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Opening the woods: towards a quantification of Neolithic clearance around the Somerset Levels and Moors (2019)
Journal Article
Farrell, M., Bunting, M. J., Sturt, F., Grant, M., Aalbersberg, G., Batchelor, R., …Whittle, A. (2020). Opening the woods: towards a quantification of Neolithic clearance around the Somerset Levels and Moors. Journal of Archaeological Method and Theory, 27(2), 271-301. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10816-019-09427-9

© 2019, The Author(s). Environmental reconstructions from pollen records collected within archaeological landscapes have traditionally taken a broadly narrative approach, with few attempts made at hypothesis testing or formal assessment of uncertaint... Read More about Opening the woods: towards a quantification of Neolithic clearance around the Somerset Levels and Moors.

Multimodal impact of acupuncture, exercise therapy, and concurrent functional electrical stimulation on osteoarthritis of the knee: a case report (2019)
Journal Article
Hakakzadeh, A., Shariat, A., Moradi, V., Ingle, L., Honarpishe, R., Noormohammadpour, P., & Ansari, N. N. (2019). Multimodal impact of acupuncture, exercise therapy, and concurrent functional electrical stimulation on osteoarthritis of the knee: a case report. Acupuncture and Electro-Therapeutics Research, 44(2), 135-145. https://doi.org/10.3727/036012919X15650315071942

Knee osteoarthritis (OA) causes functional limitation in weight-bearing activities including walking. To investigate the multimodal impact of acupuncture, exercise therapy, and concurrent functional electrical stimulation (FES) on knee osteoarthritis... Read More about Multimodal impact of acupuncture, exercise therapy, and concurrent functional electrical stimulation on osteoarthritis of the knee: a case report.

Characterisation of a mitochondrial iron transporter of the pathogen Trypanosoma brucei (2019)
Journal Article
Zheng, F., Colasante, C., & Voncken, F. (2019). Characterisation of a mitochondrial iron transporter of the pathogen Trypanosoma brucei. Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology, 233, Article 111221. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.molbiopara.2019.111221

Similar to higher eukaryotes, the protist parasite T. brucei harbours several iron-containing proteins that regulate DNA and protein processing, oxidative stress defence and mitochondrial respiration. The synthesis of these proteins occurs either in... Read More about Characterisation of a mitochondrial iron transporter of the pathogen Trypanosoma brucei.

The impact of teacher well-being and mental health on pupil progress in primary schools (2019)
Journal Article
Glazzard, J., & Rose, A. (2020). The impact of teacher well-being and mental health on pupil progress in primary schools. Journal of Public Mental Health, 19(4), 349-357. https://doi.org/10.1108/JPMH-02-2019-0023

Purpose: The study was based around the following three research questions: What factors affect teacher well-being and mental health? How does teacher well-being and mental health impact on the progress of students? What resilience strategies are use... Read More about The impact of teacher well-being and mental health on pupil progress in primary schools.

Stroop interference is a composite phenomenon: Evidence from distinct developmental trajectories of its components (2019)
Journal Article
Ferrand, L., Ducrot, S., Chausse, P., Maïonchi‐Pino, N., O’Connor, R. J., Parris, B. A., …Augustinova, M. (2020). Stroop interference is a composite phenomenon: Evidence from distinct developmental trajectories of its components. Developmental Science, 23(2), Article e12899. https://doi.org/10.1111/desc.12899

© 2019 John Wiley & Sons Ltd Only one previous developmental study of Stroop task performance (Schiller, 1966) has controlled for differences in processing speed that exist both within and between age groups. Therefore, the question of whether the... Read More about Stroop interference is a composite phenomenon: Evidence from distinct developmental trajectories of its components.

Towards effective mobilization of social participation: from an instrumental approach to a value-oriented approach in China (2019)
Journal Article
Yang, Y., Xu, Y., & Wilkinson, M. (in press). Towards effective mobilization of social participation: from an instrumental approach to a value-oriented approach in China. Policy studies : the journal of the Policy Studies Institute, 1-20. https://doi.org/10.1080/01442872.2019.1667966

State mobilization is crucial for promoting social participation in mainland China. Due to its historically weak roots, social participation’s limited popularity reflects the failure of China’s current instrumental mobilization approach which focuses... Read More about Towards effective mobilization of social participation: from an instrumental approach to a value-oriented approach in China.

The sociodemographic context of observed solitary and social smoking behaviours using a behavioural ecological approach (2019)
Journal Article
Why, F. Y. P., Undarwati, A., & Nuzulia, S. (in press). The sociodemographic context of observed solitary and social smoking behaviours using a behavioural ecological approach. Journal of health psychology, https://doi.org/10.1177/1359105319877447

This study used a behavioural ecological approach by observing whether solitary and social smoking varied as a function of gender and stress. In sample 1 (N = 414), the result was consistent with the Tend-and-Befriend Hypothesis in that more female s... Read More about The sociodemographic context of observed solitary and social smoking behaviours using a behavioural ecological approach.

Lumen contour segmentation in ivoct based on n-type cnn (2019)
Journal Article
Tang, J., Lan, Y., Chen, S., Zhong, Y., Huang, C., Peng, Y., …Che, W. (2019). Lumen contour segmentation in ivoct based on n-type cnn. IEEE Access, 7, 135573-135581. https://doi.org/10.1109/ACCESS.2019.2941899

Automatic segmentation of lumen contour plays an important role in medical imaging and diagnosis, which is the first step towards the evaluation of morphology of vessels under analysis and the identification of possible atherosclerotic lesions. Meanw... Read More about Lumen contour segmentation in ivoct based on n-type cnn.

Aristotle on the Authority of the Many: Politics III 11, 1281a40-b21 (2019)
Journal Article
Hatzistavrou, A. (2021). Aristotle on the Authority of the Many: Politics III 11, 1281a40-b21. Apeiron, 54(2), 203-232. https://doi.org/10.1515/apeiron-2018-0093

In this article I propose a new interpretation of Aristotle's arguments about the authority of the many at Politics III 11, 1281a40-b21. It consists of the following main tenets. First, the multitude that Aristotle refers to in his arguments should b... Read More about Aristotle on the Authority of the Many: Politics III 11, 1281a40-b21.

Conceptualising ‘style’ in legal scholarship: the curious case of Zweigert’s 'style doctrine' (2019)
Journal Article
Cserne, P. (2019). Conceptualising ‘style’ in legal scholarship: the curious case of Zweigert’s 'style doctrine'. International journal of law in context, 15(3), 297-309. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1744552319000296

This paper focuses on the German legal scholar Konrad Zweigert’s (1911–96) deceptively simple and notoriously vague use of the term “style” in comparative legal scholarship.

European challenges to coastal management from storm surges: Problem-structuring framework and actors implicated in responses (2019)
Book Chapter
Boyes, S., & Elliott, M. (2019). European challenges to coastal management from storm surges: Problem-structuring framework and actors implicated in responses. In I. La Jeunesse, & C. Larrue (Eds.), Facing Hydrometeorological Extreme Events: A Governance Issue (341-361). Chichester: John Wiley and Sons. https://doi.org/10.1002/9781119383567.ch22

A number of studies have investigated the impacts of storm surges at the local or regional scale, with a recent study by Vousdoukas et al. giving projections for Europe for 2010-2040 and 2070-2100. This chapter shows that the North and Baltic Sea coa... Read More about European challenges to coastal management from storm surges: Problem-structuring framework and actors implicated in responses.

Safety + AI: A novel approach to update safety models using artificial intelligence (2019)
Journal Article
Gheraibia, Y., Kabir, S., Aslansefat, K., Sorokos, I., & Papadopoulos, Y. (2019). Safety + AI: A novel approach to update safety models using artificial intelligence. IEEE Access, 7, 135855-135869. https://doi.org/10.1109/ACCESS.2019.2941566

Safety-critical systems are becoming larger and more complex to obtain a higher level of functionality. Hence, modeling and evaluation of these systems can be a difficult and error-prone task. Among existing safety models, Fault Tree Analysis (FTA) i... Read More about Safety + AI: A novel approach to update safety models using artificial intelligence.

The effect of radioiodine treatment on the diseased thyroid gland (2019)
Journal Article
Riley, A. S., McKenzie, G. A. G., Green, V., Schettino, G., England, R. J. A., & Greenman, J. (2019). The effect of radioiodine treatment on the diseased thyroid gland. International Journal of Radiation Biology, 95(12), 1718-1727. https://doi.org/10.1080/09553002.2019.1665206

Purpose: Radioiodine (I131) therapy is the treatment mainstay for several benign and malignant thyroid disorders, however I131 is known to cause DNA damage and liberation of thyroidal self-antigens inducing secondary immunoreactivity. The exact mecha... Read More about The effect of radioiodine treatment on the diseased thyroid gland.

The s process in rotating low-mass AGB stars: Nucleosynthesis calculations in models matching asteroseismic constraints (2019)
Journal Article
Den Hartogh, J. W., Hirschi, R., Lugaro, M., Doherty, C. L., Battino, U., Herwig, F., …Eggenberger, P. (2019). The s process in rotating low-mass AGB stars: Nucleosynthesis calculations in models matching asteroseismic constraints. Astronomy and Astrophysics, 629, Article A123. https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201935476

Aims. We investigate the s-process during the AGB phase of stellar models whose cores are enforced to rotate at rates consistent with asteroseismology observations of their progenitors and successors. Methods. We calculated new 2 M⊙ , Z  =  0.01 mode... Read More about The s process in rotating low-mass AGB stars: Nucleosynthesis calculations in models matching asteroseismic constraints.

Enhanced Mediterranean water cycle explains increased humidity during MIS 3 in North Africa (2019)
Journal Article
Rogerson, M., Dublyansky, Y., Hoffman, D. L., Luetscher, M., Töchterle, P., & Spötl, C. (2019). Enhanced Mediterranean water cycle explains increased humidity during MIS 3 in North Africa. Climate of the Past, 15, 1757–1769. https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-2018-134

We report a new fluid inclusion dataset from Northeast Libyan speleothem SC-06-01, which is the largest speleothem fluid inclusion dataset for North Africa to date. The stalagmite was sampled in Susah cave, a low altitude coastal site, in Cyrenaica,... Read More about Enhanced Mediterranean water cycle explains increased humidity during MIS 3 in North Africa.

Physiotherapy outcome measures of haemophilia acute bleed episodes: What matters to patients? (2019)
Journal Article
Bradshaw, E., McClellan, C., Whybrow, P., & Cramp, F. (2019). Physiotherapy outcome measures of haemophilia acute bleed episodes: What matters to patients?. Haemophilia, 25(6), 1066-1072. https://doi.org/10.1111/hae.13840

Introduction The research was conducted at a UK teaching hospital and Haemophilia Comprehensive Care Centre (CCC) as part of a research programme investigating physiotherapy for acute bleed management. Aim The aim of the study was to understand th... Read More about Physiotherapy outcome measures of haemophilia acute bleed episodes: What matters to patients?.

2D-Galactic chemical evolution: The role of the spiral density wave (2019)
Journal Article
Mollá, M., Wekesa, S., Cavichia, O., Díaz, I., Gibson, B. K., Rosales-Ortega, F. F., …Sánchez, S. F. (2019). 2D-Galactic chemical evolution: The role of the spiral density wave. Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 490(1), 665-682. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stz2537

© 2019 The Author(s). Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the Royal Astronomical Society. We present a 2D chemical evolution code applied to a Milky Way type Galaxy, incorporating the role of spiral arms in shaping azimuthal abundance v... Read More about 2D-Galactic chemical evolution: The role of the spiral density wave.

‘Don’t be a Zombie’: Deep Ecology and Zombie Misanthropy (2019)
Journal Article
Corstorphine, K. (2019). ‘Don’t be a Zombie’: Deep Ecology and Zombie Misanthropy. Gothic nature journal, 54-77

This article examines the waysin which the Gothic imagination has been used to convey the message of environmentalism, looking specifically at attempts to curb population growth, such as the video ‘Zombie Overpopulation’, produced by Population Matte... Read More about ‘Don’t be a Zombie’: Deep Ecology and Zombie Misanthropy.

Study protocol for a randomised controlled trial assessing the clinical and cost-effectiveness of the Journeying through Dementia (JtD) intervention compared to usual care (2019)
Journal Article
Wright, J., Foster, A., Cooper, C., Sprange, K., Walters, S., Berry, K., …Mountain, G. (2019). Study protocol for a randomised controlled trial assessing the clinical and cost-effectiveness of the Journeying through Dementia (JtD) intervention compared to usual care. BMJ open, 9(9), Article e029207. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2019-029207

Introduction Services are being encouraged to provide postdiagnostic treatment to those with dementia but the availability of evidence-based interventions following diagnosis has not kept pace with increase in demand. To address this need, the Jour... Read More about Study protocol for a randomised controlled trial assessing the clinical and cost-effectiveness of the Journeying through Dementia (JtD) intervention compared to usual care.