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Experimental Study of a Point-Focus Fresenel High Concentrator Photovoltaic/Thermal System (2018)
Journal Article
Jin, Z., Ji, J., Xu, N., Sun, W., Li, J., & Huang, W. (2018). Experimental Study of a Point-Focus Fresenel High Concentrator Photovoltaic/Thermal System. 880-01 Tai yang neng xue bao = Acta energiae solaris sinica / CSES, 39(1), 69-75

This paper proposes and builds a novel type of high concentration photovoltaic/thermal(HPV/T)system, combines the Fresnel type point-focus photovoltaic system with PV/T system effectively, and carries on the experimental study. Through outdoor test a... Read More about Experimental Study of a Point-Focus Fresenel High Concentrator Photovoltaic/Thermal System.

Encircling cities from rural areas? Barriers to the diffusion of solar water heaters in China's urban market (2018)
Journal Article
Yu, Z., & Gibbs, D. (2018). Encircling cities from rural areas? Barriers to the diffusion of solar water heaters in China's urban market. Energy policy, 115, 366-373. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enpol.2018.01.041

© 2018 Elsevier Ltd Researchers have contributed a fruitful understanding of the facilitating factors for solar water heaters (SWH) diffusion in China at different governance levels. However, the barriers to its further diffusion in the urban environ... Read More about Encircling cities from rural areas? Barriers to the diffusion of solar water heaters in China's urban market.

CARE CR-Cardiovascular and cardiorespiratory Adaptations to Routine Exercise-based Cardiac Rehabilitation: a study protocol for a community-based controlled study with criterion methods (2018)
Journal Article
Nichols, S., Nation, F., Goodman, T., Clark, A. L., Carroll, S., & Ingle, L. (2018). CARE CR-Cardiovascular and cardiorespiratory Adaptations to Routine Exercise-based Cardiac Rehabilitation: a study protocol for a community-based controlled study with criterion methods. BMJ open, 8(1), e019216. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2017-019216

Introduction Cardiac rehabilitation (CR) reduces all-cause and cardiovascular mortality in patients with coronary heart disease (CHD). Much of this improvement has been attributed to the beneficial effects of structured exercise training. However, UK... Read More about CARE CR-Cardiovascular and cardiorespiratory Adaptations to Routine Exercise-based Cardiac Rehabilitation: a study protocol for a community-based controlled study with criterion methods.

Poor glycaemic control and its metabolic and demographic risk factors in a Malaysian community-based study (2018)
Journal Article
Reidpath, D. D., Soyiri, I., Jahan, N. K., Mohan, D., Ahmad, B., Ahmad, M. P., Kassim, Z. B., & Allotey, P. (2018). Poor glycaemic control and its metabolic and demographic risk factors in a Malaysian community-based study. International Journal of Public Health, 63(2), 193-202. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00038-017-1072-4

Objectives
The lack of population-based evidence on the risk factors for poor glycaemic control in diabetics, particularly in resource-poor settings, is a challenge for the prevention of long-term complications. This study aimed to identify the metab... Read More about Poor glycaemic control and its metabolic and demographic risk factors in a Malaysian community-based study.

Hydration of dicalcium silicate and diffusion through neo-formed calcium-silicate-hydrates at weathered surfaces control the long-term leaching behaviour of basic oxygen furnace (BOF) steelmaking slag (2018)
Journal Article
Stewart, D. I., Bray, A. W., Udoma, G., Hobson, A. J., Mayes, W. M., Rogerson, M., & Burke, I. T. (2018). Hydration of dicalcium silicate and diffusion through neo-formed calcium-silicate-hydrates at weathered surfaces control the long-term leaching behaviour of basic oxygen furnace (BOF) steelmaking slag. Environmental science and pollution research, 25(10), 9861-9872. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-018-1260-7

© 2018 The Author(s) Alkalinity generation and toxic trace metal (such as vanadium) leaching from basic oxygen furnace (BOF) steel slag particles must be properly understood and managed by pre-conditioning if beneficial reuse of slag is to be maximis... Read More about Hydration of dicalcium silicate and diffusion through neo-formed calcium-silicate-hydrates at weathered surfaces control the long-term leaching behaviour of basic oxygen furnace (BOF) steelmaking slag.

Paternalism and contract law (2018)
Book Chapter
Cserne, P. (2018). Paternalism and contract law. In K. Grill, & J. Hanna (Eds.), The Routledge handbook of the philosophy of paternalism (293–310). Routledge

Questionable research practices in academia: antecedents and consequences (2018)
Journal Article
Grant, D. B., Kovács, G., & Spens, K. (2018). Questionable research practices in academia: antecedents and consequences. European Business Review, 30(2), 101-127. https://doi.org/10.1108/ebr-12-2016-0155

Purpose This paper is a viewpoint and its objective is to discuss questionable research practices in business research, particularly in the logistics and supply chain management discipline, in light of antecedents influenced by the current academic e... Read More about Questionable research practices in academia: antecedents and consequences.

Re-thinking technology and its growing role in enabling patient empowerment (2018)
Journal Article
Akeel, A. U., & Mundy, D. (2019). Re-thinking technology and its growing role in enabling patient empowerment. Health Informatics Journal, 25(4), 1278-1289. https://doi.org/10.1177/1460458217751013

© The Author(s) 2018. The presence and increase of challenges to eHealth in today’s society have begun to generate doubts about the capability of technology in patient empowerment, especially within the frameworks supporting empowerment. Through the... Read More about Re-thinking technology and its growing role in enabling patient empowerment.

Ceramide Synthase Schlank Is a Transcriptional Regulator Adapting Gene Expression to Energy Requirements (2018)
Journal Article
Sociale, M., Wulf, A. L., Breiden, B., Klee, K., Thielisch, M., Eckardt, F., …Bauer, R. (2018). Ceramide Synthase Schlank Is a Transcriptional Regulator Adapting Gene Expression to Energy Requirements. Cell reports, 22(4), 967-978. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.celrep.2017.12.090

Maintenance of metabolic homeostasis requires adaption of gene regulation to the cellular energy state via transcriptional regulators. Here, we identify a role of ceramide synthase (CerS) Schlank, a multiple transmembrane protein containing a catalyt... Read More about Ceramide Synthase Schlank Is a Transcriptional Regulator Adapting Gene Expression to Energy Requirements.

Innovative organotypic in vitro models for safety assessment: aligning with regulatory requirements and understanding models of the heart, skin, and liver as paradigms (2018)
Journal Article
Pridgeon, C. S., Schlott, C., Wong, M. W., Heringa, M. B., Heckel, T., Leedale, J., Launay, L., Gryshkova, V., Przyborski, S., Bearon, R. N., Wilkinson, E. L., Ansari, T., Greenman, J., Hendriks, D. F. G., Gibbs, S., Sidaway, J., Sison-Young, R. L., Walker, P., Cross, M. J., Park, B. K., & Goldring, C. E. P. (2018). Innovative organotypic in vitro models for safety assessment: aligning with regulatory requirements and understanding models of the heart, skin, and liver as paradigms. Archives of Toxicology, 92(2), 557-569. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00204-018-2152-9

The development of improved, innovative models for the detection of toxicity of drugs, chemicals, or chemicals in cosmetics is crucial to efficiently bring new products safely to market in a cost-effective and timely manner. In addition, improvement... Read More about Innovative organotypic in vitro models for safety assessment: aligning with regulatory requirements and understanding models of the heart, skin, and liver as paradigms.

The global infrastructure public-private partnership and the extra-territorial politics of collective provision: The case of regional rail transit in Denver, USA (2018)
Journal Article
Jonas, A. E., Goetz, A. R., & Brady, S. (2019). The global infrastructure public-private partnership and the extra-territorial politics of collective provision: The case of regional rail transit in Denver, USA. Urban studies, 56(7), 1426-1447. https://doi.org/10.1177/0042098018811506

Drawing upon a case study of regional transit in Denver, Colorado, this article describes and accounts for the emergence of the global infrastructure public-private partnership (GIP3) as a novel extra-territorial mechanism for financing and deliverin... Read More about The global infrastructure public-private partnership and the extra-territorial politics of collective provision: The case of regional rail transit in Denver, USA.

Clinical and prognostic relationships of pulmonary artery to aorta diameter ratio in patients with heart failure: a cardiac magnetic resonance imaging study (2018)
Journal Article
Pellicori, P., Urbinati, A., Zhang, J., Joseph, A. C., Costanzo, P., Lukaschuk, E., …Clark, A. L. (2018). Clinical and prognostic relationships of pulmonary artery to aorta diameter ratio in patients with heart failure: a cardiac magnetic resonance imaging study. Clinical cardiology, 41(1), 20-27. https://doi.org/10.1002/clc.22840

Background
The pulmonary artery (PA) distends as pressure increases.

Hypothesis
The ratio of PA to aortic (Ao) diameter may be an indicator of pulmonary hypertension and consequently carry prognostic information in patients with chronic heart failur... Read More about Clinical and prognostic relationships of pulmonary artery to aorta diameter ratio in patients with heart failure: a cardiac magnetic resonance imaging study.

Exploring perceptions of advertising ethics: an informant-derived approach (2018)
Journal Article
Shabbir, H. A., Maalouf, H., Griessmair, M., Colmekcioglu, N., & Akhtar, P. (2018). Exploring perceptions of advertising ethics: an informant-derived approach. Journal of Business Ethics, 1-18. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10551-018-3784-7

Whilst considerable research exists on determining consumer responses to pre-determined statements within numerous ad ethics contexts, our understanding of consumer thoughts regarding ad ethics in general remains lacking. The purpose of our study the... Read More about Exploring perceptions of advertising ethics: an informant-derived approach.

Assessment of urinary deoxynivalenol biomarkers in UK children and adolescents (2018)
Journal Article
Papageorgiou, M., Wells, L., Williams, C., White, K., De Santis, B., Liu, Y., Debegnach, F., Miano, B., Moretti, G., Greetham, S., Brera, C., Atkin, S. L., Hardie, L. J., & Sathyapalan, T. (2018). Assessment of urinary deoxynivalenol biomarkers in UK children and adolescents. Toxins, 10(2), 50. https://doi.org/10.3390/toxins10020050

© 2018 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. Deoxynivalenol (DON), the mycotoxin produced mainly by Fusarium graminearum and found in contaminated cereal-based foodstuff, has been consistently detected in body fluids in adults. Available... Read More about Assessment of urinary deoxynivalenol biomarkers in UK children and adolescents.

Type inference in flexible model-driven engineering using classification algorithms (2018)
Journal Article
Zolotas, A., Matragkas, N., Devlin, S., Kolovos, D. S., & Paige, R. F. (2019). Type inference in flexible model-driven engineering using classification algorithms. Software and systems modeling, 18(1), 345–366. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10270-018-0658-5

Flexible or bottom-up model-driven engineering (MDE) is an emerging approach to domain and systems modelling. Domain experts, who have detailed domain knowledge, typically lack the technical expertise to transfer this knowledge using traditional MDE... Read More about Type inference in flexible model-driven engineering using classification algorithms.

Transcranial magnetic stimulation over left inferior frontal and posterior temporal cortex disrupts gesture-speech integration (2018)
Journal Article
Zhao, W., Riggs, K., Schindler, I., & Holle, H. (2018). Transcranial magnetic stimulation over left inferior frontal and posterior temporal cortex disrupts gesture-speech integration. Journal of Neuroscience, 38(8), 1891-1900. https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1748-17.2017

Language and action naturally occur together in the form of co-speech gestures and there is now convincing evidence that listeners display a strong tendency to integrate semantic information from both domains during comprehension. A contentious quest... Read More about Transcranial magnetic stimulation over left inferior frontal and posterior temporal cortex disrupts gesture-speech integration.