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Integrative Disciplinary Concepts: The Case of Psychological Literacy (2017)
Book Chapter
(2017). Integrative Disciplinary Concepts: The Case of Psychological Literacy. In Pedagogic Frailty and Resilience in the University (93 -107)

Formal education systems tend to emphasize the acquisition of knowledge to the detriment of other types of learning, but it is vital now to conceive education in a more encompassing fashion. (Learning: The Treasure Within, UNESCO, 1996) In 1996, a UN... Read More about Integrative Disciplinary Concepts: The Case of Psychological Literacy.

A Review of Zoonotic Infection Risks Associated with the Wild Meat Trade in Malaysia (2017)
Journal Article
Cantlay, J., Ingram, D., & Meredith, A. (2017). A Review of Zoonotic Infection Risks Associated with the Wild Meat Trade in Malaysia. EcoHealth, 14(2), 361–388. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10393-017-1229-x

The overhunting of wildlife for food and commercial gain presents a major threat to biodiversity in tropical forests and poses health risks to humans from contact with wild animals. Using a recent survey of wildlife offered at wild meat markets in Ma... Read More about A Review of Zoonotic Infection Risks Associated with the Wild Meat Trade in Malaysia.

Rural business aspirations, obstacles and support: an analysis of the Longitudinal Small Business Survey 2015 (2017)
Report
Phillipson, J., Gorton, M., Maioli, S., Newbery, R., Tiwasing, P., & Turner, R. (2017). Rural business aspirations, obstacles and support: an analysis of the Longitudinal Small Business Survey 2015. ESRC

A rural-urban analysis of the UK’s Governments Longitudinal Small Business Survey (LSBS) responses for 2015 has been undertaken to understand spatial variations in performance and uptake of external support services. The analysis is based on 15,500 s... Read More about Rural business aspirations, obstacles and support: an analysis of the Longitudinal Small Business Survey 2015.

Uncertainties in s-process nucleosynthesis in massive stars determined by Monte Carlo variations (2017)
Journal Article
Nishimura (西村信哉), N., Hirschi, R., Rauscher, T., Murphy, A., & Cescutti, G. (2017). Uncertainties in s-process nucleosynthesis in massive stars determined by Monte Carlo variations. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 469(2), 1752 -1767. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stx696

The s-process in massive stars produces the weak component of the s-process (nuclei up to A ~ 90), in amounts that match solar abundances. For heavier isotopes, such as barium, production through neutron capture is significantly enhanced in very meta... Read More about Uncertainties in s-process nucleosynthesis in massive stars determined by Monte Carlo variations.

Low Emotional Trust in Mothers Is Associated With Increased Suicide Attempts in Inpatient Adolescents With Depressive Symptoms (2017)
Journal Article
(2017). Low Emotional Trust in Mothers Is Associated With Increased Suicide Attempts in Inpatient Adolescents With Depressive Symptoms. Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology, 221 -237. https://doi.org/10.1521/jscp.2017.36.3.221

Emotional trust is conceptualized as an individual's belief that others are not critical of personal disclosures and will maintain their confidentiality. Accordingly, adolescents who hold high emotional trust in their parents are inclined to disclose... Read More about Low Emotional Trust in Mothers Is Associated With Increased Suicide Attempts in Inpatient Adolescents With Depressive Symptoms.

Incident acute pseudogout and prior bisphosphonate use: matched case-control study in the UK-Clinical Practice Research Datalink (2017)
Journal Article
Roddy, E., Muller, S., Paskins, Z., Hider, S., Blagojevic-Bucknall, M., & Mallen, C. (2017). Incident acute pseudogout and prior bisphosphonate use: matched case-control study in the UK-Clinical Practice Research Datalink. Medicine, https://doi.org/10.1097/MD.0000000000006177

Oral bisphosphonates are the most commonly used drugs to treat postmenopausal osteoporosis. Acute pseudogout is anecdotally reported to occur following bisphosphonate initiation but empirical data are lacking. We investigated whether treatment with o... Read More about Incident acute pseudogout and prior bisphosphonate use: matched case-control study in the UK-Clinical Practice Research Datalink.

Optimization of propagation-based x-ray phase-contrast tomography for breast cancer imaging. (2017)
Journal Article
Baran, P., Pacile, S., Nesterets, Y., Mayo, S., Dullin, C., Dreossi, D., …Gureyev, T. (2017). Optimization of propagation-based x-ray phase-contrast tomography for breast cancer imaging. Physics in Medicine and Biology, 2315 - 2332. https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6560/aa5d3d

The aim of this study was to optimise the experimental protocol and data analysis for in-vivo breast cancer x-ray imaging. Results are presented of the experiment at the SYRMEP beamline of Elettra Synchrotron using the propagation-based phase-contras... Read More about Optimization of propagation-based x-ray phase-contrast tomography for breast cancer imaging..

A maize landrace that emits defense volatiles in response to herbivore eggs possesses a strongly inducible terpene synthase gene. (2017)
Journal Article
Tamiru, A., Bruce, T., Richter, A., Midega, C., Degenhardt, J., Kelemu, S., …Pickett, J. (2017). A maize landrace that emits defense volatiles in response to herbivore eggs possesses a strongly inducible terpene synthase gene. Ecology and Evolution, 2835 - 2845. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.2893

Maize (Zea mays) emits volatile terpenes in response to insect feeding and egg deposition to defend itself against harmful pests. However, maize cultivars differ strongly in their ability to produce the defense signal. To further understand the agroe... Read More about A maize landrace that emits defense volatiles in response to herbivore eggs possesses a strongly inducible terpene synthase gene..

Unraveling viscosity effects on the hysteresis losses of magnetic nanocubes. (2017)
Journal Article
Cabrera, D., Lak, A., Yoshida, T., Materia, M., Ortega, D., Ludwig, F., …Teran, F. (2017). Unraveling viscosity effects on the hysteresis losses of magnetic nanocubes. Nanoscale, 5094 - 5101. https://doi.org/10.1039/C7NR00810D

Hysteresis losses in magnetic nanoparticles constitute the basis of magnetic hyperthermia for delivering a local thermal stress. Nevertheless, this therapeutic modality is only to be realised through a careful appraisal of the best possible intrinsic... Read More about Unraveling viscosity effects on the hysteresis losses of magnetic nanocubes..

Mimicking exercise in three-dimensional bioengineered skeletal muscle to investigate cellular and molecular mechanisms of physiological adaptation. (2017)
Journal Article
(2017). Mimicking exercise in three-dimensional bioengineered skeletal muscle to investigate cellular and molecular mechanisms of physiological adaptation. Journal of Cellular Physiology, 1985-1998. https://doi.org/10.1002/jcp.25840

Bioengineering of skeletal muscle in vitro in order to produce highly aligned myofibres in relevant three dimensional (3D) matrices have allowed scientists to model the in vivo skeletal muscle niche. This review discusses essential experimental consi... Read More about Mimicking exercise in three-dimensional bioengineered skeletal muscle to investigate cellular and molecular mechanisms of physiological adaptation..

The effect of ovarian cancer screening on sexual activity and functioning: results from the UK collaborative trial of ovarian cancer screening RCT (2017)
Journal Article
Solis-Trapala. (2017). The effect of ovarian cancer screening on sexual activity and functioning: results from the UK collaborative trial of ovarian cancer screening RCT. British journal of cancer, 1111-1117. https://doi.org/10.1038/bjc.2017.72

Background:
To examine the impact of multimodal (MMS) and ultrasound (USS) screening on the sexual activity and functioning of 22?966 women in the UK Collaborative Trial of Ovarian Cancer Screening (UKCTOCS) RCT.

Methods:
Fallowfield’s Sexual Ac... Read More about The effect of ovarian cancer screening on sexual activity and functioning: results from the UK collaborative trial of ovarian cancer screening RCT.

RCOG/AAGBI global partnerships map: an innovative project to increase awareness of and collaboration between global healthcare partnerships (2017)
Presentation / Conference
Sobhy, S., Lightly, K., Shewry, E., Letchworth, P., McCauley, M., Merriel, A., …Stephens, M. (2017, March). RCOG/AAGBI global partnerships map: an innovative project to increase awareness of and collaboration between global healthcare partnerships. Poster presented at RCOG World Congress 2017, CTICC Cape Town, South Africa

Transalkylation of Toluene with 1, 2, 4-Trimethylbenzene over (2017)
Journal Article
Almulla, F., Zholobenko, V., Waters, J. . P., & Garforth, A. (2017). Transalkylation of Toluene with 1, 2, 4-Trimethylbenzene over. Chemical Engineering Transactions, 57, https://doi.org/10.3303/CET1757158

The catalytic activity, selectivity to xylenes and time-on-stream stability were investigated in the transalkylation of toluene with 1, 2, 4-trimethylbenzene. The catalytic tests were carried out in a fixed bed reactor over zeolite Beta (Si/Al = 12.5... Read More about Transalkylation of Toluene with 1, 2, 4-Trimethylbenzene over.

Selective Toluene Disproportionation to Produce Para-Xylene over Modified ZSM-5 (2017)
Journal Article
Zholobenko, V. (2017). Selective Toluene Disproportionation to Produce Para-Xylene over Modified ZSM-5. Chemical Engineering Transactions, 57, https://doi.org/10.3303/CET1757152

Industrial demand for p-xylene has been increasing in recent years and the major production is by toluene disproportionation. This research studied the effect of crystal size and the modification by silica deposition on the surface of the zeolite. Sh... Read More about Selective Toluene Disproportionation to Produce Para-Xylene over Modified ZSM-5.

Diabetes and an inescapable (auto)ethnography (2017)
Journal Article
Lucherini, M. (2017). Diabetes and an inescapable (auto)ethnography. Area, 49(4), 429-435. https://doi.org/10.1111/area.12331

This paper reports on personal reflections from a recent research project on the geographies of living with diabetes. Drawing from research participants’ written and oral accounts alongside the researcher's own everyday experiences, this project aime... Read More about Diabetes and an inescapable (auto)ethnography.