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A comprehensive model of factors associated with capability to "live well" for family caregivers of people living with mild-to-moderate dementia: Findings from the ideal study (2019)
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Clare, L., Wu, Y. T., Jones, I. R., Victor, C. R., Nelis, S. M., Martyr, A., Quinn, C., Litherland, R., Pickett, J. A., Hindle, J. V., Jones, R. W., Knapp, M., Kopelman, M. D., Morris, R. G., Rusted, J. M., Thom, J. M., Lamont, R. A., Henderson, C., Rippon, I., Hillman, A., & Matthews, F. E. (2019). A comprehensive model of factors associated with capability to "live well" for family caregivers of people living with mild-to-moderate dementia: Findings from the ideal study. Alzheimer Disease and Associated Disorders, 33(1), 36-41. https://doi.org/10.1097/WAD.0000000000000286

Introduction: We aimed to better understand what predicts the capability to "live well" with dementia by identifying the relative contribution of life domains associated with the subjective experience of living well. Methods: We analyzed data from 15... Read More about A comprehensive model of factors associated with capability to "live well" for family caregivers of people living with mild-to-moderate dementia: Findings from the ideal study.

Does older adults’ use of social care influence their healthcare utilisation? A systematic review of international evidence (2019)
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Spiers, G., Matthews, F. E., Moffatt, S., Barker, R., Jarvis, H., Stow, D., Kingston, A., & Hanratty, B. (2019). Does older adults’ use of social care influence their healthcare utilisation? A systematic review of international evidence. Health and Social Care in the Community, 27(5), e651-e662. https://doi.org/10.1111/hsc.12798

Improving our understanding of the complex relationship between health and social care utilisation is vital as populations age. This systematic review aimed to synthesise evidence on the relationship between older adults’ use of social care and their... Read More about Does older adults’ use of social care influence their healthcare utilisation? A systematic review of international evidence.

Use and costs of services and unpaid care for people with mild-to-moderate dementia: Baseline results from the IDEAL cohort study (2019)
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Henderson, C., Knapp, M., Nelis, S. M., Quinn, C., Martyr, A., Wu, Y. T., Jones, I. R., Victor, C. R., Pickett, J. A., Hindle, J. V., Jones, R. W., Kopelman, M. D., Matthews, F. E., Morris, R. G., Rusted, J. M., Thom, J. M., & Clare, L. (2019). Use and costs of services and unpaid care for people with mild-to-moderate dementia: Baseline results from the IDEAL cohort study. Alzheimer's and Dementia: Translational Research and Clinical Interventions, 5, 685-696. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trci.2019.09.012

Introduction: We examined 3-month service use and costs of care for people with mild-to-moderate dementia in Great Britain. Methods: We analyzed Improving the experience of Dementia and Enhancing Active Life cohort study baseline data on paid care, o... Read More about Use and costs of services and unpaid care for people with mild-to-moderate dementia: Baseline results from the IDEAL cohort study.

Derivation of linearized polycrystals from a two-dimensional system of edge dislocations (2019)
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Fanzon, S., Palombaro, M., & Ponsiglione, M. (2019). Derivation of linearized polycrystals from a two-dimensional system of edge dislocations. SIAM Journal on Mathematical Analysis, 51(5), 3956-3981. https://doi.org/10.1137/18M118726X

In this paper we show the emergence of polycrystalline structures as a result of elastic energy minimization. For this purpose, we consider a well-known variational model for twodimensional systems of edge dislocations, within the so-called core radi... Read More about Derivation of linearized polycrystals from a two-dimensional system of edge dislocations.

Rab-KAMS: A reproducible knowledge management system with visualization for preserving Rabbit Farming and Production Knowledge (2019)
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Fagbola, T. M., Thakur, S. C., & Olugbara, O. (2019). Rab-KAMS: A reproducible knowledge management system with visualization for preserving Rabbit Farming and Production Knowledge. International journal of advanced computer science and applications : IJACSA, 10(1), 263-273. https://doi.org/10.14569/IJACSA.2019.0100135

The sudden rise in rural-to-urban migration has been a key challenge threatening food security and most especially the survival of Rabbit Farming and Production (RFP) in Sub-Saharan Africa. Currently, significant knowledge of RFP is going into extinc... Read More about Rab-KAMS: A reproducible knowledge management system with visualization for preserving Rabbit Farming and Production Knowledge.

Investigating the effect of implementation languages and large problem sizes on the tractability and efficiency of sorting algorithms (2019)
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Fagbola, T. M., & Thakur, S. C. (2019). Investigating the effect of implementation languages and large problem sizes on the tractability and efficiency of sorting algorithms. International Journal of Engineering Research & Technology, 12(2), 196-203

Sorting is a data structure operation involving a re-arrangement of an unordered set of elements with witnessed real life applications for load balancing and energy conservation in distributed, grid and cloud computing environments. However, the rear... Read More about Investigating the effect of implementation languages and large problem sizes on the tractability and efficiency of sorting algorithms.

TERMHIGEN – A hybrid metaheuristic technique for solving large-scale vehicle routing problem with time windows (2019)
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Fagbola, T. M., & Thakur, S. C. (2019). TERMHIGEN – A hybrid metaheuristic technique for solving large-scale vehicle routing problem with time windows. International Journal of Engineering Research & Technology, 12(2), 180-195

Vehicle Routing Problem with Time Windows (VRPTW) involves traversing a coordinated set of vehicular paths such that a set of customers is visited once within a given time-stamped boundary. VRPTW poses a great challenge to logistics distribution and... Read More about TERMHIGEN – A hybrid metaheuristic technique for solving large-scale vehicle routing problem with time windows.

Resolution-aware Ensemble of Pose and Illumination-Invariant Feature Descriptors for Face Identification in Unconstrained Videos (2019)
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Fagbola, T. M., & Thakur, C. S. (2019). Resolution-aware Ensemble of Pose and Illumination-Invariant Feature Descriptors for Face Identification in Unconstrained Videos. International Journal of Engineering Research & Technology, 12(12), 3114-3126

The recurring global security insurgence has posed new opportunities for massive deployment of Video Surveillance Systems (VSS). However, videos captured by such systems suffer characterized Low Resolution (LR), varying illumination and pose challeng... Read More about Resolution-aware Ensemble of Pose and Illumination-Invariant Feature Descriptors for Face Identification in Unconstrained Videos.

Gain-scheduled proportional integral derivative control of taxi model of unmanned aerial vehicles (2019)
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Wasim, M., Ullah, M., & Iqbal, J. (2019). Gain-scheduled proportional integral derivative control of taxi model of unmanned aerial vehicles. Revue Roumaine des Sciences Techniques : Série Électrotechnique et Énergétique, 64(1), 75-80

Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) are extensively used for defense and surveillance applications. To ensure desirable performance under all conditions, a UAV requires an appropriate control strategy. For the design of control law, a complete understand... Read More about Gain-scheduled proportional integral derivative control of taxi model of unmanned aerial vehicles.

Experimental validation of an integral sliding mode-based LQG for the pitch control of a UAV-mimicking platform (2019)
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Khan, S. G., Bendoukha, S., Naeem, W., & Iqbal, J. (2019). Experimental validation of an integral sliding mode-based LQG for the pitch control of a UAV-mimicking platform. Advances in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 17(3), 275-284. https://doi.org/10.15598/aeee.v17i3.3031

In this paper, an enhanced Integral Sliding Mode-based Linear Quadratic Gaussian (ISM-LQG) controller has been proposed and verified in real-time on a Twin Rotor multi-input-multi-output MIMO System (TRMS). A TRMS serves as a suitable laboratorybased... Read More about Experimental validation of an integral sliding mode-based LQG for the pitch control of a UAV-mimicking platform.

Symptoms and exacerbations in asthma: an apparent paradox? (2019)
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Morjaria, J. B., Rigby, A. S., & Morice, A. H. (2019). Symptoms and exacerbations in asthma: an apparent paradox?. Therapeutic Advances in Chronic Disease, 10, https://doi.org/10.1177/2040622319884387

© The Author(s), 2019. Background: There is a dearth of data on prospectively recorded symptoms in patients with uncontrolled asthma. Asthma symptoms and exacerbation rate are commonly thought to be associated. The aim of this study was to analyse as... Read More about Symptoms and exacerbations in asthma: an apparent paradox?.

Safety netting for primary care: Evidence from a literature review (2019)
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Jones, D., Dunn, L., Watt, I., & Macleod, U. (2019). Safety netting for primary care: Evidence from a literature review. The British journal of general practice : the journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners, 69(678), E70-E79. https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgp18X700193

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Background: Ensuring patient safety is vital in primary care. One mechanism to increase patient safety is through a practice known as safety netting. Safety netting is widely recommended in national guidelines;... Read More about Safety netting for primary care: Evidence from a literature review.

Gender-Specific Differences on the Association of Hypertension with Subclinical Thyroid Dysfunction (2019)
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Zhang, J., Huang, C., Meng, Z., Fan, Y., Yang, Q., Zhang, W., Gao, Y., Yang, Z., Cai, H., Bian, B., Li, Y., Yu, X., Du, X., Xu, S., Nie, J., Liu, M., Sun, J., Zhang, Q., Gao, Y., Song, K., …Zhao, L. (2019). Gender-Specific Differences on the Association of Hypertension with Subclinical Thyroid Dysfunction. International Journal of Endocrinology, 2019, Article 6053068. https://doi.org/10.1155/2019/6053068

© 2019 Jingkai Zhang et al. Objective. Both hypertension and subclinical thyroid dysfunction (STD) have high prevalence and clinical importance, but their relationship is still a matter of debate. We aimed to explore gender-specific difference on the... Read More about Gender-Specific Differences on the Association of Hypertension with Subclinical Thyroid Dysfunction.

No obvious association exists between red blood cell distribution width and thyroid function (2019)
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Wang, P., Huang, C., Meng, Z., Zhang, W., Li, Y., Yu, X., Du, X., Liu, M., Sun, J., Zhang, Q., Gao, Y., Song, K., Wang, X., Fan, Y., & Zhao, L. (2019). No obvious association exists between red blood cell distribution width and thyroid function. Biomarkers in Medicine, 13(16), 1363-1372. https://doi.org/10.2217/bmm-2018-0476

© 2019 Future Medicine Ltd. Aim: We aimed to explore gender impacts on the associations between red blood cell distribution width (RDW) and thyroid function in the Chinese population. Methods/results: Gender impacts on the associations between RDW an... Read More about No obvious association exists between red blood cell distribution width and thyroid function.

Developing a vocabulary and ontology for modeling insect natural history data: Example data, use cases, and competency questions (2019)
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Stucky, B. J., Balhoff, J. P., Barve, N., Barve, V., Brenskelle, L., Brush, M. H., Dahlem, G. A., Gilbert, J. D., Kawahara, A. Y., Keller, O., Lucky, A., Mayhew, P. J., Plotkin, D., Seltmann, K. C., Talamas, E., Vaidya, G., Walls, R., Yoder, M., Zhang, G., & Guralnick, R. (2019). Developing a vocabulary and ontology for modeling insect natural history data: Example data, use cases, and competency questions. Biodiversity Data Journal, 7, Article e33303. https://doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.7.e33303

© Stucky B et al. Insects are possibly the most taxonomically and ecologically diverse class of multicellular organisms on Earth. Consequently, they provide nearly unlimited opportunities to develop and test ecological and evolutionary hypotheses. Cu... Read More about Developing a vocabulary and ontology for modeling insect natural history data: Example data, use cases, and competency questions.

LungCARD - Report on worldwide research and clinical practices related to lung cancer (2019)
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Jankovic, R., Goncalves, H. J., Cavic, M., Clemente, C., Lind, M., Carrasco, A. M., Nadifi, S., Khyatti, M., Adebambo, T., & Egamberdiev, D. (2019). LungCARD - Report on worldwide research and clinical practices related to lung cancer. Journal of BUON, 24(1), 11-19

© 2019 Zerbinis Publications. All Rights Reserved. Purpose: The management of advanced lung cancer has evolved tremendously over the past two decades. Increasing understanding of the molecular changes that drive tumor progression has transformed the... Read More about LungCARD - Report on worldwide research and clinical practices related to lung cancer.

The Evidential Value of National Regulatory Infringement Decisions for the Purposes of Private Damages Actions: Trying to Establish what Really Does “Follow-on” (2019)
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Stirling, G. (2019). The Evidential Value of National Regulatory Infringement Decisions for the Purposes of Private Damages Actions: Trying to Establish what Really Does “Follow-on”. Global Competition Litigation Review, 12(4), 168-178

This article considers issues around the evidential value of final infringement decisions of national regulators and review courts for the purposes of follow-on damages actions, particularly in the context of Article 9(1) of the EU’s Antitrust Damage... Read More about The Evidential Value of National Regulatory Infringement Decisions for the Purposes of Private Damages Actions: Trying to Establish what Really Does “Follow-on”.

Cell proliferation detected using [18F]FLT PET/CT as an early marker of abdominal aortic aneurysm (2019)
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Gandhi, R., Cawthorne, C., Craggs, L. J., Wright, J. D., Domarkas, J., He, P., Koch-Paszkowski, J., Shires, M., Scarsbrook, A. F., Archibald, S. J., Tsoumpas, C., & Bailey, M. A. (2019). Cell proliferation detected using [18F]FLT PET/CT as an early marker of abdominal aortic aneurysm. Journal of Nuclear Cardiology, https://doi.org/10.1007/s12350-019-01946-y

© 2019, The Author(s). Background: Abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) is a focal aortic dilatation progressing towards rupture. Non-invasive AAA-associated cell proliferation biomarkers are not yet established. We investigated the feasibility of the cel... Read More about Cell proliferation detected using [18F]FLT PET/CT as an early marker of abdominal aortic aneurysm.

No excess harms from sustained-release morphine: A randomised placebo-controlled trial in chronic breathlessness (2019)
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Johnson, M. J., Sbizzera, I., Fairhurst, C., Agar, M., Fazekas, B., Agar, M. R., Ekström, M., & Currow, D. C. (2019). No excess harms from sustained-release morphine: A randomised placebo-controlled trial in chronic breathlessness. BMJ supportive & palliative care, 10(4), 421-428. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjspcare-2019-002009

© Author(s) (or their employer(s)) 2019. No commercial re-use. See rights and permissions. Published by BMJ. Objectives: We aimed to identify and evaluate: (1) treatment-emergent adverse events (TEAE (worse or new since baseline)) and the subgroup of... Read More about No excess harms from sustained-release morphine: A randomised placebo-controlled trial in chronic breathlessness.