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Establishment of vaginal microbiota composition in early pregnancy and its association with subsequent preterm prelabor rupture of the fetal membranes (2018)
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Lee, Y. S., Brown, R. G., Al-Memar, M., Marchesi, J. R., Smith, A., Chan, D., …MacIntyre, D. A. (2019). Establishment of vaginal microbiota composition in early pregnancy and its association with subsequent preterm prelabor rupture of the fetal membranes. Translational Research, The Journal of Laboratory and Clinical Medicine, 207, 30-43. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trsl.2018.12.005

© 2019 The Authors Vaginal bacterial community composition influences pregnancy outcome. Preterm prelabor rupture of the fetal membranes (PPROM), which precedes 30% of all spontaneous preterm births, is associated with high vaginal bacterial diversit... Read More about Establishment of vaginal microbiota composition in early pregnancy and its association with subsequent preterm prelabor rupture of the fetal membranes.

Enhancing the Command-Following Bandwidth for Transparent Bilateral Teleoperation (2018)
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Singh, H., Jafari, A., Ryu, J. H., & Peer, A. (2018). Enhancing the Command-Following Bandwidth for Transparent Bilateral Teleoperation. Proceedings of the ... IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems. IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, 4972-4979. https://doi.org/10.1109/IROS.2018.8593866

© 2018 IEEE. Enhancing transparency of a teleoperation system by increasing the command-following bandwidth has not received lots of attention so far. This is considered a challenging task since in a teleoperation system the command-following bandwid... Read More about Enhancing the Command-Following Bandwidth for Transparent Bilateral Teleoperation.

Size-dependent nonlinear secondary resonance of micro-/nano-beams made of nano-porous biomaterials including truncated cube cells (2018)
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Sahmani, S., Fotouhi, M., & Aghdam, M. M. (2019). Size-dependent nonlinear secondary resonance of micro-/nano-beams made of nano-porous biomaterials including truncated cube cells. Acta Mechanica, 230(3), 1077-1103. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00707-018-2334-9

© 2018, Springer-Verlag GmbH Austria, part of Springer Nature. Porous biomaterials have been utilized in cellular structures in order to mimic the function of bone as a branch of tissue engineering approach. With the aid of nano-porous biomaterials i... Read More about Size-dependent nonlinear secondary resonance of micro-/nano-beams made of nano-porous biomaterials including truncated cube cells.

Priorities for nutrition research in pediatric critical care (2018)
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Tume, L. N., Valla, F. V., Floh, A., Goday, P., Jotterand Chaparro, C., Larsen, B., …Mehta, N. (2019). Priorities for nutrition research in pediatric critical care. Journal of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition, 43(7), 853-862. https://doi.org/10.1002/jpen.1498

Background: Widespread variation exists in pediatric critical care nutrition practices, largely because of the scarcity of evidence to guide best practice recommendations. Objective: The objective of this paper was to develop a list of topics to b... Read More about Priorities for nutrition research in pediatric critical care.

Patient experiences of telephone outreach to enhance uptake of NHS Health Checks in more deprived communities and minority ethnic groups: A qualitative interview study (2018)
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Brangan, E., Stone, T., Chappell, A., Harrison, V., & Horwood, J. (2019). Patient experiences of telephone outreach to enhance uptake of NHS Health Checks in more deprived communities and minority ethnic groups: A qualitative interview study. Health Expectations, 22(3), 364-372. https://doi.org/10.1111/hex.12856

Background: The NHS Health Checks preventative programme aims to reduce cardiovascular morbidity across England. To improve equity in uptake, telephone outreach was developed in Bristol, involving community workers telephoning patients amongst commun... Read More about Patient experiences of telephone outreach to enhance uptake of NHS Health Checks in more deprived communities and minority ethnic groups: A qualitative interview study.

A circularity measurement toolkit for manufacturing SMEs (2018)
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Garza-Reyes, J. A., Valls, A. S., Nadeem, S. P., Anosike, A., & Kumar, V. (2019). A circularity measurement toolkit for manufacturing SMEs. International Journal of Production Research, 57(23), https://doi.org/10.1080/00207543.2018.1559961

The development and adoption of the concept of circular economy in the last two decades have been remarkable. However, despite its widespread adoption, little progress has been made regarding its measurement, especially in manufacturing SMEs. This pa... Read More about A circularity measurement toolkit for manufacturing SMEs.

Breaking gendered boundaries? Exploring constructions of counter-normative body hair practices in Āotearoa/New Zealand using story completion (2018)
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Jennings, E., Braun, V., & Clarke, V. (2019). Breaking gendered boundaries? Exploring constructions of counter-normative body hair practices in Āotearoa/New Zealand using story completion. Qualitative Research in Psychology, 16(1), 74-95. https://doi.org/10.1080/14780887.2018.1536386

© 2019, © 2019 Taylor & Francis Group, LLC. Do women with body hair continue to evoke disgust? Are men without body hair read only as athletes and/or gay? To explore contemporary sense-making practices around apparently counter-normative gendered b... Read More about Breaking gendered boundaries? Exploring constructions of counter-normative body hair practices in Āotearoa/New Zealand using story completion.

Acceptability of screening for mental health difficulties in primary schools: A survey of UK parents (2018)
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Soneson, E., Childs-Fegredo, J., Anderson, J. K., Stochl, J., Fazel, M., Ford, T., …Howarth, E. (2018). Acceptability of screening for mental health difficulties in primary schools: A survey of UK parents. BMC Public Health, 18, Article 1404. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-018-6279-7

Background: Many children and young people experiencing mental health difficulties (MHD) do not access care, often due to inadequate identification. Schools have a unique potential to improve early identification; however, evidence is limited regardi... Read More about Acceptability of screening for mental health difficulties in primary schools: A survey of UK parents.

The telos of consciousness and the telos of world history (2018)
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Trizio, E. (2018). The telos of consciousness and the telos of world history. Humana.Mente: Journal of Philosophical Studies, 11(34), 77-103

This article explores the way in which Husserl’s transcendental idealism reverses the thesis stemming from the naturalistic worldview, according to which the existence of humanity in the universe is a contingent fact. It will appear that the resultin... Read More about The telos of consciousness and the telos of world history.

Microbial processing and production of aquatic fluorescent organic matter in a model freshwater system (2018)
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Fox, B. G., Thorn, R. M., Anesio, A. M., Cox, T., Attridge, J. W., & Reynolds, D. M. (2019). Microbial processing and production of aquatic fluorescent organic matter in a model freshwater system. Water, 11(1), Article 10. https://doi.org/10.3390/w11010010

© 2018 by the authors. Organic matter (OM) has an essential biogeochemical influence along the hydrological continuum and within aquatic ecosystems. Organic matter derived via microbial processes was investigated within a range of model freshwater sa... Read More about Microbial processing and production of aquatic fluorescent organic matter in a model freshwater system.

Turkeys, rockets and superpigs (2018)
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Ward, J. (2018). Turkeys, rockets and superpigs. Printmaking Today, 27(4), 30

A review of the exhibition of over 30 years of bespoke Christmas Card designs by makingSpace Publishers and Merivale Editions for John Purcell Paper at Northern Print in the winter of 2018.

Deconstructing organizational resilience: A multiple-case study (2018)
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Yılmaz Börekçi, D., Rofcanin, Y., Heras, M. L., & Berber, A. (2021). Deconstructing organizational resilience: A multiple-case study. Journal of Management and Organization, 27(3), 422-441. https://doi.org/10.1017/jmo.2018.72

This study extends previous research on organizational resilience by focusing on its relational resilience dimension and integrating with its operational resilience dimension. Our main goal is to understand relational resilience construct and complem... Read More about Deconstructing organizational resilience: A multiple-case study.

Laser Shibori: A digital moulding technique supporting circular textile design in three dimensions (2018)
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Morgan, L., Kane, F., Tyrer, J., & Shen, J. (2018). Laser Shibori: A digital moulding technique supporting circular textile design in three dimensions. Journal of Textile Design Research and Practice, 6(1), 5-22. https://doi.org/10.1080/20511787.2018.1493836

This paper considers the potential for digital laser technology to facilitate sustainable innovation in the field of textile design and manufacture, enabling transition towards a circular economy. Using recent design research as a case study, it disc... Read More about Laser Shibori: A digital moulding technique supporting circular textile design in three dimensions.

Trade union strategy in fashion retail in Italy and the USA: Converging divergence between institutions and mobilization? (2018)
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Gasparri, S., Ikeler, P., & Fullin, G. (2019). Trade union strategy in fashion retail in Italy and the USA: Converging divergence between institutions and mobilization?. European Journal of Industrial Relations, 25(4), 345-361. https://doi.org/10.1177/0959680118817681

We investigate trade union strategies in fashion retail, a sector with endemic low-wages, precarity and a representation gap. Unions in Milan organized ‘zero-hours contract’ workers, while their counterparts in New York established an alternative cha... Read More about Trade union strategy in fashion retail in Italy and the USA: Converging divergence between institutions and mobilization?.

Joint editorial: Invigorating hydrological research through journal publications (2018)
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Quinn, N., Blöschl, G., Bárdossy, A., Castellarin, A., Clark, M., Cudennec, C., …Zehe, E. (2018). Joint editorial: Invigorating hydrological research through journal publications. Proceedings of the International Association of Hydrological Sciences, 380, 3-8. https://doi.org/10.5194/piahs-380-3-2018

Editors of several journals in the field of hydrology met during the General Assembly of the European Geosciences Union (EGU) in Vienna in April 2017. This event was a follow-up of similar meetings held in 2013 and 2015. These meetings enable the gro... Read More about Joint editorial: Invigorating hydrological research through journal publications.

Human resource differentiation: A theoretical paper integrating co-workers' perspective and context (2018)
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Rofcanin, Y., Berber, A., Marescaux, E., Bal, P. M., Mughal, F., & Afacan Findikli, M. (2019). Human resource differentiation: A theoretical paper integrating co-workers' perspective and context. Human Resource Management Journal, 29(2), 270-286. https://doi.org/10.1111/1748-8583.12224

© 2018 John Wiley & Sons Ltd This paper conceptualises “human resource (HR) differentiation” as a set of deliberate and differentiating HR practices across individuals within the organisation to address employees' unique work needs and preferences... Read More about Human resource differentiation: A theoretical paper integrating co-workers' perspective and context.

Time-Use Analytics: An Improved Way of Understanding Gendered Agriculture-Nutrition Pathways (2018)
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Stevano, S., Kadiyala, S., Johnston, D., Malapit, H., Hull, E., & Kalamatianou, S. (2019). Time-Use Analytics: An Improved Way of Understanding Gendered Agriculture-Nutrition Pathways. Feminist Economics, 25(3), 1-22. https://doi.org/10.1080/13545701.2018.1542155

There is a resurgence of interest in time-use research driven, inter alia, by the desire to understand if development interventions, especially when targeted to women, lead to time constraints by increasing work burdens. This has become a primary con... Read More about Time-Use Analytics: An Improved Way of Understanding Gendered Agriculture-Nutrition Pathways.

Using Photo-Elicitation to Explore Families’ Experiences of Burn Camp (2018)
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Armstrong-James, L., Cadogan, J., Williamson, H., Rumsey, N., & Harcourt, D. (2019). Using Photo-Elicitation to Explore Families’ Experiences of Burn Camp. Journal of Family Nursing, 25(1), 81-108. https://doi.org/10.1177/1074840718817630

© The Author(s) 2018. A qualitative study using photo-elicitation was conducted to investigate the experiences of family members attending a residential burn camp. Six families were provided with cameras and asked to take photographs of their time at... Read More about Using Photo-Elicitation to Explore Families’ Experiences of Burn Camp.

Analysis and Design of a Multi-Channel Time-Varying Sliding Mode Controller and its Application in Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (2018)
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Nemati, H., & Montazeri, A. (2018). Analysis and Design of a Multi-Channel Time-Varying Sliding Mode Controller and its Application in Unmanned Aerial Vehicles. IFAC-PapersOnLine, 51(22), 244-249. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ifacol.2018.11.549

This study introduces a new multi-channel robust nonlinear control algorithm based on the theory of the time-varying sliding mode control (TVSMC) strategy to stabilize the attitude of an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) for nuclear decommissioning appli... Read More about Analysis and Design of a Multi-Channel Time-Varying Sliding Mode Controller and its Application in Unmanned Aerial Vehicles.