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Timing of electronic reminders did not improve trial participant questionnaire response: a randomized trial and meta-analyses (2020)
Journal Article
Partha Sarathy, P., Kottam, L., Mitchell, A., Parker, A., Brealey, S., Coleman, E., Northgraves, M., Torgerson, D., Rangan, A., & Keding, A. (2020). Timing of electronic reminders did not improve trial participant questionnaire response: a randomized trial and meta-analyses. Journal of clinical epidemiology, 122, 70-77. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclinepi.2020.03.001

Objectives: The objective of this study was to assess whether timing of short messaging service (SMS) reminders improved postal questionnaire return rates from participants in a randomized controlled trial (RCT). Study Design and Setting: A Study Wit... Read More about Timing of electronic reminders did not improve trial participant questionnaire response: a randomized trial and meta-analyses.

Facial width-to-height ratio in chimpanzees: Links to age, sex and personality (2020)
Journal Article
Wilson, V., Weiss, A., Lefevre, C. E., Ochiai, T., Matsuzawa, T., Inoue-Murayama, M., Freeman, H., Herrelko, E. S., & Altschul, D. (2020). Facial width-to-height ratio in chimpanzees: Links to age, sex and personality. Evolution and Human Behavior, 41(3), 226-234. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.evolhumbehav.2020.03.001

Links between the human facial width-to-height ratio (fWHR) and aggressive behaviours have been debated in recent years. The question of whether fWHR is a cue to dominance could benefit from the study of primate species that are closely related to hu... Read More about Facial width-to-height ratio in chimpanzees: Links to age, sex and personality.

Influence of climate-induced biogeographic range shifts on mudflat ecological functioning in the subtropics (2020)
Journal Article
Caswell, B. A., Dissanayake, N. G., & Frid, C. L. (2020). Influence of climate-induced biogeographic range shifts on mudflat ecological functioning in the subtropics. Estuarine, coastal and shelf science, 237, 106692. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecss.2020.106692

A growing volume of evidence shows that the broad-scale biogeographic redistribution of species is occurring in response to increasing global temperatures. The present study documents poleward movements of up to eight species of nominally ‘tropical’... Read More about Influence of climate-induced biogeographic range shifts on mudflat ecological functioning in the subtropics.

Numerical errors at walls: on the sensitivity of RANS models to near-wall cell size (2020)
Journal Article
Lloyd, C. J., Peakall, J., Burns, A. D., Keevil, G. M., & Dorrell, R. M. (in press). Numerical errors at walls: on the sensitivity of RANS models to near-wall cell size. International Journal of Computational Fluid Dynamics, 34(3), 204-225. https://doi.org/10.1080/10618562.2020.1732941

The sensitivity of a large range of turbulence closures to the near-wall grid resolution is assessed through analytical and numerical techniques. We determine model boundedness, limiting behaviour, and solution dependence of channel flow simulations... Read More about Numerical errors at walls: on the sensitivity of RANS models to near-wall cell size.

Educating the Cosmopolitan Citizen in Confucian Classical Education in Contemporary China (2020)
Journal Article
Wang, C. (2020). Educating the Cosmopolitan Citizen in Confucian Classical Education in Contemporary China. Chinese Education and Society, 53(1-2), 36-46. https://doi.org/10.1080/10611932.2020.1716613

This article explores the conceptualization of cosmopolitan citizen and the relevant teaching practice in the emerging Confucian classical education in contemporary China. It addresses two aspects. First, the cosmopolitan orientation of the cultural... Read More about Educating the Cosmopolitan Citizen in Confucian Classical Education in Contemporary China.

Temperature dependence of bend elastic constant in oblique helicoidal cholesterics (2020)
Journal Article
Iadlovska, O. S., Babakhanova, G., Mehl, G. H., Welch, C., Cruickshank, E., Strachan, G. J., Storey, J. M. D., Imrie, C. T., Shiyanovskii, S. V., & Lavrentovich, O. D. (2020). Temperature dependence of bend elastic constant in oblique helicoidal cholesterics. Physical Review Research, 2(1), Article 013238. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevResearch.2.013248

Elastic moduli of liquid crystals, known as Frank constants, are of quintessential importance for understanding fundamental properties of these materials and for the design of their applications. Although there are many methods to measure the Frank c... Read More about Temperature dependence of bend elastic constant in oblique helicoidal cholesterics.

Effectiveness of myAirCoach: A mHealth Self-Management System in Asthma (2020)
Journal Article
Khusial, R. J., Honkoop, P. J., Usmani, O., Soares, M., Simpson, A., Biddiscombe, M., Meah, S., Bonini, M., Lalas, A., Polychronidou, E., Koopmans, J. G., Moustakas, K., Snoeck-Stroband, J. B., Ortmann, S., Votis, K., Tzovaras, D., Chung, K. F., Fowler, S., & Sont, J. K. (2020). Effectiveness of myAirCoach: A mHealth Self-Management System in Asthma. The journal of allergy and clinical immunology. In practice, 8(6), 1972-1979.e8. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaip.2020.02.018

Background: Self-management programs have beneficial effects on asthma control, but their implementation in clinical practice is poor. Mobile health (mHealth) could play an important role in enhancing self-management. Objective: To assess the clinica... Read More about Effectiveness of myAirCoach: A mHealth Self-Management System in Asthma.

Auto-fluorescent PAMAM-based dendritic molecules and their potential application in pharmaceutical sciences (2020)
Journal Article
El-Betany, A. M., Kamoun, E. A., James, C., Jangher, A., Aljayyoussi, G., Griffiths, P., …Gumbleton, M. (2020). Auto-fluorescent PAMAM-based dendritic molecules and their potential application in pharmaceutical sciences. International Journal of Pharmaceutics, 579, Article 119187. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpharm.2020.119187

The epithelial permeation of water-soluble fluorescent PAMAM dendrons based on 7H-benz[de] benzimidazo [2,1-a] isoquinoline-7-one as a fluorescent core across epithelial cell models MDCK I and MDCK II has been quantified. Hydrodynamic radii have been... Read More about Auto-fluorescent PAMAM-based dendritic molecules and their potential application in pharmaceutical sciences.

An operations readiness typology for mitigating against transitional ‘disastrous openings’ of airport infrastructure projects (2020)
Journal Article
Al-Mazrouie, J. R., Ojiako, U., Williams, T., Chipulu, M., & Marshall, A. (2021). An operations readiness typology for mitigating against transitional ‘disastrous openings’ of airport infrastructure projects. Production planning & control, 32(4), 283-302. https://doi.org/10.1080/09537287.2020.1730997

© 2020 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. This article seeks to highlight the essential readiness factors commonly engaged to prevent ‘disastrous openings’ of complex multi-stakeholder infrastructure projects. To identify these... Read More about An operations readiness typology for mitigating against transitional ‘disastrous openings’ of airport infrastructure projects.

Validation of a wearable accelerometer-based activity monitor for use in future osteoporosis prevention programs (2020)
Journal Article
Sánchez-Trigo, H., Sanchez-Oliver, A., Abt, G., & Sañudo, B. (2020). Validation of a wearable accelerometer-based activity monitor for use in future osteoporosis prevention programs. Sustainability, 12(6), Article 2187. https://doi.org/10.3390/su12062187

Osteoporosis is considered a major public health problem worldwide. In order to develop effective physical exercise protocols for the prevention of osteoporosis and ensure skeletal integrity, the intensity of the exercise must be quantified objective... Read More about Validation of a wearable accelerometer-based activity monitor for use in future osteoporosis prevention programs.

MEDREV (pharmacy-health psychology intervention in people living with dementia with behaviour that challenges): The feasibility of measuring clinical outcomes and costs of the intervention (2020)
Journal Article
Maidment, I. D., Barton, G., Campbell, N., Shaw, R., Seare, N., Fox, C., Iliffe, S., Randle, E., Hilton, A., Brown, G., Barnes, N., Wilcock, J., Gillespie, S., & Damery, S. (2020). MEDREV (pharmacy-health psychology intervention in people living with dementia with behaviour that challenges): The feasibility of measuring clinical outcomes and costs of the intervention. BMC health services research, 20(1), Article 157. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-020-5014-0

© 2020 The Author(s). Background: People living with dementia in care homes frequently exhibit "behaviour that challenges". Anti-psychotics are used to treat such behaviour, but are associated with significant morbidity. This study researched the fea... Read More about MEDREV (pharmacy-health psychology intervention in people living with dementia with behaviour that challenges): The feasibility of measuring clinical outcomes and costs of the intervention.

Assessment of the impacts of ornamental fish export trade on the exploited ichthyofauna of Lake Malawi (2020)
Thesis
Msukwa, A. V. (2020). Assessment of the impacts of ornamental fish export trade on the exploited ichthyofauna of Lake Malawi. (Thesis). University of Hull. Retrieved from https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4224107

Globally there are many documented impacts of ornamental fish export trade elsewhere on the exploited populations, on habitats of fish as well as on unequitable distribution of benefits along the ornamental fish export trade value chain. Capture of l... Read More about Assessment of the impacts of ornamental fish export trade on the exploited ichthyofauna of Lake Malawi.

Development of a multimodal imaging probe for detecting aggressive prostate cancer (2020)
Thesis
Clarke, M. T. (2020). Development of a multimodal imaging probe for detecting aggressive prostate cancer. (Thesis). University of Hull. Retrieved from https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4223251

This thesis reports on the synthesis, development and validation of a novel, non-toxic dual modal bio-imaging probe that targets a conformational molecular switch and relocalisation of cell surface Endo180 into endosomes that occurs during the early... Read More about Development of a multimodal imaging probe for detecting aggressive prostate cancer.

An assessment of the efficacy of compression bandaging on blood loss and acute pain following total knee arthroplasty (2020)
Thesis
Kent, J. M. (2020). An assessment of the efficacy of compression bandaging on blood loss and acute pain following total knee arthroplasty. (Thesis). Hull York Medical School, the University of Hull and the University of York. Retrieved from https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4222668

This thesis has been undertaken to assess whether compression bandaging can deliver improvements in important short-term outcomes such as blood loss and pain following total knee arthroplasty within an enhanced recovery setting.

To achieve this, a... Read More about An assessment of the efficacy of compression bandaging on blood loss and acute pain following total knee arthroplasty.

Effectiveness of short-term heat acclimation on endurance exercise with moderately trained males (2020)
Thesis
Shaw, J. (2020). Effectiveness of short-term heat acclimation on endurance exercise with moderately trained males. (Thesis). University of Hull. Retrieved from https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4222648

Introduction – Exercising for an extended period in thermally demanding conditions places greater physiological and perceptual strain on the body than when exercising in temperate conditions (Galloway & Maughan, 1997; Moss et al., 2020; Tucker, Rauch... Read More about Effectiveness of short-term heat acclimation on endurance exercise with moderately trained males.

Chirality in gold-LC nanocomposites and heliconical systems (2020)
Thesis
Yu, H. (2020). Chirality in gold-LC nanocomposites and heliconical systems. (Thesis). University of Hull. Retrieved from https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4222542

The research presented in this thesis is focused towards the design and synthesis of chiral liquid crystal gold nanoparticle nanocomposites and all of the related molecular sub-structures. It is intended that such organic-inorganic hybrid materials w... Read More about Chirality in gold-LC nanocomposites and heliconical systems.

The experience as a document: designing for the future of collaborative remembering in digital archives (2020)
Thesis
Delatte Espinosa, M. (2020). The experience as a document: designing for the future of collaborative remembering in digital archives. (Thesis). University of Hull. Retrieved from https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4222371

How does it feel when we remember together on-line? Who gets to say what it is worth to be remembered? To understand how the user experience of participation is affecting the formation of collective memories in the context of online environments, fir... Read More about The experience as a document: designing for the future of collaborative remembering in digital archives.

Drug-induced cough (2020)
Journal Article
Shim, J. S., Song, W. J., & Morice, A. H. (2020). Drug-induced cough. Physiological Research, 69(S1), S81-S92. https://doi.org/10.33549/physiolres.934406

© 2020, Czech Academy of Sciences. Since the recognition of angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors (ACEIs)-induced cough, drug has been considered as a potential cause of chronic cough. This review presents recent knowledge on drug-induced coughs i... Read More about Drug-induced cough.

An Unnecessary KIS? The UK’s Key Information Set, was it really needed and what was its real purpose? (2020)
Journal Article
Holmes, A. G. D. (2020). An Unnecessary KIS? The UK’s Key Information Set, was it really needed and what was its real purpose?. Shanlax International Journal of Education, 8(2), 1-9. https://doi.org/10.34293/education.v8i2.1477

This paper provides a critical analysis of the United Kingdom’s higher education Key Information Set (KIS), which was implemented following the 2011 UK White Paper ‘Students at the Heart of the System’. It argues that one of the central tenets of the... Read More about An Unnecessary KIS? The UK’s Key Information Set, was it really needed and what was its real purpose?.

Making War on Bodies: Militarisation, Aesthetics and Embodiment in International Politics (2020)
Book
Baker, C. (Ed.). Making War on Bodies: Militarisation, Aesthetics and Embodiment in International Politics. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press. https://doi.org/10.3366/edinburgh/9781474446181.001.0001

This vibrant collection of essays reveals the intimate politics of how people with a wide range of relationships to war identify with, and against, the military and its gendered and racialised norms. It synthesises three recent turns in the study of... Read More about Making War on Bodies: Militarisation, Aesthetics and Embodiment in International Politics.