A computational framework to predict weld integrity and microstructural heterogeneity: Application to hydrogen transmission by Job Wijnen, Jonathan Parker, Michael Gagliano, Emilio Martínez-Pañeda

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DNA Typing of Mycobacterium bovis Isolates from Badgers (Meles meles) Culled from Areas in Ireland with Different Levels of Tuberculosis Prevalence by Claire Furphy, Eamon Costello, Denise Murphy, Leigh A. L. Corner, Eamonn Gormley

“…Badgers (Meles meles) have been implicated in the transmission of Mycobacterium bovis infection to cattle in Ireland and UK. Recent studies in Ireland have shown that although the disease is endemic in badgers, the prevalence of disease is not uniform throughout the country and can vary among subpopulations. …”
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Gender similarities in high school mathematics: affective and cognitive aspects by Negasi Hagos Tekola, Dawit Asrat Getahun, Hailu Hagos

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Assessing and Prioritizing Agricultural Drone Sprayers in Kerman Province: an Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) Approach by Zinat Eskandari Nasab, Hossein Maghsoudi

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In vitro effects of fluticasone propionate on IL-13 production by mitogen-stimulated lymphocytes by Gabriele Di Lorenzo, Maria Luisa Pacor, Maria Esposito Pellitteri, Sebastiano Gangemi, Patrizia Di Blasi, Giuseppina Candore, Alfredo Colombo, Domenico Lio, Calogero Caruso

“…Fluticasone propionate (FP) (Glaxo Smith&Kline, Greenford, UK), a highly lipophilic topical corticosteroid, has been shown to be safe and effective in the treatment of asthma and of both seasonal and perennial rhinitis.…”
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Spreading the load: mobile information and communications technologies and their effect on information overload by D.K. Allan, M. Shoard

“…The case site was West Yorkshire Police Force in the UK where BlackBerry handhelds were being used by senior officers. …”
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Boruta-grid-search least square support vector machine for NO2 pollution prediction using big data analytics and IoT emission sensors by Habeeb Balogun, Hafiz Alaka, Christian Nnaemeka Egwim

“…The authors used big data analytics infrastructure to retrieve the large volume of data collected in tens of seconds for over 5 months. Weather data from the UK meteorology department and traffic data from the department for transport were collected and merged for the corresponding time and location where the pollution sensors exist. …”
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Is It Time Alpha-1 Antitrypsin Deficiency Had a Specific Patient Reported Outcome Measure? A Review by De Soyza J, Chien HY, Onasanya AA, Turner AM

“…Joshua De Soyza, Hung-Yeh Chien, Adeola Ayodotun Onasanya, Alice M Turner Institute of Applied Health Sciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UKCorrespondence: Joshua De Soyza, Email j.desoyza@bham.ac.ukAbstract: Alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency (AATD) is a rare cause of chronic lung and liver disease without its own patient reported-outcome measure (PROM). …”
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Gender Balance of University Professors: European Experience and Its Relevance for Russia by S. A. Baykov

“…The article compares measures to support female teachers in universities in the UK, Germany and Russia with gender statistics from the OECD. …”
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Patterns of mental health service use among perpetrators of domestic homicide: descriptive study of Domestic Homicide Reviews in England and Wales by Poppy MacInnes, Marilia A. Calcia, Michela Martinuzzi, Cora Griffin, Siân Oram, Louise M. Howard

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LEGO, fishbowls, and collaboration by Rebecca Edgerley, Russell Crawford

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New Challenges Require New Solutions. Book review of ‘The Soft Power of the United Kingdom’ by E.M. Kharitonova by N. V. Yudin

“…The book examines, summarizes and structures a significant amount of data from various sources (the Parliament documentation, the UK political parties’ manifestos, media reports, surveys of public opinion and soft power indexes). …”
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Chronic pelvic pain treatment understanding what matters: a social media survey by Selina Johnson, Emma Evans, Dharani K Hapangama

“…To do this, we conducted a two-month social media survey focused on the UK population to explore treatment experiences and identify the factors that people consider important to managing their condition. …”
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Professionalising the contribution of HE third space professionals – developing themselves to support others by Jenni Jones, Debra Cureton, Julie Hughes, Jimmy Jennings, Matthew Pearce, Harveer Virdi

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Modified Steam-Turbine Rankine Cycle without Rejection of the Cycle Condensation Heat, Driven by a Wet-Vapor-Region Thermocompressor by Branko Stanković

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Residual stress determination by blind hole drilling and local displacement mapping in aluminium alloy aerospace components by Sviatoslav Eleonsky, Vladimir Pisarev, Eugene Statnik, Alexey Salimon, Alexander Korsunsky

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Do orthodontists consider endodontic complications in their orthodontic management of teeth with a history of dental trauma? A vignette survey by Kinda Awad, Ammar Al Hourani, Dariusz Kasperek, Fadi Jarad, Sondos Albadri

“…Method A mixed methods vignette survey was designed, piloted, and distributed online to UK registered specialist orthodontists. The survey was split into three parts and consisted of three vignette clinical scenarios with open and closed questions. …”
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Ameloblastic Fibroma of the Mandible Reconstructed with Autogenous Parietal Bone: Report of a Case and Literature Review by Conor Carroll, Mishaal Gill, Eleanor Bowden, John Ed O’Connell, Rajeev Shukla, Chris Sweet

“…Herein, we describe the case of a 6-year-old Caucasian male who presented to the Oral and Maxillofacial Department at Alder Hey Children’s Hospital, Liverpool, UK, with a painless expansile mass in the left mandible which was diagnosed as a benign ameloblastic fibroma and subsequently enucleated and reconstructed with a parietal calvarial bone graft. …”
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Quantification of nipple size and shape among an ethnically diverse sample of US women by Peter Wildfeuer, Alexis Alban, Bob Worrell, Shilo Ben Zeev, Judith Shamian, Mike Woolridge

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A STUDY OF RAVEN STANDARD PROGRESSIVE MATRICES TEST'S ITEM MEASURES UNDER CLASSIC AND ITEM RESPONSE MODELS: AN EMPIRICAL COMPARISON1 by Nükhet ÇIKRIKÇI

“…Di er taraftan iki kurama dayalı olarak kestirilen madde ayırıcılık de erleri arasındaki ili ki çok dü ük veya eksi de erli çıkmı , bu parametreler iki kuram arasında kar ıla tırılabilir bulunmamı tır. …”
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