Managing transitions into UK Higher Education : experiences of international students from a pre-sessional English course by McKee, Susannah

“…This study seeks to examine individual accounts of a small number of international students at London Metropolitan University who had completed a pre-sessional Academic English course before their disciplinary studies. The aim was to find out how effectively they felt that the Pre-sessional course had prepared them for those studies, and to help inform the future development of the course, as well as gaining wider insight into the support needs of international students.…”
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Long memory and fractional integration in high frequency data on the US dollar / British pound spot exchange rate by Caporale, Guglielmo Maria, Gil-Alana, Luis A.

“…Fractional integration or I(d) models are estimated with a variety of specifications for the error term. In brief, we find evidence that a lower degree of integration is associated with lower data frequencies. …”
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Web service based Grid workflow application in quantitative remote sensing retrieval by Liu, Longli, Xue, Yong, Zhang, Jingzun, Liu, Jia, Yu, Qicheng, Li, Chi

“…Through the experiment, we can find that web service can work well with Grid workflow and provide a management ability of remote sensing model. …”
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Oestrogen receptors and breast cancer. are we prepared to move forward? A critical review by Eraso, Yolanda

“…Around 70% of breast tumours are classified as oestrogen dependent, yet the mechanism of action of other hormones in breast cancer growth both independently and interacting with ER as well as their targeted therapies have yet to find a place in the clinic. In this article, I critically review the scientific literature for the period 1960-2016, examine the rise and persistence of the oestrogen hypothesis as well as the neglect of alternative hormonal explanations. …”
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Drawing for blind learners: assistive technology for graphical design by Ohene-Djan, James, Fernando, Sandra

“…This paper presents a set of grammar tools that can be used by blind people to find spatial orientation, as well as knowledge and representation of the interactive drawing environment, to improve the understanding of a concept or a subject matter. …”
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Developing a transfer point location problem considering normal demands distribution by Avakh Darestani, Soroush, Ammar, Mollaie, Dadd, Deneise

“…In the first model, all the points are considered in an area while in the second one the points are considered in several areas. The problem is to find out the best location for the transfer point so that the maximum expected weighted distance to all demand points through the transfer point is minimized. …”
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Pro-social attitudes towards ethno-religious out-groups during the COVID-19 pandemic: a survey experiment in five countries by Carol, Sarah, David, Lea, Malasevic, Sinisa, Uzelac, Gordana

“…The online survey experiment follows a 3 × 2 × 2 factorial design varying the ethno-religious origin of neighbours signalled by the name (Alexander vs Mohammed), the length of their residence (<1 year, 10 years, entire life), and if groceries, or groceries and beer need to be collected. We find that those of minority origin and those who have spent less than a year in a country are disadvantaged. …”
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Health and safety performance of UK universities and how to improve it by Kuzmina, Olga, Searle, Douglas

“…Health and Safety professionals in the universities may find it useful to reflect on these findings and the identified best practices in order to improve the H&S performance in their own organisations.…”
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Cluster-based energy-efficient routing protocol in next generation sensor networks by Kumar, Sunil, Shankar, Achyut

“…NGNs, composed of diverse intelligent nodes with varying battery power and computational capacity, find applications in IoT, agriculture, and commercial sectors. …”
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Carbon cryogel production from lignin, ionic liquid and liquefied oil palm frond as catalyst for esterification of levulinic acid by Mohammad Zainol, Muzakkir

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Development of a vertical finned crystallizer for progressive freeze concentration process by Amran, Nurul Aini

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Remote determination of critical speed and critical power in recreational runners by Hunter, Ben, Ledger, Adam, Muniz-Pumares, Daniel

“…CS and D', and CP and W', were calculated from the best 3-, 7-, and 12-minute segments recorded in the first 6 weeks of their HAB and in random order in weeks 7 and 8 from 3 TTs (3, 7, and 12 min) and three 3MTs (to assess test-retest reliability). …”
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Changes in cardiorespiratory fitness following exercise training prescribed relative to traditional intensity anchors and physiological thresholds: a systematic review with meta-an... by Meyler, Samuel J. R., Swinton, Paul A., Bottoms, Lindsay, Dalleck, Lance C., Hunter, Ben, Sarzynski, Mark A., Wellsted, David, Williams, Camilla J., Muniz-Pumares, Daniel

“…The MID was predefined as one metabolic equivalent (MET; 3.5 mL kg−1 min−1). Results In controlled studies, mean O2max change was greater in the THR group compar…”
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Bioactivities and fitting models of Quercus infectoria galls extracts using supercritical carbon dioxide by Mohd. Nasir, Hasmida

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Andrographis paniculata crude extract and its polymeric nanoparticles fraction for inhibition of cervix cancer cells by Sanati, Parisa

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Community pharmacist led medication reviews in the UK: a scoping review of the medicines use review and the new medicine service literatures by Stewart, Duncan, Whittlesea, Cate, Dhital, Ranjita, Newbould, Louise, McCambridge, Jim

“…Consultations were reported to be short, typically 10–12 min, characterised by limited engagement with patients and their health problems. …”
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Steady flow of some non-newtonian fluids through a porous medium by using adomian decomposition method by Mansour Elniel Dalam, Fawzia

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The effect of the provision of financial information upon the construing of employees by Purdy, Derek Ernest.

“…As the intention was to find out what employees made of financial Information. …”
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A new study to suppress mutual-coupling between waveguide slot array antennas based on metasurface bulkhead for MIMO systems by Alibakhshikenari, Mohammad, Virdee, Bal Singh, Khalily, Mohsen, See, Chan, Abd-Alhameed, Raed, Falcone, Francisco, Limiti, Ernesto

“…The proposed method is should find application in MIMO systems where high isolation between neighbouring radiation elements is required to improve the antenna characteristics, and mimimise array phase errors, which is necessary to enhance the system performance.…”
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An optimised competency framework to prepare students for employment by Palmer-Brown, Dominic, Cai, Fang Fang, Patel, Preeti

“…In our study, it is the Personal Effectiveness competencies such as ‘self-management’ ‘adaptability’ and ‘integrity’ that feature prominently and it is this category of competencies that students find the most challenging to refine.…”
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