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Discrimination of speaker sex and size when glottal-pulse rate and vocal-tract length are controlled (2007)
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Smith, D. R. R., Walters, T. C., & Patterson, R. D. (2007). Discrimination of speaker sex and size when glottal-pulse rate and vocal-tract length are controlled. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 122(6), 3628-3639. https://doi.org/10.1121/1.2799507

A recent study [Smith and Patterson, J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 118, 3177-3186 (2005)] demonstrated that both the glottal-pulse rate (GPR) and the vocal-tract length (VTL) of vowel sounds have a large effect on the perceived sex and age (or size) of a speak... Read More about Discrimination of speaker sex and size when glottal-pulse rate and vocal-tract length are controlled.

Ionization in vacuum ultraviolet F2 laser ablated polymer plumes (2007)
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Dyer, P. E., Pervolaraki, M., Walton, C. D., Lippert, T., Kuhnke, M., & Wokaun, A. (2008). Ionization in vacuum ultraviolet F2 laser ablated polymer plumes. Applied physics. A, Materials science & processing, 90(3), 403-409. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00339-007-4341-x

An experimental investigation of ion generation in the 157-nm vacuum ultraviolet (VUV) F-2 laser ablation of three selected polymers - glycidyl azide polymer (GAP), a triazene polymer (TP6) and polyimide - is described. An ion collector probe is used... Read More about Ionization in vacuum ultraviolet F2 laser ablated polymer plumes.

A prospective, randomized controlled trial comparing the effects of a fibrin sealant (EVICEL) versus manual compression on hemostatic effectiveness during vascular surgical procedures utilizing polytetrafluoroethylene graft material (2007)
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Chetter, I. (2007). A prospective, randomized controlled trial comparing the effects of a fibrin sealant (EVICEL) versus manual compression on hemostatic effectiveness during vascular surgical procedures utilizing polytetrafluoroethylene graft material. Transfusion, 47(11), 22A - 23A. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1537-2995.2007.01509.x

Simultaneous bioassays in a microfluidic channel on plugs of different magnetic particles (2007)
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Bronzeau, S., & Pamme, N. (2008). Simultaneous bioassays in a microfluidic channel on plugs of different magnetic particles. Analytica Chimica Acta, 609(1), 105-112. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aca.2007.11.035

Magnetic particles coated with specific biomolecules are often used as solid supports for bioassays but conventional test tube based techniques are time consuming and labour intensive. An alternative is to work on magnetic particle plugs immobilised... Read More about Simultaneous bioassays in a microfluidic channel on plugs of different magnetic particles.

Mechanisms for aggregation in animals: Rule success depends on ecological variables (2007)
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Morrell, L. J., & James, R. (2008). Mechanisms for aggregation in animals: Rule success depends on ecological variables. Behavioral ecology, 19(1), 193-201. https://doi.org/10.1093/beheco/arm122

Under the threat of predation, animals often group tightly together, with all group members benefiting from a reduction in predation risk through various mechanisms, including the dilution, encounter-dilution, and predator confusion effects. Addition... Read More about Mechanisms for aggregation in animals: Rule success depends on ecological variables.

Mean blood glucose compared with HbA1c in the prediction of cardiovascular disease in patients with type 1 diabetes (2007)
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Kilpatrick, E. S., Rigby, A. S., & Atkin, S. L. (2008). Mean blood glucose compared with HbA1c in the prediction of cardiovascular disease in patients with type 1 diabetes. Diabetologia, 51(2), 365-371. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00125-007-0883-x

Aims/hypothesisIt is not known whether mean blood glucose (MBG) predicts the risk of macrovascular complications in diabetes any differently from HbA1c. In this study we therefore analysed data from the Diabetes Control and Complications Trial (DCCT)... Read More about Mean blood glucose compared with HbA1c in the prediction of cardiovascular disease in patients with type 1 diabetes.

The epidemiology of low vision and blindness associated with trichiasis in southern Sudan (2007)
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Ngondi, J., Reacher, M., Matthews, F., Ole-Sempele, F., Onsarigo, A., Matende, I., …Emerson, P. (2007). The epidemiology of low vision and blindness associated with trichiasis in southern Sudan. BMC Ophthalmology, 7, https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2415-7-12

Background. We investigated vision status associated with trachomatous trichiasis (TT) and explored age-sex patterns of low vision and blindness associated with trichiasis in Mankien district of southern Sudan where trachoma prevention and trichiasis... Read More about The epidemiology of low vision and blindness associated with trichiasis in southern Sudan.

Development of fish-based methods for the assessment of ecological status in English and Welsh rivers (2007)
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Noble, R. A. A., Cowx, I. G., & Starkie, A. (2007). Development of fish-based methods for the assessment of ecological status in English and Welsh rivers. Fisheries Management and Ecology, 14(6), 495-508. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2400.2007.00574.x

This paper outlines the derivation of spatially-based models for fish-based assessment of the ecological status of rivers in England and Wales. The analysis highlights the key steps in the approach to develop such tools. For each step a number of alt... Read More about Development of fish-based methods for the assessment of ecological status in English and Welsh rivers.

Conduction-band crossover induced by misfit strain in InSb/GaSb self-assembled quantum dots (2007)
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Rybchenko, S. I., Gupta, R., Lai, K. T., Itskevich, I. E., Haywood, S. K., Tasco, V., …Tournié, E. (2007). Conduction-band crossover induced by misfit strain in InSb/GaSb self-assembled quantum dots. Physical review B: Condensed matter and materials physics, 76(19), 0 - 0. https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevb.76.193309

We address the occurrence of conduction-band crossover in III-V self-assembled quantum dots solely due to misfit strain. Band structure analysis in terms of standard deformation-potential theory shows that Γ-X crossover can occur in the dot, while bo... Read More about Conduction-band crossover induced by misfit strain in InSb/GaSb self-assembled quantum dots.

Challenges in developing fish-based ecological assessment methods for large floodplain rivers (2007)
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de Leeuw, J. J., Buijse, A. D., Haidvogl, G., Lapinska, M., Repecka, R., Virbickas, T., …Noble, R. (2007). Challenges in developing fish-based ecological assessment methods for large floodplain rivers. Fisheries Management and Ecology, 14(6), 483-494. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2400.2007.00576.x

Large European floodplain rivers have a great diversity in habitats and fish fauna, but tend to be heavily modified. The complexity of these river systems and their multiple human impacts pose considerable challenges for assessment of their ecologica... Read More about Challenges in developing fish-based ecological assessment methods for large floodplain rivers.

Assessing the health of European rivers using functional ecological guilds of fish communities: standardising species classification and approaches to metric selection (2007)
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Noble, R. A. A., Cowx, I. G., Goffaux, D., & Kestemont, P. (2007). Assessing the health of European rivers using functional ecological guilds of fish communities: standardising species classification and approaches to metric selection. Fisheries Management and Ecology, 14(6), 381-392. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2400.2007.00575.x

The functional ecological guild approach is the cornerstone for the development of Indices of Biotic Integrity and multi-metric indices to assess the ecological status of aquatic systems. These indices combine metrics (unit-specific measures of a fun... Read More about Assessing the health of European rivers using functional ecological guilds of fish communities: standardising species classification and approaches to metric selection.

Early interactions with adults mediate the development of predator defenses in guppies (2007)
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Chapman, B. B., Morrell, L. J., Benton, T. G., & Krause, J. (2008). Early interactions with adults mediate the development of predator defenses in guppies. Behavioral ecology, 19(1), 87-93. https://doi.org/10.1093/beheco/arm111

Antipredator defenses in many species have been shown to exhibit phenotypic plasticity in response to variable predation risk. Some evidence suggests that in certain species adults act as proxy predators, triggering the development of adaptive defens... Read More about Early interactions with adults mediate the development of predator defenses in guppies.

Global isolation by distance despite strong regional phylogeography in a small metazoan (2007)
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Mills, S., Lunt, D. H., & Gómez, A. (2007). Global isolation by distance despite strong regional phylogeography in a small metazoan. BMC evolutionary biology, 7, Article 225. https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2148-7-225

Background: Small vagile eukaryotic organisms, which comprise a large proportion of the Earth's biodiversity, have traditionally been thought to lack the extent of population structuring and geographic speciation observed in larger taxa. Here we inve... Read More about Global isolation by distance despite strong regional phylogeography in a small metazoan.

Cultural orientation and attitudes toward different forms of whistleblowing: a comparison of South Korea, Turkey, and the U.K. (2007)
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Park, H., Blenkinsopp, J., Oktem, M. K., & Omurgonulsen, U. (2008). Cultural orientation and attitudes toward different forms of whistleblowing: a comparison of South Korea, Turkey, and the U.K. Journal of Business Ethics, 82(4), 929-939. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10551-007-9603-1

This article reports the findings of a cross-cultural study that explored the relationship between nationality, cultural orientation, and attitudes toward different ways in which an employee might blow the whistle. The study investigated two question... Read More about Cultural orientation and attitudes toward different forms of whistleblowing: a comparison of South Korea, Turkey, and the U.K..

Neural correlates of the processing of co-speech gestures (2007)
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Holle, H., Gunter, T. C., Rüschemeyer, S., Hennenlotter, A., & Iacoboni, M. (2008). Neural correlates of the processing of co-speech gestures. NeuroImage, 39(4), 2010-2024. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroimage.2007.10.055

In communicative situations, speech is often accompanied by gestures. For example, speakers tend to illustrate certain contents of speech by means of iconic gestures which are hand movements that bear a formal relationship to the contents of speech.... Read More about Neural correlates of the processing of co-speech gestures.

The impact of managerial entrenchment on agency costs: An empirical investigation using UK panel data (2007)
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Florackis, C., & Ozkan, A. (2009). The impact of managerial entrenchment on agency costs: An empirical investigation using UK panel data. European Financial Management, 15(3), 497-528. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-036x.2007.00418.x

This paper empirically investigates the relationship between managerial entrenchment and agency costs for a large sample of UK firms over the period 1999-2005. To measure managerial entrenchment, we use detailed information on ownership and board str... Read More about The impact of managerial entrenchment on agency costs: An empirical investigation using UK panel data.

Foams and foam films stabilised by solid particles (2007)
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Horozov, T. S. (2008). Foams and foam films stabilised by solid particles. Current Opinion in Colloid and Interface Science, 13(3), 134-140. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cocis.2007.11.009

Recent developments in the field of particle-stabilised aqueous foams and foam films are reviewed. Reports on ultrastable foams stabilised by solid particles are highlighted and factors responsible for the extraordinary foam stability are discussed i... Read More about Foams and foam films stabilised by solid particles.

Employment experiences of older nurses and midwives in the NHS (2007)
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Wray, J., Aspland, J., Gibson, H., Stimpson, A., & Watson, R. (2007). Employment experiences of older nurses and midwives in the NHS. Nursing standard : official newspaper of the Royal College of Nursing, 22(9), 35-40. https://doi.org/10.7748/ns2007.11.22.9.35.c6232

AIM: To examine the employment experiences of older nurses and midwives working in the NHS. METHOD: A total of 27 semi-structured telephone interviews were conducted with nurses and midwives to identify positive and negative aspects of their working... Read More about Employment experiences of older nurses and midwives in the NHS.

The guppy as a conservation model: Implications of parasitism and inbreeding for reintroduction success (2007)
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Van Oosterhout, C., Smith, A. M., Hänfling, B., Ramnarine, I. W., Mohammed, R. S., & Cable, J. (2007). The guppy as a conservation model: Implications of parasitism and inbreeding for reintroduction success. Conservation Biology, 21(6), 1573-1583. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1523-1739.2007.00809.x

Ex situ conservation is of increasing importance to prevent the extinction of endangered animals in the wild. Despite low success rates of reintroduction programs few researchers have investigated empirically the efficacy of captive breeding regimes... Read More about The guppy as a conservation model: Implications of parasitism and inbreeding for reintroduction success.

Linking repositories: Scoping the development of cross?institutional user?oriented services (2007)
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Awre, C., & Swan, A. (2007). Linking repositories: Scoping the development of cross?institutional user?oriented services. OCLC Systems and Services, 23(4), 372-381. https://doi.org/10.1108/10650750710831510

Purpose - The purpose of the linking repositories study was to conduct research to identify appropriate sustainable technical and organisational models to support the development of end-user oriented services across repositories. The work covered fou... Read More about Linking repositories: Scoping the development of cross?institutional user?oriented services.