Research publications: Recent submissions
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Pan-Canadian Pharmaceutical Alliance (pCPA): Timelines Analysis and Policy Implications
(2019-02-18)This analysis follows our recent study showing that Canadian public reimbursement delays have lengthened from regulatory approval to listing decisions by public drug plans and delayed public access to innovative medicines, ... -
The mitigating role of ecological health assets in adolescent cyberbullying victimization
(2019-04-01)Over the last decade, cyberbullying has emerged as a public health concern among young people. Cyberbullying refers to intentional harmful behaviors and communication carried out repeatedly using electronic media. Considerable ... -
Young Saints and the Knots of Satan: Moral Exemplarity, Ministry, and Youth in Early Modern Dissenters’ Writing
(2018-05-23)This investigation considers a key motif for early modern religious writing - the saintly or morally exemplary child - as depicted in both the narratives of actual children’s lives as well as in Defoe’s The Family Instructor. ... -
ATM automation: guidance on human technology integration
(CAA UK, 2016-03-01)Human interaction with technology and automation is a key area of interest to industry and safety regulators alike. In February 2014, a joint CAA/industry workshop considered perspectives on present and future implementation ... -
Silent Landscapes, Textured Memory : Keith Morris Washington's Lynching Paintings
(2017-06-01)Keith Morris Washington’s landscape paintings have received surprisingly little scholarly attention, and thus the present article aims to address that lack. Primarily, this article argues that in representing landscapes ... -
The Merits of Higher-Order Thought Theories
(2018-12-28)Over many years and in many publications David Rosenthal has developed, defended and applied his justly well-known higher-order thought theory of consciousness. In this paper I explain the theory, then provide a brief ... -
Qualitative study exploring the phenomenon of multiple electronic prescribing systems within single hospital organisations
(2018-12-14)BACKGROUND: A previous census of electronic prescribing (EP) systems in England showed that more than half of hospitals with EP reported more than one EP system within the same hospital. Our objectives were to describe the ... -
Personal constructs of mind-body identity in people who experience medically unexplained symptoms (MUS)
(2018-12-28)"Medically unexplained symptoms" (MUS) refers to chronic physical symptoms without a clear medical cause, which produce significant levels of distress and functional impairment. This project modified the repertory grid ... -
Scanning diffractometer for the rapid analysis of microparticles and biological cells
(1979-05-01)A laser diffractometer is described which employs a novel scanned array of optical light guides to record the angular intensity variation of light scattered radially by a particle throughout an arc of 180° in approximately ... -
Qualitative study exploring the phenomenon of multiple electronic prescribing systems within single hospital organisations
(2018-12-14)BACKGROUND: A previous census of electronic prescribing (EP) systems in England showed that more than half of hospitals with EP reported more than one EP system within the same hospital. Our objectives were to describe the ... -
Optimizing the bioenergy water footprint by selecting SRC willow canopy phenotypes: regional scenario simulations
(2019-02-13)Background and Aims: Bioenergy is central for the future energy mix to mitigate climate change impacts; however, its intricate link with the water cycle calls for an evaluation of the carbon–water nexus in biomass production. ... -
Predicting Skin Permeability by means of Computational Approaches : Reliability and Caveats in Pharmaceutical Studies
(2019-01-18)The skin is the main barrier between the internal body environment and the external one. The characteristics of this barrier and its properties are able to modify and affect drug delivery and chemical toxicity parameters. ... -
Machinability of natural-fibre-reinforced polymer composites: Convectional vs ultrasonically-assisted machining
(2019-01-31)Natural-fibre-reinforced polymer (NFRP) composites are becoming a viable alternative to synthetic fibre based composites in many industrial applications. Machining is often necessary to facilitate assembly of parts in a ... -
Assessing the 2004-2018 fentanyl misusing issues reported to an international range of adverse reporting systems
(2019-02-01)Objective: A recent, global, increase in the use of opioids including the prescribing, highly potent, fentanyl has been recorded. Due its current popularity and the potential lethal consequences of its intake, we aimed ... -
Rethinking Corporate Agency in Business, Philosophy, and Law
(2019-02-11)While researchers in business ethics, moral philosophy, and jurisprudence have advanced the study of corporate agency, there have been very few attempts to bring together insights from these and other disciplines in the ... -
Lessons and lacunae? Practitioners’ suggestions for developing research-rich teaching and learning: Angles on innovation and change
(2019-02-11)This article explores a universal issue in higher education: how in practice can we secure the most productive relationships between the research universities pursue and the education they provide? It opens by drawing from ... -
SCUBA-2 Ultra Deep Imaging EAO Survey (STUDIES): Faint-end Counts at 450 $m
(2017-11-14)The SCUBA-2 Ultra Deep Imaging EAO Survey (STUDIES) is a three-year JCMT Large Program aiming to reach the 450 μm confusion limit in the COSMOS-CANDELS region to study a representative sample of the high-redshift far-infrared ... -
Dorsal Prefrontal Cortex Impairment in Methoxetamine-Induced Psychosis: an 18F-FDG PET/CT Case Study
(2019-02-09)Novel psychoactive substances (NPSs) have currently become a major public health concern because of relatively easy accessibility to these compounds and difficulty in identifying them with routine laboratory techniques. ... -
Red but not dead: unveiling the star-forming far-infrared spectral energy distribution of SpARCS brightest cluster galaxies at 0 $ z $ 1.8
(2017-08-01)We present the results of a Spitzer/Herschel infrared photometric analysis of the largest (716) and the highest-redshift (z = 1.8) sample of brightest cluster galaxies (BCGs), those from the Spitzer Adaptation of the ...