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A novel microfluidic device capable of maintaining functional thyroid carcinoma specimens ex vivo provides a new drug screening platform (2019)
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Riley, A., Green, V., Cheah, R., McKenzie, G., Karsai, L., England, J., & Greenman, J. (2019). A novel microfluidic device capable of maintaining functional thyroid carcinoma specimens ex vivo provides a new drug screening platform. BMC Cancer, 19(1), Article 259. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12885-019-5465-z

© 2019 The Author(s). Background: Though the management of malignancies has improved vastly in recent years, many treatment options lack the desired efficacy and fail to adequately augment patient morbidity and mortality. It is increasingly clear tha... Read More about A novel microfluidic device capable of maintaining functional thyroid carcinoma specimens ex vivo provides a new drug screening platform.

Exploring wellbeing and creativity through collaborative composition as part of Hull 2017 City of Culture (2019)
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Waddington-Jones, C., King, A., & Burnard, P. (2019). Exploring wellbeing and creativity through collaborative composition as part of Hull 2017 City of Culture. Frontiers in Psychology, 10(MAR), Article 548. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2019.00548

© 2019 Waddington-Jones, King and Burnard. Several studies have highlighted the positive effects of group music-making and have suggested that it may be the creative and social aspects of such activities, which have a positive effect on participants'... Read More about Exploring wellbeing and creativity through collaborative composition as part of Hull 2017 City of Culture.

An integrated lean and green approach for improving sustainability performance: a case study of a packaging manufacturing SME in the U.K. (2019)
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Choudhary, S., Nayak, R., Dora, M., Mishra, N., & Ghadge, A. (2019). An integrated lean and green approach for improving sustainability performance: a case study of a packaging manufacturing SME in the U.K. Production planning & control, 30(5-6), 353-368. https://doi.org/10.1080/09537287.2018.1501811

Competitive landscape, informed consumers and stringent regulations have forced many manufacturing small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) to focus on operational efficiency along with sustainability issues in recent years. While many manufacturin... Read More about An integrated lean and green approach for improving sustainability performance: a case study of a packaging manufacturing SME in the U.K..

Hierarchically structured composites and porous materials from soft templates: fabrication and applications (2019)
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Thompson, B. R., Horozov, T. S., Stoyanov, S. D., & Paunov, V. N. (in press). Hierarchically structured composites and porous materials from soft templates: fabrication and applications. Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 7(14), 8030-8049. https://doi.org/10.1039/c8ta09750j

Recent experimental methods for fabrication of hierarchically porous and structured composites are reviewed. The main focus is on recent examples of how different soft templating materials, like emulsions, surfactant phases, breath figures, biologica... Read More about Hierarchically structured composites and porous materials from soft templates: fabrication and applications.

Restorative justice in the aftermath of politically-motivated violence: the Basque experience (2019)
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Zernova, M. (2019). Restorative justice in the aftermath of politically-motivated violence: the Basque experience. Critical studies on terrorism, 12(4), 649-672. https://doi.org/10.1080/17539153.2019.1595922

© 2019, © 2019 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. An emerging body of literature discusses how restorative justice can contribute to the response to terrorism. This paper expresses concerns about the uncritical acceptance of man... Read More about Restorative justice in the aftermath of politically-motivated violence: the Basque experience.

Debunking paradigms in estuarine fish species richness (2019)
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Waugh, A., Elliott, M., & Franco, A. (2019). Debunking paradigms in estuarine fish species richness. Marine ecology progress series, 613, 125-138. https://doi.org/10.3354/meps12883

The comparison of species complements within and between habitats and geographical areas is a fundamental aspect of ecological assessments. However, many influences resulting from variability in sampling and data analysis often hinder the ability to... Read More about Debunking paradigms in estuarine fish species richness.

The contribution of nursing doctoral schools to the development of evidence 10 years after their establishment in Italy: An exploratory descriptive survey of former and current doctoral students’ publications (2019)
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Sasso, L., Watson, R., Barisone, M., Pellegrini, R., Timmins, F., Aleo, G., …Bagnasco, A. (2019). The contribution of nursing doctoral schools to the development of evidence 10 years after their establishment in Italy: An exploratory descriptive survey of former and current doctoral students’ publications. Nursing Open, 6(3), 745-753. https://doi.org/10.1002/nop2.262

Aim To analyse through an exploratory descriptive survey how former and current doctoral students’ publications have contributed to the development of evidence between the establishment of the doctoral schools of nursing between 2006 - 2015. Design... Read More about The contribution of nursing doctoral schools to the development of evidence 10 years after their establishment in Italy: An exploratory descriptive survey of former and current doctoral students’ publications.

Executive compensation, sustainability, climate, environmental concerns, and company financial performance: evidence from indonesian commercial banks (2019)
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Kartadjumena, E., & Rodgers, W. (2019). Executive compensation, sustainability, climate, environmental concerns, and company financial performance: evidence from indonesian commercial banks. Accounting and business research, 11(6), Article 1673. https://doi.org/10.3390/su11061673

This research investigates whether executive compensation is designed to motivate managers to pursue corporate sustainability (CS) concerns as measured by Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) 3.1 disclosure indicators in Indonesian listed commercial ban... Read More about Executive compensation, sustainability, climate, environmental concerns, and company financial performance: evidence from indonesian commercial banks.

A microfluidic atmospheric-pressure plasma reactor for water treatment (2019)
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Patinglag, L., Sawtell, D., Iles, A., Melling, L. M., & Shaw, K. J. (2019). A microfluidic atmospheric-pressure plasma reactor for water treatment. Plasma Chemistry and Plasma Processing, 39(3), 561–575. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11090-019-09970-z

A dielectric barrier discharge microfluidic plasma reactor, operated at atmospheric pressure, was studied for its potential to treat organic contaminants in water. Microfluidic technology represents a compelling approach for plasma-based water treatm... Read More about A microfluidic atmospheric-pressure plasma reactor for water treatment.

Cyclotrimerization of alkynes catalyzed by a self-supported cyclic tri-nuclear nickel(0) complex with α-diimine ligands (2019)
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Shen, L., Zhao, Y., Luo, Q., Li, Q. S., Liu, B., Redshaw, C., …Yang, X. J. (2019). Cyclotrimerization of alkynes catalyzed by a self-supported cyclic tri-nuclear nickel(0) complex with α-diimine ligands. Dalton Transactions : an international journal of inorganic chemistry, 48(14), 4643-4649. https://doi.org/10.1039/c9dt00819e

A cyclic tri-nuclear α-diimine nickel(0) complex [{Ni(μ-L Me-2,4 )} 3 ] (2) was synthesized from a “pre-organized”, trimerized trigonal LNiBr 2 -type precursor [Ni 3 (μ 2 -Br) 3 (μ 3 -Br) 2 (L Me-2,4 ) 3 ]·Br (1; L Me-2,4 = [(2,4-Me 2 C 6 H 3 )NC(Me)... Read More about Cyclotrimerization of alkynes catalyzed by a self-supported cyclic tri-nuclear nickel(0) complex with α-diimine ligands.

Pyrene-based aggregation-induced emission luminogens and their applications (2019)
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Islam, M. M., Hu, Z., Wang, Q., Redshaw, C., & Feng, X. (2019). Pyrene-based aggregation-induced emission luminogens and their applications. Materials Chemistry Frontiers, 3(5), 762-781. https://doi.org/10.1039/c9qm00090a

"Unity is force"-Aesop. It is a common phenomenon that traditional chromophores exhibit high fluorescence in dilute solutions, yet luminescence is quenched at high concentrations or in the aggregate state, i.e. "aggregation-caused quenching" (ACQ). T... Read More about Pyrene-based aggregation-induced emission luminogens and their applications.

Strongly Enhanced Antibacterial Action of Copper Oxide Nanoparticles with Boronic Acid Surface Functionality (2019)
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Halbus, A. F., Horozov, T. S., & Paunov, V. N. (2019). Strongly Enhanced Antibacterial Action of Copper Oxide Nanoparticles with Boronic Acid Surface Functionality. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 11(13), 12232-12243. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.8b21862

Copper oxide nanoparticles (CuONPs) have been widely recognized as good antimicrobial agents but are heavily regulated due to environmental concerns of their postuse. In this work, we have developed and tested a novel type of formulation for copper o... Read More about Strongly Enhanced Antibacterial Action of Copper Oxide Nanoparticles with Boronic Acid Surface Functionality.

A new pulse coupled neural network (PCNN) for brain medical image fusion empowered by shuffled frog leaping algorithm (2019)
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Huang, C., Tian, G., Lan, Y., Peng, Y., Ng, E. Y. K., Hao, Y., …Che, W. (2019). A new pulse coupled neural network (PCNN) for brain medical image fusion empowered by shuffled frog leaping algorithm. Frontiers in Neuroscience, 13, Article 210. https://doi.org/10.3389/fnins.2019.00210

Recent research has reported the application of image fusion technologies in medical images in a wide range of aspects, such as in the diagnosis of brain diseases, the detection of glioma and the diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease. In our study, a new... Read More about A new pulse coupled neural network (PCNN) for brain medical image fusion empowered by shuffled frog leaping algorithm.

Unravelling the macro-evolutionary ecology of fish–jellyfish associations: life in the ‘gingerbread house’ (2019)
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Griffin, D. C., Harrod, C., Houghton, J. D. R., & Capellini, I. (2019). Unravelling the macro-evolutionary ecology of fish–jellyfish associations: life in the ‘gingerbread house’. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 286(1899), 20182325. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2018.2325

Fish–jellyfish interactions are important factors contributing to fish stock success. Jellyfish can compete with fish for food resources, or feed on fish eggs and larvae, which works to reduce survivorship and recruitment of fish species. However, je... Read More about Unravelling the macro-evolutionary ecology of fish–jellyfish associations: life in the ‘gingerbread house’.

‘To save the industry from complete ruin’: Crisis and response in British fishing 1945-1951 (2019)
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Wilcox, M. (2021). ‘To save the industry from complete ruin’: Crisis and response in British fishing 1945-1951. Business history, 63(3), 353-377. https://doi.org/10.1080/00076791.2019.1576634

Fishing is a small, complex and fragmented industry, which arguably exerts political significance disproportionate to its size. This article traces the prolonged period of depression which affected British deep-sea fishing between the wars, and then... Read More about ‘To save the industry from complete ruin’: Crisis and response in British fishing 1945-1951.

Security Perceptions and Practices of the Indigenous People of the Chittagong Hills Tracts in Bangladesh (2019)
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Chakma, B. (2019). Security Perceptions and Practices of the Indigenous People of the Chittagong Hills Tracts in Bangladesh. International Quarterly for Asian Studies, 49(1-2), 83-104. https://doi.org/10.11588/iqas.2018.1-2.8704

This paper explains the security perceptions and practices of the indigenous peoples of the Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT) in Bangladesh. In doing so, it adopts an interpretive ethnographic approach in which it posits, based on fieldwork experiences an... Read More about Security Perceptions and Practices of the Indigenous People of the Chittagong Hills Tracts in Bangladesh.

Trusting/distrusting auditors' opinion (2019)
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Rodgers, W., Guiral, A., & Gonzalo, J. A. (2019). Trusting/distrusting auditors' opinion. Accounting and business research, 11(6), Article 1666. https://doi.org/10.3390/su11061666

Trust relations are essential for effective interchanges in the financial markets. Investors 9 (trustors), as well as other market participants, can only trust financial markets if they trust their 10 auditors (trustees). Especially, auditors' assess... Read More about Trusting/distrusting auditors' opinion.

Is there still a weather anomaly? An investigation of stock and foreign exchange markets (2019)
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Andrikopoulos, A., Wang, C., & Zheng, M. (2019). Is there still a weather anomaly? An investigation of stock and foreign exchange markets. Finance research letters, 30, 51-59. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.frl.2019.03.026

Since Saunders (1993), there has been ongoing research on whether the weather can affect asset prices. Our study of the impact of weather on stock and foreign exchange (henceforth FX) markets shows that the weather has no effect during 2002–2018, sug... Read More about Is there still a weather anomaly? An investigation of stock and foreign exchange markets.