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Editorial: Kurdish Studies in seven volumes (2019)
Journal Article
Sirkeci, I. (2019). Editorial: Kurdish Studies in seven volumes. Kurdish Studies, 7(1), 1-3. https://doi.org/10.33182/ks.v7i1.506

In this issue, we bring you four fresh pieces of research. The first article by Kaveh Ghobadi reflects on the development of Kurdish prose fiction between 1961 and 2002. The second article by Michiel Leezenberg bridges fiction with nationhood and pol... Read More about Editorial: Kurdish Studies in seven volumes.

Pharmacology content in pre-registration curricula: evidence to support implementation (2019)
Journal Article
Paterson, R., & Wood, A. (2019). Pharmacology content in pre-registration curricula: evidence to support implementation. Journal of Prescribing Practice, 1(6), 274-275. https://doi.org/10.12968/jprp.2019.1.6.274

Ruth Paterson and Alison Wood provide an overview of recently published articles that may be of interest to non-medical prescribers. Should you wish to look at any of the papers in more detail, a full reference is provided.

Adversarial Large-scale Root Gap Inpainting (2019)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Chen, H., Giuffrida, M. V., Doerner, P., & Tsaftaris, S. A. (2019). Adversarial Large-scale Root Gap Inpainting.

Root imaging of a growing plant in a non-invasive, affordable , and effective way remains challenging. One approach is to image roots by growing them in a rhizobox, a soil-filled transparent container, imaging them with digital cameras, and segmentin... Read More about Adversarial Large-scale Root Gap Inpainting.

Possible models of local news provision by radio in Scotland: A mixed-methods study (2019)
Journal Article
Kocic, A., & Milicev, J. (2019). Possible models of local news provision by radio in Scotland: A mixed-methods study. Journal of Digital Media & Policy, 10(2), 183-201. https://doi.org/10.1386/jdmp.10.2.183_1

Scotland does not have any public service radio on a local level, except for a few bulletins or programmes offered by BBC Radio Scotland on an opt-out basis. Scottish commercial radio stations do cover local issues but within brief hourly news bullet... Read More about Possible models of local news provision by radio in Scotland: A mixed-methods study.

A Self-Organizing Memory Neural Network for Aerosol Concentration Prediction (2019)
Journal Article
Liu, Q., Zou, Y., & Liu, X. (2019). A Self-Organizing Memory Neural Network for Aerosol Concentration Prediction. Computer Modeling in Engineering and Sciences, 119(3), 617-637. https://doi.org/10.32604/cmes.2019.06272

Haze-fog, which is an atmospheric aerosol caused by natural or man-made factors, seriously affects the physical and mental health of human beings. PM2.5 (a particulate matter whose diameter is smaller than or equal to 2.5 microns) is the chief culpri... Read More about A Self-Organizing Memory Neural Network for Aerosol Concentration Prediction.

A Preliminary Study of Physical Fitness in 8- to 10-Year-Old Primary School Children From North East England in Comparison With National and International Data (2019)
Journal Article
Weston, K. L., Pasecinic, N., & Basterfield, L. (2019). A Preliminary Study of Physical Fitness in 8- to 10-Year-Old Primary School Children From North East England in Comparison With National and International Data. Pediatric Exercise Science, 31(2), 229-237. https://doi.org/10.1123/pes.2018-0135

Purpose: Despite recent updates to international normative values for physical fitness in young people, contemporary data sets from England are sparse with no published data available from the North East. We compared physical fitness in children from... Read More about A Preliminary Study of Physical Fitness in 8- to 10-Year-Old Primary School Children From North East England in Comparison With National and International Data.

The Talent Development Environment Questionnaire as a Tool to Drive Excellence in Elite Sport Environments (2019)
Journal Article
Hall, A., Jones, L., & Martindale, R. (2019). The Talent Development Environment Questionnaire as a Tool to Drive Excellence in Elite Sport Environments. International Sport Coaching Journal / ISCJ, 6(2), 187-198

Currently, little work has evaluated the impact of interventions within talent development environments (TDEs). This study is the first of its kind to evaluate the efficacy of utilising the Talent Development Environment Questionnaire (TDEQ) as a to... Read More about The Talent Development Environment Questionnaire as a Tool to Drive Excellence in Elite Sport Environments.

Performance of Superconducting Generators with Different Topologies under Fault Conditions (2019)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Guan, Y., Vedreno Santos, F., Azar, Z., Thomas, A., Li, G., Odavic, M., & Zhu, Z. (2018, April). Performance of Superconducting Generators with Different Topologies under Fault Conditions. Presented at The 9th International Conference on Power Electronics, Machines and Drives (PEMD 2018), Liverpool, UK

This paper compares the short-circuit performance of superconducting (SC) generators with three different topologies, i.e., iron-cored stator and rotor, iron-cored stator and air-cored rotor, and air-cored stator and rotor. The analysis is based on t... Read More about Performance of Superconducting Generators with Different Topologies under Fault Conditions.

Mechanism of Thermal Degradation-Induced Gel Formation in Polyamide 6/Ethylene Vinyl Alcohol Blend Nanocomposites Studied by Time-Resolved Rheology and Hyphenated Thermogravimetric Analyzer Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy Mass Spectroscopy: Synergistic Role of Nanoparticles and Maleic-anhydride-Grafted Polypropylene (2019)
Journal Article
Salehiyan, R., Bandyopadhyay, J., & Ray, S. S. (2019). Mechanism of Thermal Degradation-Induced Gel Formation in Polyamide 6/Ethylene Vinyl Alcohol Blend Nanocomposites Studied by Time-Resolved Rheology and Hyphenated Thermogravimetric Analyzer Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy Mass Spectroscopy: Synergistic Role of Nanoparticles and Maleic-anhydride-Grafted Polypropylene. ACS Omega, 4(5), 9569-9582. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsomega.9b00940

In this study, polyamide 6 (PA) is blended with ethylene vinyl alcohol (EVOH) to yield packaging materials with a balance of mechanical and gas barrier properties. However, the formation of gel-like structures in both polymers because of thermal degr... Read More about Mechanism of Thermal Degradation-Induced Gel Formation in Polyamide 6/Ethylene Vinyl Alcohol Blend Nanocomposites Studied by Time-Resolved Rheology and Hyphenated Thermogravimetric Analyzer Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy Mass Spectroscopy: Synergistic Role of Nanoparticles and Maleic-anhydride-Grafted Polypropylene.

Using Static Concentrator Technology to Achieve Global Energy Goal (2019)
Journal Article
Alamoudi, A., Saaduddin, S. M., Munir, A. B., Muhammad-Sukki, F., Abu-Bakar, S. H., Mohd Yasin, S. H., Karim, R., Bani, N. A., Mas’ud, A., Ardila-Rey, J. A., Prabhu, R., & Sellami, N. (2019). Using Static Concentrator Technology to Achieve Global Energy Goal. Sustainability, 11(11), Article 3056. https://doi.org/10.3390/su11113056

Solar energy has demonstrated promising prospects in satisfying energy requirements, specifically through solar photovoltaic (PV) technology. Despite that, the cost of installation is deemed as the main hurdle to the widespread uptake of solar PV sys... Read More about Using Static Concentrator Technology to Achieve Global Energy Goal.

Intelligent On-line Exam Management and Evaluation System (2019)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Tashu, T. M., Esclamado, J. P., & Horvath, T. (2019, June). Intelligent On-line Exam Management and Evaluation System. Presented at 15th International Conference, ITS 2019, Kingston, Jamaica

Educational assessment plays a central role in the teaching-learning process as a tool for evaluating students’ knowledge of the concepts associated with the learning objectives. The evaluation and scoring of essay answers is a process, besides being... Read More about Intelligent On-line Exam Management and Evaluation System.

Reducing Annotation Effort in Automatic Essay Evaluation Using Locality Sensitive Hashing (2019)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Tashu, T. M., Szabó, D., & Horváth, T. (2019, June). Reducing Annotation Effort in Automatic Essay Evaluation Using Locality Sensitive Hashing. Presented at ITS2019 Conference, Kingston, Jamaica

Automated essay evaluation systems use machine learning models to predict the score for an essay. For such, a training essay set is required which is usually created by human requiring time-consuming effort. Popular choice for scoring is a nearest ne... Read More about Reducing Annotation Effort in Automatic Essay Evaluation Using Locality Sensitive Hashing.

CORR Insights®: Determining the Generalizability of the PROMIS Depression Domain’s Floor Effect and Completion Time in Patients Undergoing Orthopaedic Surgery (2019)
Journal Article
Hamilton, D. F. (2019). CORR Insights®: Determining the Generalizability of the PROMIS Depression Domain’s Floor Effect and Completion Time in Patients Undergoing Orthopaedic Surgery. Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research, 477(10), 2226-2227. https://doi.org/10.1097/corr.0000000000000829

This CORR Insights® is a commentary on the article “Determining the Generalizability of the PROMIS Depression Domain’s Floor Effect and Completion Time in Patients Undergoing Orthopaedic Surgery” by Bernstein and colleagues available at: DOI: 10.1097... Read More about CORR Insights®: Determining the Generalizability of the PROMIS Depression Domain’s Floor Effect and Completion Time in Patients Undergoing Orthopaedic Surgery.