Is life expectancy really falling for groups of low socio-economic status? Lagged selection bias and artefactual trends in mortality. by Dowd, JB, Hamoudi, A

“…Here, we make the case that this alternative explanation should be the subject of serious empirical investigation and discussion in scholarly and public discourse, rather than getting the treatment it gets now—which is a cursory dismissal relegated to the ‘limitations’ sections of academic papers. We take seriously the reality of health disparities in the USA and the research and policy attention that they demand; understanding and redressing these disparities requires that trends be accurately characterized.…”

Heritable polygenic editing: the next frontier in genomic medicine? by Visscher, PM, Gyngell, C, Yengo, L, Savulescu, J

“…Several recent books and academic papers have outlined the ethical concerns raised by germline genome editing and the opportunities that it may present^1,2,3. …”

Collecting stories: is it research? Is it good research? Preliminary guidance based on a Delphi study. by Greenhalgh, T, Wengraf, T

“…METHODS: We carried out a 3-round Delphi study on a volunteer sample of 20 academic researchers, practitioners and service users who were active in narrative health research and its application. After reading academic papers on narrative theory and method, and via extensive online discussion, participants generated a set of preliminary statements. …”

A Systematic Review on Crises in the Event Business by Ramely, Asmahany, Mustafa, Eshaby, Foo, Yen Sin, Mat Yusof, Noor Amalina

“…Through the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic reviews and Meta�Analyses (PRISMA), a systematic review protocol, this study ended up with a content analysis of 14 academic papers focused on various event-related crises. …”
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Choosing methods and metrics for design feedback by Steindl, Riley M.

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Overcoming the challenges of certification for independent smallholders in the palm oil industry by Vergez, Coralie (Coralie Sandrine Elsa)

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To get cited or get tweeted : a study of psychological academic articles by Ye, Estella Yingxin, Na, Jin-Cheon

“…Findings: Compared to citation counts, Twitter mentions have stronger affiliations with readability and accessibility of academic papers. Readability here was defined as the content size of articles and the usage of jargon and scientific expressions. …”
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Developing a performance index model for a finance shared service centre. by Chua, Kim Heng., Kho, Bernard Wee Chong., Tang, Hong Wee.

“…Rather than outsourcing their common functions to external parties, firms prefer to centralize these processes to maintain a certain level of efficiency and performance. To date, many academic papers have sought to discuss and analyze the performance measurement of the SSCs. …”
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Developing a coherent theoretical framework for Forest School in the UK by Knight, Sara Ann

“…As an early leader in the development of Forest School (FS) in the UK, I published four books, eight book chapters and three academic papers between 2009 and 2019. This work is set within the context of other research on FS, an examination of which leads to the proposition that what is missing from this whole body of research is a coherent theoretical framework. …”
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Possibilities for DERs: Evaluating Existing and New Models for DER Participation by Shrestha, Swochchhanda

“…This literature review consisted of both academic papers and public information from commercial DER aggregators. …”
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Algorithms on path planning for mobile robots by Ong, Jun Heng

“…The first task – Literature Review, was done by identifying the academic papers that introduces the proposed variation of the Rapidly Exploring Random Tree together with the sampling method used in the algorithm. …”
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The diffusion of social media : links with increased hate crimes against ethnic minorities in Asia by Bartholomeusz, Steven

“…The review of 14 academic papers, reports of findings related to Myanmar and an analysis of over 750 Facebook and Twitter posts following the Easter Sunday terror attack in Sri Lanka, support a correlation between hate speech in the social media and hate crimes in Asia, but do not provide enough evidence of causation. …”
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Better science for forestry: could evidence-based forestry work? by Petrokofsky, G, Gillian Petrokofsky

“…The increased outputs from researchers in domains other than traditional forestry schools have not been matched by systematic methods of utilising new or existing information for policy or to identify future research needs that reflect the priorities of people in forestry's extended networks. An analysis of academic papers and informal articles indicated that the term 'evidence-based' is widely used in environmental literature, matching the rates of popularity of the term 'evidence-based medicine', but without the rigorous methodological processes that medicine has adopted to justify the phrase. …”

The evolutionary economic geography of climate change by Hogarth, J

“…The thesis includes five academic papers. The first reviews the literature on vulnerability and adaptation. …”

Social influence and low-carbon innovations: synthesis report by Wilson, C, Cassar, E, Kerr, L, Pettifor, H, Vrain, E, Wilson, M

“…</p> <p>We&rsquo;ve published and communicated our work through academic papers, reports, blogs, conference and seminar talks. …”

Vibration-Fatigue Assessment On Electronics Interconnections by Wong, Zie Jen

“…However, reliability of the ECA joint has not been adequately addressed in academic papers. The main objective of this study is to perform the vibration fatigue assessment of electrically conductive adhesive under vibration loading. …”
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Service quality versus service excellence: a paradigm shift by Kasim, Rozilah, Umar, Muhammad Akilu, Juanil, David Martin Daud

“…More than one hundred academic papers and materials were reviewed from the background of service quality and service excellence from which fifty-one was found to be more relevant to the phenomenon understudy. …”

Ranking techniques for keyphrase extraction by Field, David, M. Eng. (David M.). Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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Biomodifying technologies and experimental space: organisational and regulatory implications for the translation and valuation of health research by Morrison, M, Mourby, M, Bartlett, A, Bicudo, E

“…The project will result in data, academic papers and policy reports that will offer the first comprehensive social science analysis of these major developments in biomedicine.…”

Group clinics for young adults with diabetes in an ethnically diverse, socioeconomically deprived setting (TOGETHER study): protocol for a realist review, co-design and mixed metho... by Papoutsi, C, Hargreaves, D, Colligan, G, Hagell, A, Patel, A, Campbell-Richards, D, Viner, R, Vijayaraghavan, S, Marshall, M, Greenhalgh, T, Finer, S

“…Project outputs will include briefing statements, summaries and academic papers, tailored for different audiences, including people living with diabetes, clinicians, policy makers and strategic decision makers. …”