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Revisiting the Balassa–Samuelson effect: International tourism and cultural proximity (2018)
Journal Article
Tubadji, A., & Nijkamp, P. (2018). Revisiting the Balassa–Samuelson effect: International tourism and cultural proximity. Tourism Economics, 24(8), 915-944. https://doi.org/10.1177/1354816618781468

© The Author(s) 2018. This article focuses on a neglected part of the well-known Balassa–Samuelson (B-S) effect in international trade, namely, the specific role of tourism in equilibrating the purchasing power parities across areas. The article aims... Read More about Revisiting the Balassa–Samuelson effect: International tourism and cultural proximity.

Ambulance clinicians’ perceptions,assessment and management of frailty: Thematic analysis of focus groups (2018)
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Green, J., Kirby, K., & Hope, S. (in press). Ambulance clinicians’ perceptions,assessment and management of frailty: Thematic analysis of focus groups. British Paramedic Journal, 3(3), 23-33. https://doi.org/10.29045/14784726.2018.12.3.3.23

Frailty is an increasingly relevant concept/diagnosis and ambulance services are well positioned to identify frailty and influence the ‘care pathways’ through which patients are directed (thereby influencing health outcomes. Throughout the South West... Read More about Ambulance clinicians’ perceptions,assessment and management of frailty: Thematic analysis of focus groups.

Analysis of the passengers’ experience and travel time use on board urban buses. The case of Brescia (2018)
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Bonera, M., Maternini, G., Clayton, W., Paddeu, D., & Parkhurst, G. (2018). Analysis of the passengers’ experience and travel time use on board urban buses. The case of Brescia

Providing users of the public transport with a satisfactory service is necessary to discourage the use of private transport modes. In addition to ensuring high performance in terms of accessibility, usability and availability of the service, in recen... Read More about Analysis of the passengers’ experience and travel time use on board urban buses. The case of Brescia.

Virtual health education: Scaling practice to transform student learning: Using virtual reality learning environments in healthcare education to bridge the theory/practice gap and improve patient safety (2018)
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King, D., Tee, S., Falconer, L., Angell, C., Holley, D., & Mills, A. (2018). Virtual health education: Scaling practice to transform student learning: Using virtual reality learning environments in healthcare education to bridge the theory/practice gap and improve patient safety. Nurse Education Today, 71, 7-9. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nedt.2018.08.002

© 2018 The advancements in and affordability of technologies offer increasing opportunities to modernise healthcare education into packages developed to meet the expectations and requirements of the digital generation. Purposefully designed and teste... Read More about Virtual health education: Scaling practice to transform student learning: Using virtual reality learning environments in healthcare education to bridge the theory/practice gap and improve patient safety.

Nutritional management of young infants presenting with acute bronchiolitis in Belgium, France and Switzerland: Survey of current practices and documentary search of national guidelines worldwide (2018)
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Valla, F. V., Baudin, F., Demaret, P., Rooze, S., Moullet, C., Cotting, J., …Le Roux, B. G. (2019). Nutritional management of young infants presenting with acute bronchiolitis in Belgium, France and Switzerland: Survey of current practices and documentary search of national guidelines worldwide. European Journal of Pediatrics, 178(3), 331-340. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00431-018-3300-1

© 2018, Springer-Verlag GmbH Germany, part of Springer Nature. Feeding difficulties are common in young infants presenting with acute bronchiolitis, but limited data is available to guide clinicians adapting nutritional management. We aimed to assess... Read More about Nutritional management of young infants presenting with acute bronchiolitis in Belgium, France and Switzerland: Survey of current practices and documentary search of national guidelines worldwide.

Issues experienced and support provided to adolescents and young adults at the end of active treatment for cancer: A rapid review of the literature (2018)
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Lea, S., Martins, A., Bassett, M., Cable, M., Doig, G., Fern, L. A., …Taylor, R. M. (2018). Issues experienced and support provided to adolescents and young adults at the end of active treatment for cancer: A rapid review of the literature. European Journal of Cancer Care, 27(6), https://doi.org/10.1111/ecc.12972

Introduction: The end of active treatment is a stressful period for adolescents and young adults (AYA), but little is known about AYA experiences at this time point. The aim was to describe the issues young people experienced and identify interventio... Read More about Issues experienced and support provided to adolescents and young adults at the end of active treatment for cancer: A rapid review of the literature.

Estimation of minimum ignition energy of explosive chemicals using gravitational search algorithm based support vector regression (2018)
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Owolabi, T. O., Suleiman, M. A., Adeyemo, H. B., Akande, K. O., Alhiyafi, J., & Olatunji, S. O. (2019). Estimation of minimum ignition energy of explosive chemicals using gravitational search algorithm based support vector regression. Journal of Loss Prevention in the Process Industries, 57, 156-163. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jlp.2018.11.018

Adequate knowledge of minimum ignition energy (MIE) of a flammable chemical compound plays a significant role while handling and characterizing the hazardous materials and further ensures reliable ignition of fuel-air mixtures in many engines. Despit... Read More about Estimation of minimum ignition energy of explosive chemicals using gravitational search algorithm based support vector regression.

Why marry? Understanding marriage in modern Britain (2018)
Journal Article
Carter, J. (2018). Why marry? Understanding marriage in modern Britain. Sociology Review Magazine, 28(2),

In the early 1990s Anthony Giddens proposed that major changes in working life, equal rights and globalisation trends had impacted significantly on the ways in which men and women relate to each other in their personal lives (Giddens 1992). This brea... Read More about Why marry? Understanding marriage in modern Britain.

Living with alopecia areata: An online qualitative survey study (2018)
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Davey, L., Clarke, V., & Jenkinson, E. (2019). Living with alopecia areata: An online qualitative survey study. British Journal of Dermatology, 180(6), 1377-1389. https://doi.org/10.1111/bjd.17463

© 2018 British Association of Dermatologists Background: Living with alopecia areata (AA) totalis and universalis (collectively referred to here as AA) involves unpredictable, sometimes rapid hair loss. There is currently no effective treatment and p... Read More about Living with alopecia areata: An online qualitative survey study.

Increased power generation in supercapacitive microbial fuel cell stack using Fe–N–C cathode catalyst (2018)
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Santoro, C., Kodali, M., Shamoon, N., Serov, A., Soavi, F., Merino-Jimenez, I., …Atanassov, P. (2019). Increased power generation in supercapacitive microbial fuel cell stack using Fe–N–C cathode catalyst. Journal of Power Sources, 412, 416-424. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpowsour.2018.11.069

© 2018 The Authors The anode and cathode electrodes of a microbial fuel cell (MFC) stack, composed of 28 single MFCs, were used as the negative and positive electrodes, respectively of an internal self-charged supercapacitor. Particularly, carbon vei... Read More about Increased power generation in supercapacitive microbial fuel cell stack using Fe–N–C cathode catalyst.

Facial masculinity is only weakly correlated with handgrip strength in young adult women (2018)
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Hahn, A. C., Holzleitner, I. J., Lee, A. J., Kandrik, M., O'Shea, K. J., DeBruine, L. M., & Jones, B. C. (2019). Facial masculinity is only weakly correlated with handgrip strength in young adult women. American Journal of Human Biology, 31(1), https://doi.org/10.1002/ajhb.23203

Objectives: Ancestrally, strength is likely to have played a critical role in determining the ability to obtain and retain resources and the allocation of social status among humans. Responses to facial cues of strength are therefore thought to play... Read More about Facial masculinity is only weakly correlated with handgrip strength in young adult women.

How can a heterosexual man remove his body hair and retain his masculinity? Mapping stories of male body hair depilation (2018)
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Clarke, V., & Braun, V. (2019). How can a heterosexual man remove his body hair and retain his masculinity? Mapping stories of male body hair depilation. Qualitative Research in Psychology, 16(1), 96-114. https://doi.org/10.1080/14780887.2018.1536388

© 2019, © 2019 Taylor & Francis Group, LLC. This study explores the gendered body hair removal norm and the meanings of male body hair by examining young people’s sense-making around male body hair removal. The novel technique of story completion w... Read More about How can a heterosexual man remove his body hair and retain his masculinity? Mapping stories of male body hair depilation.

Effect of intrinsic microscopic properties and suction on swell characteristics of compacted expansive clays (2018)
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Eyo, E. U., Ng'ambi, S., & Abbey, S. J. (2019). Effect of intrinsic microscopic properties and suction on swell characteristics of compacted expansive clays. Transportation Geotechnics, 18, 124-131. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trgeo.2018.11.007

© 2018 Elsevier Ltd The complex swelling mechanism in expansive clays during moisture ingress can be succinctly explained by an examination of their core mineralogy, microfabric, grain size and suction response. This note has attempted to investigate... Read More about Effect of intrinsic microscopic properties and suction on swell characteristics of compacted expansive clays.

The evolution of Jakarta’s flood policy over the past 400 years: The lock-in of infrastructural solutions (2018)
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Octavianti, T., & Charles, K. (2019). The evolution of Jakarta’s flood policy over the past 400 years: The lock-in of infrastructural solutions. Environment and Planning C: Politics and Space, 37(6), 1102-1125. https://doi.org/10.1177/2399654418813578

This paper presents an analysis of the evolution of flood policy in a city in the developing world. Jakarta was selected in order to analyse the role of colonialisation on water policy. Drawing data from historical sources and interviews of key infor... Read More about The evolution of Jakarta’s flood policy over the past 400 years: The lock-in of infrastructural solutions.

Pain acceptance in adolescents: Development of a short form of the CPAQ-A (2018)
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Gauntlett-Gilbert, J., Alamire, B., & Duggan, G. (2019). Pain acceptance in adolescents: Development of a short form of the CPAQ-A. Journal of Pediatric Psychology, 44(4), 453-462. https://doi.org/10.1093/jpepsy/jsy090

© 2018 The Author(s). Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the Society of Pediatric Psychology. All rights reserved. Objective: Acceptance of pain is a predictor of pain-related disability and treatment outcome in adolescents with pain.... Read More about Pain acceptance in adolescents: Development of a short form of the CPAQ-A.

Impact of patient and public involvement on enrolment and retention in clinical trials: Systematic review and meta-analysis (2018)
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Crocker, J. C., Ricci-Cabello, I., Parker, A., Hirst, J. A., Chant, A., Petit-Zeman, S., …Rees, S. (2018). Impact of patient and public involvement on enrolment and retention in clinical trials: Systematic review and meta-analysis. BMJ, 363(8178), Article k4738. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.k4738

© Published by the BMJ Publishing Group Limited. For permission to use (where not already granted under a licence) please go to. Objective To investigate the impact of patient and public involvement (PPI) on rates of enrolment and retention in clinic... Read More about Impact of patient and public involvement on enrolment and retention in clinical trials: Systematic review and meta-analysis.

Looking heteronormatively good! Combining story completion with Bitstrips to explore understandings of sexuality and appearance (2018)
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Hayfield, N., & Wood, M. (2019). Looking heteronormatively good! Combining story completion with Bitstrips to explore understandings of sexuality and appearance. Qualitative Research in Psychology, 16(1), 115-135. https://doi.org/10.1080/14780887.2018.1536390

© 2019, © 2019 Taylor & Francis Group, LLC. This study sought to develop knowledge about understandings of sexuality and appearance by using a story completion task combined with an innovative visual methodology. Fifty-four (mainly female) particip... Read More about Looking heteronormatively good! Combining story completion with Bitstrips to explore understandings of sexuality and appearance.

Challenges and opportunities in documenting the recent history of public health: The health of Bristol after 1948 (2018)
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Evans, D. (2020). Challenges and opportunities in documenting the recent history of public health: The health of Bristol after 1948. Social History of Medicine, 33(2), 641-658. https://doi.org/10.1093/shm/hky104

How do you find the sources to write the history of the health of a city, particularly for the late twentieth century and into the digital age? This article explores this challenge in the case of the city of Bristol in the United Kingdom during the p... Read More about Challenges and opportunities in documenting the recent history of public health: The health of Bristol after 1948.

Improvement of the impact properties of composite laminates by means of nano-modification of the matrix-A review (2018)
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Saghafi, H., Fotouhi, M., & Minak, G. (2018). Improvement of the impact properties of composite laminates by means of nano-modification of the matrix-A review. Applied Sciences, 8(12), 2406. https://doi.org/10.3390/app8122406

© 2017 by the authors. This paper reviews recent works on the application of nanofibers and nanoparticle reinforcements to enhance the interlaminar fracture toughness, to reduce the impact induced damage and to improve the compression after impact pe... Read More about Improvement of the impact properties of composite laminates by means of nano-modification of the matrix-A review.