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The development of visual short-term memory for multifeature items during middle childhood (2011)
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Riggs, K. J., Simpson, A., & Potts, T. (2011). The development of visual short-term memory for multifeature items during middle childhood. Journal of experimental child psychology, 108(4), 802-809. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jecp.2010.11.006

Visual short-term memory (VSTM) research suggests that the adult capacity is limited to three or four multifeature object representations. Despite evidence supporting a developmental increase in capacity, it remains unclear what the unit of capacity... Read More about The development of visual short-term memory for multifeature items during middle childhood.

Experiences of air travel in patients with chronic heart failure (2011)
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Ingle, L., Hobkirk, J., Damy, T., Nabb, S., Clark, A. L., & Cleland, J. G. (2012). Experiences of air travel in patients with chronic heart failure. International journal of cardiology, 158(1), 66-70. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijcard.2010.12.101

AIM: To conduct a survey in a representative cohort of ambulatory patients with stable, well managed chronic heart failure (CHF) to discover their experiences of air travel. METHODS: An expert panel including a cardiologist, an exercise scientist, an... Read More about Experiences of air travel in patients with chronic heart failure.

Low molecular weight heparin suppresses tissue factor-mediated cancer cell invasion and migration in vitro (2011)
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Ettelaie, C., Fountain, D., Collier, M. E. W., Beeby, E., Xiao, Y. P., & Maraveyas, A. (2011). Low molecular weight heparin suppresses tissue factor-mediated cancer cell invasion and migration in vitro. Experimental and Therapeutic Medicine, 2(2), 363-367. https://doi.org/10.3892/etm.2011.211

Elevated expression of tissue factor (TF) has been associated with an increased risk of thrombosis in the majority of cancers. Moreover, treatment of cancer patients with low molecular weight heparin (LMWH) appears to have beneficial effects that rea... Read More about Low molecular weight heparin suppresses tissue factor-mediated cancer cell invasion and migration in vitro.

A framework for designing robust supply chains considering product development issues (2011)
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Yadav, S. R., Mishra, N., Kumar, V., & Tiwari, M. K. (2011). A framework for designing robust supply chains considering product development issues. International Journal of Production Research, 49(20), 6065-6088. https://doi.org/10.1080/00207543.2010.524258

The primary objective of the design for supply chain (DFSC) is the selection of an appropriate product family. Moreover, it deals with the selection of the optimal combination among the different conflicting criteria while making a trade-off between... Read More about A framework for designing robust supply chains considering product development issues.

The idea of quality in higher education: a conceptual approach (2011)
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Filippakou, O. (2011). The idea of quality in higher education: a conceptual approach. Discourse, 32(1), 15-28. https://doi.org/10.1080/01596306.2011.537068

The paper suggests that the idea of quality in higher education is ideologically constructed and conducted. In a spiral of mutual reinforcements, quality regimes naturalise experience, while the theories of that practice legitimise the naturalness of... Read More about The idea of quality in higher education: a conceptual approach.

That's not a real body: identifying stimulus qualities that modulate synaesthetic experiences of touch (2011)
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Holle, H., Banissy, M., Wright, T., Bowling, N., & Ward, J. (2011). That's not a real body: identifying stimulus qualities that modulate synaesthetic experiences of touch. Consciousness and cognition, 20(3), 720-726. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.concog.2010.12.002

Mirror-touch synaesthesia is a condition where observing touch to another's body induces a subjective tactile sensation on the synaesthetes body. The present study explores which characteristics of the inducing stimulus modulate the synaesthetic touc... Read More about That's not a real body: identifying stimulus qualities that modulate synaesthetic experiences of touch.

Intermittent exercise alters the heart rate-blood lactate relationship used for calculating the training impulse (TRIMP) in team sport players (2011)
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Akubat, I., & Abt, G. (2011). Intermittent exercise alters the heart rate-blood lactate relationship used for calculating the training impulse (TRIMP) in team sport players. Journal of science and medicine in sport / Sports Medicine Australia, 14(3), 249-253. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsams.2010.12.003

Objectives: The training impulse (TRIMP) quantifies training dose by weighting heart rate according to the relationship between fractional elevation in heart rate (Delta HR) and blood lactate concentration (BLa). This study compared the physiological... Read More about Intermittent exercise alters the heart rate-blood lactate relationship used for calculating the training impulse (TRIMP) in team sport players.

Ultrasound evaluation of carotid body tumours (2011)
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Samuel, N., Smith, G., Wolstenhulme, S., & Chetter, I. (2011). Ultrasound evaluation of carotid body tumours. Ultrasound, 19(1), 26-30. https://doi.org/10.1258/ult.2010.010037

Carotid body tumour (CBT) is a rare neoplasm that usually presents as an asymptomatic slow-growing neck mass at the carotid bifurcation. Due to these benign attributes, CBTs often go undiagnosed for a few years before a lateral neck mass becomes clin... Read More about Ultrasound evaluation of carotid body tumours.

Under- and Over-Estimation: A Bi-Directional Mapping Process Between Symbolic and Non-Symbolic Representations of Number? (2011)
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Crollen, V., Castronovo, J., & Seron, X. (2011). Under- and Over-Estimation: A Bi-Directional Mapping Process Between Symbolic and Non-Symbolic Representations of Number?. Experimental Psychology, 58(1), 39-49. https://doi.org/10.1027/1618-3169/a000064

Over the last 30 years, numerical estimation has been largely studied. Recently, Castronovo and Seron (2007) proposed the bidirectional mapping hypothesis in order to account for the finding that dependent on the type of estimation task (perception v... Read More about Under- and Over-Estimation: A Bi-Directional Mapping Process Between Symbolic and Non-Symbolic Representations of Number?.

The Value of Fieldwork in Life and Environmental Sciences in the Context of Higher Education: A Case Study in Learning About Biodiversity (2011)
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Scott, G. W., Goulder, R., Wheeler, P., Scott, L. J., Tobin, M. L., & Marsham, S. (2012). The Value of Fieldwork in Life and Environmental Sciences in the Context of Higher Education: A Case Study in Learning About Biodiversity. Journal of Science Education and Technology, 21(1), 11-21. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10956-010-9276-x

Fieldwork is assumed by most practitioners to be an important if not essential component of a degree level education in the environmental sciences. However, there is strong evidence that as a result of a wide range of pressures (academic, financial a... Read More about The Value of Fieldwork in Life and Environmental Sciences in the Context of Higher Education: A Case Study in Learning About Biodiversity.

Patients' psychosocial experiences of attending specialist palliative day care: a systematic review (2011)
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Bradley, S. E., Frizelle, D., & Johnson, M. (2011). Patients' psychosocial experiences of attending specialist palliative day care: a systematic review. Palliative medicine, 25(3), 210-228. https://doi.org/10.1177/0269216310389222

Recent reviews conclude that the benefits of attending Specialist Palliative Day Care (SPDC) are likely to be in social, psychological and spiritual domains. However, these areas are not easily identified, leaving researchers and practitioners unclea... Read More about Patients' psychosocial experiences of attending specialist palliative day care: a systematic review.

Sustainability, complexity and learning: insights from complex systems approaches (2011)
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Espinosa, A., & Porter, T. (2011). Sustainability, complexity and learning: insights from complex systems approaches. Learning Organization, The, 18(1), 54-72. https://doi.org/10.1108/09696471111096000

Aqueous foams stabilized solely by particles (2011)
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Stocco, A., Rio, E., Binks, B. P., & Langevin, D. (2011). Aqueous foams stabilized solely by particles. Soft matter, 7(4), 1260-1267. https://doi.org/10.1039/c0sm01290d

Foams are dispersions of bubbles in liquids, often water. They are frequently stabilized by surfactant or polymer, but like Pickering emulsions, they can be also stabilized solely by particles. If the particles have a moderate hydrophobicity, the foa... Read More about Aqueous foams stabilized solely by particles.

A quantitative study of solute diffusion field effects on heterogeneous nucleation and the grain size of alloys (2011)
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Shu, D., Sun, B., Mi, J., & Grant, P. S. (2011). A quantitative study of solute diffusion field effects on heterogeneous nucleation and the grain size of alloys. Acta Materialia, 59(5), 2135-2144. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actamat.2010.12.014

The nucleation ability of inoculating particles inside the solute diffusion zone around growing grains during alloy solidification is studied using a spherical, equiaxed dendritic grain model coupled with a new modified free growth model to predict t... Read More about A quantitative study of solute diffusion field effects on heterogeneous nucleation and the grain size of alloys.

It's not cricket: the Ashes of nursing education (2011)
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Shields, L., Purcell, C., & Watson, R. (2011). It's not cricket: the Ashes of nursing education. Nurse education today, 31(4), 314-316. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nedt.2010.12.015

The aim of this short discussion paper is to engender debate about the downturn in intellectual standing of nursing courses in Australia, where entry standards to nursing courses, and pass marks are being lowered to cater to the needs of health servi... Read More about It's not cricket: the Ashes of nursing education.

Depression and anxiety related subtypes in Parkinson's disease (2011)
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Brown, R., Landau, S., Hindle, J., Playfer, J., Samuel, M., Wilson, K., …for the PROMS-PD Study Group. (2011). Depression and anxiety related subtypes in Parkinson's disease. Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry, 82(7), 803-809. https://doi.org/10.1136/jnnp.2010.213652

Background: Depression and anxiety are common in Parkinson's disease (PD) and although clinically important remain poorly understood and managed. To date, research has tended to treat depression and anxiety as distinct phenomena. There is growing evi... Read More about Depression and anxiety related subtypes in Parkinson's disease.

Response of single benthic metrics and multi-metric methods to anthropogenic pressure gradients, in five distinct European coastal and transitional ecosystems (2011)
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Borja, A., Barbone, E., Basset, A., Borgersen, G., Brkljacic, M., Elliott, M., …Trayanova, A. (2011). Response of single benthic metrics and multi-metric methods to anthropogenic pressure gradients, in five distinct European coastal and transitional ecosystems. Marine pollution bulletin, 62(3), 499-513. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2010.12.009

In recent times many benthic indices have been proposed to assess the ecological quality of marine waters worldwide. In this study we compared single metrics and multi-metric methods to assess coastal and transitional benthic status along human press... Read More about Response of single benthic metrics and multi-metric methods to anthropogenic pressure gradients, in five distinct European coastal and transitional ecosystems.

A multi-agent self correcting architecture for distributed manufacturing supply chain (2011)
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Kumar, V., & Mishra, N. (2011). A multi-agent self correcting architecture for distributed manufacturing supply chain. IEEE systems journal, 5(1), 6-15. https://doi.org/10.1109/JSYST.2010.2100195

© 2010 IEEE. Nowadays the supply chain for distributed manufacturing is gaining attention of the researchers worldwide. Realizing its significance this article proposes a self correcting multi-agent architecture for the supply chain for the distribut... Read More about A multi-agent self correcting architecture for distributed manufacturing supply chain.

Axon and muscle spindle hyperplasia in the myostatin null mouse (2011)
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Elashry, M. I., Otto, A., Matsakas, A., El-Morsy, S. E., Jones, L., Anderson, B., & Patel, K. (2011). Axon and muscle spindle hyperplasia in the myostatin null mouse. Journal of anatomy, 218(2), 173-184. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-7580.2010.01327.x

Germline deletion of the myostatin gene results in hyperplasia and hypertrophy of the tension-generating (extrafusal) fibres in skeletal muscle. As this gene is expressed predominantly in myogenic tissues it offers an excellent model with which to in... Read More about Axon and muscle spindle hyperplasia in the myostatin null mouse.

Supporting disabled student nurses from registration to qualification: a review of the United Kingdom (UK) literature. (2011)
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Storr, H., Wray, J., & Draper, P. (2011). Supporting disabled student nurses from registration to qualification: a review of the United Kingdom (UK) literature. Nurse education today, 31(8), e29-e33. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nedt.2010.11.022

This paper reviews the UK evidence in relation to support for disabled student nurses from admission to qualification. The review was undertaken with a view to informing the provision of more effective support for disabled student nurses both within... Read More about Supporting disabled student nurses from registration to qualification: a review of the United Kingdom (UK) literature..