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Domestic dogs (Canis lupus familiaris) are sensitive to the correlation between pitch and timbre in human speech (2021)
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Sturdy, S., Smith, D. R., & George, D. N. (in press). Domestic dogs (Canis lupus familiaris) are sensitive to the correlation between pitch and timbre in human speech. Animal Cognition, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10071-021-01567-4

The perceived pitch of human voices is highly correlated with the fundamental frequency (f0) of the laryngeal source, which is determined largely by the length and mass of the vocal folds. The vocal folds are larger in adult males than in adult femal... Read More about Domestic dogs (Canis lupus familiaris) are sensitive to the correlation between pitch and timbre in human speech.

Anti-inflammation and antimalarial profile of 5-pyridin-2-yl-1H-[1,2,4]triazole-3-carboxylic acid ethyl ester as a low molecular intermediate for hybrid drug synthesis (2021)
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Eya’ane Meva, F., Prior, T. J., Evans, D. J., Shah, S., Tamngwa, C. F., Belengue, H. G. L., …Llinás, M. (2022). Anti-inflammation and antimalarial profile of 5-pyridin-2-yl-1H-[1,2,4]triazole-3-carboxylic acid ethyl ester as a low molecular intermediate for hybrid drug synthesis. Research on Chemical Intermediates, 48(2), 885–898. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11164-021-04607-3

A novel 1,2,4-triazole intermediate 5-pyridin-2-yl-1H-[1,2,4]triazole-3-carboxylic acid ethyl ester was prepared by the reaction of N’-aminopiridyne-2-carboximidamine and an excess monoethyl oxalyl chloride and screened for biological activities. The... Read More about Anti-inflammation and antimalarial profile of 5-pyridin-2-yl-1H-[1,2,4]triazole-3-carboxylic acid ethyl ester as a low molecular intermediate for hybrid drug synthesis.

Voices of young children aged 3–7 years in educational research: an international systematic literature review (2021)
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Urbina-Garcia, A., Jindal-Snape, D., Lindsay, A., Boath, L., Hannah, E. F. S., Barrable, A., & Touloumakos, A. K. (2021). Voices of young children aged 3–7 years in educational research: an international systematic literature review. European Early Childhood Education Research Journal, 1-24. https://doi.org/10.1080/1350293x.2021.1992466

Although the importance of listening to young children’s voices is acknowledged in international literature, it is not clear whether educational researchers really listen to them and, if they do, what research designs and methods facilitate that. The... Read More about Voices of young children aged 3–7 years in educational research: an international systematic literature review.

Support induced effects on the ir nanoparticles activity, selectivity and stability performance under CO<inf>2</inf> reforming of methane (2021)
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Nikolaraki, E., Goula, G., Panagiotopoulo, P., Taylor, M. J., Kousi, K., Kyriakou, G., …Yentekakis, I. V. (2021). Support induced effects on the ir nanoparticles activity, selectivity and stability performance under CO2 reforming of methane. Nanomaterials, 11(11), Article 2880. https://doi.org/10.3390/nano11112880

The production of syngas (H2 and CO)—a key building block for the manufacture of liquid energy carriers, ammonia and hydrogen—through the dry (CO2 −) reforming of methane (DRM) continues to gain attention in heterogeneous catalysis, renewable energy... Read More about Support induced effects on the ir nanoparticles activity, selectivity and stability performance under CO<inf>2</inf> reforming of methane.

Factors and strategies for circularity implementation in the public sector: An organisational change management approach for sustainability (2021)
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Klein, N., Ramos, T. B., & Deutz, P. (2021). Factors and strategies for circularity implementation in the public sector: An organisational change management approach for sustainability. Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, https://doi.org/10.1002/csr.2215

The circular economy (CE) is seen as a model of production and consumption where resource use is reduced and extended in closed-loop life cycles. Organisations have been fundamental in contributing towards CE for which limited outcomes are known from... Read More about Factors and strategies for circularity implementation in the public sector: An organisational change management approach for sustainability.

In situ recalibration of ion selective electrodes (2021)
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Wadhawan, J. D., Sisodia, N., Lawrence, N. S., & McGuinness, K. L. (2022). In situ recalibration of ion selective electrodes. Sensors and Diagnostics, 1(1), 134-138. https://doi.org/10.1039/d1sd00003a

Reference electrode drift resulting from the exchange of ions at the solution/reference electrode chamber interface is the number one reason why ion selective electrodes and pH sensors in particular require recalibration, costing companies up to 70%... Read More about In situ recalibration of ion selective electrodes.

Judicial Review of “Internal Parliamentary Proceedings”: The Dialogic and Non-dialogic Approaches (2021)
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Chowdhury, M. J. A. (2021). Judicial Review of “Internal Parliamentary Proceedings”: The Dialogic and Non-dialogic Approaches. Comparative Constitutional Law and Administrative Law Journal, 6(1), 28-57

This article compares the internal proceedings jurisprudence of the highest courts of the United Kingdom (UK), India, and Bangladesh. Though the Supreme Courts of Bangladesh and India have shown general deference to the debates in parliament, they ha... Read More about Judicial Review of “Internal Parliamentary Proceedings”: The Dialogic and Non-dialogic Approaches.

Ratings of perceived exertion at the ventilatory anaerobic threshold in people with coronary heart disease: A CARE CR study (2021)
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Nichols, S., Engin, B., Carroll, S., Buckley, J., & Ingle, L. (2021). Ratings of perceived exertion at the ventilatory anaerobic threshold in people with coronary heart disease: A CARE CR study. Annals of physical and rehabilitation medicine, 64(6), Article 101462. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rehab.2020.101462

Background: Exercise prescription guidelines for individuals undergoing cardiovascular rehabilitation (CR) are often based on heart rate training zones and rating of perceived exertion (RPE). United Kingdom guidelines indicate that patients should ex... Read More about Ratings of perceived exertion at the ventilatory anaerobic threshold in people with coronary heart disease: A CARE CR study.

Effect of Temperature and Acoustic Pressure During Ultrasound Liquid-Phase Processing of Graphite in Water (2021)
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Morton, J. A., Eskin, D. G., Grobert, N., Mi, J., Porfyrakis, K., Prentice, P., & Tzanakis, I. (2021). Effect of Temperature and Acoustic Pressure During Ultrasound Liquid-Phase Processing of Graphite in Water. JOM Journal of the Minerals, Metals and Materials Society, https://doi.org/10.1007/s11837-021-04910-9

Ultrasound-assisted liquid-phase exfoliation is a promising method for manufacturing two-dimensional materials. Understanding the effect of ultrasonication parameters such as the temperature and input power on the developed pressure field is pivotal... Read More about Effect of Temperature and Acoustic Pressure During Ultrasound Liquid-Phase Processing of Graphite in Water.

Strategies supporting sustainable prescribing safety improvement interventions in English primary care: A qualitative study (2021)
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Shamsuddin, A., Jeffries, M., Sheikh, A., Laing, L., Salema, N., Avery, A., …Keers, R. (2021). Strategies supporting sustainable prescribing safety improvement interventions in English primary care: A qualitative study. BJGP Open, 5(5), https://doi.org/10.3399/BJGPO.2021.0109

Background: While the use of prescribing safety indicators (PSI) can reduce potentially hazardous prescribing, there is a need to identify actionable strategies for the successful implementation and sustainable delivery of PSI-based interventions in... Read More about Strategies supporting sustainable prescribing safety improvement interventions in English primary care: A qualitative study.

Are modern pollen assemblages from soils and mosses the same? A comparison of natural pollen traps from subtropical China (2021)
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Fang, Y., Bunting, M. J., Ma, C., & Yang, X. (2022). Are modern pollen assemblages from soils and mosses the same? A comparison of natural pollen traps from subtropical China. CATENA, 209(1), Article 105790. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.catena.2021.105790

This study investigated the pollen spectra from 46 pairs of soil and moss samples (pairs collected within a 1 m2 squared area). The samples were collected from six common subtropical vegetation communities in the Meiling Mountains, southeast China, w... Read More about Are modern pollen assemblages from soils and mosses the same? A comparison of natural pollen traps from subtropical China.

The Rating of Perceived Exertion at the Ventilatory Anaerobic Threshold in Patients with Coronary Heart Disease - Prescribing Implications for Exercise-Based Cardiovascular Rehabilitation: A CARE CR study (2021)
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Nichols, S., Engin, B., Carroll, S., Buckley, J., & Ingle, L. (2021). The Rating of Perceived Exertion at the Ventilatory Anaerobic Threshold in Patients with Coronary Heart Disease - Prescribing Implications for Exercise-Based Cardiovascular Rehabilitation: A CARE CR study. Annals of physical and rehabilitation medicine, 64(6), Article 101462. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rehab.2020.101462

Background: Exercise prescription guidelines for patients undertaking cardiovascular rehabilitation (CR) are based on heart rate training zones and ratings of perceived exertion (RPE). In the UK, guidelines indicate that patients should exercise at a... Read More about The Rating of Perceived Exertion at the Ventilatory Anaerobic Threshold in Patients with Coronary Heart Disease - Prescribing Implications for Exercise-Based Cardiovascular Rehabilitation: A CARE CR study.

Functional genomics of abiotic environmental adaptation in lacertid lizards and other vertebrates (2021)
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Wollenberg Valero, K. C., Garcia-Porta, J., Irisarri, I., Feugere, L., Bates, A., Kirchhof, S., …Storey, K. B. (in press). Functional genomics of abiotic environmental adaptation in lacertid lizards and other vertebrates. The journal of animal ecology, https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2656.13617

Understanding the genomic basis of adaptation to different abiotic environments is important in the context of climate change and resulting short-term environmental fluctuations. Using functional and comparative genomics approaches, we here investiga... Read More about Functional genomics of abiotic environmental adaptation in lacertid lizards and other vertebrates.

Implementing supportive exercise interventions in the colorectal cancer care pathway: a process evaluation of the PREPARE-ABC randomised controlled trial (2021)
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Murdoch, J., Varley, A., McCulloch, J., Jones, M., Thomas, L. B., Clark, A., …Hernon, J. (2021). Implementing supportive exercise interventions in the colorectal cancer care pathway: a process evaluation of the PREPARE-ABC randomised controlled trial. BMC Cancer, 21(1), Article 1137. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12885-021-08880-8

Background: A colorectal resection is standard treatment for patients with colorectal cancer (CRC). However, the procedure results in significant post-operative mortality and reduced quality of life. Maximising pre-operative cardiopulmonary fitness c... Read More about Implementing supportive exercise interventions in the colorectal cancer care pathway: a process evaluation of the PREPARE-ABC randomised controlled trial.

Thermal stress induces a positive phenotypic and molecular feedback loop in zebrafish embryos (2021)
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Feugere, L., Wollenberg Valero, K. C., Scott, V., Rodriguez-Barucg, Q., & Beltran-Alvarez, P. (2021). Thermal stress induces a positive phenotypic and molecular feedback loop in zebrafish embryos. Journal of Thermal Biology, 102, Article 103114. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtherbio.2021.103114

Aquatic organisms must cope with both rising and rapidly changing temperatures. These thermal changes can affect numerous traits, from molecular to ecological scales. Biotic stressors are already known to induce the release of chemical cues which tri... Read More about Thermal stress induces a positive phenotypic and molecular feedback loop in zebrafish embryos.

Evaluation of Antimicrobial and Wound Healing Effects of Gold Nanoparticles Containing Abelmoschus esculentus (L.) Aqueous Extract (2021)
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Korani, S., Rashidi, K., Hamelian, M., Jalalvand, A. R., Tajehmiri, A., Korani, M., …Sahebkar, A. (2021). Evaluation of Antimicrobial and Wound Healing Effects of Gold Nanoparticles Containing Abelmoschus esculentus (L.) Aqueous Extract. Bioinorganic Chemistry and Applications, 2021, Article 7019130. https://doi.org/10.1155/2021/7019130

Background. Wound healing is a complex process of replacing devitalized cellular structures and tissues with healthy cells and tissue. Nanotechnology has been increasingly proposed as a novel platform to treat wounds and skin regeneration. The aim of... Read More about Evaluation of Antimicrobial and Wound Healing Effects of Gold Nanoparticles Containing Abelmoschus esculentus (L.) Aqueous Extract.

A Case for a Reflective Approach to Teaching Practicum Debriefing with Implications for Teacher Educators and Education. (2021)
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Minott, M. (2021). A Case for a Reflective Approach to Teaching Practicum Debriefing with Implications for Teacher Educators and Education. Teacher Education Advancement Network Journal, 13(1), 73-85

Over the past 30 years, the teaching profession has embraced the notion of the teacher as a reflective practitioner, which has led to an increased emphasis on teacher education programmes offering learning experiences that model and encourage reflect... Read More about A Case for a Reflective Approach to Teaching Practicum Debriefing with Implications for Teacher Educators and Education..

New Thermonuclear Rate of <sup>7</sup>Li(d,n)2<sup>4</sup>He Relevant to the Cosmological Lithium Problem (2021)
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Hou, S. Q., Kajino, T., Trueman, T. C., Pignatari, M., Luo, Y. D., & Bertulani, C. A. (2021). New Thermonuclear Rate of 7Li(d,n)24He Relevant to the Cosmological Lithium Problem. The Astrophysical journal, 920(2), Article 145. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/ac1a11

Accurate 7Li(d,n)24He thermonuclear reaction rates are crucial for precise prediction of the primordial abundances of lithium and beryllium and to probe the mysteries beyond fundamental physics and the standard cosmological model. However, uncertaint... Read More about New Thermonuclear Rate of <sup>7</sup>Li(d,n)2<sup>4</sup>He Relevant to the Cosmological Lithium Problem.

Color tuning and white light emission based on tetraphenylethylene-functionalized cucurbit[7]uril and FRET triggered by host-guest self-assembly (2021)
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Yang, J. F., Tao, Z., Redshaw, C., Zeng, X., & Luo, H. (2021). Color tuning and white light emission based on tetraphenylethylene-functionalized cucurbit[7]uril and FRET triggered by host-guest self-assembly. Tetrahedron, 101, Article 132509. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tet.2021.132509

This work utilizes the advantages produced when combining aggregation-induced emission in aqueous medium with macrocyclic amphiphiles that can noncovalently incorporate donor/acceptor pairs. A novel FRET system was assembled by using tetraphenylethyl... Read More about Color tuning and white light emission based on tetraphenylethylene-functionalized cucurbit[7]uril and FRET triggered by host-guest self-assembly.