mendiondo, G. M., Movahedi, M., Peirats-Llobet, M., Juan, Y., Shen, Y., …Holdsworth, M. J. (2017). The Cys-Arg/N-end rule pathway is a general sensor of abiotic stress in flowering plants. Current Biology, 27(20), Article 3183-3190.e4. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2017.09.006

Abiotic stresses impact negatively on plant growth, profoundly affecting yield and quality of crops. Although much is known about plant responses, very little is understood at the molecular level about the initial sensing of environmental stress. In... Read More about The Cys-Arg/N-end rule pathway is a general sensor of abiotic stress in flowering plants.

Assessing water uptake in sugar beet (Beta vulgaris) under different watering regimes (2017)
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Fitters, T. F., Bussell, J. S., Mooney, S. J., & Sparkes, D. L. (2017). Assessing water uptake in sugar beet (Beta vulgaris) under different watering regimes. Environmental and Experimental Botany, 144, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envexpbot.2017.10.001

Sugar beet yield worldwide is substantially reduced as a result of drought stress. Water uptake may be limited by the plant (e.g. low root density) or by soil physical constraints. An experiment was conducted to assess the ability of sugar beet to pr... Read More about Assessing water uptake in sugar beet (Beta vulgaris) under different watering regimes.

The new galaxy evolution paradigm revealed by the Herschel surveys (2017)
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Eales, S., Smith, D., Bourne, N., Loveday, J., Rowlands, K., van der Werf, P., …Vlahakis, C. (2018). The new galaxy evolution paradigm revealed by the Herschel surveys. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 473(3), 3507-3524. https://doi.org/10.1093/MNRAS/STX2548

© 2018 The Author(s). The Herschel Space Observatory has revealed a very different galaxyscape from that shown by optical surveys which presents a challenge for galaxy-evolution models. The Herschel surveys reveal (1) that there was rapid galaxy evol... Read More about The new galaxy evolution paradigm revealed by the Herschel surveys.

GPS/BDS relative positioning assessment by zero baseline observation (2017)
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Tang, X., Roberts, G. W., Hancock, C. M., & Yu, J. (2018). GPS/BDS relative positioning assessment by zero baseline observation. Measurement, 116, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.measurement.2017.10.022

A lot of researches proved integration of GPS and BDS could improve the position precision, since the Chinese BDS was opened to the Asia-Pacific users. Does this improvement come from better geometry by combining GPS/BDS or more precise measurement a... Read More about GPS/BDS relative positioning assessment by zero baseline observation.

Misunderstanding and misapplication of motor insurance law: will the Supreme Court come to the rescue? (2017)
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Marson, J., & Ferris, K. (2017). Misunderstanding and misapplication of motor insurance law: will the Supreme Court come to the rescue?. European Journal of Current Legal Issues, 23(2),

For many years a tension has existed between the law of the European Union governing motor vehicle insurance and the UK’s transposition, interpretation and application of its national law. Cases including Delaney v Pickett & Tradewise [2011] EWCA Civ... Read More about Misunderstanding and misapplication of motor insurance law: will the Supreme Court come to the rescue?.

Family reunion in a university law clinic: a model for law schools? (2017)
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Marson, J., Ferris, K., & Tudor, C. (2017). Family reunion in a university law clinic: a model for law schools?. European Journal of Current Legal Issues, 23(2),

This paper outlines the establishing of a law clinic to assist individuals with their application under the refugee family reunion (RFR) provision. We consider that a significant gap exists in the scope of university law clinics to provide a dedicate... Read More about Family reunion in a university law clinic: a model for law schools?.

Attitudes to personality disorder of staff working in high and medium secure hospitals (2017)
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Beryl, R., & Völlm, B. (in press). Attitudes to personality disorder of staff working in high and medium secure hospitals. Personality and Mental Health, 12(1), https://doi.org/10.1002/pmh.1396

The discourse surrounding personality disorder is largely negative, and the diagnosis is considered to be associated with a degree of stigma. This study aimed to investigate current staff attitudes to personality disorder in a high and a medium secur... Read More about Attitudes to personality disorder of staff working in high and medium secure hospitals.

The consumption of work: Representations and interpretations of the meaning of work at a UK university (2017)
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Chertkovskaya, E., Korczynski, M., & Taylor, S. (2020). The consumption of work: Representations and interpretations of the meaning of work at a UK university. Organization, 27(4), 517-536. https://doi.org/10.1177/1350508417734056

This paper focuses on representations of the nexus of work, meaning and consumption as experienced by university students. We develop an empirically based argument that the meaning of work is being constructed as an object of consumption on a British... Read More about The consumption of work: Representations and interpretations of the meaning of work at a UK university.

Interventions to reduce dependency in bathing in community dwelling older adults: a systematic review (2017)
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Golding-Day, M., Whitehead, P., Radford, K., & Walker, M. (2017). Interventions to reduce dependency in bathing in community dwelling older adults: a systematic review. Systematic Reviews, 6(1), https://doi.org/10.1186/s13643-017-0586-4

Background The onset of bathing disability for older adults has been found to be an indicator and potential precursor of further disability. Thus interventions targeting bathing may prevent or delay further disability and the use of health and soc... Read More about Interventions to reduce dependency in bathing in community dwelling older adults: a systematic review.

The recording and characteristics of pulmonary rehabilitation in patients with COPD using The Health Information Network (THIN) primary care database (2017)
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Hakamy, A., McKeever, T. M., Gibson, J. E., & Bolton, C. E. (in press). The recording and characteristics of pulmonary rehabilitation in patients with COPD using The Health Information Network (THIN) primary care database. npj Primary Care Respiratory Medicine, 27(1), Article 58. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41533-017-0058-2

Pulmonary rehabilitation is recommended for patients with COPD to improve physical function, breathlessness and quality of life. Using The Health Information Network (THIN) primary care database in UK, we compared the demographic and clinical paramet... Read More about The recording and characteristics of pulmonary rehabilitation in patients with COPD using The Health Information Network (THIN) primary care database.

Bluetongue virus spread in Europe is a consequence of climatic, landscape and vertebrate host factors as revealed by phylogeographic inference (2017)
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Jacquot, M., Nomikou, K., Palmarini, M., Mertens, P., & Biek, R. (2017). Bluetongue virus spread in Europe is a consequence of climatic, landscape and vertebrate host factors as revealed by phylogeographic inference. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 284(1864), Article 20170919. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2017.0919

Spatio-temporal patterns of the spread of infectious diseases are commonly driven by environmental and ecological factors. This is particularly true for vector-borne diseases because vector populations can be strongly affected by host distribution as... Read More about Bluetongue virus spread in Europe is a consequence of climatic, landscape and vertebrate host factors as revealed by phylogeographic inference.

Phase transitions in electron spin resonance under continuous microwave driving (2017)
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Karabanov, A., Rose, D. C., Köckenberger, W., Garrahan, J. P., & Lesanovsky, I. (in press). Phase transitions in electron spin resonance under continuous microwave driving. Physical Review Letters, 119, https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.119.150402

We study an ensemble of strongly coupled electrons under continuous microwave irradiation interacting with a dissipative environment, a problem of relevance to the creation of highly polarized non-equilibrium states in nuclear magnetic resonance. We... Read More about Phase transitions in electron spin resonance under continuous microwave driving.

Environmental aspects of use of recycled carbon fibre composites in automotive applications (2017)
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Meng, F., McKechnie, J., Turner, T., Wong, K. H., & Pickering, S. J. (in press). Environmental aspects of use of recycled carbon fibre composites in automotive applications. Environmental Science and Technology, 51(21), https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.7b04069

The high cost and energy intensity of virgin carbon fibre manufacture provides an opportunity to recover substantial value from carbon fibre reinforced plastic wastes. In this study, we assess the life cycle environmental implications of recovering c... Read More about Environmental aspects of use of recycled carbon fibre composites in automotive applications.

Developing technology to enhance learning interpersonal skills in counsellor education (2017)
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Murphy, D., Slovak, P., Thieme, A., Jackson, D., Olivier, P., & Fitzpatrick, G. (in press). Developing technology to enhance learning interpersonal skills in counsellor education. British Journal of Guidance and Counselling, https://doi.org/10.1080/03069885.2017.1377337

The integration of new technologies into counsellor education has progressed slowly. We present mPath ; an online system designed to support iterative, multi-levelled and deep reflection on practice in skills training sessions. We propose... Read More about Developing technology to enhance learning interpersonal skills in counsellor education.

IL-15 promotes human myogenesis and mitigates the detrimental effects of TNF? on myotube development (2017)
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O’Leary, M. F., Wallace, G. R., Bennett, A. J., Tsintzas, K., & Jones, S. W. (in press). IL-15 promotes human myogenesis and mitigates the detrimental effects of TNFα on myotube development. Scientific Reports, 7(1), Article 12997. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-13479-w

Studies in murine cell lines and in mouse models suggest that IL-15 promotes myogenesis and may protect against the inflammation-mediated skeletal muscle atrophy which occurs in sarcopenia and cachexia. The effects of IL-15 on human skeletal muscle g... Read More about IL-15 promotes human myogenesis and mitigates the detrimental effects of TNF? on myotube development.