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Thermo-economic evaluation of an innovative direct steam generation solar power system using screw expanders in a tandem configuration (2018)
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Li, P., Li, J., Tan, R., Wang, Y., Pei, G., Jiang, B., & Tang, J. (2019). Thermo-economic evaluation of an innovative direct steam generation solar power system using screw expanders in a tandem configuration. Applied thermal engineering, 148, 1007-1017. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2018.11.097

Tandem screw expander (SE) technology is a promising solution for large volume ratio situations. Tandem SE driven direct steam generation (DSG) system is first proposed for distributed solar thermal power generation. Steam accumulator is adopted for... Read More about Thermo-economic evaluation of an innovative direct steam generation solar power system using screw expanders in a tandem configuration.

Review: Remembering Protest since 1500: Memory, Materiality and the Landscape, Carl J. Griffin, Briony McDonagh (Eds.), Palgrave Macmillan, Cham, Switzerland (2018), xiv + 253 pages, £79.99 hardcover (2018)
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Awcock, H. (2019). Review: Remembering Protest since 1500: Memory, Materiality and the Landscape, Carl J. Griffin, Briony McDonagh (Eds.), Palgrave Macmillan, Cham, Switzerland (2018), xiv + 253 pages, £79.99 hardcover. Journal of Historical Geography, 63, 116-117. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhg.2018.11.001

Oral anticoagulation is preferable to injected, but only if it is safe and effective: An interview study of patient and carer experience of oral and injected anticoagulant therapy for cancer-associated thrombosis in the select-d trial (2018)
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Hutchinson, A., Rees, S., Young, A., Maraveyas, A., Date, K., & Johnson, M. J. (2019). Oral anticoagulation is preferable to injected, but only if it is safe and effective: An interview study of patient and carer experience of oral and injected anticoagulant therapy for cancer-associated thrombosis in the select-d trial. Palliative medicine, 33(5), 510-517. https://doi.org/10.1177/0269216318815377

Background: Cancer patients have a four- to fivefold greater risk of thrombosis than the general population. Recommended treatment for cancer-associated thrombosis is 3–6 months of low-molecular-weight heparin. The ‘select-d’ trial is an open-label,... Read More about Oral anticoagulation is preferable to injected, but only if it is safe and effective: An interview study of patient and carer experience of oral and injected anticoagulant therapy for cancer-associated thrombosis in the select-d trial.

The r-process alliance: First release from the Northern search for r-process enhanced metal-poor stars in the Galactic Halo (2018)
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Sakari, C. M., Placco, V. M., Farrell, E. M., Roederer, I. U., Wallerstein, G., Beers, T. C., …Watson, F. (2018). The r-process alliance: First release from the Northern search for r-process enhanced metal-poor stars in the Galactic Halo. The Astrophysical journal, 868(2), 110. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/aae9df

This paper presents the detailed abundances and r-process classifications of 126 newly identified metal-poor stars as part of an ongoing collaboration, the R-Process Alliance.

A novel approach to thermal storage of direct steam generation solar power systems through two-step heat discharge (2018)
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Li, J., Gao, G., Kutlu, C., Liu, K., Pei, G., Su, Y., …Riffat, S. (2019). A novel approach to thermal storage of direct steam generation solar power systems through two-step heat discharge. Applied energy, 236, 81-100. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apenergy.2018.11.084

© 2018 Elsevier Ltd Steam accumulators are the only commercial solution for heat storage of direct steam generation (DSG) solar thermal power plants. Current accumulators have low storage capacity as the turbine suffers from inefficient off-design op... Read More about A novel approach to thermal storage of direct steam generation solar power systems through two-step heat discharge.

Quality of stepped-wedge trial reporting can be reliably assessed using an updated CONSORT: crowd-sourcing systematic review (2018)
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Hemming, K., Carroll, K., Thompson, J., Forbes, A., Taljaard, M., Dutton, S. J., …Franklin, B. D. (2019). Quality of stepped-wedge trial reporting can be reliably assessed using an updated CONSORT: crowd-sourcing systematic review. Journal of clinical epidemiology, 107, 77-88. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclinepi.2018.11.017

Objectives: The Consolidated Standards of Reporting Trials extension for the stepped-wedge cluster randomized trial (SW-CRT) is a recently published reporting guideline for SW-CRTs. We assess the quality of reporting of a recent sample of SW-CRTs. St... Read More about Quality of stepped-wedge trial reporting can be reliably assessed using an updated CONSORT: crowd-sourcing systematic review.

Visualizing kinetically robust CoIII4L6 assemblies in Vivo: SPECT imaging of the encapsulated [99mTc]TcO4- Anion (2018)
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Burke, B. P., Grantham, W., Burke, M. J., Nichol, G. S., Roberts, D., Renard, I., …Lusby, P. J. (2018). Visualizing kinetically robust CoIII4L6 assemblies in Vivo: SPECT imaging of the encapsulated [99mTc]TcO4- Anion. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 140(49), 16877-16881. https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.8b09582

© 2018 American Chemical Society. Noncovalent encapsulation is an attractive approach for modifying the efficacy and physiochemical properties of both therapeutic and diagnostic species. Abiotic self-assembled constructs have shown promise, yet many... Read More about Visualizing kinetically robust CoIII4L6 assemblies in Vivo: SPECT imaging of the encapsulated [99mTc]TcO4- Anion.

Constraining pollen-based estimates of forest cover in the Amazon: A simulation approach (2018)
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Whitney, B. S., Smallman, T. L., Mitchard, E. T., Carson, J. F., Mayle, F. E., & Bunting, M. J. (2019). Constraining pollen-based estimates of forest cover in the Amazon: A simulation approach. Holocene, 29(2), 262-270. https://doi.org/10.1177/0959683618810394

Pollen dispersal and deposition (PDD) modelling has been instrumental in reconstructing historical vegetation in temperate regions, but its application has been limited in the tropics where there is greatest uncertainty in past land cover change. Her... Read More about Constraining pollen-based estimates of forest cover in the Amazon: A simulation approach.

Genome-wide DNA methylation changes in CD19+ B cells from relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis patients (2018)
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Maltby, V. E., Lea, R. A., Graves, M. C., Sanders, K. A., Benton, M. C., Tajouri, L., …Lechner-Scott, J. (2018). Genome-wide DNA methylation changes in CD19+ B cells from relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis patients. Scientific reports, 8, Article 17418. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-35603-0

Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is an inflammatory and neurodegenerative disease of the central nervous system. The inflammatory process in MS is driven by both T and B cells and current therapies are targeted to each of these cell types. Epigenetic mechanis... Read More about Genome-wide DNA methylation changes in CD19+ B cells from relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis patients.

The effect of zeitgeber (fasting and exercise) on phase advance blood glucose circadian rhythms in endurance athletes (2018)
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Boukelia, B., Sabba, A., & Fogarty, M. (2018). The effect of zeitgeber (fasting and exercise) on phase advance blood glucose circadian rhythms in endurance athletes. International Journal of Sport Studies for Health, 2(1), Article e86196. https://doi.org/10.5812/intjssh.86196

Fasting is usually associated with changes in the metabolic, psychological and physiological responses of athletes; advancing and/or delaying their biological clock and therefore, affecting their sport performance. The aim of this study was to assess... Read More about The effect of zeitgeber (fasting and exercise) on phase advance blood glucose circadian rhythms in endurance athletes.

Dual-functionalised shellac nanocarriers give a super-boost of the antimicrobial action of berberine (2018)
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Al-Obaidy, S. S., Greenway, G. M., & Paunov, V. N. (2019). Dual-functionalised shellac nanocarriers give a super-boost of the antimicrobial action of berberine. Nanoscale advances, 1(2), 858-872. https://doi.org/10.1039/c8na00121a

We have developed highly efficient antimicrobial nanocarriers for berberine (BRB) based on shellac nanoparticles (NPs) which were surface-functionalised with a surface active polymer, Poloxamer 407 (P407), and the cationic surfactant octadecyltrimeth... Read More about Dual-functionalised shellac nanocarriers give a super-boost of the antimicrobial action of berberine.

Interventions maintaining eating Independence in nursing home residents: a multicentre qualitative study (2018)
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Palese, A., Bressan, V., Kasa, T., Meri, M., Hayter, M., & Watson, R. (2018). Interventions maintaining eating Independence in nursing home residents: a multicentre qualitative study. BMC Geriatrics, 18(1), 292. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12877-018-0985-y

BACKGROUND: Despite 32 years of research and 13 reviews published in the field, no intervention can be considered a gold standard for maintaining eating performance among residents with dementia. The study aim was to highlight the interventions deriv... Read More about Interventions maintaining eating Independence in nursing home residents: a multicentre qualitative study.

Predation drives recurrent convergence of an interspecies mutualism (2018)
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Feeney, W. E., Brooker, R. M., Johnston, L. N., Gilbert, J. D., Besson, M., Lecchini, D., …Manica, A. (2019). Predation drives recurrent convergence of an interspecies mutualism. Ecology letters, 22(2), 256-264. https://doi.org/10.1111/ele.13184

Mutualisms are fundamental ecological interactions that underpin much of the world’s biodiversity. Recent studies have demonstrated how external pressures, such as predation, can regulate the dynamics of interspecific interactions and cause the break... Read More about Predation drives recurrent convergence of an interspecies mutualism.

Global, regional, and national burden of traumatic brain injury and spinal cord injury, 1990-2016: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016 (2018)
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Soyiri, I., & GBD 2016 Neurology Collaborators. (2018). Global, regional, and national burden of traumatic brain injury and spinal cord injury, 1990-2016: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016. Lancet Neurology, https://doi.org/10.1016/S1474-4422%2818%2930499-X

Background Traumatic brain injury (TBI) and spinal cord injury (SCI) are increasingly recognised as global health priorities in view of the preventability of most injuries and the complex and expensive medical care they necessitate. We aimed to measu... Read More about Global, regional, and national burden of traumatic brain injury and spinal cord injury, 1990-2016: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016.

A new insight into the influence of habitat on the biochemical properties of three commercial sea cucumber species (2018)
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González-Wangüemert, M., Roggatz, C. C., Rodrigues, M. J., Barreira, L., da Silva, M. M., & Custódio, L. (2018). A new insight into the influence of habitat on the biochemical properties of three commercial sea cucumber species. International Aquatic Research, 10(4), 361-373. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40071-018-0210-9

© 2018, The Author(s). This work makes a comparative evaluation of the biochemical profile of three sea commercial cucumber species (Holothuria mammata, H. polii and H. tubulosa) caught from different locations of the Mediterranean Sea (SE Spain). Al... Read More about A new insight into the influence of habitat on the biochemical properties of three commercial sea cucumber species.

Global, regional, and national burden of traumatic brain injury and spinal cord injury, 1990–2016: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016 (2018)
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James, S. L., Theadom, A., Ellenbogen, R. G., Bannick, M. S., Montjoy-Venning, W., Lucchesi, L. R., …Murray, C. J. L. (2019). Global, regional, and national burden of traumatic brain injury and spinal cord injury, 1990–2016: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016. Lancet Neurology, 18(1), 56-87. https://doi.org/10.1016/S1474-4422%2818%2930415-0

Background Traumatic brain injury (TBI) and spinal cord injury (SCI) are increasingly recognised as global health priorities in view of the preventability of most injuries and the complex and expensive medical care they necessitate. We aimed to measu... Read More about Global, regional, and national burden of traumatic brain injury and spinal cord injury, 1990–2016: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016.