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The new prison framework will be inflexible, costly and do nothing to ease chronic overcrowding and violence (2017)
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Ismail, N., & de Viggiani, N. (2017). The new prison framework will be inflexible, costly and do nothing to ease chronic overcrowding and violence

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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Debattista, K., Bashford-Rogers, T., Harvey, C., Waterfield, B., & Chalmers, A. (2018). Subjective evaluation of high-fidelity virtual environments for driving simulations. IEEE Transactions on Human-Machine Systems, 48(1), 30-40. https://doi.org/10.1109/THMS.2017.2762632

© 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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Czél, G., Rev, T., Jalalvand, M., Fotouhi, M., Longana, M. L., Nixon-Pearson, O. J., & Wisnom, M. R. (2018). Pseudo-ductility and reduced notch sensitivity in multi-directional all-carbon/epoxy thin-ply hybrid composites. Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing, 104, 151-164. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compositesa.2017.10.028

© 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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Ivlevs, A., & Veliziotis, M. (2018). Local-level immigration and life satisfaction: The EU enlargement experience in England and Wales. Environment and Planning A, 50(1), 175-193. https://doi.org/10.1177/0308518X17740895

© 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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Hill, J., West, H., & Kneale, P. (2018). Making the most of multi-disciplinary undergraduate research conferences. Journal of Geography in Higher Education, 42(2), 311-316. https://doi.org/10.1080/03098265.2017.1402873

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.

What works for wellbeing? A systematic review of wellbeing outcomes for music and singing in adults (2017)
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Daykin, N., Mansfield, L., Meads, C., Julier, G., Tomlinson, A., Payne, A., …Victor, C. (2018). What works for wellbeing? A systematic review of wellbeing outcomes for music and singing in adults. Perspectives in Public Health, 138(1), 39-46. https://doi.org/10.1177/1757913917740391

Aims: The role of arts and music in supporting subjective wellbeing (SWB) is increasingly recognised. Robust evidence is needed to support policy and practice. This article reports on the first of four reviews of Culture, Sport and Wellbeing (CSW) co... Read More about What works for wellbeing? A systematic review of wellbeing outcomes for music and singing in adults.

Incorporating data quality improvement into supply–use table balancing (2017)
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Serpell, M. (2018). Incorporating data quality improvement into supply–use table balancing. Economic Systems Research, 30(2), 271-288. https://doi.org/10.1080/09535314.2017.1396962

© 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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Oladokun, V., Proverbs, D., & Lamond, J. (2017). Measuring flood resilience: a fuzzy logic approach. International Journal of Building Pathology and Adaptation, 35(5), 470-487. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJBPA-12-2016-0029

© 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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Lario, J., Spencer, C., Bardají, T., Marchante, A., Garduño-Monroy, V. H., Macias, J., & Ortega, S. (2017). An extreme wave event in eastern Yucatán, Mexico: Evidence of a paleotsunami event during the Mayan times

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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Johnston, E., & Smith, T. (2017). The digital revolution: Body worn cameras and ‘street’ interviews. Criminal Law and Justice Weekly, 181, 769-771

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.

Using the experience-sampling method to examine the psychological mechanisms by which participatory art improves wellbeing (2017)
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Holt, N. (2018). Using the experience-sampling method to examine the psychological mechanisms by which participatory art improves wellbeing. Perspectives in Public Health, 138(1), 55-65. https://doi.org/10.1177/1757913917739041

© 2017, © Royal Society for Public Health 2017. Aims: To measure the immediate impact of art-making in everyday life on diverse indices of wellbeing (‘in the moment’ and longer term) in order to improve understanding of the psychological mechanisms b... Read More about Using the experience-sampling method to examine the psychological mechanisms by which participatory art improves wellbeing.

Rice farming systems in Southern Lao PDR: Interpreting farmers’ agricultural production decisions using Q methodology (2017)
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Alexander, K. S., Parry, L., Thammavong, P., Sacklokham, S., Pasouvang, S., Connell, J. G., …Case, P. (2018). Rice farming systems in Southern Lao PDR: Interpreting farmers’ agricultural production decisions using Q methodology. Agricultural Systems, 160, 1-10. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agsy.2017.10.018

© 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.

Patient perceptions of glucocorticoids in anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibody-associated vasculitis (2017)
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Shea, J. A., Kellom, K. S., Robson, J. C., Dawson, J., Cronholm, P. F., Ashdown, S., …Merkel, P. (2018). Patient perceptions of glucocorticoids in anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibody-associated vasculitis. Rheumatology International, 38(4), 675-682. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00296-017-3855-6

© 2017, The Author(s). Granulomatosis with polyangiitis (GPA), microscopic polyangiitis (MPA), and eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis (EGPA) are multisystem diseases of small blood vessels, collectively known as the anti-neutrophil cytopla... Read More about Patient perceptions of glucocorticoids in anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibody-associated vasculitis.

Biased compensation recursive least squares-based threshold algorithm for time-delay rational models via redundant rule (2017)
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Chen, J., Zhu, Q. M., Li, J., & Liu, Y. J. (2018). Biased compensation recursive least squares-based threshold algorithm for time-delay rational models via redundant rule. Nonlinear Dynamics, 91(2), 797-807. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11071-017-3910-6

© 2017, Springer Science+Business Media B.V., part of Springer Nature. This paper develops a biased compensation recursive least squares-based threshold algorithm for a time-delay rational model. The time-delay rational model is transformed into an a... Read More about Biased compensation recursive least squares-based threshold algorithm for time-delay rational models via redundant rule.

A novel 3D imaging system for strawberry phenotyping (2017)
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He, J. Q., Harrison, R. J., & Li, B. (2017). A novel 3D imaging system for strawberry phenotyping. Plant Methods, 13(1), Article 93. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13007-017-0243-x

© 2017 The Author(s). Background: Accurate and quantitative phenotypic data in plant breeding programmes is vital in breeding to assess the performance of genotypes and to make selections. Traditional strawberry phenotyping relies on the human eye to... Read More about A novel 3D imaging system for strawberry phenotyping.

Natural selection: Empiricist discourse in the talk of broadcast journalists (2017)
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Reardon, S. (2018). Natural selection: Empiricist discourse in the talk of broadcast journalists. Discourse and Communication, 12(1), 80-98. https://doi.org/10.1177/1750481317735711

© 2017, © The Author(s) 2017. Journalists are frequently used as a source of information for those studying news production and practice and as a means of describing the ‘real’ world of news. However, these conversations between researcher and journa... Read More about Natural selection: Empiricist discourse in the talk of broadcast journalists.

Glycyrrhiza glabra extract and quercetin reverses cisplatin resistance in triple-negative MDA-MB-468 breast cancer cells via inhibition of cytochrome P450 1B1 enzyme (2017)
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Bharate, S. B., Chaudhuri, B., Vishwakarma, R. A., Jain, S. K., Sharma, R., Gatchie, L., & Williams, I. S. (2017). Glycyrrhiza glabra extract and quercetin reverses cisplatin resistance in triple-negative MDA-MB-468 breast cancer cells via inhibition of cytochrome P450 1B1 enzyme. Bioorganic and Medicinal Chemistry Letters, 27(24), 5400-5403. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bmcl.2017.11.013

© 2017 Elsevier Ltd The development of multi-drug resistance to existing anticancer drugs is one of the major challenges in cancer treatment. The over-expression of cytochrome P450 1B1 enzyme has been reported to cause resistance to cisplatin. With a... Read More about Glycyrrhiza glabra extract and quercetin reverses cisplatin resistance in triple-negative MDA-MB-468 breast cancer cells via inhibition of cytochrome P450 1B1 enzyme.

Political connectedness and formal finance in transition economies (2017)
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Ruziev, K. (2017). Political connectedness and formal finance in transition economies. https://doi.org/10.15185/izawol.398

Although small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) represent more than 90% of all enterprises and play an important role in employment generation, they lack access to affordable formal finance. Conventionally, market failures and information imperfe... Read More about Political connectedness and formal finance in transition economies.