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Estimating 1min rain rate distributions from numerical weather prediction (2017)
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Paulson, K. S. (2017). Estimating 1min rain rate distributions from numerical weather prediction. Radio science, 52(1), 176-184. https://doi.org/10.1002/2016rs006111

Internationally recognized prognostic models of rain fade on terrestrial and Earth-space EHF links rely fundamentally on distributions of one-minute rain rates. Currently, in Rec. ITU-R P.837-6, these distributions are generated using the Salonen Poi... Read More about Estimating 1min rain rate distributions from numerical weather prediction.

Regulating civil mediation in England and Wales: towards a 'win-win' outcome (2017)
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Whitehouse, M. (2017). Regulating civil mediation in England and Wales: towards a 'win-win' outcome. Mediation theory and practice, 2(1), 69-83. https://doi.org/10.1558/mtp.31937

Civil mediation in Britain has rapidly moved away from being an option, for private choice, to becoming increasingly a compulsory or near-compulsory part of the public justice system. But regulation of the mediation industry remains minimal, and unde... Read More about Regulating civil mediation in England and Wales: towards a 'win-win' outcome.

Regulation of IL-12p40 by HIF controls Th1/Th17 responses to prevent mucosal inflammation (2017)
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Marks, E., Naudin, C., Nolan, G., Goggins, B. J., Burns, G., Mateer, S. W., Latimore, J. K., Minahan, K., Plank, M., Foster, P. S., Callister, R., Veysey, M., Walker, M. M., Talley, N. J., Radford-Smith, G., & Keely, S. (2017). Regulation of IL-12p40 by HIF controls Th1/Th17 responses to prevent mucosal inflammation. Mucosal Immunology, 10(5), 1224-1236. https://doi.org/10.1038/mi.2016.135

Intestinal inflammatory lesions are inherently hypoxic, due to increased metabolic demands created by cellular infiltration and proliferation, and reduced oxygen supply due to vascular damage. Hypoxia stabilizes the transcription factor hypoxia-induc... Read More about Regulation of IL-12p40 by HIF controls Th1/Th17 responses to prevent mucosal inflammation.

On the geometry of random convex sets between polytopes and zonotopes (2017)
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Alonso-Gutiérrez, D., & Prochno, J. (2017). On the geometry of random convex sets between polytopes and zonotopes. Journal of mathematical analysis and applications, 450(1), 670-690. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmaa.2017.01.042

In this work we study a class of random convex sets that "interpolate" between polytopes and zonotopes. These sets arise from considering a qth-moment (q≥1) of an average of order statistics of 1-dimensional marginals of a sequence of N≥n independent... Read More about On the geometry of random convex sets between polytopes and zonotopes.

Opportunities, challenges and concerns for the implementation and uptake of pelvic floor muscle assessment and exercises during the childbearing years: Protocol for a critical interpretive synthesis (2017)
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Salmon, V. E., Hay-Smith, E. J. C., Jarvie, R., Dean, S., Oborn, E., Bayliss, S. E., Bick, D., Davenport, C., Ismail, K. M., MacArthur, C., & Pearson, M. (2017). Opportunities, challenges and concerns for the implementation and uptake of pelvic floor muscle assessment and exercises during the childbearing years: Protocol for a critical interpretive synthesis. Systematic reviews, 6(1), Article 18. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13643-017-0420-z

© 2017 The Author(s). Background: Pregnancy and childbirth are important risk factors for urinary incontinence (UI) in women. Pelvic floor muscle exercises (PFME) are effective for prevention of UI. Guidelines for the management of UI recommend offer... Read More about Opportunities, challenges and concerns for the implementation and uptake of pelvic floor muscle assessment and exercises during the childbearing years: Protocol for a critical interpretive synthesis.

Gendering happiness and its discontents (2017)
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Clisby, S. (2017). Gendering happiness and its discontents. Journal of gender studies, 26(1), 2-9. https://doi.org/10.1080/09589236.2017.1273362

Providing an introductory framework to the Special Issue: Gendering Happiness: the power of pleasure, here I consider the highly gendered and political contexts of happiness, pleasure, desire, and the tyrannies of its converse discontents. As this sp... Read More about Gendering happiness and its discontents.

Clinical decision making in the recognition of dying: a qualitative interview study (2017)
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Taylor, P., Dowding, D., & Johnson, M. (2017). Clinical decision making in the recognition of dying: a qualitative interview study. BMC Palliative Care, 16(11), Article ARTN 11. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12904-016-0179-3

Background: Recognising dying is an essential clinical skill for general and palliative care professionals alike. Despite the high importance, both identification and good clinical care of the dying patient remains extremely difficult and often contr... Read More about Clinical decision making in the recognition of dying: a qualitative interview study.

Hypoxic pulmonary vasoconstriction in humans: Tale or myth (2017)
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Hussain, A., Suleiman, M. S., George, S. J., Loubani, M., & Morice, A. (2017). Hypoxic pulmonary vasoconstriction in humans: Tale or myth. Open Cardiovascular Medicine Journal, 11, 1-13. https://doi.org/10.2174/1874192401711010001

© Hussain et al. Hypoxic Pulmonary vasoconstriction (HPV) describes the physiological adaptive process of lungs to preserves systemic oxygenation. It has clinical implications in the development of pulmonary hypertension which impacts on outcomes of... Read More about Hypoxic pulmonary vasoconstriction in humans: Tale or myth.

Nanocarbons from acid pretreated waste coffee grounds using microwave radiation (2017)
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Zein, S. H., Gyamera, B. A., & Skoulou, V. K. (2017). Nanocarbons from acid pretreated waste coffee grounds using microwave radiation. Materials letters, 193, 46-49. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matlet.2017.01.100

This study investigates the use of microwave radiation to produce nanocarbons from Waste Coffee Grounds (WCG). It is first step to demonstrate the potential of integrating the microwave power to conventional methods of carbonaceous materials and nano... Read More about Nanocarbons from acid pretreated waste coffee grounds using microwave radiation.

MyAirCoach: The use of home-monitoring and mHealth systems to predict deterioration in asthma control and the occurrence of asthma exacerbations; Study protocol of an observational study (2017)
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Honkoop, P. J., Simpson, A., Bonini, M., Snoeck-Stroband, J. B., Meah, S., Chung, K. F., Usmani, O. S., Fowler, S., & Sont, J. K. (2017). MyAirCoach: The use of home-monitoring and mHealth systems to predict deterioration in asthma control and the occurrence of asthma exacerbations; Study protocol of an observational study. BMJ open, 7(1), Article ARTN e013935. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2016-013935

© Published by the BMJ Publishing Group Limited. Introduction Asthma is a variable lung condition whereby patients experience periods of controlled and uncontrolled asthma symptoms. Patients who experience prolonged periods of uncontrolled asthma hav... Read More about MyAirCoach: The use of home-monitoring and mHealth systems to predict deterioration in asthma control and the occurrence of asthma exacerbations; Study protocol of an observational study.

Effects of catalyst agglomerate shape in polymer electrolyte fuel cells investigated by a multi-scale modelling framework (2017)
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Ismail, M. S., Ingham, D. B., Ma, L., Hughes, K. J., & Pourkashanian, M. (2017). Effects of catalyst agglomerate shape in polymer electrolyte fuel cells investigated by a multi-scale modelling framework. Energy, 122, 420-430. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.energy.2017.01.092

A multi-scale modelling framework is developed for the PEFC cathode electrode. Unlike the conventional agglomerate model, the effects of the microstructure of the agglomerate are numerically coupled to the fuel cell-scale model in this framework. Thi... Read More about Effects of catalyst agglomerate shape in polymer electrolyte fuel cells investigated by a multi-scale modelling framework.

Genome-wide association analysis of chronic lymphocytic leukaemia, Hodgkin lymphoma and multiple myeloma identifies pleiotropic risk loci (2017)
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Law, P. J., Sud, A., Mitchell, J. S., Henrion, M., Orlando, G., Lenive, O., Broderick, P., Speedy, H. E., Johnson, D. C., Kaiser, M., Weinhold, N., Cooke, R., Sunter, N. J., Jackson, G. H., Summerfield, G., Harris, R. J., Pettitt, A. R., Allsup, D. J., Carmichael, J., Bailey, J. R., …Houlston, R. S. (2017). Genome-wide association analysis of chronic lymphocytic leukaemia, Hodgkin lymphoma and multiple myeloma identifies pleiotropic risk loci. Scientific reports, 7, 41071. https://doi.org/10.1038/srep41071

B-cell malignancies (BCM) originate from the same cell of origin, but at different maturation stages and have distinct clinical phenotypes. Although genetic risk variants for individual BCMs have been identified, an agnostic, genome-wide search for s... Read More about Genome-wide association analysis of chronic lymphocytic leukaemia, Hodgkin lymphoma and multiple myeloma identifies pleiotropic risk loci.

Engineering the Cambrian explosion: the earliest bioturbators as ecosystem engineers (2017)
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Herringshaw, L. G., Callow, R. H. T., & McIlroy, D. (2017). Engineering the Cambrian explosion: the earliest bioturbators as ecosystem engineers. Geological Society Special Publications, 448(1), 369-382. https://doi.org/10.1144/sp448.18

By applying modern biological criteria to trace fossil types and assessing burrow morphology, complexity, depth, potential burrow function and the likelihood of bioirrigation, we assign ecosystem engineering impact (EEI) values to the key ichnotaxa i... Read More about Engineering the Cambrian explosion: the earliest bioturbators as ecosystem engineers.

Why undertake pilot work in a qualitative PhD study? : lessons learnt to promote success (2017)
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Wray, J., Archibong, U., & Walton, S. (2017). Why undertake pilot work in a qualitative PhD study? : lessons learnt to promote success. Nurse Researcher, 24(3), 31-35. https://doi.org/10.7748/nr.2017.e1416

This paper is concerned with reporting the benefits of undertaking a pilot study for qualitative researchers detailing the experiences gained, the lessons learnt and subsequent changes to the main study. This was undertaken as part of a PhD that soug... Read More about Why undertake pilot work in a qualitative PhD study? : lessons learnt to promote success.

The value of remote sensing techniques in supporting effective extrapolation across multiple marine spatial scales (2017)
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Strong, J. A., & Elliott, M. (2017). The value of remote sensing techniques in supporting effective extrapolation across multiple marine spatial scales. Marine pollution bulletin, 116(1-2), 405-419. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2017.01.028

The reporting of ecological phenomena and environmental status routinely required point observations, collected with traditional sampling approaches to be extrapolated to larger reporting scales. This process encompasses difficulties that can quickly... Read More about The value of remote sensing techniques in supporting effective extrapolation across multiple marine spatial scales.

Climate variability in SE Europe since 1450 AD based on a varved sediment record from Etoliko Lagoon (Western Greece) (2017)
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Koutsodendris, A., Brauer, A., Reed, J., Plessen, B., Friedrich, O., Hennrich, B., Zacharias, I., & Pross, J. (2017). Climate variability in SE Europe since 1450 AD based on a varved sediment record from Etoliko Lagoon (Western Greece). Quaternary science reviews, 159, 63-76. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2017.01.010

To achieve deeper understanding of climate variability during the last millennium in SE Europe, we report new sedimentological and paleoecological data from Etoliko Lagoon, Western Greece. The record represents the southernmost annually laminated (i.... Read More about Climate variability in SE Europe since 1450 AD based on a varved sediment record from Etoliko Lagoon (Western Greece).

Identifying hotspots and management of critical ecosystem services in rapidly urbanizing Yangtze River Delta Region, China (2017)
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Cai, W., Gibbs, D., Zhang, L., Ferrier, G., & Cai, Y. (2017). Identifying hotspots and management of critical ecosystem services in rapidly urbanizing Yangtze River Delta Region, China. Journal of environmental management, 191, 258-267. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2017.01.003

Rapid urbanization has altered many ecosystems, causing a decline in many ecosystem services, generating serious ecological crisis. To cope with these challenges, we presented a comprehensive framework comprising five core steps for identifying and m... Read More about Identifying hotspots and management of critical ecosystem services in rapidly urbanizing Yangtze River Delta Region, China.

Motivations of recreational fishers involved in fish habitat management (2017)
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Copeland, C., Baker, E., Koehn, J. D., Morris, S. G., & Cowx, I. G. (2017). Motivations of recreational fishers involved in fish habitat management. Fisheries Management and Ecology, 24(1), 82-92. https://doi.org/10.1111/fme.12204

© 2017 John Wiley & Sons Ltd This study profiled the motivations of recreational fishers involved in habitat management activities in Australia, USA, UK and Ireland. Fishers were surveyed using an online questionnaire. Primary motivations for invol... Read More about Motivations of recreational fishers involved in fish habitat management.

Possibilities of upgrading solid underutilized lingo-cellulosic feedstock (carob pods) to liquid bio-fuel: Bio-ethanol production and electricity generation in fuel cells - A critical appraisal of the required processes (2017)
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Skoulou, V. K., & Vourdoubas, J. (2017). Possibilities of upgrading solid underutilized lingo-cellulosic feedstock (carob pods) to liquid bio-fuel: Bio-ethanol production and electricity generation in fuel cells - A critical appraisal of the required processes. Studies in Engineering and Technology, 4(1), 25-34. https://doi.org/10.11114/set.v4i1.2170

The exploitation of rich in sugars lingo-cellulosic residue of carob pods for bio-ethanol and bio-electricity generation has been investigated. The process could take place in two (2) or three (3) stages including: a) bio-ethanol production originate... Read More about Possibilities of upgrading solid underutilized lingo-cellulosic feedstock (carob pods) to liquid bio-fuel: Bio-ethanol production and electricity generation in fuel cells - A critical appraisal of the required processes.