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Remaking working-class community: sociability, belonging and “affluence” in a small town, 1930-1980 (2014)
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Ramsden, S. (2015). Remaking working-class community: sociability, belonging and “affluence” in a small town, 1930-1980. Contemporary British History, 29(1), 1-26. https://doi.org/10.1080/13619462.2014.951338

Historians' interest in the ways locality shapes and constrains working-class culture has until recently tended to end with the post-war demise of the ‘traditional working-class communities’ thought to have coalesced in British industrial localities... Read More about Remaking working-class community: sociability, belonging and “affluence” in a small town, 1930-1980.

Working with schools in identifying and overcoming emotional barriers to learning (2014)
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Nash, P., & Schlösser, A. (2015). Working with schools in identifying and overcoming emotional barriers to learning. Educational studies, 41(1-2), 143-155. https://doi.org/10.1080/03055698.2014.955738

This paper reports a case study on working closely with a secondary school, to enhance understanding of disruptive behaviour, through the use of bespoke Continuing Professional Development (CPD) materials. This project evolved from the researchers’ p... Read More about Working with schools in identifying and overcoming emotional barriers to learning.

The Evolution of Tyrosine-Recombinase Elements in Nematoda (2014)
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Szitenberg, A., Koutsovoulos, G., Blaxter, M. L., & Lunt, D. H. (2014). The Evolution of Tyrosine-Recombinase Elements in Nematoda. PLoS ONE, 9(9), Article e106630. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0106630

Transposable elements can be categorised into DNA and RNA elements based on their mechanism of transposition. Tyrosine recombinase elements (YREs) are relatively rare and poorly understood, despite sharing characteristics with both DNA and RNA elemen... Read More about The Evolution of Tyrosine-Recombinase Elements in Nematoda.

Modelling an off-grid integrated renewable energy system for rural electrification in India using photovoltaics and anaerobic digestion (2014)
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Castellanos, J., Walker, M., Poggio, D., Pourkashanian, M., & Nimmo, W. (2015). Modelling an off-grid integrated renewable energy system for rural electrification in India using photovoltaics and anaerobic digestion. Renewable energy, 74, 390-398. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.renene.2014.08.055

This work describes the design optimisation and techno-economic analysis of an off-grid Integrated Renewable Energy System (IRES) designed to meet the electrical demand of a rural village location in West Bengal – India with an overall electrical req... Read More about Modelling an off-grid integrated renewable energy system for rural electrification in India using photovoltaics and anaerobic digestion.

Positive allosteric binding behavior of pyrene-appended triazole-modified thiacalix[4]arene-based fluorescent receptors (2014)
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Tomiyasu, H., Shigyo, N., Ni, X.-L., Zeng, X., Redshaw, C., & Yamato, T. (2014). Positive allosteric binding behavior of pyrene-appended triazole-modified thiacalix[4]arene-based fluorescent receptors. Tetrahedron, 70(43), 7893-7899. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tet.2014.08.068

The novel heteroditopic receptors 5a∼c have been synthesized, which bear a thiacalix[4]arene in the 1,3-alternate conformation. Two urea moieties possessing various aryl groups with either electron-donating or -withdrawing groups at their p-positions... Read More about Positive allosteric binding behavior of pyrene-appended triazole-modified thiacalix[4]arene-based fluorescent receptors.

Lattice gerbe theory (2014)
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Lipstein, A. E., & Reid-Edwards, R. A. (2014). Lattice gerbe theory. Journal of High Energy Physics, 2014(9), Article ARTN 034. https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP09%282014%29034

We formulate the theory of a 2-form gauge field on a Euclidean spacetime lattice. In this approach, the fundamental degrees of freedom live on the faces of the lattice, and the action can be constructed from the sum over Wilson surfaces associated wi... Read More about Lattice gerbe theory.

Worldwide survey of chronic cough: A manifestation of enhanced somatosensory response (2014)
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Morice, A. H., Jakes, A. D., Faruqi, S., Birring, S. S., Mcgarvey, L., Canning, B., Smith, J. A., Parker, S. M., Chung, K. F., Lai, K., Pavord, I. D., Van Den Berg, J., Song, W. J., Millqvist, E., Farrell, M. J., Mazzone, S. B., & Dicpinigaitis, P. (2014). Worldwide survey of chronic cough: A manifestation of enhanced somatosensory response. European respiratory journal, 44(5), 1149-1155. https://doi.org/10.1183/09031936.00217813

© ERS 2014. Reports from individual centres suggest a preponderance of females with chronic cough. Females also have heightened cough reflex sensitivity. Here we have reviewed the age and sex of unselected referrals to 11 cough clinics. To investigat... Read More about Worldwide survey of chronic cough: A manifestation of enhanced somatosensory response.

Kinematic modeling of the milky way using the rave and GCS stellar surveys (2014)
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Sharma, S., Bland-Hawthorn, J., Binney, J., Freeman, K. C., Steinmetz, M., Boeche, C., Bienaymé, O., Gibson, B. K., Gilmore, G. F., Grebel, E. K., Helmi, A., Kordopatis, G., Munari, U., Navarro, J. F., Parker, Q. A., Reid, W. A., Seabroke, G. M., Siebert, A., Watson, F., Williams, M. E. K., …Zwitter, T. (2014). Kinematic modeling of the milky way using the rave and GCS stellar surveys. The Astrophysical journal, 793(1), 51. https://doi.org/10.1088/0004-637x/793/1/51

© 2014. The American Astronomical Society. All rights reserved.. We investigate the kinematic parameters of the Milky Way disk using the Radial Velocity Experiment (RAVE) and Geneva-Copenhagen Survey (GCS) stellar surveys. We do this by fitting a kin... Read More about Kinematic modeling of the milky way using the rave and GCS stellar surveys.

Education in practice: the mentorship process (2014)
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Daly, R. (2014). Education in practice: the mentorship process. Journal of operating department practitioners, 2(6), 296-299. https://doi.org/10.12968/jodp.2014.2.6.296

Clinical mentorship is a complex procedure underpinned by a variety of literature derived from philosophy, psychology and humanist theory, such as Maslow's hierachy of needs (1943). Further contemporary practice demands that practitioners meet nation... Read More about Education in practice: the mentorship process.

Efficacy of β blockers in patients with heart failure plus atrial fibrillation: An individual-patient data meta-analysis (2014)
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Kotecha, D., Holmes, J., Krum, H., Altman, D. G., Manzano, L., Cleland, J. G., Lip, G. Y., Coats, A. J., Andersson, B., Kirchhof, P., Von Lueder, T. G., Wedel, H., Rosano, G., Shibata, M. C., Rigby, A., & Flather, M. D. (2014). Efficacy of β blockers in patients with heart failure plus atrial fibrillation: An individual-patient data meta-analysis. Lancet, 384(9961), 2235-2243. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736%2814%2961373-8

Background: Atrial fibrillation and heart failure often coexist, causing substantial cardiovascular morbidity and mortality. β blockers are indicated in patients with symptomatic heart failure with reduced ejection fraction; however, the efficacy of... Read More about Efficacy of β blockers in patients with heart failure plus atrial fibrillation: An individual-patient data meta-analysis.

The Anglo-American 'special relationship' and the Middle East, 1945-1973 (2014)
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Smith, S. C. (2014). The Anglo-American 'special relationship' and the Middle East, 1945-1973. Asian Affairs, 45(3), 425-448. https://doi.org/10.1080/03068374.2014.951567

It is widely recognised that the Anglo-American ‘special relationship’ fluctuated following the Second World War. A “Persistent rivalry” was especially evident in policy towards the Middle East and its oil. Immediately after the war, the American att... Read More about The Anglo-American 'special relationship' and the Middle East, 1945-1973.

Informative content of insider purchases: evidence from the financial crisis (2014)
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Ozkan, A., & Trzeciakiewicz, A. (2014). Informative content of insider purchases: evidence from the financial crisis. Review of Behavioural Finance, 6(1), 26-45. https://doi.org/10.1108/RBF-01-2014-0008

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate the impact of insider trading on subsequent stock returns in the UK, with a specific focus on the impact of the global financial crisis of 2007-2008 on the relation between CEO and CFO stock purch... Read More about Informative content of insider purchases: evidence from the financial crisis.

Temperature-dependent ferromagnetic resonance via the Landau-Lifshitz-Bloch equation: Application to FePt (2014)
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Ostler, T. A., Ellis, M. O., Hinzke, D., & Nowak, U. (2014). Temperature-dependent ferromagnetic resonance via the Landau-Lifshitz-Bloch equation: Application to FePt. Physical review B: Condensed matter and materials physics, 90(9), Article 094402. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.90.094402

Using the Landau-Lifshitz-Bloch (LLB) equation for ferromagnetic materials, we derive analytic expressions for temperature-dependent absorption spectra as probed by ferromagnetic resonance. By analyzing the resulting expressions, we can predict the v... Read More about Temperature-dependent ferromagnetic resonance via the Landau-Lifshitz-Bloch equation: Application to FePt.

Quality of life in rural areas: A topic for the rural development policy? (2014)
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Brauer, R., & Dymitrow, M. (2014). Quality of life in rural areas: A topic for the rural development policy?. Bulletin of Geography. Socio-economic Series, 25(25), 25-54. https://doi.org/10.2478/bog-2014-0028

Contemporary transformations of rural areas involve changes in land uses, economic perspectives, connectivity, livelihoods, but also in lifestyles, whereupon a traditional view of ‘the rural’ and, consequently, of ‘rural development’ no longer holds.... Read More about Quality of life in rural areas: A topic for the rural development policy?.

A novel intervention for skin cancer prevention (2014)
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Cowdell, F., & Dyson, J. (2014). A novel intervention for skin cancer prevention. Dermatological nursing : the journal of the British Dermatological Nursing Group, 13(3), 45 - 49

Early detection of skin cancer can lead to improved health outcomes. The value of primary prevention is limited and cases of skin cancer are rising. There is therefore a need to consider secondary prevention through regular and thorough skin examinat... Read More about A novel intervention for skin cancer prevention.

The empirical approach to research in property law (2014)
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Whitehouse, L., & Bright, S. (2014). The empirical approach to research in property law. Property Law Review, 3(3), 176-185

This article offers an account of the unique characteristics, challenges and benefits of empirical legal research. The authors explain that empirical legal research involves the collection and observation of data through a variety of research techniq... Read More about The empirical approach to research in property law.

An approach to safety analysis of clinical workflows (2014)
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Al-Qora'n, L., Gordon, N., Sharvia, S., Walker, M., & Papadopoulos, Y. (2014). An approach to safety analysis of clinical workflows. Athens Journal of Health, 1(3), 201-216. https://doi.org/10.30958/ajh.1-3-4

A clinical workflow considers the information and processes that are involved in providing a clinical service. They are safety critical since even minor faults have the potential to propagate and consequently cause harm to a patient, or even for a pa... Read More about An approach to safety analysis of clinical workflows.

A comparison of the effectiveness of treating those with and without the complications of superficial venous insufficiency (2014)
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Carradice, D., Wallace, T., Gohil, R., & Chetter, I. (2014). A comparison of the effectiveness of treating those with and without the complications of superficial venous insufficiency. Annals of Surgery, 260(2), 396-401. https://doi.org/10.1097/sla.0000000000000541

Objective: To test the hypothesis that patients with soft tissue changes related to superficial venous insufficiency (SVI) have greater benefits from treatment than those with only symptomatic varicose veins.
Background: A commonly held view is that... Read More about A comparison of the effectiveness of treating those with and without the complications of superficial venous insufficiency.

Applying a Modified Technology Acceptance Model to the Use and Assessment of Digital Art Tools (2014)
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Aboalgasm, A. S. S., Rupert, W., & Jonathan, G. (2014). Applying a Modified Technology Acceptance Model to the Use and Assessment of Digital Art Tools. The International Journal of the Image, 4(4), 71-83. https://doi.org/10.18848/2154-8560/cgp/v04i04/44151

The article aims to investigate how digital tools can significantly develop the artistic ability in children and promote their general creativity. It intends to focus on children between 9-10 years old in a classroom environment. The purpose of this... Read More about Applying a Modified Technology Acceptance Model to the Use and Assessment of Digital Art Tools.