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Language barriers and their impact on provision of care to patients with limited English proficiency: Nurses' perspectives (2018)
Journal Article
Ali, P. A., & Watson, R. (2018). Language barriers and their impact on provision of care to patients with limited English proficiency: Nurses' perspectives. Journal of clinical nursing, 27(5-6), e1152-e1160. https://doi.org/10.1111/jocn.14204

Aim and objective: To explore nurses’ perspectives of language barriers and their impact on the provision of care to patients with limited English proficiency from diverse linguistic background. Design and methods: A qualitative descriptive approach... Read More about Language barriers and their impact on provision of care to patients with limited English proficiency: Nurses' perspectives.

Extragalactic archaeology with the C, N, and O chemical abundances (2018)
Journal Article
Vincenzo, F., & Kobayashi, C. (2018). Extragalactic archaeology with the C, N, and O chemical abundances. Astronomy and Astrophysics, 610, Article L16. https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201732395

We predict how the C, N, and O abundances within the interstellar medium of galaxies evolve as functions of the galaxy star formation history (SFH). We adopt a hydrodynamical cosmological simulation, focusing on three star-forming disc galaxies with... Read More about Extragalactic archaeology with the C, N, and O chemical abundances.

At the limits of cultural heritage rights? The Glasgow Bajuni Campaign and the UK immigration system: a case study (2018)
Journal Article
Hill, E. C., Craith, M. N., & Clopot, C. (2018). At the limits of cultural heritage rights? The Glasgow Bajuni Campaign and the UK immigration system: a case study. International Journal of Cultural Property, 25(1), 35-58. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0940739118000024

In 2003, the Convention for the Safeguarding of Intangible Cultural Heritage (UNESCO ICH Convention) formalized provision for forms of heritage not solely rooted in the material world. This expanded the scope and accessibility of cultural heritage ri... Read More about At the limits of cultural heritage rights? The Glasgow Bajuni Campaign and the UK immigration system: a case study.

Between Individual Rights and Group Rights (2018)
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Cohen-Almagor, R. (2018). Between Individual Rights and Group Rights. Academicus, 18, 9-25. https://doi.org/10.7336/academicus.2018.18.01

The politicization of ethnocultural diversity and the demands posed by minority cultures for greater public recognition of their distinctive identities, and greater freedom and opportunity to retain and develop their distinctive cultural practices ch... Read More about Between Individual Rights and Group Rights.

Interleukin-7 unveils Pathogen-Specific T Cells by enhancing Antigen-Recall responses (2018)
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Terrazzini, N., Mantegani, P., Kern, F., Fortis, C., Mondino, A., & Caserta, S. (2018). Interleukin-7 unveils Pathogen-Specific T Cells by enhancing Antigen-Recall responses. The journal of infectious diseases : official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America, 217(12), 1997-2007. https://doi.org/10.1093/infdis/jiy096

© 2018 The Author(s). Background Interleukin (IL)-7 promotes the generation, expansion, and survival of memory T cells. Previous mouse and human studies showed that IL-7 can support immune cell reconstitution in lymphopenic conditions, expand tumor-r... Read More about Interleukin-7 unveils Pathogen-Specific T Cells by enhancing Antigen-Recall responses.

Practitioners’ understanding of barriers to accessing specialist support by family carers of people with dementia in distress (2018)
Journal Article
Manthorpe, J., Hart, C., Watts, S., Goudie, F., Charlesworth, G., Fossey, J., & Moniz-Cook, E. (2018). Practitioners’ understanding of barriers to accessing specialist support by family carers of people with dementia in distress. International Journal of Care and Caring, 2(1), 109-123. https://doi.org/10.1332/239788218X15187915193354

Distressing symptoms in dementia are hard to manage for many family carers. This article explores practitioners’ perceptions of the barriers to accessing skilled behaviour management support encountered by carers. A survey of cases referred to the En... Read More about Practitioners’ understanding of barriers to accessing specialist support by family carers of people with dementia in distress.

Credibility of sustainability reports: The contribution of audit committees (2018)
Journal Article
Al-Shaer, H., & Zaman, M. (2018). Credibility of sustainability reports: The contribution of audit committees. Business strategy and the environment : BSE, 27(7), 973-986. https://doi.org/10.1002/bse.2046

Concerns about the credibility of sustainability reports can be mitigated through assurance. Although audit committee remit encompasses monitoring of sustainability issues, there are potential complementary and substitution issues between governance... Read More about Credibility of sustainability reports: The contribution of audit committees.

The effect of accommodating resistance on the post-activation potentiation response in Rugby League players (2018)
Journal Article
Scott, D. J., Ditroilo, M., & Marshall, P. (2018). The effect of accommodating resistance on the post-activation potentiation response in Rugby League players. Journal of strength and conditioning research, 32(9), 2510-2520. https://doi.org/10.1519/JSC.0000000000002464

This study examined the post-activation potentiation (PAP) response of two conditioning activities (CA), the hexbar deadlift (HBD) and back squat (BS), combined with accommodating resistance; this adds a percentage of the total resistance during the... Read More about The effect of accommodating resistance on the post-activation potentiation response in Rugby League players.

International evidence on the determinants of organizational ethical vulnerability (2018)
Journal Article
Ullah, S., Ahmad, S., Akbar, S., & Kodwani, D. (2019). International evidence on the determinants of organizational ethical vulnerability. British Journal of Management, 30(3), 668-691. https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-8551.12289

This paper proposes a model to explain what makes organisations ethically vulnerable. Drawing upon legitimacy, institutional, agency and individual moral reasoning theories we consider three sets of explanatory factors and examine their association w... Read More about International evidence on the determinants of organizational ethical vulnerability.

Interventions to improve antimicrobial prescribing of doctors in training (IMPACT): a realist review (2018)
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Papoutsi, C., Mattick, K., Pearson, M., Brennan, N., Briscoe, S., & Wong, G. (2018). Interventions to improve antimicrobial prescribing of doctors in training (IMPACT): a realist review. Health Services and Delivery Research, 6(10), 1-136. https://doi.org/10.3310/hsdr06100

This review identified a number of implications on how interventions can be developed to enable optimal tailoring, design and implementation of antimicrobial prescribing interventions targeted at doctors-in-training.

Salivary and serum androgens with anti-Müllerian hormone measurement for the diagnosis of polycystic ovary syndrome (2018)
Journal Article
Sathyapalan, T., Al-Qaissi, A., Kilpatrick, E. S., Dargham, S. R., Keevil, B., & Atkin, S. L. (2018). Salivary and serum androgens with anti-Müllerian hormone measurement for the diagnosis of polycystic ovary syndrome. Scientific reports, 8(1), Article 3795. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-22176-1

To determine the predictive value of a raised androgen level with an elevated anti-Müllerian hormone (AMH) for the diagnosis or exclusion of polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS), a prospective cross-sectional study of 170 women (105 with PCOS type A and... Read More about Salivary and serum androgens with anti-Müllerian hormone measurement for the diagnosis of polycystic ovary syndrome.

International evidence on the determinants of organisational ethical vulnerability (2018)
Journal Article
Ullah, S., Ahmad, S., Akbar, S., & Kodwani, D. (2019). International evidence on the determinants of organisational ethical vulnerability. British Journal of Management, 30(3), 668-691. https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-8551.12289

This paper proposes a model to explain what makes organisations ethically vulnerable. Drawing upon legitimacy, institutional, agency and individual moral reasoning theories we consider three sets of explanatory factors and examine their association w... Read More about International evidence on the determinants of organisational ethical vulnerability.

Observer, observed and observations: Initial Teacher Education English tutors’ feedback on lessons taught by student teachers of English (2018)
Journal Article
Stevens, D., & Lowing, K. (2018). Observer, observed and observations: Initial Teacher Education English tutors’ feedback on lessons taught by student teachers of English. English in Education, 42(2), 182-198. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1754-8845.2008.00015.x

We reflect here on research into the process of giving and receiving lesson-observational feedback for student teachers. Key questions and areas are: How effective is post-lesson observation feedback in developing student teachers’ understanding of t... Read More about Observer, observed and observations: Initial Teacher Education English tutors’ feedback on lessons taught by student teachers of English.

Detecting host-parasitoid interactions in an invasive Lepidopteran using nested tagging DNA-metabarcoding (2018)
Journal Article
Kitson, J. J. N., Hahn, C., Sands, R. J., Straw, N. A., Evans, D. M., & Lunt, D. H. (2019). Detecting host-parasitoid interactions in an invasive Lepidopteran using nested tagging DNA-metabarcoding. Molecular ecology, 28(2), 471-483. https://doi.org/10.1101/035071

Determining the host–parasitoid interactions and parasitism rates for invasive species entering novel environments is an important first step in assessing potential routes for biocontrol and integrated pest management. Conventional insect rearing tec... Read More about Detecting host-parasitoid interactions in an invasive Lepidopteran using nested tagging DNA-metabarcoding.

Cancer patients’ experiences of living with venous thromboembolism: A systematic review and qualitative thematic synthesis (2018)
Journal Article
Benelhaj, N. B., Hutchinson, A., Maraveyas, A. M., Seymour, J. D., Ilyas, M. W., & Johnson, M. J. (2018). Cancer patients’ experiences of living with venous thromboembolism: A systematic review and qualitative thematic synthesis. Palliative medicine, 32(5), 1010-1020. https://doi.org/10.1177/0269216318757133

Background: Cancer-Associated thrombosis is common. Recommended treatment is daily injected low-molecular-weight heparin for 6months. Most studies focus on prophylaxis and treatment; few have explored patients’ experience.

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To identify and sy... Read More about Cancer patients’ experiences of living with venous thromboembolism: A systematic review and qualitative thematic synthesis.

Corporate Governance, Critical Junctures and Ethnic Politics: Ownership and Boards in Malaysia (2018)
Journal Article
Mohamad-Yusof, N. Z., Wickramasinghe, D., & Zaman, M. (2018). Corporate Governance, Critical Junctures and Ethnic Politics: Ownership and Boards in Malaysia. Critical Perspectives On Accounting, 55, 33-52. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cpa.2017.12.006

Quotas and affirmative policies are often implicated in debates on corporate governance. This paper examines critical junctures and the role of willful actors in mobilizing their ethnic and political positions to affect governance reforms in Malaysia... Read More about Corporate Governance, Critical Junctures and Ethnic Politics: Ownership and Boards in Malaysia.

Corporate governance, critical junctures and ethnic politics: Ownership and boards in Malaysia (2018)
Journal Article
Mohamad-Yusof, N. Z., Wickramasinghe, D., & Zaman, M. (2018). Corporate governance, critical junctures and ethnic politics: Ownership and boards in Malaysia. Critical Perspectives On Accounting, 55, 33-52. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cpa.2017.12.006

Quotas and affirmative policies are often implicated in debates on corporate governance. This paper examines critical junctures and the role of willful actors in mobilizing their ethnic and political positions to affect governance reforms in Malaysia... Read More about Corporate governance, critical junctures and ethnic politics: Ownership and boards in Malaysia.

Skew in ovarian activation depends on domicile size in phyllode-glueing thrips (2018)
Journal Article
Gilbert, J. D., Wells, A., & Simpson, S. J. (2018). Skew in ovarian activation depends on domicile size in phyllode-glueing thrips. Scientific reports, 8(1), Article 3597. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-21635-z

Costs and benefits of group living are a fundamental topic in behavioural ecology. Resource availability affects individuals’ breeding prospects alone and in groups, as well as how reproduction is distributed within groups (“reproductive skew”). Here... Read More about Skew in ovarian activation depends on domicile size in phyllode-glueing thrips.