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Amino acid metabolism of bovine blastocysts: A biomarker of sex and viability (2010)
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Sturmey, R. G., Bermejo-Alvarez, P., Gutierrez-Adan, A., Rizos, D., Leese, H. J., & Lonergan, P. (2010). Amino acid metabolism of bovine blastocysts: A biomarker of sex and viability. Molecular Reproduction and Development, 77(3), 285-296. https://doi.org/10.1002/mrd.21145

The ratio of male/female embryos may be modified by environmental factors such as maternal diet in vivo and the composition of embryo culture media in vitro. We have used amino acid profiling, a noninvasive marker of developmental potential to compar... Read More about Amino acid metabolism of bovine blastocysts: A biomarker of sex and viability.

Using spaced retrieval and Montessori-based activities in improving eating ability for residents with dementia (2010)
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Lin, L.-C., Huang, Y.-J., Su, S.-G., Watson, R., Tsai, B. W.-J., & Wu, S.-C. (2010). Using spaced retrieval and Montessori-based activities in improving eating ability for residents with dementia. International journal of geriatric psychiatry, 25(10), 953-959. https://doi.org/10.1002/gps.2433

Objectives To construct a training protocol for spaced retrieval (SR) and to investigate the effectiveness of SR and Montessori-based activities in decreasing eating difficulty in older residents with dementia. Methods A single evaluator, blind, and... Read More about Using spaced retrieval and Montessori-based activities in improving eating ability for residents with dementia.

Behavioural consequences of sensory plasticity in guppies (2010)
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Chapman, B. B., Morrell, L. J., Tosh, C. R., & Krause, J. (2010). Behavioural consequences of sensory plasticity in guppies. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 277(1686), 1395-1401. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2009.2055

Sensory plasticity, whereby individuals compensate for sensory deprivation in one sense by an improvement in the performance of an alternative sense, is a well-documented phenomenon in nature. Despite this, the behavioural and ecological consequences... Read More about Behavioural consequences of sensory plasticity in guppies.

Modeling the deposition dynamics of a twin-atomizer spray forming system (2010)
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Zhang, G., Li, Z., Zhang, Y., Mi, J., & Grant, P. S. (2010). Modeling the deposition dynamics of a twin-atomizer spray forming system. Metallurgical and Materials Transactions B, 41(2), 303-307. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11663-009-9333-0

A numerical study of the deposition dynamics of twin-atomizer spray-forming of large-diameter billets is presented with a focus on the coupled effect of the twinatomizer scan frequency and substrate rotation frequency. The common period of the two fr... Read More about Modeling the deposition dynamics of a twin-atomizer spray forming system.

Enhancing medication adherence in people with schizophrenia: an international programme of research (2010)
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Gray, R., White, J., Schulz, M., & Abderhalden, C. (2010). Enhancing medication adherence in people with schizophrenia: an international programme of research. International Journal of Mental Health Nursing, 19(1), 36-44. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1447-0349.2009.00649.x

This paper describes the development of an adherence therapy intervention in schizophrenia and synthesizes the results to date of a collaborative international programme of research. Sticking to treatment is essential to control symptoms and prevent... Read More about Enhancing medication adherence in people with schizophrenia: an international programme of research.

Simulating the future of actions in the human corticospinal system (2010)
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Urgesi, C., Maieron, M., Avenanti, A., Tidoni, E., Fabbro, F., & Aglioti, S. M. (2010). Simulating the future of actions in the human corticospinal system. Cerebral Cortex, 20(11), 2511-2521. https://doi.org/10.1093/cercor/bhp292

Perception of the final position of a moving object or creature is distorted forward along its actual or implied motion path, thus enabling anticipation of its forthcoming position. In a previous research, we demonstrated that viewing static snapshot... Read More about Simulating the future of actions in the human corticospinal system.

Habitat distribution model for European flounder juveniles in the Venice lagoon (2010)
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Zucchetta, M., Franco, A., Torricelli, P., & Franzoi, P. (2010). Habitat distribution model for European flounder juveniles in the Venice lagoon. Journal of Sea Research, 64(1-2), 133-144. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.seares.2009.12.003

In order to identify nursery habitats for Platichthys flesus in the Venice lagoon we developed a generalized additive model relating juvenile flounder's distribution to environmental variables. A field survey was conducted between March 2004 and June... Read More about Habitat distribution model for European flounder juveniles in the Venice lagoon.

Optimizing mild cognitive impairment for discriminating dementia risk in the general older population (2010)
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Stephan, B. C., Savva, G. M., Brayne, C., Bond, J., McKeith, I. G., & Matthews, F. E. (2010). Optimizing mild cognitive impairment for discriminating dementia risk in the general older population. American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 18(8), 662-673. https://doi.org/10.1097/JGP.0b013e3181e0450d

Background: Criteria for mild cognitive impairment (MCI) predict dementia risk in the clinic. Dementia risk in the population is different and whether there is an optimal MCI-derived threshold for discriminating at-risk from not-at-risk cases in the... Read More about Optimizing mild cognitive impairment for discriminating dementia risk in the general older population.

Education, the brain and dementia: Neuroprotection or compensation? (2010)
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Brayne, C., Ince, P. G., Keage, H. A., McKeith, I. G., Matthews, F. E., Polvikoski, T., & Sulkava, R. (2010). Education, the brain and dementia: Neuroprotection or compensation?. Brain, 133(8), 2210-2216. https://doi.org/10.1093/brain/awq185

The potential protective role of education for dementia is an area of major interest. Almost all older people have some pathology in their brain at death but have not necessarily died with dementia. We have explored these two observations in large po... Read More about Education, the brain and dementia: Neuroprotection or compensation?.

'What do we know? What should we do?' Melding research validity and rhetoric in the analysis of policy making (2010)
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Pearson, M. (2010). 'What do we know? What should we do?' Melding research validity and rhetoric in the analysis of policy making. Evidence and Policy, 6(1), 77-90. https://doi.org/10.1332/174426410X483015

'Evidence-based policy and practice' was proposed to usher in an era where explicit use was made of evidence ('what we know') to inform decisions made about policy and practice ('what we should do'). Critics have focused on its allegedly technocratic... Read More about 'What do we know? What should we do?' Melding research validity and rhetoric in the analysis of policy making.

Preparation and properties of perovskite-dispersed titania membranes (2010)
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Sani, N. A., Ahmad, A. L., & Zein, S. H. (2010). Preparation and properties of perovskite-dispersed titania membranes. Journal of applied sciences (Asian Network for Scientific Information), 10(12), 1097-1103. https://doi.org/10.3923/jas.2010.1097.1103

Defect-free SrCo 0 8 Fe 0 2 0 3 perovskite-dispersed titania (perovskite-titania) membrane was successfully prepared by sol-gel method combined with wet impregnation process. In this experiment, titania membrane was immersed in a perovskite solution,... Read More about Preparation and properties of perovskite-dispersed titania membranes.

Comment The 2006 Women Protection Act of Pakistan: An Analysis (2010)
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Shah, N. A. (2010). Comment The 2006 Women Protection Act of Pakistan: An Analysis. Religion and human rights, 5(1), 1-10. https://doi.org/10.1163/187103210x513620

This note argues that the 1979 Hudood laws of Pakistan, especially the Zina Ordinance were discriminatory and led to the violations of rights of men and women, but women were the hardest hit victims. The new legislation in 2006 has remedied the situa... Read More about Comment The 2006 Women Protection Act of Pakistan: An Analysis.

Purchasing behaviour in an online supermarket: The applicability of E-S-QUAL (2010)
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Vidgen, R., Marimon, F., Barnes, S., & Cristóbal, E. (2010). Purchasing behaviour in an online supermarket: The applicability of E-S-QUAL. International journal of market research : the journal of the Market Research Society / MRS, 52(1), 111-129. https://doi.org/10.2501/S1470785310201089

The purpose of this paper is twofold: first, to assess the applicability of the four dimensions of online service quality, as proposed in the E-S-QUAL scale, to the setting of an online supermarket; and, second, to propose and test a model that links... Read More about Purchasing behaviour in an online supermarket: The applicability of E-S-QUAL.

Multicentre randomised controlled trial examining the cost-effectiveness of contrast-enhanced high field magnetic resonance imaging in women with primary breast cancer scheduled for wide local excision (COMICE) (2010)
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Turnbull, L. W., Brown, S. R., Olivier, C., Harvey, I., Brown, J., Drew, P., …Trial Group, C. (2010). Multicentre randomised controlled trial examining the cost-effectiveness of contrast-enhanced high field magnetic resonance imaging in women with primary breast cancer scheduled for wide local excision (COMICE). Health Technology Assessment, 14(1), 1-158. https://doi.org/10.3310/hta14010

Objectives: To determine whether the addition of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to current patient evaluation by triple assessment would aid tumour localisation within the breast and thus reduce the reoperation rate in women with primary breast tum... Read More about Multicentre randomised controlled trial examining the cost-effectiveness of contrast-enhanced high field magnetic resonance imaging in women with primary breast cancer scheduled for wide local excision (COMICE).

Self-organized criticality in river basins: challenging sedimentary records of environmental change (2010)
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Van De Wiel, M. J., & Coulthard, T. J. (2010). Self-organized criticality in river basins: challenging sedimentary records of environmental change. Geology, 38(1), 87-90. https://doi.org/10.1130/g30490.1

For many years researchers have linked increases in sediment and bedload from drainage basins to external factors such as increased rainfall. However, natural systems have always shown a high degree of scatter or nonlinearity in this response, which... Read More about Self-organized criticality in river basins: challenging sedimentary records of environmental change.