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A qualitative study exploring medication management in people with dementia living in the community and the potential role of the community pharmacist (2017)
Journal Article
Maidment, I. D., Aston, L., Moutela, T., Fox, C. G., & Hilton, A. (2017). A qualitative study exploring medication management in people with dementia living in the community and the potential role of the community pharmacist. Health Expectations, 20(5), 929-942. https://doi.org/10.1111/hex.12534

Background The prevalence of dementia is increasing rapidly. People with dementia may be prescribed complex medication regimens, which may be challenging for them and any carers involved to safely manage. Objective To describe and understand the key... Read More about A qualitative study exploring medication management in people with dementia living in the community and the potential role of the community pharmacist.

Sustainability transitions and leapfrogging in latecomer cities : the development of solar thermal energy in Dezhou, China (2017)
Journal Article
Yu, Z., & Gibbs, D. (2018). Sustainability transitions and leapfrogging in latecomer cities : the development of solar thermal energy in Dezhou, China. Regional studies, 52(1), 68-79. https://doi.org/10.1080/00343404.2016.1260706

Sustainability transitions in cities in emerging economic contexts are rarely addressed. The paper addresses this issue by investigating the drivers and barriers in the diffusion of solar thermal energy in two Chinese cities, Dezhou and Beijing. The... Read More about Sustainability transitions and leapfrogging in latecomer cities : the development of solar thermal energy in Dezhou, China.

Stress response according to transport protocol in Norway lobster, Nephrops norvegicus (2017)
Journal Article
Powell, A., Cowing, D. M., Eriksson, S. P., & Johnson, M. L. (2017). Stress response according to transport protocol in Norway lobster, Nephrops norvegicus. Crustacean research, 46, 17-24. https://doi.org/10.18353/crustacea.46.0_17

The Norway lobster, Nephrops norvegicus, is a valuable and commonly exported European decapod crustacean, which experiences stress from point of capture and onward transport. Stressors such as air exposure duration (i.e. emersion period) and air temp... Read More about Stress response according to transport protocol in Norway lobster, Nephrops norvegicus.

Chromospherically Active Stars in the RAVE Survey. II. Young dwarfs in the Solar neighborhood (2017)
Journal Article
Žerjal, M., Zwitter, T., Matijevič, G., Grebel, E. K., Kordopatis, G., Munari, U., …Wyse, R. F. G. (2017). Chromospherically Active Stars in the RAVE Survey. II. Young dwarfs in the Solar neighborhood. The Astrophysical journal, 835(1), 61. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/835/1/61

A large sample of over 38,000 chromospherically active candidate solar-like stars and cooler dwarfs from the RAVE survey is addressed in this paper. An improved activity identification with respect to the previous study was introduced to build a cata... Read More about Chromospherically Active Stars in the RAVE Survey. II. Young dwarfs in the Solar neighborhood.

The Radial Velocity Experiment (RAVE): fifth data release (2017)
Journal Article
Kunder, A., Kordopatis, G., Steinmetz, M., Zwitter, T., McMillan, P. J., Casagrande, L., …Mosser, B. (2017). The Radial Velocity Experiment (RAVE): fifth data release. Astronomical Journal, 153(2), 75. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-3881/153/2/75

Data Release 5 (DR5) of the Radial Velocity Experiment (RAVE) is the fifth data release from a magnitude-limited (9 < I < 12) survey of stars randomly selected in the Southern Hemisphere. The RAVE medium-resolution spectra (R ∼ 7500) covering the Ca-... Read More about The Radial Velocity Experiment (RAVE): fifth data release.

Simulated case management of home telemonitoring to assess the impact of different alert algorithms on work-load and clinical decisions (2017)
Journal Article
Gyllensten, I. C., Crundall-Goode, A., Aarts, R. M., & Goode, K. M. (2017). Simulated case management of home telemonitoring to assess the impact of different alert algorithms on work-load and clinical decisions. BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making, 17(1), Article ARTN 11. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12911-016-0398-9

© 2017 The Author(s). Background: Home telemonitoring (HTM) of chronic heart failure (HF) promises to improve care by timely indications when a patient's condition is worsening. Simple rules of sudden weight change have been demonstrated to generate... Read More about Simulated case management of home telemonitoring to assess the impact of different alert algorithms on work-load and clinical decisions.

Photocatalytic degradation of ketorolac tromethamine (KTC) drug in aqueous phase using prepared Ag-doped ZnO microplates (2017)
Journal Article
Kaur, A., Ibhadon, A., & Kansal, S. K. (2017). Photocatalytic degradation of ketorolac tromethamine (KTC) drug in aqueous phase using prepared Ag-doped ZnO microplates. Journal of materials science, 52(9), 5256-5267. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10853-017-0766-6

In this study, Ag-doped ZnO microplates were prepared via precipitation technique and further characterized by FESEM, EDS, XRD, FTIR, TGA, XPS, UV-DRS and RT-PL techniques. The outcomes indicated that Ag+ ions were well incorporated into ZnO lattice... Read More about Photocatalytic degradation of ketorolac tromethamine (KTC) drug in aqueous phase using prepared Ag-doped ZnO microplates.

Capturing the 3D motion of an infalling galaxy via fluid dynamics (2017)
Journal Article
Su, Y., Kraft, R. P., Nulsen, P. E. J., Roediger, E., Forman, W. R., Churazov, E., …Machacek, M. E. (2017). Capturing the 3D motion of an infalling galaxy via fluid dynamics. The Astrophysical journal, 835(1), 19. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/835/1/19

The Fornax Cluster is the nearest galaxy cluster in the southern sky. NGC 1404 is a bright elliptical galaxy falling through the intracluster medium of the Fornax Cluster. The sharp leading edge of NGC 1404 forms a classical "cold front" that separat... Read More about Capturing the 3D motion of an infalling galaxy via fluid dynamics.

Ethnic origin of the victim as an aggravating factor in sentencing sexual offenders (2017)
Journal Article
Harrison, K., & Gill, A. K. (2017). Ethnic origin of the victim as an aggravating factor in sentencing sexual offenders. Journal of Sexual Aggression, 23(3), 300-311. https://doi.org/10.1080/13552600.2016.1267271

This article examines R v Jamal Muhammed Raheem Ul Nasir, a Court of Appeal case where leave to appeal against a seven-year custodial sentence for sexual offences against children was refused. The appellant argued that his sentence length was excess... Read More about Ethnic origin of the victim as an aggravating factor in sentencing sexual offenders.

Plato's legal postivism in the Laws (2017)
Journal Article
Hatzistavrou, A. (2018). Plato's legal postivism in the Laws. Jurisprudence, 9(2), 209-235. https://doi.org/10.1080/20403313.2016.1268445

In this paper, the author reassesses the place of Plato’s Laws in the history of legal thought. In virtue of the account of law that he presents in the Laws, Plato has been traditionally credited with a natural law theory of law. The author challenge... Read More about Plato's legal postivism in the Laws.

English as common legal language: Its expansion and the effects on civil law and common law lawyers (2017)
Journal Article
Künnecke, M. (2017). English as common legal language: Its expansion and the effects on civil law and common law lawyers. European review of private law = Revue européenne de droit privé = Europäische Zeitschrift für Privatrecht, 24(5), 733-757

English has become the common language in a globalized legal world. However, the far-reaching consequences of the domination of key areas of the international practice of law by legal English are not yet fully understood and analysed. This article is... Read More about English as common legal language: Its expansion and the effects on civil law and common law lawyers.

Predicting probable Alzheimer's disease using linguistic deficits and biomarkers (2017)
Journal Article
Orimaye, S. O., Wong, J. S., Golden, K. J., Wong, C. P., & Soyiri, I. N. (2017). Predicting probable Alzheimer's disease using linguistic deficits and biomarkers. BMC Bioinformatics, 18(1), Article 34. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12859-016-1456-0

Background The manual diagnosis of neurodegenerative disorders such as Alzheimer’s disease (AD) and related Dementias has been a challenge. Currently, these disorders are diagnosed using specific clinical diagnostic criteria and neuropsychological ex... Read More about Predicting probable Alzheimer's disease using linguistic deficits and biomarkers.

Influence of antenna selection on spectrum occupancy measurements in the context of cognitive radio (2017)
Conference Proceeding
Mehdawi, M., Riley, N. G., Fanan, A., & Ammar, M. (2017). Influence of antenna selection on spectrum occupancy measurements in the context of cognitive radio. In 2016 24th Telecommunications Forum (TELFOR). https://doi.org/10.1109/TELFOR.2016.7818754

© 2016 IEEE. Cognitive radio (CR) has been proposed as a solution to the spectrum scarcity problem, which is aggravated by emergence of bandwidth-hungry and feature-rich wireless applications. Selection of appropriate antennas for cognitive radio app... Read More about Influence of antenna selection on spectrum occupancy measurements in the context of cognitive radio.

Understanding sustainability through the lens of ecocentric radical-reflexivity : implications for management education (2017)
Journal Article
Allen, S., Cunliffe, A. L., & Easterby-Smith, M. (2019). Understanding sustainability through the lens of ecocentric radical-reflexivity : implications for management education. Journal of Business Ethics, 154(3), 781–795. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10551-016-3420-3

This paper seeks to contribute to the debate around sustainability by proposing the need for an ecocentric stance to sustainability that reflexively embeds humans in—rather than detached from—nature. We argue that this requires a different way of thi... Read More about Understanding sustainability through the lens of ecocentric radical-reflexivity : implications for management education.

Knowledge management : the effect of knowledge transfer on professional skepticism in audit engagement planning (2017)
Journal Article
Rodgers, W., Mubako, G. N., & Hall, L. (2017). Knowledge management : the effect of knowledge transfer on professional skepticism in audit engagement planning. Computers in Human Behavior, 70, 564-574. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2016.12.069

The objective of this study is to test how the transfer of auditing knowledge, along with other variables, work together to impact the level of professional skepticism in auditors and answer the crucial question of how auditors' competencies and expe... Read More about Knowledge management : the effect of knowledge transfer on professional skepticism in audit engagement planning.

Multimetallic lithium complexes derived from the acids Ph₂C(X)CO₂H (X = OH, NH₂) : synthesis, structure and ring opening polymerization of lactides and lactones (2017)
Journal Article
Al-Khafaji, Y. F., Prior, T. J., Horsburgh, L., Elsegood, M. R. J., & Redshaw, C. (2017). Multimetallic lithium complexes derived from the acids Ph₂C(X)CO₂H (X = OH, NH₂) : synthesis, structure and ring opening polymerization of lactides and lactones. ChemistrySelect, 2(2), 759-768. https://doi.org/10.1002/slct.201602029

Reaction of LiOR (R=t-Bu, Ph) with the acids 2,2/-Ph₂C(X)(CO₂H), X=OH (benzH), NH₂ (dpgH) was investigated. For benzH, one equivalent LiOt-Bu in THF afforded [Li(benz)]2⋅2THF (1⋅2THF), which adopts a 1D chain structure. If acetonitrile is used (mild... Read More about Multimetallic lithium complexes derived from the acids Ph₂C(X)CO₂H (X = OH, NH₂) : synthesis, structure and ring opening polymerization of lactides and lactones.

Rainfall-runoff properties of tephra: simulated effects of grain-size and antecedent rainfall (2017)
Journal Article
Jones, R., Thomas, R. E., Peakall, J., & Manville, V. (2017). Rainfall-runoff properties of tephra: simulated effects of grain-size and antecedent rainfall. Geomorphology, 282, 39-51. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geomorph.2016.12.023

Rain-triggered lahars (RTLs) are a significant and often persistent secondary volcanic hazard at many volcanoes around the world. Rainfall on unconsolidated volcaniclastic material is the primary initiation mechanism of RTLs: the resultant flows have... Read More about Rainfall-runoff properties of tephra: simulated effects of grain-size and antecedent rainfall.

Is health-related quality of life the same for elderly polish migrants, Turkish migrants and German natives? Testing the reliability and construct validity of the Sf-36 health survey in a cross-cultural comparison (2017)
Journal Article
Buchcik, J., Westenhöfer, J., Fleming, M., & Martin, C. R. (2017). Is health-related quality of life the same for elderly polish migrants, Turkish migrants and German natives? Testing the reliability and construct validity of the Sf-36 health survey in a cross-cultural comparison. Cogent psychology, 4(1), Article 1280984. https://doi.org/10.1080/23311908.2017.1280984

© 2017 The Author(s). Objective: The Sf-36 is the most widely used instrument to measure health-related quality of life (HRQoL) with the most convincing evidence of both internal consistency and test–retest reliability. In addition, it is appropriate... Read More about Is health-related quality of life the same for elderly polish migrants, Turkish migrants and German natives? Testing the reliability and construct validity of the Sf-36 health survey in a cross-cultural comparison.