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Spanish validation and factor structure of the Birth Satisfaction Scale-Revised (BSS-R) (2018)
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Romero-Gonzalez, B., Peralta-Ramirez, M. I., Caparros-Gonzalez, R. A., Cambil-Ledesma, A., Hollins Martin, C. J., & Martin, C. R. (2019). Spanish validation and factor structure of the Birth Satisfaction Scale-Revised (BSS-R). Midwifery, 70, 31-37. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.midw.2018.12.009

© 2018 Elsevier Ltd Objective: To translate and validate a Spanish-language version of the Birth Satisfaction Scale-Revised (BSS-R) and describe key measurement properties. Design: A cross-sectional instrument validation design examining factor struc... Read More about Spanish validation and factor structure of the Birth Satisfaction Scale-Revised (BSS-R).

Frosting performance of a nanoporous hydrophilic aluminum surface (2018)
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Yang, W., Zeng, B., Zhang, Y., He, S., & Zhao, X. (2018). Frosting performance of a nanoporous hydrophilic aluminum surface. Energies, 11(12), Article 3483. https://doi.org/10.3390/en11123483

© 2018 by the authors. As an efficient energy-saving piece of equipment, an air-source heat pump can not only reduce the energy consumption required for heating, but can also reduce the pollution from fossil consumption. However, when an air-source h... Read More about Frosting performance of a nanoporous hydrophilic aluminum surface.

Computations of the slice genus of virtual knots (2018)
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Rushworth, W. (2019). Computations of the slice genus of virtual knots. Topology and its Applications, 253, 57-84. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.topol.2018.11.028

A virtual knot is an equivalence class of embeddings of $ S^1 $ into thickened (closed oriented) surfaces, up to self-diffeomorphism of the surface and certain handle stabilisations. The slice genus of a virtual knot is defined diagrammatically, in d... Read More about Computations of the slice genus of virtual knots.

“Hard to reach, but not out of reach”: Barriers and facilitators to recruiting Black African and Black Caribbean men with prostate cancer and their partners into qualitative research (2018)
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Bamidele, O. O., E. McGarvey, H., Lagan, B. M., Chinegwundoh, F., Ali, N., & McCaughan, E. (2019). “Hard to reach, but not out of reach”: Barriers and facilitators to recruiting Black African and Black Caribbean men with prostate cancer and their partners into qualitative research. European Journal of Cancer Care, 28(2), Article e12977. https://doi.org/10.1111/ecc.12977

© 2018 John Wiley & Sons Ltd Access and recruitment barriers may have contributed to the underrepresentation of Black African/Caribbean men and their partners in current psychosocial research related to prostate cancer survivors. Whilst some studie... Read More about “Hard to reach, but not out of reach”: Barriers and facilitators to recruiting Black African and Black Caribbean men with prostate cancer and their partners into qualitative research.

The Sustained Effects of CBT Training on Therapist Competence and Patient Outcomes (2018)
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Liness, S., Beale, S., Lea, S., Byrne, S., Hirsch, C. R., & Clark, D. M. (2019). The Sustained Effects of CBT Training on Therapist Competence and Patient Outcomes. Cognitive Therapy and Research, 43(3), 631-641. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10608-018-9987-5

The continued effectiveness of in-service psychological therapy training requires evaluation. This study assessed therapist competence and patient clinical outcome during cognitive behaviour therapy training and 12+ months post-training. Trainee comp... Read More about The Sustained Effects of CBT Training on Therapist Competence and Patient Outcomes.

Mina as Transnational Popular Music Star in the early 1960s (2018)
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Haworth, R. (2018). Mina as Transnational Popular Music Star in the early 1960s. Modern Languages Open, 2018(1), 1-16. https://doi.org/10.3828/mlo.v0i0.237

As a ‘timeless icon’, ‘sophisticated performer’ and ‘the most versatile singer in Italian pop music’ (Prato 163-9), Mina is perhaps the most famous and successful proponent of the canzone italiana, Italian mainstream pop music. Her meteoric rise to f... Read More about Mina as Transnational Popular Music Star in the early 1960s.

Nanoparticle transport and sequestration: Intracellular titanium dioxide nanoparticles in a neotropical fish (2018)
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Souza, I. D. C., Mendes, V. A., Duarte, I. D., Rocha, L. D., Azevedo, V. C., Matsumoto, S. T., Elliott, M., Wunderlin, D. A., Monferrán, M. V., & Fernandes, M. N. (2019). Nanoparticle transport and sequestration: Intracellular titanium dioxide nanoparticles in a neotropical fish. The Science of the total environment, 658, 798-808. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.12.142

© 2018 Elsevier B.V. Intracellular titanium dioxide nanoparticles (TiO2-NP) with rutile crystalline form and dimensions varying from 43 to 67 nm × 64 to 93 nm are reported for the first time as being sequestered from the environment. TiO2-NP were ide... Read More about Nanoparticle transport and sequestration: Intracellular titanium dioxide nanoparticles in a neotropical fish.

The mechanical loading and muscle activation of four common exercises used in osteoporosis prevention for early postmenopausal women (2018)
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Montgomery, G., Abt, G., Dobson, C., Smith, T., Evans, W., & Ditroilo, M. (2019). The mechanical loading and muscle activation of four common exercises used in osteoporosis prevention for early postmenopausal women. Journal of Electromyography and Kinesiology, 44, 124-131. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jelekin.2018.12.004

High impact exercise can reduce postmenopausal bone loss, however stimulus frequency (loading cycles per second) can affect osteogenesis. We aimed to examine the effect of stimulus frequency on the mechanical loading of four common osteoporosis preve... Read More about The mechanical loading and muscle activation of four common exercises used in osteoporosis prevention for early postmenopausal women.

High risk (B3) breast lesions: What is the incidence of malignancy for individual lesion subtypes? A systematic review and meta-analysis (2018)
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Forester, N. D., Lowes, S., Mitchell, E., & Twiddy, M. (2019). High risk (B3) breast lesions: What is the incidence of malignancy for individual lesion subtypes? A systematic review and meta-analysis. European journal of surgical oncology, 45(4), 519-527. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejso.2018.12.008

© 2018 Introduction: Provide evidence to support evolving management strategies for high-risk (B3) breast lesions by assessing risk of carcinoma in subgroups of B3 lesions using systematic review and meta-analysis. Methods: Databases identified obser... Read More about High risk (B3) breast lesions: What is the incidence of malignancy for individual lesion subtypes? A systematic review and meta-analysis.

Founder effects drive the genetic structure of passively dispersed aquatic invertebrates (2018)
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Montero-Pau, J., Gomez, A., & Serra, M. (2018). Founder effects drive the genetic structure of passively dispersed aquatic invertebrates. PeerJ, 6(12), Article e6094. https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.6094

Populations of passively dispersed organisms in continental aquatic habitats typically show high levels of neutral genetic differentiation despite their high dispersal capabilities. Several evolutionary factors, including founder events, local adapta... Read More about Founder effects drive the genetic structure of passively dispersed aquatic invertebrates.

The impact of supplier sustainability risk on shareholder value (2018)
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Kim, S., Wagner, S. M., & Colicchia, C. (2019). The impact of supplier sustainability risk on shareholder value. Journal of Supply Chain Management, 55(1), 71-87. https://doi.org/10.1111/jscm.12188

Business scandals like sweatshop labor have received growing attention in the field of supply management. Yet little is known about how detrimental such scandals are to buying firms. This study aims to fill this gap by examining the magnitude of the... Read More about The impact of supplier sustainability risk on shareholder value.

Managing cyber and information risks in supply chains: insights from an exploratory analysis (2018)
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Colicchia, C., Creazza, A., & Menachof, D. A. (2019). Managing cyber and information risks in supply chains: insights from an exploratory analysis. Supply chain management, 24(2), 215-240. https://doi.org/10.1108/SCM-09-2017-0289

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore how companies approach the management of cyber and information risks in their supply chain, what initiatives they adopt to this aim, and to what extent along the supply chain. In fact, the increasing le... Read More about Managing cyber and information risks in supply chains: insights from an exploratory analysis.

Natural and anthropogenic influences on the Nhecolândia wetlands, SE Pantanal, Brazil (2018)
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Castro de Oliveira, E., Pla-Pueyo, S., & Hackney, C. (2019). Natural and anthropogenic influences on the Nhecolândia wetlands, SE Pantanal, Brazil. Geological Society Special Publications, 488, 167-180. https://doi.org/10.1144/SP488.5

The Nhecolândia region covers the southern wetlands of the Pantanal basin in Brazil. Characterized by myriad shallow freshwater and alkaline–saline lakes, the distinct natural features of the Nhecolândia wetland make it highly sensitive to climate ch... Read More about Natural and anthropogenic influences on the Nhecolândia wetlands, SE Pantanal, Brazil.

Metabolic and proteomic signatures of hypoglycaemia in type 2 diabetes (2018)
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Halama, A., Kahal, H., Bhagwat, A. M., Zierer, J., Sathyapalan, T., Grauman, J., Suhre, K., & Atkin, S. (2019). Metabolic and proteomic signatures of hypoglycaemia in type 2 diabetes. Diabetes, Obesity and Metabolism, 21(4), 909-919. https://doi.org/10.1111/dom.13602

Aims: To determine the biochemical changes that underlie hypoglycaemia in a healthy control group and in people with type 2 diabetes (T2D). Materials and methods: We report a hypoglycaemic clamp study in seven healthy controls and 10 people with T2D.... Read More about Metabolic and proteomic signatures of hypoglycaemia in type 2 diabetes.

Finding a ‘new normal’ following acute illness: A qualitative study of influences on frail older people’s care preferences (2018)
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Etkind, S. N., Lovell, N., Nicholson, C. J., Higginson, I. J., & Murtagh, F. E. (2019). Finding a ‘new normal’ following acute illness: A qualitative study of influences on frail older people’s care preferences. Palliative medicine, 33(3), 301-311. https://doi.org/10.1177/0269216318817706

Background: The frail older population is growing, and many frail older people have episodes of acute illness. Patient preferences are increasingly considered important in the delivery of person-centred care and may change following acute illness. Ai... Read More about Finding a ‘new normal’ following acute illness: A qualitative study of influences on frail older people’s care preferences.

Sustainable stochastic production and procurement problem for resilient supply chain (2018)
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Kaur, H., Singh, S. P., Garza-Reyes, J. A., & Mishra, N. (2020). Sustainable stochastic production and procurement problem for resilient supply chain. Computers and Industrial Engineering, 139, Article 105560. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cie.2018.12.007

© 2018 Elsevier Ltd Traditionally business organizations take production and procurement decisions independently. First, the decision is made on product mix and then procurement plan is developed. However, procurement for all the dependent items is c... Read More about Sustainable stochastic production and procurement problem for resilient supply chain.

Global sensitivity analysis of parameter uncertainty in landscape evolution models (2018)
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Skinner, C. J., Coulthard, T. J., Schwanghart, W., Van De Wiel, M. J., & Hancock, G. (2018). Global sensitivity analysis of parameter uncertainty in landscape evolution models. Geoscientific Model Development, 11(12), 4873-4888. https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-11-4873-2018

The evaluation and verification of landscape evolution models (LEMs) has long been limited by a lack of suitable observational data and statistical measures which can fully capture the complexity of landscape changes. This lack of data limits the use... Read More about Global sensitivity analysis of parameter uncertainty in landscape evolution models.

Molecules in confinement in clusters, quantum solvents and matrices: general discussion (2018)
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Bacic, Z., Benoit, D., Biczysko, M., Bowman, J., Bradforth, S., Burd, T., Chambaud, G., Clary, D., Crépin, C., Dracinsky, M., Felker, P., Fischer, I., Gianturco, F., Hochlaf, M., Kouril, K., Kratochvilova, I., Liu, C., McCoy, A., Miyazaki, J., Mouhib, H., …Zehnacker-Rentien, A. (2018). Molecules in confinement in clusters, quantum solvents and matrices: general discussion. Faraday Discussions, 212, 569-601. https://doi.org/10.1039/c8fd90053a

Evidence for the continuum-severity model of psychosis through scrutiny of the architecture of symptoms associated with schizophrenia (2018)
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Martin, C. R., & Fleming, M. (2019). Evidence for the continuum-severity model of psychosis through scrutiny of the architecture of symptoms associated with schizophrenia. Psychosis, 11(1), 42-53. https://doi.org/10.1080/17522439.2018.1545861

The psychosis continuum provides a framework to develop a compelling insight into the architecture of psychotic experiences in non-clinical samples. Using schizophrenia specific measures within non-clinical samples offers further opportunity to inves... Read More about Evidence for the continuum-severity model of psychosis through scrutiny of the architecture of symptoms associated with schizophrenia.