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Type-2 fuzzy elliptic membership functions for modeling uncertainty (2018)
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Kayacan, E., Sarabakha, A., Coupland, S., John, R., & Khanesard, M. A. (2018). Type-2 fuzzy elliptic membership functions for modeling uncertainty. Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence, 70, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.engappai.2018.02.004

Whereas type-1 and type-2 membership functions (MFs) are the core of any fuzzy logic system, there are no performance criteria available to evaluate the goodness or correctness of the fuzzy MFs. In this paper, we make extensive analysis in terms of t... Read More about Type-2 fuzzy elliptic membership functions for modeling uncertainty.

Magnetic shepherding of nanocatalysts through hierarchically-assembled Fe-filled CNTs hybrid (2018)
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Melchionna, M., Beltram, A., Stopin, A., Montini, T., Lodge, R. W., Khlobystov, A. N., …Fornasiero, P. (2018). Magnetic shepherding of nanocatalysts through hierarchically-assembled Fe-filled CNTs hybrid. Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, 227, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apcatb.2018.01.049

Mechanically robust, chemically stable and electronically active carbon nanotubes (CNTs) are widely used as supports in catalysis. Synergistic effects between CNT and the active phase critically depend on the homogeneity of the carbon/inorganic inter... Read More about Magnetic shepherding of nanocatalysts through hierarchically-assembled Fe-filled CNTs hybrid.

Delivery at term: when, how and why (2018)
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Walker, K. F., & Thornton, J. (2018). Delivery at term: when, how and why. Clinics in Perinatology, 45(2), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.clp.2018.01.004

The optimal timing of delivery for the baby is 39 weeks, avoiding the morbidity associated with early term birth and reducing the risk of antepartum stillbirth. There is compelling evidence that among high-risk pregnancies and in settings where ce... Read More about Delivery at term: when, how and why.

TMS SMART: Scalp Mapping of Annoyance Ratings and Twitches caused by Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (2018)
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Meteyard, L., & Holmes, N. P. (2018). TMS SMART: Scalp Mapping of Annoyance Ratings and Twitches caused by Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation. Journal of Neuroscience Methods, 299, 34-44. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jneumeth.2018.02.008

Background: The magnetic pulse generated during transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) also stimulates cutaneous nerves and muscle fibres, with the most commonly reported side effect being muscle twitches and sometimes painful sensations. These sens... Read More about TMS SMART: Scalp Mapping of Annoyance Ratings and Twitches caused by Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation.

Fast Bayesian experimental design: Laplace-based importance sampling for the expected information gain (2018)
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Beck, J., Dia, B. M., Espath, L. F., Long, Q., & Tempone, R. (2018). Fast Bayesian experimental design: Laplace-based importance sampling for the expected information gain. Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering, 334, 523-553. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cma.2018.01.053

In calculating expected information gain in optimal Bayesian experimental design, the computation of the inner loop in the classical double-loop Monte Carlo requires a large number of samples and suffers from underflow if the number of samples is sma... Read More about Fast Bayesian experimental design: Laplace-based importance sampling for the expected information gain.

How Architectural Drawings Changed What we Think about Architecture (2018)
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Kauffman, J. (2018). How Architectural Drawings Changed What we Think about Architecture. Building Design,

Collimated dual species oven source and its characterisation via spatially resolved fluorescence spectroscopy (2018)
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Cooper, N., Da Ros, E., Nute, J., Baldolini, D., Jouve, P., Hackermüller, L., & Langer, M. (in press). Collimated dual species oven source and its characterisation via spatially resolved fluorescence spectroscopy. Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics, 51(10), Article 105602. https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6463/aaa285

We describe the design, construction and characterisation of a collimated, dual-species oven source for generating intense beams of lithium and caesium in UHV environments. Our design produces full beam overlap for the two species. Using an aligned m... Read More about Collimated dual species oven source and its characterisation via spatially resolved fluorescence spectroscopy.

Capoeira for beginners: self-benefit for, and community action by, new Capoeiristas (2018)
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Jordan, M., Wright, E. J., Purser, A., Grundy, A., Joyes, E., Wright, N., …Manning, N. (2018). Capoeira for beginners: self-benefit for, and community action by, new Capoeiristas. Sport, Education and Society, 24(7), 756-769. https://doi.org/10.1080/13573322.2018.1441145

Capoeira could be defined as a Brazilian martial art and game to be played. This research explored how capoeira play might be considered to facilitate connectedness amongst newly-recruited persons, plus any other ramifications of capoeira involvement... Read More about Capoeira for beginners: self-benefit for, and community action by, new Capoeiristas.

Oxygen isotope analysis of the eyes of pelagic trilobites: Testing the application of sea temperature proxies for the Ordovician (2018)
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Bennett, C. E., Williams, M., Leng, M. J., Lee, M. R., Bonifacie, M., Calmels, D., …Vandenbroucke, T. R. (2018). Oxygen isotope analysis of the eyes of pelagic trilobites: Testing the application of sea temperature proxies for the Ordovician. Gondwana Research, 57, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gr.2018.01.006

The oxygen isotope composition of well-preserved trilobite eye calcite, retaining its original optical properties, represents a possible source of information on Paleozoic sea temperatures. Species of the epipelagic telephinid genera Carolinites and... Read More about Oxygen isotope analysis of the eyes of pelagic trilobites: Testing the application of sea temperature proxies for the Ordovician.

Improving behavioral support for smoking cessation in pregnancy: what are the barriers to stopping and which behavior change techniques can influence these?: application of theoretical domains framework (2018)
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Campbell, K., Fergie, L., Coleman-Haynes, T., Cooper, S., Lorencatto, F., Ussher, M., …Coleman, T. (2018). Improving behavioral support for smoking cessation in pregnancy: what are the barriers to stopping and which behavior change techniques can influence these?: application of theoretical domains framework. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 15(2), Article 359. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph15020359

Behavioral support interventions are used to help pregnant smokers stop; however, of those tested, few are proven effective. Systematic research developing effective pregnancy-specific behavior change techniques (BCTs) is ongoing. This paper reports... Read More about Improving behavioral support for smoking cessation in pregnancy: what are the barriers to stopping and which behavior change techniques can influence these?: application of theoretical domains framework.

A development study and randomised feasibility trial of a tailored intervention to improve activity and reduce falls in older adults with mild cognitive impairment and mild dementia (2018)
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Harwood, R. H., van der Wardt, V., Goldberg, S. E., Keamey, F., Logan, P., Hood-Moore, V., …Orrell, M. (2018). A development study and randomised feasibility trial of a tailored intervention to improve activity and reduce falls in older adults with mild cognitive impairment and mild dementia. Pilot and Feasibility Studies, 4, Article 49. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40814-018-0239-y

Background: People with dementia progressively lose abilities and are prone to falling. Exercise- and activity-based interventions hold the prospect of increasing abilities, reducing falls, and slowing decline in cognition. Current falls prevention... Read More about A development study and randomised feasibility trial of a tailored intervention to improve activity and reduce falls in older adults with mild cognitive impairment and mild dementia.

Change in physical activity level and clinical outcomes in older adults with knee pain: a secondary analysis from a randomised controlled trial (2018)
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Quicke, J. G., Foster, N. E., Croft, P. R., Ogollah, R. O., & Holden, M. A. (2018). Change in physical activity level and clinical outcomes in older adults with knee pain: a secondary analysis from a randomised controlled trial. BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders, 19, Article 59. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12891-018-1968-z

BACKGROUND: Exercise interventions improve clinical outcomes of pain and function in adults with knee pain due to osteoarthritis and higher levels of physical activity are associated with lower severity of pain and higher levels of physical function... Read More about Change in physical activity level and clinical outcomes in older adults with knee pain: a secondary analysis from a randomised controlled trial.

Levels of depression in transgender people and its predictors: results of a large matched control study with transgender people accessing clinical services (2018)
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Witcomb, G. L., Bouman, W. P., Claes, L., Brewin, N., Crawford, J. R., & Arcelus, J. (2018). Levels of depression in transgender people and its predictors: results of a large matched control study with transgender people accessing clinical services. Journal of Affective Disorders, 235, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2018.02.051

Background: Depression is a serious disorder which significantly impacts wellbeing and quality of life. Studies exploring mental wellbeing in the transgender population are mostly limited by small, non-homogenous samples and lack of matched controls.... Read More about Levels of depression in transgender people and its predictors: results of a large matched control study with transgender people accessing clinical services.

R&D subsidies & external collaborative breadth: Differential gains and the role of collaboration experience (2018)
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Chapman, G., Lucena, A., & Afcha, S. (2018). R&D subsidies & external collaborative breadth: Differential gains and the role of collaboration experience. Research Policy, 47(3), 623-636. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.respol.2018.01.009

External collaboration breadth is important for firms to acquire the knowledge needed to innovate. In this paper, we combine cross-sectional and longitudinal data from the Spanish Panel of Technological Innovation Survey (PITEC) to examine the indire... Read More about R&D subsidies & external collaborative breadth: Differential gains and the role of collaboration experience.

Instability of two-layer film flows due to the interacting effects of surfactants, inertia, and gravity (2018)
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Kalogirou, A. (2018). Instability of two-layer film flows due to the interacting effects of surfactants, inertia, and gravity. Physics of Fluids, 30(3), Article 030707. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5010896

We consider a two-fluid shear flow where the interface between the two fluids is coated with an insoluble surfactant. An asymptotic model is derived in the thin-layer approximation, consisting of a set of nonlinear partial differential equations desc... Read More about Instability of two-layer film flows due to the interacting effects of surfactants, inertia, and gravity.

Reliability-based design of interventions in deteriorated timber structures (2018)
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Sousa, H. S., & Neves, L. C. (in press). Reliability-based design of interventions in deteriorated timber structures. International Journal of Architectural Heritage, 12(4), https://doi.org/10.1080/15583058.2018.1436205

When accommodating new uses or mitigating the consequences of deterioration, the strength increase of existing structures is significantly more onerous than a similar increase at the design stage of new structures. The safety methods prescribed in cu... Read More about Reliability-based design of interventions in deteriorated timber structures.

Managing quality risk in supply chain to drive firm's performance: the roles of control mechanisms (2018)
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Ying, K. T., Zhang, M., Tan, K. H., Pawar, K., & Fernandes, K. (2019). Managing quality risk in supply chain to drive firm's performance: the roles of control mechanisms. Journal of Business Research, 97, 291-303. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbusres.2018.01.029

Product harm scandal can be viewed as a company’s nightmare. In many cases, the source of defective or unsafe components may not be the manufacturing firm itself; rather, there may be problems inherent in the supply network. This research aims to inv... Read More about Managing quality risk in supply chain to drive firm's performance: the roles of control mechanisms.

What do we teach when we teach the Learning Sciences? A document analysis of 75 graduate programs (2018)
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Sommerhoff, D., Szameitat, A., Vogel, F., Chernikova, O., Loderer, K., & Fischer, F. (2018). What do we teach when we teach the Learning Sciences? A document analysis of 75 graduate programs. Journal of the Learning Sciences, 27(2), https://doi.org/10.1080/10508406.2018.1440353

The learning sciences, as an academic community investigating human learning, emerged more than 30 years ago. Since then, graduate learning sciences programs have been established worldwide. Little is currently known, however, about their disciplinar... Read More about What do we teach when we teach the Learning Sciences? A document analysis of 75 graduate programs.

Changes in gelatinisation and pasting properties of various starches (wheat, maize and waxy maize) by the addition of bacterial cellulose fibrils (2018)
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Díaz-Calderón, P., Macnaughtan, W., Hill, S., Foster, T., Enrione, J., & Mitchell, J. (2018). Changes in gelatinisation and pasting properties of various starches (wheat, maize and waxy maize) by the addition of bacterial cellulose fibrils. Food Hydrocolloids, 80, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodhyd.2018.02.023

The aim of this work was to analyse the effect of bacterial cellulose fibrils (BCF) on the gelatinization profile and pasting properties of starches from different sources (wheat, maize and waxy maize) and amylose contents. Blends of 8% starch with d... Read More about Changes in gelatinisation and pasting properties of various starches (wheat, maize and waxy maize) by the addition of bacterial cellulose fibrils.

A Patient Safety Toolkit for Family Practices (2018)
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Campbell, S. M., Bell, B. G., Marsden, K., Spencer, R., Kadam, U., Perryman, K., …Avery, A. J. (2018). A Patient Safety Toolkit for Family Practices. Journal of Patient Safety, 16(3), e182-e186. https://doi.org/10.1097/pts.0000000000000471

Objectives: Major gaps remain in our understanding of primary care patient safety. We describe a toolkit for measuring patient safety in family practices. Methods: Six tools were used in 46 practices. These tools were: NHS Education for Scotlan... Read More about A Patient Safety Toolkit for Family Practices.