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Computations of the slice genus of virtual knots (2018)
Journal Article
Rushworth, W. (2019). Computations of the slice genus of virtual knots. Topology and its Applications, 253, 57-84. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.topol.2018.11.028

A virtual knot is an equivalence class of embeddings of $ S^1 $ into thickened (closed oriented) surfaces, up to self-diffeomorphism of the surface and certain handle stabilisations. The slice genus of a virtual knot is defined diagrammatically, in d... Read More about Computations of the slice genus of virtual knots.

“Hard to reach, but not out of reach”: Barriers and facilitators to recruiting Black African and Black Caribbean men with prostate cancer and their partners into qualitative research (2018)
Journal Article
Bamidele, O. O., E. McGarvey, H., Lagan, B. M., Chinegwundoh, F., Ali, N., & McCaughan, E. (2019). “Hard to reach, but not out of reach”: Barriers and facilitators to recruiting Black African and Black Caribbean men with prostate cancer and their partners into qualitative research. European Journal of Cancer Care, 28(2), Article e12977. https://doi.org/10.1111/ecc.12977

© 2018 John Wiley & Sons Ltd Access and recruitment barriers may have contributed to the underrepresentation of Black African/Caribbean men and their partners in current psychosocial research related to prostate cancer survivors. Whilst some studie... Read More about “Hard to reach, but not out of reach”: Barriers and facilitators to recruiting Black African and Black Caribbean men with prostate cancer and their partners into qualitative research.

The Sustained Effects of CBT Training on Therapist Competence and Patient Outcomes (2018)
Journal Article
Liness, S., Beale, S., Lea, S., Byrne, S., Hirsch, C. R., & Clark, D. M. (2019). The Sustained Effects of CBT Training on Therapist Competence and Patient Outcomes. Cognitive Therapy and Research, 43(3), 631-641. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10608-018-9987-5

The continued effectiveness of in-service psychological therapy training requires evaluation. This study assessed therapist competence and patient clinical outcome during cognitive behaviour therapy training and 12+ months post-training. Trainee comp... Read More about The Sustained Effects of CBT Training on Therapist Competence and Patient Outcomes.

Mina as Transnational Popular Music Star in the early 1960s (2018)
Journal Article
Haworth, R. (2018). Mina as Transnational Popular Music Star in the early 1960s. Modern Languages Open, 2018(1), 1-16. https://doi.org/10.3828/mlo.v0i0.237

As a ‘timeless icon’, ‘sophisticated performer’ and ‘the most versatile singer in Italian pop music’ (Prato 163-9), Mina is perhaps the most famous and successful proponent of the canzone italiana, Italian mainstream pop music. Her meteoric rise to f... Read More about Mina as Transnational Popular Music Star in the early 1960s.

The topic of 'love' in early modern English lute songs or ayres (2018)
Book Chapter
Wilson, C. R. (2018). The topic of 'love' in early modern English lute songs or ayres. In K. A. Karlsson (Ed.), The essentially feminine: a mapping through artistic practice of the feminine territory offered by early modern music (65-90). ArtMonitor

Nanoparticle transport and sequestration: Intracellular titanium dioxide nanoparticles in a neotropical fish (2018)
Journal Article
Souza, I. D. C., Mendes, V. A., Duarte, I. D., Rocha, L. D., Azevedo, V. C., Matsumoto, S. T., Elliott, M., Wunderlin, D. A., Monferrán, M. V., & Fernandes, M. N. (2019). Nanoparticle transport and sequestration: Intracellular titanium dioxide nanoparticles in a neotropical fish. The Science of the total environment, 658, 798-808. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.12.142

© 2018 Elsevier B.V. Intracellular titanium dioxide nanoparticles (TiO2-NP) with rutile crystalline form and dimensions varying from 43 to 67 nm × 64 to 93 nm are reported for the first time as being sequestered from the environment. TiO2-NP were ide... Read More about Nanoparticle transport and sequestration: Intracellular titanium dioxide nanoparticles in a neotropical fish.

The mechanical loading and muscle activation of four common exercises used in osteoporosis prevention for early postmenopausal women (2018)
Journal Article
Montgomery, G., Abt, G., Dobson, C., Smith, T., Evans, W., & Ditroilo, M. (2019). The mechanical loading and muscle activation of four common exercises used in osteoporosis prevention for early postmenopausal women. Journal of Electromyography and Kinesiology, 44, 124-131. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jelekin.2018.12.004

High impact exercise can reduce postmenopausal bone loss, however stimulus frequency (loading cycles per second) can affect osteogenesis. We aimed to examine the effect of stimulus frequency on the mechanical loading of four common osteoporosis preve... Read More about The mechanical loading and muscle activation of four common exercises used in osteoporosis prevention for early postmenopausal women.

High risk (B3) breast lesions: What is the incidence of malignancy for individual lesion subtypes? A systematic review and meta-analysis (2018)
Journal Article
Forester, N. D., Lowes, S., Mitchell, E., & Twiddy, M. (2019). High risk (B3) breast lesions: What is the incidence of malignancy for individual lesion subtypes? A systematic review and meta-analysis. European journal of surgical oncology, 45(4), 519-527. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejso.2018.12.008

© 2018 Introduction: Provide evidence to support evolving management strategies for high-risk (B3) breast lesions by assessing risk of carcinoma in subgroups of B3 lesions using systematic review and meta-analysis. Methods: Databases identified obser... Read More about High risk (B3) breast lesions: What is the incidence of malignancy for individual lesion subtypes? A systematic review and meta-analysis.

Founder effects drive the genetic structure of passively dispersed aquatic invertebrates (2018)
Journal Article
Montero-Pau, J., Gomez, A., & Serra, M. (2018). Founder effects drive the genetic structure of passively dispersed aquatic invertebrates. PeerJ, 6(12), Article e6094. https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.6094

Populations of passively dispersed organisms in continental aquatic habitats typically show high levels of neutral genetic differentiation despite their high dispersal capabilities. Several evolutionary factors, including founder events, local adapta... Read More about Founder effects drive the genetic structure of passively dispersed aquatic invertebrates.

The impact of supplier sustainability risk on shareholder value (2018)
Journal Article
Kim, S., Wagner, S. M., & Colicchia, C. (2019). The impact of supplier sustainability risk on shareholder value. Journal of Supply Chain Management, 55(1), 71-87. https://doi.org/10.1111/jscm.12188

Business scandals like sweatshop labor have received growing attention in the field of supply management. Yet little is known about how detrimental such scandals are to buying firms. This study aims to fill this gap by examining the magnitude of the... Read More about The impact of supplier sustainability risk on shareholder value.

Managing cyber and information risks in supply chains: insights from an exploratory analysis (2018)
Journal Article
Colicchia, C., Creazza, A., & Menachof, D. A. (2019). Managing cyber and information risks in supply chains: insights from an exploratory analysis. Supply chain management, 24(2), 215-240. https://doi.org/10.1108/SCM-09-2017-0289

Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to explore how companies approach the management of cyber and information risks in their supply chain, what initiatives they adopt to this aim, and to what extent along the supply chain. In fact, the increasing le... Read More about Managing cyber and information risks in supply chains: insights from an exploratory analysis.

Khadduri as gatekeeper of the Islamic Law of Nations? (2018)
Book Chapter
Allain, J. (2018). Khadduri as gatekeeper of the Islamic Law of Nations?. In International law and Islam: historical explorations (127-145). Brill Academic Publishers. https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004388376_008

This chapter demonstrates the discrepancy between Majid Khadduri’s representation of Muhammad Shaybani and the Siyar – the Islamic Law of Nations – in his 1966 The Islamic Law of Nations, and that found in Mahmood Ahmad Ghazi’s 1998 translation of Sh... Read More about Khadduri as gatekeeper of the Islamic Law of Nations?.

Ekphrastic encounters: New interdisciplinary essays on literature and the visual arts (2018)
Book
Meek, R. (2018). D. Kennedy, & R. Meek (Eds.). Ekphrastic encounters: New interdisciplinary essays on literature and the visual arts. Manchester University Press

This book offers a comprehensive reassessment of ekphrasis: the verbal representation of visual art. Ekphrasis has been traditionally regarded as a form of paragone (competition) between word and image. This interdisciplinary collection of essays see... Read More about Ekphrastic encounters: New interdisciplinary essays on literature and the visual arts.

Natural and anthropogenic influences on the Nhecolândia wetlands, SE Pantanal, Brazil (2018)
Journal Article
Castro de Oliveira, E., Pla-Pueyo, S., & Hackney, C. (2019). Natural and anthropogenic influences on the Nhecolândia wetlands, SE Pantanal, Brazil. Geological Society Special Publications, 488, 167-180. https://doi.org/10.1144/SP488.5

The Nhecolândia region covers the southern wetlands of the Pantanal basin in Brazil. Characterized by myriad shallow freshwater and alkaline–saline lakes, the distinct natural features of the Nhecolândia wetland make it highly sensitive to climate ch... Read More about Natural and anthropogenic influences on the Nhecolândia wetlands, SE Pantanal, Brazil.

Jazz and the Live Performance Event (2018)
Book Chapter
Elsdon, P. (2018). Jazz and the Live Performance Event. In R. Thumpston, & N. Reyland (Eds.), Music, analysis, and the body: experiments, explorations, and embodiments (209-224). Routledge

Tourism, conflict and contested heritage in former Yugoslavia (2018)
Book
Ploner, J. (2018). J. Ploner, & P. Naef (Eds.). Tourism, conflict and contested heritage in former Yugoslavia. Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315180977

Described as ‘cultural crossroads’ or ‘mosaic’, ‘powder keg’, ‘border’, ‘bridge’ or Europe’s ‘Other’, the region comprising former Yugoslavia has, over time, conjured up ambiguous imaginaries associated with political unrest, national contest and eth... Read More about Tourism, conflict and contested heritage in former Yugoslavia.

Metabolic and proteomic signatures of hypoglycaemia in type 2 diabetes (2018)
Journal Article
Halama, A., Kahal, H., Bhagwat, A. M., Zierer, J., Sathyapalan, T., Grauman, J., Suhre, K., & Atkin, S. (2019). Metabolic and proteomic signatures of hypoglycaemia in type 2 diabetes. Diabetes, Obesity and Metabolism, 21(4), 909-919. https://doi.org/10.1111/dom.13602

Aims: To determine the biochemical changes that underlie hypoglycaemia in a healthy control group and in people with type 2 diabetes (T2D). Materials and methods: We report a hypoglycaemic clamp study in seven healthy controls and 10 people with T2D.... Read More about Metabolic and proteomic signatures of hypoglycaemia in type 2 diabetes.

Finding a ‘new normal’ following acute illness: A qualitative study of influences on frail older people’s care preferences (2018)
Journal Article
Etkind, S. N., Lovell, N., Nicholson, C. J., Higginson, I. J., & Murtagh, F. E. (2019). Finding a ‘new normal’ following acute illness: A qualitative study of influences on frail older people’s care preferences. Palliative medicine, 33(3), 301-311. https://doi.org/10.1177/0269216318817706

Background: The frail older population is growing, and many frail older people have episodes of acute illness. Patient preferences are
increasingly considered important in the delivery of person-centred care and may change following acute illness.
Ai... Read More about Finding a ‘new normal’ following acute illness: A qualitative study of influences on frail older people’s care preferences.

Sustainable stochastic production and procurement problem for resilient supply chain (2018)
Journal Article
Kaur, H., Singh, S. P., Garza-Reyes, J. A., & Mishra, N. (2020). Sustainable stochastic production and procurement problem for resilient supply chain. Computers and Industrial Engineering, 139, Article 105560. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cie.2018.12.007

© 2018 Elsevier Ltd Traditionally business organizations take production and procurement decisions independently. First, the decision is made on product mix and then procurement plan is developed. However, procurement for all the dependent items is c... Read More about Sustainable stochastic production and procurement problem for resilient supply chain.