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Soy isoflavones improve cardiovascular disease risk markers in women during the early menopause (2018)
Journal Article
Sathyapalan, T., Aye, M., Rigby, A. S., Thatcher, N. J., Dargham, S. R., Kilpatrick, E. S., & Atkin, S. L. (2018). Soy isoflavones improve cardiovascular disease risk markers in women during the early menopause. Nutrition, metabolism, and cardiovascular diseases : NMCD, 28(7), 691-697. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.numecd.2018.03.007

© 2018 The Italian Society of Diabetology, the Italian Society for the Study of Atherosclerosis, the Italian Society of Human Nutrition, and the Department of Clinical Medicine and Surgery, Federico II University Background: Hormone replacement thera... Read More about Soy isoflavones improve cardiovascular disease risk markers in women during the early menopause.

Aspects of alcohol use disorder affecting social cognition as assessed using the Mini Social and Emotional Assessment (mini-SEA) (2018)
Journal Article
Cox, S., Bertoux, M., Turner, J. J., Moss, A., Locker, K., & Riggs, K. (2018). Aspects of alcohol use disorder affecting social cognition as assessed using the Mini Social and Emotional Assessment (mini-SEA). Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 187, 165-170. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2018.03.004

Background: Alcohol Use Disorder (AUD) is associated with problems with processing complex social scenarios. Little is known about the relationship between distinct AUD-related factors (e.g., years of problematic drinking), aspects of cognitive funct... Read More about Aspects of alcohol use disorder affecting social cognition as assessed using the Mini Social and Emotional Assessment (mini-SEA).

A Japanese version of the stressors in nursing students (SINS) scale (2018)
Journal Article
Watson, R., Watanabe, K., Yamashita, A., Yamaguchi, M., Bradbury-Jones, C., & Irvine, F. (2018). A Japanese version of the stressors in nursing students (SINS) scale. International Journal of Nursing Sciences, 5(2), 181-185. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijnss.2018.04.005

© 2018 Chinese Nursing Association Objectives: To translate and study the factor structure of a Japanese version of the Stressors in Nursing Students scale. Methods: The Stressors in Nursing Students scale was translated into Japanese and administere... Read More about A Japanese version of the stressors in nursing students (SINS) scale.

Soy isoflavones improve cardiovascular disease risk markers in women during 1 the early menopause 2 1 (2018)
Journal Article
Sathyapalan, T., Aye, M., Rigby, A. S., Thatcher, N. J., Dargham, S. R., Kilpatrick, E. S., & Atkin, S. L. (2018). Soy isoflavones improve cardiovascular disease risk markers in women during 1 the early menopause 2 1. Nutrition, metabolism, and cardiovascular diseases : NMCD, 28(7), 691-697. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.numecd.2018.03.007

Background Hormone replacement therapy may be beneficial for cardiovascular disease risk (CVR) in post-menopausal women. Soy isoflavones may act as selective estrogen receptor modulators. The aim of this study was to evaluate whether soy isoflavones... Read More about Soy isoflavones improve cardiovascular disease risk markers in women during 1 the early menopause 2 1.

The effect of the condensed-phase environment on the vibrational frequency shift of a hydrogen molecule inside clathrate hydrates (2018)
Journal Article
Powers, A., Scribano, Y., Lauvergnat, D., Mebe, E., Benoit, D. M., & Bačić, Z. (2018). The effect of the condensed-phase environment on the vibrational frequency shift of a hydrogen molecule inside clathrate hydrates. The Journal of chemical physics, 148(14), 144304. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5024884

© 2018 Author(s). We report a theoretical study of the frequency shift (redshift) of the stretching fundamental transition of an H 2 molecule confined inside the small dodecahedral cage of the structure II clathrate hydrate and its dependence on the... Read More about The effect of the condensed-phase environment on the vibrational frequency shift of a hydrogen molecule inside clathrate hydrates.

Did long-memory of liquidity signal the European sovereign debt crisis? (2018)
Journal Article
Sun, Z., Hamill, P. A., Li, Y., Yang, Y. C., & Vigne, S. A. (2019). Did long-memory of liquidity signal the European sovereign debt crisis?. Annals of Operations Research, 282(1-2), 355-377. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10479-018-2850-y

This paper analyses high frequency MTS data to comprehensively evaluate the liquidity of the European sovereign bond markets before and during the European sovereign debt crisis for eleven countries. The Hill index, Generalized Hurst exponent and Dyn... Read More about Did long-memory of liquidity signal the European sovereign debt crisis?.

Large deviations for the annealed Ising model on inhomogeneous random graphs: spins and degrees (2018)
Journal Article
Dommers, S., Giardinà, C., Giberti, C., & Hofstad, R. V. D. (2018). Large deviations for the annealed Ising model on inhomogeneous random graphs: spins and degrees. Journal of statistical physics, 173(3-4), 1045-1081. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10955-018-2027-8

We prove a large deviations principle for the total spin and the number of edges under the annealed Ising measure on generalized random graphs. We also give detailed results on how the annealing over the Ising model changes the degrees of the vertice... Read More about Large deviations for the annealed Ising model on inhomogeneous random graphs: spins and degrees.

Numerical study of a regenerative counter flow evaporative cooler using alumina nanoparticles in wet channel (2018)
Journal Article
Sheikh, N. A., Tariq, R., Zhan, C., Zhao, X., & Sheikh, N. A. (2018). Numerical study of a regenerative counter flow evaporative cooler using alumina nanoparticles in wet channel. Energy and Buildings, 169, 430-443. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enbuild.2018.03.086

The use of Maisotsenko Cycle (M-Cycle) has enhanced the domain of evaporative cooling technologies to sub-wet bulb temperature cooling while ensuring moisture control. Several studies have demonstrated the use of cross-flow heat & mass exchanger (HMX... Read More about Numerical study of a regenerative counter flow evaporative cooler using alumina nanoparticles in wet channel.

Conjugated, rod-like viologen oligomers: Correlation of oligomer length with conductivity and photoconductivity (2018)
Journal Article
Chen, L., Vivier, E., Eling, C. J., Babra, T. S., Bouillard, J. S. G., Adawi, A. M., Benoit, D. M., Hartl, F., Colquhoun, H. M., Efremova, O. A., & Greenland, B. W. (2018). Conjugated, rod-like viologen oligomers: Correlation of oligomer length with conductivity and photoconductivity. Synthetic Metals, 241, 31-38. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.synthmet.2018.03.019

© 2018 An iterative synthesis has been used to produce conjugated, monodisperse, viologen-based aromatic oligomers containing up to 12 aromatic/heterocyclic rings. The methoxy-substituted oligomers were soluble in common organic solvents and could be... Read More about Conjugated, rod-like viologen oligomers: Correlation of oligomer length with conductivity and photoconductivity.

Synthesis and Characterization of Temperature-Sensitive and Chemically Cross-Linked Poly(N-isopropylacrylamide)/Photosensitizer Hydrogels for Applications in Photodynamic Therapy (2018)
Journal Article
Belali, S., Savoie, H., O’Brien, J. M., Cafolla, A. A., O’Connell, B., Karimi, A. R., Boyle, R. W., & Senge, M. O. (2018). Synthesis and Characterization of Temperature-Sensitive and Chemically Cross-Linked Poly(N-isopropylacrylamide)/Photosensitizer Hydrogels for Applications in Photodynamic Therapy. Biomacromolecules, 19(5), 1592-1601. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.biomac.8b00293

Copyright © 2018 American Chemical Society. A novel poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) (PNIPAM) hydrogel containing different photosensitizers (protoporphyrin IX (PpIX), pheophorbide a (Pba), and protoporphyrin IX dimethyl ester (PpIX-DME)) has been synthes... Read More about Synthesis and Characterization of Temperature-Sensitive and Chemically Cross-Linked Poly(N-isopropylacrylamide)/Photosensitizer Hydrogels for Applications in Photodynamic Therapy.

Cell lysis and detoxification of cyanotoxins using a novel combination of microbubble generation and plasma microreactor technology for ozonation (2018)
Journal Article
Pandhal, J., Siswanto, A., Kuvshinov, D., Zimmerman, W. B., Lawton, L., & Edwards, C. (2018). Cell lysis and detoxification of cyanotoxins using a novel combination of microbubble generation and plasma microreactor technology for ozonation. Frontiers in Microbiology, 9, Article 678. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2018.00678

© 2018 Pandhal, Siswanto, Kuvshinov, Zimmerman, Lawton and Edwards. There has been a steady rise in the incidences of algal blooms globally, and worryingly, there is increasing evidence that changes in the global climate are leading to a shift toward... Read More about Cell lysis and detoxification of cyanotoxins using a novel combination of microbubble generation and plasma microreactor technology for ozonation.

Model-based assessment of energy-efficiency, dependability, and cost-effectiveness of waste heat recovery systems onboard ship (2018)
Journal Article
Lampe, J., Rüde, E., Papadopoulos, Y., & Kabir, S. (2018). Model-based assessment of energy-efficiency, dependability, and cost-effectiveness of waste heat recovery systems onboard ship. Ocean engineering, 157, 234-250. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.oceaneng.2018.03.062

Technological systems are not merely designed with a narrow function in mind. Good designs typically aim at reducing operational costs, e.g. through achieving high energy efficiency and improved dependability (i.e. reliability, availability and maint... Read More about Model-based assessment of energy-efficiency, dependability, and cost-effectiveness of waste heat recovery systems onboard ship.

CDA: A clustering degree based influential spreader identification algorithm in weighted complex network (2018)
Journal Article
Wang, Q., Ren, J., Wang, Y., Zhang, B., Cheng, Y., & Zhao, X. (2018). CDA: A clustering degree based influential spreader identification algorithm in weighted complex network. IEEE Access, 6, 19550-19559. https://doi.org/10.1109/ACCESS.2018.2822844

Identifying the most influential spreaders in a weighted complex network is vital for optimizing utilization of the network structure and promoting the information propagation. Most existing algorithms focus on node centrality, which consider more co... Read More about CDA: A clustering degree based influential spreader identification algorithm in weighted complex network.

Fluoride doped γ-Fe2O3 nanoparticles with increased MRI relaxivity (2018)
Journal Article
Jones, N. E., Burnett, C. A., Salamon, S., Landers, J., Wende, H., Lazzarini, L., Gibbs, P., Pickles, M., Johnson, B. R., Evans, D. J., Archibald, S. J., & Francesconi, M. G. (2018). Fluoride doped γ-Fe2O3 nanoparticles with increased MRI relaxivity. Journal of Materials Chemistry B, 6(22), 3665-3673. https://doi.org/10.1039/c8tb00360b

Iron oxide nanoparticles (IONs) are being actively researched and experimented with as contrast agents for Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI), as well as image-directed delivery of therapeutics. The efficiency of an MRI contrast agent can be described... Read More about Fluoride doped γ-Fe2O3 nanoparticles with increased MRI relaxivity.

Risks and drivers of hybrid car adoption: A cross-cultural segmentation analysis (2018)
Journal Article
McLeay, F., Yoganathan, V., Osburg, V.-S., & Pandit, A. (2018). Risks and drivers of hybrid car adoption: A cross-cultural segmentation analysis. Journal of cleaner production, 189, 519-528. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2018.04.031

Throughout the developed world, consumers are increasingly being encouraged to adopt cleaner, more eco-friendly behaviours. However, hybrid car adoption remains low, which impedes the move towards a lower carbon economy. In this paper, we examine the... Read More about Risks and drivers of hybrid car adoption: A cross-cultural segmentation analysis.

Emotion as the categorical basis for moral thought (2018)
Journal Article
Whiting, D. (2018). Emotion as the categorical basis for moral thought. Philosophical psychology, 31(4), 533-553. https://doi.org/10.1080/09515089.2018.1456653

© 2018 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. I offer and develop an original answer to the question of whether emotion plays an important role in the formation of moral thought. In a nutshell, my answer will be that if motivational... Read More about Emotion as the categorical basis for moral thought.

Visions of monarchy and magistracy in women’s political writing, 1640– 80 (2018)
Book Chapter
Capern, A. L. (2018). Visions of monarchy and magistracy in women’s political writing, 1640– 80. In J. Clare (Ed.), From republic to restoration: legacies and departures (102-123). Manchester University Press. https://doi.org/10.7765/9781526107510.00012

This chapter analyses early-modern English women writers and the number and patterns of their publication of religious and secular texts between 1640 and 1680. The chapter’s focus is on the impact of the English Civil War and Cromwellian Republic on... Read More about Visions of monarchy and magistracy in women’s political writing, 1640– 80.

Haptic insights: model making as historical methodology (2018)
Journal Article
Baugh, C. F. (2018). Haptic insights: model making as historical methodology. Theatre and performance design, 4(1-2), 83-100. https://doi.org/10.1080/23322551.2018.1464843

This article explores the value of digital reconstruction practice to the theatre historian in general but in particular the historian concerned with exploring visual histories offered by the areas of theatre design and architecture. It will articula... Read More about Haptic insights: model making as historical methodology.