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Bariatric surgery modulates urinary levels of microRNAs involved in the regulation of renal function (2019)
Journal Article
Alkandari, A., Ashrafian, H., Sathyapalan, T., Darzi, A., Holmes, E., Athanasiou, T., Atkin, S. L., & Gooderham, N. J. (2019). Bariatric surgery modulates urinary levels of microRNAs involved in the regulation of renal function. Frontiers in endocrinology, 10(MAY), Article 319. https://doi.org/10.3389/fendo.2019.00319

Background: Obesity and diabetes cause chronic kidney disease with a common pathophysiology that is characterized by the accumulation of collagen in the extracellular matrix. Recent evidence has implicated the epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition (EM... Read More about Bariatric surgery modulates urinary levels of microRNAs involved in the regulation of renal function.

Whose voice is heard? The influence of user-generated versus company-generated content on consumer scepticism towards CSR (2019)
Journal Article
Dunn, K., & Harness, D. (2019). Whose voice is heard? The influence of user-generated versus company-generated content on consumer scepticism towards CSR. Journal of marketing management, 35(9-10), 886-915. https://doi.org/10.1080/0267257X.2019.1605401

© 2019, © 2019 Westburn Publishers Ltd. Social media is increasingly used to communicate corporate social responsibility (CSR). Stakeholders respond to CSR messages with user-generated content (UGC), signalling approval or disapproval, potentially sh... Read More about Whose voice is heard? The influence of user-generated versus company-generated content on consumer scepticism towards CSR.

Pretransitional behavior of viscoelastic parameters at the nematic to twist-bend nematic phase transition in flexible: N -mers (2019)
Journal Article
Parsouzi, Z., Babakhanova, G., Rajabi, M., Saha, R., Gyawali, P., Turiv, T., Wang, H., Baldwin, A., Welch, C., Mehl, G. H., Gleeson, J. T., Jakli, A., Lavrentovich, O. D., & Sprunt, S. (2019). Pretransitional behavior of viscoelastic parameters at the nematic to twist-bend nematic phase transition in flexible: N -mers. Physical chemistry chemical physics : PCCP, 21(24), 13078-13089. https://doi.org/10.1039/c9cp00984a

© 2019 the Owner Societies. We report dynamic light scattering measurements of the orientational (Frank) elastic constants and associated viscosities among a homologous series of a liquid crystalline dimer, trimer, and tetramer exhibiting a uniaxial... Read More about Pretransitional behavior of viscoelastic parameters at the nematic to twist-bend nematic phase transition in flexible: N -mers.

Comparing questionnaires across cultures: Using Mokken scaling to compare the Italian and English versions of the MOLES index (2019)
Journal Article
Aleo, G., Bagnasco, A., Watson, R., Dyson, J., Cowdell, F., Catania, G., Zanini, M. P., Cozzani, E., Parodi, A., & Sasso, L. (2019). Comparing questionnaires across cultures: Using Mokken scaling to compare the Italian and English versions of the MOLES index. Nursing Open, 6(3), 1022-1028. https://doi.org/10.1002/nop2.297

Aim The aims of this study were: i) to translate the MOLES index from English to Italian and to compare the two versions using non-parametric item response theory. Design A online survey was used to gather data. Methods Forward and back-translation w... Read More about Comparing questionnaires across cultures: Using Mokken scaling to compare the Italian and English versions of the MOLES index.

WS19. From pedagogy to practice: implementing transformative learning in clinical reasoning (2019)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Singh, M., Boyle, J., Hammond, A., & Henderson, J. (2019, May). WS19. From pedagogy to practice: implementing transformative learning in clinical reasoning. Presented at 8th International Clinical Skills Conference, Prato, Italy

Background Healthcare professionals must provide high quality care that is both efficient and safe. Underpinning this requirement is a presumption that individuals are able to make accurate clinical decisions. Knowledge is not sufficient: judgment... Read More about WS19. From pedagogy to practice: implementing transformative learning in clinical reasoning.

Roundtable Discussion (RTD03) - Is there a downside to using Simulated Patients to teach and assess communication skills? (2019)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Hammond, A., & Henderson, J. (2019, May). Roundtable Discussion (RTD03) - Is there a downside to using Simulated Patients to teach and assess communication skills?. Presented at 8th International Clinical Skills Conference, Prato, Italy

Background Simulated Patients (SPs) are widely used to facilitate the learning of communication skills enabling students to receive detailed feedback on experiential practice in a safe environment. They are also used in the assessment of students’... Read More about Roundtable Discussion (RTD03) - Is there a downside to using Simulated Patients to teach and assess communication skills?.

Effectiveness of surgical fixation for lateral compression type one (LC-1) fragility fractures of the pelvis: a systematic review (2019)
Journal Article
Booth, A., Ingoe, H. M. A., Northgraves, M., Coleman, E., Harden, M., Kassam, J., Kwok, I., Hilton, C., Bates, P., & McDaid, C. (2019). Effectiveness of surgical fixation for lateral compression type one (LC-1) fragility fractures of the pelvis: a systematic review. BMJ open, 9(5), Article e024737. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2018-024737

© 2019 Author(s). Objectives: To undertake a systematic review of the evidence base for the effectiveness of surgical fixation of lateral compression (LC-1) fragility fractures of the pelvis compared with non-surgical approaches. Searches: MEDLINE, E... Read More about Effectiveness of surgical fixation for lateral compression type one (LC-1) fragility fractures of the pelvis: a systematic review.

Synthesis of Ni-based catalysts by hexamethylenetetramine-nitrates solution combustion method for co-production of hydrogen and nanofibrous carbon from methane (2019)
Journal Article
Kuvshinov, D. G., Kurmashov, P. B., Bannov, A. G., Popov, M. V., & Kuvshinov, G. G. (2019). Synthesis of Ni-based catalysts by hexamethylenetetramine-nitrates solution combustion method for co-production of hydrogen and nanofibrous carbon from methane. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 44(31), 16271-16286. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhydene.2019.04.179

It was shown that hexamethylenetetramine (HMT)is a new effective fuel for single-step solutions combustion synthesis (SCS)of supported Ni catalysts for methane decomposition into hydrogen and nanofibrous carbon. Several generalized chemical equations... Read More about Synthesis of Ni-based catalysts by hexamethylenetetramine-nitrates solution combustion method for co-production of hydrogen and nanofibrous carbon from methane.

League tables and concentric banding: how similar are the employment and education domains of the Index of Multiple Deprivation 2010? (2019)
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Nolan, M. A., Reynolds, M., & Trotter, S. (2020). League tables and concentric banding: how similar are the employment and education domains of the Index of Multiple Deprivation 2010?. Applied Spatial Analysis and Policy, 13(1), 257-288. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12061-019-09302-w

This paper seeks to provide further evidence about ‘league table’ orderings for deprivation in local areas, especially for two domains – employment and education – which seem likely to be closely related. Rather than relying solely on administrative... Read More about League tables and concentric banding: how similar are the employment and education domains of the Index of Multiple Deprivation 2010?.

The multifactorial nature of beak and skull shape evolution in parrots and cockatoos (Psittaciformes) (2019)
Journal Article
Bright, J. A., Marugán-Lobón, J., Rayfield, E. J., & Cobb, S. N. (2019). The multifactorial nature of beak and skull shape evolution in parrots and cockatoos (Psittaciformes). BMC evolutionary biology, 19(1), Article 104. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12862-019-1432-1

© 2019 The Author(s). Background: The Psittaciformes (parrots and cockatoos) are characterised by their large beaks, and are renowned for their ability to produce high bite forces. These birds also possess a suite of modifications to their cranial ar... Read More about The multifactorial nature of beak and skull shape evolution in parrots and cockatoos (Psittaciformes).

Epigenetic Control of Gene Expression in the Normal and Malignant Human Prostate: A Rapid Response Which Promotes Therapeutic Resistance (2019)
Journal Article
Frame, F. M., & Maitland, N. J. (2019). Epigenetic Control of Gene Expression in the Normal and Malignant Human Prostate: A Rapid Response Which Promotes Therapeutic Resistance. International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 20(10), Article 2437. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms20102437

A successful prostate cancer must be capable of changing its phenotype in response to a variety of microenvironmental influences, such as adaptation to treatment or successful proliferation at a particular metastatic site. New cell phenotypes emerge... Read More about Epigenetic Control of Gene Expression in the Normal and Malignant Human Prostate: A Rapid Response Which Promotes Therapeutic Resistance.

Health-related quality of life and well-being in people over 75 years of age with end-stage kidney disease managed with dialysis or comprehensive conservative care: A cross-sectional study in the UK and Australia (2019)
Journal Article
Shah, K. K., Murtagh, F. E., McGeechan, K., Crail, S., Burns, A., Tran, A. D., & Morton, R. L. (2019). Health-related quality of life and well-being in people over 75 years of age with end-stage kidney disease managed with dialysis or comprehensive conservative care: A cross-sectional study in the UK and Australia. BMJ open, 9(5), Article e027776. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2018-027776

© Author(s) (or their employer(s)) 2018. Re-use permitted under CC BY-NC. No commercial re-use. See rights and permissions. Published by BMJ. Objective To measure health-related quality of life (HRQoL) and well-being in older people with end-stage ki... Read More about Health-related quality of life and well-being in people over 75 years of age with end-stage kidney disease managed with dialysis or comprehensive conservative care: A cross-sectional study in the UK and Australia.

The Neoarchaean Uyea Gneiss Complex, Shetland: an onshore fragment of the Rae Craton on the European Plate (2019)
Journal Article
Kinny, P., Strachan, R., Fowler, M., Clark, C., Davis, S., Jahn, I., Taylor, R., Holdsworth, R., & Dempsey, E. (2019). The Neoarchaean Uyea Gneiss Complex, Shetland: an onshore fragment of the Rae Craton on the European Plate. Journal of the Geological Society, Article 017. https://doi.org/10.1144/jgs2019-017

A tract of amphibolite facies granitic gneisses and metagabbros in northern Shetland, U.K., is here named the Uyea Gneiss Complex. Zircon U–Pb dating indicates emplacement of the igneous protoliths of the complex c. 2746–2726 Ma, at a later time than... Read More about The Neoarchaean Uyea Gneiss Complex, Shetland: an onshore fragment of the Rae Craton on the European Plate.

A 3D cephalometric protocol for the accurate quantification of the craniofacial symmetry and facial growth (2019)
Journal Article
Pinheiro, M., Ma, X., Fagan, M. J., McIntyre, G. T., Lin, P., Sivamurthy, G., & Mossey, P. A. (2019). A 3D cephalometric protocol for the accurate quantification of the craniofacial symmetry and facial growth. Journal of Biological Engineering, 13(1), https://doi.org/10.1186/s13036-019-0171-6

© 2019 The Author(s). Background: Cephalometric analysis is used to evaluate facial growth, to study the anatomical relationships within the face. Cephalometric assessment is based on 2D radiographic images, either the sagittal or coronal planes and... Read More about A 3D cephalometric protocol for the accurate quantification of the craniofacial symmetry and facial growth.

Ammonium ocean following the end-Permian mass extinction (2019)
Journal Article
Sun, Y. D., Zulla, M. J., Joachimski, M. M., Bond, D. P., Wignall, P. B., Zhang, Z. T., & Zhang, M. H. (2019). Ammonium ocean following the end-Permian mass extinction. Earth and planetary science letters, 518, 211-222. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2019.04.036

The aftermath of end-Permian mass extinction was marked by a ~5 million year interval of poorly-understood, extreme environments that likely hindered biotic recovery. Contemporary nitrogen isotope variations are considered, using a new conceptual mod... Read More about Ammonium ocean following the end-Permian mass extinction.

Using failed supernovae to constrain the Galactic r-process element production (2019)
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Wehmeyer, B., Wehmeyer, B., Fröhlich, C., Fröhlich, C., Côté, B., Côté, B., Pignatari, M., Pignatari, M., Thielemann, F.-K., & Thielemann, F. K. (2019). Using failed supernovae to constrain the Galactic r-process element production. Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 487(2), 1745-1753. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stz1310

Rapid neutron capture process (r-process) elements have been detected in a large fraction of metal-poor halo stars, with abundances relative to iron (Fe) that vary by over two orders of magnitude. This scatter is reduced to less than a factor of 3 in... Read More about Using failed supernovae to constrain the Galactic r-process element production.

Methods for the Treatment of Cattle Manure—A Review (2019)
Journal Article
Font-Palma, C. (2019). Methods for the Treatment of Cattle Manure—A Review. C - An Open Access Journal of Carbon Research, 5(2), Article 27. https://doi.org/10.3390/c5020027

Environmental concerns, caused by greenhouse gases released to the atmosphere and overrunning of nutrients and pathogens to water bodies, have led to reducing direct spread onto the land of cattle manure. In addition, this practice can be a source of... Read More about Methods for the Treatment of Cattle Manure—A Review.

Correction to: Capillary Interaction and Self-Assembly of Tilted Magnetic Ellipsoidal Particles at Liquid Interfaces ((2018) 3:11 (14962?14972) DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.8b01818) (2019)
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Newton, B. J., Mohammed, R., Davies, G. B., Botto, L., & Buzza, D. M. A. (2019). Correction to: Capillary Interaction and Self-Assembly of Tilted Magnetic Ellipsoidal Particles at Liquid Interfaces ((2018) 3:11 (14962?14972) DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.8b01818). ACS Omega, 4(5), 8580. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsomega.9b01239

© 2019 American Chemical Society. We would like to correct the following minor errors in the paper: Figure 3 legend: Blue data points should be ss sims, red data points should be tt sims, blue line should be ss elliptical, and red line should be tt e... Read More about Correction to: Capillary Interaction and Self-Assembly of Tilted Magnetic Ellipsoidal Particles at Liquid Interfaces ((2018) 3:11 (14962?14972) DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.8b01818).

The relationship between mental toughness and cognitive control: evidence from the item-method directed forgetting task (2019)
Journal Article
Dewhurst, S. A., Anderson, R. J., Howe, D., & Clough, P. J. (2019). The relationship between mental toughness and cognitive control: evidence from the item-method directed forgetting task. Applied Cognitive Psychology, 33(5), 943-951. https://doi.org/10.1002/acp.3570

Previous research by the authors found that mental toughness, as measured by the Mental Toughness Questionnaire 48 (MTQ48; Clough, P.J., Earle, K., & Sewell, D. [2002]. Mental toughness: the concept and its measurement. In I. Cockerill (Ed.), Solutio... Read More about The relationship between mental toughness and cognitive control: evidence from the item-method directed forgetting task.

The Fall of a Giant. Chemical evolution of Enceladus, alias the Gaia Sausage (2019)
Journal Article
Vincenzo, F., Spitoni, E., Calura, F., Matteucci, F., Silva Aguirre, V., Miglio, A., & Cescutti, G. (2019). The Fall of a Giant. Chemical evolution of Enceladus, alias the Gaia Sausage. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society: Letters, 487(1), L47–L52. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnrasl/slz070

We present the first chemical evolution model for Enceladus, alias the Gaia Sausage, to investigate the star formation history of one of the most massive satellites accreted by the Milky Way during a major merger event. Our best chemical evolution mo... Read More about The Fall of a Giant. Chemical evolution of Enceladus, alias the Gaia Sausage.