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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.

Enhancing the radiative decay rate of fluorescent organic molecules using micropillar microcavities and optical nanocavities (2007)
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Adawi, A. M., & Lidzey, D. G. (2008). Enhancing the radiative decay rate of fluorescent organic molecules using micropillar microcavities and optical nanocavities. Materials Science and Engineering: B, 149(3), 266-269. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mseb.2007.10.005

We discuss the enhancement of spontaneous emission of fluorescent organic dyes when placed in micropillar microcavities and also in an optical nanocavity. We show experimentally that an enhancement in the spontaneous-emission rate of 1.78 +/- 0.04 ti... Read More about Enhancing the radiative decay rate of fluorescent organic molecules using micropillar microcavities and optical nanocavities.

Student nurses' attitudes to vulnerable groups: a study examining the impact of a social inclusion module (2007)
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Wray, J., Walker, L., & Fell, B. (2008). Student nurses' attitudes to vulnerable groups: a study examining the impact of a social inclusion module. Nurse education today, 28(4), 513-520. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nedt.2007.09.011

Background: Front line health care professionals have a responsibility to ensure that excluded groups and vulnerable people have equitable access to health care services. This obligation is stated explicitly in the Nursing and Midwifery Council Code... Read More about Student nurses' attitudes to vulnerable groups: a study examining the impact of a social inclusion module.

Abuse in care? The identification of early indicators of the abuse of people with learning disabilities in residential settings (2007)
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Marsland, D., Oakes, P., & White, C. (2007). Abuse in care? The identification of early indicators of the abuse of people with learning disabilities in residential settings. The journal of adult protection, 9(4), 6-20. https://doi.org/10.1108/14668203200700023

Although No Secrets suggests that adult protection practices should seek to prevent abuse, it can be argued that such practice predominately focuses on pursuing effective responses to abuse that has already happened, rather than preventing the onset... Read More about Abuse in care? The identification of early indicators of the abuse of people with learning disabilities in residential settings.

The collagen receptor Endo180 (CD280) is expressed on basal-like breast tumor cells and promotes tumor growth in vivo (2007)
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Wienke, D., Davies, G. C., Johnson, D. A., Sturge, J., Lambros, M. B., Savage, K., …Isacke, C. M. (2007). The collagen receptor Endo180 (CD280) is expressed on basal-like breast tumor cells and promotes tumor growth in vivo. Cancer Research, 67(21), 10230-10240. https://doi.org/10.1158/0008-5472.CAN-06-3496

Tumor cell invasion into the surrounding stroma requires increased cell motility and extensive remodeling of the extracellular matrix. Endo180 (CD280, MRC2, urokinase-type plasminogen activator receptor-associated protein) is a recycling endocytic re... Read More about The collagen receptor Endo180 (CD280) is expressed on basal-like breast tumor cells and promotes tumor growth in vivo.

Systematic reviews in social policy: To go forward, do we first need to look back? (2007)
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Pearson, M. (2007). Systematic reviews in social policy: To go forward, do we first need to look back?. Evidence and Policy, 3(4), 505-526. https://doi.org/10.1332/174426407782516448

This article argues that the development of systematic review methods for social policy and practice in the UK has been inhibited in two ways. First, there has been insufficient engagement with the breadth of Donald Campbell's thought on research met... Read More about Systematic reviews in social policy: To go forward, do we first need to look back?.

Lula's development council: Neo-corporatism and policy reform in Brazil (2007)
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Doctor, M. (2007). Lula's development council: Neo-corporatism and policy reform in Brazil. Latin American perspectives, 34(6), 131-148. https://doi.org/10.1177/0094582X07308265

Brazil's recently created Council for Economic and Social Development was designed to enhance democratic governance and socioeconomic development via consultation and dialogue with civil society actors. In its first years of operation, it served to a... Read More about Lula's development council: Neo-corporatism and policy reform in Brazil.

Numerical modelling of spray formed grain size evolution (2007)
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Mi, J. W., & Grant, P. S. (2007). Numerical modelling of spray formed grain size evolution. Materials Science Forum, 561-565(PART 3), 1991-1994. https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/msf.561-565.1991

A numerical model has been developed to simulate the distribution of polygonal grain size in a sprayed microstructure formed from an alloy droplet spray containing a large number of solid, mushy and liquid droplets. The model takes into account the e... Read More about Numerical modelling of spray formed grain size evolution.