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‘...but have you read this?’: dialogicity in Robert Thornton’sHoly name devotions (2018)
Journal Article
Lutton, R. (2018). ‘...but have you read this?’: dialogicity in Robert Thornton’sHoly name devotions. English, 67(257), 119-140. https://doi.org/10.1093/english/efy021

This article examines a particular set of texts in an early fifteenth-century religious anthology composed by the Yorkshire gentleman Robert Thornton. Together with other religious prose and verse, Thornton copied a number of Middle English and Latin... Read More about ‘...but have you read this?’: dialogicity in Robert Thornton’sHoly name devotions.

A content analysis of alcohol content in UK television (2018)
Journal Article
Barker, A. B., Whittamore, K., Britton, J., Murray, R. L., & Cranwell, J. (2018). A content analysis of alcohol content in UK television. Journal of Public Health, 41(3), 462-469. https://doi.org/10.1093/pubmed/fdy142

Background: Exposure to audio-visual alcohol content in media is associated with subsequent alcohol use in young people, but the extent of exposure contained in UK free-to-air prime-time television has not been explored since 2010. We report an analy... Read More about A content analysis of alcohol content in UK television.

The Pentrich Rebellion – A Nottingham Affair? (2018)
Journal Article
Gaunt, R. A. (2018). The Pentrich Rebellion – A Nottingham Affair?. Midland History, 43(2), 208-228. https://doi.org/10.1080/0047729x.2018.1522464

© 2018 University of Birmingham. This article re-considers Nottingham’s role in the events immediately preceding the Pentrich Rebellion of 9–10 June 1817, as well as its reaction on the night of the Rebellion and during its aftermath. It does so in l... Read More about The Pentrich Rebellion – A Nottingham Affair?.

Subject choice as everyday accommodation/resistance: why students in England (still) choose the arts (2018)
Journal Article
Thomson, P., Hall, C., Earl, L., & Geppert, C. (2020). Subject choice as everyday accommodation/resistance: why students in England (still) choose the arts. Critical Studies in Education, 61(5), 545-560. https://doi.org/10.1080/17508487.2018.1525754

High school students are expected to make choices about which subjects they study. These choices are not completely open but steered by what is on offer, previous achievement and conversations with teachers, family and friends; choices are patterned... Read More about Subject choice as everyday accommodation/resistance: why students in England (still) choose the arts.

Comparison of different human tissue processing methods for maximization of bacterial recovery (2018)
Journal Article
Askar, M., Ashraf, W., Scammell, B., & Bayston, R. (2019). Comparison of different human tissue processing methods for maximization of bacterial recovery. European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, 38(1), 149-155. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10096-018-3406-4

Tissues are valuable microbiological samples that have proved superiority over swabs. Culture of tissue samples is used in the diagnosis of a variety of infections. However, as well as factors such as the site of obtaining the sample, the number of s... Read More about Comparison of different human tissue processing methods for maximization of bacterial recovery.

Does stereopsis account for the link between motor and social skills in adults? (2018)
Journal Article
Smith, D., Ropar, D., & Allen, H. A. (2018). Does stereopsis account for the link between motor and social skills in adults?. Molecular Autism, 9, Article 55. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13229-018-0234-4

Background: Experimental and longitudinal evidence suggests that motor proficiency plays an important role in the development of social skills. However, stereopsis, or depth perception, may also play a fundamental role in social skill development eit... Read More about Does stereopsis account for the link between motor and social skills in adults?.

Feasibility of weekly participant‐reported data collection in a pragmatic randomised controlled trial in primary care: experiences from the BATHE trial (Bath Additives for the Treatment of cHildhood Eczema) (2018)
Journal Article
Stuart, B., Rumsby, K., Santer, M., Ridd, M. J., Francis, N. A., Chorozoglou, M., …Little, P. (2018). Feasibility of weekly participant‐reported data collection in a pragmatic randomised controlled trial in primary care: experiences from the BATHE trial (Bath Additives for the Treatment of cHildhood Eczema). Trials, 19, Article 582. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13063-018-2962-3

Background: Patient‐reported outcomes measures in clinical trials ensure that evaluations of effectiveness focus on outcomes that are important to patients. In relapsing‐remitting conditions such as eczema, repeated measurements may allow a more accu... Read More about Feasibility of weekly participant‐reported data collection in a pragmatic randomised controlled trial in primary care: experiences from the BATHE trial (Bath Additives for the Treatment of cHildhood Eczema).

Experimental investigations into the adsorption enhancement in packed beds using Z-Annular flow configuration (2018)
Journal Article
Yeboah, S., & Darkwa, J. (2019). Experimental investigations into the adsorption enhancement in packed beds using Z-Annular flow configuration. International Journal of Thermal Sciences, 136, 121-134. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijthermalsci.2018.10.027

Annular packed bed structures have the potential to overcome limitations of conventional fully packed bed types by offering radial distribution of airflow within them to enhance fluid-solid contact during adsorption and also to minimize pressure drop... Read More about Experimental investigations into the adsorption enhancement in packed beds using Z-Annular flow configuration.

A comprehensive screening of copy-number variability in dementia with Lewy bodies (2018)
Journal Article
Kun-Rodrigues, C., Orme, T., Carmona, S., Hernandez, D. G., Ross, O. A., Eicher, J. D., …Bras, J. (2019). A comprehensive screening of copy-number variability in dementia with Lewy bodies. Neurobiology of Aging, 75, 223.e1-223.e10. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2018.10.019

The role of genetic variability in dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB) is now indisputable, however data regarding copy number variation (CNV) in this disease has been lacking. Here, we used whole genome genotyping of 1,454 DLB cases and 1,525 controls t... Read More about A comprehensive screening of copy-number variability in dementia with Lewy bodies.

Participatory arts in care settings: A multiple case study: Innovative practice (2018)
Journal Article
Broome, E., Dening, T., & Schneider, J. (2018). Participatory arts in care settings: A multiple case study: Innovative practice. Dementia, https://doi.org/10.1177/1471301218807554

© The Author(s) 2018. This paper describes two case studies of arts interventions in UK care settings. Visual arts and dance movement interventions were regularly held in two settings. This paper draws on data from qualitative interviews, reflective... Read More about Participatory arts in care settings: A multiple case study: Innovative practice.

Will MRI of gastrointestinal function parallel the clinical success of cine cardiac MRI? (2018)
Journal Article
Hoad, C., Clarke, C., Marciani, L., Graves, M. J., & Corsetti, M. (2018). Will MRI of gastrointestinal function parallel the clinical success of cine cardiac MRI?. British Journal of Radiology, 92(1093), https://doi.org/10.1259/bjr.20180433

Cine cardiac MRI is generally accepted as the “gold-standard” for functional myocardial assessment. It only took a few years after the development of commercial MRI systems for functional cardiac imaging to be developed, with electrocardiogram (ECG)-... Read More about Will MRI of gastrointestinal function parallel the clinical success of cine cardiac MRI?.

Is human auditory cortex organization compatible with the monkey model? Contrary evidence from ultra-high-field functional and structural MRI (2018)
Journal Article
Besle, J., Mougin, O., Sánchez-Panchuelo, R., Lanting, C., Gowland, P., Bowtell, R., …Krumbholz, K. (2018). Is human auditory cortex organization compatible with the monkey model? Contrary evidence from ultra-high-field functional and structural MRI. Cerebral Cortex, 29(1), 410-428. https://doi.org/10.1093/cercor/bhy267

It is commonly assumed that the human auditory cortex is organized similarly to that of macaque monkeys, where the primary region, or “core,” is elongated parallel to the tonotopic axis (main direction of tonotopic gradients), and subdivided across t... Read More about Is human auditory cortex organization compatible with the monkey model? Contrary evidence from ultra-high-field functional and structural MRI.

A Novel Newton-Raphson-Based Searching Method for the MTPA Control of Pmasynrm Considering Magnetic and Cross Saturation (2018)
Conference Proceeding
Wang, S., Degano, M., Kang, J., Galassini, A., & Gerada, C. (2018). A Novel Newton-Raphson-Based Searching Method for the MTPA Control of Pmasynrm Considering Magnetic and Cross Saturation. In Proceedings 2018 XIII International Conference on Electrical Machines (ICEM) (1360-1366). https://doi.org/10.1109/ICELMACH.2018.8506853

Maximum torque per ampere control (MTPA) takes full advantage of the reluctance torque aiming at the minimum copper loss, which can increase the torque output under the minimum current conditions. The traditional MTPA method makes use of equations wi... Read More about A Novel Newton-Raphson-Based Searching Method for the MTPA Control of Pmasynrm Considering Magnetic and Cross Saturation.

Care management in social and primary health care: The gateshead community care scheme (2018)
Book
Challis, D., Chesterman, J., Luckett, R., Stewart, K., & Chessum, R. (2018). Care management in social and primary health care: The gateshead community care scheme. Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315185217

This book provides an evaluation of the Gateshead Community Care Scheme which was devised as an alternative to residential and hospital care for frail elderly people. An important feature of the scheme was the decentralization of control of resources... Read More about Care management in social and primary health care: The gateshead community care scheme.

HyperSPAM: A study on hyper-heuristic coordination strategies in the continuous domain (2018)
Journal Article
Caraffini, F., Neri, F., & Epitropakis, M. (2019). HyperSPAM: A study on hyper-heuristic coordination strategies in the continuous domain. Information Sciences, 477, 186-202. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ins.2018.10.033

© 2018 Elsevier Inc. This article proposes a simplistic algorithmic framework, namely hyperSPAM, composed of three search algorithms for addressing continuous optimisation problems. The Covariance Matrix Adaptation Evolution Strategy (CMAES) is activ... Read More about HyperSPAM: A study on hyper-heuristic coordination strategies in the continuous domain.

Negative correlation between Placental Growth Factor and Endocan-1 in women with preeclampsia (2018)
Journal Article
Hentchke, M. R., da Cunha Filho, E. V., Vieira, M. C., Paula, L. G., Mistry, H. D., Pinheiro da Costa, B. E., & Poli-de-Figueiredo, C. E. (2018). Negative correlation between Placental Growth Factor and Endocan-1 in women with preeclampsia. Revista Brasileira de Ginecologia e Obstetrícia, 40(10), 593-598. https://doi.org/10.1055/s-0038-1670713

Objective: To analyse Endocan-1, a biomarker of vascular endothelial related pathologies, and Placental growth factor (PlGF), an angiogenic factor and a placental dysfunction marker in patients with pre-eclampsia (PE). Methods: Case-control study c... Read More about Negative correlation between Placental Growth Factor and Endocan-1 in women with preeclampsia.

Compensated convexity methods for approximations and interpolations of sampled functions in Euclidean spaces: applications to contour lines, sparse data and inpainting (2018)
Journal Article
Zhang, K., Crooks, E., & Orlando, A. (2018). Compensated convexity methods for approximations and interpolations of sampled functions in Euclidean spaces: applications to contour lines, sparse data and inpainting. SIAM Journal on Imaging Sciences, 11(4), 2368-2428. doi:10.1137/17M116152X

This paper is concerned with applications of the theory of approximation and interpolation based on compensated convex transforms developed in [55]. We apply our methods to (i) surface reconstruction starting from the knowledge of finitely many level... Read More about Compensated convexity methods for approximations and interpolations of sampled functions in Euclidean spaces: applications to contour lines, sparse data and inpainting.

FlhF(T368A) modulates motility in the bacteriophage carrier state of Campylobacter jejuni (2018)
Journal Article
Liang, L., & Connerton, I. F. (2018). FlhF(T368A) modulates motility in the bacteriophage carrier state of Campylobacter jejuni. Molecular Microbiology, 110(4), 616-633. https://doi.org/10.1111/mmi.14120

© 2018 The Authors. Molecular Microbiology Published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd. The carrier state is an alternative bacteriophage life cycle by which virulent bacteriophage can persist in association with host bacteria. Campylobacter jejuni carrier... Read More about FlhF(T368A) modulates motility in the bacteriophage carrier state of Campylobacter jejuni.

A tolerability and patient acceptability pilot study of a novel antimicrobial urinary catheter for long-term use (2018)
Journal Article
Belfield, K., Betts, H., Parkinson, R., & Bayston, R. (2018). A tolerability and patient acceptability pilot study of a novel antimicrobial urinary catheter for long-term use. Neurourology and Urodynamics, 38(1), 338-345. https://doi.org/10.1002/nau.23858

© 2018 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Aims: We have developed a novel antimicrobial urinary catheter (AUC) impregnated with rifampicin, triclosan, and sparfloxacin and demonstrated that it has long-term (∼84 days) protection against bacterial colonization i... Read More about A tolerability and patient acceptability pilot study of a novel antimicrobial urinary catheter for long-term use.