All Outputs (325)

Not what to wear? (2018)
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MIDDLEMISS, S. 2018. Not what to wear? Employers' liability for dress codes? International journal of discrimination and the law [online], 18(1), pages 40-51. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1177/1358229118757867

This article argues that in the United Kingdom currently there is a lack of an effective legal basis for challenging the imposition by employers of unfair or discriminatory dress codes in the workplace on employees or workers. Given the breadth of th... Read More about Not what to wear?.

Relations between corporate economic performance, environmental disclosure and greenhouse gas emissions: new insights. (2018)
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HASSAN, O.A.G. and ROMILLY, P. 2018. Relations between corporate economic performance, environmental disclosure and greenhouse gas emissions: new insights. Business strategy and the environment [online], 27(7), pages 893-909. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1002/bse.2040

This study examines the associations and causations between corporate economic performance, environmental disclosure and greenhouse gas emissions, utilising a large, longitudinal, multi-country dataset disaggregated between developed and developing c... Read More about Relations between corporate economic performance, environmental disclosure and greenhouse gas emissions: new insights..

Disentangling the meaning of STEM: implications for science education and science teacher education (2018)
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AKERSON, V.L., BURGESS, A., GERBER, A., GUO, M., KHAN, T.A. and NEWMAN, S. 2018. Disentangling the meaning of STEM: implications for science education and science teacher education. Journal of science teacher education [online], 29(1), pages 1-8. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1080/1046560X.2018.1435063

We have a wide variety of teaching experiences, from formal settings in elementary school, high school, higher education, and teacher education to international settings and also to informal settings. Despite our multiple teaching settings and experi... Read More about Disentangling the meaning of STEM: implications for science education and science teacher education.

Identity, enactment and entrepreneurship engagement in a declining place. (2018)
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ANDERSON, A.R., WARREN, L. and BENSEMANN, J. 2019. Identity, enactment and entrepreneurship engagement in a declining place. Journal of small business management [online], 57(4), pages 1559-1577. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1111/jsbm.12406

We examine entrepreneurship practice and identity work in a rural small town in New Zealand. Once prosperous, the town suffered economically and socially as old industries closed. Recently the town was rejuvenated, at least in part because of the ent... Read More about Identity, enactment and entrepreneurship engagement in a declining place..

Colistin causes profound morphological alteration but minimal cytoplasmic membrane perforation in populations of Escherichia coli and Pseudomonas aeruginosa. (2018)
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O'DRISCOLL, N.H., CUSHNIE, T.P.T., MATTHEWS, K.H. and LAMB, A.J. 2018. Colistin causes profound morphological alteration but minimal cytoplasmic membrane perforation in populations of escherichia coli and pseudomonas aeruginosa. Archives of microbiology [online], 200(5), pages 793-802. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00203-018-1485-3

Whilst colistin (polymyxin E) represents the last mainstream treatment option for multi-drug resistant Gram-negative pathogens, details of its mechanism of action remain to be fully resolved. In this study, the effects of sub-inhibitory, inhibitory-b... Read More about Colistin causes profound morphological alteration but minimal cytoplasmic membrane perforation in populations of Escherichia coli and Pseudomonas aeruginosa..

Breastfeeding and the substance-exposed mother and baby. (2018)
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MACVICAR, S., HUMPHREY, T. and FORBES-MCKAY, K.E. 2018. Breastfeeding and the substance-exposed mother and baby. Birth [online], 45(4), pages 450-458. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1111/birt.12338

Background: Breastfeeding rates are typically low for women with a substance-use disorder. This is despite the specific benefits of breastfeeding to alleviate the severity of neonatal abstinence syndrome and the well-documented generic advantages. Th... Read More about Breastfeeding and the substance-exposed mother and baby..

Unsupervised image saliency detection with Gestalt-laws guided optimization and visual attention based refinement. (2018)
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YAN, Y., REN, J., SUN, G., ZHAO, H., HAN, J., LI, X., MARSHALL, S. and ZHAN, J. 2018. Unsupervised image saliency detection with Gestalt-laws guided optimization and visual attention based refinement. Pattern recognition [online], 79, pages 65-78. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.patcog.2018.02.004

Visual attention is a kind of fundamental cognitive capability that allows human beings to focus on the region of interests (ROIs) under complex natural environments. What kind of ROIs that we pay attention to mainly depends on two distinct types of... Read More about Unsupervised image saliency detection with Gestalt-laws guided optimization and visual attention based refinement..

Solar energy potentials and benefits in the Gulf Cooperation Council countries: a review of substantial issues. (2018)
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MAS'UD, A.A., WIRBA, A.V., ALSHAMMARI, S.J., MUHAMMAD-SUKKI, F., ABDULLAHI, M.M., ALBARRACIN, R. and HOQ, M.Z. 2018. Solar energy potentials and benefits in the Gulf Cooperation Council countries: a review of substantial issues. Energies [online], 11(2), article number 372. Available from: https://doi.org/10.3390/en11020372

It is a well-known fact that the fossil fuel industry has dominated the economy of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries during the last few decades. However, recent developments show that most of the GCC countries plan to increase the share o... Read More about Solar energy potentials and benefits in the Gulf Cooperation Council countries: a review of substantial issues..

A novel safety anticipation estimation method for the aerial lithium-ion battery pack based on the real-time detection and filtering. (2018)
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WANG, S., FERNANDEZ, C., CHEN, M., WANG, L. and SU, J. 2018. A novel safety anticipation estimation method for the aerial lithium-ion battery pack based on the real-time detection and filtering. Journal of cleaner production [online], 185, pages 187-197. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2018.01.236

Lithium-ion battery packs have become increasingly important for power supply applications, in which the state of charge estimation and output voltage tracking should be very critical for the safety protection. A novel real-time estimation method is... Read More about A novel safety anticipation estimation method for the aerial lithium-ion battery pack based on the real-time detection and filtering..

The provision of seven-day multidisciplinary staffing in Scottish acute medical units: a cross-sectional study. (2018)
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REID, L.E.M., LONE, N.I., MORRISON, Z.J., WEIR, C.J. and JONES, M.C. 2018. The provision of seven-day multidisciplinary staffing in Scottish acute medical units: a cross-sectional study. QJM: an international journal of medicine [online], 111(5), pages 295-301. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1093/qjmed/hcy024

Background: Acute medical units (AMUs) are a central component of the admission pathway for the majority of medical patients presenting to hospital in the United Kingdom and other international settings. Detail on multidisciplinary staffing provision... Read More about The provision of seven-day multidisciplinary staffing in Scottish acute medical units: a cross-sectional study..

State switching of a multistable impacting system using PD-like control. (2018)
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LIU, B., FUNG, W.-K. and LIU, Y. 2018. State switching of a multistable impacting system using PD-like control. MATEC web of conferences [online], 148: proceedings of the 2017 International conference on engineering vibration (ICoEV 2017), 4-7 September 2017, Sofia, Bulgaria, article number 10001. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1051/matecconf/201814810001

A new PD-like control law is proposed in this paper to control a multistable impacting system. This control law can switch the system from a current, undesired state to a desired one by using the differences of the displacement and velocity between t... Read More about State switching of a multistable impacting system using PD-like control..

REWIND Italia: early video art in Italy = I primi anni della videoarte in Italia. (2018)
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LEUZZI, L. 2018. REWIND Italia: early video art in Italy = I primi anni della videoarte in Italia. Engramma [online], 152, article ID 3346. Avilable from: http://www.engramma.it/eOS/index.php?id_articolo=3346

This article presents the book "REWIND Italia: early video art in Italy", edited by Laura Leuzzi and Stephen Partridge, and published in 2015 by John Libbey Publishing. The volume is the main output from the REWIND Italia project, which was funded by... Read More about REWIND Italia: early video art in Italy = I primi anni della videoarte in Italia..

The use of self moderated focus groups to gather exploratory data on information beliefs and their impact on information seeking behaviour. (2018)
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MARCELLA, R. 2018. The use of self moderated focus groups to gather exploratory data on information beliefs and their impact on information seeking behaviour. Library and information science research [online], 40(1), pages 45-52. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lisr.2018.04.004

The existence of an information belief system is tested for the first time through innovative use of self moderated focus groups. Initial generation of information beliefs was achieved in an open, unpredicted and unbiased way through focus groups. To... Read More about The use of self moderated focus groups to gather exploratory data on information beliefs and their impact on information seeking behaviour..

Improving e-learning recommendation by using background knowledge. (2018)
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MBIPOM, B., CRAW, S. and MASSIE, S. 2021. Improving e-learning recommendation by using background knowledge. Expert systems [online], 38(7): artificial intelligence/EDMA 2017, article e12265. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1111/exsy.12265

There is currently a large amount of e-Learning resources available to learners on the Web. However, learners often have difficulty finding and retrieving relevant materials to support their learning goals because they lack the domain knowledge to cr... Read More about Improving e-learning recommendation by using background knowledge..

A fast and efficient coordinated vehicle-to-grid discharging control scheme for peak shaving in power distribution system. (2018)
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ERDOGAN, N., ERDEN, F. and KISACIKOGLU, M.A. 2018. A fast and efficient coordinated vehicle-to-grid discharging control scheme for peak shaving in power distribution system. Journal of modern power systems and clean energy [online], 6(3), pages 555-566. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1007/s40565-017-0375-z

This study focuses on the potential role of plug-in electric vehicles (PEVs) as a distributed energy storage unit to provide peak demand minimization in power distribution systems. Vehicle-to-grid (V2G) power and currently available information trans... Read More about A fast and efficient coordinated vehicle-to-grid discharging control scheme for peak shaving in power distribution system..

Relocating patients from a specialist homeless healthcare centre to general practices: a multi-perspective study. (2018)
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GIBSON SMITH, K., PAUDYAL, V., MACLURE, K., FORBES-MCKAY, K., BUCHANAN, C., WILSON, L., MACLEOD, J., SMITH, A. and STEWART, D. 2018. Relocating patients from a specialist homeless healthcare centre to general practices: a multi-perspective study. British journal of general practice [online], 68(667), pages e105-e113. Available from: https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgp18X694577

Background: - The relocation of formerly homeless patients eligible to transfer from a specialist homeless healthcare centre (SHHC) to mainstream general practices is key to patient integration in the local community. Failure to transition patients c... Read More about Relocating patients from a specialist homeless healthcare centre to general practices: a multi-perspective study..

Diffusion of innovations: the status of building information modelling uptake in Nigeria. (2018)
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HAMMA-ADAMA, M., SALMAN, H. and KOUIDER, T. 2017. Diffusion of innovations: the status of building information modelling uptake in Nigeria. Journal of scientific research and reports [online], 17(4), article number JSRR.38711. Available from: https://doi.org/10.9734/JSRR/2017/38711

Aim: This study evaluated Building Information Modelling (BIM) awareness and adoption in Nigeria through the line of enquiry known as the 'diffusion of innovations' and its possible uptake. Study Design: The study is quantitative in nature and the pr... Read More about Diffusion of innovations: the status of building information modelling uptake in Nigeria..

Inhibitors of trypanosoma cruzi Sir2 related protein 1 as potential drugs against Chagas disease. (2018)
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GASPAR, L., CORON, R.P., KONG THOO LIN, P., COSTA, D.M., PERES-CABEZAS, B., TAVARES, J., ROURA-FERRER, M., RAMOS, I., RONIN, C., MAJOR, L.L., CIESIELSKI, F., PEMBERTON, I.K., MACDOUGALL, J., CIAPETTI, P., SMITH, T.K. and CORDEIRO-DA-SILVA, A. 2018. Inhibitors of trypanosoma cruzi Sir2 related protein 1 as potential drugs against Chagas disease. PLoS neglected tropical diseases [online], 12(1), article number e0006180. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0006180

Chagas disease remains one of the most neglected diseases in the world despite being the most important parasitic disease in Latin America. The characteristic chronic manifestation of chagasic cardiomyopathy is the region's leading cause of heart-rel... Read More about Inhibitors of trypanosoma cruzi Sir2 related protein 1 as potential drugs against Chagas disease..

Mechanical structural design of a MEMS-based piezoresistive accelerometer for head injuries monitoring: a computational analysis by increments of the sensor mass moment of inertia. (2018)
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MESSINA, M., NJUGUNA, J. and PALAS, C. 2018. Mechanical structural design of a MEMS-based piezoresistive accelerometer for head injuries monitoring: a computational analysis by increments of the sensor mass moment of inertia. Sensors [online], 18(1), article number 289. Available from: https://doi.org/10.3390/s18010289

This work focuses on the proof-mass mechanical structural design improvement of a tri-axial piezoresistive accelerometer specifically designed for head injuries monitoring where medium-G impacts are common; for example, in sports such as racing cars... Read More about Mechanical structural design of a MEMS-based piezoresistive accelerometer for head injuries monitoring: a computational analysis by increments of the sensor mass moment of inertia..

The experiences and beliefs of older people in Scottish very sheltered housing about using multi-compartment compliance aids. (2018)
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STEWART, D., GIBSON-SMITH, K., MACLEOD, J., STRATH, A., PAUDYAL, V., FORBES-MCKAY, K., CUNNINGHAM, S. and MACLURE, K. 2018. The experiences and beliefs of older people in Scottish very sheltered housing about using multi-compartment compliance aids. International journal of clinical pharmacy [online], 40(2), pages 394-402. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11096-017-0580-x

The aim was to describe the experiences and beliefs of older people surrounding the use of MCAs, with emphasis on issues of personalisation, reablement, shared decision-making, independence and support. This was a qualitative study comprising individ... Read More about The experiences and beliefs of older people in Scottish very sheltered housing about using multi-compartment compliance aids..