The role of land use on the local climate and air quality during calm inter-monsoon in a tropical city

Ooi, M.C.G.; Chan, A.; Ashfold, M.J.; Oozeer, M.Y.; Morris, K.I.; Kong, S.S.K.

doi:10.1016/j.gsf.2018.04.005

Development of a clinical risk score for pain and function following total knee arthroplasty: results from the TRIO study. (2018)
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SHIM, J., MCLERNON, D.J., HAMILTON, D., SIMPSON, H.A., BEASLEY, M. and MACFARLANE, G.J. 2018. Development of a clinical risk score for pain and function following total knee arthroplasty: results from the TRIO study. Rheumatology advances in practice [online], 2(2), article rky021. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1093/rap/rky021

Objectives: The aim was to develop and validate a simple clinical prediction model, based on easily collected preoperative information, to identify patients at high risk of pain and functional disability 6 months after total knee arthroplasty (TKA).... Read More about Development of a clinical risk score for pain and function following total knee arthroplasty: results from the TRIO study..

Using knowledge organization systems to automatically detect forward-looking sentiment in company reports to infer social phenomena. (2018)
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CLEVERLEY, P.H. and MUIR, L.J. 2018. Using knowledge organization systems to automatically detect forward-looking sentiment in company reports to infer social phenomena. Knowledge organization [online], 45(2), pages 152-169. Available from: https://doi.org/10.5771/0943-7444-2018-2-152

We investigate whether existing knowledge organization systems (KOS) for strong and hesitant forward-looking sentiment could be improved to detect social phenomena. Five judges identified examples of strong/hesitant forward-looking sentiment that wer... Read More about Using knowledge organization systems to automatically detect forward-looking sentiment in company reports to infer social phenomena..

Assessment of patient safety culture in an adult oncology department in Saudi Arabia. (2018)
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ALHARBI, W., CLELAND, J. and MORRISON, Z. 2018. Assessment of patient safety culture in an adult oncology department in Saudi Arabia. Oman medical journal [online], 33(3), pages 200-208. Available from: https://doi.org/10.5001/omj.2018.38

Objectives: We sought to evaluate patient safety culture across different healthcare professionals from different countries of origin working in an adult oncology department in a medical facility in Saudi Arabia. Methods: This cross-sectional survey... Read More about Assessment of patient safety culture in an adult oncology department in Saudi Arabia..

Bursting bubbles: can experiments and analogues help stakeholders and the public visualise risks? (2018)
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STALKER, L., ROBERTS, J.J. and MABON, L. 2018. Bursting bubbles: can experiments and analogues help stakeholders and the public visualise risks? The APPEA journal: journal of the Australian Petroleum Production and Exploration Association [online], 58(2), pages 612-616. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1071/AJ17091

Laboratory experiments, natural analogues and pilot projects have been fundamental in developing scientific understanding of risk and uncertainty from georesource exploration. International research into CO2 and CH4 leakage provide scientific underst... Read More about Bursting bubbles: can experiments and analogues help stakeholders and the public visualise risks?.

A statistical framework to interpret individual response to intervention: paving the way for personalised nutrition and exercise prescription. (2018)
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SWINTON, P.A., HEMINGWAY, B.S., SAUNDERS, B., GUALANO, B. and DOLAN, E. 2018. A statistical framework to interpret individual response to intervention: paving the way for personalised nutrition and exercise prescription. Frontiers in nutrition [online], 5, article number 41. Available from: https://doi.org/10.3389/fnut.2018.00041

The concept of personalised nutrition and exercise prescription represents a topical and exciting progression for the discipline given the large inter-individual variability that exists in response to virtually all performance and health related inte... Read More about A statistical framework to interpret individual response to intervention: paving the way for personalised nutrition and exercise prescription..

Non-traditional skills in undergraduate medical education: the development of a teaching programme. (2018)
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BRADY, C. and ZARB, M. 2018. Non-traditional skills in undergraduate medical education: the development of a teaching programme. Scottish medical journal [online], 63(3), pages 80-81. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1177/0036933018776837

As a junior doctor in what is an increasingly struggling healthcare system, I am concerned to see that many of my junior and senior colleagues have opted not to continue onto the next stage of training. Whilst entrepreneurship, leadership and managem... Read More about Non-traditional skills in undergraduate medical education: the development of a teaching programme..

Health, self-care and the offshore workforce: opportunities for behaviour change interventions, an epidemiological survey. (2018)
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GIBSON SMITH, K., PAUDYAL, V., KLEIN, S. and STEWART, D. 2018. Health, self-care and the offshore workforce: opportunities for behaviour change interventions, an epidemiological survey. Rural and remote health [online], 18(2), article number 4319. Available from: https://doi.org/10.22605/RRH4319

Introduction: The high risk nature of offshore work and inherent occupational hazards necessitate that offshore workers engage in behaviours that promote health and wellbeing. The survey aimed to assess offshore workers' health, self-care, quality of... Read More about Health, self-care and the offshore workforce: opportunities for behaviour change interventions, an epidemiological survey..

Discursive constructions of professional identity in policy and regulatory discourse. (2018)
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FEALY, G., HEGARTY, J.-M., MCNAMARA, M., CASEY, M., O'LEARY, D., KENNEDY, C., O'REILLY, P., O'CONNELL, R., BRADY, A.-M. and NICHOLSON, E. 2018. Discursive constructions of professional identity in policy and regulatory discourse. Journal of advanced nursing [online], 74(9), pages 2157-2166. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1111/jan.13723

Aim. To examine and describe disciplinary discourses conducted through professional policy and regulatory documents within nursing and midwifery in Ireland. Background. A key tenet of discourse theory is that group identities are constructed in publi... Read More about Discursive constructions of professional identity in policy and regulatory discourse..

Weight loss interventions for adults with overweight/obesity and chronic musculoskeletal pain: a mixed methods systematic review. (2018)
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COOPER, L., RYAN, C., ELLS, L.J., HAMILTON, S., ATKINSON, G., COOPER, K., JOHNSON, M.I., KIRWAN, J.P. and MARTIN, D. 2018. Weight loss interventions for adults with overweight/obesity and chronic musculoskeletal pain: a mixed methods systematic review. Obesity reviews [online], 19(7), pages 989-1007. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1111/obr.12686

Worldwide prevalence of adult overweight and obesity is a growing public health issue. Adults with overweight/obesity often have chronic musculoskeletal pain (CMP). Using a mixed-methods review, we aimed to quantify the effectiveness and explore the... Read More about Weight loss interventions for adults with overweight/obesity and chronic musculoskeletal pain: a mixed methods systematic review..

Indian energy security status: what are the economic and environmental implications? (2018)
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BABAJIDE, N. 2018. Indian energy security status: what are the economic and environmental implications? IAEE energy forum [online], 27(2nd quarter), pages 47-51. Available from: https://www.iaee.org/en/publications/newsletterdl.aspx?id=469

India's energy system is facing a rapidly increasing energy deficit despite the government's keen attention in developing renewable sources of energy, especially nuclear, solar and wind. Statistics from British Petroleum (BP) (2015) reveal that fossi... Read More about Indian energy security status: what are the economic and environmental implications?.

Technologies of polytechnic education in global benchmark higher education institutions. (2018)
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KURUSHINA, V.A., KURUSHINA, E.V. and ZEMENKOVA, M.Y. 2018. Technologies of polytechnic education in global benchmark higher education institutions. IOP conference series: materials science and engineering [online], 357: proceedings of the International conference on transport and storage of hydrocarbons, 10-12 January 2018, Tyumen, Russia, article number 012028. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1088/1757-899X/357/1/012028

Russian polytechnic education is going through a sequence of transformations that started with the introduction of bachelor and master degrees into higher education instead of the previous "specialists". The next stage of reformation in Russian polyt... Read More about Technologies of polytechnic education in global benchmark higher education institutions..

The Petroleum Industries Bill; a deficient policy for environmental management in Nigeria's oil and gas sector. (2018)
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CHUKS-EZIKE, C. 2018. The Petroleum Industries Bill; a deficient policy for environmental management in Nigeria's oil and gas sector. Environmental risk assessment and remediation [online], 2(2), pages 35-39. Available from: http://www.alliedacademies.org/articles/the-petroleum-industries-bill-a-deficient-policy-for-environmental-management-in-nigerias-oil-and-gas-sector-9711.html

The process for passage of the Petroleum Industries Bill (PIB) of Nigeria, instituted in 2008 was done with the purpose of regulating Nigeria's oil and gas sector. This Bill is therefore, upon passage, expected to repeal all extant statutes regulatin... Read More about The Petroleum Industries Bill; a deficient policy for environmental management in Nigeria's oil and gas sector..

Environmental crime liability of the Nigerian government in its oil pollution menace. (2018)
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CHUKS-EZIKE, C. 2018. Environmental crime liability of the Nigerian government in its oil pollution menace. Environmental risk assessment and remediation [online], 2(2), pages 1-7. Available from: http://www.alliedacademies.org/articles/environmental-crime-liability-of-the-nigerian-government-in-its-oil-pollution-menace-9631.html

The grave challenges of oil pollution have been over stated in several environmental journals. The liability accruing to such pollutions have also been extensively discussed by several legal scholars. Interestingly, this discussions on responsibility... Read More about Environmental crime liability of the Nigerian government in its oil pollution menace..

What makes a nursing home homely? A Scottish based study, using Q methodology of the perceptions of staff, residents and significant others. (2018)
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FLEMING, A. and KYDD, A. 2018. What makes a nursing home homely? A Scottish based study, using Q methodology of the perceptions of staff, residents and significant others. Journal of research in nursing [online], 23(2-3), pages 141-158. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1177/1744987118757837

Background: A 'homely' nursing or care home is of international interest and comes from a wide variety of academic disciplines and from policy makers and charities. However, 'homeliness' is a dynamic and complex concept and one worthy of further inve... Read More about What makes a nursing home homely? A Scottish based study, using Q methodology of the perceptions of staff, residents and significant others..

Coherent narrow-band light source for miniature endoscopes. (2018)
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CHEN, Z.-Y., GOGOI, A., LEE, S.-Y., TSAI-LIN, Y., YI, P.-W.Y., LU, M.-K., HSIEH, C.-C., REN, J., MARSHALL, S. and KAO, F.-J. 2019. Coherent narrow-band light source for miniature endoscopes. IEEE journal of selected topics in quantum electronics [online], 25(1), article 7100707. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1109/JSTQE.2018.2836959

In this work, we report the successful implementation of a coherent narrow-band light source for miniature endoscopy applications. An RGB laser module that provides much higher luminosity than traditional incoherent white light sources is used for il... Read More about Coherent narrow-band light source for miniature endoscopes..

Madelon Hooykaas: virtual walls, real walls: gestures, signs and traces of change, resilience and urban acupuncture. (2018)
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LEUZZI, L. and NEDKOVA, I. 2018. Madelon Hooykaas: virtual walls, real walls: gestures, signs and traces of change, resilience and urban acupuncture. Read more: Horsecross Arts journal for critical writing [online], 14, pages 4-14. Available from: https://www.horsecross.co.uk/media/1883/read-more-issue-madelon-hooykaas.pdf

Madelon Hooykaas (born Maartensdijk, The Netherlands, 1942) ought to be acknowledged as one of the most representative visual artists in europe for her enduring and pioneering experimentation in contemporary art. Since the 1960s, Hooykaas has develop... Read More about Madelon Hooykaas: virtual walls, real walls: gestures, signs and traces of change, resilience and urban acupuncture..

Enterprise search and discovery capability: the factors and generative mechanisms for user satisfaction. (2018)
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CLEVERLEY, P.H. and BURNETT, S. 2019. Enterprise search and discovery capability: the factors and generative mechanisms for user satisfaction. Journal of information science [online], 45(1), pages 29-52. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1177/0165551518770969

Many organizations are re-creating the 'Google-like' experience behind their firewall to exploit their information. However, surveys show dissatisfaction with enterprise search is commonplace. No prior study has investigated unsolicited user feedback... Read More about Enterprise search and discovery capability: the factors and generative mechanisms for user satisfaction..

The parameter identification method study of the splice equivalent circuit model for the aerial lithium-ion battery pack. (2018)
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WANG, S., FERNANDEZ, C., LIU, X., SU, J. and XIE, Y. 2018. The parameter identification method study of the splice equivalent circuit model for the aerial lithium-ion battery pack. Measurement and control [online], 51(5-6), pages 125-137. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1177/0020294018770930

According to the special condition expression of the aerial lithium-ion battery pack, a novel targeted equivalent model (Splice-Equivalent Circuit Model) is proposed and constructed. The Splice-Equivalent Circuit Model achieves the accurate mathemati... Read More about The parameter identification method study of the splice equivalent circuit model for the aerial lithium-ion battery pack..

Drillers' cognitive skills monitoring task. (2018)
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ROBERTS, R.C., FLIN, R., CLELAND, J. and URQUHART, J. 2019. Drillers' cognitive skills monitoring task. Ergonomics in design [online], 27(2), pages 13-20. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1177/1064804617744713

Drilling incidents have emphasized that offshore drillers require a high level of cognitive skills, including situation awareness and decision making, to maintain safe and efficient well control. Although a number of tools for supporting operators' c... Read More about Drillers' cognitive skills monitoring task..

The role of land use on the local climate and air quality during calm inter-monsoon in a tropical city (2018)
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OOI, M.C.G., CHAN, A., ASHFOLD, M.J., OOZEER, M.Y., MORRIS, K.I. and KONG, S.S.K. 2019. The role of land use on the local climate and air quality during calm inter-monsoon in a tropical city. 2019. Geoscience frontiers [online], 10(2), pages 405-415. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gsf.2018.04.005

The modification of land use is known to be a major climate change driver to the local warming and air quality in cities. Despite the reduction of NOx over the years, the Selangor state has captured a higher level of O3 in year 2011. The measurement... Read More about The role of land use on the local climate and air quality during calm inter-monsoon in a tropical city.

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