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The ethics of distress: Toward a framework for determining the ethical acceptability of distressing health promotion advertising (2013)
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Whiting, D., & Brown, S. L. (2014). The ethics of distress: Toward a framework for determining the ethical acceptability of distressing health promotion advertising. International Journal of Psychology, 49(2), 89-97. https://doi.org/10.1002/ijop.12002

© 2014 International Union of Psychological Science. Distressing health promotion advertising involves the elicitation of negative emotion to increase the likelihood that health messages will stimulate audience members to adopt healthier behaviors. I... Read More about The ethics of distress: Toward a framework for determining the ethical acceptability of distressing health promotion advertising.

Systemic intervention for computer-supported collaborative learning (2013)
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Barros-Castro, R. A., Midgley, G., & Pinzón, L. (2015). Systemic intervention for computer-supported collaborative learning. Systems research and behavioral science, 32(1), 86-105. https://doi.org/10.1002/sres.2220

This paper presents a systemic intervention approach as a means to overcome the methodological challenges involved in research into computer-supported collaborative learning applied to the promotion of mathematical problem-solving (CSCL-MPS) skills i... Read More about Systemic intervention for computer-supported collaborative learning.

Polydisperse suspensions: Erosion, deposition, and flow capacity (2013)
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Dorrell, R. M., Hogg, A. J., & Pritchard, D. (2013). Polydisperse suspensions: Erosion, deposition, and flow capacity. Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface, 118(3), 1939-1955. https://doi.org/10.1002/jgrf.20129

Deposition from particle-laden flows is often described in terms of the capacity and competence of the flow, but robust definitions of these terms have proved elusive. In this paper we provide a mathematical modeling framework within which erosion an... Read More about Polydisperse suspensions: Erosion, deposition, and flow capacity.

Nature vs naturalist : paths diverging and converging in Edmund Gosse's Father and son (2013)
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Goodman, M. (2014). Nature vs naturalist : paths diverging and converging in Edmund Gosse's Father and son. Life Writing, 11(1), 85-101. https://doi.org/10.1080/14484528.2013.838728

I examine the impulses which drove Edmund Gosse to follow the formal biography of his father with Father and Son. Before looking for 'gay sensibility' in the text, I consider how scientific discourse in the late 19th century opened an understanding o... Read More about Nature vs naturalist : paths diverging and converging in Edmund Gosse's Father and son.

An economic evaluation of anonymised information sharing in a partnership between health services, police and local government for preventing violence-related injury (2013)
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Florence, C., Shepherd, J., Brennan, I., & Simon, T. R. (2014). An economic evaluation of anonymised information sharing in a partnership between health services, police and local government for preventing violence-related injury. Injury Prevention, 20(2), 108-114. https://doi.org/10.1136/injuryprev-2012-040622

Objective To assess the costs and bene fi ts of a partnership between health services, police and local government shown to reduce violence-related injury. Methods Benefi t-cost analysis. Results Anonymised information sharing and use led to a reduct... Read More about An economic evaluation of anonymised information sharing in a partnership between health services, police and local government for preventing violence-related injury.

Solution-processed bilayer photovoltaic devices with nematic liquid crystals (2013)
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AlKhalifah, M. S., Lei, C., Myers, S. A., O’Neill, M., Kitney, S. P., & Kelly, S. M. (2014). Solution-processed bilayer photovoltaic devices with nematic liquid crystals. Liquid crystals, 41(3), 402-417. https://doi.org/10.1080/02678292.2013.834082

The cross-linking of polymerisable liquid crystalline semiconductors is a promising approach to solution-processable, multilayer, organic photovoltaics. Here we demonstrate an organic bilayer photovoltaic with an insoluble electron-donating layer for... Read More about Solution-processed bilayer photovoltaic devices with nematic liquid crystals.

Good Environmental Status of marine ecosystems: What is it and how do we know when we have attained it? (2013)
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Borja, A., Elliott, M., Andersen, J. H., Cardoso, A. C., Carstensen, J., Ferreira, J. G., Heiskanen, A. S., Marques, J. C., Neto, J. M., Teixeira, H., Uusitalo, L., Uyarra, M. C., & Zampoukas, N. (2013). Good Environmental Status of marine ecosystems: What is it and how do we know when we have attained it?. Marine pollution bulletin, 76(1-2), 16-27. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2013.08.042

The European Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD) requires EU Member States (MS) to achieve Good Environmental Status (GEnS) of their seas by 2020. We address the question of what GEnS entails especially with regard to the level at which target... Read More about Good Environmental Status of marine ecosystems: What is it and how do we know when we have attained it?.

Status update and interim results from the Asymptomatic Carotid Surgery Trial-2 (ACST-2) (2013)
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ACST-2 Collaborative Group. (2013). Status update and interim results from the Asymptomatic Carotid Surgery Trial-2 (ACST-2). European journal of vascular and endovascular surgery : the official journal of the European Society for Vascular Surgery, 46(5), 510-518. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejvs.2013.07.020

ObjectivesACST-2 is currently the largest trial ever conducted to compare carotid artery stenting (CAS) with carotid endarterectomy (CEA) in patients with severe asymptomatic carotid stenosis requiring revascularization.ResultsA total of 986 patients... Read More about Status update and interim results from the Asymptomatic Carotid Surgery Trial-2 (ACST-2).

Cyclodextrin stabilised emulsions and cyclodextrinosomes (2013)
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Mathapa, B. G., & Paunov, V. N. (2013). Cyclodextrin stabilised emulsions and cyclodextrinosomes. Physical chemistry chemical physics : PCCP, 15(41), 17903-17914. https://doi.org/10.1039/c3cp52116h

We report the preparation of o/w emulsions stabilised by microcrystals of cyclodextrin-oil inclusion complexes. The inclusion complexes are formed by threading cyclodextrins from the aqueous phase on n-tetradecane or silicone oil molecules from the e... Read More about Cyclodextrin stabilised emulsions and cyclodextrinosomes.

Involving patients and the public in healthcare operational research—The challenges and opportunities (2013)
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Pearson, M., Monks, T., Gibson, A., Allen, M., Komashie, A., Fordyce, A., Harris-Golesworthy, F., Pitt, M., Brailsford, S., & Stein, K. (2013). Involving patients and the public in healthcare operational research—The challenges and opportunities. Operations research for health care, 2(4), 86-89. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.orhc.2013.09.001

Interest is growing internationally in the potential benefits of patient and public involvement (PPI) in research. In the United Kingdom (UK) health and social care services are now committed to involving patients and service users in the planning, d... Read More about Involving patients and the public in healthcare operational research—The challenges and opportunities.

Virtual velocity of tracers in a gravel-bed river using size-based competence duration (2013)
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Milan, D. J. (2013). Virtual velocity of tracers in a gravel-bed river using size-based competence duration. Geomorphology, 198, 107-114. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geomorph.2013.05.018

Virtual velocity (Vi) of river gravels is commonly used to determine sediment transport rates and gravel dispersion dynamics. Virtual velocity is calculated from tracer gravel step-length data as the distance travelled divided by the duration of comp... Read More about Virtual velocity of tracers in a gravel-bed river using size-based competence duration.

Prepotency in action: Does children's knowledge of an artifact affect their ability to inhibit acting on it? (2013)
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Riggs, K. J., Simpson, A., & Carroll, D. J. (2014). Prepotency in action: Does children's knowledge of an artifact affect their ability to inhibit acting on it?. Journal of experimental child psychology, 118(1), 127-133. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jecp.2013.07.015

Prepotent actions are actions that are strongly triggered by the environment, and so tend to be carried out, unless intentionally avoided. Understanding what makes an action prepotent is central to an understanding of inhibitory control. The current... Read More about Prepotency in action: Does children's knowledge of an artifact affect their ability to inhibit acting on it?.

New insights to the role of aryl hydrocarbon receptor in bone phenotype and in dioxin-induced modulation of bone microarchitecture and material properties (2013)
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Herlin, M., Finnilä, M. A., Zioupos, P., Aula, A., Risteli, J., Miettinen, H. M., …Viluksela, M. (2013). New insights to the role of aryl hydrocarbon receptor in bone phenotype and in dioxin-induced modulation of bone microarchitecture and material properties. Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology, 273(1), 219-226. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.taap.2013.09.002

Bone is a target for high affinity aryl hydrocarbon receptor (AHR) ligands, such as dioxins. Although bone morphology, mineral density and strength are sensitive endpoints of dioxin toxicity, less is known about effects on bone microarchitecture and... Read More about New insights to the role of aryl hydrocarbon receptor in bone phenotype and in dioxin-induced modulation of bone microarchitecture and material properties.

Hydrogen sulphide vasodilates human pulmonary arteries: A possible role in pulmonary hypertension? (2013)
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Ariyaratnam, P., Loubani, M., & Morice, A. H. (2013). Hydrogen sulphide vasodilates human pulmonary arteries: A possible role in pulmonary hypertension?. Microvascular Research, 90, 135-137. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mvr.2013.09.002

Introduction: Acute rises in pulmonary artery pressures are associated with a significant mortality and morbidity due to the significant strain on the right ventricle. Although hydrogen sulphide (H2S) has been studied for its potential role in the sy... Read More about Hydrogen sulphide vasodilates human pulmonary arteries: A possible role in pulmonary hypertension?.

Galactic constraints on supernova progenitor models (2013)
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Acharova, I. A., Gibson, B. K., Mishurov, Y. N., & Kovtyukh, V. V. (2013). Galactic constraints on supernova progenitor models. Astronomy and Astrophysics, 557, A107. https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201220944

Aims. To estimate the mean masses of oxygen and iron ejected per each type of supernovae (SNe) event from observations of the elemental abundance patterns in the Galactic disk and constrain the relevant SNe progenitor models. Methods. We undertake a... Read More about Galactic constraints on supernova progenitor models.

Adapting financial rationality: Is a new paradigm emerging? (2013)
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Soufian, M., Forbes, W., & Hudson, R. (2014). Adapting financial rationality: Is a new paradigm emerging?. Critical Perspectives On Accounting, 25(8), 724-742. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cpa.2013.08.009

We discuss the implications of an alternative to the efficient market hypothesis (EMH) the adaptive market hypothesis (AMH). The AMH advances a theoretical basis for a new financial paradigm which can better model such phenomena as the recent financi... Read More about Adapting financial rationality: Is a new paradigm emerging?.

Integrating the LISFLOOD-FP 2D hydrodynamic model with the CAESAR model: implications for modelling landscape evolution (2013)
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Coulthard, T. J., Neal, J. C., Bates, P. D., Ramirez, J., de Almeida, G. A., & Hancock, G. R. (2013). Integrating the LISFLOOD-FP 2D hydrodynamic model with the CAESAR model: implications for modelling landscape evolution. Earth surface processes and landforms : the journal of the British Geomorphological Research Group, 38(15), 1897-1906. https://doi.org/10.1002/esp.3478

Landscape evolution models (LEMs) simulate the geomorphic development of river basins over long time periods and large space scales (100s-1000s of years, 100s of km2). Due to these scales they have been developed with simple steady flow models that e... Read More about Integrating the LISFLOOD-FP 2D hydrodynamic model with the CAESAR model: implications for modelling landscape evolution.

An immense shield volcano within the Shatsky Rise oceanic plateau, northwest Pacific Ocean (2013)
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Sager, W. W., Zhang, J., Korenaga, J., Sano, T., Koppers, A. A. P., Widdowson, M., & Mahoney, J. J. (2013). An immense shield volcano within the Shatsky Rise oceanic plateau, northwest Pacific Ocean. Nature Geoscience, 6(11), 976-981. https://doi.org/10.1038/ngeo1934

Most oceanic plateaux are massive basaltic volcanoes. However, the structure of these volcanoes, and how they erupt and evolve, is unclear, because they are remote and submerged beneath the oceans. Here we use multichannel seismic profiles and rock s... Read More about An immense shield volcano within the Shatsky Rise oceanic plateau, northwest Pacific Ocean.

Galaxy And Mass Assembly: resolving the role of environment in galaxy evolution (2013)
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Brough, S., Croom, S., Sharp, R., Hopkins, A. M., Taylor, E. N., Baldry, I. K., Gunawardhana, M. L. P., Liske, J., Norberg, P., Robotham, A. S. G., Bauer, A. E., Bland-Hawthorn, J., Colless, M., Foster, C., Kelvin, L. S., Lara-Lopez, M. A., López-Sánchez, Á. R., Loveday, J., Owers, M., Pimbblet, K. A., & Prescott, M. (2013). Galaxy And Mass Assembly: resolving the role of environment in galaxy evolution. Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 435(4), 2903-2917. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stt1489

We present observations of 18 galaxies from the Galaxy And Mass Assembly (GAMA) survey made with the SPIRAL optical integral field unit (IFU) on the Anglo-Australian Telescope. The galaxies are selected to have a narrow range in stellar mass (6 × 10... Read More about Galaxy And Mass Assembly: resolving the role of environment in galaxy evolution.