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What can local government learn from the coronavirus? (2020)
Journal Article

This short Opinion article for Local Government Chronicle praises the response of UK local government to the covid-19 pandemic. It goes on to discuss three questions that are important for future public policy: 1) Was our country ready for this onsl... Read More about What can local government learn from the coronavirus?.

The experience of using prompting technology from the perspective of people with Dementia and their primary carers (2020)
Journal Article

Objectives: People who are living with dementia typically experience difficulties in completing multi-step, everyday tasks. However, digital technology such as touchscreen tablets provide a means of delivering concise personalised prompts that combin... Read More about The experience of using prompting technology from the perspective of people with Dementia and their primary carers.

Exploring coral reef conservation in Minecraft (2020)
Journal Article

Passenger comfort and trust on first-time use of a shared autonomous shuttle vehicle (2020)
Journal Article

Autonomous Vehicles (AV) may become widely diffused as a road transport technology around the world. However, two conditions of successful adoption of AVs are that they must be synchronously shared, to avoid negative transport network and environment... Read More about Passenger comfort and trust on first-time use of a shared autonomous shuttle vehicle.

The effect of patient observation on cranial computed tomography rates in children with minor head trauma (2020)
Journal Article

Background Management of children with minor blunt head trauma often includes a period of observation to determine the need for cranial computed tomography (CT). Our objective was to estimate the effect of planned observation on CT use for each Pedi... Read More about The effect of patient observation on cranial computed tomography rates in children with minor head trauma.

Electroosmotically generated disinfectant from urine as a by-product of electricity in microbial fuel cell for the inactivation of pathogenic species (2020)
Journal Article

This work presents a small scale and low cost ceramic based microbial fuel cell, utilising human urine into electricity, while producing clean catholyte into an initially empty cathode chamber through the process of electro-osmostic drag. It is the f... Read More about Electroosmotically generated disinfectant from urine as a by-product of electricity in microbial fuel cell for the inactivation of pathogenic species.

Observational cost-effectiveness analysis using routine data: Admission and discharge care bundles for patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (2020)
Journal Article

Background: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a prevalent respiratory disease, and accounts for a substantial proportion of unplanned hospital admissions. Care bundles for COPD are a set of standardised, evidence-based interventions tha... Read More about Observational cost-effectiveness analysis using routine data: Admission and discharge care bundles for patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

Psychological factors involved in adherence to sport injury rehabilitation: A systematic review (2020)
Journal Article

The objective of this article is to review the extant literature on the psychological factors related to adherence to sport injury rehabilitation among athletes. Published English language articles were identified using electronic databases. The qual... Read More about Psychological factors involved in adherence to sport injury rehabilitation: A systematic review.

Multidimensional benefits of improved sanitation: Evaluating 'PEE POWER®' in Kisoro, Uganda (2020)
Journal Article

With 2.3 billion people around the world lacking adequate sanitation services, attention has turned to alternative service provision models. This study suggests an approach for meeting the sanitation challenge, especially as expressed in Sustainable... Read More about Multidimensional benefits of improved sanitation: Evaluating 'PEE POWER®' in Kisoro, Uganda.

Macro-maturity factors and their influence on micro-level BIM implementation within design firms in Italy (2020)
Journal Article

Based on conceptual models of macro-BIM adoption, several factors have been proposed as indicators of BIM maturity at the national level. Such macro-level BIM maturity indicators drive policy and the institutional imperatives for smooth adoption of B... Read More about Macro-maturity factors and their influence on micro-level BIM implementation within design firms in Italy.

What is the incidence of complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS) Type I within four months of a wrist fracture in the adult population? A systematic review (2020)
Journal Article

© The Author(s) 2020. Introduction: Complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS) is a severe chronic pain condition, the symptoms of which may develop following trauma to a limb. Despite wrist fracture being a common antecedent, estimates of the incidence o... Read More about What is the incidence of complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS) Type I within four months of a wrist fracture in the adult population? A systematic review.

A Wnt-BMP4 signaling axis induces MSX and NOTCH proteins and promotes growth suppression and differentiation in neuroblastoma (2020)
Journal Article

The Wnt and bone morphogenetic protein (BMP) signaling pathways are known to be crucial in the development of neural crest lineages, including the sympathetic nervous system. Surprisingly, their role in paediatric neuroblastoma, the prototypic tumor... Read More about A Wnt-BMP4 signaling axis induces MSX and NOTCH proteins and promotes growth suppression and differentiation in neuroblastoma.

Numerical analysis of improvements to CO2 injectivity in coal seams through stimulated fracture connection to the injection well (2020)
Journal Article

This work presents a hybrid discrete fracture-dual porosity model of compressible fluid flow, adsorption and geomechanics during CO2 sequestration in coal seams. An application of the model considers the influence of hydraulic fractures on CO2 transp... Read More about Numerical analysis of improvements to CO2 injectivity in coal seams through stimulated fracture connection to the injection well.

What ‘gives life’ to critical pedagogy in the lifelong learning sector? (2020)
Journal Article

Critical pedagogy in the UK has traditionally been practised in the Lifelong Learning sector. However, the sector has become constrained by funding cuts, instrumental curricula and accountability measures, and teachers can feel that they have little... Read More about What ‘gives life’ to critical pedagogy in the lifelong learning sector?.

Lie-detection by strategy manipulation: Developing an Asymmetric Information Management (AIM) technique (2020)
Journal Article

Liars can, when prompted, provide detailed statements. Ideally, interview protocols to improve lie-detection should (a) encourage forthcoming verbal strategies from truth tellers and (b) encourage withholding verbal strategies from liars. Previous re... Read More about Lie-detection by strategy manipulation: Developing an Asymmetric Information Management (AIM) technique.

Intra-rater reliability and smallest detectable change of compression sonoelastography in quantifying the material properties of the musculoskeletal system (2020)
Journal Article

Musculoskeletal conditions can change tissue elasticity. Knowledge of musculoskeletal elasticity could therefore aid clinical diagnosis and management. Sonoelastography is an ultrasound-based system that examines the material properties of tissues, a... Read More about Intra-rater reliability and smallest detectable change of compression sonoelastography in quantifying the material properties of the musculoskeletal system.

Gender differences in attention to pain body postures in a social context: A novel use of the bodies in the crowd task (2020)
Journal Article

Pain signals the presence of potential harm, captures attention, and can inhibit performance on concurrent tasks. What is less well known, however, is whether such attentional capture also occurs in a wider social context, such as when observing peop... Read More about Gender differences in attention to pain body postures in a social context: A novel use of the bodies in the crowd task.

3D pattern identification approach for cooling load profiles in different buildings (2020)
Journal Article

© 2020 Elsevier Ltd Building energy conservation has gained increasing concern owing to its large portion of energy consumption and great potential of energy saving. In-depth understanding of representative patterns of daily cooling load profile will... Read More about 3D pattern identification approach for cooling load profiles in different buildings.

The contribution of motor commands to the perturbations induced by sensorimotor conflicts in fibromyalgia (2020)
Journal Article

Individuals with pain report higher sensory disturbances during sensorimotor conflicts compared to pain-free individuals. In the pain field, it is frequently assumed that disturbances arise from a discordance between sensory and efference copies (def... Read More about The contribution of motor commands to the perturbations induced by sensorimotor conflicts in fibromyalgia.

Simulated pilot-in-the-loop testing of handling qualities of the flexible wing aircraft (2020)
Journal Article

© 2020 The Author(s). Published by VGTU Press. This article aims to indicate the differences between rigid and flexible wing aircraft flying (FQ) and handling (HQ) qualities. The Simulation Framework for Flexible Aircraft was used to provide a generi... Read More about Simulated pilot-in-the-loop testing of handling qualities of the flexible wing aircraft.