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Unsymmetrical α-diiminonickel bromide complexes: Synthesis, characterization and their catalytic behavior toward ethylene (2013)
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Jia, D., Zhang, W., Liu, W., Wang, L., Redshaw, C., & Sun, W. H. (2013). Unsymmetrical α-diiminonickel bromide complexes: Synthesis, characterization and their catalytic behavior toward ethylene. Catalysis science & technology, 3(10), 2737-2745. https://doi.org/10.1039/c3cy00422h

A series of unsymmetrical α-diimine compounds L1-L5 bearing the dibenzhydryl substituent (-CH(Ph)2) has been prepared and characterized by IR and NMR (1H/13C) spectroscopy as well as by elemental analysis. Their corresponding nickel dibromide complex... Read More about Unsymmetrical α-diiminonickel bromide complexes: Synthesis, characterization and their catalytic behavior toward ethylene.

Transformational leadership and globalization: attitudes of school principals in Kuwait (2013)
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Alsaeedi, F., & Male, T. (2013). Transformational leadership and globalization: attitudes of school principals in Kuwait. Educational Management Administration and Leadership, 41(5), 640-657. https://doi.org/10.1177/1741143213488588

The study explores the attitudes of a sample of school principals in a Kuwaiti local authority towards the need for transformational leadership, the use of its behaviours, whether these school leaders are ready to behave in diverse ways or whether th... Read More about Transformational leadership and globalization: attitudes of school principals in Kuwait.

Whiter, brighter, and more stable cellulose paper coated with TiO 2/SiO2 core/shell nanoparticles using a layer-by-layer approach (2013)
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Cheng, F., Lorch, M., Sajedin, S. M., Kelly, S. M., & Kornherr, A. (2013). Whiter, brighter, and more stable cellulose paper coated with TiO 2/SiO2 core/shell nanoparticles using a layer-by-layer approach. ChemSusChem, 6(8), 1392-1399. https://doi.org/10.1002/cssc.201300305

To inhibit the photocatalytic degradation of organic material supports induced by small titania (TiO2) nanoparticles, four kinds of TiO2 nanoparticles, that is, commercial P25-TiO2, commercial rutile phase TiO2, rutile TiO2 nanorods and rutile TiO2 s... Read More about Whiter, brighter, and more stable cellulose paper coated with TiO 2/SiO2 core/shell nanoparticles using a layer-by-layer approach.

The variability of high intensity exercise tests in pre-pubertal boys (2013)
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Ingle, L., & Tolfrey, K. (2013). The variability of high intensity exercise tests in pre-pubertal boys. International journal of sports medicine, 34(12), 1063-1069. https://doi.org/10.1055/s-0032-1327714

The aim of the study was to determine the variability of different performance tests during high intensity exercise in active, untrained pre- and early pubertal boys. Participants were habituated to the Wingate anaerobic test (WAnT), force-velocity t... Read More about The variability of high intensity exercise tests in pre-pubertal boys.

Fragments from a medieval archive: the life and death of Sir Robert Constable (2013)
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McDonagh, B. (2013). Fragments from a medieval archive: the life and death of Sir Robert Constable. Journal of Historical Geography, 42(Oct 2013), 50-61. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhg.2013.06.002

This article asks what we can know of historical individuals in pre-Reformation England. While recognizing the challenges of writing medieval biography, it points to the opportunities offered by a range of under-utilized sources for engaging both wit... Read More about Fragments from a medieval archive: the life and death of Sir Robert Constable.

A novel code system for revealing sources of students' difficulties with stoichiometry (2013)
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Gulacar, O., Overton, T. L., Bowman, C. R., & Fynewever, H. (2013). A novel code system for revealing sources of students' difficulties with stoichiometry. Chemistry Education Research and Practice, 14(4), 507-515. https://doi.org/10.1039/c3rp00029j

A coding scheme is presented and used to evaluate solutions of seventeen students working on twenty five stoichiometry problems in a think-aloud protocol. The stoichiometry problems are evaluated as a series of sub-problems (e.g., empirical formulas,... Read More about A novel code system for revealing sources of students' difficulties with stoichiometry.

An analogue peptide from the cancer/testis antigen PASD1 induces CD8+ T cell responses against naturally processed peptide (2013)
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Hardwick, N., Buchan, S., Ingram, W., Khan, G., Vittes, G., Rice, J., …Guinn, B. A. (2013). An analogue peptide from the cancer/testis antigen PASD1 induces CD8+ T cell responses against naturally processed peptide. Cancer Immunology Research, 13(3), 16-26. https://doi.org/10.1158/1424-9634.DCL-16.13.3

We have previously identified the novel Cancer/Testis antigen PASD1 by immunoscreening a testis library with pooled acute myeloid leukemia (AML) patient sera. To develop a cytotoxic T lymphocyte (CTL)-inducing vaccine, we have now investigated the ca... Read More about An analogue peptide from the cancer/testis antigen PASD1 induces CD8+ T cell responses against naturally processed peptide.

First do no harm: pressing concerns regarding euthanasia in Belgium (2013)
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Cohen-Almagor, R. (2013). First do no harm: pressing concerns regarding euthanasia in Belgium. International journal of law and psychiatry, 36(5-6), 515-521. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijlp.2013.06.014

This article is concerned with the practice of euthanasia in Belgium. Background information is provided; then major developments that have taken place since the enactment of the Belgian Act on Euthanasia are analysed. Concerns are raised about (1) t... Read More about First do no harm: pressing concerns regarding euthanasia in Belgium.

Antecedents of well-being: a study to examine the extent to which personality and emotional intelligence contribute to well-being (2013)
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Higgs, M., & Dulewicz, V. (2014). Antecedents of well-being: a study to examine the extent to which personality and emotional intelligence contribute to well-being. The international journal of human resource management, 25(5), 718-735. https://doi.org/10.1080/09585192.2013.815253

In the debate surrounding the relationships between HRM and performance, there is an argument suggesting that a focus on understanding the role of employee attitudes and behaviours may elicit valuable insights into performance drivers. In examining i... Read More about Antecedents of well-being: a study to examine the extent to which personality and emotional intelligence contribute to well-being.

Making and breaking property: Negotiating enclosure and common rights in sixteenth-century england (2013)
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McDonagh, B. (2013). Making and breaking property: Negotiating enclosure and common rights in sixteenth-century england. History workshop journal : HWJ, 76(1), 32-56. https://doi.org/10.1093/hwj/dbs054

This paper explores the making – and breaking – of property in early sixteenth-century England, examining the range of strategies available to those engaged in negotiating and resisting enclosure, common rights and land-use change. It interrogates th... Read More about Making and breaking property: Negotiating enclosure and common rights in sixteenth-century england.

City-regionalism as a politics of collective provision : regional transport infrastructure in Denver, USA (2013)
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Jonas, A. E. G., Goetz, A. R., & Bhattacharjee, S. (2014). City-regionalism as a politics of collective provision : regional transport infrastructure in Denver, USA. Urban studies, 51(11), 2444-2465. https://doi.org/10.1177/0042098013493480

The rise of the city-region concept has focused attention on the nature of territorial politics underpinning city-regionalism. This paper investigates the relationship between territorial politics, city-regionalism and the collective provision of mas... Read More about City-regionalism as a politics of collective provision : regional transport infrastructure in Denver, USA.

Galaxy and mass assembly (GAMA): Witnessing the assembly of the cluster Abell 1882 (2013)
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Owers, M. S., Baldry, I. K., Bauer, A. E., Bland-Hawthorn, J., Brown, M. J. I., Cluver, M. E., …Robotham, A. S. G. (2013). Galaxy and mass assembly (GAMA): Witnessing the assembly of the cluster Abell 1882. The Astrophysical journal, 772(2), 104. https://doi.org/10.1088/0004-637x/772/2/104

We present a combined optical and X-ray analysis of the rich cluster ABELL 1882 (A1882) with the aim of identifying merging substructure and understanding the recent assembly history of this system. Our optical data consist of spectra drawn from the... Read More about Galaxy and mass assembly (GAMA): Witnessing the assembly of the cluster Abell 1882.

Functional rare males in diploid parthenogenetic Artemia (2013)
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Maccari, M., Gómez, A., Hontoria, F., & Amat, F. (2013). Functional rare males in diploid parthenogenetic Artemia. Journal of evolutionary biology, 26(9), 1934-1948. https://doi.org/10.1111/jeb.12191

Functional males that are produced occasionally in some asexual taxa - called 'rare males' - raise considerable evolutionary interest, as they might be involved in the origin of new parthenogenetic lineages. Diploid parthenogenetic Artemia produce ra... Read More about Functional rare males in diploid parthenogenetic Artemia.

Economic analysis of a randomized trial of percutaneous angioplasty, supervised exercise or combined treatment for intermittent claudication due to femoropopliteal arterial disease (2013)
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Mazari, F. A. K., Khan, J. A., Carradice, D., Samuel, N., Gohil, R., McCollum, P. T., & Chetter, I. C. (2013). Economic analysis of a randomized trial of percutaneous angioplasty, supervised exercise or combined treatment for intermittent claudication due to femoropopliteal arterial disease. British journal of surgery, 100(9), 1172-1179. https://doi.org/10.1002/bjs.9200

BackgroundThe aim was to compare costs and utilities of percutaneous transluminal angioplasty (PTA), a supervised exercise programme (SEP) and combined treatment (PTA + SEP) in patients with intermittent claudication (IC) to establish the most cost-e... Read More about Economic analysis of a randomized trial of percutaneous angioplasty, supervised exercise or combined treatment for intermittent claudication due to femoropopliteal arterial disease.

Randomized clinical trial of angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor, ramipril, in patients with intermittent claudication (2013)
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Shahin, Y., Cockcroft, J. R., & Chetter, I. C. (2013). Randomized clinical trial of angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor, ramipril, in patients with intermittent claudication. British journal of surgery, 100(9), 1154-1163. https://doi.org/10.1002/bjs.9198

BackgroundThe aim was to investigate the effect of ramipril on clinical parameters in patients with peripheral arterial disease.MethodsPatients with intermittent claudication were randomized to receive ramipril or placebo for 24 weeks in a double-bli... Read More about Randomized clinical trial of angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor, ramipril, in patients with intermittent claudication.

The WiggleZ Dark Energy Survey: star formation in UV-luminous galaxies from their luminosity functions (2013)
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Jurek, R. J., Drinkwater, M. J., Pimbblet, K., Glazebrook, K., Blake, C., Brough, S., …Yee, H. K. C. (2013). The WiggleZ Dark Energy Survey: star formation in UV-luminous galaxies from their luminosity functions. Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 434(1), 257-281. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stt1015

We present the ultraviolet (UV) luminosity function of galaxies from the GALEX Medium Imaging Survey with measured spectroscopic redshifts from the first data release of the WiggleZ Dark Energy Survey. Our sample consists of 39 996 NUV < 22.8 emiss... Read More about The WiggleZ Dark Energy Survey: star formation in UV-luminous galaxies from their luminosity functions.

Nickel(II) complexes bearing 4,5-bis(arylimino)pyrenylidenes: Synthesis, characterization, and ethylene polymerization behaviour (2013)
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Song, K., Yang, W., Li, B., Liu, Q., Redshaw, C., Li, Y., & Sun, W. H. (2013). Nickel(II) complexes bearing 4,5-bis(arylimino)pyrenylidenes: Synthesis, characterization, and ethylene polymerization behaviour. Dalton Transactions : an international journal of inorganic chemistry, 42(25), 9166-9175. https://doi.org/10.1039/c2dt32343e

A series of nickel(II) dihalides complexes bearing 4,5-bis(arylimino) pyrenylidenes, NiX2(2,6-R1-4-R2C 6H2N)2C16H8, was synthesized and characterized by FT-IR spectroscopy, elemental analysis, and single crystal X-ray diffraction for the organic comp... Read More about Nickel(II) complexes bearing 4,5-bis(arylimino)pyrenylidenes: Synthesis, characterization, and ethylene polymerization behaviour.

The importance of accurate muscle modelling for biomechanical analyses: A case study with a lizard skull (2013)
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Gröning, F., Jones, M. E., Curtis, N., Herrel, A., O'Higgins, P., Evans, S. E., & Fagan, M. J. (2013). The importance of accurate muscle modelling for biomechanical analyses: A case study with a lizard skull. Journal of the Royal Society interface / the Royal Society, 10(84), Article 20130216. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsif.2013.0216

Computer-based simulation techniques such as multi-body dynamics analysis are becoming increasingly popular in the field of skull mechanics. Multi-body models can be used for studying the relationships between skull architecture, muscle morphology an... Read More about The importance of accurate muscle modelling for biomechanical analyses: A case study with a lizard skull.

Reproducing the observed abundances in RCB and HdC stars with post-double-degenerate merger models - Constraints on merger and post-merger simulations and physics processes (2013)
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Menon, A., Herwig, F., Denissenkov, P. A., Clayton, G. C., Staff, J., Pignatari, M., & Paxton, B. (2013). Reproducing the observed abundances in RCB and HdC stars with post-double-degenerate merger models - Constraints on merger and post-merger simulations and physics processes. The Astrophysical journal, 772(1), 59. https://doi.org/10.1088/0004-637x/772/1/59

The R Coronae Borealis (RCB) stars are hydrogen-deficient, variable stars that are most likely the result of He-CO WD mergers. They display extremely low oxygen isotopic ratios, 16 O/ 18 O ≃ 1-10, 12 C/ 13 C ≥ 100, and enhancements up to 2.6 dex in... Read More about Reproducing the observed abundances in RCB and HdC stars with post-double-degenerate merger models - Constraints on merger and post-merger simulations and physics processes.

Increased frequency and suppressive activity of CD127low/- regulatory T cells in the peripheral circulation of patients with head and neck squamous cell carcinoma are associated with advanced stage and nodal involvement (2013)
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Drennan, S., Stafford, N. D., Greenman, J., & Green, V. (2013). Increased frequency and suppressive activity of CD127low/- regulatory T cells in the peripheral circulation of patients with head and neck squamous cell carcinoma are associated with advanced stage and nodal involvement. Immunology, 140(3), 335-343. https://doi.org/10.1111/imm.12144

The presence of regulatory T (Treg) cells is thought to be an important mechanism by which head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC) successfully evades the immune system. Using multicolour flow cytometry, the frequency and functional capacity of... Read More about Increased frequency and suppressive activity of CD127low/- regulatory T cells in the peripheral circulation of patients with head and neck squamous cell carcinoma are associated with advanced stage and nodal involvement.