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Mathematical modelling of a magnetic immunoassay (2017)
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© The authors 2017. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the Institute of Mathematics and its Applications. All rights reserved. A mathematical model is developed to describe the action of a novel form of fluidic biosensor that uses para... Read More about Mathematical modelling of a magnetic immunoassay.

Gendered transitions, career identities and possible selves: the case of engineering graduates (2017)
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© 2017 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. This article, drawing upon the Paired Peers project, a longitudinal qualitative study (n=90), examines how seven UK engineering graduates, four women and three men, construct their caree... Read More about Gendered transitions, career identities and possible selves: the case of engineering graduates.

Identifying biomechanical gait parameters in adolescent boys with haemophilia using principal component analysis (2017)
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© 2017 John Wiley & Sons Ltd Introduction: Improvements in the medical management for those with haemophilia have resulted in improved clinical outcomes. However, current treatment regimens do not alleviate all joint haemarthroses with the potentia... Read More about Identifying biomechanical gait parameters in adolescent boys with haemophilia using principal component analysis.

Investigating last food mile deliveries: A case study approach to identify needs of food delivery demand (2017)
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© 2017 Drawing on the results of a survey carried out in Cagliari (Italy), the paper provides an analysis of the characteristics of food deliveries in urban areas aimed at understanding the needs and expectations of receivers of last mile deliveries... Read More about Investigating last food mile deliveries: A case study approach to identify needs of food delivery demand.

Acoustic Emission-Based Methodology to Evaluate Delamination Crack Growth Under Quasi-static and Fatigue Loading Conditions (2017)
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© 2017, The Author(s). The aim of this study was to investigate the applicability of acoustic emission (AE) technique to evaluate delamination crack in glass/epoxy composite laminates under quasi-static and fatigue loading. To this aim, double cantil... Read More about Acoustic Emission-Based Methodology to Evaluate Delamination Crack Growth Under Quasi-static and Fatigue Loading Conditions.

LGR5 expression is regulated by EGF in early colorectal adenomas and governs EGFR inhibitor sensitivity (2017)
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© The Author(s) named above 2018. Background:LGR5 serves as a co-receptor for Wnt/β-catenin signalling and marks normal intestinal stem cells; however, its role in colorectal cancer (CRC) remains controversial. LGR5 + cells are known to exist outside... Read More about LGR5 expression is regulated by EGF in early colorectal adenomas and governs EGFR inhibitor sensitivity.

Learning and Action Alliance framework to facilitate stakeholder collaboration and social learning in urban flood risk management (2017)
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© 2017 The Authors Flood and water management governance may be enhanced through partnership working, intra- and cross-organisational collaborations, and wide stakeholder participation. Nonetheless, barriers associated with ineffective communication,... Read More about Learning and Action Alliance framework to facilitate stakeholder collaboration and social learning in urban flood risk management.

Preparing for multi-disciplinary undergraduate research conferences (2017)
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This is the first of two articles that offer guidance to help you maximize the benefits from participating in multi-disciplinary conferences. In this paper, we explain why you might wish to participate, identify the usual conference format and prepar... Read More about Preparing for multi-disciplinary undergraduate research conferences.

Parents and children who are estranged in adulthood: A review and discussion of the literature (2017)
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This review article examines what is known about estrangement between parents and adult children in terms of definition, prevalence, causes, and consequences. Estrangement has been defined and conceptualized in different ways, although most definitio... Read More about Parents and children who are estranged in adulthood: A review and discussion of the literature.

How do we generate the energy for electric vehicles? The answer could be under our wheels (2017)
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This article provides a brief overview of how electric vehicles may be powered by energy generated from the highway network.

The new prison framework will be inflexible, costly and do nothing to ease chronic overcrowding and violence (2017)
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The Conservative manifesto planned to create a series of legally enforceable standards that prisons, and those who work with inmates, will have to meet. Nasrul Ismail and Nick de Viggiani (University of the West of England) have interviewed 30 prison... Read More about The new prison framework will be inflexible, costly and do nothing to ease chronic overcrowding and violence.

Subjective evaluation of high-fidelity virtual environments for driving simulations (2017)
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© 2013 IEEE. Virtual environments (VEs) grant the ability to experience real-world scenarios, such as driving, in a virtual, safe, and reproducible context. However, in order to achieve their full potential, the fidelity of the VE must provide confid... Read More about Subjective evaluation of high-fidelity virtual environments for driving simulations.

Pseudo-ductility and reduced notch sensitivity in multi-directional all-carbon/epoxy thin-ply hybrid composites (2017)
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© 2017 The Author(s) Un-notched and notched tensile response and damage accumulation of quasi-isotropic carbon/epoxy hybrid laminates made of ultra-high modulus and intermediate modulus carbon fibre/epoxy thin-ply prepregs were studied. It was confir... Read More about Pseudo-ductility and reduced notch sensitivity in multi-directional all-carbon/epoxy thin-ply hybrid composites.

Local-level immigration and life satisfaction: The EU enlargement experience in England and Wales (2017)
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© 2017, © The Author(s) 2017. The 2004 European Union enlargement resulted in an unprecedented wave of 1.5 million workers relocating from Eastern Europe to the UK. We study the links between this migrant inflow and life satisfaction of native reside... Read More about Local-level immigration and life satisfaction: The EU enlargement experience in England and Wales.

Making the most of multi-disciplinary undergraduate research conferences (2017)
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This is the second of two Directions articles, which together offer guidance to help you gain the maximum benefit from participating in institutional and national multi-disciplinary undergraduate research conferences. The article focuses on how to ma... Read More about Making the most of multi-disciplinary undergraduate research conferences.

Incorporating data quality improvement into supply–use table balancing (2017)
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© 2017 The International Input–Output Association. This paper investigates the benefits of using a boundary tightening algorithm to improve the quality of the data used in supply and use table (SUT) balancing, building on similarities with certain ap... Read More about Incorporating data quality improvement into supply–use table balancing.

Measuring flood resilience: a fuzzy logic approach (2017)
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© 2017, © Emerald Publishing Limited. Purpose: Flood resilience is emerging as a major component of an integrated strategic approach to flood risk management. This approach recognizes that some flooding is inevitable and aligns with the concept of “l... Read More about Measuring flood resilience: a fuzzy logic approach.

An extreme wave event in eastern Yucatán, Mexico: Evidence of a paleotsunami event during the Mayan times (2017)
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The Yucatán Peninsula, Mexico, has typically been considered a tectonically stable region without significant seismic activity, in contrast, the region is one that is regularly affected by hurricanes. A detailed survey of ca. 100 km of the eastern Yu... Read More about An extreme wave event in eastern Yucatán, Mexico: Evidence of a paleotsunami event during the Mayan times.

The digital revolution: Body worn cameras and ‘street’ interviews (2017)
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This article examines the idea that the police can interview suspects away from the police station. The article focuses on the due process concerns of such activity.

Rice farming systems in Southern Lao PDR: Interpreting farmers’ agricultural production decisions using Q methodology (2017)
Journal Article

© 2017 The agricultural sector in Lao PDR is forecast to move from subsistence rice production to a more modernized and market-oriented sector with greater focus on commercialization of agricultural production. Intensification of agricultural product... Read More about Rice farming systems in Southern Lao PDR: Interpreting farmers’ agricultural production decisions using Q methodology.