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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.

Sustainable Hospital Transformation and Beyond (2019)
Book Chapter
Stericker, S., & Lawson, D. (2019). Sustainable Hospital Transformation and Beyond. In Hospital Transformation: From Failure to Success and Beyond (107-122). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-15448-6

Much has been written about improvement and transformation in the NHS and is covered elsewhere in this book. The most significant challenge in the transformation process is ensuring that change or improvement is sustained over time, after the ‘initia... Read More about Sustainable Hospital Transformation and Beyond.

Women’s experiences of maternity care in England: preliminary development of a standard measure (2019)
Journal Article
Redshaw, M., Martin, C. R., Savage-Mcglynn, E., & Harrison, S. (2019). Women’s experiences of maternity care in England: preliminary development of a standard measure. BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 19(1), Article 167. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12884-019-2284-9

Background: As maternity services evolve and the population of women served also changes, there is a continuing need to effectively document the views of women with recent experience of care. A woman's maternity experience can have a positive or nega... Read More about Women’s experiences of maternity care in England: preliminary development of a standard measure.

Daylighting characteristics and experimental validation of a novel concentrating photovoltaic/daylighting system (2019)
Journal Article
Xuan, Q., Li, G., Lu, Y., Zhao, B., Zhao, X., & Pei, G. (2019). Daylighting characteristics and experimental validation of a novel concentrating photovoltaic/daylighting system. Solar Energy, 186, 264-276. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.solener.2019.05.014

Daylight plays an important role on the environmental comfort level for buildings. As for the energy consumption in the building, lighting is one of the main contributors. However, traditional building integrated solar utilization systems such as fla... Read More about Daylighting characteristics and experimental validation of a novel concentrating photovoltaic/daylighting system.

Dynamic response of large tilt-angle flexoelectro-optic liquid crystal modulators (2019)
Journal Article
Fells, J. A. J., Welch, C., Yip, W. C., Elston, S. J., Booth, M. J., Mehl, G. H., …Morris, S. M. (2019). Dynamic response of large tilt-angle flexoelectro-optic liquid crystal modulators. Optics express, 27(11), 15184-15193. https://doi.org/10.1364/OE.27.015184

Journal © 2019 We present here the first time-resolved tilt-angle and retardance measurements for large-tilt (>45°) flexoelectro-optic liquid crystal modulators. These devices have potential for next generation fast switching (>1 kHz), 0-2π analog ph... Read More about Dynamic response of large tilt-angle flexoelectro-optic liquid crystal modulators.

Impact of market orientation on a firm's customer-based performance: the moderating role of employee orientation (2019)
Journal Article
Mohiuddin Babu, M., Liu, H., Jayawardhena, C., & Lal Dey, B. (2019). Impact of market orientation on a firm's customer-based performance: the moderating role of employee orientation. Journal of marketing management, 35(7-8), 662-692. https://doi.org/10.1080/0267257X.2019.1585928

In this paper, we examine the influence of employee orientation (EO) on converting constituent dimensions of market orientation (MO) into customer-based performance (CBP) and consider the robustness of these relationships in the context of firm age a... Read More about Impact of market orientation on a firm's customer-based performance: the moderating role of employee orientation.

Ethical pathways of internal audit reporting lines (2019)
Journal Article
Rodgers, W., & Al Fayi, S. (2019). Ethical pathways of internal audit reporting lines. Accounting Forum, 43(2), 220-245. https://doi.org/10.1080/01559982.2019.1605871

This study identifies the ethical pathways of chief audit executive reporting lines that describe internal auditing relationships with different authorities in the organisation (e.g., the board of directors, audit committee, chief executive officer,... Read More about Ethical pathways of internal audit reporting lines.

Biphasic biocatalysis using a CO2-switchable Pickering emulsion (2019)
Journal Article
Yu, S., Zhang, D., Jiang, J., Cui, Z., Xia, W., Binks, B. P., & Yang, H. (2019). Biphasic biocatalysis using a CO2-switchable Pickering emulsion. Green chemistry : an international journal and green chemistry resource : GC, 21(15), 4062-4068. https://doi.org/10.1039/c8gc03879a

Biphasic biocatalyses such as the hydrolysis of olive oil and the esterification of octanol with oleic acid were performed in a CO2/N2-switchable Pickering oil-in-water emulsion stabilized by silica nanoparticles hydrophobized in situ by a CO2/N2-swi... Read More about Biphasic biocatalysis using a CO2-switchable Pickering emulsion.

‘We Cover New York’: protest, neighborhood, and street photography in the (Workers Film and) Photo League (2019)
Journal Article
Haran, B. (2019). ‘We Cover New York’: protest, neighborhood, and street photography in the (Workers Film and) Photo League. Arts, 8(2), 61. https://doi.org/10.3390/arts8020061

This article considers photographs of New York by two American radical groups, the revolutionary Workers Film and Photo League (WFPL) (1931–1936) and the ensuing Photo League (PL) (1936–1951), a less explicitly political concern, in relation to the a... Read More about ‘We Cover New York’: protest, neighborhood, and street photography in the (Workers Film and) Photo League.

From ‘bathtub’ galaxy evolution models to metallicity gradients (2019)
Journal Article
Belfiore, F., Vincenzo, F., Maiolino, R., & Matteucci, F. (2019). From ‘bathtub’ galaxy evolution models to metallicity gradients. Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 487(1), 456-474. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stz1165

We model gas-phase metallicity radial profiles of galaxies in the local Universe by building on the ‘bathtub’ chemical evolution formalism – where a galaxy’s gas content is determined by the interplay between inflow, star formation, and outflows. In... Read More about From ‘bathtub’ galaxy evolution models to metallicity gradients.

A study on heat storage sizing and flow control for a domestic scale solar-powered organic Rankine cycle-vapour compression refrigeration system (2019)
Journal Article
Kutlu, C., Erdinc, M. T., Li, J., Wang, Y., & Su, Y. (2019). A study on heat storage sizing and flow control for a domestic scale solar-powered organic Rankine cycle-vapour compression refrigeration system. Renewable energy, 143, 301-312. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.renene.2019.05.017

This paper presents the off-design modelling of a domestic scale solar organic Rankine cycle (ORC)and vapour compression cycle (VCC)in a coupled operation in different operating modes by using evacuated flat plate (EFP)collectors. Thermodynamic and p... Read More about A study on heat storage sizing and flow control for a domestic scale solar-powered organic Rankine cycle-vapour compression refrigeration system.

The effects of social protection policies on health inequalities: Evidence from systematic reviews (2019)
Journal Article
Hillier-Brown, F., Thomson, K., Mcgowan, V., Cairns, J., Eikemo, T. A., Gil-Gonzále, D., & Bambra, C. (2019). The effects of social protection policies on health inequalities: Evidence from systematic reviews. Scandinavian journal of public health, 47(6), 655-665. https://doi.org/10.1177/1403494819848276

© Author(s) 2019. Background: The welfare state distributes financial resources to its citizens – protecting them in times of adversity. Variations in how such social protection policies are administered have been attributed to important differences... Read More about The effects of social protection policies on health inequalities: Evidence from systematic reviews.

The effects of soy protein and cocoa with or without isoflavones on glycemic control in type 2 diabetes. A double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled study (2019)
Journal Article
Konya, J., Sathyapalan, T., Kilpatrick, E. S., & Atkin, S. L. (2019). The effects of soy protein and cocoa with or without isoflavones on glycemic control in type 2 diabetes. A double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled study. Frontiers in endocrinology, 10(MAY), Article 296. https://doi.org/10.3389/fendo.2019.00296

Objective: Soy and cocoa have been suggested to be beneficial for diabetes. The aim of this study was to identify the effects of soy protein, isoflavones, and cocoa on glycemic control parameters. Research design and methods: The study was a paral... Read More about The effects of soy protein and cocoa with or without isoflavones on glycemic control in type 2 diabetes. A double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled study.

Optimization Routes for the Bioleaching of MSWI Fly and Bottom Ashes Using Microorganisms Collected from a Natural System (2019)
Journal Article
Funari, V., Gomes, H. I., Cappelletti, M., Fedi, S., Dinelli, E., Rogerson, M., …Rovere, M. (2019). Optimization Routes for the Bioleaching of MSWI Fly and Bottom Ashes Using Microorganisms Collected from a Natural System. Waste and biomass valorization, 10(12), 3833-3842. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12649-019-00688-9

This paper presents a route for the treatment of MSWI fly (FA) and bottom ashes (BA) using microorganisms to critically assess whether bioleaching is within reach of effective industrial application. The leaching of metals from BA and FA was investig... Read More about Optimization Routes for the Bioleaching of MSWI Fly and Bottom Ashes Using Microorganisms Collected from a Natural System.

Patient and public involvement in health research in low and middle-income countries: a systematic review (2019)
Journal Article
Cook, N., Siddiqi, N., Twiddy, M., & Kenyon, R. (2019). Patient and public involvement in health research in low and middle-income countries: a systematic review. BMJ open, 9(5), Article e026514. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2018-026514

Objectives: Patient and public involvement (PPI) is argued to lead to higher quality health research, which is more relatable to and helps empower the public. We synthesised the evidence to look for examples of PPI in health research in low/middle-in... Read More about Patient and public involvement in health research in low and middle-income countries: a systematic review.

Constructed wetlands for steel slag leachate management: Partitioning of arsenic, chromium, and vanadium in waters, sediments, and plants (2019)
Journal Article
Gomes, H., Mayes, W. M., Whitby, P., & Rogerson, M. (2019). Constructed wetlands for steel slag leachate management: Partitioning of arsenic, chromium, and vanadium in waters, sediments, and plants. Journal of environmental management, 243, 30-38. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2019.04.127

© 2019 The Authors Constructed wetlands can treat highly alkaline leachate resulting from the weathering of steel slag before reuse (e.g. as aggregate)or during disposal in repositories and legacy sites. This study aimed to assess how metal(loid)s s... Read More about Constructed wetlands for steel slag leachate management: Partitioning of arsenic, chromium, and vanadium in waters, sediments, and plants.