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Palliative care specialists' perceptions concerning referral of haematology patients to their services: Findings from a qualitative study (2018)
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McCaughan, D., Roman, E., Smith, A. G., Garry, A. C., Johnson, M. J., Patmore, R. D., Howard, M. R., & Howell, D. A. (2018). Palliative care specialists' perceptions concerning referral of haematology patients to their services: Findings from a qualitative study. BMC Palliative Care, 17(1), Article 33. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12904-018-0289-1

Background
Haematological malignancies (leukaemias, lymphomas and myeloma) are complex cancers that are relatively common, affect all ages and have divergent outcomes. Although the symptom burden of these diseases is comparable to other cancers, pati... Read More about Palliative care specialists' perceptions concerning referral of haematology patients to their services: Findings from a qualitative study.

The genomic history of southeastern Europe (2018)
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Elenski, N., Francken, M., Galabova, B., Ganetsovski, G., Gély, B., Hajdu, T., Handzhyiska, V., Harvati, K., Higham, T., Iliev, S., Janković, I., Karavanić, I., Kennett, D. J., Komšo, D., Kozak, A., Labuda, D., Lari, M., Lazar, C., Leppek, M., Leshtakov, K., …Lillie, M. (2018). The genomic history of southeastern Europe. Nature, 555(7695), 197-203. https://doi.org/10.1038/nature25778

© 2018 Macmillan Publishers Limited, part of Springer Nature. All rights reserved. Farming was first introduced to Europe in the mid-seventh millennium bc, and was associated with migrants from Anatolia who settled in the southeast before spreading t... Read More about The genomic history of southeastern Europe.

A hexahomotrioxacalix[3]arene-based ditopic receptor for alkylammonium ions controlled by Ag + ions 4 (2018)
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Georghiou, P., Elsegood, M., Teat, S., Elsegood, M. R., Jiang, X.-K., Ikejiri, Y., Wu, C., Rahman, S., Georghiou, P. E., Zeng, X., Elsegood, M. R. J., Warwick, T. G., Redshaw, C., Teat, S. J., & Yamato, T. (2018). A hexahomotrioxacalix[3]arene-based ditopic receptor for alkylammonium ions controlled by Ag + ions 4. Molecules, 23(2), 467. https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules23020467

A receptor cone-1 based on a hexahomotrioxacalix[3]arene bearing three pyridyl groups 21 was successfully synthesized, which has a C3-symmetric conformation and is capable of binding 22 alkylammonium and metal ions simultaneously in a cooperative fas... Read More about A hexahomotrioxacalix[3]arene-based ditopic receptor for alkylammonium ions controlled by Ag + ions 4.

Experiences of older people following an acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: A phenomenological study (2018)
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Rosa, F., Bagnasco, A., Ghirotto, L., Rocco, G., Catania, G., Aleo, G., Zanini, M., Dasso, N., Hayter, M., & Sasso, L. (2018). Experiences of older people following an acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: A phenomenological study. Journal of clinical nursing, 27(5-6), e1110-e1119. https://doi.org/10.1111/jocn.14189

Aims and objectives

To explore the experience of patients affected by COPD following hospitalization due to an acute exacerbation event.

Background

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) is a progressively debilitating disease, often with ve... Read More about Experiences of older people following an acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: A phenomenological study.

Strategic adoption of logistics and supply chain management (2018)
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Sweeney, E., Grant, D. B., & Mangan, D. J. (2018). Strategic adoption of logistics and supply chain management. International Journal of Operations and Production Management, 38(3), 852-873. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJOPM-05-2016-0258

© 2018, Emerald Publishing Limited. Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to develop a thorough understanding of the adoption of logistics and supply chain management (SCM) in practice, particularly at a strategic level, through an investigation of t... Read More about Strategic adoption of logistics and supply chain management.

Life-cycle assessment of a low-concentration PV module for building south wall integration in China (2018)
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Li, G., Xuan, Q., Pei, G., Su, Y., Lu, Y., & Ji, J. (2018). Life-cycle assessment of a low-concentration PV module for building south wall integration in China. Applied energy, 215, 174-185. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apenergy.2018.02.005

Low-concentration PV (CPV, concentrating photovoltaic) technology is a promising concept because it can work with the fixed installation. However, besides the economic consideration, the environmental impacts of the CPV module throughout its life cyc... Read More about Life-cycle assessment of a low-concentration PV module for building south wall integration in China.

Evaluation of a complex intervention (Engager) for prisoners with common mental health problems, near to and after release: Study protocol for a randomised controlled trial (2018)
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Kirkpatrick, T., Lennox, C., Taylor, R., Anderson, R., Maguire, M., Haddad, M., Michie, S., Owens, C., Durcan, G., Stirzaker, A., Henley, W., Stevenson, C., Carroll, L., Quinn, C., Brand, S. L., Harris, T., Stewart, A., Todd, R., Rybczynska-Bunt, S., Greer, R., …Byng, R. (2018). Evaluation of a complex intervention (Engager) for prisoners with common mental health problems, near to and after release: Study protocol for a randomised controlled trial. BMJ open, 8(2), e017931. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2017-017931

Introduction The ‘Engager’ programme is a ‘through-the-gate’ intervention designed to support prisoners with common mental health problems as they transition from prison back into the community. The trial will evaluate the clinical and cost-effective... Read More about Evaluation of a complex intervention (Engager) for prisoners with common mental health problems, near to and after release: Study protocol for a randomised controlled trial.

Reduction of frontal plane knee load caused by lateral trunk lean depends on step width (2018)
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Anderson, J., King, S., Przybyla, A., Ranganath, L., & Barton, G. (2018). Reduction of frontal plane knee load caused by lateral trunk lean depends on step width. Gait and Posture, 61, 483-487. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gaitpost.2018.02.022

The internal knee abduction moment (KAM) in osteoarthritis is reduced by increased lateral trunk lean (TL). Mechanistically, this occurs as the Centre of Mass (COM) moves further over the stance leg. Since the size of the base of support constrains t... Read More about Reduction of frontal plane knee load caused by lateral trunk lean depends on step width.

A framework for complexity in palliative care: A qualitative study with patients, family carers and professionals (2018)
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Pask, S., Pinto, C., Bristowe, K., van Vliet, L., Nicholson, C., Evans, C. J., George, R., Bailey, K., Davies, J. M., Guo, P., Daveson, B. A., Higginson, I. J., & Murtagh, F. E. (2018). A framework for complexity in palliative care: A qualitative study with patients, family carers and professionals. Palliative medicine, 32(6), 1078-1090. https://doi.org/10.1177/0269216318757622

Background:
Palliative care patients are often described as complex but evidence on complexity is limited. We need to understand complexity, including at individual patient-level, to define specialist palliative care, characterise palliative care pop... Read More about A framework for complexity in palliative care: A qualitative study with patients, family carers and professionals.

How inert, perturbing, or interacting are cryogenic matrices? A combined spectroscopic (infrared, electronic, and x-ray absorption) and DFT investigation of matrix-isolated Iron, Cobalt, Nickel, and Zinc Dibromides (2018)
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Wilkin, O. M., Harris, N., Rooms, J. F., Dixon, E. L., Bridgeman, A. J., & Young, N. A. (2018). How inert, perturbing, or interacting are cryogenic matrices? A combined spectroscopic (infrared, electronic, and x-ray absorption) and DFT investigation of matrix-isolated Iron, Cobalt, Nickel, and Zinc Dibromides. The journal of physical chemistry. A, 122(8), 1994-2029. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpca.7b09734

The interactions of FeBr2, CoBr2, NiBr2 and ZnBr2 with Ne, Ar, Kr, Xe, CH4 and N2 matrices have been investigated using IR, electronic absorption and X-ray absorption spectroscopies, as well as DFT calculations. ZnBr2 is linear in all the matrices. N... Read More about How inert, perturbing, or interacting are cryogenic matrices? A combined spectroscopic (infrared, electronic, and x-ray absorption) and DFT investigation of matrix-isolated Iron, Cobalt, Nickel, and Zinc Dibromides.

Financial and corporate social performance in the UK listed firms: the relevance of non-linearity and lag effects (2018)
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Adegbite, E., Guney, Y., Kwabi, F., & Tahir, S. (2019). Financial and corporate social performance in the UK listed firms: the relevance of non-linearity and lag effects. Review of Quantitative Finance and Accounting, 52(1), 105-158. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11156-018-0705-x

Using environmental, social and governance scores compiled by Reuters Datas-tream for each company's corporate social performance (CSP), we examine the relationship between CSP and corporate financial performance (CFP) of 314 UK listed companies over... Read More about Financial and corporate social performance in the UK listed firms: the relevance of non-linearity and lag effects.

The public interest environmental law group: from USA to Europe (2018)
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Goodman, M., & Connelly, J. (2018). The public interest environmental law group: from USA to Europe. Environmental Politics, 27(6), 1014-1032. https://doi.org/10.1080/09644016.2018.1438789

The European environmental movement has been reconfigured since the introduction of the pan-European public interest environmental law group based on the model founded in the USA around 1970. Yet it has been claimed that there is a low degree of succ... Read More about The public interest environmental law group: from USA to Europe.

Cover Picture: Ann. Phys. 2'2018 (2018)
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Verrelli, E., Michelakaki, I., Boukos, N., Kyriakou, G., & Tsoukalas, D. (2018). Cover Picture: Ann. Phys. 2'2018. Annalen der Physik, 530(2), https://doi.org/10.1002/andp.201870013

In article number 1700256, Emanuele Verrelli and co‐workers propose that cluster beam deposition of sub‐2nm magic number Au clusters, Au20 and Au55, on flat surfaces reveals a rich evolution of the phenomena taking place at substrate level. New magic... Read More about Cover Picture: Ann. Phys. 2'2018.

i-process contribution of rapidly accreting white dwarfs to the solar composition of first-peak neutron-capture elements (2018)
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Côté, B., Denissenkov, P., Herwig, F., Ruiter, A. J., Ritter, C., Pignatari, M., & Belczynski, K. (2018). i-process contribution of rapidly accreting white dwarfs to the solar composition of first-peak neutron-capture elements. The Astrophysical journal, 854(2), 1-14. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/aaaae8

Rapidly accreting white dwarfs (RAWDs) have been proposed as contributors to the chemical evolution of heavy elements in the Galaxy. Here, we test this scenario for the first time and determine the contribution of RAWDs to the solar composition of fi... Read More about i-process contribution of rapidly accreting white dwarfs to the solar composition of first-peak neutron-capture elements.

Tuning catalytic selectivity in cascade reactions by light irradiation (2018)
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Zhang, X., Yao, J., & Ke, X. (2018). Tuning catalytic selectivity in cascade reactions by light irradiation. Catalysis Letters, 148(4), 1124-1129. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10562-018-2320-9

Selectivity of cascade redox reactions: the reduction of nitrobenzene to azoxybenzene and then to azobenzene and the oxidation of benzyl alcohol to benzaldehyde and then to benzoic acid, is discovered to be tuneable via light irradiation over plasmon... Read More about Tuning catalytic selectivity in cascade reactions by light irradiation.

Asset allocation with time series momentum and reversal (2018)
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He, X.-Z., Li, K., & Li, Y. (2018). Asset allocation with time series momentum and reversal. Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control, 91, 441-457. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jedc.2018.02.004

To capture the well documented time series momentum and reversal in asset price, we develop a continuous-time asset price model, derive the optimal investment strategy theoretically, and test the strategy empirically. We show that, by combining marke... Read More about Asset allocation with time series momentum and reversal.

Particle Size Distribution Controls the Threshold Between Net Sediment Erosion and Deposition in Suspended Load Dominated Flows (2018)
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Dorrell, R. M., Amy, L. A., Peakall, J., & McCaffrey, W. D. (2018). Particle Size Distribution Controls the Threshold Between Net Sediment Erosion and Deposition in Suspended Load Dominated Flows. Geophysical research letters, 45(3), 1443-1452. https://doi.org/10.1002/2017gl076489

©2018. American Geophysical Union. All Rights Reserved. The central problem of describing most environmental and industrial flows is predicting when material is entrained into, or deposited from, suspension. The threshold between erosional and deposi... Read More about Particle Size Distribution Controls the Threshold Between Net Sediment Erosion and Deposition in Suspended Load Dominated Flows.

Two-hour post-challenge glucose is a better predictor of adverse outcome after myocardial infarction than fasting or admission glucose in patients without diabetes (2018)
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Chattopadhyay, S., George, A., John, J., & Sathyapalan, T. (2018). Two-hour post-challenge glucose is a better predictor of adverse outcome after myocardial infarction than fasting or admission glucose in patients without diabetes. Acta Diabetologica, 55(5), 449–458. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00592-018-1114-2

Aims
We evaluate prevalence of new abnormal glucose tolerance (AGT) in post-MI survivors without known diabetes (DM) if guidelines are followed and compare the ability of admission (APG), fasting (FPG) and 2-h post-load plasma glucose (2h-PG) to pred... Read More about Two-hour post-challenge glucose is a better predictor of adverse outcome after myocardial infarction than fasting or admission glucose in patients without diabetes.

Th/U and U series systematics of saprolite: importance for the oceanic 234U excess (2018)
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Suhr, N., Widdowson, M., McDermott, F., & Kamber, B. S. (2018). Th/U and U series systematics of saprolite: importance for the oceanic 234U excess. Geochemical Perspectives Letters, 6, 17-22. https://doi.org/10.7185/geochemlet.1803

The presence of excess 234U in seawater is a compelling argument for active delivery of solutes from the continents to the oceans. Previous studies found, however, that the complementary 234U deficit on the continents is surprisingly modest, which wo... Read More about Th/U and U series systematics of saprolite: importance for the oceanic 234U excess.

Survey of midwives' perinatal mental health knowledge, confidence, attitudes and learning needs (2018)
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Noonan, M., Jomeen, J., Galvin, R., & Doody, O. (2018). Survey of midwives' perinatal mental health knowledge, confidence, attitudes and learning needs. Women and Birth, 31(6), e358-e366. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wombi.2018.02.002

Background

Midwives have a primary role in facilitating the first stage of perinatal mental health risk reduction through inquiring about perinatal mental health, identifying risk factors and current perinatal mental health problems, providing suppo... Read More about Survey of midwives' perinatal mental health knowledge, confidence, attitudes and learning needs.