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Assessment and treatment of nocturia in endocrine disease in a primary care setting; systematic review and nominal group technique consensus (2022)
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Dawson, S., Duncan, L., Ahmed, A., Gimson, A., Henderson, E. J., Rees, J., …Andrews, R. (2022). Assessment and treatment of nocturia in endocrine disease in a primary care setting; systematic review and nominal group technique consensus. European Urology Focus, 8(1), 52-59. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.euf.2021.12.008

Context: Salt and water homeostasis is regulated hormonally, so polyuria can result from endocrine disease directly or via secondary effects. These mechanisms are not consistently considered in primary care management of nocturia. Objective: To condu... Read More about Assessment and treatment of nocturia in endocrine disease in a primary care setting; systematic review and nominal group technique consensus.

Mechanical behaviour of additively manufactured elastomeric pre-buckled honeycombs under quasi-static and impact loading (2022)
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Adams, R., Townsend, S., Soe, S., & Theobald, P. (2022). Mechanical behaviour of additively manufactured elastomeric pre-buckled honeycombs under quasi-static and impact loading. Materials and Design, 213, Article 110368. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matdes.2021.110368

Selective laser sintering has been used to manufacture different structural variations of a pre-buckled circular honeycomb. The mechanical behaviour of these structures has been examined under both quasi-static and dynamic impact loading. Pre-buckled... Read More about Mechanical behaviour of additively manufactured elastomeric pre-buckled honeycombs under quasi-static and impact loading.

Political and constitutional issues for the contemporary Falkland Islands (2022)
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Clegg, P. (2022). Political and constitutional issues for the contemporary Falkland Islands. Round Table, 111(1), 69-78. https://doi.org/10.1080/00358533.2022.2036028

Understandably much of the academic literature on the Falkland Islands relates to its relationship with Argentina and the allied territorial dispute, but that can ignore broader and equally important aspects of the Falklands’ political and constituti... Read More about Political and constitutional issues for the contemporary Falkland Islands.

Adaption-Innovation theory: A tribute to Dr Michael J. Kirton (2022)
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Sheffield, R., & Friedel, C. R. (2022). Adaption-Innovation theory: A tribute to Dr Michael J. Kirton. International Journal of Innovation Management, 26(1), 2277001. https://doi.org/10.1142/S1363919622770011

When Dr. Michael J. Kirton died, on August 18th 2020, he left behind a major contribution to the field of problem solving. In 2019, one of our authors visited Dr. Kirton to understand more about the early influences that shaped the development of Ada... Read More about Adaption-Innovation theory: A tribute to Dr Michael J. Kirton.

Multi-criteria decision making optimisation framework for positive energy blocks for cities (2022)
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Sibilla, M., & Abanda, F. H. (2022). Multi-criteria decision making optimisation framework for positive energy blocks for cities. Sustainability, 14(1), Article 446. https://doi.org/10.3390/su14010446

The Positive Energy Block (PEBlock) is a new paradigm towards low-carbon cities. However, there is a paucity of literature about methods and tools to develop PEBlocks in practice. This study proposes a multi-criteria decision making optimisation fram... Read More about Multi-criteria decision making optimisation framework for positive energy blocks for cities.

Residents' comfort perceptions in domestic heritage buildings (2022)
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Wise, F., Moncaster, A., & Jones, D. (2022). Residents' comfort perceptions in domestic heritage buildings. IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science, 1085, https://doi.org/10.1088/1755-1315/1085/1/012024

Reducing energy and associated carbon emissions from the existing built environment is critically important to meet our climate goals. Heritage buildings are often presented in the literature as energy inefficient, and uncomfortable to inhabit. There... Read More about Residents' comfort perceptions in domestic heritage buildings.

Driving openness – the myths about data and software access in the data and cloud policy (2022)
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Jooste, C. (2022). Driving openness – the myths about data and software access in the data and cloud policy. South African Journal of Science, 118(112), https://doi.org/10.17159/sajs.2022/12124

Significance: This article responds to the highly controversial recently published Draft National Policy on Data and Cloud and the related stakeholder commentary from a cyberlaw perspective. Selected issues regarding the ownership of scientific data,... Read More about Driving openness – the myths about data and software access in the data and cloud policy.

Tuning methods for tuned inerter dampers coupled to nonlinear primary systems (2022)
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Shi, B., Yang, J., & Jiang, J. Z. (2022). Tuning methods for tuned inerter dampers coupled to nonlinear primary systems. Nonlinear Dynamics, 107(2), 1663-1685. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11071-021-07112-9

This study develops displacement- and kinetic energy-based tuning methods for the design of the tuned inerter dampers (TIDs) coupled to both linear and nonlinear primary systems. For the linear primary system, the design of the TID is obtained analyt... Read More about Tuning methods for tuned inerter dampers coupled to nonlinear primary systems.

Electrical spiking of psilocybin fungi (2022)
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Gandia, A., & Adamatzky, A. (2022). Electrical spiking of psilocybin fungi. Communicative and Integrative Biology, 15(1), 226-231. https://doi.org/10.1080/19420889.2022.2136118

Psilocybin fungi, aka “magic” mushrooms, are well known for inducing colorful and visionary states of mind. Such psychoactive properties and the ease of cultivating their basidiocarps within low-tech setups make psilocybin fungi promising pharmacolog... Read More about Electrical spiking of psilocybin fungi.

Increasing opportunities for networking and public engagement through SRIP Research Development Workshop Grants (2022)
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Sheen, K., & Caparros-Gonzalez, R. A. (2022). Increasing opportunities for networking and public engagement through SRIP Research Development Workshop Grants. Journal of Reproductive and Infant Psychology, 40(3), 213-215. https://doi.org/10.1080/02646838.2022.2076408

The Society for Reproductive and Infant Psychology (SRIP) is committed to supporting the development of research. For this purpose, the SRIP offers funding to support development activities, such as hosting a workshop to bring together collaborators... Read More about Increasing opportunities for networking and public engagement through SRIP Research Development Workshop Grants.

Greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from municipal solid waste (MSW) in Oman (2022)
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Umar, T. (2022). Greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from municipal solid waste (MSW) in Oman. International Journal of Social Ecology and Sustainable Development, 13(1), 1-26. https://doi.org/10.4018/IJSESD.305125

In Oman, the total quantity of MSW stood at 2.0 million tonnes/year. The emission from this waste is estimated at 2,989,467 tonnes/year (CO2 equivalent). This article proposes different frameworks that considered landfilling, composting, and recyclin... Read More about Greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from municipal solid waste (MSW) in Oman.

BIM and asset management (AM) interoperability towards the adoption of digital twins (2022)
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Farghaly, K., & Hagras, A. N. (2022). BIM and asset management (AM) interoperability towards the adoption of digital twins. International Journal of Digital Innovation in the Built Environment, 11(1), 1-28. https://doi.org/10.4018/ijdibe.294445

Digital Twin (DT) is seen as the new shift paradigm for digital transformation in the post-pandemic-built environment sector. Learning from the implementation of Building Information Modelling (BIM) for Asset Management (AM), there are recurring them... Read More about BIM and asset management (AM) interoperability towards the adoption of digital twins.

Eye centre localisation with convolutional neural networks in high- and low-resolution images (2022)
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Zhang, W., & Smith, M. L. (2022). Eye centre localisation with convolutional neural networks in high- and low-resolution images. Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence, 13375 LNCS, 373-384. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-10522-7_26

Eye centre localisation is critical to eye tracking systems of various forms and with applications in variety of disciplines. An active eye tracking approach can achieve a high accuracy by leveraging active illumination to gain an enhanced contrast o... Read More about Eye centre localisation with convolutional neural networks in high- and low-resolution images.

Determination of psychoactive drugs in air (2022)
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Zambas-Adams, P., & Honeychurch, K. C. (2022). Determination of psychoactive drugs in air. Sci, 4(1), https://doi.org/10.3390/sci4010001

Understanding of the levels of psychoactive drugs in air is important for assessing both occupational and environmental exposure. Intelligence on the usage and manufacture of illegal drugs can also be gained. Environmental analysis and determination... Read More about Determination of psychoactive drugs in air.

Co-destruction of value – A stakeholder conceptual review (2022)
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Ogunbodede, O. (2022). Co-destruction of value – A stakeholder conceptual review. International Journal of Business Science and Applied Management, 17(1), 1-27

Co-destruction of value has been highlighted as a possible outcome of every interaction between firms and consumers. Despite the likelihood of its occurrence, the concept is not adequately defined or understood, while little is known about how and wh... Read More about Co-destruction of value – A stakeholder conceptual review.

Developing a safety climate assessment tool for Omani construction industry (2022)
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Umar, T., & Umeokafor, N. (2022). Developing a safety climate assessment tool for Omani construction industry. International Journal of Service Science, Management, Engineering, and Technology, 13(1), Article 65. https://doi.org/10.4018/IJSSMET.296265

One of the methods that could improve the safety performance of construction organizations is the safety climate approach, which is helpful to know the existing maturity level of the safety climate and to develop plans to achieve the required level o... Read More about Developing a safety climate assessment tool for Omani construction industry.

The classroom as a complex adaptive system (CAS): Credible framing, useful metaphor or mis-designation? (2022)
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Knight, B. (2022). The classroom as a complex adaptive system (CAS): Credible framing, useful metaphor or mis-designation?. International Journal of Complexity in Education, 3(1),

This paper discusses the legitimacy of framing school classrooms as complex adaptive systems (CASs) with the aim of advancing discourse about the extent to which systems within education can be usefully designated as complex. Perspectives differ on c... Read More about The classroom as a complex adaptive system (CAS): Credible framing, useful metaphor or mis-designation?.

Exploring the GCC progress towards United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (2022)
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Umar, T., & Umeokafor, N. (2022). Exploring the GCC progress towards United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. International Journal of Social Ecology and Sustainable Development, 13(1), 1-32. https://doi.org/10.4018/ijsesd.2022010105

The United Nations 17 Sustainable Development Goals were agreed in 2015 by all the members' countries to be achieved by 2030. The results of several reports reveal that some countries are making good progress to achieve these goals, the progress of o... Read More about Exploring the GCC progress towards United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.

Qualitative assessment of the conservative management of nocturia with standardised written materials for Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms in men treated in primary care (2022)
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Olaniyi, P., Cotterill, N., Drake, M. J., Frost, J., Lane, J. A., Ridd, M., …Wheeler, J. (2022). Qualitative assessment of the conservative management of nocturia with standardised written materials for Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms in men treated in primary care. European Urology Focus, 8(1), 75-80. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.euf.2022.01.003

Background: Many men prefer conservative treatment of lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS) but education and self-help guidance are limited in primary care. Objective: To report qualitative interview findings for men reporting nocturia in a primary ca... Read More about Qualitative assessment of the conservative management of nocturia with standardised written materials for Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms in men treated in primary care.

Nocturia and chronic kidney disease: Systematic review and nominal group technique consensus for primary care assessment and treatment (2022)
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Ridgway, A., Cotterill, N., Dawson, S., Drake, M. J., Henderson, E. J., Huntley, A. L., …Udayaraj, U. (2022). Nocturia and chronic kidney disease: Systematic review and nominal group technique consensus for primary care assessment and treatment. European Urology Focus, 8(1), 18-25. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.euf.2021.12.010

Context: Reduced renal function impairs salt and water homeostasis, which can drive nocturnal or 24-h polyuria. Nocturia can arise early in chronic kidney disease (CKD). Evidence-based recommendations can facilitate management outside nephrology clin... Read More about Nocturia and chronic kidney disease: Systematic review and nominal group technique consensus for primary care assessment and treatment.