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Care of the dying : a qualitative exploration of foundation year doctors’ experiences (2017)
Journal Article
Redman, M., Pearce, J., Gajebasia, S., Johnson, M., & Finn, G. (2017). Care of the dying : a qualitative exploration of foundation year doctors’ experiences. Medical Education, 51(10), 1025-1036. https://doi.org/10.1111/medu.13358

Context Foundation Year doctors (FYs), who are newly qualified, are expected to provide care for dying patients. Experiences at this early mandatory stage of training may form the foundation for future encounters, but little is documented about wha... Read More about Care of the dying : a qualitative exploration of foundation year doctors’ experiences.

Performance analysis on a high-temperature solar evacuated receiver with an inner radiation shield (2017)
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Wang, Q., Li, J., Yang, H., Su, K., Hu, M., & Pei, G. (2017). Performance analysis on a high-temperature solar evacuated receiver with an inner radiation shield. Energy, 139, 447-458. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.energy.2017.07.147

A novel solar evacuated receiver as the key part of parabolic trough collector (PTC) was designed and constructed by authors. The novel evacuated receiver (NER) with an inner radiation shield can significantly decrease heat loss at higher operating t... Read More about Performance analysis on a high-temperature solar evacuated receiver with an inner radiation shield.

Hot lherzolite exhumation, UHT migmatite formation, and acid volcanism driven by Miocene rollback of the Banda Arc, eastern Indonesia (2017)
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Pownall, J. M., Hall, R., & Armstrong, R. A. (2017). Hot lherzolite exhumation, UHT migmatite formation, and acid volcanism driven by Miocene rollback of the Banda Arc, eastern Indonesia. Gondwana Research, 51, 92-117. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gr.2017.07.003

The northern Banda Arc, eastern Indonesia, exposes upper mantle/lower crustal complexes comprising lherzolites and granulite facies migmatites of the ‘Kobipoto Complex’. Residual garnet–sillimanite granulites, which contain spinel + quartz inclusions... Read More about Hot lherzolite exhumation, UHT migmatite formation, and acid volcanism driven by Miocene rollback of the Banda Arc, eastern Indonesia.

The detrimental impact of extracellular bacterial proteases on wound healing (2017)
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Lindsay, S., Oates, A., & Bourdillon, K. (2017). The detrimental impact of extracellular bacterial proteases on wound healing. International wound journal, 14(6), 1237-1247. https://doi.org/10.1111/iwj.12790

In addition to clinical signs of infection (e.g. inflammation, purulence and pain), a microbial count of ≥105 colony‐forming units/g has historically been used to define wound infection. However, it is increasingly recognised that, rather than a high... Read More about The detrimental impact of extracellular bacterial proteases on wound healing.

Market segmentation and industry overcapacity considering input resources and environmental costs through the lens of governmental intervention (2017)
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Jiang, Z., Jin, P., Mishra, N., & Song, M. (2017). Market segmentation and industry overcapacity considering input resources and environmental costs through the lens of governmental intervention. Environmental science and pollution research, 24(26), 21351-21360. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-017-9639-4

The problems with China’s regional industrial overcapacity are often influenced by local governments. This study constructs a framework that includes the resource and environmental costs to analyze overcapacity using the non-radial direction distance... Read More about Market segmentation and industry overcapacity considering input resources and environmental costs through the lens of governmental intervention.

Incumbency and Distributive Politics: Intergovernmental Transfers in Mexico: Incumbency and Distributive Politics (2017)
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Abbott, A., Cabral, R., & Jones, P. (2017). Incumbency and Distributive Politics: Intergovernmental Transfers in Mexico: Incumbency and Distributive Politics. Southern Economic Journal, 84(2), 484-503. https://doi.org/10.1002/soej.12226

In this article, the objective is to focus on the likelihood that politicians will rely on intergovernmental transfers to pursue political ambition. In what circumstances are incumbents more likely to rely on transfers to win votes, than to reward co... Read More about Incumbency and Distributive Politics: Intergovernmental Transfers in Mexico: Incumbency and Distributive Politics.

Aetiological investigations in early developmental impairment: Are they worth it? (2017)
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Hart, A. R., Sharma, R., Atherton, M., Alabed, S., Simpson, S., Barfield, S., Cohen, J., McGlashan, N., Ravi, A., Parker, M. J., & Connolly, D. J. (2017). Aetiological investigations in early developmental impairment: Are they worth it?. Archives of Disease in Childhood, 102(11), 1004-1013. https://doi.org/10.1136/archdischild-2017-312843

Objective To study the frequency a diagnosis is made in children with early developmental impairment (EDI), and the contribution made to diagnosis by specific investigations. Design Retrospective case note review. Setting Community, neurodisability... Read More about Aetiological investigations in early developmental impairment: Are they worth it?.

Complexity management and multi-scale governance : a case study in an Amazonian indigenous association (2017)
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Espinosa, A., & Duque, C. (2018). Complexity management and multi-scale governance : a case study in an Amazonian indigenous association. European journal of operational research, 268(3), 1006-1020. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejor.2017.07.049

Even if Community Operational Research provides methodologies and tools to support community development, there are no published works illustrating how we can support an assessment of self-governance in an indigenous community using COR tools. In thi... Read More about Complexity management and multi-scale governance : a case study in an Amazonian indigenous association.

A narrative synthesis of women's out-of-body experiences during childbirth (2017)
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Bateman, L., Jones, C., & Jomeen, J. (2017). A narrative synthesis of women's out-of-body experiences during childbirth. Journal of Midwifery and Women's Health, 62(4), 442-451. https://doi.org/10.1111/jmwh.12655

Introduction Some women have a dissociated, out-of-body experience (OBE) during childbirth, which may be described as seeing the body from above or floating above the body. This review examines this phenomenon using narratives from women who have exp... Read More about A narrative synthesis of women's out-of-body experiences during childbirth.

Diet uniformity at an early farming community in northwest Anatolia (Turkey) : carbon and nitrogen isotope studies of bone collagen at Aktopraklik (2017)
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Budd, C., Karul, N., Alpaslan-Roodenberg, S., Galik, A., Schulting, R., & Lillie, M. (2018). Diet uniformity at an early farming community in northwest Anatolia (Turkey) : carbon and nitrogen isotope studies of bone collagen at Aktopraklik. Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences, 10(8), 2123–2135. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12520-017-0523-4

Aktopraklık is a settlement site composed of three areas (A–C) in the Marmara region of northwest Anatolia, with phases of occupation that date to the Late Neolithic and Early Chalcolithic periods, mid-seventh to mid-sixth millennium bc (ca. 6400–560... Read More about Diet uniformity at an early farming community in northwest Anatolia (Turkey) : carbon and nitrogen isotope studies of bone collagen at Aktopraklik.

Combining depth and intensity images to produce enhanced object detection for use in a robotic colony (2017)
Journal Article
Balding, S., & Davis, D. N. (2017). Combining depth and intensity images to produce enhanced object detection for use in a robotic colony. Lecture notes in computer science, 10454, 115-125. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-64107-2_10

Robotic colonies that can communicate with each other and interact with their ambient environments can be utilized for a wide range of research and industrial applications. However amongst the problems that these colonies face is that of the isolatin... Read More about Combining depth and intensity images to produce enhanced object detection for use in a robotic colony.

A randomized controlled trial to establish the impact of aquatic exercise training on functional capacity, balance, and perceptions of fatigue in female patients with multiple sclerosis (2017)
Journal Article
Kargarfard, M., Shariat, A., Ingle, L., Cleland, J. A., & Kargarfard, M. (2018). A randomized controlled trial to establish the impact of aquatic exercise training on functional capacity, balance, and perceptions of fatigue in female patients with multiple sclerosis. Archives of physical medicine and rehabilitation, 99(2), 234-241. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apmr.2017.06.015

Objective: To assess the effects of 8-weeks aquatic exercise training on functional capacity, balance, and perceptions of fatigue in women with multiple sclerosis (MS). Design: A randomized controlled design. Setting: Referral center of a multiple sc... Read More about A randomized controlled trial to establish the impact of aquatic exercise training on functional capacity, balance, and perceptions of fatigue in female patients with multiple sclerosis.

Adopting a student-led pedagogic approach within higher education: the reflections of an early career academic (2017)
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Rowley, C., Fook, J., & Glazzard, J. (2018). Adopting a student-led pedagogic approach within higher education: the reflections of an early career academic. Reflective practice, 19(1), 35-45. https://doi.org/10.1080/14623943.2017.1351352

The current paper presents a reflective account of the adoption of a student-led pedagogic approach, based upon the first author’s experiences of working within a new academic institution. Carl Rogers’ writings around student-centred learning and the... Read More about Adopting a student-led pedagogic approach within higher education: the reflections of an early career academic.

Differential methylation at MHC in CD4+ T cells is associated with multiple sclerosis independently of HLA-DRB1 (2017)
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Maltby, V. E., Lea, R. A., Sanders, K. A., White, N., Benton, M. C., Scott, R. J., & Lechner-Scott, J. (2017). Differential methylation at MHC in CD4+ T cells is associated with multiple sclerosis independently of HLA-DRB1. Clinical epigenetics, 9(1), Article 71. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13148-017-0371-1

Background: Although many genetic variants have been associated with multiple sclerosis (MS) risk, they do not explain all the disease risk and there remains uncertainty as to how these variants contribute to disease. DNA methylation is an epigenetic... Read More about Differential methylation at MHC in CD4+ T cells is associated with multiple sclerosis independently of HLA-DRB1.

Bubbles, blind-spots and Brexit (2017)
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Fry, J., & Brint, A. (2017). Bubbles, blind-spots and Brexit. Risks, 5(3), Article 37. https://doi.org/10.3390/risks5030037

In this paper we develop a well-established financial model to investigate whether bubbles were present in opinion polls and betting markets prior to the UK’s vote on EU membership on 23 June 2016. The importance of our contribution is threefold. Fir... Read More about Bubbles, blind-spots and Brexit.

In-hospital worsening heart failure: a clinically relevant endpoint? (2017)
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Clark, A. L., Cherif, M., McDonagh, T. A., & Squire, I. B. (2018). In-hospital worsening heart failure: a clinically relevant endpoint?. ESC Heart Failure, 5(1), 9-18. https://doi.org/10.1002/ehf2.12195

Outcome measures used for the clinical evaluation of patients with acute heart failure differ between studies and may neither adequately address the characteristic presenting symptoms and signs nor reflect the pathophysiological processes involved. I... Read More about In-hospital worsening heart failure: a clinically relevant endpoint?.

cGMP signaling inhibits platelet shape change through regulation of the RhoA-Rho Kinase-MLC phosphatase signaling pathway (2017)
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Aburima, A., Walladbegi, K., Wake, J. D., & Naseem, K. M. (2017). cGMP signaling inhibits platelet shape change through regulation of the RhoA-Rho Kinase-MLC phosphatase signaling pathway. Journal of thrombosis and haemostasis : JTH, 15(8), 1668-1678. https://doi.org/10.1111/jth.13738

Essentials Platelet shape change requires cytoskeletal rearrangement via myosin‐mediated actin contraction. We investigated whether nitric oxide (NO) affected thrombin‐induced platelet shape change. NO inhibits shape change, RhoA/ROCK signalling a... Read More about cGMP signaling inhibits platelet shape change through regulation of the RhoA-Rho Kinase-MLC phosphatase signaling pathway.

Spatiotemporal and plantar pressure patterns of 1000 healthy individuals aged 3-101 years (2017)
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McKay, M. J., Baldwin, J. N., Ferreira, P., Simic, M., Vanicek, N., Wojciechowski, E., Mudge, A., & Burns, J. (2017). Spatiotemporal and plantar pressure patterns of 1000 healthy individuals aged 3-101 years. Gait and Posture, 58, 78-87. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gaitpost.2017.07.004

Objective The purpose of this study was to establish normative reference values for spatiotemporal and plantar pressure parameters, and to investigate the influence of demographic, anthropometric and physical characteristics. Methods In 1000 healthy... Read More about Spatiotemporal and plantar pressure patterns of 1000 healthy individuals aged 3-101 years.

Domain transfer for deep natural language generation from abstract meaning representations (2017)
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Dethlefs, N. (2017). Domain transfer for deep natural language generation from abstract meaning representations. IEEE computational intelligence magazine, 12(3), 18-28. https://doi.org/10.1109/mci.2017.2708558

Stochastic natural language generation systems that are trained from labelled datasets are often domainspecific in their annotation and in their mapping from semantic input representations to lexical-syntactic outputs. As a result, learnt models fail... Read More about Domain transfer for deep natural language generation from abstract meaning representations.

A pragmatic, phase III, multisite, double-blind, placebo-controlled, parallel-arm, dose increment randomised trial of regular, low-dose extended-release morphine for chronic breathlessness: Breathlessness, Exertion And Morphine Sulfate (BEAMS) study protocol (2017)
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Currow, D., Watts, G. J., Johnson, M., McDonald, C. F., Miners, J. O., Somogyi, A. A., Denehy, L., McCaffrey, N., Eckert, D. J., McCloud, P., Louw, S., Lam, L., Greene, A., Fazekas, B., Clark, K. C., Fong, K., Agar, M. R., Joshi, R., Kilbreath, S., Ferreira, D., & Ekström, M. (2017). A pragmatic, phase III, multisite, double-blind, placebo-controlled, parallel-arm, dose increment randomised trial of regular, low-dose extended-release morphine for chronic breathlessness: Breathlessness, Exertion And Morphine Sulfate (BEAMS) study protocol. BMJ open, 7(7), 1-18. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2017-018100

© Article author(s). Introduction Chronic breathlessness is highly prevalent and distressing to patients and families. No medication is registered for its symptomatic reduction. The strongest evidence is for regular, low-dose, extended-release (ER) o... Read More about A pragmatic, phase III, multisite, double-blind, placebo-controlled, parallel-arm, dose increment randomised trial of regular, low-dose extended-release morphine for chronic breathlessness: Breathlessness, Exertion And Morphine Sulfate (BEAMS) study protocol.