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Determinants of Voluntary International Financial Reporting Standards Adoption in Poland (2020)
Journal Article
Kedzior, M., Cyganska, M., & Syrrakos, D. (2020). Determinants of Voluntary International Financial Reporting Standards Adoption in Poland. Inžinerinė Ekonomika (Engineering Economics), 31(2), 155-168. https://doi.org/10.5755/j01.ee.31.2.24603

The paper examines the determinants of voluntary International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) adoption in Poland. In doing so, it empirically confirms the impact of diverse CEO and supervisory board characteristics on voluntary IFRS adoption. T... Read More about Determinants of Voluntary International Financial Reporting Standards Adoption in Poland.

Role of placental fibrinogen-like protein 1 in gestational diabetes (2020)
Journal Article
Kang, L., Li, H., Ou, H., Wu, P., Wang, S., Chang, C., …Wu, H. (2020). Role of placental fibrinogen-like protein 1 in gestational diabetes. Translational Research, The Journal of Laboratory and Clinical Medicine, 218, 73-80. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trsl.2020.01.001

In view of the increasing prevalence of gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) and the increased risks of delivering a macrosomic infant, developing preeclampsia, and suffering a perinatal death due to GDM, GDM has emerged as a growing public health pro... Read More about Role of placental fibrinogen-like protein 1 in gestational diabetes.

IMPROVING COMMUNICATION OF FRACTURE RISK GLOBALLY: INSIGHTS FROM INTERVIEWS WITH PATIENTS. THE RISKCOMMUNICATION STUDY OR RICO STUDY (2020)
Presentation / Conference
Beaudart, C., Silverman, S., Paskins, Z., Boonen, A., Kaux, J., Fujiwara, S., & Hiligsmann, M. (2020, April). IMPROVING COMMUNICATION OF FRACTURE RISK GLOBALLY: INSIGHTS FROM INTERVIEWS WITH PATIENTS. THE RISKCOMMUNICATION STUDY OR RICO STUDY. Poster presented at World congress on osteoporosis, osteoarthritis and musculoskeletal diseases (WCO-IOF-ESCEO 2021)

Objective: Lack of or low quality communication between patient and healthcare provider may partially explain poor initiation and adherence to anti-osteoporosis treatment. In this study, we aimed to gain insights into patients’ understanding and pref... Read More about IMPROVING COMMUNICATION OF FRACTURE RISK GLOBALLY: INSIGHTS FROM INTERVIEWS WITH PATIENTS. THE RISKCOMMUNICATION STUDY OR RICO STUDY.

P144 Validation of the Musculoskeletal Health Questionnaire (MSK-HQ) in patients with musculoskeletal pain in primary care (2020)
Presentation / Conference
Scott, I. C., McCray, G., Lancaster, G., Foster, N. E., & Hill, J. C. (2020, April). P144 Validation of the Musculoskeletal Health Questionnaire (MSK-HQ) in patients with musculoskeletal pain in primary care. Poster presented at British Society for Rheumatology Annual Conference 2020

A comparable study of polyglycolic acid's degradation on macrophages' activation (2020)
Journal Article
Zhang, J., Xie, B., Xi, Z., Zhao, L., Cen, L., & Yang, Y. (2020). A comparable study of polyglycolic acid's degradation on macrophages' activation. Materials Science and Engineering: C, 109, Article ARTN 110574. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.msec.2019.110574

The Hangover: A Literary and Cultural History (2020)
Book
Shears, J. (2020). The Hangover: A Literary and Cultural History. Liverpool University Press. https://doi.org/10.3828/liverpool/9781789621198.001.0001

Stan Neal. Singapore, Chinese Migration and the Making of the British Empire, 1819–67. Worlds of the East India Company 17. Woodbridge: Boydell Press, 2019. Pp. 202. $115.00 (cloth). (2020)
Journal Article
Bright, R. K. (2020). Stan Neal. Singapore, Chinese Migration and the Making of the British Empire, 1819–67. Worlds of the East India Company 17. Woodbridge: Boydell Press, 2019. Pp. 202. $115.00 (cloth). Journal of British Studies, 59(2), 452-454. https://doi.org/10.1017/jbr.2019.270

Effects of in Season Multi-Directional Plyometric Training on Vertical Jump Performance, Change of Direction Speed and Dynamic Postural Control in U-21 Soccer Players (2020)
Journal Article
Jlid, M. C., Coquart, J., Maffulli, N., Paillard, T., Bisciotti, G. N., & Chamari, K. (2020). Effects of in Season Multi-Directional Plyometric Training on Vertical Jump Performance, Change of Direction Speed and Dynamic Postural Control in U-21 Soccer Players. Frontiers in Physiology, 11, -. https://doi.org/10.3389/fphys.2020.00374

The aim of the study was to assess the effects of multi-directional plyometric training (MPT) on vertical jump height, change of direction speed (CODS), and dynamic postural control (DPC) of soccer players under 21 year (U-21). Twenty-seven male socc... Read More about Effects of in Season Multi-Directional Plyometric Training on Vertical Jump Performance, Change of Direction Speed and Dynamic Postural Control in U-21 Soccer Players.

Boundary layer collapses described by the two-dimensional intermediate long-wave equation (2020)
Journal Article
Oloo, J., & Shrira, V. (2020). Boundary layer collapses described by the two-dimensional intermediate long-wave equation. Theoretical and Mathematical Physics, 203, 512 - 523. https://doi.org/10.1134/S0040577920040078

We study the nonlinear dynamics of localized perturbations of a confined generic boundary-layer shear flow in the framework of the essentially two-dimensional generalization of the intermediate long-wave (2d-ILW) equation. The 2d-ILW equation was ori... Read More about Boundary layer collapses described by the two-dimensional intermediate long-wave equation.

Providing patients with direct access to musculoskeletal physiotherapy: the impact on general practice musculoskeletal workload and resource use. The STEMS-2 study. (2020)
Journal Article
Bishop, A., Chen, Y., Protheroe, J., Ogollah, R. O., Bailey, J., Lewis, M., …Foster, N. E. (2021). Providing patients with direct access to musculoskeletal physiotherapy: the impact on general practice musculoskeletal workload and resource use. The STEMS-2 study. Physiotherapy, 111, 48-56. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physio.2020.04.006

OBJECTIVES: This study examined the real-world impact of patient direct access to NHS physiotherapy (self-referral) on (a) general practice consultations for musculoskeletal (MSK) conditions and (b) specified clinical management for patients with MSK... Read More about Providing patients with direct access to musculoskeletal physiotherapy: the impact on general practice musculoskeletal workload and resource use. The STEMS-2 study..

THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN OBESITY AND OUTCOMES IN PATIENTS WITH POLYMYALGIA RHEUMATICA (2020)
Journal Article
Helliwell, T., Mallen, C. D., Scott, I. C., Bajpai, R., Muller, S., & Hider, S. L. (2020). THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN OBESITY AND OUTCOMES IN PATIENTS WITH POLYMYALGIA RHEUMATICA. Rheumatology, 59, 18-18. https://doi.org/10.1093/RHEUMATOLOGY/KEAA110.037

Background Obesity predisposes to a pro-inflammatory state. Studies have reported worse clinical outcomes in patients with inflammatory arthritis who are obese. The relationship between obesity and outcomes in patients with polymyalgia rheumatica (P... Read More about THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN OBESITY AND OUTCOMES IN PATIENTS WITH POLYMYALGIA RHEUMATICA.

Family medicine in times of 'COVID-19': A generalists' voice. (2020)
Journal Article
Mallen. (2020). Family medicine in times of 'COVID-19': A generalists' voice. European Journal of General Practice, 58 - 60. https://doi.org/10.1080/13814788.2020.1757312

The novel coronavirus epidemic is transforming the world in which we live. This pandemic will bring sweeping changes everywhere, not least in the field of primary care medicine. Like one of our colleagues said: ‘after this crisis, perhaps even our c... Read More about Family medicine in times of 'COVID-19': A generalists' voice..

Swearing as a Response to Pain: Assessing Hypoalgesic Effects of Novel “Swear” Words (2020)
Journal Article
Stephens, R., & Robertson, O. (2020). Swearing as a Response to Pain: Assessing Hypoalgesic Effects of Novel “Swear” Words. Frontiers in Psychology, https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2020.00723

Previous research showing that swearing alleviates pain is extended by addressing emotion arousal and distraction as possible mechanisms. We assessed the effects of a conventional swear word (“fuck”) and two new “swear” words identified as both emoti... Read More about Swearing as a Response to Pain: Assessing Hypoalgesic Effects of Novel “Swear” Words.

Challenges and opportunities for re-framing resource use policy with practice theories: The change points approach (2020)
Journal Article
(2020). Challenges and opportunities for re-framing resource use policy with practice theories: The change points approach. Global Environmental Change, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2020.102072

Concerns about the climate crisis and the escalating pace of global consumption are accelerating the pressure on governments to moderate public demand for resources like water, food and energy. Notwithstanding their increasing sophistication, standar... Read More about Challenges and opportunities for re-framing resource use policy with practice theories: The change points approach.

Role of the GP in the management of patients with self-harm behaviour: a systematic review (2020)
Journal Article
Troya, M., Mughal, F., Dikomitis, L., Chew-Graham, C. A., Corp, N., & Babatunde, O. O. (2020). Role of the GP in the management of patients with self-harm behaviour: a systematic review. British Journal of General Practice (BJGP), 70(694), E364-E373. https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgp20X708257

BACKGROUND: Self-harm is a serious risk factor for suicide, a major public health concern, and a significant burden on the NHS. Rates of self-harm presentation in primary care are rising and GPs interact with patients both before and after they have... Read More about Role of the GP in the management of patients with self-harm behaviour: a systematic review.

Individual participant data meta-analysis to examine interactions between treatment effect and participant-level covariates: statistical recommendations for conduct and planning (2020)
Journal Article
Hattle. (2020). Individual participant data meta-analysis to examine interactions between treatment effect and participant-level covariates: statistical recommendations for conduct and planning. Statistics in Medicine, https://doi.org/10.1002/sim.8516

Precision medicine research often searches for treatment-covariate interactions, which refers to when a treatment effect (eg, measured as a mean difference, odds ratio, hazard ratio) changes across values of a participant-level covariate (eg, age, ge... Read More about Individual participant data meta-analysis to examine interactions between treatment effect and participant-level covariates: statistical recommendations for conduct and planning.

Theta Phase-Dependent Modulation of Perception by Concurrent tACS and Periodic Visual Stimulation (2020)
Journal Article
Somer, E., Allen, J., Brooks, J. L., Buttrill, V., & Javadi, A. (2020). Theta Phase-Dependent Modulation of Perception by Concurrent tACS and Periodic Visual Stimulation. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 32(6), 1142-1152. https://doi.org/10.1162/jocn_a_01539

Sensory perception can be modulated by the phase of neural oscillations, especially in the theta and alpha ranges. Oscillatory activity in the visual cortex can be entrained by transcranial alternating current stimulation (tACS) as well as periodic v... Read More about Theta Phase-Dependent Modulation of Perception by Concurrent tACS and Periodic Visual Stimulation.

International Child Law (2020)
Book
Akhtar, R. C., Nyamutata, C., & Faulkner, E. International Child Law. Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780429505485

This book examines the rights of the child using the global framework of the United Nations International Convention on the Rights of the Child 1989. Analysing both public and private international legal aspects, this cross-disciplinary text promotes... Read More about International Child Law.

SARS-CoV-2 Spike S1 Receptor Binding Domain undergoes Conformational Change upon Interaction with Low Molecular Weight Heparins (2020)
Journal Article
Mycroft-West, C. J., Su, D., Li, Y., Guimond, S. E., Rudd, T. R., Elli, S., …Skidmore, M. A. SARS-CoV-2 Spike S1 Receptor Binding Domain undergoes Conformational Change upon Interaction with Low Molecular Weight Heparins. arXiv, https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.04.29.068486

The dependence of the host on the interaction of hundreds of extracellular proteins with the cell surface glycosaminoglycan heparan sulphate (HS) for the regulation of homeostasis is exploited by many microbial pathogens as a means of adherence and i... Read More about SARS-CoV-2 Spike S1 Receptor Binding Domain undergoes Conformational Change upon Interaction with Low Molecular Weight Heparins.

Glycosaminoglycans induce conformational change in the SARS-CoV-2 Spike S1 Receptor Binding Domain (2020)
Journal Article
Mycroft-West, C. J., Su, D., Li, Y., Guimond, S. E., Rudd, T. R., Elli, S., …Skidmore, M. A. Glycosaminoglycans induce conformational change in the SARS-CoV-2 Spike S1 Receptor Binding Domain. bioRxiv, https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.04.29.068767

The glycosaminoglycan (GAG) class of polysaccharides are utilised by a plethora of microbial pathogens as receptors for adherence and invasion. The GAG heparin prevents infection by a range of viruses when added exogenously, including the S-associate... Read More about Glycosaminoglycans induce conformational change in the SARS-CoV-2 Spike S1 Receptor Binding Domain.