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Experimental validation of an integral sliding mode-based LQG for the pitch control of a UAV-mimicking platform (2019)
Journal Article
Khan, S. G., Bendoukha, S., Naeem, W., & Iqbal, J. (2019). Experimental validation of an integral sliding mode-based LQG for the pitch control of a UAV-mimicking platform. Advances in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 17(3), 275-284. https://doi.org/10.15598/aeee.v17i3.3031

In this paper, an enhanced Integral Sliding Mode-based Linear Quadratic Gaussian (ISM-LQG) controller has been proposed and verified in real-time on a Twin Rotor multi-input-multi-output MIMO System (TRMS). A TRMS serves as a suitable laboratorybased... Read More about Experimental validation of an integral sliding mode-based LQG for the pitch control of a UAV-mimicking platform.

Symptoms and exacerbations in asthma: an apparent paradox? (2019)
Journal Article
Morjaria, J. B., Rigby, A. S., & Morice, A. H. (2019). Symptoms and exacerbations in asthma: an apparent paradox?. Therapeutic Advances in Chronic Disease, 10, https://doi.org/10.1177/2040622319884387

© The Author(s), 2019. Background: There is a dearth of data on prospectively recorded symptoms in patients with uncontrolled asthma. Asthma symptoms and exacerbation rate are commonly thought to be associated. The aim of this study was to analyse as... Read More about Symptoms and exacerbations in asthma: an apparent paradox?.

Safety netting for primary care: Evidence from a literature review (2019)
Journal Article
Jones, D., Dunn, L., Watt, I., & Macleod, U. (2019). Safety netting for primary care: Evidence from a literature review. The British journal of general practice : the journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners, 69(678), E70-E79. https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgp18X700193

© British Journal of General Practice.
Background: Ensuring patient safety is vital in primary care. One mechanism to increase patient safety is through a practice known as safety netting. Safety netting is widely recommended in national guidelines;... Read More about Safety netting for primary care: Evidence from a literature review.

Gender-Specific Differences on the Association of Hypertension with Subclinical Thyroid Dysfunction (2019)
Journal Article
Zhang, J., Huang, C., Meng, Z., Fan, Y., Yang, Q., Zhang, W., Gao, Y., Yang, Z., Cai, H., Bian, B., Li, Y., Yu, X., Du, X., Xu, S., Nie, J., Liu, M., Sun, J., Zhang, Q., Gao, Y., Song, K., …Zhao, L. (2019). Gender-Specific Differences on the Association of Hypertension with Subclinical Thyroid Dysfunction. International Journal of Endocrinology, 2019, Article 6053068. https://doi.org/10.1155/2019/6053068

© 2019 Jingkai Zhang et al. Objective. Both hypertension and subclinical thyroid dysfunction (STD) have high prevalence and clinical importance, but their relationship is still a matter of debate. We aimed to explore gender-specific difference on the... Read More about Gender-Specific Differences on the Association of Hypertension with Subclinical Thyroid Dysfunction.

No obvious association exists between red blood cell distribution width and thyroid function (2019)
Journal Article
Wang, P., Huang, C., Meng, Z., Zhang, W., Li, Y., Yu, X., Du, X., Liu, M., Sun, J., Zhang, Q., Gao, Y., Song, K., Wang, X., Fan, Y., & Zhao, L. (2019). No obvious association exists between red blood cell distribution width and thyroid function. Biomarkers in Medicine, 13(16), 1363-1372. https://doi.org/10.2217/bmm-2018-0476

© 2019 Future Medicine Ltd. Aim: We aimed to explore gender impacts on the associations between red blood cell distribution width (RDW) and thyroid function in the Chinese population. Methods/results: Gender impacts on the associations between RDW an... Read More about No obvious association exists between red blood cell distribution width and thyroid function.

Developing a vocabulary and ontology for modeling insect natural history data: Example data, use cases, and competency questions (2019)
Journal Article
Stucky, B. J., Balhoff, J. P., Barve, N., Barve, V., Brenskelle, L., Brush, M. H., Dahlem, G. A., Gilbert, J. D., Kawahara, A. Y., Keller, O., Lucky, A., Mayhew, P. J., Plotkin, D., Seltmann, K. C., Talamas, E., Vaidya, G., Walls, R., Yoder, M., Zhang, G., & Guralnick, R. (2019). Developing a vocabulary and ontology for modeling insect natural history data: Example data, use cases, and competency questions. Biodiversity Data Journal, 7, Article e33303. https://doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.7.e33303

© Stucky B et al. Insects are possibly the most taxonomically and ecologically diverse class of multicellular organisms on Earth. Consequently, they provide nearly unlimited opportunities to develop and test ecological and evolutionary hypotheses. Cu... Read More about Developing a vocabulary and ontology for modeling insect natural history data: Example data, use cases, and competency questions.

LungCARD - Report on worldwide research and clinical practices related to lung cancer (2019)
Journal Article
Jankovic, R., Goncalves, H. J., Cavic, M., Clemente, C., Lind, M., Carrasco, A. M., Nadifi, S., Khyatti, M., Adebambo, T., & Egamberdiev, D. (2019). LungCARD - Report on worldwide research and clinical practices related to lung cancer. Journal of BUON, 24(1), 11-19

© 2019 Zerbinis Publications. All Rights Reserved. Purpose: The management of advanced lung cancer has evolved tremendously over the past two decades. Increasing understanding of the molecular changes that drive tumor progression has transformed the... Read More about LungCARD - Report on worldwide research and clinical practices related to lung cancer.

The Evidential Value of National Regulatory Infringement Decisions for the Purposes of Private Damages Actions: Trying to Establish what Really Does “Follow-on” (2019)
Journal Article
Stirling, G. (2019). The Evidential Value of National Regulatory Infringement Decisions for the Purposes of Private Damages Actions: Trying to Establish what Really Does “Follow-on”. Global Competition Litigation Review, 12(4), 168-178

This article considers issues around the evidential value of final infringement decisions of national regulators and review courts for the purposes of follow-on damages actions, particularly in the context of Article 9(1) of the EU’s Antitrust Damage... Read More about The Evidential Value of National Regulatory Infringement Decisions for the Purposes of Private Damages Actions: Trying to Establish what Really Does “Follow-on”.

Cell proliferation detected using [18F]FLT PET/CT as an early marker of abdominal aortic aneurysm (2019)
Journal Article
Gandhi, R., Cawthorne, C., Craggs, L. J., Wright, J. D., Domarkas, J., He, P., Koch-Paszkowski, J., Shires, M., Scarsbrook, A. F., Archibald, S. J., Tsoumpas, C., & Bailey, M. A. (2019). Cell proliferation detected using [18F]FLT PET/CT as an early marker of abdominal aortic aneurysm. Journal of Nuclear Cardiology, https://doi.org/10.1007/s12350-019-01946-y

© 2019, The Author(s). Background: Abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) is a focal aortic dilatation progressing towards rupture. Non-invasive AAA-associated cell proliferation biomarkers are not yet established. We investigated the feasibility of the cel... Read More about Cell proliferation detected using [18F]FLT PET/CT as an early marker of abdominal aortic aneurysm.

No excess harms from sustained-release morphine: A randomised placebo-controlled trial in chronic breathlessness (2019)
Journal Article
Johnson, M. J., Sbizzera, I., Fairhurst, C., Agar, M., Fazekas, B., Agar, M. R., Ekström, M., & Currow, D. C. (2019). No excess harms from sustained-release morphine: A randomised placebo-controlled trial in chronic breathlessness. BMJ supportive & palliative care, 10(4), 421-428. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjspcare-2019-002009

© Author(s) (or their employer(s)) 2019. No commercial re-use. See rights and permissions. Published by BMJ. Objectives: We aimed to identify and evaluate: (1) treatment-emergent adverse events (TEAE (worse or new since baseline)) and the subgroup of... Read More about No excess harms from sustained-release morphine: A randomised placebo-controlled trial in chronic breathlessness.

Mealtime difficulty in older people with dementia (2019)
Journal Article
Rehman, S., Likupe, G., & Watson, R. (2019). Mealtime difficulty in older people with dementia. Wikijournal of Medicine, 6(1), 6. https://doi.org/10.15347/wjm/2019.006

Aim: To evaluate the evidence published in systematic reviews on the effectiveness of interventions aimed at alleviating mealtime difficulties in older people with dementia. Background: Older people with dementia gradually lose their self-care abilit... Read More about Mealtime difficulty in older people with dementia.

Experimental and analytic study of a hybrid solar/biomass rural heating system (2019)
Journal Article
Zhang, X., Yang, J., Fan, Y., Zhao, X., Yan, R., Zhao, J., & Myers, S. (2019). Experimental and analytic study of a hybrid solar/biomass rural heating system. Energy, 116392. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.energy.2019.116392

© 2019 Elsevier Ltd This paper presents a dedicated analytic and experimental study of a hybrid solar/biomass space heating system incorporating a micro-channel solar thermal panels-array, a biomass boiler and a dedicated control algorithm. This syst... Read More about Experimental and analytic study of a hybrid solar/biomass rural heating system.

Dynamics and Deposition of Sediment-Bearing Multi- Pulsed Flows and Geological Implication (2019)
Journal Article
Ho, V. L., Dorrell, R. M., Keevil, G. M., Thomas, R. E., Burns, A. D., Baas, J. H., & McCaffrey, W. D. (2019). Dynamics and Deposition of Sediment-Bearing Multi- Pulsed Flows and Geological Implication. Journal of Sedimentary Research, 8(11), 1127-1139. https://doi.org/10.2110/jsr.2019.62

Copyright © 2019, SEPM (Society for Sedimentary Geology) Previous studies on dilute, multi-pulsed, subaqueous saline flows have demonstrated that pulses will inevitably advect forwards to merge with the flow front. On the assumption that pulse mergin... Read More about Dynamics and Deposition of Sediment-Bearing Multi- Pulsed Flows and Geological Implication.

Enrichment of the Galactic disc with neutron-capture elements: Mo and Ru (2019)
Journal Article
Mishenina, T., Pignatari, M., Gorbaneva, T., Travaglio, C., Côté, B., Thielemann, F.-K., & Soubiran, C. (2019). Enrichment of the Galactic disc with neutron-capture elements: Mo and Ru. Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 489(2), 1697-1708. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stz2202

© 2019 The Author(s). We present new observational data for the heavy elements molybdenum (Mo, Z = 42) and ruthenium (Ru, Z = 44) in F-, G-, and K-stars belonging to different substructures of the Milky Way. The range of metallicity covered is -1.0 <... Read More about Enrichment of the Galactic disc with neutron-capture elements: Mo and Ru.

Critical policy discourse analysis (2019)
Book
Montesano Montessori, N., Farrelly, M., & Mulderrig, J. (Eds.). (2019). Critical policy discourse analysis. London: Edward Elgar Publishing. https://doi.org/10.4337/9781788974967

© Nicolina Montesano Montessori, Michael Farrelly and Jane Mulderrig 2019. All rights reserved. This book provides a series of contemporary and international policy case studies analysed through discursive methodological approaches in the traditions... Read More about Critical policy discourse analysis.

Concluding remarks on critical policy discourse analysis (2019)
Book Chapter
Farrelly, M., Montessori, N. M., & Mulderrig, J. (2019). Concluding remarks on critical policy discourse analysis. In N. Montesano Montessori, M. Farrelly, & J. Mulderrig (Eds.), Critical policy discourse analysis (264-270). Edward Elgar Publishing

Introducing critical policy discourse analysis (2019)
Book Chapter
Farrelly, M., Mulderrig, J., & Montessori, N. M. (2019). Introducing critical policy discourse analysis. In N. Montesano Montessori, M. Farrelly, & J. Mulderrig (Eds.), Critical discourse policy analysis (1-22). Edward Elgar Publishing

The construction of belonging and otherness in heritage events (2019)
Book Chapter
Clopot, C., & McCullagh, C. (2019). The construction of belonging and otherness in heritage events. In U. Kockel, C. Clopot, B. Tjarve, & M. Nic Craith (Eds.), Heritage and Festivals in Europe: Performing Identities (47-62). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780429202964-4

© 2020 selection and editorial matter, Ullrich Kockel, Cristina Clopot, Baiba Tjarve and Máiréad Nic Craith. This chapter focuses on concepts of identity-work that reflect a binary process of expressing self-identification, and thus belonging, while... Read More about The construction of belonging and otherness in heritage events.

Material cultures of television (2019)
Journal Article
Kleinecke-Bates, I. (2019). Material cultures of television. Journal of Popular Television, 7(2), 121-125. https://doi.org/10.1386/jptv.7.2.121_2

Research indicates that deaf children can have marked social difficulties compared with their hearing peers. Factors that influence these social interactions need to be reviewed to inform interventions. A systematic search of 5 key databases and 3 sp... Read More about Material cultures of television.

Modeling the potential impact of changing access rates to specialist treatment for alcohol dependence for local authorities in England: The Specialist Treatment for Alcohol Model (STreAM) (2019)
Journal Article
Brennan, A., Hill-McManus, D., Stone, T., Buykx, P., Ally, A., Pryce, R. E., Alston, R., Jones, A., Cairns, D., Millar, T., Donmall, M., Phillips, T., Meier, P., & Drummond, C. (2019). Modeling the potential impact of changing access rates to specialist treatment for alcohol dependence for local authorities in England: The Specialist Treatment for Alcohol Model (STreAM). Journal of Studies on Alocohol and Drugs -Supplement-, 96-109. https://doi.org/10.15288/jsads.2019.s18.96

OBJECTIVE: We modeled the impact of changing Specialist Treatment Access Rates to different treatment pathways on the future prevalence of alcohol dependence, treatment outcomes, service capacity, costs, and mortality. METHOD: Local Authority numbers... Read More about Modeling the potential impact of changing access rates to specialist treatment for alcohol dependence for local authorities in England: The Specialist Treatment for Alcohol Model (STreAM).