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Macrocycle encapsulation triggered supramolecular pKa shift: A fluorescence indicator for detecting octreotide in aqueous solution (2018)
Journal Article
Yin, T., Zhang, S., Li, M., Redshaw, C., & Ni, X.-L. (2019). Macrocycle encapsulation triggered supramolecular pKa shift: A fluorescence indicator for detecting octreotide in aqueous solution. Sensors and actuators. B, Chemical, 281, 568-573. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.snb.2018.10.136

Supramolecular pKa shifts, have attracted much attention in catalytic and biomimetic studies because of their excellent property to modify the acidity or basicity of the substrate in aqueous media by host-guest inclusion. Here, Fluorescence indicator... Read More about Macrocycle encapsulation triggered supramolecular pKa shift: A fluorescence indicator for detecting octreotide in aqueous solution.

Effect of support oxygen storage capacity on the catalytic performance of Rh nanoparticles for CO2 reforming of methane (2018)
Journal Article
Yentekakis, I. V., Goula, G., Hatzisymeon, M., Betsi-Argyropoulou, I., Botzolaki, G., Kousi, K., Kondarides, D. I., Taylor, M. J., Parlett, C. M., Osatiashtiani, A., Kyriakou, G., Holgado, J. P., & Lambert, R. M. (2019). Effect of support oxygen storage capacity on the catalytic performance of Rh nanoparticles for CO2 reforming of methane. Applied catalysis. B, Environmental, 243, 490-501. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apcatb.2018.10.048

The effects of the metal oxide support on the activity, selectivity, resistance to carbon deposition and high temperature oxidative aging on the Rh-catalyzed dry reforming of methane (DRM) were investigated. Three Rh catalysts supported on oxides cha... Read More about Effect of support oxygen storage capacity on the catalytic performance of Rh nanoparticles for CO2 reforming of methane.

Tests of gravitational symmetries with pulsar binary J1713+0747 (2018)
Journal Article
Zhu, W. W., Desvignes, G., Wex, N., Caballero, R. N., Champion, D. J., Demorest, P. B., …Tiburzi, C. (2019). Tests of gravitational symmetries with pulsar binary J1713+0747. Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 482(3), 3249-3260. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/sty2905

Symmetries play a fundamental role in modern theories of gravity. The strong equivalence principle (SEP) constitutes a collection of gravitational symmetries which are all implemented by general relativity. Alternative theories, however, are generall... Read More about Tests of gravitational symmetries with pulsar binary J1713+0747.

Symptoms and concerns among children and young people with life-limiting and life-threatening conditions: A systematic review highlighting meaningful health outcomes (2018)
Journal Article
Namisango, E., Bristowe, K., Allsop, M. J., Murtagh, F. E., Abas, M., Higginson, I. J., Downing, J., & Harding, R. (2019). Symptoms and concerns among children and young people with life-limiting and life-threatening conditions: A systematic review highlighting meaningful health outcomes. Patient, 12(1), 15-55. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40271-018-0333-5

Background The design and provision of quality pediatric palliative care should prioritize issues that matter to children and their families for optimal outcomes. Objective This review aims to identify symptoms, concerns and outcomes that matter to... Read More about Symptoms and concerns among children and young people with life-limiting and life-threatening conditions: A systematic review highlighting meaningful health outcomes.

The conceptual models and mechanisms of action that underpin advance care planning for cancer patients: A systematic review of randomised controlled trials (2018)
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Lin, C.-P., Evans, C. J., Koffman, J., Armes, J., Murtagh, F. E., & Harding, R. (2019). The conceptual models and mechanisms of action that underpin advance care planning for cancer patients: A systematic review of randomised controlled trials. Palliative medicine, 33(1), 5-23. https://doi.org/10.1177/0269216318809582

Background: No systematic review has focused on conceptual models underpinning advance care planning for patients with advanced cancer, and the mechanisms of action in relation to the intended outcomes. Aim: To appraise conceptual models and develop... Read More about The conceptual models and mechanisms of action that underpin advance care planning for cancer patients: A systematic review of randomised controlled trials.

Microcapsules as assay compartments formed through layer-by-layer deposition (2018)
Journal Article
Alorabi, A. Q., Tarn, M. D., Thomas, M., Paunov, V. N., & Pamme, N. (2018). Microcapsules as assay compartments formed through layer-by-layer deposition. Analytical Methods, 10(44), 5335-5340. https://doi.org/10.1039/c8ay02012d

We investigate the potential of using microcapsules, generated through layer-by-layer assembly, as reaction compartments for bioassays. A streptavidin-biotin and an esterase-fluorescein diacetate (FDA) assay were employed for proof-of-concept. Strept... Read More about Microcapsules as assay compartments formed through layer-by-layer deposition.

Agreement between blood draw techniques for assessing platelet activation by flow cytometry (2018)
Journal Article
Welch, E. L., Crooks, M. G., & Hart, S. P. (2019). Agreement between blood draw techniques for assessing platelet activation by flow cytometry. Platelets, 30(4), 530-534. https://doi.org/10.1080/09537104.2018.1535705

It is widely believed that assays of platelet activation are susceptible to preanalytical variables related to blood draw technique. We assessed platelet activation by whole blood flow cytometry and investigated the effects of: (1) drawing blood into... Read More about Agreement between blood draw techniques for assessing platelet activation by flow cytometry.

A validation and calibration process for self-reported tobacco use with participants’ cotinine levels: an example from the Building Blocks trial (2018)
Journal Article
Huang, C., Roberts, Z., Cannings-John, R., Sanders, J., Pickett, K., Montgomery, A., & Robling, M. (2019). A validation and calibration process for self-reported tobacco use with participants’ cotinine levels: an example from the Building Blocks trial. Nicotine and Tobacco Research, 21(12), 1660-1664. https://doi.org/10.1093/ntr/nty232

Reducing smoking in pregnancy was a primary outcome in our Building Blocks trial of the Family Nurse Partnership. We calibrated maternal reports of smoking using cotinine values derived from urine samples to assess tobacco use. This involves identify... Read More about A validation and calibration process for self-reported tobacco use with participants’ cotinine levels: an example from the Building Blocks trial.

Effects of short-term temperature change in the innocuous range on histaminergic and non-histaminergic acute itch (2018)
Journal Article
Lewis, Z., George, D. N., Cowdell, F., & Holle, H. (2019). Effects of short-term temperature change in the innocuous range on histaminergic and non-histaminergic acute itch. Acta Dermato-Venereologica, 99(2), 188-195. https://doi.org/10.2340/00015555-3077

While temperatures in the noxious range are well-known to inhibit acute itch, the impact of temperature in the innocuous temperature range is less well understood. We investigated the effect of alternating short-term temperature changes in the innocu... Read More about Effects of short-term temperature change in the innocuous range on histaminergic and non-histaminergic acute itch.

Vanadium: A re-emerging environmental hazard (2018)
Journal Article
Watt, J. A., Burke, I. T., Edwards, R. A., Malcolm, H. M., Mayes, W. M., Olszewska, J. P., Pan, G., Graham, M. C., Heal, K. V., Rose, N. L., Turner, S. D., & Spears, B. M. (2018). Vanadium: A re-emerging environmental hazard. Environmental Science and Technology, 52(21), 11973-11974. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.8b05560

Vanadium (V) is a contaminant which has been long confined to the annals of regulatory history. This follows the reduction of its historical primary source (fossil fuel emissions) since the 1970s (e.g., by 80% in the UK). However, V is quickly becomi... Read More about Vanadium: A re-emerging environmental hazard.

Mode of presentation and mortality amongst patients hospitalized with heart failure? A report from the First Euro Heart Failure Survey (2018)
Journal Article
Shoaib, A., Farag, M., Nolan, J., Rigby, A., Patwala, A., Rashid, M., Kwok, C. S., Perveen, R., Clark, A., Komajda, M., & Cleland, J. G. (2019). Mode of presentation and mortality amongst patients hospitalized with heart failure? A report from the First Euro Heart Failure Survey. Clinical Research in Cardiology, 108(5), 510-519. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00392-018-1380-6

© 2018, The Author(s). Background: Heart failure is heterogeneous in aetiology, pathophysiology, and presentation. Despite this diversity, clinical trials of patients hospitalized for HF deal with this problem as a single entity, which may be one rea... Read More about Mode of presentation and mortality amongst patients hospitalized with heart failure? A report from the First Euro Heart Failure Survey.

Fuzzy evidence theory and Bayesian networks for process systems risk analysis (2018)
Journal Article
Yazdi, M., & Kabir, S. (2018). Fuzzy evidence theory and Bayesian networks for process systems risk analysis. Human and Ecological Risk Assessment, 1-30. https://doi.org/10.1080/10807039.2018.1493679

Quantitative risk assessment (QRA) approaches systematically evaluate the likelihood, impacts, and risk of adverse events. QRA using fault tree analysis (FTA) is based on the assumptions that failure events have crisp probabilities and they are stati... Read More about Fuzzy evidence theory and Bayesian networks for process systems risk analysis.

An assessment of the role of the falx cerebri and tentorium cerebelli in the cranium of the cat (Felis silvestris catus) (2018)
Journal Article
Sellés de Lucas, V., Dutel, H., Evans, S. E., Gröning, F., Sharp, A. C., Watson, P. J., & Fagan, M. J. (2018). An assessment of the role of the falx cerebri and tentorium cerebelli in the cranium of the cat (Felis silvestris catus). Interface, 15(147), Article 20180278. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsif.2018.0278

© 2018 The Author(s). The falx cerebri and the tentorium cerebelli are two projections of the dura mater in the cranial cavity which ossify to varying degrees in some mammalian species. The idea that the ossification of these structures may be necess... Read More about An assessment of the role of the falx cerebri and tentorium cerebelli in the cranium of the cat (Felis silvestris catus).

A study on thermal characteristic and sleeping comfort of a hybrid solar heating system applied in cold rural areas (2018)
Journal Article
Zhao, D., Ji, J., Yu, H., & Zhao, X. (2019). A study on thermal characteristic and sleeping comfort of a hybrid solar heating system applied in cold rural areas. Energy and Buildings, 182, 242-250. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enbuild.2018.10.027

A hybrid solar heating system combining a solar kang subsystem and a solar air heating subsystem for keeping indoor space within thermal comfort level has been investigated in this article for the climatic conditions of Qinghai Province (35°N 96°E)-... Read More about A study on thermal characteristic and sleeping comfort of a hybrid solar heating system applied in cold rural areas.

The time evolution of the Milky Way's oxygen abundance gradient (2018)
Journal Article
Mollá, M., Díaz, Á. I., Cavichia, O., Gibson, B. K., Maciel, W. J., Costa, R. D., Ascasibar, Y., & Few, C. G. (2019). The time evolution of the Milky Way's oxygen abundance gradient. Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 482(3), 3071-3088. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/sty2877

© 2018 The Author(s). We study the evolution of oxygen abundance radial gradients as a function of time for the Milky Way Galaxy obtained with our MulChem chemical evolution model. We review the recent data of abundances for different objects observe... Read More about The time evolution of the Milky Way's oxygen abundance gradient.

Taking forward the study of evidence use: Valuing and integrating different forms of evidence (2018)
Journal Article
Pearson, M., & Smith, K. E. (2018). Taking forward the study of evidence use: Valuing and integrating different forms of evidence. Evidence and Policy, 14(4), 567-569. https://doi.org/10.1332/174426418X15378674250492

Geological aspects of Banda Sea ecosystems and how they shape the oceanographical profile (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Pownall, J. M., Hall, R., Lister, G. S., & Trihatmojo, A. Geological aspects of Banda Sea ecosystems and how they shape the oceanographical profile. Presented at International Symposium on Banda Sea Ecosystem (ISBSE) 2017, Jakarta, Indonesia

The Banda Sea is a collage of young oceanic basins and fragmented Australian continental crust located at the heart of the Australia–SE Asia collision zone where Australian and Asian biogeographic regions converge. The formation of the sea was govern... Read More about Geological aspects of Banda Sea ecosystems and how they shape the oceanographical profile.

Bite force and cranial bone strain in four species of lizards (2018)
Journal Article
Ross, C. F., Porro, L. B., Herrel, A., Evans, S. E., & Fagan, M. J. (2018). Bite force and cranial bone strain in four species of lizards. The journal of experimental biology, 221(23), jeb.180240. https://doi.org/10.1242/jeb.180240

In vivo bone strain data provide direct evidence of strain patterns in the cranium during biting. Compared to mammals, in vivo bone strains in lizard skulls are poorly documented. This paper presents strain data from the skulls of Anolis equestris, G... Read More about Bite force and cranial bone strain in four species of lizards.

Performing Values Practices and Grassroots Organizing: The Case of Solidarity Economy Initiatives in Greece (2018)
Journal Article
Daskalaki, M., Fotaki, M., & Sotiropoulou, I. (2019). Performing Values Practices and Grassroots Organizing: The Case of Solidarity Economy Initiatives in Greece. Organization Studies, 40(11), 1741-1765. https://doi.org/10.1177/0170840618800102

This article discusses solidarity economy initiatives as instances of grassroots organizing, and explores how ‘values practices’ are performed collectively during times of crisis. In focusing on how power, discourse and subjectivities are negotiated... Read More about Performing Values Practices and Grassroots Organizing: The Case of Solidarity Economy Initiatives in Greece.

Developing a systemic program evaluation methodology: A critical systems perspective (2018)
Journal Article
Torres-Cuello, M. A., Pinzón-Salcedo, L., & Midgley, G. (2018). Developing a systemic program evaluation methodology: A critical systems perspective. Systems research and behavioral science, 35(5), 538-547. https://doi.org/10.1002/sres.2561

In recent years, there has been an increased interest within the program evaluation field for introducing systems thinking concepts. However, most of these attempts have been primarily directed towards supporting the practice of evaluation and not to... Read More about Developing a systemic program evaluation methodology: A critical systems perspective.