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Network Resiliency and big data applications (2016)
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Sattar, K., Salman, M., Malik, M. H., & Khan, H. (2016). Network Resiliency and big data applications. Communications and Network, 14(11), 222-225

Today we are living in the digital world. There is a vast amount of data everywhere and it is increasing every day. Big data is simply large amount of data. The network is used to transfer data from one place to another. But when we are talking about... Read More about Network Resiliency and big data applications.

Photo editing: Enhancing social media images to reflect appearance ideals (2016)
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Guest, E. (2016). Photo editing: Enhancing social media images to reflect appearance ideals. Journal of Aesthetic Nursing, 5(9), 444-446. https://doi.org/10.12968/joan.2016.5.9.444

Many of the images used in traditional forms of mass media have been modified to portray unrealistic and idealised beauty characteristics. Further to this, members of the general public have now begun to digitally enhance their own pictures for socia... Read More about Photo editing: Enhancing social media images to reflect appearance ideals.

A new composite financial maturity index and its application to China’s province-level regions (2016)
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Zhang, J., Zhao, Z., & Tucker, J. (in press). A new composite financial maturity index and its application to China’s province-level regions. Journal of Finance and Management in Public Services, 15(1),

This paper introduces a new regional “financial maturity index” (FMI) based on previous studies of financial development theory. We explore a unified measure of regional financial development by constructing a new composite financial maturity model.... Read More about A new composite financial maturity index and its application to China’s province-level regions.

Ecological impact assessments fail to reduce risk of bat casualties at wind farms (2016)
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Lintott, P., Richardson, S., Hosken, D., Fensome, S., & Mathews, F. (2016). Ecological impact assessments fail to reduce risk of bat casualties at wind farms. Current Biology, 26(21), R1135-R1136. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2016.10.003

Demand for renewable energy is rising exponentially. While this has benefits in reducing greenhouse gas emissions, there may be costs to biodiversity [1]. Environmental Impact Assessments (EIAs) are the main tool used across the world to predict the... Read More about Ecological impact assessments fail to reduce risk of bat casualties at wind farms.

Place-based leadership (2016)
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Hambleton, R. (2016). Place-based leadership

This short article comments on the interim report of the Royal Society of Arts (RSA) 'Inclusive Growth Commission'. It offers two suggestions on how to improve devolution policy in England. First, public policy makers should attempt to 'see like a... Read More about Place-based leadership.

Critical management practices influencing on-site waste minimization in construction projects (2016)
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Ajayi, S. O., Oyedele, L. O., Bilal, M., Akinade, O. O., Alaka, H. A., & Owolabi, H. A. (2017). Critical management practices influencing on-site waste minimization in construction projects. Waste Management, 59, 330-339. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wasman.2016.10.040

© 2016 Elsevier Ltd As a result of increasing recognition of effective site management as the strategic approach for achieving the required performance in construction projects, this study seeks to identify the key site management practices that are... Read More about Critical management practices influencing on-site waste minimization in construction projects.

Enhanced MFC power production and struvite recovery by the addition of sea salts to urine (2016)
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Merino-Jimenez, I., Celorrio, V., Fermin, D. J., Greenman, J., & Ieropoulos, I. (2017). Enhanced MFC power production and struvite recovery by the addition of sea salts to urine. Water Research, 109, 46-53. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2016.11.017

© 2016 The Authors Urine is an excellent fuel for electricity generation in Microbial Fuel Cells (MFCs), especially with practical implementations in mind. Moreover, urine has a high content in nutrients which can be easily recovered. Struvite (MgNH4... Read More about Enhanced MFC power production and struvite recovery by the addition of sea salts to urine.

Architecture for grid computing (2016)
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Hasnain, M., Malik, M. H., Raoof, A., Ullah, S., & Dad Javed, A. (2016). Architecture for grid computing. Communications and Network, 14(11), 84-90

Grid computing is a technology about the sharing of distributed resources and integration system at a large scale. Grid computing is the mainstream technology for the resource sharing and system at the large-scale. Grid computing is specially made fo... Read More about Architecture for grid computing.

Puzzling Global Stochastic Trends in Growth, Interest and Inflation and the Volcker Disinflation (2016)
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Heinlein, R., & Krolzig, H. M. (2018). Puzzling Global Stochastic Trends in Growth, Interest and Inflation and the Volcker Disinflation. Manchester School, 86(2), 178-194. https://doi.org/10.1111/manc.12175

© 2016 The University of Manchester and John Wiley & Sons Ltd This paper aims to identify the stable long-run relationships as well as unstable driving forces of the world economy using a small aggregated cointegrated VAR model encompassing quarter... Read More about Puzzling Global Stochastic Trends in Growth, Interest and Inflation and the Volcker Disinflation.

Pulling their weight (2016)
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Hambleton, R. (2016). Pulling their weight

This Opinion piece argues that universities can become for more active in the communities where they are located. The article welcomes the efforts of the nine English universities involved in six pilot 'Leading Places' initiatives. It notes that U... Read More about Pulling their weight.

Dynamic pile impedances for laterally–loaded piles using improved Tajimi and Winkler formulations (2016)
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Anoyatis, G., & Lemnitzer, A. (2017). Dynamic pile impedances for laterally–loaded piles using improved Tajimi and Winkler formulations. Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering, 92, 279-297. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.soildyn.2016.09.020

© 2016 Elsevier Ltd Lateral dynamic soil–pile interaction is investigated through an improved Tajimi type solution. The soil is treated as a continuum with hysteretic material damping as previously proposed by the authors, and the pile is modelled as... Read More about Dynamic pile impedances for laterally–loaded piles using improved Tajimi and Winkler formulations.

A Printed and Microfabricated Sensor Device for the Sensitive Low Volume Measurement of Aqueous Ammonia (2016)
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Killard, A. J., Brannelly, N. T., Brannelly, N., & Killard, A. (2017). A Printed and Microfabricated Sensor Device for the Sensitive Low Volume Measurement of Aqueous Ammonia. Electroanalysis, 29(1), 162-171. https://doi.org/10.1002/elan.201600556

© 2017 Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim The measurement of low concentrations of ammonia in small sample volumes is required in biological, biomedical and environmental measurement applications. However, achieving this without instrumenta... Read More about A Printed and Microfabricated Sensor Device for the Sensitive Low Volume Measurement of Aqueous Ammonia.

Class Struggle in Cultural Formation in Contemporary Times: A Focus on the Theoretical Importance of Antonio Gramsci and the Organic Intellectualism of Russell Brand (2016)
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Maisuria, A. (2016). Class Struggle in Cultural Formation in Contemporary Times: A Focus on the Theoretical Importance of Antonio Gramsci and the Organic Intellectualism of Russell Brand. Knowledge Cultures, 4(6), 81--96

The importance of education for social transformation is not exclusively something that is done in schools and universities. Taking education in its broadest formulation ? something that happens all of the time, in this article I posit the argument t... Read More about Class Struggle in Cultural Formation in Contemporary Times: A Focus on the Theoretical Importance of Antonio Gramsci and the Organic Intellectualism of Russell Brand.

Concordance in diabetic foot ulceration: A cross-sectional study of agreement between wound swabbing and tissue sampling in infected ulcers (2016)
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Nelson, E. A., Wright-Hughes, A., Brown, S., Lipsky, B. A., Backhouse, M., Bhogal, M., …Nixon, J. (2016). Concordance in diabetic foot ulceration: A cross-sectional study of agreement between wound swabbing and tissue sampling in infected ulcers. Health Technology Assessment, 20(82), 1-175. https://doi.org/10.3310/hta20820

© Queen’s Printer and Controller of HMSO 2016. Background: There is inadequate evidence to advise clinicians on the relative merits of swabbing versus tissue sampling of infected diabetic foot ulcers (DFUs). Objectives: To determine (1) concordance b... Read More about Concordance in diabetic foot ulceration: A cross-sectional study of agreement between wound swabbing and tissue sampling in infected ulcers.

Missed opportunities to keep children safe? National survey of injury prevention activities of children's centres (2016)
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Coupland, C. A., Watson, M. C., Watson, M. C., Mulvaney, C., Timblin, C., Stewart, J., …Kendrick, D. (2016). Missed opportunities to keep children safe? National survey of injury prevention activities of children's centres. Health Education Journal, 75(7), 833-842. https://doi.org/10.1177/0017896916629816

© The Authors 2016 . Objective: To ascertain the activities undertaken by children's centres to prevent unintentional injuries in the under-fives and, in particular, the prevention of falls, poisoning and scalds. Design: A questionnaire was posted to... Read More about Missed opportunities to keep children safe? National survey of injury prevention activities of children's centres.

Multi-locus sequence typing of Escherichia coli isolates with acquired ampC genes and ampC promoter mutations (2016)
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Lawrance, L. M., Moore, P. C., Lewis, J. A., Moore, P. C. L., Arnold, D. L., & Lawrance, L. (2016). Multi-locus sequence typing of Escherichia coli isolates with acquired ampC genes and ampC promoter mutations. Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease, 86(3), 265-267. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2016.08.008

© 2016 Elsevier Inc. Multi-locus sequence typing was used to reveal a high degree of diversity amongst the E. coli isolates with AmpC plasmid genes, and a high prevalence of the −32 mutation present.

Street-level bureaucracy and policy implementation in community public health nursing: A qualitative study of the experiences of student and novice health visitors (2016)
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Hughes, A., & Condon, L. (2016). Street-level bureaucracy and policy implementation in community public health nursing: A qualitative study of the experiences of student and novice health visitors. Primary Health Care Research and Development, 17(6), 586-598. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1463423616000220

© 2016 Cambridge University Press. Aim To explore the experiences of student and novice health visitors in implementing health visiting policy reform pre-and post-qualification. Background In England, public health nursing has been subject to major p... Read More about Street-level bureaucracy and policy implementation in community public health nursing: A qualitative study of the experiences of student and novice health visitors.

Dignity and respect in midwifery education in the UK: A survey of Lead Midwives of Education (2016)
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Hall, J., & Mitchell, M. (2016). Dignity and respect in midwifery education in the UK: A survey of Lead Midwives of Education. Nurse Education in Practice, 21, 9-15. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nepr.2016.09.003

© 2016 Elsevier Ltd In the UK respect, dignity and compassion are the underpinning values which must determine service user care in the National Health Service (NHS). In midwifery education it is unclear how students are being taught these values. We... Read More about Dignity and respect in midwifery education in the UK: A survey of Lead Midwives of Education.

Making sense of dementia: Exploring the use of the Markers of Assimilation of Problematic Experiences in Dementia scale to understand how couples process a diagnosis of dementia (2016)
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Snow, K., Cheston, R., & Smart, C. (2016). Making sense of dementia: Exploring the use of the Markers of Assimilation of Problematic Experiences in Dementia scale to understand how couples process a diagnosis of dementia. Dementia, 15(6), 1515-1533. https://doi.org/10.1177/1471301214564447

© 2015, © The Author(s) 2015. This qualitative study aimed to see whether the Markers of Assimilation of Problematic Experiences in Dementia (MAPED) scale could be applied to couples. It aimed to explore the interactions between couples and how this... Read More about Making sense of dementia: Exploring the use of the Markers of Assimilation of Problematic Experiences in Dementia scale to understand how couples process a diagnosis of dementia.

The psychological impact of cleft lip and/or palate on unaffected siblings (2016)
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Stock, N. M., Stoneman, K., Cunniffe, C., & Rumsey, N. (2016). The psychological impact of cleft lip and/or palate on unaffected siblings. Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Journal, 53(6), 670-682. https://doi.org/10.1597/15-148

BACKGROUND: Sibling relationships are among the most unique social connections, significantly affecting psychosocial adjustment. Previous reviews in the fields of chronic illness and disability have concluded that unaffected siblings of children with... Read More about The psychological impact of cleft lip and/or palate on unaffected siblings.