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Long-term studies of land degradation in the Sneeuberg uplands, eastern Karoo, South Africa: A synthesis (2017)
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Boardman, J., Foster, I., Rowntree, K., Favis-Mortlock, D., Mol, L., Suich, H., & Gaynor, D. (2017). Long-term studies of land degradation in the Sneeuberg uplands, eastern Karoo, South Africa: A synthesis. Geomorphology, 285, 106-120. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geomorph.2017.01.024

© 2017 Elsevier B.V. For the past 15yr, the Sneeuberg uplands in the eastern Karoo, South Africa, have been a focus for research on land degradation by the above authors and other colleagues. Earlier work in the Karoo emphasised vegetation change whe... Read More about Long-term studies of land degradation in the Sneeuberg uplands, eastern Karoo, South Africa: A synthesis.

Briefing: Defining safety leadership in construction (2017)
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Umar, T. (2017). Briefing: Defining safety leadership in construction. Proceedings of the ICE - Municipal Engineer, 170(1), 3-5. https://doi.org/10.1680/jmuen.16.00004

This briefing explores the tenets of safety leadership within the construction environment. The scope of this briefing aims to define a universal definition of safety leadership with key components from literature review. Without a clear definition t... Read More about Briefing: Defining safety leadership in construction.

Multiple professional identities: A personal exploration of the transition from nurse to lecturer (2017)
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Seal, J. (2017). Multiple professional identities: A personal exploration of the transition from nurse to lecturer. Journal of Health Visiting, 5(2), 94-99

This personal reflective account explores my transition from NHS employee to university lecturer based in an Higher Educational Institution. Lave and Wenger’s (1991) “Communities of Practice” (COP) model has been used as a framework to highlight bot... Read More about Multiple professional identities: A personal exploration of the transition from nurse to lecturer.

Energy-Aware Constrained Relay Node Deployment for Sustainable Wireless Sensor Networks (2017)
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Djenouri, D., & Bagaa, M. (2017). Energy-Aware Constrained Relay Node Deployment for Sustainable Wireless Sensor Networks. IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Computing, 2(1), 30-42. https://doi.org/10.1109/TSUSC.2017.2666844

© 2016 IEEE. This paper considers the problem of communication coverage for sustainable data forwarding in wireless sensor networks, where an energy-aware deployment model of relay nodes (RNs) is proposed. The model used in this paper considers const... Read More about Energy-Aware Constrained Relay Node Deployment for Sustainable Wireless Sensor Networks.

What are the consequences of disinvestment in hip and knee arthroplasty follow-up? A systematic review of care pathways (2017)
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Czoski Murray, C., Wright, J., Smith, L. K., & Kingsbury, S. (2017). What are the consequences of disinvestment in hip and knee arthroplasty follow-up? A systematic review of care pathways

Research question: What is the clinical evidence base for current and emerging follow-up care pathways for hip and knee joint replacement and the consequences for patients?

An electrochemical sensor device for measuring blood ammonia at the point of care (2017)
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Brannelly, N. T., & Killard, A. (2017). An electrochemical sensor device for measuring blood ammonia at the point of care. Talanta, 167, 296-301. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.talanta.2017.02.025

The level of ammonia in blood is relevant in a number of medical conditions. While ammonia is a marker of dysfunction, elevated ammonia is itself a serious medical emergency and can lead to significant and permanent neurological impairment if not add... Read More about An electrochemical sensor device for measuring blood ammonia at the point of care.

Numerical and experimental investigation of thermoelectric cooling in down-hole measuring tools; A case study (2017)
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Weerasinghe, R., & Hughes, T. P. (2017). Numerical and experimental investigation of thermoelectric cooling in down-hole measuring tools; A case study. Case Studies in Thermal Engineering, 10, 44-53. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.csite.2017.02.002

© 2017 The Authors. Use of Peltier cooling in down-hole seismic tooling has been restricted by the performance of such devices at elevated temperatures. Present paper analyses the performance of Peltier cooling in temperatures suited for down-hole me... Read More about Numerical and experimental investigation of thermoelectric cooling in down-hole measuring tools; A case study.

Harnessing evolutionary toxins for signaling: Reactive oxygen species, nitric oxide and hydrogen sulfide in plant cell regulation (2017)
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Hancock, J. T. (2017). Harnessing evolutionary toxins for signaling: Reactive oxygen species, nitric oxide and hydrogen sulfide in plant cell regulation. Frontiers in Plant Science, 8, 189. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2017.00189

© 2017 Hancock. During the early periods of evolution, as well as in niche environments today, organisms have had to learn to tolerate the presence of many reactive compounds, such as reactive oxygen species, nitric oxide, and hydrogen sulfide. It is... Read More about Harnessing evolutionary toxins for signaling: Reactive oxygen species, nitric oxide and hydrogen sulfide in plant cell regulation.

Electrocatalyst Design for Direct Borohydride Oxidation Guided by First Principles (2017)
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Janik, M. J., Rostamikia, G., Patel, R. J., Merino-Jimenez, I., & Hickner, M. (2017). Electrocatalyst Design for Direct Borohydride Oxidation Guided by First Principles. Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 121(5), 2872-2881. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcc.6b12159

© 2017 American Chemical Society. Density functional theory (DFT) calculations are used to propose a Au-Cu binary metal catalyst for the electrochemical borohydride oxidation reaction (BOR), which is evaluated experimentally and observed to show enh... Read More about Electrocatalyst Design for Direct Borohydride Oxidation Guided by First Principles.

Potential molecular mimicry between the human endogenous retrovirus W family envelope proteins and myelin proteins in multiple sclerosis (2017)
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Ramasamy, R., Joseph, B., & Whittall, T. (2017). Potential molecular mimicry between the human endogenous retrovirus W family envelope proteins and myelin proteins in multiple sclerosis. Immunology Letters, 183, 79-85. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.imlet.2017.02.003

© 2017 European Federation of Immunological Societies Multiple sclerosis is an autoimmune disease caused by the destruction of the myelin sheath in the central nervous system. The major target molecules for the immune response are the myelin basic pr... Read More about Potential molecular mimicry between the human endogenous retrovirus W family envelope proteins and myelin proteins in multiple sclerosis.

Cycling and disability: A call for further research (2017)
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Clayton, W., Parkin, J., & Billington, C. (2017). Cycling and disability: A call for further research. Journal of Transport and Health, 6, 452-462. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jth.2017.01.013

© 2017 Cycling can offer health benefits, and these benefits are relevant for disabled people. Few disabled people cycle, and disability is under-researched in cycling studies. This paper (i) reviews current research into disabled cycling, and provid... Read More about Cycling and disability: A call for further research.

Variability in individual assessment behaviour and its implications for collective decision-making (2017)
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Franks, N. R., O’shea-Wheller, T. A., Masuda, N., & Sendova-Franks, A. B. (2017). Variability in individual assessment behaviour and its implications for collective decision-making. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 284(1848), https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2016.2237

© 2017 The Author(s) Published by the Royal Society. All rights reserved. Self-organized systems of collective behaviour have been demonstrated in a number of group-living organisms. There is, however, less research relating to how variation in indiv... Read More about Variability in individual assessment behaviour and its implications for collective decision-making.

A critical overview of the current myofascial pain literature – March 2017 (2017)
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Dommerholt, J., Grieve, R., Hooks, T., & Finnegan, M. (2017). A critical overview of the current myofascial pain literature – March 2017. Journal of Bodywork and Movement Therapies, 21(2), 378-385. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbmt.2017.02.001

After two years of having contributed to this overview series of articles, we sadly say goodbye to Dr. Rob Grieve. We would like to thank Dr. Grieve for his insightful contributions and analyses of the myofascial pain literature. Dr. Grieve would hav... Read More about A critical overview of the current myofascial pain literature – March 2017.

Recognising barriers to implementation of Blue-Green Infrastructure: A Newcastle case study (2017)
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O’Donnell, E. C., Lamond, J., & Thorne, C. R. (2017). Recognising barriers to implementation of Blue-Green Infrastructure: A Newcastle case study. Urban Water Journal, 14(9), 964-971. https://doi.org/10.1080/1573062X.2017.1279190

© 2017 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. There is a recognised need for a fundamental change in how the UK manages urban water and flood risk in response to increasingly frequent rainfall events coup... Read More about Recognising barriers to implementation of Blue-Green Infrastructure: A Newcastle case study.

Beard transplants and facial hair trends: Why men are motivated to have surgery (2017)
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Zucchelli, F. (2017). Beard transplants and facial hair trends: Why men are motivated to have surgery. Journal of Aesthetic Nursing, 6(1), 30-31. https://doi.org/10.12968/joan.2017.6.1.30

Over the past few years, an increasing number of men have received surgery to enhance or restore facial hair. This came at a time when beards re-entered mainstream fashion. Drawing on the research literature, this article explores the apparent link b... Read More about Beard transplants and facial hair trends: Why men are motivated to have surgery.

GM risk assessment: Pollen carriage from Brassica napus to B. rapa varies widely between pollinators (2017)
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Wilkinson, M. J., Ford, C. S., Ronca, S., Allainguillaume, J., & Warren, J. (2017). GM risk assessment: Pollen carriage from Brassica napus to B. rapa varies widely between pollinators. Basic and Applied Ecology, 19, 36-44. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.baae.2017.01.007

© 2017 Gesellschaft für Ökologie Characterizing insect pollen carriage between closely related plant species is especially challenging where source species possess morphologically identical pollen and share many pollinators in common. Here, we use an... Read More about GM risk assessment: Pollen carriage from Brassica napus to B. rapa varies widely between pollinators.

Enforcement of EU law post-Brexit: What are the possible scenarios? (2017)
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Dadomo, C. (2017). Enforcement of EU law post-Brexit: What are the possible scenarios?

On 27 January 2017 Philip Hammond admitted that the UK was not allowed to negotiate trade agreements with the US until it had formally left the European Union (this is different from the situation of the UK having declared that it hoped to be able to... Read More about Enforcement of EU law post-Brexit: What are the possible scenarios?.

An extended dose-response model for microbial responses to ionizing radiation (2017)
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Siasou, E., Johnson, D., & Willey, N. (2017). An extended dose-response model for microbial responses to ionizing radiation. Frontiers in Environmental Science, 5, Article 6. https://doi.org/10.3389/fenvs.2017.00006

© 2017 Siasou, Johnson and Willey. An understanding of the environmental toxicology of ionizing radiation (IR) is needed because nuclear power production is expanding and there is increasing pressure to build nuclear waste repositories. The effects o... Read More about An extended dose-response model for microbial responses to ionizing radiation.

What if houses were powered by milk? (2017)
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Phillips, N., Adamatzky, A., & Mayne, R. (2017). What if houses were powered by milk?. BioSystems, 153-154, 1-5. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biosystems.2017.01.002

© 2017 Elsevier B.V. Living architectures and green energy are hot topics of the applied sciences. They aim to develop buildings that co-live with their environment and co-habit with people they house. An ultimate goal would be to make every block in... Read More about What if houses were powered by milk?.