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The impact of stringent insider trading laws and institutional quality on the cost of capital (2018)
Journal Article
Kwabi, F. O., Boateng, A., & Adegbite, E. (2018). The impact of stringent insider trading laws and institutional quality on the cost of capital. International Review of Financial Analysis, 60, 127-137. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.irfa.2018.07.011

This paper examines the effects of interaction between stringent insider trading laws, institutional quality and equity portfolio allocation on the cost of capital. Using a dataset drawn from 44 countries over the period from 2001 to 2015, we find th... Read More about The impact of stringent insider trading laws and institutional quality on the cost of capital.

How Do Regulations Affect SMEs? A Review of the Qualitative Evidence and a Research Agenda (2018)
Journal Article
Mallett, O., Wapshott, R., & Vorley, T. (2019). How Do Regulations Affect SMEs? A Review of the Qualitative Evidence and a Research Agenda. International Journal of Management Reviews, 21(3), 294-316. https://doi.org/10.1111/ijmr.12191

The effects of regulations on SMEs have garnered significant political attention internationally yet, in the academic literature, these effects remain contested. This article presents findings from a systematic literature review of qualitative eviden... Read More about How Do Regulations Affect SMEs? A Review of the Qualitative Evidence and a Research Agenda.

Parameter inference to motivate asymptotic model reduction: an analysis of the gibberellin biosynthesis pathway (2018)
Journal Article
Band, L. R., & Preston, S. P. (2018). Parameter inference to motivate asymptotic model reduction: an analysis of the gibberellin biosynthesis pathway. Journal of Theoretical Biology, 457, 66-78. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtbi.2018.05.028

Developing effective strategies to use models in conjunction with experimental data is essential to understand the dynamics of biological regulatory networks. In this study, we demonstrate how combining parameter estimation with asymptotic analysis c... Read More about Parameter inference to motivate asymptotic model reduction: an analysis of the gibberellin biosynthesis pathway.

The consequences of the Brexit vote on management attitudes to recruitment in the hospitality industry (2018)
Journal Article
Ferris, K., Cameron, D., Jenkins, A., & Marson, J. (in press). The consequences of the Brexit vote on management attitudes to recruitment in the hospitality industry. Business Law Review, 39(4),

This article investigates the perceptions of managers in the hospitality industry to the Brexit vote and its implications for their recruitment strategies. A survey instrument was used to ascertain perceptions of challenges and opportunities around k... Read More about The consequences of the Brexit vote on management attitudes to recruitment in the hospitality industry.

Band gap behavior of optimal one-dimensional composite structures with an additive manufactured stiffener (2018)
Journal Article
Ampatzidis, T., Leach, R. K., Tuck, C., & Chronopoulos, D. (2018). Band gap behavior of optimal one-dimensional composite structures with an additive manufactured stiffener. Composites Part B: Engineering, 153, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compositesb.2018.07.012

In this work, the banded behaviour of composite one-dimensional structures with an additive manufactured stiffener is examined. A finite element method is used to calculate the stiffness, mass and damping matrices, and periodic structure theory is us... Read More about Band gap behavior of optimal one-dimensional composite structures with an additive manufactured stiffener.

Impact of straight to test pathways on time to diagnosis in oesophageal and gastric cancer (2018)
Journal Article
Jones, J. A., Catton, J., Howard, G., Leeder, P., Brewer, L., Hatton, J., & Shaw, D. E. (2018). Impact of straight to test pathways on time to diagnosis in oesophageal and gastric cancer. BMJ Open Quality, 7(3), e000328. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjoq-2018-000328

Background: Cancer survival in the UK has doubled in the last 40 years; however, 1-year and 5-year survival rates are still lower than other countries. One cause may be a delay between referral into secondary care and subsequent investigation. We set... Read More about Impact of straight to test pathways on time to diagnosis in oesophageal and gastric cancer.

Surface-Mediated Supramolecular Self-Assembly of Protein, Peptide, and Nucleoside Derivatives: From Surface Design to the Underlying Mechanism and Tailored Functions (2018)
Journal Article
Yang, B., Adams, D. J., Marlow, M., & Zelzer, M. (2018). Surface-Mediated Supramolecular Self-Assembly of Protein, Peptide, and Nucleoside Derivatives: From Surface Design to the Underlying Mechanism and Tailored Functions. Langmuir, 34(50), 15109-15125. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.langmuir.8b01165

Among the many parameters that have been explored to exercise control over self-assembly processes, the influence of surface properties on self-assembly has been recognized as important but has received considerably less attention than other factors.... Read More about Surface-Mediated Supramolecular Self-Assembly of Protein, Peptide, and Nucleoside Derivatives: From Surface Design to the Underlying Mechanism and Tailored Functions.

Performance analyses of temporary membrane structures: energy saving and CO2 reduction through dynamic simulations of textile envelopes (2018)
Journal Article
De Vita, M., Beccarelli, P., Laurini, E., & De Berardinis, P. (2018). Performance analyses of temporary membrane structures: energy saving and CO2 reduction through dynamic simulations of textile envelopes. Sustainability, 10(7), Article 2548. https://doi.org/10.3390/su10072548

The aim of this research, carried out in collaboration with Maco Technology Inc., was to analyse the energy performance of temporary textile structures that are often used to host itinerant events. This paper illustrates the dynamic simulations carri... Read More about Performance analyses of temporary membrane structures: energy saving and CO2 reduction through dynamic simulations of textile envelopes.

Use of mirtazapine in patients with chronic breathlessness: a case series (2018)
Journal Article
Lovell, N., Bajwah, S., Maddocks, M., Wilcock, A., & Higginson, I. J. (2018). Use of mirtazapine in patients with chronic breathlessness: a case series. Palliative Medicine, doi:10.1177/0269216318787450. ISSN 1477-030X

Background: Breathlessness remains a common and distressing symptom in people with advanced disease with few effective treatment options. Repurposing of existing medicines has been effective in other areas of palliative care, for example, antidepres... Read More about Use of mirtazapine in patients with chronic breathlessness: a case series.

Revealing instabilities in a generalized triadic supply network: a bifurcation analysis (2018)
Journal Article
Ritterskamp, D., Demirel, G., MacCarthy, B., Rudolf, L., Champneys, A., & Gross, T. (2018). Revealing instabilities in a generalized triadic supply network: a bifurcation analysis. Chaos, 28(7), Article 073103. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5026746

Supply networks are exposed to instabilities and thus a high level of risk. To mitigate this risk, it is necessary to understand how instabilities are formed in supply networks. In this paper, we focus on instabilities in inventory dynamics that deve... Read More about Revealing instabilities in a generalized triadic supply network: a bifurcation analysis.

The importance of microstructure in electrochemical jet processing (2018)
Journal Article
Speidel, A., Mitchell-Smith, J., Bisterov, I., & Clare, A. T. (2018). The importance of microstructure in electrochemical jet processing. Journal of Materials Processing Technology, 262, 459-470. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmatprotec.2018.07.022

© 2018 Electrochemical jet processing (EJP) is an athermal technique facilitating precision micromachining and surface preparation, without recast layer generation. The role of the microstructure in determining machining characteristics has been larg... Read More about The importance of microstructure in electrochemical jet processing.

Getting more out of Stan: some ideas from the Haskell bindings (2018)
Conference Proceeding
NILSSON, H., NIELSEN, T. A., & STEINITZ, D. (2018). Getting more out of Stan: some ideas from the Haskell bindings

Stan has emerged as the most practical and widely used probabilistic programming language for Bayesian computation. As the capabilities within Stan for further processing of results from probabilistic computations is limited, Stan is often used from... Read More about Getting more out of Stan: some ideas from the Haskell bindings.

Service innovation in sustainable product service systems: improving performance under linguistic preferences (2018)
Journal Article
Tseng, M., Wiu, K., Chiu, A. S., Lim, M. K., & Tan, K. (2018). Service innovation in sustainable product service systems: improving performance under linguistic preferences. International Journal of Production Economics, 203, 414-425. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpe.2018.07.020

Sustainable product service systems enable firms that are operating under resource limitations to deliver the best possible outcomes in terms of social well-being and economic growth. However, prior studies have not yet investigated the function of s... Read More about Service innovation in sustainable product service systems: improving performance under linguistic preferences.

The spectrum of triple-negative breast disease: high- and low-grade lesions (2018)
Journal Article
Geyer, F. C., Pareja, F., Weigelt, B., Rakha, E., Ellis, I. O., Schnitt, S. J., & Reis-Filho, J. S. (2018). The spectrum of triple-negative breast disease: high- and low-grade lesions. American Journal of Pathology, 187(10), 2139-2151. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajpath.2017.03.016

Triple-negative breast cancer is viewed clinically as an aggressive subgroup of breast cancer. In fact, most triple-negative breast cancers are poor-prognosis tumors with a complex genomic landscape. However, triple-negative disease is vastly heterog... Read More about The spectrum of triple-negative breast disease: high- and low-grade lesions.

Supporting active school travel: a qualitative analysis of implementing a regional safe routes to school program (2018)
Journal Article
Buttazzoni, A. N., Coen, S. E., & Gilliland, J. A. (2018). Supporting active school travel: a qualitative analysis of implementing a regional safe routes to school program. Social Science and Medicine, 212, 181-190. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2018.07.032

Physical inactivity among children is a significant public health concern. Active school travel (AST) methods, such as walking and wheeling to school, can be a valuable way to increase children's levels of daily physical activity. In Canada, Active a... Read More about Supporting active school travel: a qualitative analysis of implementing a regional safe routes to school program.

Correction to: The incidence, prevalence, and survival of systemic sclerosis in the UK Clinical Practice Research Datalink (2018)
Journal Article
Royle, J. G., Lanyon, P. C., Grainge, M. J., Abhishek, A., & Pearce, F. A. (2018). Correction to: The incidence, prevalence, and survival of systemic sclerosis in the UK Clinical Practice Research Datalink. Clinical Rheumatology, 37(9), 2601. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10067-018-4219-7

© 2018, International League of Associations for Rheumatology (ILAR). The above article originally published with an error present in the 2nd sentence in the 4th paragraph of the discussion section and is now presented correctly in this article. The... Read More about Correction to: The incidence, prevalence, and survival of systemic sclerosis in the UK Clinical Practice Research Datalink.

Whole-Genome Resequencing of Red Junglefowl and Indigenous Village Chicken Reveal New Insights on the Genome Dynamics of the Species (2018)
Journal Article
Lawal, R. A., Al-Atiyat, R. M., Aljumaah, R. S., Silva, P., Mwacharo, J. M., & Hanotte, O. (2018). Whole-Genome Resequencing of Red Junglefowl and Indigenous Village Chicken Reveal New Insights on the Genome Dynamics of the Species. Frontiers in Genetics, 9, Article 264. https://doi.org/10.3389/fgene.2018.00264

© 2018 Lawal, Al-Atiyat, Aljumaah, Silva, Mwacharo and Hanotte. The red junglefowl Gallus gallus is the main progenitor of domestic chicken, the commonest livestock species, outnumbering humans by an approximate ratio of six to one. The genetic contr... Read More about Whole-Genome Resequencing of Red Junglefowl and Indigenous Village Chicken Reveal New Insights on the Genome Dynamics of the Species.