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Application of Algorithmic Cognitive Decision Trust Modeling for Cyber Security Within Organisations (2020)
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Rodgers, W., Attah-Boakye, R., & Adams, K. (2020). Application of Algorithmic Cognitive Decision Trust Modeling for Cyber Security Within Organisations. IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management, https://doi.org/10.1109/TEM.2020.3019218

Cybercrime continues to cause increasing threat to business processes, eroding stakeholders’ trust in Internet technologies. In this article, we explore how six dominant algorithmic trust positions facilitate cognitive processing, which, in turn, can... Read More about Application of Algorithmic Cognitive Decision Trust Modeling for Cyber Security Within Organisations.

Dignity, well-being and identity: A qualitative study of older people's interpretations of how healthcare workers speak to them (2020)
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Draper, P., & Hilton, A. (2021). Dignity, well-being and identity: A qualitative study of older people's interpretations of how healthcare workers speak to them. Nursing older people, 33(1), https://doi.org/10.7748/NOP.2020.E1261

© RCN Publishing Company Limited 2021. Background The initial interaction between an older person and a nurse, and how the older person interprets this interaction, is important and sometimes overlooked. Evidence suggests that the way healthcare work... Read More about Dignity, well-being and identity: A qualitative study of older people's interpretations of how healthcare workers speak to them.

Performance investigation of solar tower system using cascade supercritical carbon dioxide Brayton-steam Rankine cycle (2020)
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Yang, H., Li, J., Wang, Q., Wu, L., Reyes Rodríguez-Sanchez, M., Santana, D., & Pei, G. (2020). Performance investigation of solar tower system using cascade supercritical carbon dioxide Brayton-steam Rankine cycle. Energy Conversion and Management, 225, Article 113430. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enconman.2020.113430

© 2020 Elsevier Ltd A novel solar power tower system that integrates with the cascade supercritical carbon dioxide Brayton-steam Rankine cycle is proposed to tackle the challenges of a simple supercritical carbon dioxide system in solar power systems... Read More about Performance investigation of solar tower system using cascade supercritical carbon dioxide Brayton-steam Rankine cycle.

Implementation of a complex intervention to improve care for patients whose situations are clinically uncertain in hospital settings: A multi-method study using normalisation process theory (2020)
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Johnson, H., Yorganci, E., Evans, C. J., Barclay, S., Murtagh, F. E., Yi, D., …Koffman, J. (2020). Implementation of a complex intervention to improve care for patients whose situations are clinically uncertain in hospital settings: A multi-method study using normalisation process theory. PLoS ONE, 15(9), Article e0239181. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0239181

PURPOSE: To examine the use of Normalisation Process Theory (NPT) to establish if, and in what ways, the AMBER care bundle can be successfully normalised into acute hospital practice, and to identify necessary modifications to optimise its implementa... Read More about Implementation of a complex intervention to improve care for patients whose situations are clinically uncertain in hospital settings: A multi-method study using normalisation process theory.

Double-blind, placebo-controlled trial of mifepristone on cognition and depression in alcohol dependence (2020)
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Donoghue, K., Rose, A., Coulton, S., Coleman, R., Milward, J., Philips, T., …Little, H. (2020). Double-blind, placebo-controlled trial of mifepristone on cognition and depression in alcohol dependence. Trials, 21(1), Article 796. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13063-020-04726-z

Alcohol dependence is a significant issue contributing to disease burden. Changes in cortisol concentrations during alcohol withdrawal are associated with cognitive deficits and symptoms of depression. Current treatments are only successful for a sma... Read More about Double-blind, placebo-controlled trial of mifepristone on cognition and depression in alcohol dependence.

Intimate architectures: a cultural geography of doors (2020)
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Brookes, E. (2022). Intimate architectures: a cultural geography of doors. Social & cultural geography, 23(6), 797-813. https://doi.org/10.1080/14649365.2020.1821389

This article seeks to contribute to geography’s continued interest in architecture through a focus on the ‘intimate architectural space’ of the door. Its aims are threefold; the first section seeks to extend knowledge of the door within geographic li... Read More about Intimate architectures: a cultural geography of doors.

The care of older cancer patients in the United Kingdom (2020)
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Gomes, F., Lewis, A., Morris, R., Parks, R., Kalsi, T., Babic-Illamn, G., …Simcock, R. (2020). The care of older cancer patients in the United Kingdom. ecancermedicalscience, 14, Article 1101. https://doi.org/10.3332/ECANCER.2020.1101

© 2020 the authors. The ageing population poses new challenges globally. Cancer care for older patients is one of these challenges, and it has a significant impact on societies. In the United Kingdom (UK), as the number of older cancer patients incre... Read More about The care of older cancer patients in the United Kingdom.

Mesenchymal stem cell-based Smad7 gene therapy for experimental liver cirrhosis (2020)
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Su, D., Wu, S., & Xu, S. (2020). Mesenchymal stem cell-based Smad7 gene therapy for experimental liver cirrhosis. Stem Cell Research and Therapy, 11(1), Article 395. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13287-020-01911-4

Background Bone mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) can promote liver regeneration and inhibit inflammation and hepatic fibrosis. MSCs also can serve as a vehicle for gene therapy. Smad7 is an essential negative regulatory gene in the TGF-β1/Smad signalli... Read More about Mesenchymal stem cell-based Smad7 gene therapy for experimental liver cirrhosis.

Real Exchange Rate Misalignments of Libyan Dinar: Fundamentals and Markov Switching Regimes (2020)
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Bhattarai, K., & Ben-Naser, A. (2020). Real Exchange Rate Misalignments of Libyan Dinar: Fundamentals and Markov Switching Regimes. Journal of Development Economics and Finance, 1(1), 151-162

This study found evidence for a time-varying misalignments of equilibrium RER of the Libyan dinar. Markov switching model explains the overvaluation episodes during. Policy makers should urgently align the actual exchange rate very close to the movem... Read More about Real Exchange Rate Misalignments of Libyan Dinar: Fundamentals and Markov Switching Regimes.

Value for money and the commodification of higher education: front-line narratives (2020)
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Wilkinson, L. C., & Wilkinson, M. D. (in press). Value for money and the commodification of higher education: front-line narratives. Teaching in higher education, 1-17. https://doi.org/10.1080/13562517.2020.1819226

This paper provides a critical interrogation of government-led reform of higher education (HE) in England. Its focus is marketisation, and in particular, the concepts of ‘value for money’ (VFM), teaching excellence, and students as educational consum... Read More about Value for money and the commodification of higher education: front-line narratives.

A War of Songs. Popular Music and Recent Russia–Ukraine Relations: Arve Hansen, Andrei Rogatchevski, Yngvar Steinholt & David-Emil Wickström. Stuttgart: Ibidem Verlag, 2019, 247pp., €34.90 p/b. (2020)
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Baker, C. (2020). A War of Songs. Popular Music and Recent Russia–Ukraine Relations: Arve Hansen, Andrei Rogatchevski, Yngvar Steinholt & David-Emil Wickström. Stuttgart: Ibidem Verlag, 2019, 247pp., €34.90 p/b. Europe-Asia Studies, 72(8), 1426-1427. https://doi.org/10.1080/09668136.2020.1814605

Barriers to sexual and reproductive education among in-school adolescents in Zomba and Mangochi districts, Malawi (2020)
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Likupe, G., Chintsanya, J., Magadi, M., Munthali, A., & Makwemba, M. (2021). Barriers to sexual and reproductive education among in-school adolescents in Zomba and Mangochi districts, Malawi. Sex Education, 21(4), 450-462. https://doi.org/10.1080/14681811.2020.1821181

Teenage pregnancy and child marriage continue to rise in Malawi despite the introduction of compulsory Life Skills education in primary schools in 2002. A qualitative approach, employing focus group discussions with participants was used to explore t... Read More about Barriers to sexual and reproductive education among in-school adolescents in Zomba and Mangochi districts, Malawi.

Study of the impacts of supplements on the specific methane production during anaerobic digestion of the West African Gamba and Guinea Grass (2020)
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Egwu, U., Sallis, P., & Oko, E. (2021). Study of the impacts of supplements on the specific methane production during anaerobic digestion of the West African Gamba and Guinea Grass. Fuel, 285, Article 119060. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fuel.2020.119060

Nutrient supplementation could improve the biomethane production of different biomass feedstocks during anaerobic digestion. In this study, the impact of nutrient supplementation on the anaerobic digestion of the West African Gamba and Guinea Grass f... Read More about Study of the impacts of supplements on the specific methane production during anaerobic digestion of the West African Gamba and Guinea Grass.

Alert system design based on experimental findings from long-term unobtrusive monitoring in COPD (2020)
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den Brinker, A. C., van Dinther, R., Crooks, M. G., Thackray-Nocera, S., & Morice, A. H. (2021). Alert system design based on experimental findings from long-term unobtrusive monitoring in COPD. Biomedical Signal Processing and Control, 63, Article 102205. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bspc.2020.102205

An observational study using a cough count monitor was executed in the home of 30 patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD). The monitoring system was unobtrusive, allowing long-term monitoring. This paper illustrates the cough count... Read More about Alert system design based on experimental findings from long-term unobtrusive monitoring in COPD.

The role of ethnic characteristics in the effect of income shocks on African conflict (2020)
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Manotas-Hidalgo, B., Pérez-Sebastián, F., & Campo-Bescós, M. A. (2021). The role of ethnic characteristics in the effect of income shocks on African conflict. World Development, 137, Article 105153. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.worlddev.2020.105153

This paper disentangles the ethnic drivers of the effect of food-related income shocks on African conflict employing geolocalized information. We consider diversity and political ethnic variables and several conflict definitions. We find that differe... Read More about The role of ethnic characteristics in the effect of income shocks on African conflict.

Postload glucose spike but not fasting glucose determines prognosis after myocardial infarction in patients without known or newly diagnosed diabetes (2020)
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Chattopadhyay, S., George, A., John, J., & Sathyapalan, T. (2021). Postload glucose spike but not fasting glucose determines prognosis after myocardial infarction in patients without known or newly diagnosed diabetes. Journal of Diabetes, 13(3), 191-199. https://doi.org/10.1111/1753-0407.13111

Background: The effect of postload glucose spikes (PGS), the difference between 2 hour post-load plasma glucose (2hPLPG) and fasting plasma glucose (FPG), on post–myocardial infarction (post-MI) prognosis in nondiabetic patients is unexplored. Method... Read More about Postload glucose spike but not fasting glucose determines prognosis after myocardial infarction in patients without known or newly diagnosed diabetes.

Objective Assessment of Cough: An Early Marker of Response to Biological Therapies in Asthma? (2020)
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Faruqi, S., Sykes, D. L., Crooks, M. G., Brindle, K., Thompson, J., & Morice, A. H. (2020). Objective Assessment of Cough: An Early Marker of Response to Biological Therapies in Asthma?. Lung, 198(5), 767-770. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00408-020-00391-w

© 2020, Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature. Cough is an important symptom of asthma. The objective assessment of chronic cough has been enhanced by the development of ambulatory cough monitoring systems. Mepolizumab has bee... Read More about Objective Assessment of Cough: An Early Marker of Response to Biological Therapies in Asthma?.

Yorkshire Lung Screening Trial (YLST): protocol for a randomised controlled trial to evaluate invitation to community-based low-dose CT screening for lung cancer versus usual care in a targeted population at risk (2020)
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Crosbie, P. A., Gabe, R., Simmonds, I., Kennedy, M., Rogerson, S., Ahmed, N., …Callister, M. E. (2020). Yorkshire Lung Screening Trial (YLST): protocol for a randomised controlled trial to evaluate invitation to community-based low-dose CT screening for lung cancer versus usual care in a targeted population at risk. BMJ open, 10(9), Article e037075. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2020-037075

© Author(s) (or their employer(s)) 2020. Re-use permitted under CC BY. Published by BMJ. INTRODUCTION: Lung cancer is the world's leading cause of cancer death. Low-dose computed tomography (LDCT) screening reduced lung cancer mortality by 20% in the... Read More about Yorkshire Lung Screening Trial (YLST): protocol for a randomised controlled trial to evaluate invitation to community-based low-dose CT screening for lung cancer versus usual care in a targeted population at risk.