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Automating industrial tasks through mechatronic systems - A review of robotics in industrial perspective (2016)
Journal Article
Iqbal, J., Islam, R. U., Abbas, S. Z., Khan, A. A., & Ajwad, S. A. (2016). Automating industrial tasks through mechatronic systems - A review of robotics in industrial perspective. Tehnički vjesnik – Technical Gazette, 23(3), 917-924. https://doi.org/10.17559/TV-20140724220401

Pressing requirements of improved and enhanced productivity in industrial applications has necessitated deployment of robot to automate tasks. Manipulator based articulated robots for today’s industrial applications vary widely in terms of number of... Read More about Automating industrial tasks through mechatronic systems - A review of robotics in industrial perspective.

Experimental study of the effect of inclination angle on the thermal performance of heat pipe photovoltaic/thermal (PV/T) systems with wickless heat pipe and wire-meshed heat pipe (2016)
Journal Article
Hu, M., Zheng, R., Pei, G., Wang, Y., Li, J., & Ji, J. (2016). Experimental study of the effect of inclination angle on the thermal performance of heat pipe photovoltaic/thermal (PV/T) systems with wickless heat pipe and wire-meshed heat pipe. Applied thermal engineering, 106, 651-660. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2016.06.003

© 2016 Elsevier Ltd Two different heat pipe photovoltaic/thermal (PV/T) systems, namely, wickless heat pipe PV/T system and wire-meshed heat pipe PV/T system, were proposed. In this paper, the thermal performances of the two systems working on differ... Read More about Experimental study of the effect of inclination angle on the thermal performance of heat pipe photovoltaic/thermal (PV/T) systems with wickless heat pipe and wire-meshed heat pipe.

Harvesting human prostate tissue material and culturing primary prostate epithelial cells (2016)
Book Chapter
Frame, F. M., Pellacani, D., Collins, A. T., & Maitland, N. J. (2016). Harvesting human prostate tissue material and culturing primary prostate epithelial cells. In I. J. McEwan (Ed.), The nuclear receptor superfamily: methods and protocols (181-201). Humana Press. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-3724-0_12

In order to fully explore the biology of a complex solid tumor such as prostate cancer, it is desirable to work with patient tissue. Only by working with cells from a tissue can we take into account patient variability and tumor heterogeneity. Cell l... Read More about Harvesting human prostate tissue material and culturing primary prostate epithelial cells.

DiPALS: Diaphragm pacing in patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis – A randomised controlled trial (2016)
Journal Article
McDermott, C. J., Bradburn, M. J., Maguire, C., Cooper, C. L., Baird, W. O., Baxter, S. K., Cohen, J., Cantrill, H., Dixon, S., Ackroyd, R., Baudouin, S., Bentley, A., Berrisford, R., Bianchi, S., Bourke, S. C., Darlison, R., Ealing, J., Elliott, M., Fitzgerald, P., Galloway, S., …Shaw, P. J. (2016). DiPALS: Diaphragm pacing in patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis – A randomised controlled trial. Health Technology Assessment, 20(45), 1-218. https://doi.org/10.3310/hta20450

Background
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a neurodegenerative disease resulting in death, usually from respiratory failure, within 2–3 years of symptom onset. Non-invasive ventilation (NIV) is a treatment that when given to patients in respir... Read More about DiPALS: Diaphragm pacing in patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis – A randomised controlled trial.

Effective redress of grievance in data protection : an illusion? (2016)
Journal Article
Varney, M. (2016). Effective redress of grievance in data protection : an illusion?. Maastricht Journal of European and Comparative Law, 23(3), 550-567. https://doi.org/10.1177/1023263X1602300310

This article questions whether the current data protection legislative framework in the EU to provide effective redress of grievance for those who are affected by a breach of data protection law. It considers the extent to which the principle of effe... Read More about Effective redress of grievance in data protection : an illusion?.

Submaximal fitness and mortality risk reduction in coronary heart disease: A retrospective cohort study of community-based exercise rehabilitation (2016)
Journal Article
Taylor, C., Tsakirides, C., Moxon, J., Moxon, J. W., Dudfield, M., Witte, K. K., Ingle, L., & Carroll, S. (2016). Submaximal fitness and mortality risk reduction in coronary heart disease: A retrospective cohort study of community-based exercise rehabilitation. BMJ open, 6(6), Article e011125. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2016-011125

Objectives To examine the association between submaximal cardiorespiratory fitness (sCRF) and all-cause mortality in a cardiac rehabilitation (CR) cohort. Design Retrospective cohort study of participants entering CR between 26 May 1993 and 16 Octob... Read More about Submaximal fitness and mortality risk reduction in coronary heart disease: A retrospective cohort study of community-based exercise rehabilitation.

The impact of antenatal psychological group interventions on psychological well-being: A systematic review of the qualitative and quantitative evidence (2016)
Journal Article
Wadephul, F., Jones, C., & Jomeen, J. (2016). The impact of antenatal psychological group interventions on psychological well-being: A systematic review of the qualitative and quantitative evidence. Healthcare, 4(2), 32. https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare4020032

Depression, anxiety and stress in the perinatal period can have serious, long-term consequences for women, their babies and their families. Over the last two decades, an increasing number of group interventions with a psychological approach have been... Read More about The impact of antenatal psychological group interventions on psychological well-being: A systematic review of the qualitative and quantitative evidence.

Conflict between background matching and social signalling in a colour-changing freshwater fish (2016)
Journal Article
Morrell, L. J., Kelley, J. L., & Rodgers, G. M. (2016). Conflict between background matching and social signalling in a colour-changing freshwater fish. Royal Society Open Science, 3(6), 160040. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.160040

The ability to change coloration allows animals to modify their patterning to suit a specific function. Many freshwater fishes, for example, can appear cryptic by altering the dispersion of melanin pigment in the skin to match the visual background.... Read More about Conflict between background matching and social signalling in a colour-changing freshwater fish.

Exploring approaches to the generation and representation of heritage artefacts in video game contexts (2016)
Journal Article
Mundy, D., & Balela, M. S. (2016). Exploring approaches to the generation and representation of heritage artefacts in video game contexts. Asia Pacific Media Educator, 26(1), 99-112. https://doi.org/10.1177/1326365X16640347

© 2016, © 2016 University of Wollongong. Video games can allow players to explore environments, which are representative of, or contain elements of physical world cultures, for example, allowing a player to explore ancient Egypt in Pharaoh (Impressio... Read More about Exploring approaches to the generation and representation of heritage artefacts in video game contexts.

Effects of changing salinity on the ecology of the marine environment (2016)
Book Chapter
Smyth, K., & Elliott, M. (2016). Effects of changing salinity on the ecology of the marine environment. In M. Solan, & N. Whiteley (Eds.), Stressors in the Marine Environment: Physiological and ecological responses; societal implications (161-174). Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/acprof%3Aoso/9780198718826.003.0009

Changing salinity is a master factor in the distribution of both marine and estuarine species and is limiting to freshwater organisms; hence salinity is fundamental in modifying aquatic ecosystem assemblage structure and functioning. The effects of c... Read More about Effects of changing salinity on the ecology of the marine environment.

Schizotypy and mindfulness: Magical thinking without suspiciousness characterizes mindfulness meditators (2016)
Journal Article
Antonova, E., Amaratunga, K., Wright, B., Ettinger, U., & Kumari, V. (2016). Schizotypy and mindfulness: Magical thinking without suspiciousness characterizes mindfulness meditators. Schizophrenia Research: Cognition, 5, 1-6. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scog.2016.05.001

Despite growing evidence for demonstrated efficacy of mindfulness in various disorders, there is a continuous concern about the relationship between mindfulness practice and psychosis. As schizotypy is part of the psychosis spectrum, we examined the... Read More about Schizotypy and mindfulness: Magical thinking without suspiciousness characterizes mindfulness meditators.

Market reaction to seasoned offerings in China (2016)
Journal Article
Liu, J., Akbar, S., Shah, S. Z. A., Zhang, D., & Pang, D. (2016). Market reaction to seasoned offerings in China. Journal of Business Finance and Accounting, 43(5-6), 597-653. https://doi.org/10.1111/jbfa.12198

© 2016 John Wiley & Sons Ltd This study examines stock market reaction to the announcement of various forms of seasoned issues in China. Our empirical evidence demonstrates that market reactions differ in ways that suggest a difference between mana... Read More about Market reaction to seasoned offerings in China.

Modelling long term basin scale sediment connectivity, driven by spatial land use changes (2016)
Journal Article
Coulthard, T. J., & Van De Wiel, M. J. (2017). Modelling long term basin scale sediment connectivity, driven by spatial land use changes. Geomorphology, 277, 265-281. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geomorph.2016.05.027

Changes in land use can affect local geomorphology and sediment dynamics. However, these impacts could conceivably lead to changes in geomorphological processes beyond the area of land use change, thereby evidencing a geomorphic connectivity in the l... Read More about Modelling long term basin scale sediment connectivity, driven by spatial land use changes.

When worlds collide - examining the challenges faced by teacher education programmes combining professional vocational competence with academic study, lessons from further education to higher education (2016)
Journal Article
Shaw, A. (2016). When worlds collide - examining the challenges faced by teacher education programmes combining professional vocational competence with academic study, lessons from further education to higher education. Universal journal of educational research, 4(5), 1111-1116. https://doi.org/10.13189/ujer.2016.040521

This paper examines the challenges faced by higher education institutions in designing, teaching and quality assuring programmes of study which, of necessity, must combine the gaining of professional vocational competence with academic study. The pap... Read More about When worlds collide - examining the challenges faced by teacher education programmes combining professional vocational competence with academic study, lessons from further education to higher education.

A thematic synthesis of the experiences of adults living with hemodialysis (2016)
Journal Article
Reid, C., Seymour, J., & Jones, C. (2016). A thematic synthesis of the experiences of adults living with hemodialysis. Clinical journal of the American Society of Nephrology, 11(7), 1206-1218. https://doi.org/10.2215/CJN.10561015

Background and objectives In-center dialysis patients spend significant amounts of time on the dialysis unit; additionally managing ESKD affects many aspects of life outside the dialysis unit. To improve the care provided to patients requiring hemodi... Read More about A thematic synthesis of the experiences of adults living with hemodialysis.

Behavioural and psychological symptoms in dementia and the challenges for family carers: systematic review (2016)
Journal Article
Feast, A., Orrell, M., Charlesworth, G., Melunsky, N., Poland, F., & Moniz-Cook, E. (2016). Behavioural and psychological symptoms in dementia and the challenges for family carers: systematic review. British Journal of Psychiatry, 208(5), 429-434. https://doi.org/10.1192/bjp.bp.114.153684

Background Tailored psychosocial interventions can help families to manage behavioural and psychological symptoms in dementia (BPSD), but carer responses to their relatives’ behaviours contribute to the success of support programmes. Aim To understan... Read More about Behavioural and psychological symptoms in dementia and the challenges for family carers: systematic review.

Forced marriage, slavery, and plural legal systems: An African example (2016)
Journal Article
Sarich, J., Olivier, M., & Bales, K. (2016). Forced marriage, slavery, and plural legal systems: An African example. Human rights quarterly, 38(2), 450-476. https://doi.org/10.1353/hrq.2016.0030

Slavery, long abolished under international law, left a devastating imprint on Africa. However, enslavement of women through forced marriages remains a common phenomenon in many African states. These African states share the common feature of legal p... Read More about Forced marriage, slavery, and plural legal systems: An African example.

Microcrystalline testing used in combination with Raman micro-spectroscopy for absolute identification of novel psychoactive substances: Microcrystalline testing used in combination with Raman micro-spectroscopy (2016)
Journal Article
Elie, L., Elie, M., Cave, G., Vetter, M., Croxton, R., & Baron, M. (2016). Microcrystalline testing used in combination with Raman micro-spectroscopy for absolute identification of novel psychoactive substances: Microcrystalline testing used in combination with Raman micro-spectroscopy. Journal of Raman Spectroscopy, 47(11), 1343-1350. https://doi.org/10.1002/jrs.4957

Two new psychoactive substances, namely 4-methylmethcathinone (mephedrone) and 5,6-methylenedioxy-2-aminoindane (MDAI) were analysed with a novel combination of microcrystalline tests followed by Raman micro-spectroscopy to facilitate their absolute... Read More about Microcrystalline testing used in combination with Raman micro-spectroscopy for absolute identification of novel psychoactive substances: Microcrystalline testing used in combination with Raman micro-spectroscopy.